Comments on: Review: No Smoking

By: Aravind Ranganathan

Aravind Ranganathan — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:23:32 +0000

WHAT??!! All this talk about self-indulgence and not a single word about Gaja Gamini or Meenaxi ? :O Even if the former was released in the “pre-multiplex” days, the latter DID make it to multiplexes era (may be a little earlier than it should have)!

What say BR?

By: Praveen

Praveen — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:44:23 +0000

bulls eye..
i felt the review captured the essence of the movie completely..
not giving any answers, but asking all the right questions.
I’ve had the pleasure of watching the movie.. and was completely engrossed by the briliance of the artisits as well as the technicians. It was a “beautiful” film to watch. Not easy to understand.. and the Mr. director doesn’t make our job any easier.

but kudos to him… for visualising something so ‘DIFFERENT’(most over used term in bollywood). ANd he had to round-things-associated-with-manhood to make the movie the way he wanted it to be made.
I wouldn’t have had it any other way.

Again, i must say, Brilliant review

By: wb

wb — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:50:52 +0000

serenity now! after a long wait – self imposed – i’ve finally read the WORD. thanks, bard! if only i could borrow your eyes every time i watch a real movie.

fwiw, i have put in my 2 cents online – my take on the movie – here: http://passionforcinema.com/confessions-of-an-erstwhile-smoker/

By: Abeer

Abeer — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:52:19 +0000

The doorbell in Siberia which has Hitler making his propaganda speech and sounds of sirens in the background would make for a nice ring tone I’m thinking. In fact Baba Bengali had it as a ringtone. The same audio sequence is there in the opening video of the WW-II PC game Medal of Honor Allied Assault. I find it a very dramatic audio-sequence.

By: Anastasia

Anastasia — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:57:31 +0000

Please limit your reviews to few words it is hard to read it all

By: S

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:07:32 +0000

Jabberwock, “(presumably so that people can make their viewing decisions accordingly) ” – No, It is coz I can’t wait to know what the most respected(in my world), fair, eloquent reviewer felt about the movies(either way I will not watch!).

By: Jabberwock

Jabberwock — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:29:05 +0000

A bit puzzling, this popular demand for Baradwaj to publish his OSO and Saawariya reviews as soon as possible (presumably so that people can make their viewing decisions accordingly) – as if he’s running some sort of marathon with other reviewers. His pieces are best read after you’ve already watched the film, and besides he has often pointed out himself that his reviews are personal discussions based on an individual’s experience of a movie and that he doesn’t expect anyone else to feel the same way about it.

By: oops

oops — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:14:36 +0000

Aaaaaaah, perhaps you’re waiting for the print version to be out… (that’s plausible. I don’t think your boss would be happy to see the review he’s paying for on the net first

There’s no hurry but it would be nice to read what you think of these two biggies

By: raj

raj — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:17:56 +0000

baradwaj, pozhappula kai vekkarangapa ivanga ellam
Guys, Baradwaj works for a newspaper – his primary allegiance is to his employers – use your head – if you were the newspaper owner, would you rather have the public buy the newspaper on Sunday or leak the contents on friday over web.

Only reason I would ever buy Indian Express is for Baradwaj’s reviews – advance publish that on the blog and IE will start losing buyers

By: Ravages

Ravages — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:44:42 +0000

Apala/G: About Kamal Hassan. I don’t know – I like his PKS’s and Tenalis and stuff as much as I do his AnbeSivams and Hey Rams.

One very latent thread in most of Kamal’s movies is his sly, very subtle poke/parody of Tamil films itself – be it in SingaraVelan or in PKS or whatever.
And – if you need symbolism/depth/stuff – check out the song “Paartha vizhi” from Guna. Or the Hey Ram title/theme.