The coronavirus continues to sweep the globe, causing mass lockdowns everywhere. Luckily, we live in what is arguably the best time to be stuck at home in history. Widespread internet access means leisure activities are easy; you could spin a roulette on Casimba Casino, do a home workout routine, or listen to music without having to leave the comfort of your home. You also have access to some of the greatest movies ever made, not least by Asian filmmakers. Here are the 10 best Asian movies you can watch during lockdown.
Seven Samurai
This influential Kurosawa masterpiece eventually became The Magnificent Seven, a Western directed by John Sturges. That movie is great, of course, but the original is yet to be topped. Kurosawa’s cinematography is fluid and kinetic, and the characterisation of each of the samurai is compelling and bold. The plot is simple: seven samurai have been hired to...
Seven Samurai
This influential Kurosawa masterpiece eventually became The Magnificent Seven, a Western directed by John Sturges. That movie is great, of course, but the original is yet to be topped. Kurosawa’s cinematography is fluid and kinetic, and the characterisation of each of the samurai is compelling and bold. The plot is simple: seven samurai have been hired to...
- 4/26/2020
- by AMP Training
- AsianMoviePulse
On Wednesday night New York's prestigious Columbia University played host to Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider. The film was watched in rapt attention by over 2,000 students including a majority from America. The screening was followed by a definitive incisive and exhaustive interactive session helmed by the Haider writer Basharat Peer who is a former student of Columbia University. Interestingly, the guest of honour at the screening was eminent litterateur Salman Rushdie. Rushdie is himself of Kashmiri origin. I thought it would be interesting to know his opinion on Haider. When contacted Salman Rushdie said, "I liked the film and thought it used 'Hamlet' very well to illuminate Kashmir." It was Tabu's performance that enthralled Rushdie. Says the distinguished author, "Tabu's performance is what holds the film together and the use of Shakespearean motifs -- the play within the play, the revenge tragedy, the ghost -- is elegant and effective.
- 11/22/2014
- BollywoodHungama
“19 January 1990 was a very cold day despite the sun’s weak attempts to emerge from behind dark clouds…’Naara-e-taqbeer, Allah ho Akbar!’ I looked at my father; his face was contorted. He knew only too well what the slogan meant. I had heard it as well, in a stirring drama telecast a few years ago on Doordarshan, an adaptation of Bhisham Sahni’s Tamas, a novel based on the events of the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan. It was the cry that a mob of Muslim rioters shouted as it descended upon Hindu settlements. It was a war cry…The crowd wanted to turn Kashmir into Pakistan, without the Pandit men, but with their women…Ma rushed to the kitchen and returned with a long knife. It was her father’s. ‘If they come, I will kill her,’ she looked at my sister. ‘And then I will kill myself. And...
- 10/6/2014
- by Amitava Nag
- DearCinema.com
Shakespeare’s Hamlet has a complex protagonist, revenge, murder and deceit. It is no wonder that the play has witnessed a number of adaptations and is revered as one of Shakespeare’s greatest works. In terms of film, there have been several adaptations. However, Laurence Oliviers black and white adaptation produced in 1948 steals the show and remains as the only Shakespeare film to have won best picture and best actor at the Oscars.
Now the time has come for Bollywood to explore Hamlet through Vishal Bhardwaj’s Haider, set for release on the 2nd of October 2014. The tragic prince is played by Shahid Kapoor, one of Bollywood’s most versatile actor’s. Shahid Kapoor received critical acclaim for his performance in Kaminey, also directed by Bhardwaj. Anticipation is running high not just for the Shakespearian Bollywood adaptation but for the director-actor duo to once again work their magic.
Vishal Bhardwaj...
Now the time has come for Bollywood to explore Hamlet through Vishal Bhardwaj’s Haider, set for release on the 2nd of October 2014. The tragic prince is played by Shahid Kapoor, one of Bollywood’s most versatile actor’s. Shahid Kapoor received critical acclaim for his performance in Kaminey, also directed by Bhardwaj. Anticipation is running high not just for the Shakespearian Bollywood adaptation but for the director-actor duo to once again work their magic.
Vishal Bhardwaj...
- 9/15/2014
- by Aashi Gahlot
- Bollyspice
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