sparsh ( devnagari : स्पर्श , in english : touch ) is a 1980 indian hindi feature film directed by sai paranjpye .

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 .

the film won the national film award for best feature film in hindi .

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

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 .

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sparsh ( film ) <EOT> sparsh music - sparsh music shared aaj sei din আজ সেই . . . | facebook

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 .

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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 .

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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 .

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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 .

. " 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 .


nine queens ( spanish : nueve reinas ) is a 2000 argentine crime drama film written and directed by fabián bielinsky and starring ricardo darín , gastón pauls , leticia brédice , tomás fonzi and alejandro awada .

the story centers on two con artists who meet and decide to cooperate in a major scam .

the film was nominated for 28 awards and won 21 of them , and is now considered a classic in argentina 's film history .

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nine queens <EOT> deliciously twist - filled , nine queens is a clever and satisfying crime caper .

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two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps ( the " nine queens " ) .

" nine queens " works as a look at a buenos aires the tourist rarely gets to experience , but its swindle isn ' t slick enough .

until he makes a trip to the bathroom . marcos follows him in while having a loud and massively unsubtle conversation about the sale of the nine queens on a

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if nine queens draws you on a journey that eventually leads up a garden path toward your own suckerhood , it ' s all the more pleasurable for having done so with such slick expertise .

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the basic premise of nine queens is not new . thieves team up to commit a crime so profitable they will be set for life if only they can pull it off . this type of movie has been around since… well… since there have been movies . nine queens , however , takes this concept to a new level with so many twists and turns that it will keep you glued to your seat just so you can keep up .

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with ' ' nine queens , ' ' which opens in new york on april 19 , mr . bielinsky has engaged in a similar process of deception . on the surface , his film is a crime yarn , portraying 30 hours in the lives of a pair of swindlers who stumble onto the deal of a lifetime : selling a forged set of rare weimar republic stamps known as ' ' the nine queens ' ' for nearly $ 500 , 000 .

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such an opportunity presents itself when marcos stumbles into a chance to fence the nine queens , a famous sheet of nine defectively printed stamps from weimar germany . more specifically , what marcos can peddle are expert forgeries of the set , and he finds his perfect sucker in gandolfo ( ignasi abadal ) , a wealthy businessman and stamp collector ; because he’s to be extradited to venezuela the next day , gandolfo will have no time to submit the forgeries to expert analysis and will probably jump at the chance to take the queens with him .

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' ' nine queens ' ' was shot with a budget of only $ 1 . 3 million , modest even by local standards . so mr . bielinsky made certain the cast had plenty of rehearsal time , to assure that no time would be wasted once filming got under way .

david mamet might kill for a script as good as the one that fuels “nine queens . ” a seductively structured and superbly acted suspenser that breathtakingly piles swindle upon scam without giving away the game until the very end , fabien bielinsky’s debut feature has been the biggest smash in its native argentina in at least a [ … ]

it all starts , then , with a courting dance between old - timer and apprentice , and between bielinsky and viewer : are you in or are you out ? then nine queens raises the stakes . marcos is offered a slice of a fail - safe plan to sell gandolfo a set of forged weimar stamps , the " nine queens " of the title . but wild factors keep creeping in to make the game more complicated – more and more outsiders to be cut in , marcos ' s beautiful and ferociously straight - edged sister valeria ( leticia bredice ) , and a sudden twist that sends the film off on a brief , breakneck chase sequence .

from the moment it was first shown in theaters here , ' ' nine queens , ' ' a modest caper film by fabian bielinsky , was a commercial and critical success . but one scene so unnverved argentine audiences that the film has become a cultural phenomenon , dissected and analyzed countless times in newspapers and on radio and television .

for his part , mr . bielensky has received proposals to remake ' ' nine queens ' ' in countries as diverse as the united states , france , germany , england and spain . he will probably sell the rights , he said , but made it clear that he does not want to get involved with any remakes himself .

david mamet might kill for a script as good as the one that fuels " nine queens . " a seductively structured and superbly acted suspenser that breathtakingly piles swindle upon scam without giving away the game until the very end , fabien bielinsky ' s debut feature has been the biggest smash in its native argentina in at least a decade .

