dumb and dumber is a series of comedy films starring jim carrey and jeff daniels .

the films have been released from 1994 to 2014 .

dumb and dumber ( franchise )

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' dumb and dumber to ' release date set for nov . 14 , 2014
as the sequel arrives , we explore the merits of the original dumb and dumber .
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it turns out that dumb and dumber to is not only stupid and unfunny , but also horribly outdated .
dumb is a complete understatement , dumber still doesn ' t cut the grade .
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in my heart this is the only sequel to dumb and dumber and i find it just as funny as the original . i love it to death and any dumb and dumber fan need a to watch it at least . . .
the cast of the 1994 movie dumb & dumber . how they were then and how now , 20 years later . songs used from the dumb & dumber soundtrack - todd rundgren - music score
jim carrey has stepped down from the highly - anticipated
dumb & dumber
sequel .
two songs from the dumb & dumber soundtrack , with a picture slideshow of the movie .
jim carrey and jeff daniels appear in a scene from the 1994 movie ' dumb and dumber . ' ( new line cinema )
unfortunately , some film executive somewhere decided that it was a good idea to bring lloyd christmas and harry dunne back to the big screen , reviving the
dumb and dumber
franchise nine years later .
this list contains actors who appeared in at least two movies in the franchise .
this list contains people who contributed to at least two movies in the franchise .
dumb & dumber soundtrack - crash test dummies ( feat . ellen reid ) - the ballad of peter pumpkinhead
dumb & dumber soundtrack - the sons ( feat . bret reilly ) - too much of a good thing
i wish i could put as little thought into writing about dumb and dumber to as the farrelly brothers did in making it .
the gaming franchise ' s first entry in five years seeks to revolutionize the genre .
although olsen and richardson ' s performances are not exactly acting , viewers will recognize most of their jokes from the previous
dumb and dumber
installment .
in a summer full of sequels , screenwriters robert brenner and brian hartt decided to take a page from
star wars
and create a prequel to
dumb and dumber .
harry ( jeff daniels , left ) and lloyd ( jim carrey ) reunite to find harry ' s long - lost daughter in ' dumb and dumber to . '
from the puns to the slapstick to the toilet , dumb and dumber is performed at such a high level that it transcends many of its influences .
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it all began in 1994 , when , to critical dismay ,
dumb and dumber
became a cult classic for generations who never experienced slapstick comedy .
if there was any doubt that most things in society have been dumbed down in the last couple of decades , dumb and dumber to could be exhibit a .
in 1995 , there was a saturday morning cartoon based on the film also called
dumber and dumber ,
but neither film actor provided the voice for their animated character .
the original dumb and dumber is one of my favorite movies ! the second one , not so much ! it was stupid ! not even stupid funny . just plain stupid .
dumb and dumber , which features carrey and jeff daniels as nitwits traveling cross - country , is a frayed string of gags posing as a movie . carrey , though , does literal - minded doofdom with peerless enthusiasm .
the film franchise had a prequel called
dumb and dumberer : when harry met lloyd
starring derek richardson and eric christian olsen as harry ( daniels ' role ) and lloyd ( carrey ' s role ) released in 2003 . however , although peter and bobby farrelly wrote and directed the original , the two had no involvement in the prequel .
universal has announced that lloyd christmas and harry dunne , everyone ' s favorite dimwitted duo , are set to hit theaters for their next big cinematic adventure ,
dumb and dumber to ,
on nov . 14 , 2014 .
dumb and dumber is an extension of its lead characters - bereft of self - consciousness , full of energy and bearing an abundance of confidence . despite a mixed critical response and a razzie nomination for jim carrey , it managed to become a huge commercial hit and spawn an animated spin - off , a ghastly prequel and finally a sequel - dumb and dumber to - that provides more of the same humour and provides plenty of fun if you can bypass the burden of expectation . harry and lloyd ' s childlike logic regresses us to a place of innocence and fearlessness . it ' s a wonderful retreat .
usa today movie critic claudia puig discusses
dumb and dumber to
and tells you whether to
catch it ,
rent it ,
or
skip it
in this week ' s edition of the screening room .
dumb and dumber to
will open opposite an untitled world war ii drama starring brad pitt and shia labeouf . the film will arrive in theaters one week before
the hunger games : mockingjay part 1 .
consider us excited .
new line cinema executives must have squirmed as the farrelly brothers ' dumb and dumber to scored a $ 36 . 1 million domestic debut , far better than predicted for a sequel opening two decades after the original .
: just when i thought you couldn ' t possibly be any dumber , you go and do something like this . . . and totally redeem yourself !
jim carey and jeff daniels are back at it again in ' dumb and dumber to . ' twenty years since their first adventure , harry ( daniels ) finds out he has a daughter who was adopted . the pair set out to track her down .
peter farrelly added ,
jim was busy , but he called and said , ' we ' ve got to do this thing again . ' he had just watched ' dumb and dumber ' and he said , ' this is the perfect sequel . let ' s do it . '
the ballad of peter pumpkinhead
from dumb and dumber , performed by the crash test dummies . harry dunne ( jeff daniels ) foils a robbery while on a trip in toronto , canada , and gets a pumpkin stuck on his head in the process .
every bit as awkward as its title , ' dumb and dumberer : when harry met lloyd ' is missing not only carrey and daniels , but also the creative spark and anarchic spirit contributed by brothers peter and bobby farrelly , who wrote and directed the original .
as jim carrey told digital spy in our recent chat , it was a chance viewing of his 1994 comedy hit dumb and dumber on television that lured him back to that iconic bowl cut for the new sequel . but as harry and lloyd spread the gospel of dumb to a new generation , just how well does the original movie hold up twenty years on ?
i had a very vivid dream that my brother and i were dumb and dumber . this song stayed in my head the whole day soooo strange because it wasnt just a small part of the movie it was the entire movie with music and all lmao song by todd rundgren can we still be friends
11 / 15 / 14 friday report : ' dumber ' sequel leads with $ 14 . 2 million
hit the jump to check out the new dumb and dumber to poster ; the first trailer will be released tonight on the tonight show with jimmy fallon . the film opens november 14th , and also stars rachel melvin , kathleen turner , brady bluhm , laurie holden , steve tom , and rob riggle .
to celebrate the return of the men who made blue and orange tuxedos a staple at every formal event since 1994 , we thought we’d give your dumb and dumber franchise knowledge a test with this very special trivia edition . but we’re not just taking you back to the hilarious quotes and absurd scenes from the original film . we’re talking everything from behind - the - scenes to poorly - conceived spin - offs , and all the way up to the final edits . good luck , dummies .
update sunday , 8 : 17 a . m . : conventional wisdom holds that you don’t release sequels two decades apart , particularly in a lightning - bottle genre like comedy . but wisdom has never held much sway in the dumb and dumber franchise , which returned after a two - decade dormancy to engage in a nip - and - tuck battle with big hero 6 that underscored the muscle of raunch this year at the box office .
dumb and dumber
is about as passable as a kid cheating on a test in grade school . you may think you have a shot going in , but miraculously you pull off a b + . that is exactly what this film is . it is a character experiment about dumb characters getting into even dumber situations and how they overcome those obstacles with iq ' s of 0 .
dumb and dumber
pushes the limits of comedy in my opinion , because i do not believe that prior to your first viewing of this film , you would have any sense of just how gut - splittingly funny it would be . this film is by no means up with the greats of comedies , but i just have so much fun watching these guys do their thing and it shines off the screen . all
dumb and dumber
is , is a showcase for these actors to improv the hell out of these characters and they do so with no shame . this film succeeds at exactly what it tries to do and i laughed all the way through , but no , its not that great of a film at it ' s core .
it only took twenty years , but this november we’re finally seeing a sequel to dumb & dumber . the simple premise for the sequel , dumb and dumber to , has lloyd ( jim carrey ) and harry ( jeff daniels ) setting out on a road trip to find a child harry never knew he had . the road trip premise structure served the first movie well , so i assume it will work a second time around . at the very least , it looks like the guys were able to get the shaggin’ wagon back .
