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MAMI FESTIVAL!!!


18th MAMI(Mumbai Academy of Mumbai Image) FEST recently concluded at Mumbai.A Movie fest that is held every year for the last 18 Years in the City,Screening Best of Cinemas from around the world.

China,Turkey,Polish,French,German,United Kingdom, United States of America,Canada and off course India and many more all under one roof for one week,for the Cinema lovers and Die-hard movie buffs.

I had been trying to attend this festival from the last four years,But due to college assignments deadlines,Work and Pre-planned travel plans couldn’t attend it.But,This year the story was different,even with being busy,I had made my plan to experience the world of cinema all under one roof. In the one week that the festival was held with over 100 movies,conversations,Panel discussion and launches with already a huge audiences to market and publicise the exclusive privilege earned at the festival this Movie/Mela couldn’t get better.

Me with the time in my hand,managed just a mere 10% of entertainment from the 100 % entertainment offered to me.

Oh!Yes I managed just 10 movies in the 7 days (168 HRS) of the festival,And it still did not satisfy me since I missed a good 90% of entertainment. 

Anyways,The 10 movies that I Managed to catch from the festival,Will be shared in my next Post with a complete synopsis and my review of it.

The world !!!

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The World is moving around and round,

But  our heads are still, still.

Still understanding,How everything still fits the bill.

The bill of our will.

 A will  of our till.

A Till that is endless than our will.

Yet still.

Our Head Is on the  Ground and 

 we are standing tall 

And having a ball.

Rolling on the wall.

Till we  fall.

And Become a Bomb.

A bomb that sheds tears,

Tears that taste like beer.

Beer that’s still not clear, 

Oh! Dear 

The world is moving around.

Yet , I am standing still there.

And my mind racing, 

There,There and everywhere.

Wherever I could imagine.

It travels, with just the thought of being there

There,Where everything is the same and nothing changes.

But,Ranges from  an accepatations to some expectations.

Yet, We are still stationed.

 The world is moving around and round.

Round, still to be found

And bound to  still  be lost.

Lost  and to be tossed.

World is moving around and round.

 – Akhil Nanda 

       

     

 

 

“Queen of Katwe”-Personal Movie Review 


“Queen of Katwe” A film by Mira Nair.Is a film Based On a true story,That Sends out a very strong message to the audiences,That no matter what background you belong to,No matter where you come from.You must be given the opportunity to prove yourself.The film revolves around the central character Phiona (Played by Madina Nalwanga) the movie on who it’s actually based and Robert Katende (Played by David Oyelowo,who was last seen playing the role of Sir.Mater Luther King in Salma)Play’s the role of  the coach who start’s training some of the kids in a  ‘ Katwe’,  a small village of Uganda,how to play Chess ,as a part time job,But makes it a full time job when he realises the potential of these kids becoming Master of the game.The amazing part of the story is how they adapt ,and prove their worth by defeating students from the best high school in the Uganda.

The timely expression and dialogues with South African music add the extra touch to make the movie an enjoyable one.

The star Cast also includes Lupita Nyong’O who play’s the role of Phiona mother (Nakku Harriet) (Academy Award winner of “12 Years A Slave”)

The complete star cast and the team involved in the film,Has done a really good job with the movie.

One Click !!

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One click -book Jeff Bezos and The rise of amazon.com by Richard L.Brandt ,Its been more than two years since I wanted to read it ,and  I finally got my hand on this book and within a few days ,I lived the journey of amazon and realised there is so much more to amazon then just the E-Commerce website .

Learning about Amazon :

Bezos was   Awarded” Person of the year by Times ” in 1999

The investment with IMDb (InternetMovieDatabase)

The junglee movement -Starting another platform to compare the best prices with amazon .

Zappos accusation to acquire and identifying the threat .

Blue origin -The new project of working on space Ship (Goddard )

Trivia :Goddard ship is named after Robert Hutching Goddard an american physicists credited with building the first liquid fuelled rocket in 1926 

 4 lessons you can learn from amazon for  success of any business 

1.Obsess over customer ,create comfortable ,safe and exciting service for the customer

2.Invent & Reinvent 

3.Focus & focus and not just short term , long term 

4.Challenges- Everyday New challenges helps you and your business grow and tackle problems .

Why one click ? 

its about the one click that was patented by amazon themselves and hence its one click …

Folk Theatre

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The death of Traditional Form of Theatre.

There has been entertainment,even before Cinemas,Television and of course the internet Explosion.But, Does today’s generation have any idea of how the Entertainment in the past was like ? 

The once a upon time trend of Flash mob was InFact the closest one would get to experience live entertainment in the traditional form.

But,have  you heard about  “Tamasha”- not the movie,but a form of entertainment in Maharasthra. Which is driven from a persian word meaning a theatrical entertainment of some kind . was  actually different forms of dance available in maharshtra like the Lavanis,Khatak and ghazals performed by artist in village and rurual environment as a form of entertainment displaying the culture of the place as a tourist attraction and as a way of passing the time. 

But,Besides Movies  showcasing this  Form of theatre,This form of theatre   is seeing the death of our culture in the state.Not just in maharshtra,Northern India too hasn’t seen “Ramlila”a dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Rama, ending up in ten-day battle between Rama  and Ravana.

A form of street play telling you the story of Ramayana, Which in today’s time hasn’t been witnessed by many in the form of play.  Because of the Television,Movies and Social Media giving away the one of the most self validated experience  form of entertainment through Audio Visual and will never be able  through Experiencing it.  

We have forgotten what its  like to experience culturally rich form of storytelling in its actual format as plays. 

its also because of patience, Fame and Money that performers like to act and be part of the larger mass media reach ,rather than travel across with a team for performances and get some self- satisfaction .That is why this form of entertainment has died a natural death  

Nautanki another word for street play used in Uttar Pradesh and for    romantic tales, mythologies, or biographies of local heroes       

The pleasure of Nautanki lies in the intense melodic exchanges between two or three performers; a chorus is used sometimes.These performances last 6-8 hours.narrating the complete story in a performance.The artist too have lost the time and the audience too have dwindled to make this form of entertainment nearly extinct     

These are some of the most popular forms of entertainment of the past,which have lost its appeal and these need to  be part of the culture once again as novelty experiences,For the youth to realise how things have changed in the past,And for another reason how important its to understand Human Connection.