Comments on: Praan Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye

by: sabber blog » Blog Archive » Bloggers Meet Director : Praan Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye (2003)

Wed, 28 May 2008 15:09:47 +0000

[…] Beth Oliver Michael Marco (old review in German) Filmiholic Maria Babasko Mirie Totally Basmatic […]

by: souvik

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:24:51 +0000

Namrata Shirodkar is one of the soft-spoken personalities of bollywood. The films in which she had acted she had left a lasting impression based on the softness of her character. She played the role of the daughter of a military officer in Raj Kumar Santoshi’s film Pukar, opposite Anil Kapoor.

by: sudeep

Tue, 29 May 2007 12:21:16 +0000

how could you miss the reference to amar akbar anthony? (the fight scene between aman and praveen — “koi beech mein nahi aayega..” while removing the shirt).

i watched the film today on TV. whatever shortcomings it has, i think it deserves to be seen! there were many scenes where i could not resist myself from whistling, dspite watching it alone.

i was happy that i saw this film.

by: SUNNY

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:16:49 +0000

Filmiholic,

My favorite Indian commercial movie is “Trishul”. Have you watched it. Although Deewar is a better movie, I enjoy Trishul more. Both Amitabh and Sanjeev Kumar (who was a very good actor) have done a good job.

by: filmiholic

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:16:03 +0000

Jhaji, namaskar.

Thanks for the film additions/corrections and, of course, now that you mention it, I can see the likeness to the RK Laxman character!

by: jhaji

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:03:13 +0000

nameste,
loved the list of reference films…lol.
it was all used just as an effort to enhance the form i was exploring to tell the story.
list cannot be completed if we dont add film ‘josh’ in it…lol,also small correction,raju hirani was in process of writing and finalising the script and chasing sharukh khan for the film-munna bhai in march 2002,while i was shooting *praan jaye…*so ‘munna bhai-mbbs’ is not there and how.
also not to forget to mention that i loved to know that you liked the speech in the end on plight of common man in society,pity on me could have improved on the wig though…
just to correct and add, he was the charachter taken from famous RK LAXMAN’S creation and he was the ‘common man’ himself from his classic cartoon ‘YOU said it…’ from TIMES OF INDIA.I feel very proud to do this and sum up the film,my film was dedicated to middle class where our roots are in india.
warm regards,
it was a festive week back home,
cheers,
jhaji.

by: beth

Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:29:55 +0000

Oh I’m glad you pointed out the little Gandhian bit - I liked that too. After all, that’s kinda the whole point of life, really.

by: DesiPundit » Archives »

Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:27:35 +0000

[…] The convention of setting the film in a densely packed location like this allows the director to examine the lives of more characters than most movies (think of Altman’s dizzying and delightful Gosford Park for a similar arrangement), but it certainly is an ambitious choice for someone making their first film. That’s an awful lot of storylines for the director and scriptwriter - Mahesh Manjrekhar, who also does a turn as the ineffective thug Munnabhai - to keep straight (and resolve). Filmiholic reviews Pran Jaaye Par Jaan Na Jaye. […]

by: filmiholic

Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:29:54 +0000

Aw, thanks B! Too many viewings, I guess.

I see his female roles really appealed to both of us

by: babasko

Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:33:25 +0000

Thats a wonderful review and I envy you that you got so much more filmi references

And I´m right with you on saluting sanjays courage to take on such a huge amount of storylines. And in a first film that is.