Bollywood Trash
Had been to the movie "Bunty aur Bubly" three weeks ago. For the effort i put in to reach the theatre which screened the movie, the least i could expect was to at least stay awake during the movie.
These days frustration seems to be on sale, and i bought it. Much as i loathe the ever so decreasing standard of hindi cinema, i was childish enough to beleive that things would have changed for good during the past two years. clearly, i was wrong.
so much so that, if i termed the movie as Extremely Mediocre, i would actually be praising it. Its one of those rare movies which crosses the line of stupidity by rubbing the line completely; in other words it can't get worse.
The movie starts off with a scene wherein the protagonists(two in this case) are seen jumping around either moronically on top of a train, or just being plain moronic and lip syncing to the horrible song playing in the background. The song did end, albeit abruptly.
Well the story remotely resembles that of "Catch me if you Can", but has been modified so horribly that the silly old bollywood trash in it becomes quite apparent. The movie did end, but not before belting out around eight ear-piercing songs, and trumpeting the disgusting acting by the cast.
One can't help but recognize the seemingly low standards of bollywood movies, and more so the way in which such trash gets popular following thus egging psychedelic directors to make many more. "Swades", another classic example of a foolish way to gain patriotic sympathy, was filled with a crappy script matched only by the bad acting skills of the cast, not to mention grave and obvious mistakes in direction. "Black", another of those movies which ran full house everywhere and had the house full in tears is another glaring example ! well i got that it's based on a real life story, but look at the way it has been potrayed -making one feel that a blind and deaf human should necessarily be insidious, dumb and not be able to walk properly- that's atrocious ! I can't believe people bought such stuff.
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It beats me as to how the seemingly stinky "Mein Hoon Na" was a superhit ! That movie looked like it was made when the director couldn't think of anything useful while answering nature's call. I'd rather watch a Pig wagging it's tail for 2.5 hours than watch this load of owl's droppings.
If one thought that that was the heights, well that's not it, the actors were awarded at IIFA for this !
Funny as it might sound, some genuine and sincere efforts by a few, usually gets the brickbats. The movie "Dil Chahta hai" being one of those. One of the better movies made in this decade, It was a moderate hit. However, starting from the cast and the acting skills they displayed, the simple but neat direction to the practical content of the story, made this a movie that stood out. "Jhankar Beats", "Hera Pheri" and "Hungama" were some of the other good movies which tried to experiment creatively, rather than follow dumb old standards.
It does not come as a surprise to me that out of the 800 odd movies dished out by bollywood in a year, hardly 2-3 movies are worth watching.
For now it is a BIG NO NO as far as bollywood movies are concerned, unless the human race starts walking on its hands. I just hope wisdom will finally see the light of the day in the minds of these movie-makers and we get to watch some quality stuff.
Hail the mass, and go eat grass.
These days frustration seems to be on sale, and i bought it. Much as i loathe the ever so decreasing standard of hindi cinema, i was childish enough to beleive that things would have changed for good during the past two years. clearly, i was wrong.
so much so that, if i termed the movie as Extremely Mediocre, i would actually be praising it. Its one of those rare movies which crosses the line of stupidity by rubbing the line completely; in other words it can't get worse.
The movie starts off with a scene wherein the protagonists(two in this case) are seen jumping around either moronically on top of a train, or just being plain moronic and lip syncing to the horrible song playing in the background. The song did end, albeit abruptly.
Well the story remotely resembles that of "Catch me if you Can", but has been modified so horribly that the silly old bollywood trash in it becomes quite apparent. The movie did end, but not before belting out around eight ear-piercing songs, and trumpeting the disgusting acting by the cast.
One can't help but recognize the seemingly low standards of bollywood movies, and more so the way in which such trash gets popular following thus egging psychedelic directors to make many more. "Swades", another classic example of a foolish way to gain patriotic sympathy, was filled with a crappy script matched only by the bad acting skills of the cast, not to mention grave and obvious mistakes in direction. "Black", another of those movies which ran full house everywhere and had the house full in tears is another glaring example ! well i got that it's based on a real life story, but look at the way it has been potrayed -making one feel that a blind and deaf human should necessarily be insidious, dumb and not be able to walk properly- that's atrocious ! I can't believe people bought such stuff.
check out this:
It beats me as to how the seemingly stinky "Mein Hoon Na" was a superhit ! That movie looked like it was made when the director couldn't think of anything useful while answering nature's call. I'd rather watch a Pig wagging it's tail for 2.5 hours than watch this load of owl's droppings.
If one thought that that was the heights, well that's not it, the actors were awarded at IIFA for this !
Funny as it might sound, some genuine and sincere efforts by a few, usually gets the brickbats. The movie "Dil Chahta hai" being one of those. One of the better movies made in this decade, It was a moderate hit. However, starting from the cast and the acting skills they displayed, the simple but neat direction to the practical content of the story, made this a movie that stood out. "Jhankar Beats", "Hera Pheri" and "Hungama" were some of the other good movies which tried to experiment creatively, rather than follow dumb old standards.
It does not come as a surprise to me that out of the 800 odd movies dished out by bollywood in a year, hardly 2-3 movies are worth watching.
For now it is a BIG NO NO as far as bollywood movies are concerned, unless the human race starts walking on its hands. I just hope wisdom will finally see the light of the day in the minds of these movie-makers and we get to watch some quality stuff.
Hail the mass, and go eat grass.
posted by Jagadish at 7:10 AM
7 Comments:
Trash sells ;-).
Wonder what happened to the independant thinkers and directors like Ray and Girish Kasarvalli. (Their movies would touch some sensitive issues and makes us ponder on certain aspects of society). Even otherwise how come no one is thinking innovative?
Well !
We always feel like this ... i dunno if we think we are the best minds on this earth and nothing can satisfy us but genius ...
but is it really true?
akku ... remember chennai days ...
we just watch that 'pitamagan' and i was telling how disgusting the violence was ... and u pointed out that its no different from kill bill ...
the point is are we taking movies too seriously?
we can appreciate the 'good' ones and chuck the others ...
does a movie SHUD and MUST send out a message?
...
A movie need not a message per se but it definitely needs to have good acting, content and direction. Content here does not mean a strong storyline, even a small creative idea should do wonders if its well presented. "memento" is a perfect example of such a movie.
Nice post. I really appreciate your views and concerns about Indian Cinema. But nothing can be done about this. This madness is yet to be uncovered. I wonder you didn’t mention anything about reviewers rating these movies. Many people read the reviews before watching the movie and if the review is good, then people tend to mark in their list.
Did you ever read Times of India (most popular) - Sunday's movie ratings and reviews. After this, you may come up with new blog about the reviews alone. :-))
hmmmm... neeraja, i have hardly seen 5 hindi movies in 2 years, so your assertion that i watch every movie that is release is wrong :).
i completely agree with akshay though, as to why people cannot attempt to thing creatively. A good movie is all about presenting an idea, fitting the right actors and hell lot of work with the camera.
brinda is right on target when she says that there will always be bad movies if there is a demand for them. The answer to the question as to whom to blame for such a situation is obviously the majority card, that is in play again here.No Demand no supply. No supply no demand.
"Hail the mass, and go eat grass"
Your closing lines rymes well and I find it rather funny...but could not clearly understand it...plz explain
Hi Rishabh,
hmmm...yeah i was wondering why no one asked me this question earlier :P.....
grass is slang for dope....does it ring a bell now ?
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