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Thursday, June 20, 2013
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The Japanese Wife - A Love Poem
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Director - Aparna Sen
Cast - Rahul Bose, Moushmi Chatterjee, Raima Sen, Chigusa Takaku
'The Japanese Wife', is the ninth feature film directed by Aparna Sen, and the acclaimed director prefers to call it her love poem. The premise of course is poetic to the core, in fact it is an experiment on one of the classic tenets of poetry. Platonic love as represented in a long-distance, epistolary marriage. The film has Japanese and Bengali versions apart from the English but the language that permeates to the fore is intensely lyrical.
The story is about Snehomoy (Rahul Bose), a shy Bengali schoolteacher who finds a Japanese pen-friend in Miyage (Chigusa Takaku). The two realise that whereas in real life they cannot connect with anybody, they can express themselves fully in letters they write to each other. Their accents do not match and their diction is different but somehow, their communication is not affected in any way. The two decide they love each other and want to marry in spite of not having met each other ever.
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The Best in Horror...
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Horror is a lot of fun. In terms of movies, this outrageous statement is totally acceptable. Actually, the seed of entertainment lies in the suspense associated with everything that is uncertain and undecided. Think of it, even the range of topics that the genre of horror movies covers is astounding. From psychological thrillers to supernatural wonders to dabbling in necromancy – there is virtually nothing that has not been tried out.
The basic premise of course is that, supernatural (if it is negative, not related to mysticism) phenomenon is generally evil and causes harm and therefore is something to be feared and avoided. So we have the dark intentions of Damien, the rising of the dead, the haunted house motif, zombie horror, poltergeists, split personalities and what have you. In this article we have tried to draw a list of the five best horror movies from the past, those that date back a while in the archives. Like all lists of this kind, it is not conclusive and frankly five is hardly a number that can do justice to the great films that have in their own time scared the wits out of a person.
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Not in their Stars
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We have often heard aspiring actors complain that they are handicapped by the fact that they have not been born into a star family. Admitting that this anguish has its own share of credit, it would only be fair to say that there is another side to the same story as well. It is true that Star sons or daughters (here we are only talking of famous filmstars) have an initial advantage in that it is easier for them to get the first break; also, in most cases it is a dream launch in a celebrated director's project. But in that case, it is obvious that expectations too are towering. There is scathing criticism of every fault and there are unfair comparisons with the father at every turn. On the other hand, if you are just 'somebody else' making a debut, your success is noticed but your inability to hit the mark is just as easily forgotten.
In this article, we have remembered a few who belong to this unfortunate category of star sons who fizzled out after the initial pop (pun intended). We have no intention of being judgemental; this is simply a retrospective journey featuring people who tried their luck in Hindi cinema but excelled in some other field perhaps.
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