Comments on: Review: Summer 2007 / Mere Baap Pehle Aap

By: Ravi

Ravi — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:44:33 +0000

I quite find the comment about deserving a tight slap very very true. It is such a stereo type in Hindi films. The wife is disabused of all her notions – fanciful and otherwise – with just one tight slap. and I actually remember thinking many times as a kid (watching such films) – why did he not do this in the first reel.

Ravi

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By: raj

raj — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:13:23 +0000

And how about “Akshay Kumar made Welcome tolerable, Akshay kumar carries Tashan on his shoulders…”
(Who made these statements?;-)
Really???

Whats so great about those performances that it can help tolerate a terrible film?

Growing up on Star Dust makes you immune to bollywood crap but allergic to kollywood crap?

By: raj

raj — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:11:51 +0000

To me, what was basically wrong with Vasoolraja was that Kamal looked too intelligent to play the goofy idiot with limited intelligence – something that suits sanjay’s reel image and real-life personality very well.
Well, let me put it this way – if you made an autobiography of sanjay dutt, who else can play that role better?
Mumbai Xpress on the other hand did have Kamal playing an idiot succesfully.

By: sivaramakrishnan

sivaramakrishnan — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:30:57 +0000

Waiting for you to dig out your review of vasoolraja.It probably was before i became a regular visitor of your blog.And well as for tere naam and salman khan, couldn’t agree more though that probably is the worst example of a remake, so it is basically an exception.

By: MumbaiRamki

MumbaiRamki — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:30:16 +0000

“In that situation some dialogs seemed to stand independent of the urgency that the story dictated”.

Somehow , i prepared myself for this and i didn’t get disappointed

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:07:09 +0000

Dasavatharam review at http://rainspotter.blogspot.com/

By: Deepauk M

Deepauk M — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:02:19 +0000

Naren: Yes, the presence of the bruise is acceptable. What is not is, how it disappears for a few shots in between and suddenly reappears later. Somebody call Baker Street ! (I’m almost positive this happens, I’ll issue an apology if I’m wrong). I hate being nitpicky about these things but it stayed with me. I would never state that this was egregious by any standards though.

By: Deepauk M

Deepauk M — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:42:01 +0000

Mumbai Ramki: I do credit the screenplay with being a nice ride but its hard to not notice the speed breakers – I was entertained but in portions. I have few ideological differences with Kamal, so it was definitely not the content that put me off.

In all the English searching for gold films I have seen: Mackenna’s gold, City Slickers even that recent atrocity Fool’s Gold, the treasure or gold is always a euphemism for something that is missing in the focal character’s life (along with being a Macguffin). To some extent even in National Treasure, we buy into Benjamin Gates search because if the treasure isn’t real, the void in his life would unimaginable. That is why making general life related observations (if subtly done) I find acceptable in those movies (not Fools Gold mind you – that was just tripe).

This is not the case with Govind. His primary concern should always have been getting away or destroying the vial. In that situation some dialogs seemed to stand independent of the urgency that the story dictated. I think that is what BRangan was pointing to with his example, and I agree. Also I take exception to “We dont complain about them”. I definitely have complained when I saw this in english /german /french /cantonese movies just not on this commentspace maybe.

By: naren

naren — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:28:57 +0000

//Deepauk M //

on the charge on the one in charge of continuity, the prev scene on the highway mallika is latched to a lorry and then fletcher manages to shoot her out of that and she tumbles….could that be the bruise…

By: MumbaiRamki

MumbaiRamki — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:38:08 +0000

“Yes, a lot of unnecessary world in general observations for a person who should be concentrating on running forh is life”

Do you really mean this ? I mean, how many countless english ‘Search for gold’ films have these situations and these kind of dialogues ! We don’t complain them. Fair enough – we never went to the Dasa, expecting this.

For me it was a roller coaster ride, except for a few make-up bumps ..Otherwise full time pass for me .