बात इंग्लिश थी
शराब इंग्लिश थी
बातें हो रही थीं
गाँव की
मजदूर की!
राकेश राज
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
कार का पहिया
कार का पहिया
पिल्ले का सर
खून खींच जाता है
सड़क पर
शांत होते हैं
उसके पैर
कुछ देर की तड़पन के बाद
कार की खिड़की से निकला
बुल्ल्डोग का पिल्ला
जीभ दिखाते हुए
कहता था
भौंका मत कर!
राकेश राज
पिल्ले का सर
खून खींच जाता है
सड़क पर
शांत होते हैं
उसके पैर
कुछ देर की तड़पन के बाद
कार की खिड़की से निकला
बुल्ल्डोग का पिल्ला
जीभ दिखाते हुए
कहता था
भौंका मत कर!
राकेश राज
ज़रूर आयेंगे!
वे आ रहे थे
आ रहे थे
रहे थे
थे!
वे आ रहे हैं
आ रहे हैं
रहे हैं
हैं!
वे ज़रूर आयेंगे
ज़रूर आयेंगे
आयेंगे
ज़रूर!
मृत्युंजय प्रभाकर
आ रहे थे
रहे थे
थे!
वे आ रहे हैं
आ रहे हैं
रहे हैं
हैं!
वे ज़रूर आयेंगे
ज़रूर आयेंगे
आयेंगे
ज़रूर!
मृत्युंजय प्रभाकर
Monday, November 26, 2007
हम सब बाज़ार
कोरा नही है दामन कोई
चस्पां है वह मेरी भी कलाई पर
एक गर्म कतरा
मेरी ललाट से उतर
पसर रहा है मेरी छाती पर
धार है की रुकने का नम ही नहीं लेती
मैंने कहा है ज़ोर से चीखकर
होली नहीं है कि
बहने दें बदस्तूर
वह रंग
सबके अपने तर्क हैं
और उन्हें सिर्फ़ ख़ुद पर ही यकीं है
लोकसभा बना दी गई
इस ज़मीं पर
सुनता कोई भी नहीं है
उस ज़मीं के रिसने पर
कोहराम मचा रहे लोग
यह भूल चुके हैं कि
रिसनेवाली ज़मीं का भी
एक नाम है
कुछ रिश्ते हैं
और चंद सपने
उन्हें तलब है नकदी फसल की
भुना लेना चाहते हैं वे
जमने के पहले ही
कतरा-कतरा
उनके लहू का
बाज़ार के विरोधी भी
उतने ही बाजारू हैं
जितने की बाज़ार के समर्थक!
मृत्युंजय प्रभाकर
चस्पां है वह मेरी भी कलाई पर
एक गर्म कतरा
मेरी ललाट से उतर
पसर रहा है मेरी छाती पर
धार है की रुकने का नम ही नहीं लेती
मैंने कहा है ज़ोर से चीखकर
होली नहीं है कि
बहने दें बदस्तूर
वह रंग
सबके अपने तर्क हैं
और उन्हें सिर्फ़ ख़ुद पर ही यकीं है
लोकसभा बना दी गई
इस ज़मीं पर
सुनता कोई भी नहीं है
उस ज़मीं के रिसने पर
कोहराम मचा रहे लोग
यह भूल चुके हैं कि
रिसनेवाली ज़मीं का भी
एक नाम है
कुछ रिश्ते हैं
और चंद सपने
उन्हें तलब है नकदी फसल की
भुना लेना चाहते हैं वे
जमने के पहले ही
कतरा-कतरा
उनके लहू का
बाज़ार के विरोधी भी
उतने ही बाजारू हैं
जितने की बाज़ार के समर्थक!
मृत्युंजय प्रभाकर
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Films Division in new makeover at IFFI
India's Films Division, a legacy from the dayswhen documentary filmmaking in India was largely government-dominate d,has put up a cine expo and is to screen films on the Indian freedomstruggle during the IFFI film festival underway here.
Struggling to find a new role for itself, in times when manyhigh-quality filmmakers, specially small-time independent documentarymakers, have entered the market, the Films Division has also set up amarketing stall of its products and is taking part in a 'film bazaar'that is part of the International Film Festival of India 2007. It hasalso released a film on Indian cinema.
Films Division is organizing an exclusive exhibition, called 'BehindThe Frames', during IFFI.This cine expo will displays different equipment and materialsconnected with filmmaking, going from decades ago to the latestgadgets.
