Archive for May, 2008
May 29, 2008 at 6:34 pm · Filed under opinion
This digit upsets me. Come 11 next month and I will be officially 30. Unlike my previous birthdays I am not at all intrigued about it. I am not looking forward to it. Anyway, today I am not going to fret about my “fear of 30 “psychology. Approaching birthday reminds me of the theory my better half advocates. He says “ Hindus don’t celebrates birthday, It is a modern days fashion“. Now wait, don’t judge him as a fundamentalist or a radical, he is liberal, very liberal infact. When I was young and as far as my memory goes, I remember every birthday in my house was and is celebrated. Feasting with friends and family (F&F) is something I always admire and long for. In my opinion, an ideal birthday bash is when the host are the people who come together to acknowledge how much they value us. Someone once said “….. I had not done something great that people should celebrate my birthday”. To such rude gentry I have something to say “firstly the city council is not arranging for a fanfare for your D day. Secondly if your F&F wishes to express that they are happy to have you in their lives and for that cause they have zeroed on your birth date, what’s the big deal in it”
On the hind side of it, I have known people who are overtly expressive about their birthday; you can count those corrupt politicians, apart from “Daan and dakshina” they will spend million of rupees on wining and dining. Now that is a hoopla, absolute trash and cheap.
Between these two extremes “NONE and OVERT” lies something genuine. Buddha said “follow the mid way “i.e. the genuine way.
Coming back to the original Q – how can someone as smart, enlightened, learned ,….and liberal as my love can mingle a small celebration to something as serious as religion.
Will you pl. comment on that?
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May 8, 2008 at 12:22 pm · Filed under movie
I received a stark comment for my post “KANK- Falling in love !“ from someone who is very critical about me. His point was – “why am I discerning about KANK. Why out of scores of Hindi films made annually I strip KANK?” That rocked few cells in my Gray matter. Isn’t it true that 100 % of Hindi commercial films are either a replica or a cocktail of other non-Hindi films? Then why I choose KANK….. ?
Probably coz, every time when Yeshraj or Dharma production announces a new film there is a huge amount of speculation about it in media. These bigwigs of Hindi cinema hire brokers grrrrrrrrrrr marketing experts, and they in return do their job brilliantly. mind it, it is their planning and strategies that makes whooping profit, not the film.
See the point is, when Bhatt’s releases a film the very next day the media pit against it – “it’s a remake of xyz Hollywood films.” But when KANK rolled out its red carpet for the reviewer and critic, none of them reported this Plagiarism the following days. Rather they added more intriguing substance to it and mislead the stray youth of this nation saying “ oh it reminds of -silsila.”
For me personally, it’s an abuse for a film like Silsila to stand parallel to KANK”. Silsila in every way is a classic.
Why was media, irrespective of medium unanimously behaved like a sycophant. What happened to the sniffing ability of media-dogs then? Why were they lopsided? Pen may be mightier than sword, but it is impotent to greed.
As said- “ There is no BUSINESS like SHOW BUSINESS”
and i realised its not Karan or KANK, its the murky media and so called dirty critics who cheat on us !
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May 7, 2008 at 10:26 am · Filed under opinion
Why this debate? Don’t movies rule our life? Can any Indian claim that he never ever get tempted from a movie. The list is far and wide- from dress to accessories, the moment we think of purchasing a belts, cap, footwear, bag, sari, bangles, danglers, anything the 1st image that flash in our imagination is of a movie star. Doesn’t u confess that if I ask you to imagine a “hip and fashionable” man in sporty attire majority of us ends up imagining SRK and if I say- in a tuxedo it will be AB senior. As a matter of fact hardly will anyone imagine Bhaichung Bhutia or Sachin pilot. Any movie star can easily knock them down. In Indian sociology movie translates to fashion and trend.
No matter how much our movie stars fret about Mr. Ramadoss gospel -“ban ban & ban” none can deny that the people of this nation look up to them. Don’t we all know, why the marketing pundits try to rope in a movie star as its brand ambassador?
As Mr Bachchan said “We are enacting the character….” He is right. Movie making is a creative business and it’s not good to mingle with it.
So what’s the solution?
I have an answer!
Mr. Ramadoss, Instead of banning, be brave and order the censor board to categorize them. Any movie that glorifies smoking and drinking must be certified “A”, for adults only. Cheers!
And Producers! Beware of the “A” status that looms over your film- business.
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