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IF YOU DIDN'T SEE MEENAXI IN THEATRE YET, YOU MAY NEVER SEE IT'S CURRENT VERSION. YOU MAY NEVER BE ABLE TO SEE IT??



Hussain stops Meenaxi screening throughout India

http://www.indiafm.com/scoop/04/apr/160 ... ndex.shtml

M.F.Hussain has given out immediate orders and asked his only distributor Yash Chopra to stop the screening of his recent film “Meenaxi” throughout the country.

The problem erupted when the All-India Ulema Council demanded an immediate ban on the current chartbuster qawalli track “Noor-un-ala-noor” from Hussain's film penned by Hussain himself. The council secretary grudged that the phrase Noor-un-ala-noor meaning 'light and more light' is used in the holy Quran to praise the Prophet Mohammed. But Hussain has used the phrase to illustrate the beauty of women in his film, which has hurt the religious sentiments of the community. They had even filed a complaint with the Mumbai police and had asked them to take stringent action failing which they will protest against the song and the film.

Hussain who seems to be quite disturbed by all this claimed that since he didn't make the artistic film to earn moolah, he has withdrawn it from the cinema halls. “My reaction to something like this is that I withdraw the film”, is all what Hussain has to say.


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:wink: Watch on DVD then coming out today!

btw..meenaxi didnt work for hussain, but did work for yrf, gajagamini dvd is hiked in price, sold out, almost all over!

:twisted: Why DID on the EARTH, I recommended??? :bangbang:


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http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/m/main_page_news/248/

Husain to release 'Meenaxi' again
By IANS
Apr 22, 2004, 14:24

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Mumbai, Apr 22 (IANS) Trust M.F. Husain. After withdrawing his film "Meenaxi" following protests from some Muslim groups, he is now planning to release it again.

In an interview with IANS, Husain said the controversy - "a small misunderstanding" - had been sorted out.

"I will release the movie again. When you withdraw the movie then there is always more interest in it as you have kept people thirsty," he said.

"The media got all the material it wanted. The movie ran for almost three good weeks, which I personally did not expect.

"Yash Raj Films, which released the film, started with 12 prints but the demand was so huge that they had to release 40 prints. I don't think three weeks is a bad deal, it is quite decent deal. "

The film starring Tabu was withdrawn after some Muslim groups said a song in "Meenaxi" hurt their religious sentiments.

"The issue has been sorted out and settled. Whenever this movie is released again, whether it is DVD, satellite or overseas, there will be no alteration in the song. We have no plans to remove that song from the movie - it stays," he says.

Husain says he plans to release "Meenaxi" in May in the overseas market, especially in the US, Middle East and Britain.

He says another of his film projects is already being scripted. "I like experimenting with cinema. "Gajagamini" and then "Meenaxi" were very different subjects, but now I don't want to touch those kinds of subjects.

"I would rather try comedy now. For my next film, I will have two or three lookalikes of Urmila (Matondkar). I have already discovered some matching faces," he says.

On Wednesday, the renowned painter launched his Graphics - Paris Suite collection at the Pictures & Frames art gallery here.

Graphics are usually created in a limited edition and each graphic is numbered and autographed by the artist to give it authenticity and originality. With the passage of time, graphics appreciate in value just as originals do.

Husain, 88, created 88 paintings -- 22 each in four different cities and called each Mumbai Suite, New Delhi Suite, Kolkata Suite and Paris Suite respectively.

He did these works in oil, a medium that he had not used for long. To do the Paris Suite, Hussain flew to the French capital in June 2003 and painted, savouring the ambience of his most favourite city.

"This is a collector's item. It is not something that can be produced in thousands. I thought since the middle class of India cannot afford to buy my paintings - I had to think of a more affordable approach so more people could enjoy my paintings."

He new collection ranges from Rs.3,000 to Rs.25,000.


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"The issue has been sorted out and settled. Whenever this movie is released again, whether it is DVD, satellite or overseas, there will be no alteration in the song. We have no plans to remove that song from the movie - it stays," he says.

Husain says he plans to release "Meenaxi" in May in the overseas market, especially in the US, Middle East and Britain.


I totally concur!! without that song!! already difficult to understand film will be MUTE!

After DVD release and releasing in mAY overseas!! ? I dont know what Hussain is thinking?

MEENAXI, has a HUGE 3 cities LANDSCAPE for HUSSAIN to PAINT/CREATE.m, while GAJA GAMINI was limited to 3-4 sets only!!

Hussian does not LOOSE even a single chance to DECORATE/PAINT his LANDSCAPE in his own style!!

NEW COMER..KUNAL is SIMPLY a DELIGHT to watch!