On display are a 35 mm Mitchell camera, metal blimp camera, 16 mmBolex camera, Aaton and BL camera, Eclair NPR camera, Arri 435, zoomlenses, digital meters, Uhar recorder, Nagras, digital recorders, 35mm triple dubbers, and more.Also competing for space are a Siemens mixing console, still cameras,moviola, sound reader, Steenbeck, 10 K and 5 K lights, sun guns,reflectors, 35 mm and 16 mm projectors, colour and B & W picture andsound positive and negative spools and more.
Apart from these, rare film-related photographs and posters collectedfrom different sources are also being exhibited. The rare equipmentson display offer an insight into the technical nuances of film making,and how it changed over the times.
Films on the history of Indian cinema, filmmaking and related subjectsare also being screened at the venue. The expo will be held at the Dr.V.J. Pinto Hall, on the ground floor of a restored beautiful colonialbuilding, part of which goes back to the 18th century inPortuguese-ruled Goa, which also served as the main hospital for theregion ages ago.
This expo will remain open to delegates and public from Nov 24 to Dec 2.
Films Division's documentary films on different subjects, especiallyon art, heritage, music, dance, cinema, Indian personalities, andIndia's freedom struggle and the like, have been stocked in VCDformat.A marketing stall will sell the same at the INOX venue of IFFI, alongwith the chance to preview the films.
Films Division is also participating in the Film Bazaar organized bythe Indian National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) at theMarriott, alongside Miramar beach."Efforts will be made for exposure of our culture, art and heritagethrough Films Division documentaries by proactive interaction withproducers and delegates from different countries at both the filmbazaar and film market stall as well," an official statement heresaid.
'Dreaming Cinema' an exclusive documentary on the history of Indiancinema after the Independence, is being released on the occasion ofthe 38th IFFI. This 30-minute film will provide an overview of Indiancinema from 1947 till date, as the theme.
The second issue of 'Documentary Today' will be released during thefestival. Apart from this, four Films Division films on the freedommovement will be screened in the special section called 'India at 60',marking the country's 60th anniversary as an independent nation.
Four Films Division films have already been selected in the IndianPanorama section this year.Officials said the Films Division team, handling the all-importantPrint Unit of the IFFI, has started functioning, for ensuring "zeroerror screenings" at different venues.
Films Division, run by the government, has been engaged in theproduction of documentaries and news magazines for publicity of thegovernment's programmes. Its news magazines and documentaries havelong been released to various theatres throughout the country forcompulsory exhibition.
Films Division produces documentaries and news magazines from itsheadquarters at Mumbai, films on defence and family welfare from NewDelhi and featurettes with a rural bias from the regional centres atCalcutta and Bangalore.
It also organises an International Film Festivals for Documentary,Short and Animation Films at Mumbai, also known as the MIFF. The nextMIFF will be held from Feb 3-9, 2008, details of which are athttp://miffindia. in/Films Division is divided into four wings, viz. Production,Distribution, International Documentary and Short Film Festival.
Seehttp://www.filmsdiv ision.orgCinema was itself introduced to India fairly early, in 1896.
Currently, the Indian film industry is rated the largest in the worldin terms of the ticket sales and the number of films producedannually.
Movie tickets in India are among the cheapest in the world. Indiaaccounts for 73 percent of movie admissions in the Asia-Pacificregion. The industry is mainly supported by the vast cinema-goingIndian public.
By Frederick Noronha
(Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa- india.org Ph 0091-832-240949012000+ downloadable, sharable hi-res photos http://www.flickr. com/photos/ fn-goa/__._,_.___ )
Struggling to find a new role for itself, in times when manyhigh-quality filmmakers, specially small-time independent documentarymakers, have entered the market, the Films Division has also set up amarketing stall of its products and is taking part in a 'film bazaar'that is part of the International Film Festival of India 2007. It hasalso released a film on Indian cinema.
Films Division is organizing an exclusive exhibition, called 'BehindThe Frames', during IFFI.This cine expo will displays different equipment and materialsconnected with filmmaking, going from decades ago to the latestgadgets.
On display are a 35 mm Mitchell camera, metal blimp camera, 16 mmBolex camera, Aaton and BL camera, Eclair NPR camera, Arri 435, zoomlenses, digital meters, Uhar recorder, Nagras, digital recorders, 35mm triple dubbers, and more.Also competing for space are a Siemens mixing console, still cameras,moviola, sound reader, Steenbeck, 10 K and 5 K lights, sun guns,reflectors, 35 mm and 16 mm projectors, colour and B & W picture andsound positive and negative spools and more.
