What do Chris Gardner, Jordan Belfort, and Steve Jobs all have in common as entrepreneurs? The three have movies that are based on their success stories to get you motivated to venture into your field of interest. So grab your favourite snacks and tune in on your OTT platforms to watch the following movies below.
THE IMITATION GAME - Amitabh Ray, Former MD, Ericsson Global Services India, Author & Keynote Speaker
THE IMITATION GAME depicts Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest hours of World War II, as they race against time in a tense situation. The movie covers the major stages of Turing's life, from his unhappy boarding school years as a teenager to the triumph of his covert wartime work on the ground-breaking electromechanical "Bombe," which could decipher 3,000 Enigma-generated naval codes every day, to the tragedy of his post-war decline after being found guilty of an out-of-date criminal offense. You can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Apple TV and Vudu.
Accreditations
The screenplay for the movie came in first place on the 2011 Black List of the top unproduced Hollywood scripts. In August 2014, it made its international premiere at the 41st Telluride Film Festival. It was also screened at the 39th Toronto International Film Festival in September, where it was given the highest honor of the festival—the "People's Choice Award for Best Film"—and highlighted. In October, it had its European premiere as the 58th BFI London picture Festival's opening picture. On November 14 in the UK and November 28 in the US, it received a theatrical release.
Critic Reviews
The movie has received positive reviews from critics, who have praised Cumberbatch in particular for his lead role as Turing. The Imitation Game is an exceptionally well-made example of a prestige biopic.The movie received generally favorable reviews with a Metacritic score of 72 out of 100, based on reviews from 47 reviewers. The movie received an A + rating from market research company CinemaScore and was listed among the ‘Top 10 Films of 2014’ by the American Film Institute and National Board of Review.
Satyajit Ray’s Feluda Movies - Amitabh Ray, Former MD, Ericsson Global Services India, Author & Keynote Speaker
Satyajit Ray, an Indian-Bengali film director and writer, invented the detective media franchise Feluda, which centers on the persona Feluda. Feluda Satyajit Ray's famous fictional character was a detective or private investigator. Feluda appears in 35 Stories by Satyajit Ray. Topshe has been his helper since the first chapter. Topshe was Feluda's cousin as well. After Sonar Kella, Lal Mohan Babu continued to be present with Feluda at all times. Lal Mohan Babu joined Felu in the story.
TV Series
Sandip Ray directed the Feluda Teleseries, which was a Satyajit Ray production for Doordarshan. Feluda was portrayed by Sashi Kapoor, and Jatayu by Mohan Agashe. Sandip Ray produced several television series for Kolkata Doordarshan, including Satyajiter Gappo and Feluda 30. Saswata Chatterjee played Topshe, and Sabyasachi Chakraborty played Feluda. Jatayu was played by Robi Ghosh. With the same crew, Sandip Ray produced the Telefilm Baksha Rahasya. You can watch them now on Amazon and EROSNOW.
Radio
Feluda was also shown in AIR. Bakshya Rahosya, written by Satyajit Ray himself with a cast that included actors Soumitra Chatterjee, Siddhartha Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta, and others, was the first story ever produced on radio. With the same actors, Akashbani also made Darjeeling Jamjamat. With Sabyasachi, Parambrata, Bibhu Bhattacharya, Paran Bandopadhyay, and others, Sandip Ray later produced two additional dramas in 2007. The Radio Mirchi team also broadcast several Feluda tales in Sunday Suspense, a well-liked episode of their show.
The Big Short - Deb Dutta, General Manager—Asia Pacific & Japan, DataStax.
The Big Short is a 2015 Oscar-winning movie that is based on the best-selling book of the same name by author Michael Lewis. The Big Short, on the other hand, is a character-driven story that emphasizes the confused emotions of several guys (either actual or based on real people) who recognized the disaster well in advance in addition to the events leading up to the subprime mortgage meltdown. Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, and Christian Bale are the movie's main actors.
The Big Short, based on a non-fiction book by Michael Lewis, chronicles the real lives and actions of several financial-industry professionals in the mid-2000s—against the backdrop of the rise and then dramatic collapse of the real estate market. The film did change the names and other identifying details of some characters. You can watch it on Netflix and Disney+Hotstar.
A Novelistic Approach
The Big Short uses an innovative aesthetic approach: It frequently breaks up its narrative with cameos from real-life authorities and celebrities who use everyday terminology and examples to illustrate complicated financial instruments and procedures.
The Big Short is widely praised for its lively, inventive, and occasionally funny portrayal of Wall Street greed and the complex circumstances that led to The Great Recession, despite some criticism.
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL - Vidya Basarkod, Managing Director, India & Director, Ramboll Engineering Center
A fable of a father's love for his wife and son in the middle of the Holocaust, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL is an Oscar winner for Best Actor and Best Foreign Film. Roberto Benigni, the writer and director, plays a Chaplin-like guy who seduces a lovely teacher by weaving a world of mild magic around them. Benigni's family is then taken to a detention camp, including his wife and child. He creates a complex dream in which they are competing in a very difficult competition for the chance to win the grand prize—a genuine tank—in order to shield his son's heart. You can watch it on Amazon Prime Video.
Accolades
The movie earned over $230 million internationally, with $57.6 million of that coming from the US, making it the second-highest-grossing foreign-language movie in the country (after Crouching Tiger, Hidden Tiger). One of the highest-grossing non-English movies of all time is Dragon. The movie was ranked among the top five foreign films of 1998 by the National Board of Review. The movie earned nine David di Donatello Awards—including Best Picture—and five Nastro d'Argento Awards in Italy. It also took home the Grand Prix at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. He was the first non-English male lead actor and won two European Film Awards, three Academy Awards, including Best Foreign Language Film.
Sherlock Holmes - Siddharth Dialani, Co-Founder, BharatAgri
Sherlock Holmes, fictional character created by the Scottish writer Arthur Conan Doyle. In particular, Holmes’s uncanny ability to gather evidence based upon his honed skills of observation and deductive reasoning paralleled Bell’s method of diagnosing a patient’s disease. His detecting abilities become clear, though no less amazing, when explained by his companion, Dr. John H. Watson, who recounts the criminal cases they jointly pursue. You can watch it on Amazon, Google Play, Vudu, and IVA.
Accolades
Winner of the 2012 Edgar Allan Poe Awards.
Best Critical/Biographical Category.
Mystery Writers of America
Finalist for the 2012 Marfield Prize, The National Award for Arts Writing, Arts Club of Washington.
One of The Times Literary Supplement’s Books of the Year 2014, chosen by Joyce Carol Oates