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1920 London | |
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Directed by | Tinu Suresh Desai |
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Written by | |
Screenplay by | Sukhmani Sadana |
Story by | Vikram Bhatt |
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Cinematography | Prakash Kutty |
Edited by | Kuldeep Mehan |
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Running time | 117 minutes[1] |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹ 12 crore[2] |
Box office | ₹ 23 crore[3] |
1920 London is an Indian horror film directed by Tinu Suresh Desai. It is the third installment in the 1920 (film series),[4] after 1920 and 1920: The Evil Returns. The film stars Sharman Joshi, Meera Chopra, and Vishal Karwal in lead roles. The film managed to recover its cost and became a moderate success but it couldn't repeat the success of its previous installments, still it was followed by another installment titled 1921.
Plot[edit]
The film opens with the life of Shivangi, the princess of a royal house in Sikar, Rajasthan, now living in London with her husband Kunwar Veer Singh. They are a happy couple until one day when Veer develops a minor illness that soon flares up into a disease, shriveling his body and shrinking his head. Veer is hospitalized and his symptoms worsen - his body begins to contort unnaturally and he begins growling in strange languages. The doctors seem to diagnose it as tetanus, which is incurable. Shivangi is frightened; Veer is just not the same and Shivangi's handmaiden, Kesar Ma deems it black magic.
Kesar Ma thinks it is because Veer's father, the King, had two wives and the second wife wanted Veer, the heir, out of the way. The film moves to Rajasthan, where Shivangi and her family visit an exorcist for Veer's condition. This exorcist attempts to confront the witch by entering the other realm, through a mirror, but is soon thrown out, too powerless for the witch. The exorcist refers the King to the most powerful spiritual master in the land, Mewar Baba, also known as Jai Singh Gujjar.
Shivangi shudders on hearing about Jai. She was deeply in love with Jai some years ago. Her uncle saw them together and tried to blackmail the helpless and beautiful Shivangi into sleeping with him. Jai stepped in between and fought off the uncle who promptly reported the matter to the King. Jai was charged with attempted murder. Shivangi inexplicably stood as witness against Jai and Jai was ultimately sent to jail for five years. Shivangi contacts Jai to help her save her husband. Jai flatly refuses but Shivangi pleads and persuades him to help, and Jai finally agrees to come to London.
Jai investigates the matter and discovers that Veer's troubles began upon receiving a strange amulet as a gift from an unknown admirer in Rajasthan. The amulet transmitted the witch demon into Veer. Jai prepares Shivangi into reciting a spiritual chant to bind the witch to their mansion so Jai can throw the locket into the Thames river, thereby freeing Veer. Shivangi maintains the chant over the witch's attempt to thwart it and Jai finishes the task. However, it is revealed that the amulet and the witch were actually dispatched by Jai, and as he prepares to leave London, Shivangi confronts him, asking him how he knew the source of the amulet. Jai admits his vengeance saying that he wanted Veer dead. Shivangi reveals why she had betrayed him many years ago: When their affair was revealed, the King had ordered Jai killed. Shivangi had begged for his life and it was granted for the price of her betrayal. Now guilty and dismayed, Jai resolves to stay in London and free Veer from the witch.
Jai prepares his final assault on the witch. Jai invokes his own spiritual master through a letter. The master chastises Jai for acting in haste and then regretfully says that the witch will not leave without taking a soul. The master directs Jai to an abandoned church where he receives a set of charmed Celtic daggers. Jai prepares a charm to attack the witch. He enters the witch's realm through a mirror and recovers the amulet. The witch attacks ferociously and is about to stop Shivangi when Jai smashes the mirror, closing the portal and trapping himself in the realm, so Shivangi can burn the amulet and free her husband. Shivangi sees Jai smile peacefully from a last shattered piece of the mirror before it breaks as Veer comes to life. Some weeks later, Veer and Shivangi find the letter of correspondence between Jai and his master. Jai had offered his soul so Veer could be freed. Veer is touched and places Jai's photograph upon his mantelpiece as the film ends.
Cast[edit]
- Sharman Joshi as Jai Singh Gujar
- Meera Chopra as Shivangi
- Vishal Karwal as Veer Singh
- Meenal Kapoor as Witch
- Gajendra Chauhan as Tantrik
- Sushmita Mukherjee as Kesar Maa
- Surendra Pal as (Raja) Shivangi's father
Critical reception[edit]
The film was panned by the critics.Koimoi.com gave the film 1.5/5 stars and wrote, 'Where do we start? A lazy writing, poor direction and an even more unconvincing act!'[5] Mohar Basu of The Times of India gave the film 1/5 stars and wrote,'There isn't an inkling of innovative thinking in the third installment of the 1920 series. The best thing that can be said about it is that it will remain one of the year's funniest films'.[6] Soumyata of Bollywood Life, also gave 1.5/5 stars to the film and wrote, 'While film had a good twist post interval, it wasn't surprising. Except for the gender reversal, as here the wife is saving the husband, the plot is similar to the first 1920 film, Needless to say, the latest entry in the 1920 series disappoints big time, with Sharman Joshi being the only saving grace, Watch the film only if you don't have anything else to do'.[citation needed]
Manjusha of Gulf News gave 1.5/5 to the film and wrote,'Vikram Bhatt exhausts every cliche that has been regurgitated in Bollywood love stories. Corny dialogues such as 'we will live together and die together' and sappy songs with lovers dancing around in picturesque locations will make you nauseous. While the first few scenes in which evil spirit unleashes her fury are startling, it gets tiring'[citation needed].