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Finally a SRK fan, YLTK guy!! TRASHES MEENAXI :nopity: :stupid:

Meenaxi
Producer: Culture of The Street Films
Director: M.F. Hussain
Starring: Tabu, Raghuvir Yadav, Kunal Kapoor, Nadira Babbar, Sadia Turabi, Sharat Saxena and Bharat Kapoor
Music:A.R. Rahman
Lyrics: Rahat Indori, M.F. Hussain, and Sukhwinder Singh

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Genre: Art-Film
Recommended Audience: Parental Guidance
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Released on: March, 2004
Reviewed by: Abid
Reviewer's Rating: 4.5 out of 10
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Cumulative Rating: 7.25 out of 10
Rated by: 2 unique users
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‘Meenaxi: Tale Of 3 Cities’ is the story of a renowned writer who runs out of ideas, half way through his new story. Nawab (Raghuvir Yadav) is a famous and popular novelist of Hyderabad and his problem is that he cannot write anymore as he has a mental block. A beautiful girl named Meenaxi (Tabu) enters the scene and acts as an inspiration for him. She even challenges him to write the story of her life and so Nawab weaves two stories, one against the backdrop of Hyderabad and the other, against the settings of Rajasthan´s Jaisalmer but Meenaxi finds them run of the mill.

He then writes the third story which is set in Prague, but he cannot give it the final shape as he gets confused. All the stories remain unrequited love stories, where the heroine remains confused in the end, along with the audience!

The stories are simple but bland and unexciting with little or no drama. The romance of the two main characters Meenaxi/Maria and Kunal/Kameshwar develops in the beautiful locations and amidst colorful well choreographed songs but the drama still remains very listless.

In the acting department, Tabu looks beautiful though a bit overweight and gives a good performance. However, she does falter in some places when trying to speak like an English woman in Prague. Raghuvir Yadav gives a tremendous performance and dominates the whole cast. Kunnal Kapoor has good personality and acts with confidence. Saagar Ishaan Arya, as Karanveer is ordinary and Nadira Babbar, Sadia Turabi, Sharat Saxena and Bharat Kapoor are adequate.

Director M.F. Husain has presented the three cities in the best of their cultural hues (for which equal credit must be given to the cameraman Santosh Sivan) but fails in presenting the unique script as a sensitive drama. A.R. Rahman´s music is rich most of the songs are good. ´Yeh Rishta’, ´Chinamma Chilgamma’ are good while the qawwali number ´ Noor-un-ala-noor´ is a masterpiece. The picturizations for all the songs are also quite colorful and visually appealing.

On the whole, ‘Meenaxi: A Tale Of 3 Cities ´ is too abstract even for the class audience and will fail commercially.


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I couldn't find Taran Adarsh's review, so here it is:

http://www.indiafm.com/reviews/04/meenaxi/index.shtml

Meenaxi

By Taran Adarsh

It's difficult to comprehend what MEENAXI is all about! Every film has a story to narrate, even if the tale being depicted happens to be hackneyed. Also, the maker ought to take care that the viewer deciphers the story that is being unraveled on screen.

Sadly, M.F. Husain's MEENAXI leaves you feeling cold. The film does claim to have a story, but one presumes only Husain would be able to perceive what he intends conveying. For an avid Hindi film cinegoer, MEENAXI speaks a language that's more difficult to understand than say Russian and Spanish.

But, yes, the only purpose MEENAXI would serve after its release is increase the tourism in Rajasthan to an extent. That's it!

Nawab [Raghvir Yadav], a popular novelist of Hyderabad, is suffering from the classic case of a writer's block. Five years have elapsed. Stories of substance seem to have dried up.

Almost providentially, Nawab comes across Meenaxi [Tabu] at a qawwali ceremony. The young woman is enigmatic and individualistic. She's not quite willing to perform the part of a passive muse.

Meenaxi assumes different personae. She can be the mysterious perfume trader of Hyderabad, the exotic desert bloom of Jaisalmer and the orphaned Maria of Prague.

Inexorably, she consolidates her command over the novelist. She dismisses his renewed attempts at writing as insubstantial and hackneyed, plunging him into a state of deeper despair. She is scathingly critical about his story and is amused by one of the characters he creates, the lovelorn and awkward Kaameshwar [Kunnal Kapoor].

Nawab strives to start on a new page all over again. Meenaxi comments that perhaps the book is in vain. In any case, it is much too late. The writer must survive and live, if he can, without her support, inspiration and criticism.

MEENAXI is all about colors and visuals. With noted painter M.F. Husain in the director's seat yet again [after that fiasco called GAJA GAMINI], you expect the director to have learned a lesson or two about weaving magic on the silver screen. Unfortunately, MEENAXI is akin to a beautiful Husain creation without a soul!

It's difficult to fathom as to what the story is in the first place. When the famous novelist starts putting his thoughts on paper, the film takes you to an imaginative world, but suddenly comes back to the writer and again goes back to the imaginative world.

In this entire exercise, the hapless viewer gets so confused that he starts believing that Tabu has a double role in the enterprise. There's nothing that demarks reality and make-believe.

The biggest flaw is the way Husain has worked on the characterizations. Why does Raghuvir Yadav choose Tabu is left unexplained. Why does he pick on a garage mechanic [Kunnal Kapoor] is also inexplicable.

