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Rang De Basanti ...

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After watching a hat-trick of run-of-the-mill so called "comedy" movies "Shaadi No.1", "Garam Masala", "Deewane Hue Pagal", this movie was like a whiff, no stream , of fresh breeze.... Battling through a fierce snowstorm, driving on the fast-race course like 696 highway, we reached the theatre in Novi to see what is this so much hyped movie of Aamir's . Having fared pathetically in his last venture, we both(die hard Aamir) fans, hoped this movie would live upto his reputation. And we were not dissapointed. I read an interview of Atul Kulkarni's in Rediff, where he says that Aamir is an actor who gives every person in the movie his fair share. And I found this to be Cent percent true. Inspite of being in the movie, you would never feel only his role hard hitting . Every person has been given his/her fair deal of share in the movie and each frame is made with perfection. The movie starts off with a biiig bang, laughter, jazz music, fun, bik

To Watch First or To Read First?

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Often i am posed with this question in my mind. Before i proceed further, let me explain what I mean by the title... I am often faced with the dilemna : should I read a book before I watch its film adaption or should I see the movie and then pick up a copy of the book? When I first saw "Little Woman" the movie , I was so impressed that I went and bought the book , but soon was a little put off with the elaborate description in the book. Whereas after reading almost 4 books of the Potter series, I went with a very eager mind to see the first movie .. "... and the Philospoher's ..." and came out very disappointed. I should not be very cynical, I know the director tried his best to put the magical world created by Rowling into images, but there is just too much detail in the book that no movie can capture it in 2 hours ... But i cannot deny the fact that I loved and enjoyed seeing my favourite characters being given a face and a voice. The next time I read Harry Po