dumb and dumber to doesn’t flinch away from the most forbidden kind of comedy . there are jokes about pulling out a catheter to things that are even more outrageous , like organ transplant . in fact , that is what is drives the whole story : harry’s need for a new kidney coincides with the discovery of a daughter he didn’t know he had . what better place to look for a kidney doner , duh ? up pops kathleen turner as the mom and the ball is rolling and what harry & lloyd have to do to get that kidney is a whole nother story . dumb and dumber to caps this comedy franchise with perfectly daft maturity . it reaches for the very bottom . or as lloyd christmas says , “wow , so this is what rock - bottom feels like . hm , not that bad . . ”
- like high school hijinks , and the studio brass figured the youth market would be overjoyed . they were wrong . the franchise is rarely more important than the actors . people flocked to the theaters this weekend to see jim carrey and jeff daniels . period .
dumb and dumber to is carrey ' s biggest opening since bruce almighty ' s $ 68 million in 2003 and is a needed win for the actor after a turbulent ride . his the incredible burt wonderstone flopped in 2013 ( $ 27 . 4 million worldwide ) , and mr . popper ' s penguins underwhelmed domestically with $ 68 . 2 million in 2011 .
i reckon four out of every five jokes played to silence at the preview screening . if dumb and dumber to were a live comedian , he ' d have said ,
is this an audience or an oil painting ?
he ' d have left the stage in tears .
by the time return to planet of the apes was produced in 1975 , the franchise had already produced 5 successful feature films , a live action tv show , and a series of comic books produced most notably by marvel comics .
there are so many built - in jokes in the title of dumb and dumberer : when harry met lloyd that i don ' t even know where to begin .
' dumber ' gets nastier the second time around jim carrey and jeff daniels reprise their imbecilic roles in this mean - spirited and humorless sequel that should have never been made . check out this story on urltoken urltoken
two shows would turn out to be relatively successful , with ace ventura lasting 3 seasons and the mask : the animated series producing 2 seasons . dumb and dumber : the series would be the odd film out and was cancelled after just one season of 13 episodes . it would be the last show that hanna - barbera would produce for abc as it began its partnership with disney .
no one expected the directors of the cult hit dumb and dumber to make a sequel 20 years after the original film . according to co - director bobby farrelly , “ dumb and dumber to was a no - brainer . after all , it ' s implied in the title . ” the biggest secret to the franchise is its utter fearlessness in the face of super - dumbness . co - director peter farrelly defends the decision saying , “there were a lot of people saying , “this is the dumbing of america , this is the worst” but then there were some raves [ from noted critic ] pauline kael . she said it was one of the smartest comedies…” bobby adds , “…you do like harry and lloyd - particularly women , by the way , [ as ] this is our highest - scoring movie with women by a longshot . ”
the memory can cheat . as time passes , idealisation and nostalgia can mask the truth â€“ whether that be worshipping a movie from your childhood that would induce a cringing fit if you saw it today . yet despite a soundtrack that includes apache indian and the crash test dummies , dumb and dumber has a timeless quality . its goofy brilliance transcends any notion that it ' s a relic best left in the ' 90s alongside tamagotchis and the macarena .
for whatever reason , and it works out for them as often as it doesn ' t , universal has been in the habit of scooping up hollywood ' s hand - me - down franchises . to wit , as of today the eventual third dumb and dumber 3 will end up back with new line / warner bros . , thanks to the studio still having rights for a third installment ( hollywood reporter ) . but the dumb and dumber situation , where new line executives inexplicably passed on distributing a $ 40 million comedy sequel that seemed , on paper , like a pretty safe investment , is just the latest in an odd trend of universal sweeping up established franchises .
1 ) . dumb and dumber to ( uni ) , 3 , 154 theaters / $ 14 . 2m fri . / $ 13 . 86m sat . ( - 2 % ) / $ 8 . 3m sun . ( - 40 % ) / 3 - day cume : $ 36 . 3m / wk 1
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and the studio played up the nostalgia , returning the stars to their bowl cuts , gapped teeth and slack - jawed expressions for the reunion ( though it’s actually the third ddt film ; dumb and dumberer : when harry met lloyd flunked with $ 26 . 2m in 2003 ) .
if you loved the first one , you ' ll at least enjoy this one , though it ' s hard to imagine this sequel has done anything special for the - am i really writing this ? - franchise .
you can ' t say dumb & dumberer doesn ' t come with a built - in warning , right in its title . heed it .
what the movie is lacking in plot , substance and viable comedy , it makes up for in its casting . nichols , the beautiful former abercrombie and fitch model , makes her film debut and does so beautifully . levy , best known for his smooth - running role as the father in teen - fueled movie franchise
american pie ,
also provides some comic relief .
speaking of will smith , his videos for the men in black franchise ( the self - titled track from the original film and
nod ya head ( black suits comin ' )
from the sequel ) features him as j , doing a stage performance together with aliens .
dumb and dumberer : when harry met lloyd ( 2003 ) director : troy miller stars : eric christian olsen , derek richardson , shia lebeouf before lloyd christmas and harry dunne were older and stupid , they were also younger and stupid . it ' s not so much that dumb and dumberer is urltoken ' s plenty urltoken ' s that it ' s completely , utterly pointless . needless cash - grab or not , it wouldn ' t be impossible to make at least a decently funny movie out of this . there are plenty of . . .
saw the luggage , and you ' re going to the airport , and i put them together .
this prequel ,
dumb and dumberer : when harry met lloyd
plays out the dynamic duo ' s first meeting , which just happens to be them crashing into each other on their way to school .
in early 2013 , new line chief toby emmerich let rights to the sequel go when higher - ups at parent warner bros . didn ' t want to release it , even after red granite pictures — backer of the wolf of wall street — said it would help finance the film for less than $ 40 million and sell it overseas . red granite got the project , and shortly thereafter universal agreed to distribute dumb and dumber to in north america and select foreign markets . new line isn ' t in the cold completely , and will receive 7 percent to 8 percent of any profits .
dumb and dumber to looked to take the derby this weekend from a bh6 in its sophomore frame , though hero’s repeat - viewing younger audiences could still propel it to a follow - up victory when actuals are reported monday . still , universal turned its $ 30m ddt into a contender with a “deja - view” strategy that worked the last time jim carrey and jeff daniels got together : gross - out audience , out - gross competitors .
it has been 20 years since dumb and dumber - twenty years ! ! before the trailer descends on us soon for the next crazy installment dumb and dumber to , a new poster has cropped up over the internet for fans to get all excited for november this year . that trailer is reported to be shown on the jimmy fallon show tonight in the us ( lucky them ! ) , so it should be all over the internet soon after for the rest of us . as you might guess , harry and lloyd have obviously not lost their 90′s fashion sense with the hair and clothes – even the van is still…well , still a sheep dog ! hold on ! how did they get the van back ? in the first film lloyd sold their beloved van for a tiny scooter after they broke down to get to aspen so it’ll be interesting to see how this turns out
crash test dummies , brad roberts and ellen reid sing with stuart cameron on guitar . may 13th 2010 at the showcase live at patriot place . brad specifically gave verbal permission to go ahead and put this on youtube thank you brad ! ! i wish you and ellen the best on your tour and new albums ! ! ! i hope you like the video . yes ! thats me that screams yeah ellen like a fool ! ! brad said they were asked to do this song and video for the movie dumb and dumber , and it was only in the movie for maybe 4 sec . but since they were paid , ( i ' ll let brad tell you how much ) , it sounded like a good idea to him .
: sucked me right in . anyway , she left this in the terminal and flew to aspen and outta my life .
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spoiler : after the end credits , harry and lloyd are riding in the zamboni , complaining that they got the wrong milkshakes ( when in fact , they are drinking each others ' milkshakes ) . they toss them backwards for the shakes to hit the truck of their old nemesis sea bass . he follows them as a text comes up for a faux fourth installment ,
dumb and dumber for
, coming in the summer of 2034 , followed by a camouflaged captain lippencott walking out of the text .
how can you not love a movie in which jeff daniels ' harry strolls up to a young lady in a pastel blue tuxedo and remarks
nice set of hooters you ' ve got there ,
before directing her startled expression in the direction of a pair of owls ? or in which carrey ' s lloyd messes up a rehearsed romantic proposal to his dream lady and ends up saying
i desperately wanna make love to a schoolboy
? dumb and dumber is crammed full of crude moments concocted by the farrelly brothers , but the incredible physical performances from carrey and daniels as the gormless duo ensure that it never feels nasty .
the directors bobby and peter farrelly cram the movie with puns and those kinds of sight gags . almost none of them work .
the freshness and likeability have gone , replaced by a weariness and undeniable creepiness that the default comedy style does nothing to dispel .
was directed by bobby and peter farrelly , just like the original . they created the characters and understand them like no others .
jim carrey and jeff daniels reprise their imbecilic roles in this mean - spirited and humorless sequel that should have never been made .
the original halloween was distributed in theaters by compass , a distribution studio that debuted with the carpenter classic and otherwise has barely existed since . the rights to the franchise , to the extent that it was a franchise at all back in 1978 , ended up with famed super producer dino de laurentiis who did most of his business with universal at the time . thus halloween ii and halloween iii : season of the witch ended up with the universal logo at the front . the disappointing figures for halloween iii ( which of course told a stand - alone story sans michael myers ) led to the eventual halloween iv : the return of michael myers and halloween v : the revenge of michael myers being independently distributed by galaxy international , another small - time distribution house , the next five incarnations ( halloween : the curse of michael myers , halloween : h20 , halloween : ressurection , and the two rob zombie remakes ) , between 1995 and 2009 , went through dimension and then the weinstein company .
its inclusion of eugene levy and the novelty of jim carrey and jeff daniels impressions give this sequel an edge on its overrated predecessor .