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it also seems unwise to reveal to a fellow hood that one is sitting on a pile of cash . the crossing and double - crossing to follow seem inevitable , not compelling . this relationship worked in " nine queens " because the partners , closer in age , challenged each other in an almost flirtatious way , each daring the other to blink .

" who isn ' t a thief ? " is the question asked in the story of two small - time swindlers , juan ( gaston pauls ) and marcos ( ricardo darin ) , whose paths collide in a convenience store and quickly leads to a half - million dollar forgery scam on a big time gangster about to be deported in " nine queens . "

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mr . pauls also said ' ' there is a lot of david mamet in this movie . ' ' but richard peña , program director of the film society of lincoln center , which showed ' ' nine queens ' ' in its new directors / new films series last year , noted that for all its awareness and embrace of international influences , the movie retains a distinctly argentine sensibility .

but you can train yourself to disdain “the king of queens . ” determined viewers have had nearly nine seasons , and a campaign of rerun - saturation so thorough that you might begin to suspect a state sponsor , to muster complaints . they have come up with two . unable to say it’s not funny , detractors say “the king of queens” is unconvincing . slim , go - getter secretaries like carrie ( leah remini ) don’t marry lugs who drive trucks like doug ( kevin james ) , do they ? others don’t buy jerry stiller as carrie’s dad . he’s always george’s dad of “seinfeld” to them .

mr . bielinsky , 43 , also had to battle what was seen as a lack of experience . though he had written the screenplays for several feature films , directed short films based on stories by the argentine writers jorge luis borges and julio cortázar and worked as an assistant director on some 400 commercials and several full - length films , ' ' nine queens ' ' is his debut as a director .

' ' ' nine queens ' is an excellent cinematic example of a certain river plate tradition of paranoid narratives , of which borges is just one example , ' ' he said . ' ' a society looks normal on the surface but is run by corrupt secret societies and secret deals , with a conspiratorial atmosphere that leads you to ask who is real and who is just playing a role . ' '

born in queens , new york , in 1957 , ray romano began seriously pursuing a stand - up comedy career in the mid - 1980s . his successes landed him a starring role on the hit sitcom everybody loves raymond , which ran for nine seasons and garnered him an emmy award . romano later created the acclaimed men of a certain age , and flexed his dramatic chops for the popular series parenthood .

is here for all you quotes spouting fans of nueve reinas ( original title ) which was recently remade into criminal . this script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and / or viewings of nine queens . i know , i know , i still need to get the cast names in there and i ' ll be eternally tweaking it , so if you have any corrections , feel free to

released in 2000 , ' ' nine queens ' ' won just about every award for which it was eligible , from the argentine film critics association ( best picture and six other prizes ) and at the mtv latin america people ' s choice awards . to mr . darín , that response confirmed the wisdom of mr . bielinsky ' s decision to focus on plot and character and leave any moral lessons implicit .

s called the nine queens is revealed . the camera zooms out and we see berta , vidal gandolfo , sandler and the stamp expert ( among others ) . it is explained that someone on the inside told juan about the imminent closure of the bank and the whole scheme was devised around this . juan walks over to a couch where valeria ( holding a bag full of money ) is relaxing and the two embrace .

yet ' ' nine queens ' ' has a subtext that has encouraged argentines to see it as an allegory for the entire get - rich - quick mentality that prevailed here during the decade from 1989 to 1999 , when carlos saúl menem was president . those years of ' ' pizza and champagne ' ' are now over , but they left a legacy of spiritual and material impoverishment that mr . bielinsky found hard to ignore .

" nine queens " is the story of two small - time swindlers , juan ( gastón pauls ) and marcos ( ricardo darín ) , who team up after meeting in a convenience store and become involved in a half million - dollar deal . as the deceptions and duplicity mount , it becomes more and more difficult to figure out who is conning whom , and we begin to ask ourselves , " who isn ' t a thief ? "

george clooney and steven soberbergh are to collaborate on an american remake of the argentinian thriller nine queens . soderbergh is co - scripting the movie , which he will then produce alongside clooney . the film will mark the directorial debut of soderbergh ' s regular assistant director gregory jacobs . " for years george and i have been trying to find a project for greg to direct , " soderbergh explains . " we all feel this material hits the bull ' s eye : a street - level , contemporary crime thriller with brilliant plotting and complex characters . " the original nine queens , written and directed by fabian bielinsky , spun a fiendish , hall - of - mirrors tale of two conmen making their way through a buenos aires teetering on the brink of financial meltdown . the film was a huge hit in its homeland and performed well in limited runs in both britain and the us last year .

