Tag Archives: Films

Manto: Internal conflicts and why the writer won’t come out in a film

Posted on September 24, 2018 by ishubhampandey

Manto enters the producer’s room angry and screams, “You have changed my lines again?” The producer asks him to calm down, as he goes on assessing which of the two girls standing in front of him fits the role in … Continue reading →

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To the Amarkants and Sunils

Posted on April 12, 2017 by ishubhampandey

I know how it feels to be not loved in return. I also know how it feels to not expect to be loved in return. Every time I saw Shah Rukh Khan being loved on screen, I felt jealous of … Continue reading →

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Mahi and I and our first day at job

Posted on March 26, 2017 by ishubhampandey

It was a dull evening in Delhi as I walked to my office, all set to impress my bosses. This was my first day at job and naturally, nervousness and excitement should have gone hand-in-hand. But this was not the … Continue reading →

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Loving the ones who don’t love you back

Posted on February 6, 2017 by ishubhampandey

How Kundan From Raanjhana was like Ayan from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and Why Saajan From The Lunchbox was different from them all. Continue reading →

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Best scenes from Hindi films in 2016

Posted on December 30, 2016 by ishubhampandey

  So, 2016 is here to leave us. To be honest, this was not the year to remember for the hindi cinema lovers. Every time a big film was there, it was followed by huge disappointment. However, every now and … Continue reading →

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Dangal: above everything, there’s sports

Posted on December 24, 2016 by ishubhampandey

“Everyone has to endure 1,400 days of alarms going off – unless you take Sundays off. You can’t explain to people that most mornings something aches. Some mornings everything aches. But this life, and these hands blotched with torn skin … Continue reading →

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Fear, hope and fight: Udta Punjab

Posted on June 25, 2016 by ishubhampandey

      What’s hope without fear? It is when we are amidst the fear that we hope of getting out of it, one day. There is nothing fearful than death. No heartbreak, joblessness, financial crisis bigger than the fear … Continue reading →

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हरामी और बेवकूफ: एक विचार

Posted on April 26, 2016 by ishubhampandey

इंसान सिर्फ दो नसल के होते है. एक होते है हरामी और दुसरे बेवकूफ. और ये सारा खेल इन्ही दोनो के बीच का है. गैंग्स ऑफ़ वासेपुर का ये डायलाग मेरा सबसे फेवरेट डायलाग है. ये लाइन इतनी गहरी है … Continue reading →

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Om Dar Ba Dar..Err..Sorry Sir!

Posted on November 17, 2014 by ishubhampandey

First thing, first! Kamal Swaroop made me feel like an idiot. A few days back I saw Om Dar Ba Dar – an absolutely insane storytelling. Battling all the corners of the brain, it crossed my level of understanding. I … Continue reading →

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Lessons from Hitchcock’s The Wrong Man

Posted on August 25, 2014 by ishubhampandey

It has been told to us since school days that the west is different from us. Surely, they are different from us if culture is taken as the parameter. In the way they are dressed, they talk, the way they … Continue reading →

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