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    Reviews

    “A cerebral joyride”
    Karan Johar, filmmaker on REDIFF

    “Among the most charming and creative Indian independent films”
    J Hurtado, TWITCH

    ★★★★✩
    “You don’t really need a big star cast… you don’t even need a big budget to get the techniques of filmmaking bang on…”
    Allen O Brien, TIMES OF INDIA

    ★★★★✩
    “An outstanding experience that doesn’t come by too often out of Indian cinema!”
    Shakti Salgaokar, DNA

    ★★★
    “This film can reach out the young, urban, upwardly mobile, but lonely, disconnected souls living anywhere in the world, not just India.”
    Namrata Joshi, OUTLOOK

    “I was blown away!”
    Aseem Chhabra, MUMBAI MIRROR

    “Good Night Good Morning is brilliant!”
    Rohit Vats, IBN-LIVE

    ★★★✩✩
    “Watch it because it’s a smart film.”
    Shubha Shetty Saha, MIDDAY

    ★★★✩✩
    “A small gem of a movie.”
    Sonia Chopra, SIFY

    ★★★✩✩
    “A charming flirtation to watch.”
    Shalini Langer, INDIAN EXPRESS

    “Interesting, intelligent & innovative”
    Pragya Tiwari, TEHELKA

    “Beyond good. Original, engrossing and entertaining”
    Roshni Mulchandani, BOLLYSPICE

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    Synopsis

    ‘Good Night Good Morning’ is a black and white, split-screen, conversation film about two strangers sharing an all-night phone call on New Year's night.

    Writer-Director Sudhish Kamath attempts to discover good old-fashioned romance in a technology-driven mobile world as the boy Turiya, driving from New York to Philadelphia with buddies, calls the enigmatic girl staying alone in her hotel room, after a brief encounter at the bar earlier in the night.

    The boy has his baggage of an eight-year-old failed relationship and the girl has her own demons to fight. Scarred by unpleasant memories, she prefers to travel on New Year's Eve.

    Anonymity could be comforting and such a situation could lead to an almost romance as two strangers go through the eight stages of a relationship – The Icebreaker, The Honeymoon, The Reality Check, The Break-up, The Patch-up, The Confiding, The Great Friendship, The Killing Confusion - all over one phone conversation.

    As they get closer to each other over the phone, they find themselves miles apart geographically when the film ends and it is time for her to board her flight. Will they just let it be a night they would cherish for the rest of their lives or do they want more?

    Good Night | Good Morning, starring Manu Narayan (Bombay Dreams, The Love Guru, Quarter Life Crisis) and Seema Rahmani (Loins of Punjab, Sins and Missed Call) also features New York based theatre actor Vasanth Santosham (Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain), screenwriter and film critic Raja Sen and adman Abhishek D Shah.

    Shot in black and white as a tribute to the era of talkies of the fifties, the film set to a jazzy score by musicians from UK (Jazz composer Ray Guntrip and singer Tina May collaborated for the song ‘Out of the Blue), the US (Manu Narayan and his creative partner Radovan scored two songs for the film – All That’s Beautiful Must Die and Fire while Gregory Generet provided his versions of two popular jazz standards – Once You’ve Been In Love and Moon Dance) and India (Sudeep and Jerry came up with a new live version of Strangers in the Night) was met with rave reviews from leading film critics.

    The film was released under the PVR Director’s Rare banner on January 20, 2012.

    Festivals & Screenings

    Mumbai Film Festival (MAMI), Mumbai 2010 World Premiere
    South Asian Intl Film Festival, New York, 2010 Intl Premiere
    Goa Film Alliance-IFFI, Goa, 2010 Spl Screening
    Chennai Intl Film Festival, Chennai, 2010 Official Selection
    Habitat Film Festival, New Delhi, 2011 Official Selection
    Transilvania Intl Film Festival, Cluj, 2011 Official Selection, 3.97/5 Audience Barometer
    International Film Festival, Delhi, 2011 Official Selection
    Noordelijk Film Festival, Netherlands, 2011 Official Selection, 7.11/10 Audience Barometer
    Mumbai Film Mart, Mumbai 2011, Market Screening
    Film Bazaar, IFFI-Goa, 2011, Market Screening
    Saarang Film Festival, IIT-Madras, 2012, Official Selection, 7.7/10 Audience Barometer

    Theatrical Release, January 20, 2012 through PVR

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Archive For November 5th, 2006

When did I get so important?

November 5, 2006 · by sudhishkamath

Hmmm!

Choodamani probably didn’t expect his forum to encourage vetti/vela/jobless people this much.

Last week, there were two separate topics, both equally fanatical and holding diametrically opposing views, on one of my earlier posts.

One called me God’s gift to women. I mean, that’s so stupid. I’m no gift from nobody. I don’t come free. I charge. And I charge big. This one’s got nearly 300 votes. Even if I reduce the few times I put kalla-vote during my vetti time, it’s still a big number.

The other said I deserve a stinking fart produced by college students. He he! What can I say? Someone’s been doing way too much research, smelling assorted little assholes and the diverse range of farts they produce. And the post said I can’t take criticism.

Oh, well, for the benefit of those who just stumbled in here, let me start from the beginning.

The criticism, in this specific case, it was an observation by Nilu about a review. An excerpt he quoted from my review minus the context.

Now, that’s not criticism. It’s plain rubbishing. Criticism is when you say what’s wrong with it. And it is taken seriously, depending on the person saying it. Now, who is Nilu? A complete loser who has nothing to boast of but a couple of Letters to Editor published, an accomplishment any senile 80-year old reader can achieve.

If you “critics” can take a little criticism, here goes some:

Well bitches, I’m sure your Daddy would obviously kick your ass if you tried telling him how to make babies.

But hey, the one that said I deserve a fart got nearly 250 votes. That’s a lot of votes. Which means a lot of people probably do believe that I can’t take criticism (even if moron Nilu spent all his sleepless nights clicking on the link, something I’ve learnt he’s quite capable of! Scroll down the page and you will find some only 40 different ISPs responsible for that many votes, which means the same people have been voting).

But yes, I will respect that criticism (that I can’t take criticism) with a rejoinder.

The thing is, I do take criticism. But LIKE PRETTY MUCH ALL OF US, I take criticism ONLY from people I respect. And there’s just one way to get my respect. Give respect. In other words, you can say I suck. But explain why and how I suck and do it nicely and I may listen. Or else it just sounds like you’re upset with me cuz I did something to your Mamma!

These two posts alone grossed about 540 votes (each click apparently brings 3 votes).

If that wasn’t enough, now I just saw two more topics here on putvote.

One, that wonders if I’m over-rated? That’s already got 46 votes.

Another just got created and sent to me by a fan says I can’t be ignored.

Go ahead vetti people, go vote. I’m also vetti, so I understand the sentiment. 🙂

Prove how much I’m worth being discussed. Waste your time.

And before you do, watch this. (Oh well, don’t bother saying: It’s an old trick/link. I know! Btw, thanks China!)

If you don’t like it, well, like Maddox says: Eat shit!

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