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daniels and carrey give it their all , as does most of the aging cast . and there ' s something oddly brave about that . and pathetic . apparently , outrageously crassness knows no age limits .
] tell her i ' m rich , and i ' m good looking , and i have , uh , a rapist ' s wit .
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huey lewis and the news ,
heart of rock and roll
( various u . s . locations as called out in the lyrics )
and they later re - used this trope for the video for
swallow
, which is , once again , a white background with random blurry footage and lots of pink and other colours bleeding through the filters .
3 . give us a good comedy and we’ll see it . hollywood is so fixated on churning out superhero movies right now that comedies seem to be an afterthought , especially if they aren’t part of the extended judd apatow universe . we love those movies , but there’s plenty of room for laughs from other creative teams and comedians . lord knows dumb and dumber to fell short in many ways , but there hadn’t been any laugh - out - loud , bladder - loosening funny movies in theaters in months . given something that even hinted at hilarity , people came running . yes , it’s hard to pull off a great comedy — so try harder , hollywood .
lloyd and harry go on a road trip to find a child harry never knew he had and the responsibility neither should ever , ever be given .
it ' s the 1980s , and it ' s the moment that lloyd christmas and harry dunne meet . the two individuals are seen by many as ' special ' , and become best friends as soon as they meet . principal collins and his lover , the lunch lady ms . heller , want to make as much money out of scams , and their next idea is to create a special needs class . ms . heller is the teacher , and they have assigned harry and lloyd to round the special students up . school news reporter jessica is suspicious though , and desperately tries to find out the truth , even if it means gaining harry and lloyd ' s help .
i had to watch this because of my unabashed love of the original movie , but i pretty much expected a letdown after this long . while it does have its funny parts , most of the movie is just too dumb to be funny . the original movie rode that line between dumb and too dumb just right , but this one goes way over the top . the actors do not shine in this like they did in the original either . they are more like caricatures of the original characters despite being the same actors . they try way to hard instead of letting it come natural like they did the first time , which is a shame . this was by far my biggest disappointment with the film . i did get a bit of nostalgia at some parts and laughed here and there , but altogether this is a forgettable sequel that isn ' t completely awful , but not really recommendable either .
harry and lloyd assemble a
special needs
class , a program from which the principal and his lunch - lady lover plan to steal grant money .
pg - 13 for crude and sexual humor , partial nudity , language and some drug references . ( rating bulletin 2327 , 6 / 17 / 2014 )
5 . we’re ready for step brothers 2 . in many ways , step brothers is the dumb and dumber of the 2000s . both films were successful in their original theatrical run , but once they were released on dvd , they became absolutely legendary . near - constant showings on cable only increased the audience further , making everybody hungry for a follow - up film . the many similarities between the central characters are obvious , and we fully believe a step brothers sequel would be an enormous hit . will farrell and adam mckay both say they’re a little burned out on sequels after anchorman 2 , but we’re hoping they change their mind in the next couple of years . reclaim your dinosaurs , gentlemen !
the sequel will arrive just three weeks shy of the 20 - year anniversary of the original film , and sees the return of leads jim carrey and jeff daniels as well as directors bobby and peter farrelly . jennifer lawrence , laurie holden , kathleen turner , and rob riggie will also make appearances in the film .
de laurentiis was ready to go and bought the movie rights for $ 10m .
rush ' s studio videos for
limelight
and
tom sawyer
.
hannibal ended up as an mgm / universal co - production and opened with $ 58 million in february 2001 , the third biggest debut on record at the time . mgm distributed the film in america while universal got the overseas and dvd rights . red dragon , a more faithful adaptation of the book that inspired manhunter came out in 2002 as a straight universal distribution deal , with anthony hopkins playing hannibal lector for a third time . a hannibal rising ( based on the fourth and last book that thomas harris ever wrote involving the character ) was distributed by mgm and the weinstein company to a lousy $ 82m worldwide gross ( on a $ 50m budget ) in 2007 . and today of course the franchise lives on in the nbc / universal television show hannibal .
ddt proved savvier , if not to critics , who gave it just a 27 % rating on rotten tomatoes . but the franchise has never concerned itself with critical response , and , for a low - brow comedy , its b - cinemascore actually suggests some word of mouth power among its young - skewing viewers ( 53 % of whom had seen the original on home video ) . the original opened to $ 16 . 3m two decades ago .
, where the singer is tormented by wednesday and pugsley . most of the cast of the film ( including raul julia , angelica huston and christina ricci ) appear .
the same goes for ghostbusters . the notion of an all - female cast is intriguing , but we still want the originals or nothing . sadly , harold ramis is dead and bill murray is never signing onto this thing . they had plenty of years to make this happen — and they didn’t . now it’s time to put the franchise out of its misery and simply leave well enough alone . the same goes for naked gun . leslie nielsen had a lot of living years where he would have happily made part four . let the series rest in peace . the thought of anybody else playing frank drebin is just painful .
easily one of the funniest ( and most quotable ) movies ever made . . .
] why don ' t you eat up , and we ' ll tell ya .
one of my favorite comedies of all time . item arrived fast and in tact .
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because we all get nostalgic sometimes for warped tour , hot topic and mountain dew .
the wholeheartedness of this descent into crude and rude humor is so good - natured and precise that it ' s hard not to partake in the guilty pleasures of the exercise .
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an unpretentious comedy that never loses its fun and is non - stop laughs from beginning to end even after many viewings , relying on the hysterical raunchy humor that the farrellys can get away with so well and on two amazing performances by carrey and daniels at their best .
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the doors close and the bus drives off . after a second , lloyd turns to harry
: boren . these pooches are not gonna need any primping . you know why ? because i bathed them , and i clipped them myself . and i stand by my performance .
the script for the new film was being written by sean anders and john morris , who wrote
hot tub time machine
and
mr . popper ' s penguins .
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if that last part sounds familiar , it’s because it’s one of several plot elements dumb and dumber to lifts almost wholesale from its predecessor . as if going down a checklist , the writers supply another macguffin , another impossible dream girl , and another put - upon travel - mate with malicious intentions . ( riggle , in the mike starr role , is himself too outrageous to properly play straight man . ) more dispiriting than the narrative plagiarism are the endless callbacks , the fan - service repetition of old gags ; rather than pen new material , the writers simply rely on the presumed vicarious humor of seeing carrey blow mouth spray in the wrong direction again . here’s petey the blind man . there’s the second most annoying sound in the world . and if one elaborate fantasy sequence is funny , two will really kill , right ?
ron livingston has been cast as paul revere in the amc comedy pilot “we hate paul revere , ” shooting next month . livingston , perhaps best known for “ office space ” and “ sex and the city , ” also appeared last season on “ boardwalk empire . ” also read : olivia wilde , jake johnson , ron livingston , more talk ‘ drinking buddies ’ at l . a . premiere ( video ) the amc studios half - hour pilot is written , executive produced and starring ethan sandler and adrian wenner . matt piedmont ( “ saturday night live , ” “ vibe , ” “ the spoils of babylon ” ) is directing , and troy miller ( “ arrested development , ” “ flight of the conchords , ” “ dumb and dumberer : when harry met lloyd ” ) is a non - writing executive .
