nasha ( english : intoxication ) is 2013 indian teen coming-of-age film directed by amit saxena .

the film is the bollywood debut of shivam patil and model poonam pandey .

upon release , nasha gained mixed critical response .

it cost approximately ₹ 40 million ( us$ 590,000 ) , and grossed a little over ₹ 80 million ( us$ 1.2 million ) at the box office .

nasha ( film )

nasha ( film ) <EOT> poonam’s first film “nasha” which released in 2013 did average business at the box office .

nasha will be making her debut with mollywood film ' celebrations ' , directed by manjith .

poonam ' s first film " nasha " which released in 2013 did average business at the box office .

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nasha is 2013 indian coming of age erotic thriller film directed by amit saxena . the film marks the bollywood debut of model poonam pandey and shivam . nasha gained negative to very negative critical response but debutant shivam got very good critical appreciation .

" nasha " is releasing tomorrow and this film is directed by amit saxena who directed another hit erotica " jism " , 10 years back . film has controversial poonam pandey in lead and film is in news for objectionable posters to bold scenes ,

actress poonam pandey , who ventured into tinsel town with the film “nasha” , says she will try to promote “helen” in the best possible manner because she feels her debut film was not marketed properly .

" nasha " is releasing tomorrow and this film is directed by amit saxena who directed another hit erotica " jism " , 10 years back .

a few really good things , the rest mediocre - nasha could have been better .

nasha , produced by eagle home entertainment and one line cinema , releases july 26 .

this film has exposed the ' acting ' skills of poonam pandey and i am sure any sensible film maker will think twice before signing her . it is a cheap and dangerous nasha that should be avoided at all costs !

feroz khan was to make a film titled " nasha " starring himself , amitabh bachchan , fardeen khan and aishwarya rai . the story was about a battle against drugs . this was in 2002 . ferozs shelved the film to remake kurbani .

the erotic - thriller \ ' nasha \ ' starring poonam pandey released on july 26 . the film could not do well at the box - office over its adult content .

nasha phenix is in a celebratory mood and justifiably so as her long cherished dream is coming true . nasha will be debuting on the big screen of mollywood through the film celebrations , directed by manjith . nasha , who got a job with air india as an airhostess , had to let go of the job to accommodate her film dates — something she is not unduly worried about considering that she has an active role to play in her family owned construction business .

telugu film industry seems to have developed some love towards jagan all . . .

another department where nasha scores big time is the film’s music by sangeet - siddharth . the goti number is likely to become a big hit with urban teenagers , as it perfectly captures their lingo .

“i was quite upset because ‘nasha’ was not promoted well . this time for my film ‘helen’ , i have spoken to the marketing team to spend a lot on promotional activity , ” poonam said .

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the erotic - thriller ' nasha ' featuring sizzling newbie poonam pandey , shivam patil and ranbir chakma released on july 26 . directed by amit saxena , ' nasha ' was expected to be a crowd puller , as it was much - hyped one . the film had to witness a drastic lag in its collections over the first weekend .

this sheet music provides for treble and base clef for the famous bollywood song pehala nasha , from film jo jita wo sikkander with chords . it also contains all the music including intro , bgms , other music .

film will receive bad to below average reviews and that is what expected for an erotica .

nasha is 2013 indian teen coming - of - age film directed by amit saxena . the film is the bollywood debut of shivam patil and model poonam pandey . upon release , nasha gained mixed critical response . wikipedia initial release : july 26 , 2013 ( india ) director : amit saxena running time : 122 minutes language : hindi cast : poonam pandey , sheetal singh , ranbir chakma , more music composed by : sangeet haldipur , siddharth haldip

“i was quite upset because ‘nasha’ was not promoted well though the movie was good . this time for my film ‘helen’ , i have spoken to the marketing team to spend a lot on promotional and marketing activity . i will try my best to promote this film in the best possible way , ” poonam told ians .

all the hindi releases - - nasha , issaq , bajatey raho and luv u soniyo - - opened poorly at the box office .

he will be playing a co - lead actor in the upcoming flick “nasha” starring poonam pandey , to be released this summer and directed by amit saxena , who shot to fame with his first directorial debut film “jism” back in 2003 .

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after reading this review you must recommend me for a bravery award . poonam pandey ' s nasha is a cheap and forgettable film , despite all the loud claims she made on twitter . the storyline is weak and the acting is pathetic . nasha is such a bad film that it needs to be ranked ' minus zero ' . this is because some see a wee bit of positivity in a zero too . therefore to dispel any such remote notions , it ' s a minus zero .

the exact figures only the producers of the film would know , but last i heard , nasha had earned between 7 . 5 - 8 crore rupees ( around $ 1 . 2 million usd ) which is about double it ' s cost .

however , prateik babbar ' s " issaq " and poonam pandey ' s " nasha " failed to pick up over the weekend . " issaq " collections were pegged at ₹3 crore nett , whereas " nasha " raked in ₹2 . 75 - 3 crore nett , according to boxofficeindia . com .

the peppy dialogues ( by radhika anand ) keep you entertained and even provoked through the film . of course , these dialogues are meant for the film ' s target audience , the teenagers , not for grown - ups .

the film’s producer aditya bhatia reasons , “nasha is a bold film . naturally , we have to retain the bold quotient in our promotions . i have cast poonam pandey for explicit content . that’s the image she has . we can’t be showing her as a sati savitri when she’s playing a bold role . and don’t forget , we have to deliver what poonam’s fans expect . ”

where the film lets you down ( and no pun intended here ) big time is when sahil and anita ( poonam pandey ) make love to each other . saxena fails miserably to get the right expressions from nasha’s lead stars when they are in the throes of passion .

the film has its share of abusive language but there are also moments of tenderness , love and heartbreak captured brilliantly .

however , sad’s spokespersons have also asserted that the film’s troubles with the cbfc have nothing to do with the party .

film might stand a chance at box office riding on popularity of such content in single screens and among masses but oveall scenario looks grim . film has to fight other new releases of the week too in order to make any mark .

the udta punjab team has argued that the expletives used in the film are essential to the plot and context . the latest reports also suggest that anurag kashyap has approached the i & b ministry to expedite the certification process for the film .

however producer aditya bhatia states his own reasons saying ‘nasha’ is a bold film and they had to take such measures for the promotion of the movie . he said that as the producer of the film , he has to take some confident steps and show what poonam’s fans expect to see . further , they don’t have any kind of agreement with the actress that mentions anything such as “no use of mms” .

bollywood ' s latest films - " bajatey raho " , " issaq " and " nasha " , have opened to a poor response at the domestic box office .

this parting shot from sahil ' s muse is enough to help him come out of his nasha , enjoy the hangover and carry on with life . rediff rating :

nasha is a movie starring akshay bhagat , ranbir chakma , and nikhil desai . an 18 year old boy falls in love with his 25 year old drama teacher .

the movie had to struggle hard owing to the below average performance on friday . it could not grab the audience to the big screen because of negative reviews received by the film . it was hurt by the poor figures and can be counted as a complete washout . on friday , the film managed to reach up to 1 crore nett , while on the second day of its release , it incurred 00 . 90 crore nett . on sunday , the collection of the film was 1 crore nett , complicating the future path of the film . hence , the total domestic collection of the film on its first weekend was 2 . 90 crore nett . the film performed better in single screen theaters , failing entirely to accomplish the interest of multiplex viewers , as it was unfit for family viewing considering its adult content . also , the other movies that released on the same day , like ' bajatey raho ' , ' issaq ' and hollywood film ' the wolverine ' gave a tough competition to ' nasha ' .

work on our masha began in 2004 with a script by leonid kaganov and aleksandr bachilo . in 2007 , the film , then called krakatuk , was announced as russia’s first 3 - d digitally animated film , with a scheduled release date of 25 october 2007 . the film’s ongoing problems prevented this billing from being fulfilled . the script was re - written several times and the animation was re - done , further adding to the cost of the film . distribution of the film further delayed the release . the film was originally intended to be a joint venture between the russian company a - media and upi , but the two ended their partnership in september 2007 . a - media , a company primarily known for its television serials , such as my beautiful nanny ( moia prekrasnaia niania ) , not born beautiful ( ne rodis’ krasivoi ) , tatyana’s day ( tat’ianin den’ ) and others , decided to distribute our masha , its first feature - length film , itself , but the project was again put on hold by the 2008 financial crisis . the film was finally picked up for distribution by the newly - formed company “nashe kino” and released under its new title , nasha masha i volshebnyi orekh , on 10 december 2009 , over five years after work on the film first started .