Music[edit]
1920 London | |
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Soundtrack album by Shaarib-Toshi, and Kaushik-Akash for JAM8 | |
Released | 21 April 2016 |
Genre | Feature Film Soundtrack |
Length | 26:31 |
Label | T-Series, Saregama |
Singles from 1920 London | |
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The music for 1920 London is composed by Shaarib-Toshi, and JAM8. The first song 'Gumnaan Hai Koi' which was a recreated version of the original song from the 1965 film Gumnaam was released on 9 April 2016. The music rights of the film are acquired by T-Series except the 'Gumnaam' song which is bought by Saregama.[7] The full music album was released on 21 April 2016.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | 'Gumnaam Hai Koi' | Kunal Verma | Kaushik-Akash for JAM8 | Jubin Nautiyal, Antara Mitra | 4:25 |
2. | 'Aaj Ro Len De' | Shaarib-Toshi, Kalim Sheikh | Shaarib-Toshi | Shaarib Sabri | 4:46 |
3. | 'Aafreen' | Prashant Ingole | Kaushik & Akash for JAM8 | K.K, Antara Mitra | 3:45 |
4. | 'Tujhko Mein' | Azim Shirazi | Shaarib-Toshi | Shaan | 4:43 |
5. | 'Rootha Kyun' | Azim Shirazi | Shaarib-Toshi | Mohit Chauhan, Payal Dev | 5:02 |
6. | 'Aafreen (2nd Version)' | Prashant Ingole | Kaushik-Akash for JAM8 | Sreeram, Antara Mitra | 3:49 |
Total length: | 26:31 |
Sequel[edit]
A sequel of the film was announced in June 2016 by the makers. The film was titled 1921 and was released in 2018.
References[edit]
- ^'1920 LONDON (15)'. British Board of Film Classification. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^http://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3275
- ^'1920 London Box Office Earnings'. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^'1920 London to release by February-March 2016: Meera Chopra'. indiatimes.com.
- ^Redkar, Surabhi. '1920 London Review'. Koimoi.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^Basu, Mohar. '1920 London Movie Review'. The Times of India. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^'Gumnaam Hai Koi (From '1920 London') - Single by Jubin Nautiyal & Antara Mitra on iTunes'. iTunes Store. 15 April 2016.
External links[edit]
- 1920 London at Bollywood Hungama
- 1920 London on IMDb
- 1920 London at Rotten Tomatoes
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Proteus | |
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Manufacturer | E-mu |
Technical specifications | |
Polyphony | up to 128 voices |
Timbrality | up to 128 notes |
Oscillator | Digital |
Synthesis type | Sample-based synthesis |
Input/output |
Two Proteus modules, the Xtreme Lead-1 and the Mo-Phatt, sit atop an Akai multi-track recorder, together forming a system typical of Hip hop production
The E-mu Proteus was a range of digital sound modules and keyboards manufactured by E-mu Systems in the late twentieth century.
History[edit]
E-mu Systems came to prominence in the early 1980s with their relatively affordable Emulatorsampler, and subsequently pioneered sample-based synthesis technology with the Proteus range. Unlike the true synthesiser, sample-based equipment does not derive its raw sounds from electronic oscillators but from recorded sounds held in read-only memory (ROM) chips. These sounds may then be layered, filtered, modulated by low frequency oscillation and shaped by envelopes. However, unlike a true sampler, such devices do not allow the user to record sounds but instead offer a range of factory sounds suitable for any given use. This type of sound production dominated electronic music production for several years in the late 20th century. The exclusive license for re-formatting and managing historical E-MU Proteus sound content has been acquired by Digital Sound Factory.
Models[edit]
The Proteus range was developed into several models, some differing from each other only by the sound banks they contained, which were optimised for different purposes. However, since most allowed four ROM chips to be mounted, and these chips were available separately, real differences might be simply cosmetic. The available ROM chips included the Composer, a work-horse set of sounds useful for popular music production, three orchestral ROMs, the Vintage Keys collection of electric organs, pianos and classic synthesisers, a chip dedicated to the Hammond organ and a drum ROM as well as the Orbit and Mo-Phatt collections, aimed at dance and urban genres and the Xtreme Lead, optimised for monophonic synthesiser soloing. The original Proteus trilogy contains 192 patches each (Proteus 1, Proteus 2 and Proteus 3). However, they could be also upgraded by obtaining XR versions, having extra read-only memory (ROM) for more sound patches, that would have 384 each.
