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Review - Marigold » without giving the movie away… — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:49:25 +0000

[...] Baradwaj Rangan, Blogical Conclusion, The New Sunday Express Rating: Thumbs down … is a godawful mess… See full review [...]

By: chhavi

chhavi — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:44:39 +0000

another killer, baradwaj. I cracked up and made my office wonder what was up with me and how could work be making me laugh at the 1001 nights comment
p.s. congratulations!!!

By: pawan

pawan — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:09:22 +0000

Hey,
congrats for the award. I discovered you with your jhoom barabar jhoom review and have been coming here regularly.
Wish you reviewed Buddha Mar Gaya. Coz I did enjoy the film. Its a black comedy, a genre that not too many people here have a stomach for.

By: brangan

brangan — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:19:57 +0000

karrvakarela: Thank you.

Poorvi: Haven’t reviewed Blue Umbrella yet because I haven’t caught it yet. Must rectify this soon.

Zazu: About the English version being better, I’m quite sure it is. Dubbing is the worst thing that ever happened to the movies. What? Nobody heard of subtitles? And about the “potshots”, I probably overreacted – but objectivity is really hard when a movie falls flat from scene 1 and keeps getting worse

By: Zazu

Zazu — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:17:31 +0000

You saw the dubbed Hindi version? I don’t think you would have liked the English version of this any better but you may have appreciated Ali Larter’s performance a bit more – she was quite appealing actually. You probably wouldn’t have been able to understand a word of Salman’s dialogue, however – maybe not such a bad thing.

I didn’t mind this movie so much – but then I didn’t grow up watching a lot of 80’s Hindi movies. Perhaps Carroll’s failure here points to the difficulty of paying tribute to a certain style of filmmaking if you are an outsider and don’t want to do a straight parody, especially if that particular style is easy to ridicule and does not carry a lot of critical cachet. Were you really offended by the “potshots�? at Bollywood? They seemed very mild and affectionate and aimed squarely at David Dhawan –the king of seat of your pants filmmaking. It’s when the film turns serious and plays the clichés of both Bollywood and Hollywood straight that it drags down. I cringed at Ali’s “You made me believe I was the person I was hiding from�? line – Salman’s perplexed look during that whole scene was inadvertently perfect.

By: Poorvi

Poorvi — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:52:58 +0000

Brangan,
I am looking for a review of Vishal Bharadwaj’s The Blue Umbrella. Have you reviewed it?

By: Thilak pratap selva kumar

Thilak pratap selva kumar — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:54:55 +0000

“There are occasions when he feels that he would not be able to do justice to a movie by watching it just once. So he rushes out, buys a ticket for the next show, and returns to the same hall. (Given Baradwaj’s meticulousness, I won’t be surprised if he uses this change in the seat to get a view from ‘the other side’.)”

Wow. Amazed!

“What sets Baradwaj apart from others is that he approaches a B-grade film with the same sincerity as he would for an Aamir Khan-starrer. No discrimination. That’s what brings freshness into his writing.”

Amen to that.

By: karrvakarela

karrvakarela — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:03:20 +0000

Hi Baradwaj,

Congratulations on the award. I haven’t had much time to browse the internet lately but your news came as a pleasant surprise. Mubarak ho tumko.

By: brangan

brangan — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:09:50 +0000

anonymous: Hey, all I’m saying is that it didn’t work for me. And they did release it in India…

sachita: “Hindi films in Kanpur – Tree tamilan status is in question now.” It’s always been a problem

N: (as if under the influence of some sleep-inducing drug) A perfect description of Salman at times. And sorry, don’t know any other way – though you could use “search”

Ravi: Thanks. And Moral of the story – drop in every day.

Gattu: Chhele-ji – Yes, BG was very kind indeed. No, that’s just a style I’ve had for a couple of years now, though if only I had a buck for each time that Tirupati bit came up

By: Gattu

Gattu — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 10:41:40 +0000

Guruji, I read what BG wrote about you in the paper. Was overwhelmed to get your Darshan. Thanks.

BTW, did you go to Thirupathi after the Awards were announced or this is your permanent style like Rakesh Roshan or is it the Sivaji hangover?