IFFLA reviews: SHAZAMmmmm -- Taken for a ride!

"Taken for a ride" --

... is the perfect summing up of this celluloid debacle which some of the unenlightened masses will probably enjoy. Read the Comic Book and forget the picture.

However, I saw  an amazingly good tongue in cheek Indian thriller last night, entitled "Blindly" -- about a blind piano virtuoso who isn't really blind  and stumbles into a series of killings he pretends not to see, with a most gorgeous older actress with the intriguing name of TABU.

She and the director were there to discuss the film on stage after the screening.

Tabu is an Indian actress. She has mainly acted in Hindi films, though she has also starred in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi and Bengali-language films, as well as one American film. She has won the National Film Award for Best Actress twice, and holds the record for the most wins of Filmfare's Critics Award for Best Female Performer, with four. With few exceptions, she is best known for acting in artistic, low-budget films that go on to garner more critical appreciation than substantial box-office figures. Her appearances in commercially successful films were few, and her parts in these films were small, such as Border (1997), Saajan Chale Sasural (1996), Biwi No. 1 (1999) and Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United (1999). Her most notable performances include Maachis (1996), Virasat (1997), Hu Tu Tu (1999), Astitva (2000), Chandni Bar (2001), Maqbool (2003) and Cheeni Kum (2007). Her leading role in Mira Nair's American film Un nom pour un autre (2006) also drew major praise.



Regarded as one of the most talented Indian actresses of her generation, Tabu is known to be selective about her film roles. She was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, in 2011 by the Government of India for her contributions towards the arts.

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By Alex Deleon