This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on January 13, 2014. I am thrilled to be part of the Classic Movie History Project Blogathon, organized by Movies Silently, Silver Screenings, and Once Upon a Screen. By the time I decided to toss my hat in the virtual ring, there were three years left to…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on January 14, 2014. Dadasaheb Phalke’s 1919 film Kaliya Mardan (“The Vanquishing of Kaliya”) was, like his previous film featuring the god Krishna, Shri Krishna Janma (“The Birth of Krishna”), by all accounts a smashing success. It’s a perfect example of Phalke’s use of cinema to support…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on March 8, 2015. One of the things I love about my fascination with Indian movies is how I am constantly learning, constantly surprised by where they take me. The day the Russians in Film blogathon was announced I happened to be watching…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on November 9, 2015. In this wonderful and delightful version of Aladdin, a shaitani (demonic) magician, Hikmat (S. N. Tripathi), calls up a Light Vampire in order to discover the secret to fulfilling his dearest wish, i.e., being Emperor! Of! The! World! The Light Vampire…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on May 16, 2015. This post is part of the My Favorite Classic Movie Blogathon in celebration of National Classic Movie Day (May 16th). Click here to view the schedule listing all the great posts in this blogathon. There is a moment in Kamal’s 2013 film Celluloid when the noted film…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on June 10, 2015. I had a feeling watching the trailer for Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal (Swordfishes of Big Tides) that it would be my cup of tea. Starting with the cinematography by Abinandhan Ramanujam – I fell in love with his work in Lijo Jose…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on June 26, 2015. Once again, it’s time for the Classic Movie History Project Blogathon, hosted by Movies Silently, Silver Screenings and Once Upon a Screen and sponsored by Flicker Alley! I will be sharing my thoughts on the newly restored Apu Trilogy, by director Satyajit Ray. I could tell…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on November 18, 2015. When we first see Charulata (Madhabi Mukherjee), she’s the embodiment of the good Bengali wife, embroidering a B (for her husband, Bhupati) on a handkerchief, her workbasket next to her, making sure the servant serves tea on time. But…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on December 7, 2015. I couldn’t resist choosing Junglee to be part of the Try It,You’ll Like It! Blogathon. The purpose of the blogathon is to offer up classic films in order to encourage those who’ve never experienced them to do so. Normally, I struggle with…
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