tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post5074538285090137474..comments2023-12-19T08:12:59.428-08:00Comments on Post-Punk Cinema Club: Calcutta Mail (2003)a ppcc representativehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03533616493105736109noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-67839224679270817522008-12-08T12:43:00.000-08:002008-12-08T12:43:00.000-08:00Thanks, Filmifan! I had found some mentions of thi...Thanks, Filmifan! I had found some mentions of this direct copy when I was researching this review... I'm far too curious to resist! (And hey, I've got nothing against the direction of Musafir. In fact... I still can't pinpoint what, exactly, I disliked about Musafir so much.)a ppcc representativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03533616493105736109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-60266843840653239022008-12-08T11:07:00.000-08:002008-12-08T11:07:00.000-08:00"If" you want a more direct copy of Oldboy and hav..."If" you want a more direct copy of Oldboy and haven't done so already, check out Zinda (with Sanjay Dutt and John Abraham). Although be forewarned, it's by the same director as Musafir (which was also largely a copy).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-59929500064181979702008-12-03T12:49:00.000-08:002008-12-03T12:49:00.000-08:00Yves - Send us more Anil and Sudhir Mishra recomme...Yves - Send us more Anil and Sudhir Mishra recommendations our way! We need all the help we can get as we navigate these treacherous new waters.<BR/><BR/>Memsaab - Oh, Memsaab. :)<BR/><BR/>Rum - Oh yes, 1942! That's going on the list. Agreed that poor Rani was given a pretty crap job (though I still loved her!).<BR/><BR/>Eliza - LOL! Well, I think Choi Min-Sik is pretty gosh-darned lovable, and, while his character was certainly stupid and mean, I still max sympathized with him. Oldboy review is definitely coming... one of these days! (I need to defend it from all that bashing by Manohla Dargis at the NY Times.)<BR/><BR/>Filmi Girl - For some reason, I really preferred the second "me and Anil, tho thweet" song compared to the first, since the second one was such an adorable fantasy. It reminded me of Jahan Main Jaati from Chori Chori, where Nargis suddenly imagines her and Raj Kapoor as puppets in a theatre show. In both songs, the guy, Anil or Raj, gets to suddenly cut loose and behave in a radically different, OTT way. So much fun!a ppcc representativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03533616493105736109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-63990145607634660132008-12-02T09:57:00.000-08:002008-12-02T09:57:00.000-08:00I really enjoyed Rani's role and that inappropriat...I really enjoyed Rani's role and that inappropriate song! I really wished that the film had been about her with Anil being the mysterious stranger who enters her life - I think it would have worked a lot better that way. :)Filmi Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292362161639177666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-70256717441668807372008-12-02T00:24:00.000-08:002008-12-02T00:24:00.000-08:00Yooohooo! Oldboy is one of my favorite films (I al...Yooohooo! Oldboy is one of my favorite films (I also recommend Sympathy for Mr.Vengeance if you haven't seen it yet)<BR/><BR/>"Both protagonists are likable Everymen who are driven by an intense and mysterious desire for revenge (and gosh, they even resemble each other physically!)"<BR/><BR/>Interesting comment since to me one of the good things about Oldboy is that the protagonist is not really likable. He is simply stupid (in the worst possible sense). <BR/><BR/>Now I really want to watch Calcutta Mail. And maybe it is needless to say but I'll say it anyway;an Oldboy review would be such a treat :)eliza bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997101330508195099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-33290933451997789622008-12-01T19:08:00.000-08:002008-12-01T19:08:00.000-08:00I really like this movie, the camera angles and te...I really like this movie, the camera angles and tension building! Anil always is the best freakout scene actor, whether its shouting or throwing stuff around he's up there on my list along with Orson Welles in the rosebud freakout scene, Rani had so little to do here, and i much preferred Manisha here, coz it reminded me of my favorite romantic epic of all time 1942-A Love Story, which i definitely recommend as required Anil Pradesh viewing! <BR/>I found it soo odd that Satish Kaushik played the behind the scenes villain, I can only picture him as Calendar to my Anil's Mr.iNDIA!Rumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10104185865100510017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-90032431054231874602008-12-01T17:52:00.000-08:002008-12-01T17:52:00.000-08:00I liked Calcutta Mail a lot. But I just watched Ma...I liked Calcutta Mail a lot. But I just watched Mard and loved it...so uhhhh...mmm....hm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-18534025227798297942008-12-01T14:45:00.000-08:002008-12-01T14:45:00.000-08:00Hello PPCC,Nice take on one of my favourite Anil K...Hello PPCC,<BR/>Nice take on one of my favourite Anil Kapoor movies. I too enjoyed him tremendously here, along with Rani Mukherjee (shivers down my back) and Sayaji Shinde (more shivers down my spine).<BR/>All this even if Sudhir Mishra has done much better!<BR/>Cheersyveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975451635895715233noreply@blogger.com