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Cricket and Movies
Wed, May 03 2017
Satyajit Ray: Cricket connections of the legend
Satyajit Ray, India's most celebrated filmmaker. shared a deep connection with the gentleman's game.
Sun, February 28 2016
When Catherine Zeta-Jones made her way into Wisden
It was no mean feat to achieve, as the distance was estimated at 150 yards.
Mon, February 29 2016
Cricket at Academy Awards? Tim Rice acknowledges Denis Compton in his Oscar speech
Tim Rice, along with Elton John, received the award for Best Music for Lion King in 1995.
Sun, September 20 2015
If Woody Allen wrote the screenplay of movies on cricket
Woody Allen, born December 1, 1935, is one of the most prolific and brilliant actor-directors of the modern era. However, of all his films, only ‘What’s New Pussycat’ mentions the game with some amount of significance — when Peter O’Toole visits his psychiatrist Peter Sellers, and is asked by the latter: “Cricket, is there any sex in it?” As the legend turns 78, Arunabha Sengupta tries to simulate parts of two screenplays that might have resulted had the master made films about the game.
Mon, January 04 2016
1938 Ashes and Alfred Hitchcock
The Alfred Hitchcock movie that coincided with an Ashes Test.
Thu, January 21 2016
Charles Aubrey Smith: Amazing transition from sightscreen to silver screen
C Aubrey Smith led England in the only Test he played. He was also a hugely respected Hollywood character-actor, and created the Hollywood Cricket Club.
Mon, February 15 2016
New Zealand spectators generate sound effects for Lord of the Rings battle scene
The match was largely insipid, but... it provided the sound for the Battle of Helm's Deep, when the orcs of Uruk-Hai clashed against the Rohirrim.
Sun, September 14 2014
Howzat! Kerry Packer’s War – All the ingredients of a classic cricket movie
Three and a half decades after the sensational events kick-starting World Series Cricket, Nine Network has produced a mini-series that recreates the drama that split the cricket world into two. Arunabha Sengupta takes a look at the cast, crew and technology that has gone into the four hour action which has all the ingredients to become a classic cricket movie.
Sun, August 24 2014
A documentary on India’s epic triumph in the 2011 World Cup and the passion of Indian cricket fans
Cricket and the passion for it is the river that runs through the India.