' ' the idea of sudden wealth has always been incorporated into the psychology of the argentine , but during the 1990 ' s it reached obscene levels and reached into the highest spheres of politics and government , ' ' he said . ' ' we were forced to be witnesses to impunity and corruption , indifference to the common welfare and absolute frivolity , so of course a movie like ' nine queens ' reflects that state of affairs . ' '

now before you think i ' ve given away the game with all those " seeminglys , " let me point out that they may only seemingly be seeminglys . they may in fact be as they seem . or seemingly otherwise . as juan and marcos try to work out their scheme , which involves counterfeit stamps , we wonder if in fact the whole game may be a pigeon drop with juan as the pigeon . but , no , the fake stamps are stolen , seemingly by complete strangers , requiring marcos and juan to try to con the owner of the real nine queens out of stamps they can sell gandolfo . ( since they have no plans to really pay for these stamps , their profit would be the same in either case . ) and on and on , around and around , in an elegant and sly deadpan comedy . a plot , however clever , is only the clockwork ; what matters is what kind of time a movie tells . " nine queens " is blessed with a gallery of well - drawn character roles , including the alcoholic mark and his two bodyguards ; the avaricious widow who owns the " nine queens " and her much younger bleached - blond boyfriend , and valeria the sister , who opposes marcos ' seamy friends and life of crime but might be willing to sleep with gandolfo if she can share in the spoils .

originally posted by coral so is soderbergh gonna do something original ever again ? what really bothers me is that we ' re getting remakes of foreign films only a few years after the original . insomnia was released in ' 97 - remake in 2002 . open your eyes was released in ' 97 - remake ( vanilla sky ) in 2001 . and now nine queens ? there ' s probably more , but these are the ones that come to mind right now .

fabián bielinsky greets me with a warm and hearty handshake . at once relaxed and fervent , he ' s clearly pleased that his first feature film , nine queens ( nueve reinas ) has won fans on the international film festival circuit , not to mention winning seven 2001 argentinean film critics association awards , out of ten nominations , as well as the people ' s choice award from mtv argentina and the audience award and best director award at the lleida latin - american film festival .

“the king of queens , ” the longest - running live - action comedy currently on television , is the opposite of an acquired taste . like pizza or the doors , the show just hits the spot — the simple , happy sitcom spot .

note : " nine queens " is like a south american version of " stolen summer , " the movie that won the contest sponsored by hbo , miramax , and matt damon and ben affleck . according to variety , some 350 screenplays were submitted in an argentine competition , bielinsky ' s won , and he was given funds to film . it ' s illuminating that in both cases such competitions yielded more literate and interesting screenplays than the studios are usually able to find through their own best efforts .

just this week we got a preview of julia robert’s take on juan josé campanella’s academy award - winning el secreto de sus ojos ( the secret in their eyes ) , which without the whole dirty war / military junta subtext becomes a kind of creepy film about vigilante justice . but even before el secreto became an international hit there was 2000’s nueve reinas ( nine queens ) , writer - director fabián bielinksy’s loop - de - loop low budget crime caper that unexpectedly turned into a global film phenomenon .

david mamet might kill for a script as good as the one that fuels “nine queens . ” a seductively structured and superbly acted suspenser that breathtakingly piles swindle upon scam without giving away the game until the very end , fabien bielinsky’s debut feature has been the biggest smash in its native argentina in at least a decade . with a strong push from sony classics , there is no reason this utterly accessible genre - and - character piece shouldn’t become a must - see for the “memento” and “amores perros” constituencies stateside .