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: nope . my friend harry and i are saving up to open our own pet store .
we take a trip down memory lane and give the mel brooks classic a re - viewing .
this is not working . i can only see question one , and i can’t answer it .
bowling for soup ' s 1985 video is this with references to famous video tropes and bands .
dan aykroyd and tom hanks in the song
city of crime
from 1990 ' s dragnet : the movie , where they reprise their roles as joe friday and pep streebeck . the duo interrogate criminals , explain the plot of the film through verse and perform ridiculous choreographed dance numbers !
daniels , a michigan native and civil war buff who played the role of col . joshua lawrence chamberlain in
gettysburg
and
gods and generals ,
wrote the foreword to richard bak ' s award - winning book ,
a distant thunder : michigan in the civil war
.
subverted in
lucky day
by nicola roberts . for most of the video , nicola is prancing around new york with no real choreography to it , and then for a few inexplicable moments , two dancers pop out of nowhere and begin dancing with her . and then they leave again .
flop fix : “the toxic team” . create a crime fighting team with the aforementioned characters , add some ghoulies and garbage pail kids and you’re all set ( worked for monsters vs . aliens ) !
all this is going down as we speak , and now the scheduling will begin for a movie that will find its way into production very quickly , with conundrum’s bradley thomas and the farrellys producing with charlie wessler . the film will be pg - 13 like the original , and once again it puts lloyd ( carrey ) and harry ( daniels ) back on a road trip . the urgency has to do with scheduling : daniels needs to do it soon before returning for his aaron sorkin hbo series the newsroom . carrey also has that bank heist comedy at relativity with jared hess directing and owen wilson co - starring . for physical comedy fans , this is a real win . the package was put together by caa and wme , and attorneys cindy farrelly gesner and peter grossman repped the conundrum troika .
rob thomas '
ever the same .
the first video to use this concept - - and very well . the messenger is a guy and his pigeons , and the recipients include a group of children , an old man , a suicide jumper played by rob ' s wife , and rob himself . interestingly , the actual messages are never known ; we just see the reactions to them .
for fans of the original , which was a true high - water mark in hollywood buffoonery , it may be tough to resist the charm of seeing these two actors play stupid again—and both carrey and daniels slip into their old chemistry with uncanny ease . but the buzz wears off quickly , harshed as it is by the increasingly sad spectacle of two fiftysomething movie stars acting like horny , leering teenagers . when , during a science conference , harry and lloyd shout “show us your tits” in unison at a young woman onstage , it becomes clear that the characters are now less guileless nincompoops than dirty old men . this time around , they’re gross ( and dumb ) in all the wrong ways .
are , far and away , the best ones in the series — both directed by john mctiernan .
nonsuch is the first in a series of expanded xtc album editions including 5 . 1 surround mixes , new stereo mixes and high - resolution stereo mixes of the original material along with a wealth of extra audio and visual material . steven wilson has produced the new mixes with the input of founder band member andy partridge and the full approval of the band . for more info and orders please visit : urltoken
many music video ideas are recycled and repeated , some more than others . this is a list of some less common but still recyclable concepts , motifs , visual flourishes , sight gags and camera tricks .
, showing the soloists assembling around microphones , and then on the chorus , together with the choir of other big names , all in the studio . written by michael jackson and lionel richie , it included such names as diana ross , ray charles , stevie wonder , dionne warwick , bruce springsteen and paul simon . the choir itself also featured the other jacksons , the pointer sisters , and even dan aykroyd .
set in 1986 , when mentally challenged best friends harry and lloyd were teenagers , a comic tale which charts their attempt to get out of the
special needs
department and into regular high school life .
harry claims all his flatulence and lloyd plays with his imaginary friend , while both completely misunderstand anything remotely female . after about 30 minutes , even the overused jokes and innuendo are not enough to hold interest .
a hard rock take on dancing in the street , this is a simple and intuitive choreography wherein the band members stalk across the stage together , in time to the beat and in step with one another .
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: i ' d like to eat her liver with some fava beans and a nice bottle of chianti .
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the farrelly brothers peter and bobby directed the original and return here . but they ' ve made much funnier , and yes , smarter , comedies , such as 1998 ' s there ' s something about mary . the key to their better movies is an underlying sweetness , which is lacking here . the best farrelly characters are ridiculously amusing , but never intentionally cruel . harry and lloyd seemed to have missed that crucial lesson .
the joke is on lloyd and harry , two classic imbeciles who manage to ruin everything good that comes their way . but it’s also on the audience , for clinging to its affection for a two - decade - old buddy comedy . in a way , just about every joke in this belated , inferior follow - up is on the audience—at least those of us who were remotely excited about the prospect of seeing these characters again . reuniting the stars of their first and still best movie , gross - out maestros the farrelly brothers have made what may well be their worst movie—a sequel as desperate , in its own “official” way , as the knockoff - brand origin story that previously besmirched the franchise name .
or all - black backdrop . if black , expect a spotlight to travel back and forth across the singer , illuminating her for a second and then plunging her back into darkness . bonus points if the video is itself
feist ' s
mushaboom
starts with leslie feist waking up in her apartment and singing along to the song itself playing on the radio as she prepares for her day ( which may or may not raise the celebrity paradox question ) . then her toast pops out of the toaster and flies out of the window , she flies out after it , and a parade of people start dancing along behind her as she sings and plays guitar .
a buddy comedy film series about lloyd christmas and harry dunne , two good - natured but incredibly moronic friends .
: i saw your luggage . then when i noticed the airline ticket , i put 2 and 2 together .
cibo matto ,
sugar water
runs backwards and forwards on opposite sides of the screen and briefly joins up in the middle . one side is flipped so it take a while to work out what ' s happening .
queen ' s
princes of the universe
from highlander includes a swordfight between freddie mercury and christopher lambert .
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: it just doesn ' t seem like you packed match . all i saw was one bag and a briefcase .
it ' s thanksgiving weekend and there are two films trying to take advantage of the boost to the box office .
. the film managed $ 19 . 8 million in the u . k . and $ 13 . 8 million in germany . this was 5 % and 9 % higher than the previous film ' s debut in those two markets .
julian lennon ' s
valotte
and
too late for goodbyes .
not only were they essentially the same video with minor variations , they were released one after the other , and they were both directed by sam peckinpah .
: so i told myself . beth you just got to run girl and oh you know what that clutz did next ?
fred armisen , andy samberg , ellen page , norman reedus , and others sing the new album ' s title track .
no doubt ' s
don ' t speak
alters between this , the performance video and photo - session scenes .
new order ,
the perfect kiss
. interesting because the band prefers their videos to be extremely strange and surreal .
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: i want to ask you a question , straight out , flat out , and i want you to give me the honest answer . what do you think the chances are of a guy like you and a girl like me ending up together ?
lead men olsen and richardson look hauntingly like their counterparts carrey and daniels from 1994 . the relative unknowns , while imitating their characters to the letter , will have a hard time making it in hollywood . there can only be one carrey or daniels .
the animated series went a step beyond the storyline of the movies and tv show by depicting a technologically advanced ape society . apes were viewed driving cars and watching television , which was more closely related to the original novel . ironically , the major criticism of the cartoon was the low production quality , slow pace , and lack of movement . the show lasted just 13 episodes .
back in 2011 , foo fighters invited george and a pair of lucky contest winners down to la for an introduction and tour of dave grohl ' s studio 606 . grohl brought us into the world of rockers who have recorded there , and even hosted an exclusive listening party for ' wasting light ' . subscribe : urltoken follow george on twitter : urltoken on facebook : urltoken urltoken
the farrellys emphasize fellowship , camaraderie and solidarity . . . through a filter of ridiculous humor . [ full review in spanish ]
. . . has a flat , deadly aura and it ' s not even gutsy enough to be sexy or potentially offensive .
. figures will therefore fluctuate each week , and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates .
: listen , mr . samsonite , about the briefcase , my friend harry and i have every intention of fully reimbursing you .
check out highlights from some of the best recent trailers including mandy , the predator , zoe , and the king of thieves .