Apart from these, rare film-related photographs and posters collectedfrom different sources are also being exhibited. The rare equipmentson display offer an insight into the technical nuances of film making,and how it changed over the times.
Films on the history of Indian cinema, filmmaking and related subjectsare also being screened at the venue. The expo will be held at the Dr.V.J. Pinto Hall, on the ground floor of a restored beautiful colonialbuilding, part of which goes back to the 18th century inPortuguese-ruled Goa, which also served as the main hospital for theregion ages ago.
This expo will remain open to delegates and public from Nov 24 to Dec 2.
Films Division's documentary films on different subjects, especiallyon art, heritage, music, dance, cinema, Indian personalities, andIndia's freedom struggle and the like, have been stocked in VCDformat.A marketing stall will sell the same at the INOX venue of IFFI, alongwith the chance to preview the films.
Films Division is also participating in the Film Bazaar organized bythe Indian National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) at theMarriott, alongside Miramar beach."Efforts will be made for exposure of our culture, art and heritagethrough Films Division documentaries by proactive interaction withproducers and delegates from different countries at both the filmbazaar and film market stall as well," an official statement heresaid.
'Dreaming Cinema' an exclusive documentary on the history of Indiancinema after the Independence, is being released on the occasion ofthe 38th IFFI. This 30-minute film will provide an overview of Indiancinema from 1947 till date, as the theme.
The second issue of 'Documentary Today' will be released during thefestival. Apart from this, four Films Division films on the freedommovement will be screened in the special section called 'India at 60',marking the country's 60th anniversary as an independent nation.
Four Films Division films have already been selected in the IndianPanorama section this year.Officials said the Films Division team, handling the all-importantPrint Unit of the IFFI, has started functioning, for ensuring "zeroerror screenings" at different venues.
Films Division, run by the government, has been engaged in theproduction of documentaries and news magazines for publicity of thegovernment's programmes. Its news magazines and documentaries havelong been released to various theatres throughout the country forcompulsory exhibition.
Films Division produces documentaries and news magazines from itsheadquarters at Mumbai, films on defence and family welfare from NewDelhi and featurettes with a rural bias from the regional centres atCalcutta and Bangalore.
It also organises an International Film Festivals for Documentary,Short and Animation Films at Mumbai, also known as the MIFF. The nextMIFF will be held from Feb 3-9, 2008, details of which are athttp://miffindia. in/Films Division is divided into four wings, viz. Production,Distribution, International Documentary and Short Film Festival.
Seehttp://www.filmsdiv ision.orgCinema was itself introduced to India fairly early, in 1896.
Currently, the Indian film industry is rated the largest in the worldin terms of the ticket sales and the number of films producedannually.
Movie tickets in India are among the cheapest in the world. Indiaaccounts for 73 percent of movie admissions in the Asia-Pacificregion. The industry is mainly supported by the vast cinema-goingIndian public.
By Frederick Noronha
(Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa- india.org Ph 0091-832-240949012000+ downloadable, sharable hi-res photos http://www.flickr. com/photos/ fn-goa/__._,_.___ )
Sunil Gangopadhyay inspires two IFFI films
He is currently several thousand miles away fromthe salubrious venue of the ongoing 38th International Film Festivalof India, but the name and stories of Bengali poet and fiction writerSunil Gangopadhyay are doing the rounds here, thanks to two films thathave come out of completely divergent moviemaking milieus.
Gangopadhyay' s works of fiction have been adapted for two of thisyear's best Indian Panorama films - the section's inaugural feature,Shyamaprasad' s delectably crafted Malayalam-language "Ore Kadal" (TheSea Within), and leading Bollywood production designer Samir Chanda'sevocative and visually stunning directorial debut, "Ek Nadir Galpo"(Tale of a River), which is one of two Indian films competing againsta slew of entries from Asia, Africa and Latin America for a GoldenPeacock.
The last time Gangopadhyay' s name had cropped up in connection with afilm was when the veteran writer threatened to take filmmaker DeepaMehta to court for filching a portion of his magnum opus, "Shei Samay"(Those Times), for Water, a film that generated much tumult beforeeventually garnering an Oscar nomination.