' ' to my surprise , though , my principal source of information turned out to be people who had been victimized themselves by scam artists , ' ' he said . ' ' friends , relatives , friends of friends , all of them had stories to tell me about being ripped off themselves or knowing someone who was . as a result , every one of the scams you see in the movie is taken from real life , with the exception of the nine queens , which i invented myself . ' '

the 2014 grammys closed on gloriously weird note , thanks to a unique collaboration of nine inch nails , queens of the stone age , dave grohl and fleetwood mac’s lindsey buckingham . the supergroup kicked things off with their take on nine inch nails’ “copy of a , ” of the group’s hesitation marks lp , beefed up with bubbling bluegrass guitar line and flashing psychedelic lights . if someone were to isolate the tracks of the song , it might sound like pretentious noodling – a little edm flourish there , some jangly country guitar there , some muppet - like drum crushing from grohl and a whole lot of sweet vocal harmonies . but together , it made for a sound that was far trippier than the lighting rig but also something that was more than the sum of its parts .

after the disintegration of the argentine economy in december , in fact , ' ' nine queens ' ' seems almost prophetic . but the underlying idea for the movie , mr . bielinsky said , ' ' emerged from my own fascination with the psychology of crime . ' ' researching the subject , he not only read newspaper articles and interviewed police officers , but also watched american movies about con artists , like ' ' paper moon ' ' and ' ' the sting , ' ' and the films of alfred hitchcock .

" nine queens " becomes a shell game that requires close attention to figure out who is screwing whom . this is the major problem with the story as , if you stop paying attention for a moment , you lose the thread of what ' s going on . characters are brought in to the story to propel things along and statements about argentine society - who isn ' t a thief in that country - are made repeatedly . by the end of the film , as things wrap up neatly , i was glad that everything gets explained .

talented argentine director fabian bielinsky made just two films before his untimely death in 2006 and his first , “nine queens” , is now considered a classic in his native country . a naive young wannabe grifter , juan ( gaston pauls ) , attaches himself to the older and more experienced con artist marcos ( ricardo dario ) for 24 hours to learn the tricks of the trade after a botched scam at a convenience store . marcos shows him how to improvise and create scenes at newsagents and restaurants in order to get what he wants while paying as little as possible .

inside , though , that first conviction doesn’t go away . “the king of queens , ” which ends this season , now that mr . james is turning to other pursuits , is funny . it’s brisk , perceptive and unpretentious . it works . see for yourself tonight on cbs .

people complain when hollywood remakes classics like " the manchurian candidate . " but the most nonsensical remake might be " criminal , " based on the stellar argentine crime caper " nine queens , " a critical smash and a modest box office hit in the united states . the inferior american version strips the menace and texture from the original without offering any big stars to compensate . and it ' s not as if the movie is being introduced to a different generation , since the original came out in 2002 . so why the remake ? a lack of subtitles isn ' t a good enough reason .

when juan ( gaston pauls ) pulls off a bill changing scam with a convenience store cashier , he ' s emboldened to try it again right after a shift change and is challenged . stranger marcos ( ricardo darin ) comes to his rescue , introduces himself as a fellow , more experienced con artist , and asks juan to become his partner . no sooner do the duo work their first job together than a phone call from marcos ' sister valeria ( leticia bredice ) results in a potential half million score - the sale of a counterfeit stamp rarity , a weimar sheet misprint known as the " nine queens . "

" criminal " does boast an impressive trio of actors in john c . reilly , diego luna and maggie gyllenhaal . they are always engaging , even if sometimes for the wrong reasons . the problems lie not with the actors but with a glib approach that exposes the flaws of the original story . the screenplay , updated by director gregory jacobs and sam lowry ( a steven soderbergh pen name ) , stabs at " ocean ' s 11 " breeziness and falters . " nine queens " contained the same faulty premise and flimsy setups but sold them with its taut intensity and a lead criminal who was a truly bad cat .

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“the king of queens” may no longer exemplify a cultural trend . but people watch it . according to cbs , 8 . 7 million viewers tune in each week . after tonight’s episode , the series goes on hiatus until april 9 ; it’s expected to do as well or better for its seven valedictory episodes .

" nine queens " characters are engaging and occasionally amusing , but director bielinsky never rises above simply putting them through their paces . he doesn ' t achieve the liftoff the film needs to sparkle , instead letting a leaden monotony set in . the film is goosed up with the introduction of sandler ' s wealthy sister - in - law , who lives in a garish apartment with a younger boy toy , but this lively and amusing character makes too hasty an exit . the multi - layered con ' s final moves become labored by an unconvincing promise between valeria and marcos involving their younger brother ' s faith in his unsavory sibling .