- jeff daniels / joe manganiello / mike vecchione ( 2018 ) . . . ( performer :
how ' bout we take our pants off and relax
) / ( writer :
how ' bout we take our pants off and relax
)
the david bowie videos
let ' s dance
and
china girl
both have brief but significant segments involving this .
ironically , david bowie and mick jagger ' s video for
dancing in the street
featured only the two of them .
it ' s been 20 years and harry dunn has found something out - he has a daughter ! lloyd christmas , his equally dim - witted friend , takes one look at a picture of her , develops a crush , and insists the two track her down . what ensues when harry finally agrees is a bizarre encounter with an old lady and more hilarity because of their sheer stupidity .
also parodied in phil collins ' s
don ' t lose my number
, where various possible concepts ( and subsequent behind the scenes ) for the song video clip are shown ; some of them are parodies of well - known music videos and films .
in diana king ' s
shy guy
video from 1995 ' s bad boys , smith and martin lawrence appear as the two titular cops of the film , reacting to the singer ' s presence and trying ( miserably ) to dance to the music .
actor jeff daniels was born in athens , georgia , but was raised in chelsea , michigan . he is the son of marjorie j . ( ferguson ) and robert lee daniels , who owned the chelsea lumber company and was also mayor of chelsea . jeff attended central michigan university , but became involved in acting and dropped out to pursue a career as an actor . daniels made . . .


it stars naseeruddin shah and shabana azmi playing the characters of a visually impaired principal and a sighted teacher in a school for the blind , where they fall in love though soon their complexes tag along and they struggle to get past them to reconnect with the " touch " of love .

the film remains most memorable for the subtle acting of its leads , plus the handling of the issue of relationships with the visually handicapped , revealing the emotional and perception divide between the world , the " blind " and the " sighted " , epitomized by the characters .

however the film 's release was delayed by almost 4 years .

sparsh ( film )

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sparsh ( devnagari : स्पर्श , in english : touch ) is a 1980 indian hindi feature film directed by sai paranjpye .
notably , the film won the national film award for best feature film in hindi . the film won numerous awards including national film award - best actor for naseeruddin shah , while sai paranjpye got the best screenplay .
she moved to bombay , a broken marriage behind her . in the years that preceded sparsh , paranjpe made an odd film here , an ad film there . but all along , she was nagged by this urge to make a film on the blind .
the national film award for best feature film in hindi is one of the national film awards presented annually by the directorate of film festivals , the organisation set up by ministry of information and broadcasting , india .
- best feature film for , mass appeal , best music direction and best female playback singer . oriya film
mumbai : soham pathak , lead vocalist of the band sparsh , is currently composing for his sophomore marathi film , ' paisa paisa ' . in addition to composing three songs for the film , pathak will also compose the background score . the film is a remake of a malayalam film and is directed by a malayalam director , jojijob .
mohan gokhale ( 1954 – 29 april 1999 ) was an indian film , television and theater actor who has worked in art films such as sparsh , bhavni bhavai and mirch masala .
- a film which won three awards . close on the heels , as if competing for the ' threes ' was the telugu film
one of the most respected actors of indian new wave cinema and the bollywood film industry , he won several filmfare and national film awards for his roles in aakrosh , chakra , sparsh , iqbal , and other critically acclaimed movies of the 1980s , ' 90s , and early 2000s .
popular singer javed ali sang a song for footprint media entertainment’s upcoming marathi film sparsh . the music is composed by babli haq . lyrics by sachin andhare the song “jaguni zara kshan baawra tu” was recorded at empire studio , mumbai .
kay kay menon will soon be seen in a short film , titled ‘sparsh’ . the film also stars mishal raheja , prashant narayanan and puja gupta . interestingly , the film handles one of the most reflexive prejudices human beings have – the prejudices of appearances . sparsh is produced by barun dash and by sabyasachi mishra under social diaries production . ankoosh bhatt directs . in a media interaction , ankoosh said that the internet has brought a lot of opportunities . kay kay said that the way short films are growing is proof that people like this format .
sparsh will go on floors from 11th may at sangali . it stars kishor kadam , sulabha deshpande , ravindra mankani and two child artists in very important roles .
he appeared with sean connery in the 2003 film the league of extraordinary gentlemen .
when the legend sends you this handwritten note . . thank you my dearest @ srbachchan sir . you ' ve made my day . much regards & charan sparsh urltoken
' sparsh ' is a novel interaction method to transfer data between digital devices by simple touch gestures . sparsh prototype system is designed and developed by pranav mistry , suranga nanayakkara of the mit media lab . sparsh lets the user touch whatever data item he or she wants to copy from a device . at that moment , the data item is conceptually saved in the user . next , the user touches the other device he or she wants to paste / pass the saved content into . sparsh uses touch - based interactions as indications for what to copy and where to pass it . technically , the actual transfer of media happens via the information cloud . the user authentication is achieved by face recognition , fingerprint detection or username - password combination . sparsh lets the user conceptually transfer media ( pictures , text , video , links ) from one digital device to one ' s body and pass it to the other digital device by simple touch gestures . at present , sparsh system support android and windows platform .
mumbai : actor kay kay menon has teamed up with director ankoosh bhatt for a short film titled “sparsh” , and he says the growth of the format is proof people are liking it . it also features mishal raheja , prashant narayanan and puja gupta .
the filmfare awards were kicked off in the year 1954 and are therefore also considered as one of the oldest in the indian film industry . the awards were introduced to acknowledge the most talented artists in bollywood . the film ‘sparsh’ ( directed by sai paranjpye ) swept off several awards in various categories this year . the film is about the plight of the blind , particularly focusing on the lives and feelings of blind children . the title of the film - ‘sparsh’ ( aptly given ) - refers to the sensation and feeling of touch upon which blind people rely , in the absence of sight . listed below are the winners who were awarded in various categories in the year 1985 .
later , she taught at the pune film institute ( rehana sultan , jalal agha , sadhu meher and rakesh pandey are some of her students ) before joining delhi tv as a producer - sparsh is an outcome of one of her assignments during this period .
produced by m . b . sankhe , sparsh is directed by well known director sandeep manohar naware . talking about the music of the film he said , “there are only two songs in the film as the story does not require . javed is very popular in youths . the young generation will definitely like the song . the another song is gazal and will be recorded in the voice of anwesha who will sing first time for marathi film . ”
a wednesday ! is a 2008 indian thriller drama film written and directed by neeraj pandey .
kanu roy was an indian film actor , and music composer in hindi and bengali films .
is an indian film and television child actress . she played the role of young ichcha in
basu bhattacharya ( 1934–1997 ) was a hindi film director , most famous for his 1966 film teesri kasam , starring raj kapoor and waheeda rehman ( based on a short story -
maare gaye gulfam
by phanishwar nath ' renu ' ) , which won the national film award for best feature film in 1967 ; he also produced sparsh in 1985 starring shabana azmi and naseeruddin shah , which won the filmfare best movie award and the most famous box office hit and critically acclaimed film directed by him remains avishkaar starring rajesh khanna and sharmila tagore which received five stars in bollywood guide
collections
and rajesh khanna received filmfare best actor award in 1975 .
the entire antarang hall was packed with the movie buffs on friday afternoon as they enjoyed watching one of the classics of bollywood . hindi movie sparsh was screened at bharat bhavan on friday .
“ sparsh ” is the annual c ultural festival of the sardar vallabhbhai national institute of technology . it usually takes place in the second or third week of february , and is one of the largest of its kind in the western region . this five - day festival consists of mega - attractions , informal events , technical events , managerial events among numerous other competitions like band - wars , sparsh idol and many more . the festivities of the day are followed by the ' sparsh nights ' - the inaugural night , singing night , dancing night , fashion night and celebrity night . every year the team of sparsh comes out with new and exciting themes and adds even more thrill to the fest . in the past few years sparsh had interesting themes like
bridging the gap between rural and urban india
,
celebrating the indian cinema
,
halloween
etc . such a concept has resulted in attracting even more crowd .