actress poonam pandey’s upcoming movie ‘nasha’ which has been in enough controversies already is again in yet another one . the debutante actress’ declaration of the fact that she is not in favor of the release , or rather the “leak” , of a “fake mms” , featuring the actress taking a bath , in order to promote her film ‘nasha’ created quite an uproar in the media and on the social networking websites . she stated that it was released without her consent and is unhappy about that .

members of the ruling dispensation in punjab , the shiromani akali dal has been rather vociferous in its opposition to the film . since udta punjab ’s trailer released in april , there were reports that diljit dosanjh had been criticised for acting in a film that “defames” punjab .

further , he added that they had no agreement with the actress stating any dos and don’ts for promotion etc . “we don ' t have any clause in the contract stating we can’t use mms or any specific concept for the film’s promotion . my director amit saxena and i are in agreement on the kind of promotion our film requires . we know what to show in the best interest of the film . ”

nasha is not particular that she would only do heroine roles . she informs , “i play a character with negative shades in the film . this role is very central to the film . i did not enter the industry with a fixed notion that i would play only the heroine . my intention was to showcase my talent through a good role which i am confident my character is . the director too believes that i can deliver a good performance and that gives me a boost . ” nasha plays a character that is very rough and she explains , “my character is always in an angry mode and is a modern lady who dresses very glamorously . she is someone who behaves very roughly with everyone around her and playing that role presented a lot of challenges for me because she is completely different from what i am in real life . i am this quite , childish girl who speaks to everyone with a smile whereas in the film i had to do a complete volte - face . ” nasha says she has been getting more offers but she is particular that she would only take up good roles that are integral to the film’s plot .

nasha 2013 movie , featuring poonam pandey hit the headlines for her bold and exotic avatar in the movie . the movie gained mixed critical response . must watch a movie but without family ! right ?

the shahid kapoor , alia bhatt , kareena kapoor and diljit dosanjh starrer udta punjab has run into trouble with the central board of film certification .

nasha movie talks about the addictions of the youth . it is a coming of age film . it is a film that every moviegoer will identify with . it is the story of an 18 year old boy who falls hopelessly in love with a 25 year old woman . a woman he cannot have , but a woman he cannot help but desire . and , as is the case with desires unfulfilled , they turn into obsessions . and yet , every obsession is a lesson learnt ; an experience gained . so that , in the

what’s interesting about the censors’ demand is that the producers of udta punjab — phanton films and balaji motion pictures — are seeking an ‘a’ rating for their film .

her parents have been her pillars of strength , supporting her tinsel town dreams . an urge to learn more about acting led nasha to the balaji film institute in mumbai but she discontinued her studies after a month due to some personal reasons . she continues , “i also did some modeling in between and while pursuing that i got a call for a film audition . i went there and was asked to act out a scene . i was later called in the evening and confirmed for the role which is how my debut through celebrations happened . ”

pehla nasha ( hindi : पहला नशा , urdu : پہلا نشہ , english : first intoxication ( as in love ) ) is a 1993 indian film directed by ashutosh gowariker who made his directorial debut . the movie is a remake of brian de palma ' s 1984 thriller body double . deepak tijori plays the lead role alongside pooja bhatt , raveena tandon and paresh rawal . the film also has cameo appearances by aamir khan , shahrukh khan , juhi chawla and saif ali khan as themselves . it is the only film to feature aamir khan and shahrukh khan in a scene together . ashutosh gowariker recently commented that it may also be the last time the two actors share screen space together . other upcoming actors at the time such as sudesh berry and rahul roy also appeared in the same scene . upon release , the film received poor reviews and failed at the box office . [ 1 ]

“this film is very close to my heart , i am more interested in doing content - driven films and this film has a very strong content . as of now , i am undergoing workshops and trying to learn some dance moves for a song in the film . it has been a tedious journey so far , and we shall start shooting by next month , ” said the actress , who first grabbed attention when she promised to strip down for the indian team if they won the world cup in 2011 .

an indian express report also quoted sad mla karan virsa singh valtoha sa saying that the film was an “outcome of a trend to defame punjab and its youth” . however , the party’s spokesperson daljit singh cheema had clarified that sad would not be seeking a ban on the film until after it had released , and its content seen . “it will be wrong to comment hypothetically till we do not watch the exact contents . deputy cm sukhbir singh badal will take a call once the film is released , ” cheema said .

previously , udta punjab director abhishek chaubey had mentioned in an interview with huffington post india , just how difficult it was to get funding for the project . according to him , the theme of the film had been a major deterrent for potential producers , as well as the possibility of losing out on revenue streams , should the film get an ‘a’ rating . some production houses — before balaji and phantom stepped into the picture — also felt that the film would run into trouble with the cbfc because of its content .

the ‘erotic’ love story belongs to the film’s teeny boppers , especially sahil , whose innocence , infatuation and vulnerability keeps you glued to your seat for the two hours it lasts .

2 ] anti - killer was the top - grossing russian film of 2002 and anti - killer 2 made an unprecedented $ 1 , 280 , 000 in its opening weekend alone .

censor board goes little rough on these films but still these movies remain under the adult ( a ) category and that is not at all meant to be called as family oriented film .

apparently , the cbfc has found fault with the expletives used in the film — especially by shahid’s character , a rockstar named tommy , and demanded that these be cut before it grants certification .

" # thewolverine drew better figures than new hindi releases at the domestic bo . collected rs 10 . 5 cr nett in its opening weekend , " film critic and trade analyst taran adarsh tweeted .

the ‘erotic’ love story belongs to the film’s teeny boppers , especially sahil , whose innocence , infatuation and vulnerability keeps you glued to your seat for the two hours it lasts , writes prasanna zore .

as per the distributors , nasha earned around 4 cr net . the production + marketing budget would not have been less than 8 - 10 cr minimum . i wont be surprised if it ' s 12 + as well . so , sadly it bombed at the bo .

nasha is directed by amit saxena who gave us jism , but that was a decade ago and before the advent of sunny leone . can he recreate the magic for poonam to succeed ? well that is something that only time will tell . for now check out the promo .

julie , starring neha dupia , produced by nr pachisia and directed by deepak shivdasani . film stars - neha dhupia , priyanshu chatterjee , yash tonk , sanjay kapoor and achint kaur are the cast ! this movie created the buzz among the young generation as it was a certificate across india . after the release of this movie , neha dhupia said that only sex and shah rukh khan sell in the film industry .

despite a bad start , " bajatey raho " witnessed an upward trend during saturday ( 27 july ) and sunday ( 28 july ) . the film earned ₹4 . 75 crore nett in the opening weekend .

poonam pandey is a disaster in the name of acting . her husky voice sounds terrible on screen . her acting in the film is so pathetic that when she was shouting , people in the cinema hall were laughing !

by this point the film had lost much of its momentum . other 3 - d animation projects were finished during the time period , such as georgii gitis’s the adventures of alenushka and erema . our masha went from “russia’s first 3 - d animated film” to “what was to have been russia’s first 3 - d animated film . ” without the novelty of being a technological breakthrough to fall back on , our masha had trouble finding its audience . the animation itself is an attempt at something bold and experimental , but the delays in the release make the film look dated , particularly when compared to the latest pixar and dreamworks releases . the characters , such as the overtly sexualized teenager masha , and plot , which contains the dramatic sacrificial deaths of several of the main characters , are perhaps too mature for children , yet at the same time too simplistic for adults to enjoy fully .

love sex aur dhokha was a 2010 film which was a certified . the best thing about this movie is , the entire movie was shot on the digi cam and lsd was the first movie in india that presented a film in that style . the story is divided into 3 subplots - honour killing , sting operations , and mms scandals ! it is a must watch movie but not with your family because of its bold and exotic scenes .

film will find it tough to take a start at box office as multiplex friendly films " bajatey raho " will lead and single screens will be captured by " issaq ' and on going hurricane " bhaag milkha bhaag " .

do you have any other upcoming projects ? yeah , just waiting for the released date of “nasha” . on the other hand , i am reading quite a few more scripts on the line , i haven’t decided though . if i get the right script , i am keen to move on with the project .

