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May 01, 2024, 02:08:03 AM
| Filmfare Awards | 2008 | Won | Best Actor Award | Shah Rukh Khan |
| Filmfare Awards | 2008 | Won | Best Cinematographer Award | Sudhip Chatterjee |
| Filmfare Awards | 2008 | Nominated | Best Director Award | Shimit Amin |
| Filmfare Awards | 2008 | Won | Best Editing Award | Amitabh Shukla |
| Filmfare Awards | 2008 | Nominated | Best Movie Award | |
| Filmfare Awards | 2008 | Nominated | Best Supporting Actress Award | Shilpa Shukla |
| Filmfare Awards | 2008 | Won | Critics Award for Best Movie | |
| IIFA Awards | 2008 | Won | Best Actor | Shah Rukh Khan |
| IIFA Awards | 2008 | Won | Best Director | Shimit Amin |
| IIFA Awards | 2008 | Won | Best Movie |
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My Thoughts:
I guess I first have to stress the fact, that there are no song and dance numbers in this one. Seems to be important for some people 
If you enjoy movies about underdog sports teams, I think you will enjoy this one. It's about the Indian national women's hockey team. Interesting about it are the difficulties they are facing. For one thing they have to fight for their place because in India women are not supposed to be playing hockey but are supposed to be housewives. The other big issue is, that these women come from different parts of India. Not only do the character clash, but the trainer also has to deal with the cultural prejudices the team members have against each other. So the movie is more serious than similar movies I know.
Shah Rukh Khan stars as the trainer. He did a great job. He plays it rather low key, which is not something I know SRK to do.
I am usually do not like to watch sports games, but I have to admit that I was on the edge of my seat in the final match of this movie.
Rating:
(From Tom's Random Reviews on June 9th, 2010)
Member's Reviews
Baraka, a review by Danae Cassandra
Baraka
Year of Release: 1992
Directed By: Ron Fricke
Starring: Humanity
Genre: Documentary
Overview:
In the ancient Sufi language, it is a word that translates to 'the thread that weaves life together.' In the pantheon of modern cinema, it remains one of the most unique and acclaimed motion picture events of our time. Shot in breathtaking 70mm in 24 countries on six continents, BARAKA is a transcendent global tour that explores the sights and sounds of the human condition like nothing you've ever seen or felt before. These are the wonders of a world without words, viewed through man and nature's own prisms of symmetry, savagery, chaos and harmony.
My Thoughts:
If ever a movie should be called poetic, this is that movie. This is most a work of art, a creation of tone, image, and theme. It is also stunningly, magnificently beautiful.
Humanity reaches for, longs for, a spiritual connection. Perhaps it is found in religion, perhaps in community, perhaps in nature. But our commodified civilization, and humanity's cruelty (to each other, to other creatures, to nature) drive us away from each other and further from true spiritual connection.
A film everyone ought to see, yet a film that is not for everyone. A moving, powerful composition, meditative, forceful, simple and profound.
Bechdel Test: Not Applicable
Overall: 5/5
(From Within My (Mom's) Lifetime Marathon on March 8th, 2015)
Member's TV Reviews
Firefly Marathon, a review by Tom
14. Objects in Space
Writer: Joss Whedon (Writer)
Director: Joss Whedon
Cast: Nathan Fillion (Mal), Gina Torres (Zoe), Alan Tudyk (Wash), Morena Baccarin (Inara), Adam Baldwin (Jayne), Jewel Staite (Kaylee), Sean Maher (Simon), Summer Glau (River), Ron Glass (Shepherd Book), Richard Brooks (Jubal Early)
A great final episode. Finally River really gets to shine. It's sad that the series did not continue.
Rating:
(From Firefly Marathon on March 9th, 2010)