Home > gurusmaran's Profile
Report this member
Alert on new posting by this member
This is your modal content. Add any elements you need here.
Tamil Nadu
Member Since:Jan 17, 2004
0 MS Points
About Me
Education: Experience is the best education. Still learning.
Rewards
Review of the Day (0)
Featured Blogs (0)
Seeing is NOT believing!
5
Reviewed Rashomon
The year was 1951. The jury at the Venice International Film Festival sat down to watch an entry from Japan. The movie was called Rashomon, directed by a not-soread more...
The Master’s Masterpiece!
Reviewed Red Beard
For the last 1 year, I had been trying to lay my hands on a DVD of Akira Kurosawa’s 1965 masterpiece Red Beard (Akahige). I had heard a lot of great thingread more...
A well-made movie…
4
Reviewed Three Brothers
Three Brothers [1981] was the first DVD I spotted in the Foreign Films section of my DVD library. The DVD cover was a subtle, squeaky-clean white, while the othread more...
Strategy at it’s best!
Reviewed The Hidden Fortress
The Hidden Fortress [1958], directed by Akira Kurosawa, is considered to be the primal influence for George Lucas’ Star Wars. The movie is big in every seread more...
A Riveting True Story
Reviewed Veronica Guerin
Veronica Guerin [2003], directed by Joel Schumacher, is a true story of an Irish journalist of the same name who died during her attempts to bring the drug lordread more...
Do you believe in magic?
Reviewed In America
In America [2002], directed by Jim Sheridan, is a beautiful and touching movie about an Irish immigrant family’s first year in America. Based on the direcread more...
Poetry in Motion
Reviewed Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
Messages are aplenty in Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams [1990]. The movie consists of eight episodes, or dreams, with themes ranging from environment conservationread more...
Zed’s dead, baby! Zed’s dead!
Reviewed Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction, former video store clerk Quentin Tarantino?s second directorial venture, was released in 1994. It boasted of a huge star cast: John Travolta, Samuread more...
The Horrors of War
Reviewed Hiroshima - John Hersey
August 06, 1945, Hiroshima. Dr. Ferufumi Sasaki walked around one of the corridors of the huge Red Cross Hospital with a blood specimen for a test. Mrs. Hatsuyoread more...
The world is yours!
Reviewed Scarface
Al Pacino. Oliver Stone. Brian de Palma. That pretty much sums up why you should see Scarface. Those of you who aren’t convinced yet, read on. Scarface isread more...
Another Samurai classic from Kurosawa
Reviewed Sanjuro
Toshiro Mifune gives another power-packed performance as the wandering, master-less samurai in Akira Kurosawa’s 1962 movie, Sanjuro. Often regarded as a cread more...
Here’s Johnny!
Reviewed The Shining
I don?t usually watch horror movies. I made an exception with this one, because of the following reasons: It?s a Stanley Kubrick film based on a Stephen King read more...
A tragic love story
Reviewed Sethu
When Sethu was released, it became a flop. Nobody wanted to see a movie made by a debutant director with a flop hero and an unknown heroine. Many walked off durread more...
A Timeless Classic!
Reviewed Punnagai Mannan
Punnagai Mannan is undoubtedly one of the best love stories of Tamil cinema. Directed by K. Balachander, one of the best directors of Tamil cinema, this is one read more...
Dark Side of the Epic
Reviewed We Are Not Your Monkeys
Anand Patwardhan’s We are not your Monkeys is about many things: the caste system, gender oppression and humanity. Backdrop: The Ramayana. Thematically, Wread more...
Stop in the Name of Man!
Reviewed In the Name of God
The Alliance Française presented a few documentary films by noted film-maker Anand Patwardhan a few days back. When it was announced that the first film, &read more...
Mozart immortalised
Reviewed Amadeus
’’Music should go right through you, leave some of itself inside you, and take some of you with it when it leaves.’’ - Henry Threadgill Whatread more...
Long live the revolution!
Reviewed The Battleship Potemkin
The Battleship Potemkin, a film by Sergei Eisenstein, is regarded as one of the greatest films ever made. Released in 1925, this film was actually a project to read more...
An under-rated gem
Reviewed Scandal
At the surface level, Scandal (1950) is just another courtroom drama. But as one digs deeper, one stumbles upon an assortment of themes, some of which are: the read more...
Tears of Blood
Reviewed Ratha Kanneer
The year was 1954. Independent India was only 7 years old. M. R. Radha had recently broken the very basic rule of theater acting: he showed his back to the audiread more...
Love, Lies, and Yawns
1
Reviewed Tere Ishk Mein
Ladkiya humesha Rajkumaro ko chunti hai. Pyaar mai unko samajdaari ki aadat hoti hai - These lines tell about the love in todays generation. Typically, the hyperead more...
@sourabhweb
@khulamunh
@chalojai
@anshumanmaini
@maaz_nawaz
Commented on swetamohanty's review
Good review!! I haven't read the book, but I've heard of the movie. Will try getting hold of the book! :-) Keep writing! Guru
Commented on own review
Dodes'ka-den is a good movie. I saw it about a year back. Yes... it's out on DVD. It should be available at Amazon. :-) Guru
Commented on pranavi's review
Good review, Pranavi. Liked reading it. Keep writing! Guru
Commented on mariner2's review
That was awesome, Nandu! Very thought-provoking! Hope to see more like these. Keep writing! Guru PS: Small correction - about the Pink Floyd song, the words are not 'lots of hazards in the classroom', but 'the dark sarcasm in the classroom'.
