Comments on: Review: Kambakkht Ishq

By: Shankar

Shankar — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:52:16 +0000

Yes, Baddy…the climax of UT is inspired by Bowfinger. This was acknowledged by the Sreenivasan who wrote the film.

By: Ramesh

Ramesh — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:32:37 +0000

Brangan,

Isn’t that the point of a remake? that they take some story which has relevence , and tailor it to the local-familiar lingua?

If Kamal wanted to produce an outstanding work of staggerring genius, he’d have to write something original and cast it himself! (Its not as if Kamal han’t done this.. I have a secret melodrama induced crush on mahanadhi..dont tell anyone).

Remakes are a logic of their own. An indian remake is like a book to movie adaptation in Hollywood. It’s inevitably going to be done, when its done there are , inevitably purists who think that the “book/original” version was better, and can never be replicated to their satisfaction in film/remake, and theres going to be a whole audience for whom the remake/movie is the first intro to the story. for instance, most of my Indian friends have never heard of “nine queens” but think the world of “Bluffmaster”.

By: Nirmal

Nirmal — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:42:32 +0000

Shankar: oh , you really have question the authenticity, when an article starts by referring to someone who has directed exactly two films as an ‘ace director’, no?:-)

By: Nirmal

Nirmal — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:31:19 +0000

Shankar: almost all the scenes shown in the trailer are literal translations of malayalam dialogues in udayananu taram.i will be very surprised if its not a lift. Cant get over how straightfacedly they talk about the ‘terrific’ script by aneez bazmi when they show the making.
BR: its not a lift of bowfinger but borrows a certain something from it. Not elaborating since it will be a spoiler for you. And even if the plot is lifted from somewhere,it wont matter much,as udayananu taram worked largely as a satire on the mal film industry.

By: brangan

brangan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:08:50 +0000

Tambi Dude: I wouldn’t go as far as YUCK, but one thing that certainly worked much better in Drohkaal was the casting of Ashish Vidhyarthi as the bad guy, a youngster with fire in his eyes taunting the “older” establishment. The casting of the much-older Nasser in Tamil took a lot of power away from the role IMO (in the sense that he became some generic terrorist). I really thought Vidhyarthi would come a long way, but he’s turned into a terrible ham, playing villain in third-rate films.

Shankar: Have you seen “Bowfinger?” Is “Udayananu Tharam” “inspired” by that? Because quite a bit of “Short Kut” seems to have a hangover of “Bowfinger,” and I wonder if that’s the case with the original too.

By: Shankar

Shankar — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:45:37 +0000

So, maybe these guys did pilfer…BTW, this website is not a great source for authenticity…so, I’m not sure.

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/48189.html

By: Rakesh

Rakesh — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:59:42 +0000

At least PKS had a couple of hum worthy numbers. Anu Malik compounds the misery…

By: APALA

APALA — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:12:44 +0000

Thambi dude,

I do not know why you are “YUCK”ing Kuruthipunal! I told you that I loved Drokhaal and when I saw Kuruthipunal, i was awed again – it’s the same story but the treament was much better. It’s one of my all time favorites – especially for the climax scene (Kamal with no teeth!). well, maybe like Sachin, I am entitled to my opinion and you are to yours, I guess!!!!

Waiting for Unnai Pol Oruvan, which is another N.Shah’s film ((A Wednesday) remake done by Kamal with Mohanlal. I hope it’s good!

By: KPV Balaji

KPV Balaji — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:52:02 +0000

I have seen both Drokhaal and Kuruthipunal and found both equally good. I found it to be one of the near perfect remakes. PKS has its very good moments.. Unforunately dont remember much of Maharasan.

By: Tambi Dude

Tambi Dude — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:20:24 +0000

“Well, one of the BEST remakes in my opinion is “Kuruthipunal” (River of Blood) which was a remake of “Drohkaal”. Even the maker himslef (Govind Nihalani) admitted that the remake was better than the original! I loved them both.”

Kuruthipunal better than Drohkaal. YUCK.
GN may say anything. People say that due to false sense of modesty. Tendulkar says jayasuriya is next to bradman only. no one takes it seriously.