With the story proving to be a big puzzle, all that the viewer gets to relish are some brilliant visuals. But Husain ought to know that luminous visuals don't make a film. It's the story that matters in the first place.

Film-making is a director's medium and perhaps Husain has no clue what the cinegoer in India looks for in a Hindi film. Yes, there're songs, but they crop up without situations warranting them. Yes, there's romance, but not the type that makes your heart beat faster.

A.R. Rahman's music is plain mediocre. The master composer is not in his element here. Santosh Sivan's cinematography is fabulous. Dialogues are poetic, but they tend to get philosophical at times. When spoken in chaste Urdu, the viewer would be at a loss to comprehend yet again!

Given the kind of roles, Tabu, Raghuvir Yadav and Kunnal Kapoor try hard to get going. Tabu has never looked so pretty ever. Draped in ethnic outfits, her looks stand out more than her performance. However, Tabu's Hyderabadi dialect is all trumps!

Raghuvir Yadav gives a decent account of himself, although his talent remains untapped in an enterprise like this. Debutante Kunnal Kapoor looks confident. Despite performing with seasoned performers, this newcomer holds his innings well.

Nadira Babbar is lovable. Sharat Saxena and Bharat Kapoor don't really get much scope.

On the whole, MEENAXI is a damp squib. At the box-office, its rejection by the classes as well as the masses is inevitable.

Rating:- *.



I'm no nuclear physicist, but I didn't find Meenaxi to be confusing. It is always clear which scenes are in the story and which are in real life. There are a few scenes where Raghuvir Yadav is interacting with the character in the stories, like in Prague, which I interpreted as him sort of discussing or struggling a bit with himself. It is not meant to be taken literally. But such cinematic metaphors are extremely rare in Indian cinema, where everything is spelled out for the viewers.

I think Adarsh's statement that "Film-making is a director's medium and perhaps Husain has no clue what the cinegoer in India looks for in a Hindi film" sums up his skewed outlook on films. He is judging Husain for not pandering to the audience. I suppose his head would explode if he ever saw a Luis Bunuel or David Lynch film!


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That explains DIFFERENCE between SMART/SENSIBLE and MORON!


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ONE NOTE:

MFHUSSAIN's DO KADAM AUR SAHI was announced with SUSHMITA SEN as MFHUSSAIN's next manzoor e nazar!

But Sushmita got HER SELF excused! and Film became MEENAXI and TABU took over!

Rest is HISTORY..!! IMAGINE! SUSHMITA in place of TABU in MEENAXI? what do u think?


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DragunR2 wrote:
I think Adarsh's statement that "Film-making is a director's medium and perhaps Husain has no clue what the cinegoer in India looks for in a Hindi film" sums up his skewed outlook on films. He is judging Husain for not pandering to the audience. I suppose his head would explode if he ever saw a Luis Bunuel or David Lynch film!


Adarsh proves time and again what happens when you are endowed with a pea sized brain and a mountain sized ego.....another person in the same league is Komal Nahata.....god help people that ever really care about these people's reviews....you know actually both these morons are a bunch of bean crunchers that believe they have it in them to make critiques about artistic endeavours. Sadly they have none of the abilities. Can someone take away their index fingers, please?


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i'm still trying to figure out why they see the need to say "this movie will achieve superhit status in <insert region of india here>. does a movie watcher really give a damn?


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theon wrote:
i'm still trying to figure out why they see the need to say "this movie will achieve superhit status in <insert region of india here>. does a movie watcher really give a damn?


I'm also puzzled by this. If you are a reviewer why do you care if the film flops and the producer hang himself. They should review the movie and not the box office earnings.


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spike86 wrote:
theon wrote:
i'm still trying to figure out why they see the need to say "this movie will achieve superhit status in <insert region of india here>. does a movie watcher really give a damn?


I'm also puzzled by this. If you are a reviewer why do you care if the film flops and the producer hang himself. They should review the movie and not the box office earnings.


I believe both Adarsh and Nahata come from a film distributor/exhibitor background. Which is why this huge hangup about being able to predict which movie can make it where. As I said, these guys are people that actually crunched numbers for generations and suddenly a college education somehow makes them think they can write knowledgeably about the creative aspects of story telling....sad !


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Finally got to watch this film. Undoubtedly one of the best films I've seen all year in any language. I personally feel it is Santosh Sivan's best work ever. The music finds A.R. Rahman at the peak of his creativity. (Taran Adarsh is plain stupid - nothing else)

My only gripe with the film is the ADR and foley sound effects. Sync sound would have made the film perfect. The ADR and foley is very unconvincing with no depth or atmosphere added to the studio recordings. Which is unusual considering that sound was under H. Sridhar's supervision. Maybe the sound was left to the last minute.

All in all, a very commendable effort from my favourite technicians and artists from the industry.


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I personally feel it is Santosh Sivan's best work ever.

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(Taran Adarsh is plain stupid - nothing else)


AMEN !


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