Of slapstick, fillums and critiques

When you turn around and look back at all the screenings on campus, save and except a few here and there, the essence of the light movies seems to have been sidelined since the inception of the club. Apparently the intention with which film club was started was to expose people more to movies that are otherwise not readily accessible but are critically acclaimed, keeping the same in mind over the past two years film club has screened movies accordingly. But amidst all this the fun of movie watching seems to have become redundant and is evident at the poor turn-outs. The solution to this when discussed, its results culminated into the Amitabh Bacchan Screenings, the turn-outs bears the testimony and I shall not delve any deeper into it.
Since Film Club is an informal club we do not work on a mandate per se, we suggest that please attend the open meetings and suggest movies that you would want to watch, if you want to watch French new wave we will all sit together and decide on how to go about with it, if you want to watch Govinda-david dhawan combination we will still sit together and decide how to go about it. Its just a matter of taking initiatives and its the fillum club after all

P.S. The aforementioned is mere suggestion, kindly take it as same.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar

Screening more films

This trimester has nearly come to an end, and everyone shall now soon be busy with studying for exams. Meanwhile the NLS Film Club has not been screening films regularly. Even EMC's Univ Week film-fest didn't happen this year. (Kudos to the Literary and Debating Society for having screened some films instead -- though they had nothing whatsoever to do with literature.)

Come next trimester, we should firstly try to have a meeting with all those interested in the Film Club project
attending. After that, depending on whether we decide on further themes (or discarding the very idea of "themes"), we should get down to screening more films.




So much for next trimester's plans. Tonight (or as soon as possible), M.V. Swaroop shall grace us with his presence and screen a Tamil film directed (and scripted) by Mani Ratnam, called Kannathil Muthamittal (translating to, "A kiss on the cheeks"). (Here's the IMDB entry.) It's a lovely movie about the life of a girl (Amudha, played expertly by P. S. Keerthana), following the revelation on her ninth birthday that she is in fact adopted. The film follows her quest to find her real mother through war-torn Sri Lanka. With brilliant acting by all, this is a film definitely worth watching. What's more, it unites Mani Ratnam's two favourite things: child-actors (Anjali) and strife-torn settings (Roja, Bombay, Dil Se). Do turn up!

P.S. Swaroop might even follow it up with a couple of Woody Allen films. So watch this space!