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oH Kalyug is an absolute masterpiece. Benegal in top form. Two movies I remember vividly from childhood D - Kalyug and one more set in Goa with surreal overtones. appO oNyumE puriyalainAlum they were vividly, intensely gripping to watch. When watched later, you just realise what a master story teller this man is even if you strip him of his social commentary tendencies.

Sudhir Mishra started off promisingly as well before going inconsistent. Ditto for Prakash Jha.
By far, Govind Nihalani's loss of form is the biggest thing I miss in Hindi.

Interestingly, all 4 have been handicapped by taking on Bolly stars for commercial viability in their most recent efforts. Ofcourse, Benegal failed even with the lesser stars like Boman and Minissha.
I dont even remember Sudhir Mishra's recent ventures.

While on Godfather rip-offs, the most hilarious has to be Aatank Hi Aatank with Aamir and Rajni. Thankfully, my memory is wiped completely of anything related to the movie but it would make a good fun watch now.

Never rated Mishra apart from HKA, and I haven't ever liked Jha's work in the sense of HKA or Ardh Satya. I'm inclined to chalk his name off..

Yeah, I got that Goan movie you're talking about, Trikhal. With subtitles..

Trikaal, it is.
On Mishra and Jha, the keyword is promising. I saw on DD Mishra's first movie, Yeh Woh Manzil Toh Nahin,a fine take on North Indian University campus politics woven through the viewpoint of 3 old men revisiting their campus trying to shake off some old guilt - as trite as it can get - but got a good treatment. Jha always had promising moments - and Gangajaal was good as a whole. Even Apharan had its moments.

No other Television Channel has contributed to shape my movie watching taste as Doordarshan in the 80's. I daresay, I'd extend that to a significant population of the 80's teenagers and children..

I'm very much of 90's generation. I'd still attest DD as the best film education I had in my childhood. I can't name films whose lingering frames remain etched in my memory..

Oh yeah that could be a thread...let me open one...I would want to let out such lingering frames - some of them probably not even impacttful but just stay there in memory as only childhood memories can stay

After a very long wait finally managed to watch Satya (1998). Very good.

Manoj and JD Chakravarthy acted very well. Urmila was gorgeous and plain beautiful in the film. Nicely written film. No hiccups whatsoever.

Love Aaj kal:At just a little over 2 hours it's a short film but even then felt the movie was going nowhere in the first 45-50 minutes.

Picked up steam from then on and ended nicely but no way deserves all the praise it garnered on release.Saif was good and so was the songs while Deepika was hot and nothing else.With a weak voice and an expressionless face,don't know how long she can survive as an actress.

On the whole a very average film-not even worth a second watch,forget having it in the collection.

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but the question is why is chasing excellence in education superior to, say, chasing money which is routinely shown its place in films?

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sariyAna kELvi. magizhndhOm. I'll drop the "in education", lazy me. indha pursuers of excellencenAlE enakku allergy, AmAm.

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Oh, I'd agree. Here I was trying to argue within the frame of reference of the film, willing to buy its premise of holding up the pursuit of excellence in whatever field one is in. The quoted line actually needs a correction. I meant to question "success in education"; i.e. why is there a need to insist that success will follow if one pursues excellence?

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BTW, konjam kOnAr notes thEvai - so who is the "truly excellent one is the one who was never interested in getting (nor was in a position to get) a degree". The second paragraph doesnt clearly, unambigously say which of the 3 you meant.

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I think, now, it should be clearer. I meant Rancho.

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success will follow if one pursues excellence?

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Oh! This clears things up significantly.

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