a case in point is aap’s kumar vishwas music video called “ ek nasha ” that went viral on social media earlier this month . the song’s lyrics included accusations against the badal government of ( among other things ) promoting the drug trade . sad members were reportedly considering suing vishwas for defamation at the time .

the singer recreates a unique version of the classic bollywood love songalaa wardi , an iranian - born singer based in saudi arabia , whose vocal harmonies and one - man viral videos have become big hits in the middle - east , has recently uploaded a video of him singing pehla nasha from the movie jo jeeta wohi sikandar .

the 24 - year - old previously clarified that the film is not a biopic on yesteryear’s dancing diva helen . according to sources , there is a famous helen dance number in “helen” , and poonam has been doing workshops for the same .

hollywood release " the wolverine " , starring hugh jackman , has made a decent start at the indian box office . the film raked in about ₹10 . 5 crore , which was far better than the collections made by the new bollywood releases .

now over a decade later mallika hardly has any work , has still just a single hit to her credit and mouths outrageous statements to be in news . we have also had porn queen sunny leone making a splash in india with her presence in t . v and films . so its not surprising that poonam pandey gets to make her filmy debut as well . well to give her credit poonam pandey is already a twitter star , and is one of the most searched terms in india according to google . the skinny starlet has been updating details about the progress of her movie . she even ran a grab a nasha bikini contest in month of february 2013 as part of promotion for nasha .

with the state going in for elections next year , the sad understandably doesn’t want any more attention on the drug issue — which they believe has been blown out of proportion — whether it is by other political parties or by a film like udta punjab .

hi ranbir , is this your first movie ? i had earlier worked in an indie movie titled “software hardware kya yaaroon” directed by rabi kisku , an iit - ian turned director . the hinglish movie is due for released on april 5 , 2013 under the production label of pvr cinemas – director’s rare banner . we have a foreign cast in this movie . the film has been also screened at indian film festival in japan last year . the ost is sang by lucky ali and well - known rock band boomarang from mizoram .

interestingly – and ironically – the shiv sena burned posters of nasha before its release , saying that the hoardings looked objectionable . if the politically charged sainiks watched the film , they would realise that they have clearly wasted their time objecting to a movie that has absolutely nothing in it – not even a concrete plot ! even those who walk into the theatres with the sole purpose of feasting their eyes on tempting revelations that poonam promised in the promos will have to be satisfied with a couple of passionate kissing sequences and a scene in which poonam takes a walk in her chaddis . in fact , the boys in the movie have shown more skin than the desperate damsel .

we could have ignored saxena’s huge mistake of not tapping into poonam’s real ‘potential’ , if only he had given us a truly engaging story in return . alas , the director has failed on both counts and what you get is a film that leaves you searching for the exit door .

of coping with his unrequited love , the boy requites a lot more . and both he and the woman come of age . beyond mere years , in the truest sense of the word . a tale as much of longing as of losing , nasha is a story that transcends seasons and generations . because we ' ve all been there , done that . and shall continue to do so .

‘hunterrr’ is a 2015 indian adult comedy film that is written by harshavardhan kulkarni . the movie features gulshan devaiah , radhika apte , and sai tamhankar . the movie is all about a boy , unassuming sex addict and his lustful journey of life . you definitely can’t watch this movie with your family !

our masha was directed by egor mikhalkov - konchalovskii , of anti - killer and anti - killer 2 fame . to those familiar with these two violent , hollywood - style blockbuster films , our masha may seem like a radical departure for the director . mikhalkov - konchalovskii himself admits that he was unsure about taking on an animated film , but says he is an adventurer at heart and that the producers eventually persuaded him to work on this project ( “krakatuk na podkhode” ) . the decision to make this film most likely stemmed from more than just an adventurous spirit . our masha’s budget was over three million dollars , a sum greater than the budget of either anti - killer and anti - killer 2 , and had the potential to be as wildly successful as the two aforementioned films had been . [ 2 ] our masha , however , was unable to follow in the footsteps of the director’s previous successes . the film , while not a complete financial failure , made a total of $ 626 , 459 during its box office run in russia . by comparison , the third anti - killer film , released one week before our masha and directed not by mikhalkov - konchalovskii but by el’dar salavatov , earned nearly three times as much in russian theaters .

this ' upright ' teacher teaches the most immoral lesson of love - " love is like summer vacations , it gives different type of pleasure every year , " says poonam and the crowd hails it with a loud applause ! the screenplay is cliched and the songs are mediocre . amit saxena has failed miserably as a director . his jism was classy because it had the bhatt camp background , but nasha is nothing but p - grade ( poonam grade ) .

six tracks of " nasha " do not have anything erotic . rather the music is sweet , simple and has a very calm undertone . of course , one cannot vouch for the videos of the songs , but the audio definitely is good and soothing in its own respect . title song is melodious and " goti song " is youthful in addition to routine " laila " . but the surprising is " besharam " . in nutshell , a good listen !

natalia oreiro’s story is absolutely unique . she is the only performer from rio de la plata and one of the very few latin american performers who , despite language and curtural barriers , has become a popular symbol in such different countries as czech republic , poland , russia and israel , this film is an attempt to uncover the phenomenon .

the soundtrack to our masha contributes both to the epic fairy tale quality and the modern feel of the story through its contrasting instrumental and vocal scores . composer mark erman wrote the orchestral score for the film , which was recorded at mosfil’m by a full orchestra under the direction of iurii tkachenko , who was awarded the honorary title of meritorious artist of the russian federation in 2002 . in addition to this impressive orchestral cast , the 72 - minute film also features nine songs written by the composers maksim fadeev and nikolai krupatin and performed by artists such as viktoriia daineko , stas p’ekha , korni , chelsi , bis , and others . the film highlights the very diverse songs in several different ways : masha , and her toys - turned - human friends gosha , mikhei , and bor’ko spontaneously perform the song “friends rap” directly to the camera , complete with music - video inspired dance moves ; the emperor , suddenly sporting pink pants , a pink vest , a pink top hat and a microphone , performs his feature song to a packed stadium gathered for the execution of masha and her friends ; masha spends several minutes falling and reminiscing about her friends to the sound of viktoriia daineko singing “my angel . ” these songs often appear suddenly and with a jarringly different tone than the scene they interrupt . while they are generally not integral to the progression of the plot , the musical numbers do add to the film’s fantasy - world - atmosphere , where something completely unexpected and strange—such as a spontaneous rap song—could happen at any moment .

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known for opening her mouth wide only to make promises that will make headlines ( remember her vow to strip to absolutely nothingness if team india won the cricket world cup ? ) and creating sensations by uploading provocative ( read : tacky ) pictures on a microblogging site , the pandey gal has shown some determination to go beyond her usual ‘body of work’ in her debut movie , nasha . but amit saxena’s lazy direction and his inefficiency in utilising the ‘resources’ easily available to him could only damage brand poonam pandey rather than taking it a step ahead or converting morphing the publicity - hungry babe into a promising onscreen seductress .

" bajatey raho " starring vinay pathak , tusshar kapoor and ranvir shorey fared better than " d day " and " ramaiya vasavaiya " . the collections of these two films , which was released on 19 july , drastically declined during the second weekend . rishi kapoor - arjun rampal film " d - day " minted around ₹2 . 25 crore nett , whereas debutant girish kumar ' s " ramaiya vastavaiya " made approximately ₹3 . 75 crore nett .

rang rasiya , it stars randeep hooda as the title character and nandana sen as his love interest , is an indian drama film based on the life of the 19th - century indian painter raja ravi varma . the movie was a certificate across india . rang rasiya attracted many controversies over the movie as the character of raja ravi varma is shown like a radical painter who loved to make exotic and sensual or sometimes nude paintings of women ! altogether , it is a good movie to watch !

farhan akhtar ' s " bhaag milkha bhaag " did good business when compared with the new films . the biopic , inspired by milkha singh , made about ₹9 - 9 . 50 crore nett in its third weekend , despite five new hindi films released in the last two weekends . the sports film continues to rule the roost at the box office even in its third week . it has grossed about ₹92 crore and is all set to cross the ₹100 - crore mark comfortably in a few days .

a stand and deliver - style inspirational drama where students from the rough paris suburbs find their lives upended by memories of the holocaust , once in a lifetime ( les heritiers ) is a well - intentioned , occasionally moving but far too loosely helmed effort from french producer - director marie - castille mention - schaar ( bowling ) . based on a true story , the film features a few undeniably powerful moments – particularly when an auschwitz survivor tells his tale to a classroom – yet never develops into a veritable narrative , with direction that lacks any real sense of vision .

