Movies

[:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_Castle|A prison turned hotel]. Isn't that a remarkable thing? Of course, it could become a little spooky sleeping in jail cells turned rooms, but this hotel seems to be different even there.

It often is outrageous to see well respected artists making generalized comments about Indian Cinema without actually even considering the impact of it. Beeb [:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6369621.stm|has a story] quoting a criticism from the very respected actor Naseeruddin Shah. Quote:

He was speaking after the Bollywood film, Rang de Basanti (Colour Me Saffron) failed to pick up an award at this month's British Academy of Film and Television Awards (Baftas).

Suchitra film society is organizing a unique film festival (its first ever) in Bangalore during Christmas (22 - 28th of December). There would be more than [:http://www.suchitra.org/pages/Biff-list.htm|80 films from all over the world] screened in a span of a week. Passes priced at Rs 600/- can be collected at [:http://www.suchitra.org|Suchitra], B V Karanth Road, Banashankari II Stage, Bangalore.

Watched the first two parts of GodFather, that too non-stop, today. A great movie, a must watch! Makes me remember this following verse from DVG in Mankutimmana kagga: ಹತ