nine queens is a movie about the con - game . marcos finds juan at a gas station using childish " tricks " to cheat some money from the cashier and decides to help him out of the situation and take him under as his con man protege . juan is trying to raise / steal $ 50 , 000 to help his dad get out of jail by paying off a judge . that same day , a deal of a lifetime comes along dealing with a famous stamp called " nine queens " . they find out a rich stamp collector , vidal gandolfo , who will soon be leaving the country and won ' t have time to check it ' s authenticity so they decide to make a fake one and sell it to him . the fake ones get ruined so they have to go in and purchase the actual stamps for $ 250 , 000 which $ 50 , 000 was juan ' s money and the remaining marcos ' . the deal goes down at a hotel where marcos ' sister valerie works . vidal wants her to deliver them and also sleep with him . the entire time the plot keeps twisting , showing both con men having the upper hand at different times and trying to cheat one another . who will take the money and win the game ?

of course marcos is only seemingly a cop . he lectures juan on the dangers of excessive greed and buys him breakfast , and then the two of them seemingly happen upon an opportunity to pull a big swindle involving the " nine queens , " a rare sheet of stamps . this happens when valeria ( leticia bredice ) , seemingly marcos ' sister , berates him because one of his old criminal associates tried to con a client in the hotel where she seemingly works . the old con seemingly had a heart attack , and now the field is seemingly open for marcos and juan to bilk the seemingly rich and drunk gandolfo ( ignasi abadal ) .

nine queens proceeds in a series of knight ' s moves – you can follow every oblique shift , but you can ' t predict the final pattern . the outcome , in fact , is very much to do with argentina ' s current woes . nine queens is a product of that country ' s recent film - making resurgence , which also produced lucrecia martel ' s la cienaga , and which the country ' s economic collapse has probably scuppered . it ' s hard not to see bielinsky ' s film as a prediction of catastrophe : it could certainly be read as a portrait of a nation where desperate players , at every level of society , are on the make and out of their depth . every cheap chiseller in the film protests that he ' s not a crook , but the crime isn ' t just at street level : the businessman says , " i ' ll be sad to leave this country – i ' ve never seen such good will for doing business . " this satirical streak no doubt helped make the film a hit in argentina , but i hardly think bielinsky is depicting his nation as unique in its corruption and venality . if this superbly entertaining film gets remade in the enron / worldcom - era us , don ' t be at all surprised .

" nine queens " is a neatly handled who ' s - doing - whom story that holds strong ties to such grifter films as " the sting " and david mamet ' s " house of games . " but , this argentine crime thriller is long on dialogue and short on action . things begin slowly and steadily as juan pulls a bill changing scam at a local convenience store . he gets greedy as he watches the shift change and decides to double dip and pull the same scam again , minutes later . he is caught at his ploy and , suddenly , a plainclothes cop is hustling him out of the store , arrested for his crime .

hollywood ( variety ) - the argentine thriller " nine queens " is being turned into an english - language picture by steven soderbergh ( news ) and george clooney ( news ) , who hit the jackpot in 2001 with their remake of " ocean ' s 11 . " " queens " follows a day in the life of two con artists . it swept the 2001 argentine film assn . awards , including best picture . sony pictures classics released the film in the united states last spring . soderbergh and clooney will produce the remake through their section eight prods . banner , which is based at warner bros . soderbergh ' s longtime first assistant director , gregory jacobs , will make his directorial debut and co - write the script with soderbergh . " for years , george and i have been trying to find a project for greg to direct , and we all feel this material hits the bull ' s eye : a street - level contemporary crime film with brilliant plotting and complex characters , " soderbergh said .

premiering in september 1996 , everybody loves raymond starred romano as a father and husband whose parents live next door . his offbeat domestic observations struck a chord with both audiences and critics , earning him an emmy for best actor in a comedy series in 2002 and the series an emmy for best comedy in 2003 . the show ended in may 2005 after nine seasons .

