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Salam Cinema - Mohsen Makhmalbaf

By Ankur Sharma | August 10th, 2008 | Category: Cinema, Iranian Cinema | 1 Comment »

There is an actor in each of us that is always raring to come out. And it is that actor Mohsen Makhmalbaf wanted to capture in his camera and present to the world. He shoots two birds with one stone in this one – provide a stunning salute to the spirit of cinema on its centennial anniversary, and gives the very audience who adore cinema a shot at stardom. Makhmalbaf’s documentary, not without flaws, is definitely one to pay a salam (salute) to – a salute to the spirit of people, and to the spirit of cinema.


Pedar (The father) - Majid Majidi

By Srikanth Srinivasan | June 23rd, 2008 | Category: Cinema, Iranian Cinema | No Comments »

For a large part of the world Majid Majidi’s filmography begins with the disarmingly charming Children of Heaven (1997). But the Iranian auteur had already struck gold a year before the first Oscar nomination from Iran. The themes, style and idiosyncrasies that were to mesmerize the world in the years following Children of Heaven clearly [...]