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Chaplin (Bengali Movie) - Review

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Directed by a new director and acted by pretty young actors 'Chaplin' is a treat to watch specially the performance of the lead actor 'Rudranil Ghosh' The movie is a simple story of 'Banshi' who is extremely poor and his son....'Banshi' doesn't have any other skill but one which is his ability to play 'Charlie Chaplin'....His life is dedicated to his son and never lets his poverty come in between him and his son's happiness....They relish each and every moment in life and enjoy life....His son loves his fathers act of Charlie Chaplin and has just one wish that one day his father will celebrate his birthday with full fanfare and 'Banshi' has just one wish that is to give his son a solo act of Charlie Chaplin on his birthday in a theatre in Kolkata...But unfortunately he is unable to fullfill his wish bcoz of his acute poverty.... But one day things change 'Banshi' gets to play the role of Charlie Chaplin in a reality sh...

5 movies on my way to new orleans

On my way to New Orleans it was an interesting start. The continental airlines flight was cancelled and i was shifted to otherwise empty Air India fleet.To my surprise the Air India fleet was quite well renovated and to my bigger surprise it had a in flight entertainment system on all seats....The real surprise came when i went thru the menu....I must say it was truly Indian with a good range of Hindi and Regional movies on the plate and with that also a wide range of hollywood movies....Net net positively surprised by the quality....Then started the selection.....Started with a bengali movie 'abohoman'.....It was just 5 minutes into the movie that i got really bored with the typical intellectual approach of bengali movie makers where every dialogues comes after a long deep breath and between two dialogues there is a difference of at least 5 minutes....So i switched Gears and chose a telugu movie and thats where my day started:- Movie No. 1:- Telugu, Villagelo Vinayakudu:- This...

Rockstar - A lost Opportunity

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A mad kind of guy with loads of attitude wearing a costume that kind of helping that attitude flow thru gets into a small fight with locals in some country abroad, gets into a bus and people around him seems to looking at him with surprise on their face as they compare his looks with the looks of the singer called 'JORDAN' on the large hoardings around the town, but Jordan is lost in his own thoughts , unfazed by people's curiosity, bangs the barricade in the stadium where his show is scheduled, gets on to the stage and prepares to face the audience who are going mad for him.....That's JORDAN aka Ranbir Kapoor for you in 'Rockstar'....I must say i was completely taken aback by this powerful entry which had no dialogues, just expression..... The movie rockstar belongs to just one star i.e. Ranbir Kapoor every time he comes on screen it just lights up, the efforts he has put to get into the skin of a musician who is always lost in his own thoughts, seemingly doesn...