, ( which means touch ) has been adjudged the best hindi feature film of the year .
libaas ( english : clothing ) is a 1988 hindi drama film written and directed by gulzar .
the national film award for best actor , officially known as the rajat kamal award for the best actor , is an honour presented annually at the national film awards of india instituted only since 1967 to actors who have delivered the best performance in a leading role within the indian film industry .
this is the list of the national film awards ( india ) for best screenplay presented annually by the directorate of film festivals , the organisation established by ministry of information and broadcasting , india .
from her first film in 1974 , shabana azmi has been part of over one hundred projects .
sparsh (
touch
) is part tender love story , part psychoanalytic character study , and part message - driven social drama . the parts don ' t always gear together smoothly , but the film ' s sweetness outweighs whatever flaws it has , and the result is enjoyable and touching .
shabana azmi ( born 18 september 1950 ) is an indian actress of film , television and theatre .
the 27th national film awards , presented by directorate of film festivals , the organization set up by ministry of information and broadcasting , india to felicitate the best of indian cinema released in the year 1979 .
mumbai : singer - composer kailash kher will launch bands ar divine and sparsh on his birthday on 7 july here . he says it is his way of nurturing music and art to
save humanity
.
but , with the film , she has come to stay , and settle comfortably on the celluloid map . her next venture takes her to tanzania where she will make a film on the sugar factory workers .
sparsh ' s transition from script to celluloid was not easy , funds being very scarce . with a rs 5 lakh interest free loan from a friend , it was shot on an all - time low budget .
sparsh is a wonderfully made movie . the acting is one of the best made in many years . most movies featuring physically challenged people end up in showing sympathy and depict what normal people can do for them .
the film screening received a great response by the bhopalites and a huge crowd was seen at the hall .
welcome to the most exclusive site on classic and contemporary bollywood films and film - songs . watch great online bollywood videos while you surf through interesting features , interviews . artist profiles , film reviews and music album reviews .
produced by barun dash and sabyasachi mishra of social diaries productions , the film will be releasing around independence day .
sparsh ( devnagari : स्पर्श , touch ) is a 1980 bollywood feature film directed by sai paranjpye starring naseeruddin shah ( playing anirudh ) and shabana azmi ( playing kavita prasad ) in the lead roles of a visually impaired principal of a blind school and a young widow who joins the school as a teacher . the film remains most memorable for its subtle but strong performances and a very realistic script revealing the emotional divide between the
blind
and the
sighted” .
the filmfare best film award is given by the filmfare magazine as part of its annual filmfare awards for hindi films .
prashant said : “the movie is based on prejudices that people form based on appearances . the film speaks about breaking the stereotypes . ”produced by barun dash and sabyasachi mishra of social diaries productions , the film will be releasing around independence day .
stole the show as he strode up to receive his dadasaheb phalke award . an octogenarian , modi wants to remake his film
actor told tweeted a photograph of the note he received from the megastar , saying :
when the legend sends you this handwritten note . . thank you my dearest @ srbachchan sir . you ' ve made my day . much regards and charan sparsh .
while there is no general agreement upon the greatest film , many publications and organizations have tried to determine the films considered the best .
prashant said :
the movie is based on prejudices that people form based on appearances . the film speaks about breaking the stereotypes .
unusual : paranjpe ' s claim that sparsh is the first realistic portrayal of the blind is no idle boast . unconventional in its approach , the plot is woven round a blind man ( naseeruddin shah ) and a normal woman ( shabana azmi ) who is nursing an emotional upheaval .
india ' s first woman film writer - director is a volatile , voluble , maha - russian . born to a maharashtrian mother and a russian father , sai paranjpe , 43 , with an impressive record of ' firsts ' has done it again . her first full length hindi film
naseeruddin shah ( born 20 july 1950 ) is an indian film and stage actor and director , and a prominent figure in indian parallel cinema .
t 2530 - saw ' bareilly ki barfi ' last night . . a delightful film and such competent and excellent performances . . ! ! urltoken
the filmfare best director award is one of the main awards presented given by the annual filmfare awards to recognise directors working in the hindi film industry .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
the film won numerous awards including national film award – best actor for naseeruddin shah , while sai paranjpye got the best screenplay . at the filmfare awards , it won the top two : that of best movie and filmfare award – best director , plus a best dialogue award for sai paranjpye . further , shabana azmi was nominated for best actress , which she eventually won for the film bhavna , while naseeruddin shah was nominated for best actor lost out to anupam kher in saaransh .
this is a sensitive film starring naseeruddin shah and shabana azmi , directed by sai paranjape . the highlight of the movie is intense performance by naseerudin shah in the role of a self - respecting visually impaired principal of a blind school , who hates the society for pitying people like him . kanu roy composes the soulful music for this film .
the film will not be hampered by a lack of funds - the perpetual bane of all film makers .
i am looking forward to it because the whole idea is so new and different - and for once , there is going to be money ,
she mused .
and , no more low budget films for me - thank you .
a film - maker who is having an extra - marital affair with an actress decides to leave his wife . arth is the story of this women ' s search for her identity .
they nurse a symbiotic relationship and children from the blind school provide the essential comedy and tragedy . shot in the blind school campus , the film communicates and entertains rather than mystifies and spawns .
the fact that the movie went on to win 3 national awards ( best hindi film , best screenplay and best actor ) despite its shoe string budget is a remarkable achievement in its own right .
“the film has two periods 1950 and 1975 . the story revolves around a guy who helps poor people so that they can take education . its his fight for right of education , ” adds sandeep .
writer , director and playwright sai paranjpye is one of india’s most creative minds . beginning as an announcer in radio , she has made serials , documentaries , written and directed films , written and directed theatre in hindi , marathi and english and also written many books . her first feature film ‘sparsh’ in 1980 won three filmfare and one national award . her comedies ‘chashme badoor’ ( 1981 ) and ‘katha’ ( 1982 ) are today considered classics of indian comedy . in the 1970s she twice served as the chairperson of cfsi and over the decades , has made four films for them including the award winning ‘jadoo ka shankh’ and ‘sikandar’ .
a well - known painter also trained in film animation in calcutta and in chicago , kantilal rathod was in charge of the cartoon unit of the baptista - vijayakar production unit , hunnar films . later , rathod branched out forming his own company akbar films and made many art and industrial films . with his first award winning feature film ‘kanku’ ( 1970 ) , rathod set a new trend . the film presented an objective account of a lower - middle class women’s monotonous and stultified existence . his second feature . ‘ramnagari’ followed some years later . he has directed many features , documentaries and short films . he died in 1988 .
earlier in the day , big b had tweeted to say :
saw bareilly ki barfi last night . . . a delightful film and such competent and excellent performances ,
to which ayushmann replied this way :
mishal has not just acted in the film , but assisted bhatt too . “it’s a small but tough role . ankoosh had directed prashant and me for ‘encounter’ and hence it was like a reunion , ” mishal said .
in 1979 , sai paranjipye made
sparsh
( the touch ) , based on her own sceenplay , with a cast comprising naseeruddin shah , shaban azmi and om puri .
sparsh
is a limpid and touching account of the encounter between two people , each overcoming pain and pride as they come together . anirudh ( naseeuddin shah ) , the blind director of a school for the visually handicapped , works ceaselessly at his job . the joys and sorrows of the blind students do not , in the film , give it a melodramatic dimension . they are , in fact , integrated into the narrative . a young widow , kavita ( shabana azmi ) , whose interest in the school is purely charitable at the outset , soon gets more deeply involved in its activities . she falls in love with anirudh and they get engaged . however , anirudh ' s obsession with being completely self - reliant and his suspicion that kavita may be acting more out of sympathy than love eventually leads to the engagement being called off . finally , a good friend of the couple intervens and helps them to realise their follies and reunite .
shivendra sinha did a diploma in dramatic art from london university and graduated from the royal academy of dramatic art . later he studied and trained for theatre in berlin as well as for radio , tv and film in different parts of europe . coming back to india he acted in and directed many plays and films and served on different arts and cultural bodies . ‘phir bhi’ in 1972 is his most notable film and won the national award besides many other awards .
the butterfly , though small , plays an important role in the sustenance of the environment . this short film sheds light on the same , by depicting the life cycle of a butterfly through the eyes of a little boy who catches them for fun .
all donations towards the prime minister ' s national relief fund ( pmnrf ) are notified for 100 % deduction from taxable income under section 80 g of the income tax act , 1961 . © children ' s film society india , all rights reserved .
the citations read like a conglomerate of official dispatches , uncomfortable mouthfuls that prompted the guests to say
have a heart
. that the jury of the 27th national film awards had a heart was evident , for the best actress award was given to
the film remains most memorable for the subtle acting of its leads , plus the handling of the issue of relationships with the visually handicapped , revealing the emotional and perception divide between the world , the blind and the sighted , epitomized by the characters .
shyam and soni live with their mother in the outskirts of a village . in return for a good deed , the brother and sister pair is presented with a magical conch that grants wishes . with its help the two kids assist a king to unravel and foil a plot against him and his kingdom . directed by sai paranjape , this best child actress winning film at the moscow film festival drives home the message that not only does good triumph over evil in the end , but no good deed goes unrewarded .
he appeared in the 2013 pakistani movie zinda bhaag , which was nominated for best foreign language film at the academy awards . also a stage actor , he co - founded a theater company called motley productions and starred in a 1979 production of waiting for godot .
