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The result was keep. Liz Read! Talk! 04:38, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
The Gang (film)
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Appears to fail WP:NFILM . No reviews found in a BEFORE. PROD removed, but User has now added source to it but not a reliable source PravinGanechari ( talk) 21:36, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. PravinGanechari ( talk) 21:36, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
- Keep. Per
Wikipedia:Notability (films), the two main aspects are Independence and Reliability. Reviews are only in other sources of notability. This
source from
The New Indian Express talks a lot about the film's production, and the talks about the film fourteen years after it was released. Which source is unreliable?
Screen (magazine) and
The Indian Express (The New Indian Express broke away from them) are considered reliable per here (
Wikipedia:WikiProject Film/Indian cinema task force).
Mathrubhumi is a well known Malayalam newspaper. Have opened discussions
here and
here. Note that reviews for old films are hard to find via Google and only can be accessed through newspaper archives if it has been archived.
DareshMohan (
talk) 22:15, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
- Hi
DareshMohan Sir , It is a good thing if there is a consensus. There is information in these three sources in this way, Senior Editor, you decide whether to keep it or delete.
The Indian Express >
The film was The Gang. During the shoot, at Kochi, Vani suddenly panicked about whether she would get paid. So she sent a message to Baburaj, who was the producer. Immediately, he provided the payment. But that same evening, Baburaj called Vani and said, “I need some money urgently. So can you give it back? I promise that I will pay it tomorrow morning.”
Mathrubhumi >My first action movie was director Baburaj’s “The Gang.” However, my role in movie ‘Independence’ was more appreciated. Babuvettan used to tell that Vani is ready to do anything once the director says ‘action.’That was true. ‘Start-Action-Camera’ was like a mantra to me. Once it says ‘action’, I was ready to do all types of acrobatics and smash the doors and glasses. This had also created a lot of trouble to me. I had met with numerous accidents during film shootings. Now, when I think of doing action roles, I start to worry about my children. Even a slight pain in the knee makes me nervous
Screen (magazine)>The Gang - William' crime-thriller, CINEMATOGRAPHER J Williams has directed a film in Malayalam titled The Gang, an investigative thriller set against the backdrop of the popular beach resort, Kovalam. A drug racket run by a foreigner on the beach with the help of locals and a coast guard forms the crux of the film. Vani Viswanath, Suvarna, Steffi and a hoard of villains form the cast of the film. Being made under the banner of Cochin Films, Baburaj has penned the film.
PravinGanechari ( talk) 23:27, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
- Hi
DareshMohan Sir , It is a good thing if there is a consensus. There is information in these three sources in this way, Senior Editor, you decide whether to keep it or delete.
The Indian Express >
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Film and India. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 22:18, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
- Feels weird to paste all the content here, but it is okay I guess. The New Indian Express source also included this at the beginning:
One day, in October, 1998, Vani Viswanath got a call at her home in Chennai. The director J Williams wanted to come and narrate a story. Vani said yes. But when Williams arrived, he was accompanied by Mollywood villain Baburaj. Vani assumed that Williams would be narrating the story, but it turned out to be Baburaj who had written the script. Vani thought to herself, ‘Does he have the capacity to narrate a story?’ But Vani got a surprise. “When he began speaking, I stopped listening to the story and was taken up by the way he was talking, the gestures he was making, and the smile on his face,” says Vani. “He was speaking in a much better way than most scriptwriters. I decided to say yes, just because of the way Baburaj was telling the story.”
DareshMohan ( talk) 23:32, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
- Feels weird to paste all the content here, but it is okay I guess. The New Indian Express source also included this at the beginning:
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 21:58, 2 September 2022 (UTC)Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Star Mississippi 02:50, 10 September 2022 (UTC)Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Final relist. I think we need more than two editors in this discussion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 04:47, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
- Keep for the reasons editor DareshMohan gives. 5Q5| ✉ 10:37, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
- Keep per very good points raised by DareshMohan.-- SouthernNights ( talk) 17:24, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
- Keep for the reason noted by DareshMohan. Passes W P:NFILM. ZanciD ( talk) 17:42, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
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