"You are watching the most advanced design and one of the fastest racing cars in the world. It's called the Mach 5. Watch it really go." The Great Plan was originally a two-part two-episode showing involving a neck-and-neck race down a volcano against the vile duo of Ace Ducey and "dirty driver" Duggery. The episode plays out in dramatic fashion with an epic conclusion of Speed shattering his own windshield with the iconic helmet and kicking Ace off the volcano en route to victory.
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If you're a fan of the Speed Racer cartoon and Speed Racer games Iron Monkey (www.enterthemonkey.com) and Blit Interactive (www.blitinteractive.com) has got a treat for you. Over at Shockwave.com you can find a racing simulator of that episode titled "Speed Racer - The Great Plan." With its simplicity in shape and control, merged with the cool kinks all the Mach 5 at the ease of a keystroke, it seems this is one of the Speed Racer Games we've all been waiting for. Just like the hub on the Mach 5's steering wheel contained a dial of buttons, the 7 letter keys on every end of the keyboard. This feature is explained in the ingenious "About the Mach 5" section with each trick of the trade explained in detail through a clip from the famous anime.
Speed's abilities include everything the Mach 5 can do. Auto-Jacks to jump over any obstacle, grip tires, the cutter blades from underneath, the deflector shield to take the bullets from the bad guys, special headlights, frogger mode, and Go Mifune's unforgettable Go Homing Robot. All these features make this simple Shockwave game one of the most complete Speed Racer Games ever made. Now fans of the early Speed Racer Games finally have a chance to get behind the wheel of the Mach 5 and replay the episode in their own regard. Not only is the animation so spot on that those playing will certainly feel they're sucked inside an episode. But it's not just the graphics or Mach-5 features that make The Great Plan one of the better Speed Racer games.
Bollywood directors have never failed to amaze. With their unique sense of story- telling, they are like magicians, who take you into a different world for those few hours of your lives. But, feature films are not just what these aces have dealt with. A lot of well- known Bollywood directors have made some brilliant short films over the years.
Sujoy Ghosh's 'Ahalya' is definitely one short film that comes to recent memory. Giving a modern twist to the legendary story of Ahalya from Ramayana, this short film stars Radhika Apte in a never seen before role. Before ace stream apk making it big in Bollywood with 'Johnny Gaddaar' and 'Agent Vinod', director Sriram Raghavan had made the National Award wining short film 'The Eight Column Affair', during his graduate days in FTII. The film was edited by another ace director, who was his batch mate, Raju Hirani. Not many know that in the year 1978, Vidhu Vinod Chopra made a short film 'An Encounter With Faces', which dealt with plight of a children's home in Mumbai. This film was nominated at the Academy Awards in the Best Documentary Short Subject category, in 1979. Anurag Kashyap also directed a short film in 2014, dealing with the current lack of safety for women in this country. Titled 'The Day After Everyday', this movie surely makes you sit up and think. Academy Award winning director Shakhar Kapur's short film 'Passage' is a great watch. With an international cast comprising of Haley Bennett, Lily Cole and Julia Stiles, and the beautiful music of A . R. Rahman, this short film should not be avoided. Before garnering rave reviews with 'Ship of Theseus', Anand Gandhi made two acclaimed short films, under one name, 'Right Here, Right Now'. Seeing how he is a master at interweaving tales, this short film is certainly advisable to watch. 'Masaan' that won two awards at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, is not the first directorial venture by Neeraj Ghaywan. He has also directed the short film ''Shor'. Based on the controversial topic of AIDS, four ace directors of Bollywood came together with four short films. Farhan Akhtar's 'Positive', Santosh Sivan's 'Prarambha', Mira Nair's 'Migration' and Vishal Bhardwaj's 'Blood Brothers' are a must watch.
With short films becoming quite a trend of late, every short film enthusiast must watch these films.