sahil ( shivam ) is your regular testosterone - charged teenager who loves to hang out with his gang and have fun with his girlfriend . poonam ( anita ) plays the newly appointed teacher in the school where sahil studies . while sahil’s gang of boys are busy admiring anita’s well - endowed body , the young stud falls in love with the lady . he even starts developing a relationship with her . soon sahil is left heartbroken when he finds out that anita has been in a relationship with samuel for the past five years . what leads to this unexpected revelation is a series of emotional atyachaar s sahil goes through to learn to draw a definite line between lust and love . will sahil gain the love of his life if he expresses his true feelings for anita ? that is the basic plot of nasha .

the film’s website notes that , in reference to the book version of this november 2009 film , the attentive reader may notice a few similarities between this story and e . t . a . hoffmann’s “the nutcracker and the mouse king . ” hoffmann’s tale has served as the inspiration for many russian adaptations both on stage and on screen . [ 1 ] in her review of the most recent animated version , tat’iana il’ina’s the nutcracker ( shchelkunchik , 2004 ) , laura pontieri hlavacek notes that adaptations often simplify the plot of the original story and most leave out hoffmann’s magical nut krakatuk . our masha , on the other hand , focuses on the struggle to harness its power , which has been changed from the ability to break the spell cast on princess pirlipat to the ability to grant one wish , no matter how great . our masha makes several other changes to hoffmann’s story in order to modernize and sensationalize it : masha , who wears a revealing crop - top shirt with low cut jeans , discovers the magic nut while snowboarding ; gosha , her nutcracker - prince , appears as a robot rather than a traditional nutcracker ; and the “mouse king” has been promoted to the “rat emperor , ” just to name a few .

“in a far away galaxy , a magical nut is formed once every thousand years . it can grant any wish . . . ” these words , set against a starry background and the image of a nut falling to earth as satellites track it , provide the premise for the animated film our masha . the heroine , masha , is a teenage girl who believes that the only good men in the world are her toys . upon her discovery of the magic nut , krakatuk , magical things begin to happen . masha shrinks and her aforementioned toy friends come to life . they are chased by two rats who wish to steal krakatuk and in the process are all transported to a parallel world , where the real adventure begins . one of the toys , now transformed into a real man , becomes masha’s love interest . masha , unfortunately , is soon kidnapped by the rat emperor , who not only wants to use krakatuk to become emperor but also wants to marry masha . her friends must find a way to prevent both of these terrible things from happening .

the latest champ joining the bollywood bandwagon from the northeast region , is here , the 24 - year - old ranbir chakma . a young freshman who hails from kamalanagar , a small town in southwestern mizoram .

in an exclusive interview , ranbir revealed , “i am playing this comical role of one northeastern student who goes to study in an international school in panchgani . my character is cool , happy - go - lucky and jolly teen who belong to the best gang of the school . the character demanded that i speak both hindi and english fluently , i am sure everyone is going to love him , ” winks a smile .

can you share us about your schooling background ? i did my elementary schooling at fhss , guwahati . and then enrolled at mizoram institute of comprehensive education ( mice ) till 12th standard . i just graduated in be ( computer science ) from pes college of engineering in mandya , karnataka .

when i first joined theater and films , i didn’t know what i was doing it for , it just pull me in . i grew up in a family where singing and acting were given a lot of importance and i used to greatly admire my grand dad ‘s theater group back home in mizoram , which we call “doli” in chakma . this played a huge role in my choice of career and one in which i am eternally grateful to my grandpa .

as of now , i am going to be focusing solely on my acting . i want to work with good directors , who comes up with good scripts , be it northeastern script or bollywood . looking at the future , i would like to try my hand in directing with the objective of bringing more upcoming talents into the mainstream ( bollywood ) market .

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poonam pandey can do two things exceptionally well - create controversy and bask in their glory to enjoy the media glare for as long as it lasts . but much to our surprise , we discovered , the babe can

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performance wise , poonam has delivered a fine act for a debutante . with almost all her scenes shot with the intention of highlighting her heavy bosom and glorifying her curvy posterior , she gets a very little scope to deliver anything as an actor . miss pandey needs to learn to use her facial expressions to convey what she wants to say . instead , in most intense scenes she heaves her bosom heavily to show frustration or desperation . her anglicised hindi gets on your nerves after a point . shivam is the better actor . the lad looks comfortable before the camera and seems promising . the music is strictly okay and the slick cinematography is the only saving grace of this otherwise below - ordinary production .

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200 motels is a 1971 american-british musical surrealist film cowritten and directed by frank zappa and tony palmer and starring the mothers of invention , theodore bikel and ringo starr .

a soundtrack album was released in the same year , with a slightly different selection of music .

in 2009 , 200 motels was restored with an audio commentary by tony palmer and is currently available on an england-sourced for-retail dvd .

200 motels

200 motels <EOT> 200 motels promotional radio spots | cut 4 " frank zappa ' s 200 motels . . . " ( 0 : 13 )

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here is a link to understanding 200 motels , a nice little guide by marcello .

frank zappa - the true story of 200 motels - full movie doc . - youtube

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frank zappa 200 motels tmoq records w / zubin mehta l . a . philharmonic near mint

it ' s frank zappa 200 motels . keith moon is just a character in the movie .

since 200 motels was unavailable on cd for so long , several bootleg cds have been issued .

see also notes on the album frank zappa ' s 200 motels ( united artists , 1971 ) .

q : something specific . . . well , what was the point of putting out 200 motels ?

, the 200 motels press kit , and st . alphonzo ' s pancake homepage , with corrections from

tom troccoli , " 200 motels . the ' complete ' epic , " society pages # 5 , 1991

net benefit : under $ 4000 . 00 net loss : all unused scenes from " 200 motels " .

looking for movie tickets ? enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing 200 motels near you .

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200 motels promotional radio spots | cut 1 " coming soon ! . . . " ( 0 : 55 )

200 motels promotional radio spots | cut 3 " coming soon ! . . . " ( 0 : 31 )

in 1970 frank zappa went to united artists films with a proposal for an absurd project called " 200 motels " .

200 motels promotional radio spots | cut 2 " the wide screen erupts . . . " ( 0 : 58 )

200 motels is one of zappa´s least loved albums . even many of his diehard fans consider 200 motels to be a disaster . allthough this is not my favorite zappa album either , i find some of the material really enjoyable and let us not forget that there are many songs on 200 motels that later became " hits " in zappa live shows .

it was in 1998 , gail remembers , that the process of resurrecting the fully orchestrated version of 200 motels really began .

this bit of folklore ( based on a true story ) was part of the original " 200 motels " plot continuity .

frank zappa - the true story of 200 motels . * * * * * copyrights : all rights reserved to the autors .

200 motels also dealt with the problems of people who wished they were part of the group , but faced rejection for various reasons .

the orchestral music used in 200 motels was composed over a five - year period . some of it originated with this performance in 1968 .

tony guilfoyle in frank zappa ' s 200 motels at the royal festival hall as part of the rest is noise festival . photograph : chris christodoulou

200 motels trivia : filmed in the same studio as 2001 : a space odyssey ( 1968 ) . the black monolith from that film is visible .

so , though i fall squarely with the defenders of letterboxing , 200 motels is not the best example of what mr . censorship is talking about .

in march 1971 , frank , gail and calvin returned [ from england ] . calvin immediately got down to animated work for 200 motels with fred wolf .

jim farber , " letter from l . a . : the philharmonic checks in , 200 motels , " san francisco classical voice , october 21 , 2013

the only footage of the first trial run of cal schenkel ' s penis mobile . this scene never made it into the final version of 200 motels .

royal opera house ; barbican ; royal festival hall , london berg ' s great opera confounds and dazzles . and frank zappa ' s 200 motels finally rocks…

rykodisc used zappa ' s original 2 - track stereo master tape to create the 200 motels compact disc . so when listening to the rykodisc 200 motels compact disc you are listening , for good or for bad , to an exact copy of this 1971 2 - track stereo master which zappa delivered to united artists .