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but reilly and luna have some fun with the con men ' s getting - to - know - you period . rodrigo bets richard he can get a woman ' s purse in a few minutes , then stages an elevator mishap . in helping a woman to safety , he says he will hold her purse for her . he doesn ' t steal the purse , just gets his hands on it - - the point of the bet . other moments , plausible and tense in " nine queens , " are made ridiculous by this movie ' s more lighthearted approach . when richard enlists a cop friend to pretend to harass him to impress a mark , the cop ' s " performance " is so broad that you half expect him to start stripping , bachelorette - party style .

two grifters - boyish , likable juan and hard - edged , scheming marcos - meet by chance . marcos , who seems to have cheated everyone he knows including his siblings , is missing his partner , so he offers to teach juan tricks for a day . juan accepts because he has some savings , but needs more to bribe a judge to release his father from prison . marcos gets a call from an aging , ill ex - associate needing help to sell a forged set of rare stamps , the nine queens , to a businessman about to be deported ( he can ' t take cash out of argentina , but could take the stamps ) . when the con men have to improvise , marcos asks juan to use his savings to set up the deal . is juan about to be conned ?

but , things are not what they seem and the " cop " turns out to be a fellow con man , marcos , who propositions the young scam artist to team up and make some real money . juan reluctantly agrees and marcos introduces a plan to con a big time hood who is only hours away from being deported . marcos knows a guy , an old time forger , sandler ( oscar nunez ) , who has in his possession a set of counterfeit stamps called the nine queens . the duplicates are so good that only close scrutiny would reveal them as fakes . this fact , and because the gangster , vidal gandolfo ( ignasi abadal ) , is about to be shipped out of argentina , cause marcos to bring juan in on the scam that could net them a cool half million dollars .

then the plot thickens as they get a proposition from an old man , a scam expert himself . he had made a perfect replica of the nine queens , a sheet of uncut , imperfect stamps in mint condition . his plan was to sell the stamps to an avid collector . he wanted to sell the stamps now because since the collector was being deported from the country in a day , he wouldn’t have time to have the stamps thoroughly checked . however , the old man gets sick and entrusts the task to marcos , and since juan happens to be with him , he will be coming along for the ride too . marcos , being the opportunist that he is , ends up making the deal that he will get 90 % of the profit , while the forged stamps’ creator will only get 10 % .

fabian bielinsky ' s " nine queens " is a con within a con within a con . there comes a time when we think we ' ve gotten to the bottom , and then the floor gets pulled out again and we fall another level . since nothing is as it seems ( it doesn ' t even seem as it seems ) , watching the film is like observing a chess game in which all of the pieces are in plain view but one player has figured out a way to cheat . " david mamet might kill for a script as good , " todd mccarthy writes in variety . true , although mamet might also reasonably claim to have inspired it ; the set - up owes something to his " house of games , " although familiarity with that film will not help you figure out this one .

this is where " nine queens " gets a bit too full of itself , as the story becomes a swirl of characters brought in to twist the plot around . it is a question of who is scamming whom as juan and marcos run into a myriad cast of characters who have their hands in the con game . marcos ' s sister valeria is the beautiful assistant manager at the hotel housing vidal . she has a bone to pick with her brother and threatens his arrest if he brings his thieving ways into her hotel . it turns out that marcos stiffed his own sister and younger brother , federico ( tomas fonzi ) , from an inheritance . valeria will help her wayward brother if he ' ll fess up his scheme to federico . all sorts of other colorful characters are brought in to help with the con .

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nine queens ' class analysis is acute , and narrowly focused on defining the characters . juan ' s eagerness to find a big , fast job is motivated by his poor father ' s situation ( he ' s in prison for scamming , and needs money , and his good son wants to put what his father has taught him to good , mostly moral use ) . and marcos , well , he ' s a bit more reckless , at least as you understand him , always looking for the huge , put - you - over job , willing to gamble , but also confident of his own scamming skills . he had money , or his late father did , in an estate that marcos squandered and also essentially stole from his two siblings , angry valeria ( leticia brédice ) and undauntedly doting federico ( tomás fonzi ) .

thus , in 1998 , while fox and nbc were peddling “getting personal” and “conrad bloom , ” comedies about front - end figures like art directors and admen , cbs banked on a fat deliveryman . the overgroomed swingers foundered , but “the king of queens” persisted . its hero , doug heffernan ( not a relative ) , worked for a u . p . s . - like company that hasn’t gone under .

next thing you know , an old associate of marcos , sandler , calls marcos to say he needs help in selling counterfeit copies of a stamp collection known as the nine queens . sandler , marcos and juan target a rich spanish businessman , gandolfo , who is being deported to venezuela and needs to smuggle his wealth out of argentina . they take the fake stamps to gandolfo at the hotel where he is staying – coincidentally the same hotel where marcos’ sister valeria and younger brother federico work – and after gandolfo’s hired expert has checked them and declared them authentic , the parties agree to the 450 , 000 peso exchange . as luck would have it though , the hired expert later demands a cut of the money ( he knew the stamps were fakes ) and a motorcycle gang steals the briefcase with the fake stamps and throws it into the river .

