Sunday 15 February 2009

Marathi Cinema - in the changing phase

Marathi Cinema has gone through various changing phase. From Village based stories in 60s/70s to comedy wave in 80s/90s. But at the end of 90s the Marathi cinema was completely struggling for its identity having competition from bollywood, Theatre and growing TV channels.
But after entry of new minded producers and directors, the cinema has entered another phase of change. First the nomination of 'Shwaas' (Breath) for India's entry to Oscars gave recognition. Then many old and new producers started looking and making Marathi movies with new view. Gone are days when movies quality was so dull that anybody hardly willing to watch. Now movies are produced with excellent video and sound. Many new topics are approached. Movies 'Tingya', 'Valu', 'De Dhakka' though being from rural background were well received by urban audience. At the same time movies which could attract youth and urban population are being produced. ZEE became 1st corporate to enter movie production along with launch of movie channel in Marathi. Now many popular production house like Mukta Arts, ABCL, BIG Entertainment, are willing to invest in Marathi movies.
I personally seen so many Marathi movies in 1 year that I haven't seen in last 5-6 years. Hope this golden period continues and we get more good & quality movies in Marathi.
For latest on Marathi Movies - http://www.marathimovieworld.com/index.php
Reference - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathi_cinema

Tuesday 3 February 2009

Poor Umpiring - Has LBW rule changed for Tendulkar?

http://cricketnext.in.com/news/umpiring-howler-accounts-for-tendulkar-yet-again/37948-13.html
For the third time in a row, Sachin Tendulkar was on Tuesday done in by
poor umpiring in the current one-day series against Sri Lanka, being declared
leg before wicket in yet another dubious decision.
Tendulkar was declared
leg-before in the first ODI in Dambulla when the ball was clearly pitched
outside the leg stump, he fell LBW against in the second ODI when the ball was
missing the leg stump and was again ruled leg-before by Sri Lankan umpire Gamini
Silva on Tuesday when the ball was going down the leg side by an even wider
margin.
The three umpiring errors have meant that Tendulkar has made scores
of 5, 6 and 7 in the series so far.
True to his character, Tendulkar has not
shown any dissent although his disappointment was palpable.
Although Sachin is not showing any dissent towards wrong decisions, ICC/BCCI should act to put check on such poor umpiring decisions which is hurting and frustrating Sachin's fans. In the times when we have so many technical advancements, still why cricketers are facing wrong decisions?Or are umpiring proving their greatness by declaring Sachin out? (as per article in Maharashtra Times)