tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30368338.post8449600200244555443..comments2009-07-31T12:00:19.708-05:00Sanket Vyashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00410998671085464946snvyas@gmail.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30368338.post-87755286469481851202009-07-31T12:00:19.708-05:002009-07-31T12:00:19.708-05:00I am doing the same as they were always too serious for me when I was younger. You are the 2nd person to tell me about &#39;Mandi&#39; and thus I just put it on my netflix queue. Thanks for the suggestion!Sanket Vyashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00410998671085464946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30368338.post-20930283602529707602009-07-30T23:01:14.508-05:002009-07-30T23:01:14.508-05:00Sounds like a great movie. I&#39;m going to watch it soon! I love Shyam Benegal&#39;s movies, and just now starting to watch some of his older ones. You must watch &quot;Mandi&quot; if you haven&#39;t already. Great movie with cream of the crop actors.<br /><br />-NafisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30368338.post-50150113545732072752009-07-23T00:56:35.694-05:002009-07-23T00:56:35.694-05:00Hey brother great reviews. And the track off of<b>Ustad Ali Akbar Khan&#39;s Garden of Dreams</b> you mention is called<b> &quot;Water Lady&quot;</b> - this is important because one is supposed to be able to imagine the ladies with the &quot;matlas&quot; (clay pots filled with water) on their heads balanced perfectly while weaving gracefully through their village. It is based on Raga Pahadi. A mountian Raga. Please dedicate this month to Khansahib&#39;s memory. Play <b>&quot;The Emperor&quot;</b> and <b>&quot;Two Lovers&quot;</b> next. The former is based on <i>Raga Darbari Kannada</i> and the latter on <i>Raga Mand</i> from Rajasthan.anand vyashttp://www.anandvyas.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30368338.post-78888544288580450232009-07-16T22:31:50.454-05:002009-07-16T22:31:50.454-05:00Sindhu - thanks for stopping by and the kind words!<br /><br />BV - agree with you whole-heartedly about his films. My mom got me into them back when I was in high school but I didn&#39;t really appreciate them back then. Making up for lost time now and just rediscovering a whole world of Hindi Cinema. Hope to see a review of it on your website one day.<br /><br />DG - I am usually too lazy to do screencaps but always happy with the result when I do. Plus, with all the great actors in the movie it would be just a crime not to with this one. There are several scenes of Puri without a shirt and the guy is just solid!Sanket Vyashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00410998671085464946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30368338.post-85471190674760591052009-07-15T04:27:01.183-05:002009-07-15T04:27:01.183-05:00Wow, this sounds like it would be very hard to watch, but your review is so compelling that I now feel I have to watch it... the screencaps are great too. <br /><br />What a great cast, by the way... I could not recognise Amrish Puri in that picture...Daddy's Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14679564351145843434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30368338.post-34860543539629104522009-07-13T15:14:26.944-05:002009-07-13T15:14:26.944-05:00Lovely review, Sanket. I love Shyam Benegal&#39;s films and the way his brand of &quot;parallel cinema&quot; usually involves fairly realistic characters but in a very interesting, socially-relevant plot (<i>Mandi</i> and <i>Junoon</i> are two of my favorites), that has you hooked on from the word go. I have yet to see this one, though. It sounds pretty disturbing, but your review is tempting me to check it out!bollyviewerhttp://bollyviewer-oldisgold.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30368338.post-37822447193141935522009-07-13T06:41:25.930-05:002009-07-13T06:41:25.930-05:00Wonderful review!Sindhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05391177484109186200noreply@blogger.com