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Michael – movie review

Michael Jackson or MJ as he was lovingly called by the legion of fans cutting across geopolitical boundaries, countries, castes and creed, he was an enigma to many and this is what this movie tries to unravel. This MJ biopic would surely be music to his Gen X and millennial fans who grew up going into frenzy listening to his songs, it will equally appeal to the current Gen Z and Alphas. Though he had gained popularity with Jackson Five and his first solo album Off the Wall, his phenomenon was tasted by this world when Thriller was released which busted all records for anything to do with music. One can write pages as his life was for everyone to see. The movie starts with him getting ready for the Bad concert, then it flips back into his childhood and picks up the pieces from age 8. One could see that he not only had a spark in him, he was gifted with extrao ....
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Shakuntala Devi

In my childhood and one generation before me and the one after who is worth their salt must definitely have heard of the Human computer, the number wizard, the mathematical genius SHAKUNTALA DEVI who goes by so many sobriquets. She was one of the most famous daughter of India who got name and fame not only to herself but also did the country proud. I remember when she came to our school in the late seventies, we all marvelled at her instant genius, our numbers kept increasing and her answers were as effortless as kids play, you gave her numbers which she instantly crunched and spooled out the answers roaming on the stage from one end to another with Mike in hand in her typical sareed attire and with a twinkle in her eye. Thankfully the makers of the film on Shakuntala Devi have stuck to the job and and to the biopic in the right earnest not taking too many cinematic liberties, mayb ....
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MANTHAN (1976)

A masterpiece from a master craftsman, Shyam Benegal's Manthan is based on the life and times of the Milkman of India Verghese Kurien who brought about the White Revolution, the man responsible for the Amul story and co-operative milk farming in India on mass scale. After the Green Revolution in the sector of farm produce which made India self-sufficient in food grains, this was the next important revolution towards self-sufficiency in milk production a day-to-day need, we can thank his efforts for our daily milk which is the first thing that we require and we get it like clockwork, round the year. It shows the coming together of people in a co-operative way. Manthan is not the story of one person but the millions of heroes who joined this revolution, painted beautifully on the celluloid by Benegal. The white revolution’s concept goes way back to pre-partition India when small milk ....
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CYPHER: Shunya Se Shikhar Tak – movie review

Cypher the film has the central character of a handicapped child who is happily welcomed by his family, much to the sarcastic remarks of the society around them. Cypher - Shunya Se Shikhar Tak movie review... The hindi feature film is based on true events, in fact the pivotal character is played by the real person and is based on true events. It is about the central character of Paresh Bhanushali who is treated as any other child born in the Kachchi Gujarati family of a small town in Gujarat. Cypher is an inspirational film for all the specially-abled persons, their family members and the society around them. A motivational real story which is aimed to spread happiness all around despite the natural disability endowed upon the individual by mother nature. It shows 30 years of battle of Paresh Bhanushali and his family from 1986 to 2016. Kanti Bhanushali, the real life elder brot ....
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The Dirty Picture – movie review

The story of The Dirty Picture is set against the colorful and entertaining backdrop of the fierce male-dominated South-Indian film industry of the 80s. This film chronicles the meteoric rise and steep fall of the erstwhile screen sensation. A story loosely based on the life of the South’s sex-siren of the eighties – Silk Smitha. The Dirty Picture - movie review... Reshma (Vidya Balan) runs away from her house to get role in the films, wearing revealing clothes. She lands up as an ‘extra’ with dancing in the background. Her bold dancing titillates the male audience in the cinema hall. This brave, daring and provocative girl had a meteoric rise in the South film industry. Reshma is now a junior artist who became the most sought after female protagonist of the early 80s. A friendly director suggests her to take up a stage name “Silk”. She is lucky again and gets a break a ....
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