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D irector Raja Sen is busy these days. While his forthcoming film Colonel, based on Syed Mustafa Siraj's work, is up for release this June, Sen is also planning to start his new film, Khacha (Cage), soon.Khacha, based on Prafulla Roy's

Raja Sen's next stars Rituparna and Parno in lead roles After Colonel, Raja Sen is set to begin his next — Khancha — based on Prafulla Roy's Jibon Boro Begobaan. The film stars Rituparna Sengupta, Ferdous, Parno Mittra and Ritwick Chakraborty. " ...

Rediff.com's film critic Raja Sen, who has written the dialogues for the zombie-comedy Go Goa Gone, tell us why Saif Ali Khan's character is such a gamechanger.From the very first time I read an early draft of the Go Goa Gone script, I've been telling anyone within earshot to watch out for Saif Ali Khan, declaring that this film could be his Tropic Thunder.With the film a day away from release, perhaps I should clarify that comparison with the epic comedy: He might be the actor-producer, but ...

Three-time World champion Sebastian Vettel, says Raja Sen, needs to make his way up the grid in a year where Ferrari looks nearly invincible, and the Lotus cars are blindingly fast. On a racetrack, you don’t always race the guy in front of you. Formula One is a highly strategic sport and often you might be racing the guy three places behind you, because the two guys ahead of and the two guys behind you are on a different strategy and have to make a pitstop, one you’ve already made.

As Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino turns 50, Raja Sen comes up with a light-hearted write-up on what would happen if the director decided to make the Bible no less.I always picture Quentin Tarantino as holding a fountain pen like one would a samurai sword, poised over a foolscap sheet, dripping with righteous fury.The strokes would be mercurial and defiant, badly spelt brilliance creating wordpictures unlike any we’ve seen before. Pictures that pay tribute while surpassing the old, ...

'Self-importance and egos were thrown aside as a dazzling assemblage of Hindi movie directors arrived at the venue, more than a half hour ahead of the scheduled time...' 'It was fascinating to see all of Hindi cinema represented in one hotel ballroom... The assemblage was magnificent -- from Shyam Benegal to Anurag Kashyap to Abbas-Mastan to Gauri Shinde to Rajkumar Hirani...' Raja Sen was present at an evening not to be forgotten. It all began with a glass of water. We all have our own ...

Tigmanshu Dhulia's Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns is better, sharper and more assured than the prequel, writes Raja Sen.The title means nothing, you know. Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster was fine, cheeky and homage-y but this added Returns, a grammatically incorrect English word at the end of a Hindi title? (Instead of, say, Saheb Biwi Aur Doosra Gangster?) It is this anything-goes approach that carries itself on to the opening credits -- with oddly tacky graphics of tossed coins and guns, ...

The 85th annual Academy Awards may have ended on an unprecendented note with Ben Affleck picking up the biggest award of the night (Best Picture) for his espionage drama Argo. But all didn't go well during the show. From Seth MacFarlane's misogynistic jokes to the poorly-written show itself, it could very well have become a snooze-fest if it wasn't THE awards show of the year. Hated/liked the show? Join film critic Raja Sen as he deconstructs the show at length with Rediff readers from 4 ...

The Fast And The Furious 6 is a film without heart but with a whole lot of sparkle, and even more volume, says Raja Sen.There are clearly varying schools of thought regarding just how much sense the modern Hollywood boom-boom blockbuster is allowed to make: Sam Mendes, for example, takes a 007 film like Skyfall and tries to make it smart and taut; Michael Bay takes his Transformers films and keeps making the explosions louder and the shorts worn by his heroine even shorter. Christopher Nolan ...