To dance or not to dance?

When audiences across India watched Anil Kapoor get slapped in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocal and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan flaunt her fake accent in Pink Panther 2, they were aghast at how Bollywood actors can make a fool of themselves on screen.

With films like Slumdog Millionaire and Outsourced picturing the ‘dirty’ India, what standards do we Indians set?

Agreed, that Bollywood has immense potential and world viewers and critics relish films like Lagaan and Swades that portray the incomparable Indian talent. But undeniably, sometimes, Bollywood over does it!

Surprisingly, Hollywood does not consider Bollywood as degrading! Proof being, Cuba Gooding, Jr. Hollywood superstar dancing at the IIFA Awards, 2011 in Ontario and expressing his desires to work in Bollywood!

Aha! At least there is hope, ki Bollywood main bhi kuch class hain!

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The ‘Bromance’ syndrome

Women are often teased about films that men cannot stand, like for instance, ‘P.S. I love you.’ Now, even though men would say I changed the channel in the first 15 minutes of the film, we always have the teenage girl, who over coffee explains to her girl friends how she has watched the film more once, cried through every time she saw it and how she adores Gerard Butler.

Chick flicks have enthralled women even when they have been plagued with drama. Pride and Prejudice, The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, 27 Dresses and Pretty woman to name a few.

Generalizing is a bad thing, but every synonym has an antonym and for the chick flick it has got to be ‘Bromance.’ And the films under this category are not the thrillers, suspense and horror films or the brilliantly filmed action and adventure Hollywood films, because any smart woman would relish watching Sherlock Holmes. These films are those dead comedies that men over beer want to watch again and again with their best guy buddies. And behold! To top it all Adam Sandler is every ‘Bro-mantic’ lover’s favorite actor.

So here goes the list, Top Ten ‘bro-mantic films’

1.      Jack Ass

2.      American Pie

3.      The Big Gay Musical

4.      Borat

5.      You don’t mess with the Zohan

6.      Harold and Kumar

7.      Epic Movie

8.      The Dictator

9.      Boat Trip

10.  Euro Trip 

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WEAKING OF THE PLOT

Films like Bodyguard and Ra. One has made it to winner posts in terms of business. As an Indian living in a metropolitan, one wonders as to what the Indian, bollywood-hugging population really wants? Is it plain masala, action, item numbers or all the above with a pinch of romance and a music release of over 15 songs?

 

There are those once in a blue moon brilliant scripts like the one written by Vikramaditya Motwane, debut director for Udaan, where you have nobody in the audience criticizing the film, after shedding a few tears and having a young laugh. But that doesn’t make it to number one, does it?

 

How come a Ganesh idol; on top of a 4 wheeler; helping G.One save the day, sells more even in the 21^st century? Is the Indian audience not matured at all as an audience?

 

The downgrade of the Bollywood plot is no secret. Acceptance of it however, seems to be going nowhere. ‘That Girl In Yellow Boots’ seemed to be taking the audience to a new level of sensitivity, but lacked the zeal a film demands. A good, not even great plot is what most films lack, be that the ace runner Bodyguard and Ready starring Salman khan or even no-gooders like Damadamm and Aap ka Suroor.

 

Taking good plotted films as a case study, isn’t it undeniable that the audience roar in laughter with simple, subtle and in the face humor like ‘Delhi Belly,’ enjoy and rethink life in a megapolitan watching ‘Dhobi Ghat’ and  respect yet enjoy legendary films that have made a mark on Bollywood being, Lagaan, Swades, Rang de Basanti and others. But how many of such films has the year 2011 seen? Ra. One was surely not one of them!

 

As Ashutosh Gowariker stated at the Literature Live festival in Mumbai, “We do not have the resources of say a 300 million Hollywood project and so we cannot pull it off!” But is pulling off a Ra.One and taking Bollywood to the next level good enough?

 

How many Indians sincerely enjoyed Dor? Well it had a brilliantly established plot, unmatchable, talented actors and a well narrated plot. Is the diminishing value for a good plot in Hindi cinema the reason for a bad plot in films? Are we as an ignorant audience demanding an even more immature plot? For now, maybe we should start by choosing to not go watch Ra. One.  

THE MAKINGS OF A BACHCHAN

As an ecstatic Dadaji continues to tweet, Bollywood dawns upon the conclusion that the greatest filmy news for 2011 has just been delivered and the Bachchans’ have stolen everyone’s thunder!

The rumors have been wiped out and the Indian Bollywood-loving, frenzied population will now have to look for other places to entertain their mundane lives! Oh! Yes! The secret is out and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan just brought into this world a little baby girl. Like betted or gossiped upon, not twins or a baby boy, but a beautiful, Miss World Junior, will probably kick start the careers of the next generation of actors, representing the Bachchan family. She may probably move on to other interesting, prospective careers like mausi Shweta, but that would mean denying the entire Bharat ki bollywood paagal jantha the Bachchan legendary talent they crave for.