" 200 motels " was rated " r " in america , however , in that " foreign country " , england , it received an " x " .

you may like the movie or not . you may like the album or not . but 200 motels was certainly a major event in zappa ' s career .

at one point during production , mr . palmer demanded that his name be removed from the credits of " 200 motels " , out of concern for his career .

the l . a . phil’s premiere will be followed by a second reading of “200 motels” by the bbc concert orchestra oct . 29 at london’s royal festival hall .

this is the only surviving footage of the hideous little cubicle in london where " 200 motels " was edited ( manually , without cmx or other post production tools ) .

( discussing the film of " 200 motels " , a two - hour musical which united artists have agreed to back on a budget of $ 630 , 000 ) .

the history of frank zappa’s “200 motels” is much like its composer ; enigmatic and riddled with disparate dimensions . originally culled from various musical scribblings written while on tour , and later , converted into a multimedia , surrealist rock symphony for film and stage , the legacy of “200 motels” has largely stemmed from its cinematic and recorded incarnations . [ … ]

fz : normally , you see musical on , in a movie , and everybody is mimicing to a playback tape , and there ' s none of that on 200 motels .

jeff ' s wife breena convinced him to walk out on his role in " 200 motels " because he was " too heavy to be in this group . . . "

rykodisc 200 motels promo cd : double jewel case - has an orange , black and white cover that says " sneak preview - frank zappa ' s 200 motels " . the back cover says " promotion only - not for sale " and the insert is a single sheet with the original cover artwork in black and white on one side and release date info on the other side . the cds contain all of 200 motels , but none of the bonus tracks or the computer enhancements . catalogue # rcd 10513 / 14 adv .

of greater note was gail ' s claim that she recorded tony palmer threatening to burn the master tapes for 200 motels , which she wants to include on a future cd release .

and if you do dig 200 motels , be sure to search out tony palmer ' s mind blowing documentary on igor stravinsky , called once at a border . tony actually uses some of the same visual effects from 200 motels during the musical portions of the documentary . in the us it was released some 5 , or 6 years ago on the kulture label .

the late rock iconoclast frank zappa ' s wildly irreverent work ' 200 motels ' will get its first full staging as part of disney hall ' s 10 - year birthday party .

200 motels video released in the usa and in europe through warner home video . it is available subtitled in german and french , at least . 96 minutes . hi - fi mono .

ringo was very much the nice fellow himself during the filming of " 200 motels . " hanging out in the pub at pinewood with the lot of us , like one of the guys .

fz : well , there ' s talk about doing 200 motels on vpro television and at that time i was thinking about living here for a month prior to the production of the show .

as howard kaylan explains in the true story of 200 motels video , " he plays a version of himself as frank sees him " . it so happens with don preston and mark volman .

but " 200 motels " the concert is not an attempt to replicate or adapt " 200 motels " the movie , which is now streaming on netflix . excising rock , country and soul music numbers played on the soundtrack album by the mothers alone , it aims to corral and perform the entire orchestral and choral score that zappa had written but lacked the budget or time to realize .

using takes and rehearsals discarded from the original edit plus interviews made during the shooting , zappa reconstructs the bizarre story of 200 motels , one of the most problematic . . . see full synopsis »

the " story " in 200 motels is about how touring makes you crazy . it is also about how everyoody in the mothers always wants to quit the group and play " real music " .

tony guilfoyle , top left , as frank , richard strange as narrator / rance and claron mcfaddon as soprano in frank zappa ' s 200 motels at the royal festival hall . photograph : chris christodoulou

st2 has the exclusive license to release the mgm / rykodisc ost / titles in brazil . and the first was 200 motels , 1997 . you can see more info at ( in portuguese ) :

" ladies and gentlemen , you can go mad on the road . that is precisely what this film is all about . " - a voice , probably frank zappa ' s , in " 200 motels "

i watched 200 motels shortly after release and , if memory serves , it was 4 : 3 . the quality was poor for a large screen as well , though i have no complaints about the tape .

most of the orchestral sketches were done in motel and hotel rooms around the world during early mothers tours , hence the movie title " 200 motels " ( based on an estimate of the actual number ) .

you hear the voice of fz saying : " touring can make you crazy , ladies and gentleman , that ' s what 200 motels is all about " . then the mothers perform " mystery roach " .

mastered from poor late sources - both video and film damage is visible , the picture has been ' stretched ' - and with a very poor quality soundtrack , frank zappa ' s 200 motels . . .

in attempting to summarize the infamous history of frank zappa’s 200 motels , three quotes mentioned in amos vogel’s book , film as a subversive art , come to mind which also address early malignment of the film .

on the surface , frank zappa’s 200 motels is a tapestry of stream of conscious vignettes chronicling how “touring can make you crazy” , blurring life on the road into a nightmare of conformity and narrow - mindedness .

the original 200 motels shooting script contained a list of musical numbers , including orchestration . the corresponding scene numbers have been added in parentheses . the comments between square brackets are from charles ulrich , who provided this list .

the true story of 200 motels excellent documentary released by zappa himself using footage originally filmed by peter bos and created by roelof kiers for the superb 1970 " piknk in la " vpro - dutch tv documentary . 60 minutes .

nice of them to give the late lucy offerall ' s norgs their own chapter . tony palmer most likely remembers a few of these titles from the court case in 1975 when he defended 200 motels against accusations of obscenity .

unlike some of the other ryko releases ( which were just restickered in their australian editions ) , australia seems to have been blessed with some bizarre , multi - national hybrid for " 200 motels . " geoff pointer explains :

as has been mentioned a couple of times , 200 motels was shot on video and transferred to film . therefore , it ' s a safe bet to say that its original aspect ratio was the standard television near - square .

for the music’s ribald , bawdy lyrics , which caused a live performance of 200 motels to be banned from the royal albert hall in 1971 , goethe wrote to johann eckermann , “only the perverse fantasy can still save us . ”

his next big cinemascope rajah project is an orchestra symphony , 200 motels . he scored the entire thing for a 40 - piece orchestra , and holland television will premier it this autumn . the whole scene is amazing . the government station is handing over the entire studios , narrators , dancers , editing equipment , sets , and chorus girls , to zappa to present this , which , in essence , is a diary of a band . ( get it ? 200 motels ? )

200 motels has no particular focal point , being principally an anthology of poor jokes and spectacular audio - visual effects , a few of which might expand the mind , but all of which , taken together , are like an overdose of novocain .

" penis dimension " is one of the songs from our forthcoming united artists feature length motion picture that we just got the money for today , called 200 motels . due in some sleazy drive - in about november 1 , the next year .

200 motels was finally re - released on cd in 1997 . zappa never owned the rights to release it , but ryko finally managed to negotiate a release . it remained in print until circa 2002 , when it was deleted from the catalogue .

and now i understand they ' re using a print of 200 motels as their sample reel to interest other film makers . i ' ve heard that at least three other films are getting ready to go into production in england using the same technique .

stills from zappa ' s own super 8 footage of tvr during the editing of 200 motels . top : the rancid boutique and martin lickert eating the ' mystery burger ' visible on the vt screens . bottom : tony palmer clowning for the camera .

the party is being held at 5 . 30 on the dot , right after shooting ends on zappa ' s " 200 motels , " the movie that is going to spill the beans on what it is like to be a group on the road .

" the orchestra for 200 motels is quite large and fills almost the entire stage , " darrah points out . " it also includes a battery of percussion instruments that ' s one of the largest ever assembled . so space is at a premium . "

the history of frank zappa ’s “200 motels” is much like its composer ; enigmatic and riddled with disparate dimensions . originally culled from various musical scribblings written while on tour , and later , converted into a multimedia , surrealist rock symphony for film and stage , the legacy of “200 motels” has largely stemmed from its cinematic and recorded incarnations . the 1971 film version is a bizarre , hallucinatory slab of cult kitsch , while its double - lp soundtrack exists more as a kaleidoscopic curio than a full - fledged album statement .

the film was made in london because the royal philharmonic ' s fee considerably undercut american orchestras . after its release in late 1971 , zappa pretty much put " 200 motels " behind him — except for his lawsuit against the royal albert hall , whose management abruptly canceled a february 1971 concert of the piece , having deemed it obscene . the case came to trial in 1975 , the judge ruling that " 200 motels " was not obscene and that the hall had violated its contract but that zappa deserved no compensation .

despite being played across the world , the music for 200 motels was never performed in britain . but after years of negotiation with the zappa estate it will get its first airing as part of the southbank centre ' s the rest is noise festival this autumn .

after a year - and - a - half of scheming for money , frank zappa took his cherished proposal for 200 motels to united artists with a folio including a ten - page treatment , two boxes of tape , and some clippings of the group . united artists gave zappa $ 650 , 000 to finish the project . frank was angling to premiere the whole masterpiece on dutch tv for his next tour , but that never panned out . 200 motels was shot on videotape in england , then blown up to 35mm .