Commented on chaitralid's review
Good review! Sounds like a good movie. Will see if I can get hold of it. Keep writing! G
Commented on chanti_ash's review
Welcome to Mouthshut! Nice, concise review. I'll check out this book... I'm very, very bad at economics. Keep writing! Guru
Commented on Capt_Rajeev's review
Sounds like a nice place to hangout. Will check out this place if I visit Mumbai. Good review! Keep writing! Guru
Commented on Viruses's review
Sounds like a nice place. Will try checking it out if I visit Dehradun, the chances of which are very remote. :-) Good review! Keep writing! Guru
Commented on sureshmehcnit's review
Good review, Suresh! I hope Vidyasagar makes it big in the north. He is a gifted musician. :-) Keep writing! Guru
Commented on seemore's review
Very good review on what seems to be a very good movie! I'll definitely try getting hold of this movie. Keep writing! Guru
Commented on praveenkumarav's review
Good list, Praveen! Nothing beats 80's Ilayaraja music. Phenomenal stuff! :-) Keep writing! Guru
Sonika: I'm glad you liked my review. Rashomon is a must-watch! Do see it soon! Nandu: Thanks! And yes, it's out on DVD. BFI (British Film Institute) and Criterion have released Rashomon on DVD. Both have good picture and sound quality. Jai: Thanks, man! It sure is a great movie! G
Mayank: I'm glad you liked my review. Do watch the movie. :-) Monica: Thanks! DVD libraries that have foreign language films will definitely have this one. G
Commented on suseuser's review
Good review! I haven't read this book yet. I'm familiar only with the Jeeves series. Will give it a go soon! :-) Keep writing! Guru
Lyla: Do watch it again! :-) Diver: Thanks for commenting! This was the movie that inspired Kamal Haasan's Virumandi. G
Commented on jamiethelanky's review
Good review on a very good book! I read the book ages ago and loved it. :-) Anthony Burgess wasn't happy with Kubrick's movie. He wasn't paid money for it, they say. Burgess later made it into a play. In the play, the old man who gets beaten up by Alex and his droogs in the beginning was made to read more...
Commented on shivbits's review
Good review there! I haven't seen this movie. It sounds very interesting. Will watch it soon. :-) Keep writing! Guru PS: I found the review a little difficult to read because of the formatting.
Commented on nikamma1112's review
Good review, Raj! Good stuff. Don't know what else to say. Catch you on chat! Guru
Commented on bombayteddy's review
Good review! The place and the kind of food they serve sounds very good but the price is a turn-off. So don't think I'll be visiting this place anytime in the near future. Guru
Commented on diver's review
Good review, Diver! Agarkar is a good bowler but seems to lack consistency. Let's hope he gets back his form soon. Keep writing! Guru
Nivedita Goyal (@nivedita.goyalMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 0
Send Message
Shantanu Pawar (@shantanu_km1983MouthShut Verified Member)
Avanish Tole (@avanishfasateMouthShut Verified Member)
L. V. N. Prasad (@lvprasaddpMouthShut Verified Member)
Anil Ecnein (@anil007_lover143MouthShut Verified Member)
Sanjeev Sakhalkar (@sakhlkarinMouthShut Verified Member)
Skmunna854 Aninedis (@skmunna854MouthShut Verified Member)
Chriju Raed (@chrijuMouthShut Verified Member)
Ravichandra Ecdele (@ravichandra268MouthShut Verified Member)
Sandy Bhardwaj (@oshosandMouthShut Verified Member)
Devang Vibhakar (@mrdevangMouthShut Verified Member)
Imtiyaz Eler (@imtiyaznoor786MouthShut Verified Member)
Elamaran Elamaran (@elamaran.netMouthShut Verified Member)
mohnish bhatia (@mohnishthegreatMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 3
Ratnakar S (@indian1969MouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 408
Jamie Wroe (@jamiethelankyMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 36
S B (@akishaMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 69
Sweta Mohanty (@swetamohantyMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 6
Aditi Deopujari (@ElwingMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 25
Pratyusha Pratyusha (@PratyushaMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 1
suresh kumar (@sureshmehcnitMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 291
Shreya Sadagopan (@shreya_s_winsMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 7
suyog deshpande (@suyogMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 192
K L (@kichurajMouthShut Verified Member)
Damo Balagi (@balagiMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 47
Ram Bashyam (@achilles76MouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 46
potato chips (@potatochips87MouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 17
AMJAD MARUF (@amjad_marufMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 41
Venkat Raghavan S (@venkat_rsMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 138
Rupanjana M (@RupanjanaMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 8
R J (@rjoisMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 63
:P :P (@crimemastergogoMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 45
- - (@qaz1MouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 24
Neha Vyas (@neyhaaaMouthShut Verified Member)
Shailaja Prashanth (@copygurrlMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 27
Ramakrishnan (@dwingramkiMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 42
Chilled Beer (@criticalanalysisMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 32
sajju Q (@sajjuqMouthShut Verified Member)
Prem S (@premjitMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 128
Urban Hermits (@UrbanHermitsMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 23
Unfollow Follow Send Message
Pinak Purkayastha (@pinakhkd02MouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 10
Youtubien undefined (@youtubienyouMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 4
Shiny Date (@indeedshinyMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 35
Chitresh Lovanshi (@chlovanshi22MouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 40
Sandeep Verma (@vvermajiiMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 5
Nabarun Saha (@nabasaha91MouthShut Verified Member)
Safvan Safu (@safus5961MouthShut Verified Member)
Priya Kapoor (@priyabravoMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 2
Rajat Jain (@rowdybuchaMouthShut Verified Member)
Reviews: 11