As Sr. Bachchan tweeted this morning, “I am DADA to the cutest baby girl,” India witnessed a revolution in its own weird sense. Twitterazzi and paparazzi swarmed over the news like drooling hawks and set into motion the uploading, printing and gathering of whatever they could get their hands on about the first grand, much awaited celebrity delivery, like never seen before in the bollywood khandaan. 

Bollywood has finally seen it all, the making and breaking of a film star, the gossip surrounding bollywood families and the ups and downs of grand weddings. However, with the coming in of a baby girl, the Bachchans now have a new favorite family member to talk about and media to go ga ga over. 

We’d all probably wish we had an insider view into the Bachchan family life. For now though, we should probably leave it to the little girl eventually figuring out the dealings of being born into THE bollywood family, where in the literal sense, the whole of India worships her dada and par-dada!

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Reality v/s Reality

Jhalak Dikhla Ja, Kaun Banega Crorepati, India’s Superstar, Bigg Boss and so on… Indian television seems to have been attacked by the Reality TV’s bug. When they call it reality, we expect everything to be real, honest and as clear as crystal but often we have come to notice that, it is not the case. Today, judges with a lost, contestant feuds with lewd language, wild card entries with candid controversies, suspense with a baffling background score and anchors with less words, more glamour are all the indispensable ingredients necessary to conjure a ‘realistic’ reality show.

The latest buzz is about the reality show Bigg Boss season 5. First, the show created controversy with its contestants. The show invited someone like Nihita Biswas who is the wife of Nepali Serial killer, known as the Bikini killer- Charles Sobhraj; they invited a pregnant Sonika Kaliraman; they also invited one transgender, 13 females and one male contestant. All this not only created a lot of news around the show before it started, but even later every minute of the show is reported through various media. As per sources someone like Sonika Kaliraman was paid a huge sum to come on the show. Sources also say that now that she has opted out of the show, she can always come back as a wild card entry. So basically, everything is paid for. All theentertainment is staged in such a way that the audience gets what is promised…entertainment. So even if that means twisting the facts to suit the TRP. That is the reality behind the reality shows. 

You believe it or don’t believe it is upto you but no one can ignore these reality shows. To have further updates on Bigg Boss 5- http://fridaymoviez.com/bollywood/news/amar-upadhyay-enters-bigg-boss-5/25300

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FridayMoviez News Desk: The Lion King Roars again!

This week, things seem extremely topsy-turvy in the film business when a 17 year old animated Disney movie in its 2nd weekend again comes out on top and defeats a much-awaited new film starring Brad Pitt and a brand new heart tugging 3D family movie in more theatres than anything else!!!
But again “The Lion King” showed who is king of the movie jungle by squeaking out another first place win with $22 million on its way to the blu ray DVD shelves!
Disney had only announced this as a two week run to begin with but that well may be extended now that it’s picking up such remarkable trade! The ever-growing trend of releasing older movies back into theatres seems to be spreading now with Sony’s announcement that they plan to bring “Ghostbusters” back next month and of course the early 2012 re-release in 3D of the Oscar winning “Titanic” (a tie-in with the 100th
anniversary of the ship’s sinking).
A real treat in store for the movie buffs!
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Roman Holiday almost marks the beginning of the movies in this genre…

While surfing channels yesterday I had almost given up on the fact that there will be anything worthwhile watching on the TV. Suddenly, I came across this movie… A black and white movie! I am not a big fan of black and white movies, in fact they literally put me off to sleep but then again I am a big fan of Audrey Hepburn and it was her movie- Roman Holiday.

The movie is about a princess who, tired of her fancy lifestyle and tired of being a princess, runs away and travels throughout Rome on a reporter’s scooter. The movie was a milestone, remarkable piece of work which received as many as Ten Academy Awards and Audrey Hepburn went on to win the Best Actress Oscar Award. Is the movie really worth so much appreciation or is it because it was first of its kind movie in the era when Royalties were present?

Well, both. The movie is really spectacular and marks the beginning of such movies. Chasing Liberty, the 2004 movie, for example was onsimilar lines but taking into consideration the present context. Instead of royalty, the girl is shown to be a daughter of the Presidentof United States of America, who runs away, tired of her constantly scrutinizedlife. More such movies which released almost at the same time were First Daughter and Eurotrip.

Such is the life of Princesses and First Daughters. Not a very lovely picture huh?

Well those of you who haven’t seen either of these movies,watch them and compare. They are very similar, very picturesque and yet, forme, the movie Roman Holiday is much more superior in terms of execution. The movie was old; no doubt, it lacked some specialized techniques, yet, it was much more straightforward and somewhere, it touched me. Watch all these movies and tell us which one you prefer…

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