basu bhattacharya produced the film but all was not well between the producer and the director .
all that i can say is that i had to do much more production work than i had bargained for and that really cut into my work ,
said paranjpe ,
films about relationships between blind people and sighted people - or indeed between any
handicapped
people and
normal
people - always run the risk of waxing trite and preachy , and sparsh does not fully avoid this hazard . some of its uncomfortable moments feel canned and facile , as when kavita , at one of her early meetings with anirudh , refers to his students as
those poor children ;
anirudh bristles , telling kavita to remove the word
poor
from her vocabulary , as his children do not need her pity .
much against her will , she was deputed to make a film on the blind relief association , delhi .
i didn ' t want to go , but now i ' m glad i went - an entire metamorphosis had taken place inside me ,
said paranjpe .
there are three songs in the movie all of which are sung by the actress and singer sulakshna pandit . the music is by veteran kanu rai . additionally there is a piece by santoor maestro ustad amjad ali khan who also makes a brief appearance in the film as himself .
for the score , pathak wanted it to be
very indie with no cinematic score
. there will also be elements of metal and dub - step infused in the score . the film is written by sachin barekar and stars sachit patil , spruha joshi and milind shinde as the antagonist .
in 1973 , india celebrated its 25 years of independence with pomp and gaiety . one of the highlights of the celebration was a special children’s rally where kids from different parts of the country participated . this short film documents the vibrant and colourful rally and shows the unity in diversity of this great nation .
indira gandhi , the first women prime minister of india , inherited the love of children from her father jawaharlal nehru , effectionately called ‘chacha’ ( uncle ) by the kids of the nation . this short film shows indira gandhi interacting with the children who have won awards for bravery during the annual republic day celebrations .
the 1980 indian hindi feature film directed by sai paranjpye stars naseeruddin shah and shabana azmi playing the characters of a visually impaired principal and a sighted teacher in a school for the blind , where they fall in love though soon their complexes tag along and they struggle to get past them to reconnect with the touch of love .
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we felt that we deserved the award - we ' d seen the other films and somehow we felt that the other directors didn ' t know what they wanted to say ,
said the patwardhans . their unconventional approach must have rubbed off on the jury too , for this is the first time a film , totally
, starring kriti sanon , rajkummar rao and ayushmann khurrana . from his tweet on monday , we know that big b loved the movie and reviewed it as
a delightful film
with
competent and excellent performances .
but outside social media , big b has singled out rajkummar to be worthy of a handwritten note and flowers . the
accordingly , sparsh is at its best when it focuses tightly on kavita and anirudh as individuals , rather than as iconic representatives of
the blind
and
the sighted
. kavita and anirudh are fragile people . anirudh is proud , and that pride makes it hard for him to let kavita care for him . kavita , for her part , is eager for a way out of her loneliness but not quite ready to move beyond her husband ' s death . they are both navigating strong emotions , but they are also both uncertain and very reserved by nature ; that , together with shabana and naseeruddin ' s understated performance styles , yield a very muted tone , with few outbursts of emotion . indeed , kavita in particular is so out of touch with her feelings that it takes manju ' s psychoanalytic interference to resolve the major conflict of the film . the resolution is unsatisfying , with a kind of a deus ex machina feel as manju swoops in to explain to anirudh everything that is going on in kavita ' s head .
sparsh is a sensational story of anirudh parmar ( naseeruddin shah ) who is blind . yet his impairment does not let him down . he starts a school for the blind as a principal . during his days he gets in touch with a social worker , kavita . kavita is attracted to him , and he slowly also gets attracted to her . when marriage is proposed , both agree to marry each other . then anirudh starts having doubts whether this marriage is going to succeed . how will kavita ensure anirudh that their married life would be successful ? sign up for free and get daily updates on new videos , exclusive web shows , contests & much more urltoken send us your feedback and suggestions at : connect @ urltoken
despite these minor weaknesses sparsh is nevertheless quietly sweet and engaging ; the characters are warm , sympathetic , likeable . kavita is a wounded bird ; even her smiles are a little sad . this may be what makes the young shabana and naseeruddin work so well as a screen couple , they both carry in their faces a kind of droopy , puppy - dog sadness . their romance is delicious , sweet and even passionate at moments . and there are some truly beautiful scenes . in one , kavita shops for a new sari , closing her eyes and using her fingertips to choose one that anirudh will like . in another , anirudh makes kavita blush , describing for her why he finds her beautiful - her fragrance , the sound of her voice , the softness of her touch .
kay kay is one of the best actors that bollywood has . it is always a pleasure to work with him . the short film format is like t - 20 cricket , wherein you have to tell the entire story in a very short span of time . but just like t - 20 cricket , short films are also very exciting to make ,
bhatt said in a statement .
after completing a degree in law , parvati menon decided to make her career in films instead and became one of the first students at the newly instituted ftii in the 1960s . a prolific director , parvati’s main concern in cinema has been children . she has taught , researched and written about cinema , while also writing , directing and producing many feature , documentary and short films . she has served as jury for many film festivals worldwide .
“kay kay is one of the best actors that bollywood has . it is always a pleasure to work with him . the short film format is like t - 20 cricket , wherein you have to tell the entire story in a very short span of time . but just like t - 20 cricket , short films are also very exciting to make , ” bhatt said in a statement . kay kay is excited about the association too .
. celebrities like karan johar , varun dhawan , sushant singh rajput and arjun kapoor also had everything good to say about the film which released earlier this month .
bareilly ki barfi is warm , funny and delightful . the performances are superb . dialogues have many laugh out loud crackling moments ,
karan had tweeted while kriti ' s co - star sushant wrote :
kriti sanon is brilliant and it ' s her best performance .
despite the fact that her play , the little tea shop had won the asian broadcasting union ( abu ) award in teheran , she was not making any progress .
i felt stifled and claustrophobic as a producer and i decided to quit and join the children ' s film society ( cfs ) ,
- a job she threw up two years later . ' people advised me against resigning from the cfs and i could kick myself for having listened to them ,
she said .
children from a sos children’s village in faridabad , an institution that raises orphaned and destitute children in family units , are up in a mountaineering camp in manali . the kids are despondent initially as they are unable to perform the physical challenges put up by trainers . later they are overjoyed at overcoming irrational fears and discovering endurance within themselves . in a film presented as children’s narratives with their voiceovers , the kids develop a close bond with the instructors that seemed heartless brutes in the beginning of the camp .
since noé (
enter the void ,
irreversible
) wants to steep viewers in murphy ' s confused emotions , the experience of watching
love
can sometimes be more frustrating than thinking about the meaning of
love
while you watch the film . in fact ,
love
probably only works if you see it as a paradoxically over - determined work of and about sensuality . noé uses 3 - d photography but also never stops reminding viewers that they are outside of the frame , as he directly acknowledges in one scene where an erect penis thrusts directly at the camera before ejaculating cgi semen . you can ' t watch this movie and ever really forget that you ' re watching a movie , as is reinforced by the film ' s elliptically - structured plot , droning soundtrack and periodic mid - scene black - out cuts . that ' s because murphy is , like some of noé ' s previous blank slate heroes , a character who remembers himself at his most frustratingly vacant .
all the actors ( ketaki mategaonkar , gauri bapat , medha manjrekar , savita malpekar , sakharam kulkarni , abhijit kelkar and vaibhav mangle ) do full justice to their characters and deliver memorable performances . but as a man taking on the system and fighting against all , including his own self , sachin khedekar towers above all . looking at him , you feel the strength of his character and the weight of his fate . it is a brilliant performance in an exceptional film that is every bit worthy of all possible awards !
produced by basu bhattacharya , the film went on to win three national awards including that of best actor for naseer . interestingly , sanjeev kumar was the original choice of sai and it is only when could not do it that she approached naseer . thirty five years later one could not imagine any other actor in the shoes of aniruddh parmar . few years later , sanjeev kumar did go on to play a blind protagonist in “qatl” who was as “kaabil” as hrithik roshan is trying to be this republic day . that’s for another day .
girish joshi’s screenplay ( developed from usha datar’s short story ) creates a complex multi - layered old world , full of contrasts and contradictions . the locations , costumes , language , music and cinematography – all contribute to creating a perfect period - feel . it is a film that works on both , personal as well as social levels . on a personal level , we get caught up in an emotional storm brewing between various characters and on a social level , we are shaken out of slumber by the stark portrayal of some inhuman religious rituals , which once made widowed life a living hell .
