Comments on: How to Fight Loneliness

By: sepoy

sepoy — Tue, 02 May 2006 18:23:12 +0000

dk: I will, indeed blog about it.
e: muchos gracias, again. And yeah, an extra chapter hurt no one.
qalandar: Thx for the hazaar rec. Will def. check it out. And Guide! indeed.

By: Qalandar

Qalandar — Tue, 02 May 2006 15:36:58 +0000

Can’t believe I forgot this one: Dev Anand’s/Waheeda Rahman’s “Guide”…

By: Qalandar

Qalandar — Tue, 02 May 2006 15:27:20 +0000

I’d also add “Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa” (“The Mother of [Prisoner] 1084″), based on Mahashweta Devi’s short story. Call me a sap but it’s the only movie I can ever recall crying through.

How about one outta left-field? Sanjay Khan’s TV serial: “The Sword of Tipu Sultan”, based in large part on Bhagwan Gidwani’s historical novel? I know I know, it ain’t a movie, but you’re not going to let a little thing like that get in the way, will you?

By: Qalandar

Qalandar — Tue, 02 May 2006 15:13:23 +0000

Must say I didn’t care much for Maqbool, I thought Raincoat (based on a short story) and Choker Bali were better (though alas only the mangled-by-30-mins version of the latter is available). I’d also add “Kandukondain Kandukondain”, loosely adapted from Sense & Sensibility, to the list…it’s great fun.

The subtitles on this version are very good:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006J280U/104-3360605-7183963?v=glance&n=130

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 13:04:40 +0000

i am pleased to hear that the altamash has helped reinvigorate your delight in the dissertating process. my system is usually to let it all hang out, and then triage like mad in the editing phase, but if you have no official word limit why not add the extra chapter? especially if the material is so much fun.

By: desiknitter

desiknitter — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 03:40:50 +0000

My head hurts after conferences just from the compulsive nodding, forget the absorbing of ideas and staying awake bit.
Accha, even if you decide to leave the film out of the thesis, do tell us about it here!
And I’ve actually been collecting some stuff for the Sourcebook, to be scanned in later on.