200 motels is not just a movie . it ' s a whole concept that involves the music , the filming event , the characters , etc . it ' s about life on the road , and has a lot of conceptual continuity ( cc ) in it .

in a little over an hour , ' video from hell ' provides a preview of current and projected honker releases , including ' baby snakes ' , ' the true story of 200 motels ' and ' uncle meat ' ( all 1987 . . . see full summary »

the wide screen erupts with absurdities , explodes with spine tingling psychological terror . the mere human mind buggles at the philosophical implications as frank zappa ' s 200 motels is unleashed in the totality of its pagan splendor . its primordial fury . star - studded cast . . . and everything

" i was approached by the holland festival . they asked if they could do 200 motels ; i told them that i didn ' t have a score or the parts . i also told them it would probably be prohibitively expensive to put it all together . but they were determined . "

i’d recommend you put down this magazine and put on some frank zappa right now – maybe the soundtrack to 200 motels or one of the two albums i mentioned earlier ( ‘hot rats’ and ‘we’re only in it for the money’ ) . but don’t watch this film unless you really have to .

to hear what the 200 motels soundtrack album might sound like if it were ever to be completely remixed from the original multitracks using today ' s technologies , you can hear a zappa stereo remix of " semi - fraudulent / direct - from - hollywood overture " made from these original multitracks used as a music bed at the conclusion of the honker the true story of 200 motels home video . the difference in quality between the stereo mix zappa prepared in 1971 for the united artists soundtrack album and the one zappa prepared for this honker home video some fifteen years later is simply stunning .

" 200 motels " is not the kind of movie you have to see more than once . it is the kind of movie you can barely see once : not because it ' s simple , but became it ' s so complicated that you finally realize you aren ' t meant to get everything and sort everything out . it is a full wall of sight - and - sound input , and the experience of the input - - not its content , is what zappa ' s giving us . " 200 motels " is out of howard johnson by tinker bell , with aquarius setting .

an enormous muddle , just like the film it ' s a soundtrack for , the 200 motels soundtrack combines some very challenging orchestral work with spoken word parts from the film and more conventional songs - many of which are pretty inferior stuff , as far as zappa ' s back catalogue is concerned .

while the concert is billed as a world premiere , an earlier iteration of the full " 200 motels " orchestral score was performed in 2000 in amsterdam . the netherlands philharmonic orchestra had approached gail zappa about doing the piece two years earlier , prompting extensive detective work to put its sheet music in order .

zappateers : there has been some speculation amongst zappa fans about a potential dvd release of 200 motels . is this anything you could shed any light on ? tony palmer : keep your fingers crossed—we are doing our best ! we have now found the master tapes , so are looking into the potential contractural problems .

on february 1st , [ . . . ] shooting begins at pinewood studios for the film ' 200 motels ' . it has a one week schedule and should be finished by february 8 , when i hope to have a concert at the albert hall to perform some of the musical parts of the movie .

on the information sheet that comes with the promo 200 motels cd there ' s a weird record number . it says " . . . and limited edition superlative box rcd 90513 / 14 " . i e - mailed rykodisc and they told me that the box was never made , and never will be .

in the complete ( unfilmed : see true story of 200 motels for details ) version of the original shooting script for 200 motels , we actually see the monolith quite a bit more . it looms throughout . at the very end of the film ( as written ) , the extreme close - up of fz ' s eye is supposed pull back so that we see the monolith behind him . as the monolith comes into focus we see for the first time that it is in fact fz ' s marshall amp and speaker cabinet stack ! he reaches over , flicks the stand - by switch , and the credits roll .

it looks as if this movie was almost re - released in 1997 . that fall , ryko was releasing soundtrack discs to many of the movies that mgm / ua was re - releasing . according to a rolling stone press release from 9 / 20 / 1997 , 200 motels the movie was slated for release :

this is the third film i have planned . the first , ' captain beefheart vs . the grunt people ' never got into production . the second , ' uncle meat ' , remains at my house unfinished , but parts of it will be utilised for ' 200 motels ' . tony palmer will handle the direction .

these new topics ( groupies and life on the road ) obsessed zappa in those days , as his following releases proved : chunga ' s revenge , fillmore east , 200 motels & just another band form la . zappa even planned to release a book about groupies ( the groupie papers ) , which he never did .

200 motels is a gargantuan waste of time and effort . what was zappa ' s problem in the 70 ' s ? i loved ' we ' re only in it for the money ' but he just seemed to have no quality control on his output after this . far too many albums without consideration to posterity .

200 motels is also mentioned in " teen - age wind " on you are what you is ( 1981 ) ; " the worst reviews " on playground psychotics ( 1992 ) ; " strictly genteel " on chicago ' 78 ( 2016 ) ; and them or us ( the book ) ( 1984 ) p . 18 .

200 motels is frank zappa ' s outrageous , psychedelic precursor to today ' s rock videos—his hilarious response to the burning question of what to do with road - wrecked musicians . should they rip off the motel ' s towels and ashtrays or merely quit the group ? dare they rebel against the tyranny of the merciless zappa ?

200 motels was shot in seven days and after only five days of rehearsal : pamela miller commented ' the movie seemed to be over in seconds because frank was using videotape . ' it was filmed on four silmutaneously running video cameras . one third of the 320 - page script was never shot . [ . . . ]

re : 200 motels - you need a good slomo and freeze frame to spot it . it ' s toward the beginning , i ' m shirtless and wrapping toilet paper that frank gave me around the other people ' s necks . i remember frank saying , " great ! we have a non conformist in our group ! "

strong words indeed - not that they achieved very much , mind you . perhaps because they weren ' t answerable to an overseas parent company in quite the same way that emi , cbs ( now sony ) , phonogram and the other australian record companies obviously are , festival blithely continued to censor records indiscriminately for many years after the 200 motels debacle ( as anyone who subsequently bought copies of ian dury ' s new boots & panties or marianne faithfull ' s broken english will testify ) . paradoxically , twenty - four years down the track , overseas collectors are now keen to pay $ 50 or more for clean copies of the censored aussie version of 200 motels .

[ . . . ] with 200 motels , he and his associates insisted on and got a deal from united artists whereby they and they alone are responsible for all the public relations and merchandizing connected with the film . ua , who financed and are distributing the film , can do nothing in the way of publicizing or promoting it without zappa ' s approval . and thus far at least , every line of copy , every picture , every radio and television commercial to be released for 200 motels has come straight from the man himself . in an industry where the money men are notoriously unresponsive to the ideas and wishes of their creative underlings , it ' s something of an unprecedented situation .

. 200 motels is frank zappa ' s outrageous , psychedelic precursor to today ' s rock videos - his hilarious response to the burning question of what to do with road - wrecked musicians . should they rip off the motel ' s towels and ashtrays or merely quit the group ? dare they rebel against the tyranny of the merciless zappa ? "

200 motels is the soundtrack to the film of the same name , in which the mothers of invention go crazy in the small town of centerville , and their bassist , jeff ( a parody of actual mothers bassist jeff simmons ) going crazy due to marijuana and leaving the band ( which the actual jeff did shortly before the film’s production ) .

i clearly remember a thread from way back when called " 200 motels— missing the cartoon " —ostensibly about some version of the 200 motels movie without the illegal donald duck cartoon , presumably for disney reasons . was there ever such a cut version ? i ' ve only seen it on vhs , two different copies ( i have the ld , but haven ' t watched it ) , and they both had the cartoon . has anyone seen it without the cartoon ? the cartoon seems like the funniest thing in the whole world right now , and i can ' t remember what was decided in the original thread ; it was years ago and the urltoken archives don ' t go back that far !

the only thing that made me want to retreat back to the jazz world was 200 motels . i was still really straight then . i didn ' t have a big sense of humor . even now , 200 motels is the weirdest thing i ' ve ever done in my life . it was so strange , i almost can ' t explain it . it was just very weird to be a straight - laced , thin - black - tie - wearing cat , with all these grungy hippies , for lack of a better word . but i loved it , because i knew i had something to learn , and these guys were incredible musicians . and frank did bring out my sense of humor .

fz : well , really that ' s about what it comes down to , but as far as coming in being high and trying to get a lot out of 200 motels , go and see it without being high , and try and figure out what ' s going on , and i think that you ' ll have a better experience with it .