naseer and om puri often performed together like singing a duet . different notes but always working for a harmonious whole . here in a supporting role , om manages to leave an impact , despite naseer’s immersive performance , because he creates another blind character which is as real and distinct as aniruddh . add to it yet another impressive turn by shabana azmi and we have a film that continues to feel fresh . she has the amazing ability to make the mundane dramatic and the dramatic believable . cinematographer virendra saini creates a contemplative atmosphere right from the opening shot when aniruddh is following kavita’s voice on a hazy delhi morning .
m . s . sathyu , an internationally renowned filmmaker and theatre director , moved to bombay from mysore in 1952 . he did a variety of jobs including animation , documentary , tv films , tv serials , designing and directing plays and even wrote a script for a ballet before making ‘garm hava’ in 1974 , that became one of the best films on the partition and won him a golden palm nomination at the cannes film festival including several awards in india . he has since made films like ‘bara’ and ‘kanneshwara rama’ while also directing many successful plays . ‘kala parvat’ is an indo - russian joint collaboration with alexander zagurdi .
but what ' s it like to actually watch
love
? this is a movie where non - professional actors and unsimulated sex scenes constantly encourage viewers to form a bond of alienation , instead of a bond of sympathy , with murphy . that may sound pretentious , but noé knows exactly the type of effect he wants to achieve , and he mostly gets it . his biggest gamble is the use of first - time actors to elicit complex emotions . but he builds a complex relationship between murphy and his viewers throughout the movie , one that speaks louder than the unmoving , shrill line - readings from all three of the film ' s principle characters .
since the time he channelized his energy full time into marathi cinema , mahesh manjrekar has contributed a lot to the marathi cinema’s resurgence . his productions ( mee shivaji raje bhosle boltoy , lalbaug - parel , shikshanachya aaicha gho and fakt ladh mhan ) have successfully touched the audience - chord with contemporary , socially relevant and thought - provoking themes . often he has erred on being too populist in his presentation with a definite eye on the box - office . but now that he has established his production house as the commercial powerhouse , he goes for the jugular and shows that he also has it in him to create a perfectly artistic period - film like kaaksprash .
the film ' s sex scenes are similarly mannered , mournful and distractingly graphic . but they ' re not just endurance tests , or frustrating slogs either . noé wants you to see sex as a cocoon , so he genuinely tries to show you what attracts his young characters to each other . his earnest objectification of actors ' bodies is , in that sense , often compelling . we look at bodies in motion , and see them as body parts first , and then people trying to get lost in each other , to give each other pleasure , and to remain lost in sensations that will always remain mysterious to anyone who isn ' t experiencing them first - hand .
love
may not always be enjoyable , but it leaves an abiding mark .
in
love ,
murphy essentially relives a past life . he is not however in control of his emotions , so his memories are fragmented , and out of order . he recalls electra because her mother calls him , giving him a sentimental oasis to cling to in order to escape his life with omi . still , in flashbacks , we see how murphy ' s relationship with omi ironically started because of electra , and how electra and murphy ' s relationship was always a co - dependent one . he , a film student with posters of
saló ,
and
story of o
hanging ostentatiously on his bedroom wall , jealously obsesses over her . but eventually she , an aspiring painter , reveals that she ' s just as concerned with being protected . they form an unhealthy relationship that expresses itself through violent outbursts , and copious sex scenes that range from genuinely sexy to mechanically frantic . so while electra accuses murphy of being a bright young man who doesn ' t know what love is , she ' s just as impulsive .
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kavita ( shabana azmi ) is a depressed widow ; though her close friend manju ( sudha chopra ) urges her to step back into life and society , kavita spends her days at home , tending to a meticulous bonsai garden ( a metaphor for her stultifying confinement ) and singing sad songs to an audience of herself alone . when she accidentally meets anirudh ( naseeruddin shah ) , a bristly but charismatic blind man who runs a nearby school for blind children , kavita is moved to offer her time to the school , and begins reading to the boys and teaching them music and crafts . kavita is touched by the children , and begins to welcome warmth and happiness back into her life . she is also touched by anirudh ; a tender romance blossoms between them , and they become engaged to marry . the romance sours , though , when anirudh begins to fear that kavita is marrying him not for love , but only in search of a way to martyr herself , sacrificing her youth and independence to the care of a hapless handicapped man .
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as “kaabil” brings visually impaired protagonists back in focus , it is time to revisit sai paranjpye’s timeless gem that continues to be a benchmark for films that address the normal / abnormal binary . breaking the stereotypes created by cinema and society where blind people are often presented as objects of pity , sai creates an inclusive space where the blind protagonist wears his self esteem on his sleeve and suffers from the same emotional upheavals as any sighted person is . based on the real life story of ajay mittal , sai demolishes the lachar - bechara image that hindi cinema wove around blind characters and in naseeruddin shah she has a malleable actor to realise her vision .
the narrative holds a soothing love story of a sighted woman and a blind man . it seems implausible but as sai sensitively unravels the layers one can figure that each one of us have handicaps . a young widow disabled by the society , kavita is struggling with her emotional vacuum when she comes across aniruddh parmar , the principal of a school for the blind . a beautiful relationship evolves which is more tactile than visual and the fragrance permeates through the celluloid . kavita buys saris that aniruddh could feel . a self made man , aniruddh allows kavita in his dark universe . however , soon self doubt creeps into the relationship as aniruddh fears dependence on kavita . aniruddh has been more than compensated by nature in other senses , including ego . is kavita trying to be a gandhari ? is she trying to justify her second love as a duty ? it leads to an intense curdling of emotions in the estuary between right and wrong .
there is a bigger picture as well which can be easily juxtaposed to the majority / minority question . in the outside word , blind people might be struggling to find feet but in the blind school it is the sighted who are yearning to find acceptance . sai presents it through the strand of pappu , the sighted boy among blind students . he longs for the attention of his teacher but her entire focus is on blind students . when pappu fights with a blind student , he closes his eyes to make it a fair fight but still fails to get the attention . similarly , kavita does everything to be part of aniruddh’s universe but he considers it as a ritual to get over her past or as kavita’s friend ( sudha chopra ) says he remains blind to her love .
naseer has often rated it as his most fulfilling performance . the shift in eyeballs , the arc that he creates with the stick , the way he holds the cup and the ungainly body posture , naseer almost becomes the character . in his autobiography , “and then one day” , naseer admits the thought of acting as a sightless person with children who were actually sightless took him as close to butterflies in the stomach as he had ever been . the key to play a blind character , he says , is that they directed their ears and not their eyes at the point they were addressing , and that caused their sometimes ungainly bodily posture , which , having absolutely no self consciousness , they were oblivious to . he imbibed it by following mittal for ten days . his education in aligarh muslim university also helped as it had one of the best schools for the blind in the country . he had observed a couple of blind classmates during college days . he tried different things to get the movement of a blind character but ultimately went by his imagination . “i had always been able to shut out all aural stimuli whenever i felt like it , but shutting off all visual stimuli proved equally easy . ”
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anirudh parmar is blind , but he does not let this impairment bind him down . he runs a school for the blind as a principal . he meets with social worker , kavita . kavita is attracted to him , and he slowly also gets attracted to her . when marriage is proposed , both agree to marry each other . then anirudh starts having doubts whether this marriage is going to succeed , as he feels he is being patronized , and pittied .
this movie deals with people with handicaps  one is bitter due to blindness and the other is depressed due to heart break . society tends to glorify blindness as a bigger handicap than heartbreak . the movie poignantly shows that both are debilitating and need a lot of work to overcome . kavita and anirudh are fortunate in discovering each other . their individual handicaps first help them in working together , then bonding together and then tears them apart . a well - wisher has to step in ultimately to bridge the gap . there are some endearing scenes with the kids and the dialog is very engaging . the sequence where anirudh describes his perception of kavita ' s beauty deserves special mention for its poetry . both naseer and shabana excel in their minimalist style .
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in addition , it gets the best screenplay and best actor ( naseeruddin shah ) awards . still recovering from the windfall ( she insists she did not expect it ) said paranjpe :
isn ' t that wonderful ?
till recently , paranjpe ' s name was synonymous with the world of children ' s books and films ( jadu ka shankh , sikander ) . when she was 8 , she published her first book of short stories in marathi called mulencha mewa . she then moved on to theatre and subsequently did a stint at the national school of drama , new delhi .