Jagjit Singh
Tum Bin set a benchmark for the soulful album which struck a chord because of the iconic song sung by the legendary singer Jagjit Singh. Singh is no more but producer Bhushan Kumar and director Anubhav Sinha have reunited again for Tum Bin 2 and are paying a tribute to the Ghazal maestro integral part of Tum Bin family.
Ankit Tiwari has recreated Jagjit Singh’s iconic number, ‘Koi Fariyaad’, from Tum Bin (2001) which is now titled ‘Teri Fariyaad’. The song has the original voice of Jagjit Singh and Rekha Bharadwaj who has already mesmerized the audience. Alive concert to pay tribute to Jagjit Singh on his death anniversary was an evening to remember.
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Former college buddies, Tanveer and Srinivasan, have lost touch over the years. Tanveer, a 9 to 5 Silicon Valleyite, lives a very western, suburban life. Srinivasan is an emerging director of independent cinema in Mumbai. On learning that Srinivasan’s latest film has been invited to a festival in Los Angeles, Tanveer offers to drive him there. On their road trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles, they realize that even though their paths in life have diverged widely, some things have not changed. The journey down the Pacific Coast highway is a journey of discovery.
Directed by Mainak Dhar who started as an AD to filmmaker Prakash Jha during the making of Gangajaal before moving to Los Angeles with the goal of watching as many movies as possible during the next few years and he did. Life and love happened to Dhar simultaneously. He became an editor and then filmmaker of a short film Honk for Steve inspired from a neighborhood character. Dhar plans to make three zero budget films in the next three years and 417 Miles is the first in the series.
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Oscar-nominated director Deepa Mehta goes into an experimental mode with this year MAMI’s opening film Anatomy of Violence.The film is a fictionalized slant on the brutal rape of a 23-year-old girl on a private bus in Delhi in December 2012 and holds the rapists accountable but the film has a deeper message and a novel structure.
Mehta is sensitive to not depict the rape and instead fast forwards to the reaction of some of the culprits in jail and to others talking about the incident. Shot with just a handheld camera without music or special effects. This lends a raw, home-movie feel to the film.
In collaboration with theatre artist Neelam Mansingh, filmmaker Deepa Mehta has mentored a group of actors to improvise on the conditions that may have led to the crime. Each actor enacts scenes from early childhood to the time of the horrific incident. So does the victim, on the course of her life just before the crime. The film spotlights the harsh upbringing of the six assailants, which might also account for their shocking lack of remorse.
Anatomy of Violence is unusual in the sense it presents crime as a consequence of a patriarchal society and challenges its audience to examine, question and recognize that we are complicit.
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Devi Siddhidatri
Devi Siddhidatri: In the beginning of the universe, Lord Rudra worshipped the unmanifest form of the Mother Goddess, AdiParashakti for creation. As Adi Parashakti, the Mother Goddess was pure energy and had no form. She thus appeared in the form of Siddhidatri from the left half of Shiva.
Day of worship: 9th day of Navratri
Governing planet: Ketu
Mantra: Om Devi SiddhidatryaiNamah ॐदेवीसिद्धिदात्र्यैनम
Iconography: Goddess Siddhidatri sits on Kamal and rides on the lion. She is depicted with four hands. She has Gada in the one right hand, Chakra in the other right hand, lotus flower in the left hand and Shankh in the other left hand.
Specific power: She bestows all types of siddhi(supernatural powers) to her devotees and hence is worshipped by humans, ,ghandarvas, asuras and devas alike.
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