# 3 . in fact , there were two versions of mystery roach intended for 200 motels , and this version is neither of them . mystery roach # 1 ( band version ) is very much of an acoustic " folk - rock " song . you can see and just barely hear this version for all of fifteen to twenty seconds in the true story of 200 motels . mystery roach # 2 ( solo version ) , indeed was to have been sung solo by " jeff " ( martin lickert ) , just before smoking the vile - foamy - liquid cigarette he ' d just procured from dom dewild , after which he proceeds to " steal the room " . what can i say about this elixir ? !

the character opal in " lonesome cowboy burt " would later be mentioned again during " teenage wind " on you are what you is ( 1980 ) , where the lines " where ' s my waitress ? " is also mentioned again . the character in " teenage wind " also says he " could go to a midnight show of " 200 motels " " . in the same song the teenager protagonist wants to go to a midnight show of " 200 motels " . opal would also reappear on the album thing fish ( 1984 ) . on " no , not now " on ship arriving too late to save a drowning witch ( 1982 ) " cowboy pants " and a " waitress " are mentioned again .

plot : a precocious 6 - year - old and her friends are homeless , living in extended - stay motels , but their summer is still filled with childhood wonder and adventure .

a long time ago , someone asked a trivia question about the cover of 200 motels , essentially looking for the three elements on the cover that are references to other films . i effectively found the shadow above the newt on the building on the left hand side of the cover / poster . at the time , i had noticed a fetus sucking its thumb just to the right of the shadow , but didn ' t know what to make of it ; i knew it wasn ' t from 200 motels , but couldn ' t place it . well , i looked back on the poster today , and , shucky - darn , if that ain ' t the monolith from 2001 sitting right there behing the penis dimension march .

frank zappa vowed never to return to britain unless he got an apology from the queen after the royal albert hall cancelled a musical performance of his notorious film score 200 motels in 1971 . zappa did eventually return to the uk but died without getting an apology from anybody . now there will be redress of a kind when the show is finally given its uk premiere .

forty years ago today , london’s royal albert hall canceled a scheduled frank zappa performance over what venue representatives determined were obscene lyrics in the soundtrack to zappa’s concert film - cum - tour fantasy 200 motels , which had come out a few months before . we’re still surprised it took them that long to figure it out . zappa sued for breach of contract but lost .

the soundtrack for frank zappa ' s film 200 motels features zappa ' s work with an orchestra , and the chunga ' s revenge . as far as composition , zappa getting an orchestra is great , and there are plenty of songs here . some songs are repeated differently however . anyways , the concept of life on the road . . . ( read more )

zappa " never mentioned ' 200 motels ' once during my seven years with him , " recalled scott thunes , who played electric bass in his band through 1988 — the end of zappa ' s touring days . " that said , we ended almost every concert with ' strictly genteel , ' so maybe he harbored a little bit of ' someday ' wistfulness . "

. . . the whole 40 minute sequence that we perform of 200 motels was learned in about 50 hours , like 10 days , five hours a day , in a rehearsal hall . scheduled from say 4 pm til 9 pm , just go down there and hit it . there ' s a liquor store next floor , get a bottle of brandy . . .

this is a single - lp issue of 200 motels ( united artists uas 7045 ) , and comes in a single sleeve ( no fold - out ) . the colour of the label is beige , just like the original us release ( uas 9956 ) . the label states : " ( p ) february , 1972 . " the front cover is the same as uas 9956 .

it _ is _ , however , a stunning example of how far ahead fz was thinking in 1971 . there were only a handful of shot - on - video transfers in that era , and the others were all pretty much photographed stage plays . i contend that 200 motels took better advantage of available video technology than anything else you ' ll see from the circa - 1970 era .

but to my 200 motels issue , my copy seems to have been pressed onto absurdly thick and heavy vinyl because my turntable canít get the platter up to 33 1 / 3 rpm to play the damn thing ! i was wondering if anyone else has heard of this issue as this is the only heavy vinyl pressing that i have that seems to be heavy enough to cause a problem .

yup , me & chas swenson ( and the ink & paint dept . at murikami / wolf ) . i designed it , chuck animated . ( except where chuck designed & i animated ) . we did it in 8 weeks on a budget of $ 200 . 00 . . . or was it 2 weeks on $ 800 . 00 ? ? —no wait that can ' t be right . . . . . . 8 weeks , i made $ 200 . 00 a week . or maybe it was that we spent $ 200 . 00 a week at vj ' s .

[ . . . ] i never played any live gigs with the mothers , and i suppose that is one reason that they are still held in such high regard . we were supposed to play the albert hall directly after the filming of 200 motels , but the gig was cancelled after the orchestra complained to the albert hall about the bad language . we got as far as the steps .

back in the mid - seventies , verve records inexplicably pulled all of the early frank zappa albums out of print . united artists quickly followed suit with this , the soundtrack album for zappa ' s controversial movie . for , this made things difficult . this was the same time i was trying to buy all the zappa records i could find . " 200 motels " was the most elusive .

i don ' t think 200 motels is compressed nearly as much as pat says ( nor , for that matter , is it as compressed as many of zappa ' s own remasters ) . it isn ' t ideal , but it ' s still a great release . and while that counterfeit bootleg set is quite nice , it does have audible surface noise in several of the quieter passages .

as 200 motels was shot direct to video , using the same ratio as standard tv , there ' s no need for letter - boxing . there is no ' wide - screen ' version . i ' ve seen 200 motels in theaters many times . i was there opening day at the beverly music box theater ( it ' s not there anymore , and i think this was the name ) in beverly hills , and until home video came around , every possible revival . it is direct to video . the ratio was that of a typical tv screen ( isn ' t that 1x1 . 3 or something ? ) . in truth , i think it looks a little better on the small screen . the lines of resolution are far less apparant than they were on the big screen .

the arrangement of 200 motels , the suites—one of the performances with which the holland festival honors frank zappa—was an ' emotional ' task . ' suddenly i am in the same shoes as i used to be in . i must think the way he did . ' but there are also moments that she realizes that it is all high comedy anyway . ' what are we talking about ? holland ! '

" touring can make you crazy " , announces ex - beatle ringo starr at the start of the movie , " and that ' s what 200 motels is all about " . so prepare youself for an explosion of outrageous , fast and furious humor , zany satire and extraordinary visual invention in a riveting musical fantasy of the seventies which makes most of today ' s pop videos look tame by comparison .

200 motels 2 - cd released through rykodisc in 1997 . includes the complete 1970 2 - lp album , the booklet , the movie poster , the single version of " magic fingers " , the promotional radio spots and an enhanced track with the movie trailer . this was the only album that zappa did own the rights to . the zappa family had to buy the rights from mgm for the cd release .

it’s all about timing . a group of alumni and a professor from the ucla school of theater , film and television ( tft ) can agree on that as they worked together to stage the world premiere of frank zappa’s 200 motels , with the los angeles philharmonic orchestra . the production of the self - taught musician and composer’s work was part of the celebration of the tenth anniversary of walt disney concert hall .

zappa ' s mixture of mediums - - rock , electronic music , the royal philharmonic , dance , overlapping visuals - - pushes the videotape process almost to its extremes . zappa ' s kind of mixture isn ' t new ( harry partch ' s " celebrations on the courthouse square , " an experimental 1962 stage production , anticipates everything in " 200 motels " ) . but mixing it on film is new .

i had been typing various versions of the script for 200 motels for over a year , and in november 1970 frank submitted a ten - page treatment to united artists . he convinced them that by using video tape instead of film , several cameras at once instead of one , he could shoot the film in a week . there was no disguising his pleasure when they agreed and put up $ 360 , 000 .

i have another film project that i was shopping around and we managed to get a budget from united artists to finish that one . we ' re going to shoot it in january and february in england , and it ' s called 200 motels . it has to be delivered to united artists by november 1st of next year for a christmas release . its budget is $ 630 , 000 . [ . . . ]

financed by united artists to the tune of half a million dollars , 200 motels was shot using innovative video technology at pinewood studios in england with the royal philharmonic orchestra [ . . . ] . jeff simmons quit half - way through and was replaced by martin lickert , ringo starr ' s chauffeur . [ . . . ] theodore bikel , the austrian folk singer managed by herbie cohen , was the uniformed mc .

200 motels is probably the hardest zappa album to find . it was never released on cd before 1997 , and even that single cd release is out of print since 2002 , so you have to be very lucky to find this . but if you do , trust me , it ' s a very good album . i like it because it features all side of zappa ' s . . . ( read more )

on may 15 , 1970 , the l . a . phil teamed with zappa and an expanded , nine - piece version of the mothers of invention for a concert centering on excerpts from " 200 motels " at ucla ' s pauley pavilion . zappa was so eager to have his orchestral music performed that he shelled out $ 42 , 000 in today ' s money to have sheet music prepared for nearly 100 orchestra players .

today i picked up a copy of 200 motels ( united artists uas 9956 ) . it comes from india ! it has no " real " information about the year of release , only the copyright ( c ) 1971 inside the gatefold sleeve . the label is beige and has : made in india by the gramophone co . of india ltd . the cover , which consists of very thick cardboard , has been made by eagle litho . the vinyl itself is also very heavy ( 200 g ) . the sound quality is the same as the standard us release . no booklet and no poster . no track times listed on the back cover .

we have been hearing for a long time that videotape is going to revolutionize filmmaking , and now here is the vanguard of the revolution . whatever else it may be , frank zappa ' s " 200 motels " is a joyous , fanatic , slightly weird experiment in the uses of the color videotape process . if there is more that can be done with videotape , i do not want to be there when they do it .

we do not own 200 motels but then again , neither does tony palmer and that fact does not seem to have deterred from his self - appointed rounds . ah well . we can only hope ! we do have a deal in place that should mgm decide that they want the deluxe version with all the bells and whistles they can ask us to help them out . but again , they do not have to do that .

i had a birthday while we were filming 200 motels and ringo gave me a huge birthday cake and a couple of bottles and the whole crew enjoyed that party . me , being as big of a beatle fan as i was and still am , that was the best thing that ever happened to me . ringo is a very nice man . moony was crazy , but a great fellow to party with and i did mucho .

coming ! soon ! to a theater or drive - in near you . . . frank zappa ' s incredible epic 200 motels ! see the mothers of invention ! see theodore bikel ! see ringo starr ! see keith moon ! romance ! hot beats ! romance ! ah - hoo ! hot beats ! romance ! mystery ! ( you gotta show ' em funny cars , man ) ( ah - hoo ! ) funny cars !

salonen briefly met zappa not long before he died in 1993 and conducted a number of his works in europe before then . in speaking with zappa , he observed an artist who was keenly self - aware yet far more sensitive than his iconoclastic reputation belied . removed from its original context , salonen sees “200 motels” as a work of surprising depth and complexity — trading its confrontational elements for a statement of pure imagination and creative freedom .

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[ . . . ] we were all gonna play [ at the royal albert hall ] . but that bunch of buggers at the royal philharmonic , after they ' d grabbed the money for ' 200 motels ' —i perhaps shouldn ' t say this . . . let ' s say that after they ' d done the film , they didn ' t want to demean themselves in public . it was the lyrics that caused the trouble .

[ . . . ] ' sometimes it ' s a disaster . we ' re not even able to identify everything ' , says gail . the 200 motels - project , that took up two years , was pure detective work . but they managed , and now it is wait and see what the dutch philharmonic does with it . ' you lean back , and then it turns out to be horrible , or you ' re lucky . '

zappa ' s album " playground psychotics " ( 1992 ) has a few audio tracks from the " 200 motels " film recordings : " i could be a star now " , " if you ' re not a professional actor " , " a great guy " , " bad acting " , " the worst reviews " , " a version of himself " , " going for the money " and " martin lickert ' s story " .

then , three days before the concert was due to be performed in february 1971 to a sell - out audience of almost 5 , 000 fans , the royal albert hall cancelled it . the concert hall spokesman commented at the time , saying : " the programme content was not agreeable to us . " its then general manager , frank mundy , went one step further , describing 200 motels ' songs as " filth for filth ' s sake " .

16 . cut 1 " coming soon ! . . . " ( 00 : 56 ) 17 . cut 2 " the wide screen erupts . . . " ( 00 : 57 ) 18 . cut 3 " coming soon ! . . . " ( 00 : 31 ) 19 . cut 4 " frank zappa ' s 200 motels . . . " ( 00 : 11 ) 20 . magic fingers ( single edit ) ( 02 : 57 )

. . . if 200 motels is successful the next work will be a large scale work with a large scale budget . in 200 motels i want to make sure that the concept tracks from beginning to end . it ' s easy to say " it ' s a fantasy , you can stick any fuckin ' thing you want in there " . but i want somebody to be able to follow the course of the fantasy so that when they do get out there , they can look back and see what they meant and go : " what ? what am i doing here ? " without just going " yaannttz ! " and then this thing happened to them and them saying " i don ' t understand it . " i want to get ' em out there and make ' em know that they went someplace and then get ' em back again . and that ain ' t easy to do .

larry fanoga appears on lumpy gravy ( 1968 ) ; joe ' s garage act i ( 1979 ) as larry ; " german lunch " on you can ' t do that on stage anymore vol . 5 ( 1992 ) ; civilization phaze iii ( 1994 ) ; the lumpy money project / object ( 2009 ) ; frank zappa ' s 200 motels ( 1971 ) as the newt rancher ; and them or us ( the book ) ( 1984 ) .

[ . . . ] frank was working alone [ at whitney studios in glendale ] , deep into editing the soundtrack of 200 motels . [ . . . ] frank complained , " they gave us eleven days to edit which was bad enough , but then they took the used video tapes , erased them all and now they plan to sell them as ' used stock . ' hours of material i could have used elsewhere , they chewed up . "

on 200 motels , the orchestra beat the shit out of the music—they just didn ' t play it properly . i couldn ' t even recognise it when they ' d finished . most of the actors were non - professionals , and the whole thing was shot in 56 hours . we all needed more time , and if i ' d had it , i ' ve have gotten better performances out of everybody , because they were the right people for those roles .

jerry good : strictly because of the uh , the creative aspects of it . i think what frank can done creatively from a musical point of view as well as a story telling point of view is so fresh that uh , it excited us , that ' s why we really got involved , and i think he ' s a brilliant talent , and uh , the whole feeling of 200 motels from the point of view of what he is trying to say .

fz liked to record vocals in stereo . while i agree with patrick that it creates problems , fz insisted that he liked it better in stereo . now i ' m not saying that this is what happened on the 200 motels tracks because i ' ve never heard the multi - track masters , i thought i ' d let you know that fz often did things that were contrary to conventional wisdom ( as if i ' d have to remind any of you ) .

the problem in the past has always been in the transferring process , the transferring of images from tape to film . color quality and picture deliniation have always been very uneven . but there ' s a company in england , a subsidiary of technicolor called vidtronics , that ' s come up with an incredible new system that gives perfect results . when we first saw what they could do we couldn ' t believe it , but we knew that was the answer for 200 motels .

the maverick happening of the week , lacking only spliffs and the requisite bowlfuls of well - chewed yin and yang , was the first uk staging of frank zappa ' s 200 motels – performed by an army of musicians including the bbc concert orchestra , southbank sinfonia and london voices conducted by jurjen hempel . two bonus cast members were the observer ' s jay rayner , cast against type as bad conscience / ginger , and zappa ' s daughter , diva , as groupie 2 .

roger ebert , chicago sun times , “we have been hearing for a long time that videotape is going to revolutionize filmmaking , and now here is the vanguard of the revolution . whatever else it may be , frank zappa’s 200 motels is a joyous , fanatic , slightly weird experiment in the uses of the color videotape process . if there is more that can be done with videotape , i do not want to be there when they do it… . the movie is so unrelentingly high that you even wish for intermissions… . it is the kind of movie you can barely see once : not because it’s simple , but became it’s so complicated that you finally realize you aren’t meant to get everything and sort everything out . it is a full wall of sight - and - sound input , and the experience of the input — not its content , is what zappa’s giving us . 200 motels is out of howard johnson by tinker bell , with aquarius setting . ”