Mangala Talkies

The film that we shall talk about is argued as Francis Ford Coppola best work. Even Coppola thinks that this is his best work. One half of Mangala Talkies - Jateen - the one who does not wear bow tie also thinks this is Coppola's best work.The film is: The Conversation. The Conversation was released between 2 Godfather films. The Godfather and The Godfather Part II. It was a the part of purple patch that Coppola enjoyed in seventies for which I would given him a purple heart - if we could. It is story of Harry Caul played by Gene Hackman. Harry Caul is electronic surveillance expert and runs a his own small surveillance business. He is an intensely private in both his personal and professional life. People around him are not particularly tolerant about it. He undertakes an assignment to record a private discussion of a young couple meeting in crowded and noisy City Square. The arrangement with his client is to provide the audio recording and the photographs of the couple in return for payment. Harry believes that the lives of the young couple are in danger. Harry not only has to decide if he will turn the recording , but also if he will try and save the couple's lives using information from the recording. As Harry goes on a quest to find out what exactly is happening on this case, he finds himself in the middle of his worst nightmare.I warn you at this point more plot points would be revealed in the discussion to follow. The Conversation is written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Acting department is led by Gene Hackman and he is supported by John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Harrison Ford, Terri Garr and and Robert Duvall. It was nominated for 3 Academy Awards and managed to win none of them. Best Picture. Best Writing of Original Screenplay and Best Sound.It was released on 7 April 1974.  This is The Conversation. 

Ep 7: IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack – Half-baked Treatment and Lopsided ReactionsMisguided plane (and the film) which lands nowhere.In this episode Jateen and Sachin spar over their respective review of the Netflix series IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack. Sachin was not too enthused and Jateen was sufficiently amused. WHY? Give it a listen. If you have any views write to us at our social media accounts OR email ID which is mangalatalkies@gmail.com.IC 814: The Kandahar HijackCreated byAnubhav SinhaTrishant SrivastavaNow showing on Netflix

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Here’s a question for you. Pull out a paper. And write down your answer to this question: which is the movie – Arnold made the most money on? I bet your answer starts with letter T or C. By the end of 1987, he had killed 283 people. More than anyone else in Hollywood during that time, by far. It took him eight films, but he did it. And that meant something. It meant that he was an action movie star. His name was above the title of most of his films. In big block letters just as he had dreamt. SCHWARZENEGGERHe had made it. That's what everybody said. Journalists. Studio executives. Agents. His friends. They talked to him like the work was over. Like there was nothing left for him to prove. ''So, what's next for Arnold?'' they would ask, sounding amazed at how far he had come, and as if they couldn’t possibly imagine there was anything more to do. They were thinking too small. Arnold's goals had evolved. They were always growing. Another, bigger picture had snapped into focus for him. He didn't just want to be an action star who got the top billing. He wanted to be a leading man. He wanted to be the highest-paid actor in business.#arnoldschwarzenegger #schwarzenegger #dannydevito #ivanreitman #twins

We know Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar were direct contemporaries. They had a friendship and but they also had a well-guarded rivalry. Which is to be expected from the contemporaries. There is that famous story when Raj Kapoor moved heaven and earth to cast Dilip Kumar in Sangam. Sagam made in 1963 was an ambitious project. To be produced and directed by Rak Kapoor. It had a dram like planning. Evergreen story of that classic love triangle. Great music. Shooting all over the world. No expense spared. Despite all this, Dilip Kumar still rejected the film. But he was particularly heartbroken because of the reason Dilip Kumar cited.: He rejected the film because of Raj Kapoor was also directing it. He thought he wouldn’t get a fair treatment in the film which was going to be produced, directed and co-starred by Raj Kapoor.This story of rejection became an open secret. Everyone knew about it but no one dared to talk about it. I did not find any record of Raj Kapoor approaching Dilip Kumar again for any role. Many many years later. Year 1981. Raj Kapoor was on the set of his film ‘Prem Rog’. Directing it. It was a particularly emotional scene. Rishi Kapoor his son and the lead in the film was trying his best but Raj Kapoor was not having any of it. He gave few suggestions. Assistants read the back story again to bring Rishi Kapoor in the desired state of mind. Production staff got ready. ‘Action’ was called. Rishi Kapoor did the scene again. Aaaaaaand ‘CUT’. Scene ended. Raj Kapoor had turned red by this time. He was a seething with anger. He screamed at Rishi Kapoor: 'क्या कर रहा है? मुझे यूसुफ़ चाहिए यूसुफ़, ये सीन मैं!Glances were exchanged. Everyone on the set, including Rishi Kapoor noticed – who by the way is the source of this story. We all know – who Yusuf is. Yusuf of course is Dilip Kumar. Despite the rivalry and professional fall out – Yusuf aka Dilip Kumar was not only his favourite actor but he was also his high-water mark that he wanted his son to hit. Also, so committed was Raj Kapoor to his craft of film making he did not care for single moment that in the process of giving action instructions, he was giving big compliment to his rival. 'मुझे यूसुफ़ चाहिए, यूसुफ़!' I just love this story. 

Best film made on the partition. One of the best films made in India. One of the best films made in India in 1970s. In case of the film under discussion today, these are not some vacuous headlines on its DVD cover. But these are legitimate claims that this film can made. We are of course talking about 'Garm Hava' Garm Hava was released in May 1974.Directed by M.S. SathyuStory and Screenplay by Kaifi Azmi and Shama ZaidiDialogues by Kaifi Azmi, and Story by Ismat ChughtaiThe film has stellar cast which includes Balraj Sahni, A.K. Hangal, Geeta Kak, Yunus Parvez and many more very talented actors.The film deals with the plight of a North Indian Muslim family - Mirza family, in post-partition India in 1947-48. As the protagonist - mainly Balraj Sahni, deals with his dilemma of whether to move to Pakistan or stay behind, the film details the slow disintegration of his family and the plight of Muslims in post-partition India.Instagram: Facebook:Email: