A dreamscape where the decaying remnants of the huge mansions of the past are filled with vegetation that communicates in its own language is where “Jonaki” is set for the most part. The dreams and memories of an eighty-year-old woman are shown to us as she sees them.
“Jonaki” is screening at Indian Film Festival Los Angeles
“Jonaki” (Lolita Chatterjee) is in her deathbed and the memory of her whole life, which starts from her love affair with a Christian boy (Jim Sarbh), is being shown to the viewers. In her memories, everyone looks at their most memorable forms to her. She is in her eighty-year form while everyone else looks much younger when the memory is from her teenage years. Her doomed love and the arranged marriage where she was not happy that follows it, cover the basic story but the film has a lot more to tell.
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“Jonaki” is screening at Indian Film Festival Los Angeles
“Jonaki” (Lolita Chatterjee) is in her deathbed and the memory of her whole life, which starts from her love affair with a Christian boy (Jim Sarbh), is being shown to the viewers. In her memories, everyone looks at their most memorable forms to her. She is in her eighty-year form while everyone else looks much younger when the memory is from her teenage years. Her doomed love and the arranged marriage where she was not happy that follows it, cover the basic story but the film has a lot more to tell.
The...
- 3/27/2019
- by Jithin Mohan
- AsianMoviePulse
Vikramaditya Motwane proved himself a proficient story-teller with his directorial debut Udaan that delved into parent-child relationship. With Lootera, he ventures into the trickier romantic genre. The problem with the latter bunch of films being that there is just about little that can be done with the narrative of a love story. While the core most often is the same, if not handheld with nifty treatment, there remains a strong sense of déjà-vu and nothing to distinguish it from the hordes of romantic dramas Bollywood is known to churn out every year. Does Lootera make itself an affair to remember under the expertise of Motwane? Read on.
Lootera is a period tale, one that unfolds around post-independence-1950s, a time of new laws, amendments leading to upheavals in the reign of Zamindari. A Bengal aristocracy Roy Chaudhary is a victim of this change. Enter Varun (Ranveer Singh) an archeologist who...
Lootera is a period tale, one that unfolds around post-independence-1950s, a time of new laws, amendments leading to upheavals in the reign of Zamindari. A Bengal aristocracy Roy Chaudhary is a victim of this change. Enter Varun (Ranveer Singh) an archeologist who...
- 7/5/2013
- by Pooja Rao
- Bollyspice
Best FilmDabanggBest Actor In A Lead Role - MaleShah Rukh Khan - My Name Is KhanAjay Devgn - Once Upon A Time In MumbaaiBest Actor In A Lead Role - FemaleVidya Balan - IshqiyaBest DirectorRohit Shetty - Golmaal 3Best StoryVikramaditya Motwane, Anurag Kashyap - UdaanBest Actor In A Supporting Role - MaleArjun Rampal - RaajneetiBest Actor In A Supporting Role - FemaleZarina Wahab - My Name Is KhanBest LyricistJalees Sherwani - Chori Kiya Re Jiya (Dabangg)Best Soundtrack ComposerSajid, Wajid & Lalit Pandit - DabanggBest Playback Singer - MaleMohit Chauhan - Pee Loon (Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai)Best Playback Singer - FemaleMamta Sharma - Munni Badnaam Hui (Dabangg)Rekha Bhardwaj - Badi Dheere Jali (Ishqiya)Best Performance In A Comic RoleSanjay Mishra - Phas Gaya Re ObamaBest...
- 2/13/2011
- Filmicafe
Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol won the best actor and actress award respectively for .My Name Is Khan. at the 56th Filmfare Awards Saturday, which was ruled by small budget movie .Udaan. that bagged as many as eight trophies.Karan Johar walked away with the best director award for .My Name Is Khan., while Salman Khan starrer .Dabangg. was declared the best film at the gala event, hosted by Ranbir Kapoor and Imran Khan. The two were at their wittiest best.But it.s the first-time director Vikramaditya Motwane.s .Udaan. that bagged maximum awards. The film won the best screenplay and the best story for Motwane and Anurag Kashyap; best cinematography for Mahendra Shetty; best background score for Amit Trivedi; best supporting actor male for Ronit Roy; and best film (jury)..Udaan. also won the best director (jury) award for Motwane and best sound design for Kunal Sharma. Pritam...
- 1/30/2011
- Filmicafe
Best Actor (Male)Ajay Devgn - Once Upon A Time In MumbaaiHrithik Roshan - GuzaarishRanbir Kapoor - RaajneetiSalman Khan - DabanggShah Rukh Khan - My Name Is KhanNaseeruddin Shah - IshqiyaRishi Kapoor - Do Dooni ChaarBest Actor (Female)
Aishwarya Rai - GuzaarishAnushka Sharma - Band Baaja BaaraatDeepika Padukone - Break Ke BaadKajol - My Name Is KhanKareena Kapoor - Golmaal 3Vidya Balan - IshqiyaKatrina Kaif - RaajneetiBest Director
Anusha Rizvi - Peepli LiveDibakar Banerjee - Love Sex Aur DhokaManeesh Sharma - Band Bajaa BaaraatPrakash Jha - RaajneetiMilan Luthria - Once Upon A Time In MumbaaiVikramaditya Motwane - UdaanBest Film
Band Baaja BaaraatLove Sex Aur DhokaPeepli [Live]Once Upon A Time In MumbaaiRaajneetiUdaanBest Actor in A Comic Role - M/FKonkona Sen Sharma - Atithi.Tum Kab Jaoge?Paresh Rawal - Atithi. Tum Kab Jaoge?Pradhuman Singh - Tere Bin LadenSanjay Mishra - Phans Gaye Re ObamaTusshar...
Aishwarya Rai - GuzaarishAnushka Sharma - Band Baaja BaaraatDeepika Padukone - Break Ke BaadKajol - My Name Is KhanKareena Kapoor - Golmaal 3Vidya Balan - IshqiyaKatrina Kaif - RaajneetiBest Director
Anusha Rizvi - Peepli LiveDibakar Banerjee - Love Sex Aur DhokaManeesh Sharma - Band Bajaa BaaraatPrakash Jha - RaajneetiMilan Luthria - Once Upon A Time In MumbaaiVikramaditya Motwane - UdaanBest Film
Band Baaja BaaraatLove Sex Aur DhokaPeepli [Live]Once Upon A Time In MumbaaiRaajneetiUdaanBest Actor in A Comic Role - M/FKonkona Sen Sharma - Atithi.Tum Kab Jaoge?Paresh Rawal - Atithi. Tum Kab Jaoge?Pradhuman Singh - Tere Bin LadenSanjay Mishra - Phans Gaye Re ObamaTusshar...
- 1/2/2011
- Filmicafe
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