Lambada - The story of a man who is Kevin - a brilliant maths teacher by the day and Blade - a mystery man who has his Lambada moves & grooves by the night. Blade reaches out to the lesser fortunate and backward kids through his dance and then helps them with their academics after the dance sessions.When a jealous student exposes his two worlds, Kevin's whole life turns topsy-turvy and in the end its his night class students who help clear his name & prove what a great teacher he is.
The movie concept is in the same league as Dangerous Minds.
Amazing dance sequences and a couple of popular songs in the movie.
Eddie Peck is such a delight to watch :)
Fiddler on the roof - This is such a beautiful movie. A story about the Jews living in the small village of Anatevka. Their lives, their traditions, the hardships that they face. Their mental block towards change and new ideas and finally how the exodus impacts their peaceful lives.Each character in the movie has played their part so well, it is natural and realistic. The songs are perfectly timed and beautifully performed. For me, the touching moments in the movie are:
- Every time Tevye has to decide if he will agree to his daughters' choice of husbands
- After 25 years of marriage when Tevye asks his wife if she loves him
- Hodel's decision to marry Perchik and when she sings "Far from the home I love"
- Tevye's refusal to go against his faith & allow Chava to marry Fyedka & many more brilliant moments....
The cheeni kum hai song is awesome.. though Ilayaraja picked up the same tune he composed for an old tamil movie. Nevertheless, it's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYep Cheeni Kum Hai is from 'mouna ragam'. There's another song Baatein Hawaa... in the tune of a song from 'mella thirandha kadhavu' & then there's my favourite Jaane Do Naa in the tune of a song from 'geetha'
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ReplyDeletehmm.. i loved cheeni kum, don't know when i'll watch the others.
ReplyDeleteeven shenshaah seems on the lines of lambada except for the fact that he is a cop/con and has a pair awful left feet.
btw i also watched life in metro.. the music alone was nice.
We saw the theatre version of Fiddler on the Rooftop in Paris last winter. That was a really great time.
ReplyDeleteOne thing that's great in that play is the underlying theme of a world passing away: the world of the Jewish village of Eastern Europe. This world is long gone now - but in memories.
@ le plume - wow! that must have been something... to watch the theatrical version of the movie :)
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