Proteus 1 Pop/Rock (1989) |
Proteus 1 XR (1989) |
Proteus 1 Plus Orchestral (1990) |
Proteus 2 Orchestral (1990) |
Proteus 2 XR (1990) |
Proteus 3 World (1991) |
Proteus 3 XR (1991) |
Pro/Cussion (1991) |
Proteus FX (1994)[1] |
Planet Phatt [Hip-Hop] (1997) Orbit [Techno/Electronica] (1996) |
Xtreme Lead-1 [Techno/Electronica] (2000) Mo'Phatt [Hip-Hop] (2000) Turbo Phatt [Hip-Hop] (2002) |
Internals of an ORBIT V2 with its beat mode:
Though the Proteus was mainly known as a keyboardless MIDI sound module, E-mu also marketed the Proteus MPS (Master Performance System), a 61-key keyboard version of the Proteus module.
Proteus 2000[edit]
E-mu Proteus 2000 (1998)
The Proteus 2000 released in 1999 was a 1U rack sound module based on Audity 2000 released in 1998. It contained many 'bread and butter' sounds,[2] among just over a thousand waves utilising 32 megabytes of ROM. It featured up to 128 voice polyphony and 32-part multi-timbrality.[3] It could be expanded with slots for three additional sound ROM cards. A cheaper Proteus 1000 model was also introduced with the same soundset and ROM but only 64 voice polyphony and fewer individual sound outputs. The Proteus 2000 also has Protozoa ROM expansions that contain the first 128 patches of the original Proteus trilogy that were faithfully re-mastered digitally from scratch that could be purchased to add onto the module, consisting a total of 384 patches of up to 16 MB of memory.
Proteus 2500[edit]
This 4U rack model was designed to function as a rack-mounted, front-panel-programmable sound source. It was equipped with sixteen multi-function pads and the same number of programmable knobs and had an onboard sequencer.
Launch-Pad controller for Orbit in 1996 may be a forerunner of Command Station
Command Station[edit]
In 2001 the Proteus line of modules was repackaged in the form of a line of tabletop units, the XL7 and MP7 Command Stations, broadly similar to the rack-mounted 2500 in features but featuring touch-sensitive pads suitable for recording drum patterns.
MK-6/PK-6/Halo[edit]
E-mu PK-6 (Pop/Rock) - 2001
In 2001-2002, E-mu/Ensoniq released a trio of entry-level keyboards, essentially the keyboard versions of the Proteus 2500 module. The E-mu MK-6, XK-6, PK-6 and Ensoniq Halo featured the same 61-key keyboard and controls layout, but slightly different soundset.
Software editor[edit]
prodatum[4] is a cross-platform software editor for the Proteus 1000/2000, Command Stations and keyboard versions. prodatum is free software.
Proteum[5] is a free Windows software editor for Proteus and Command Stations.
OS updates[edit]
Since Creative withdrew their provision of historical OS updates and manuals for most of the older E-Mu gear sometime around August 2011,[6] many of these files have been made available elsewhere, such asSynth Gear Docs Archive and the E-Mu Legacy Archive.
Notable users[edit]
The following artists have used an E-mu Proteus series sampler in their recordings.
- Andrew McCrourie-Shand used Proteus 2 Orchestral and Proteus 3 World for Teletubbies.
- Eric Serra used Proteus 2 Orchestral for the Infinite One patch (Patch #86) to make a deep low octave sound effect for the Goldeneye film. [7]
- Mark Snow known for utilizing the Whistl'n Joe instrument patch (Patch #125) for The X-Files theme. [8][9]
- Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell used Proteus 1, 2, 3, and 2000 along with the Virtuoso 2000 for the soundtracks between Seasons 3 to 7 of the children's television series Thomas & Friends.
and more...
References[edit]
- 'Product History'. E-MU Systems. Archived from the original on 2011-08-09.
- ^'Emu Proteus FX'. Sound On Sound. May 1994. Archived from the original on 8 June 2015.
- ^'The Ultimate Sequel?'. Sound on Sound. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ^'Proteus 2000 Operations Manual'(PDF). E-mu Systems. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ^'prodatum'. Jan Eidtmann. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
- ^'proteum'. Keith Young. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ^'yahoo group post'. steve the composer. Retrieved 2011-11-09.
- ^''GoldenEye Sound.wav' by stringly'.
- ^'How The 'X Files' Composer Made TV's Creepiest Theme Song, Partly By Accident'. motherboard.vice.com. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
- ^'The X-Files composer Mark Snow talks creating one of the most recognizable sci-fi theme songs of all time'. syfy.com. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
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