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Channel [v] begins auditions for Bingo! [v] Full On!
Are you one of those who think that your daily dose of the Virar-Churchgate train travel is adventure enough? And the traffic in this city tries your patience?Channel [v] is all set to shatter your myths with Bingo! [v] Full On! - a game…
"Life is really a comedy which pretends to be a tragedy" - Ramu (Part 1)
Years ago I was involved in a train accident, while travelling from Hyderabad to Naraspur for the shooting of 'Prema katha', which resulted in around 17 deaths. It was one of the most dramatic, comic and tragic experiences of my life.I was sleeping on…
"Life is really a comedy which pretends to be a tragedy" - Ramu (Part 2)
Continued from Part 1Meanwhile a gleeful looking man from a nearby village was ecstatic about how nothing like this ever happened near his village. I could imagine Mr.Gleeful till the day of death will tell his children and grand children of his experiences.I…
Ramu talks about logical loopholes in his films
On being questioned, how did Ramu conceive the scene at the railway crossing in Shiva where Nagarjuna rescues Amala, Ramu replied:"Obviously from my imagination. An interesting thing happened at location when I was shooting that scene. My assistant director walked up to me and…
Mumbai Stories Reality Really Bites
Tripping down with clich©d comedy, romance and action based Bollywood flicks should have really chafed down our spirits. Merely, film critics miffed up putting concentric verdicts ' Beating the same bush with not more than 2 stars. Well, Bollywood witnessed aspiring filmmakers striking their best…
A sweet short train journey
Travelling in a local Mumbai train may not be luxurious as commuting in a costly car, but it has a feeling of its own with exclusive memories of simplicity and one among the crowd.Well Priyanka Chopra never got a chance to mingle with the…
After MUMBAI MERI JAAN, RUSLAAN is another film on Mumbai train blasts
'RUSLAAN', the film revolving around train blasts in Mumbai on July 11th 2006 , has completed its shoot with the last schedule at Hazi Ali Shrine on August 20, 2008. Team has shot a song sequence at Hazi Ali. Song 'Maula Mere Maula' is sung…
Is terrorism a new phenomenon for films?
Terrorism has become a global phenomenon after the 9/11 attacks in US and other Madrid, London and Bali bombings. In India, almost each every state came under the terrorist scanner and permanent alert is given for the public to be aware of terrorist mode of…
'The story behind RANGEELA' - As told by Ramu himself
In my college I used to hang out with a guy called Ramesh who was a kind of a street goonda. Those days there used to be a lot of hobnobbing between students and goonda elements. Ramesh was a very feared guy in the locality…
'Mumbai Meri Jaan' to be set free on August 22
The time cannot be riper for this film to hit the cinema halls.The core subject of the movie is based on the Mumbai serial train blasts of July 11, 2006.When the country is yet to come in terms with the recent back to…