Leonardo Da Vinci once said, “Water is the driving force of all nature.”

Since its very origin, mankind has been destructive towards its own parent – Mother Nature. In its quest to become the greatest of all living beings on the planet, mankind has and is bent upon extinguishing Mother Nature’s precious resources – water, being one of the most vital of them.

It may not be wise to say that the modern man is doing nothing towards the cause of preserving water.

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Bengali cinema is going through a transitional phase made possible by an expanse of talented directors, cinematographers, and equally competent actors. The Bengali film industry, at present, is centred on issues that would have been considered unimportant, rather bold, and not worth investing in by previous commercial filmmakers.

The need for this new type of cinema was felt when the audiences started rejecting the same old formula films that were previously popular among the masses.

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The Godfather Trilogy directed by Francis Ford Coppola, is regarded as a classic cinematic masterpiece by film critics all over the world. The first film of the series was released in the year 1972 and is regarded as the best of the entire trilogy. The next two films were released because of the huge success of the first part and are considered equally important by film critics.

Based on Mario Puzo’s novel “The Godfather”, the trilogy traces the rise of the Italian family, the Corleones, in America.

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Do you ever feel like your life lacks direction and you’re an aimless wanderer in the middle of a vast desert? If your answer to that question is no, then, you need to think again. And, for those of you who have felt like clueless souls at some point or the other in your life, pat your back for thy truthful soul. So, what do you do on such gloomy days? For all you dispirited souls out there, I would recommend sitting down with a steaming hot cup of coffee and indulging and maybe even over-indulging, in the beautiful and vast world of MOVIES.

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Gus Van Sant has the ability to create something extraordinary out of the ordinary. Themes such as family, isolation, homosexuality, ambition, and death recur time and again in his movies but, what sets him apart from the rest is his ability to transform the movie making process with his own expressive imagination and elements like dark humour, thereby surprising the audiences at every step. Gus Van Sant can be described as a complex filmmaker because of his deliberate and constant switching between mainstream Hollywood and art house cinema.

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There are movies that compel us to search our soul, to find within ourselves, those little things that make us truly complete and content. In order to embark on such a self exploratory journey, one needs inspiration and the right amount of determination. Movies grant us the power of imagination and thereby, providing us with hope and inspiration. In today’s fast paced world, people seldom set aside time for themselves. All they need is a little push in order to see things differently.

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