argentinian thriller nine queens illustrates this point neatly . marco , played by the saturnine ricardo darín , is a con artist milking the streets of buenos aires for all they ' re worth . his meanest trick , which involves squeezing money from tender - hearted old ladies , is second nature but hardly a worthy game . the real challenge is to rook someone unrookable : a corrupt , fabulously wealthy spanish businessman , vidal gandolfo ( ignasi adabal ) . marcos works an elaborate bluff to get gandolfo hooked on a scam , without letting him know he ' s being played . it seems to work beautifully , but next thing we know , gandolfo is deconstructing marcos ' s strategy move by move . he ' s several steps ahead , having seen every double , triple , quadruple bluff in the book – which is precisely why he ' ll fall this time .

" criminal " is an adequate americanization of one of my favorite films of 2002 , the delightfully twisty " nine queens ( nueve reinas ) . " adapter / debut director gregory jacobs doesn ' t quite make up for the extra tension that argentina ' s financial chaos added as an urgent back drop . some of the twists are too smoothly straightened out by focusing more on the older con man , here played by john c . reilly , and his sister , played by maggie gyllenhaal without the original ' s sensuality , despite her low cut blouse . diego luna is a mite young , but he ' s cast to turn reilly ' s character into more of a manipulative mentor and less an apparent partner . on its own , without comparison to the original , it ' s an amusing and workmanlike update of " the sting " crossed with " the grifters . "

thirteen - time grammy winner grohl , as usual , is the connective tissue , having performed extensively with both bands , most prominently on qotsa’s 2002 lp songs for the deaf and nine inch nails’ 2005 album with teeth . fleetwood mac guitarist / singer buckingham , of course , is the wild card , and his role — singing a kickass version of “tusk” or “the chain , ” maybe his solo hit “go insane” ? — remains to be seen . however , it’s not as random as it might seem : buckingham guested on nine inch nails’ latest lp hesitation marks and also appears in sound city : real to reel , the grohl - directed documentary about the legendary , now - shuttered l . a . studio where many classic albums were recorded ; his fleetwood - mac - mate , stevie nicks , appears in the film and also joined grohl on the sound city players album and tour last year .

first - time helmer / scribe fabian bielinsky does a fair job in creating a mamet - like whirl of characters and cons as the swindlers , juan and marcos , ply their trade on their unsuspecting victims . as the plot thickens , the duo tests each other ' s ability in their scamming game . juan is reluctant at first to team with the unknown marcos , but the promise of a big killing for a day ' s work is too much to resist . the trouble is , you know that someone is conning someone and i got mired in trying to unravel the plot . a more astute script or director may have made this a less hectic tale . instead , " nine queens " is a benign story of a sting operation that moves along at a good clip and ties it all up in its " surprise " ending - although i was little surprised at the conclusion .

the early years of her reign play out in a suitably stately fashion over the next nine hours . this may not be one to binge - watch quite so rapidly as other netflix offerings – crown , state and church favour small , subtle nudges of each other and loaded silences , rather than loaded guns and pile - driver plots , which doesn’t exactly make the pace sluggish , but it does mean that one or two episodes at a time feels plenty .

between august and december 1957 , picasso carried out an analysis of velázquez’s las meninas . the suite of fifty - eight works that picasso donated to the museu picasso in 1968 consists of forty - four interpretations of the velázquez picture , nine descriptions of the dovecote at his villa la californie studio in cannes , three landscapes and two free interpretations : the piano and portrait of jacqueline . ten of the forty - four oils devoted to las meninas treat the original composition in its entirety .

these complicated and emotionally volatile family ties are only one angle that the film works well . the central scam that occupies marcos and juan involves a sheet of rare stamps , the " nine queens . " or rather , it ' s a sheet of faux - stamps , but , as you hear it , very good quality art . they locate a buyer , gandolfo ( ignasi abadal ) , who ' s about to leave town quick because he ' s been busted for his own expansively shady deals . they have only a matter of hours to set up the deal and deliver . the scam seems simple enough , but inevitably , problems crop up . also inevitably , most of these problems have to do with doubt and betrayal : as much as the conmen must depend on and trust one another to get their work done , they must also assume , given their career choice , that no one can be trusted . thus , their evolving dilemma .