This time around there have been no false alarms. "I came across theSunil Gangopadhyay story two years ago," says the 46-year-oldShyamaprasad, whose previous film, "Akale", was a well-receivedadaptation of Tennessee Williams' celebrated play, "The GlassMenagerie". "I instantly felt that it had the potential to be turnedinto a film.
"The core of "Ore Kadal", set against the social changes brought aboutby rapid globalisation, revolves around a simple middle classhomemaker (Meera Jasmine) who is irresistibly drawn towards a harddrinking, free-spirited economist (Mammootty), sending them and thepeople around them into a headlong spiral fraught with emotional painsand pitfalls. The superbly acted film delves deep into the intricaciesof the inevitably doomed yet strangely liberating relationship with ajudicious mix of restrained drama and a multi-layered narrative style.
"The fact that a Bengali novel can be adapted for a Malayalam filmproves that great literature knows no linguistic bounds," assertsShyamaprasad. "I was keen to get the writer down to Panaji for thescreening of 'Ore Kadal', but he hasn't been able to make it herebecause he is currently in the US."
"Ek Nadir Naam", Samir Chanda's Bengali-language film, explores acompletely different terrain - rural Bengal - and comes up with amoving tale of a man who is determined to move heaven and earth tohave the river that runs through his lush village renamed after hisbeloved daughter. The multiple National Award-winning MithunChakraborty plays the old man, while the gifted Shweta Prasad, whobagged the best child actor National Award a few years ago for herperformance in Vishal Bhardwaj's "Makdee", essays the role of theyoung daughter who drowns in the river.
"I first read the story when I was in college. It has stayed with meever since," says Chanda, who spent his formative years travellingacross Bengal as a theatre enthusiast. "The manner in which the writerhad woven the bureaucracy, religion and caste system of Bengal with anold man's struggle to rename a river in memory of his young daughterwas riveting."
By Saibal Chatterjee
Gangopadhyay' s works of fiction have been adapted for two of thisyear's best Indian Panorama films - the section's inaugural feature,Shyamaprasad' s delectably crafted Malayalam-language "Ore Kadal" (TheSea Within), and leading Bollywood production designer Samir Chanda'sevocative and visually stunning directorial debut, "Ek Nadir Galpo"(Tale of a River), which is one of two Indian films competing againsta slew of entries from Asia, Africa and Latin America for a GoldenPeacock.
The last time Gangopadhyay' s name had cropped up in connection with afilm was when the veteran writer threatened to take filmmaker DeepaMehta to court for filching a portion of his magnum opus, "Shei Samay"(Those Times), for Water, a film that generated much tumult beforeeventually garnering an Oscar nomination.
This time around there have been no false alarms. "I came across theSunil Gangopadhyay story two years ago," says the 46-year-oldShyamaprasad, whose previous film, "Akale", was a well-receivedadaptation of Tennessee Williams' celebrated play, "The GlassMenagerie". "I instantly felt that it had the potential to be turnedinto a film.
"The core of "Ore Kadal", set against the social changes brought aboutby rapid globalisation, revolves around a simple middle classhomemaker (Meera Jasmine) who is irresistibly drawn towards a harddrinking, free-spirited economist (Mammootty), sending them and thepeople around them into a headlong spiral fraught with emotional painsand pitfalls. The superbly acted film delves deep into the intricaciesof the inevitably doomed yet strangely liberating relationship with ajudicious mix of restrained drama and a multi-layered narrative style.
"The fact that a Bengali novel can be adapted for a Malayalam filmproves that great literature knows no linguistic bounds," assertsShyamaprasad. "I was keen to get the writer down to Panaji for thescreening of 'Ore Kadal', but he hasn't been able to make it herebecause he is currently in the US."
"Ek Nadir Naam", Samir Chanda's Bengali-language film, explores acompletely different terrain - rural Bengal - and comes up with amoving tale of a man who is determined to move heaven and earth tohave the river that runs through his lush village renamed after hisbeloved daughter. The multiple National Award-winning MithunChakraborty plays the old man, while the gifted Shweta Prasad, whobagged the best child actor National Award a few years ago for herperformance in Vishal Bhardwaj's "Makdee", essays the role of theyoung daughter who drowns in the river.
"I first read the story when I was in college. It has stayed with meever since," says Chanda, who spent his formative years travellingacross Bengal as a theatre enthusiast. "The manner in which the writerhad woven the bureaucracy, religion and caste system of Bengal with anold man's struggle to rename a river in memory of his young daughterwas riveting."
By Saibal Chatterjee
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