early one morning , marcos observes juan successfully pulling off a bill - changing scam on a cashier , and then getting caught as he attempts to pull the same trick on the next shift . marcos steps in , claiming to be a policeman , and drags juan out of the store . once they are back on the street , marcos reveals himself to be a fellow swindler with a game of much higher stakes in mind , and he invites juan to be his partner in crime . a once - in - a - lifetime scheme seemingly falls into their laps - an old - time con man enlists them to sell a forged set of extremely valuable rare stamps , the nine queens . the tricky negotiations that ensue bring into the picture a cast of suspicious characters , including marcos ' sister valeria , their younger brother federico and a slew of thieves , conmen and pickpockets . as the deceptions mount , it becomes more and more difficult to figure out who is conning whom .

while the foo fighters did not release any new music during this year’s window of eligibility , grohl has two nominations , both connected to sound city : best rock song for “cut me some slack” ( with paul mccartney and the other surviving members of nirvana , a group often dubbed “sirvana” ) , and best compilation soundtrack for visual media ; separately , he appears as a songwriter ( again , with nirvana ) on a best rap song nominee , jay - z’s “holy grail . ” queens are up for two awards : best rock album ( for …like clockwork ) , best rock performance with the album’s “my god is the sun , ” and , indirectly , best engineered album , non - classical . two - time grammy winners nine inch nails’ hesitation marks is nominated for best alternative music album . buckingham is not nominated but is featured on the delta rae song “if i loved you , ” which garnered rob cavallo a shot at producer of the year , non - classical .

luna looks as if he couldn ' t hurt a fly , which works for his character at times . rodrigo has the advantage of having a trustworthy face , his partner tells him . when the duo fall into a high - stakes scam involving valuable antique silver certificates ( a stand - in for the " nine queens " postal stamps of the original ) , it ' s rodrigo who seals the deal by charming an older woman . but luna also looks terrified when rodrigo and richard engage in heated negotiations with the would - be buyer . his visible show of fear makes sense once you have seen the ending , but it just looks squirrelly without the benefit of that knowledge . but luna is always a joy to watch . he even pulls off a silly moment where he flirts with richard ' s sister , asking the virtual stranger whether she recognizes a certain tune and singing a snippet of it . luna commits himself to this left - field moment . a less game actor might have mumbled and slinked off in embarrassment .

early one morning juan is pulling a bill - switching scheme in an all - night deli when marcos , an apparently innocent bystander , pretends to whisk him off to the police . but marcos is a con artist , just helping out a new recruit , and he enlists juan in a plot that he claims will set them up for early retirement . juan is skeptical at first , but agrees to work with marcos after he impresses him with a few sophisticated cons . a once - in - a - lifetime scheme then seemingly falls in their laps - - an old time con man enlists juan and marcos to sell a forged set of extremely valuable rare stamps - - the nine queens . the tricky negotiations that ensue bring into the picture a cast of suspicious characters including marcos ' beautiful sister valeria , their innocent younger brother , frederico who idolizes marcus - - as well as a slew of thieves , conmen and pickpockets . as the action moves from humble barrios to luxury hotels , it soon appears that the city itself is part of an elaborate plot .

early one morning juan is pulling a bill - switching scheme in an all - night deli when marcos , an apparently innocent bystander , pretends to whisk him off to the police . but marcos is a con - artist , just helping out a new recruit , and he enlists juan in a plot that he claims will set them up for early retirement . juan is skeptical at first , but agrees to work with marcos after he impresses him with a few sophisticated cons . a once - in - a - lifetime scheme then seemingly falls in their laps - - an old time con - man enlists juan and marcos to sell a forged set of extremely valuable rare stamps - - the nine queens . the tricky negotiations that ensue bring into the picture a cast of suspicious characters including marcos ' beautiful sister valeria , their innocent younger brother , frederico who idolizes marcus - - as well as a slew of thieves , conmen and pickpockets . as the action moves from humble barrios to luxury hotels , it soon appears that the city itself is part of an elaborate plot .