tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15356117.post114458531031407516..comments2023-10-24T11:14:09.788+00:00Comments on 2050 A Journey: The Sway of BollywoodgPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439371766182405053noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15356117.post-1145501958660352682006-04-20T02:59:00.000+00:002006-04-20T02:59:00.000+00:00Rang de Basanti, on the other hand, had superb mus...Rang de Basanti, on the other hand, had superb music but I felt that although it was meant to be an issue-based film it only managed to skim the surface of an immense corruption issue in India and then finally it ended with a brash and unacceptable solution to the problem. <BR/>Keshi said that Bollywood is a place of illusions and she's right, I would take that one step further and say that it presents people, esp. youth with the ideal illusion of what they want to be and what they want to do without giving much thought to the consequences. In this respect, Rang de Basanti was not a particularly significant film. It showed people who didn't really do much, who were easily swayed towards the wrong direction by a historical play and who basically sent the wrong message out to the world by killing a man. I must say, I was greatly confused by the hero treatment given to "the rebels" at the end of the film. Do you really think that killing people would cause people to flock to committing to the cause of ridding India of corruption? Yes, the message of getting involved in police, politics, etc. was crucial but somewhere along the line that message that message got lost, along with the characters' respect and credibility after choosing to kill.ekanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05800773465543752961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15356117.post-1145501836425686052006-04-20T02:57:00.000+00:002006-04-20T02:57:00.000+00:00Kable, I entirely agree with you on Water being a ...Kable, I entirely agree with you on Water being a film we should all be proud of. The fact that it faced so much opposition from the Hindu community really highlighted how insecure Hindus including myself are in having to deal with the issues created by their own traditions.ekanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05800773465543752961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15356117.post-1145373775775366912006-04-18T15:22:00.000+00:002006-04-18T15:22:00.000+00:00The pics here r so tasteful!!! Hey the remakes of ...The pics here r so tasteful!!! Hey the remakes of Mal movies sofar have been a dissapointment. Some reason or the other the same magic does not work. May be that it does not fit every cultural environment. We make great movies, no doubt about it. We make TP movies too and they are just for the dance and glamour but there have been so many movies that have touched me immensely...:)SCRIBBLEZ TO WAKEUPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17310867247705938849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15356117.post-1145333511598804262006-04-18T04:11:00.000+00:002006-04-18T04:11:00.000+00:00Most Bollywood movies r an illusion but what most ...Most Bollywood movies r an illusion but what most movie-makers want is an audience irrespective of their intelligence...:)<BR/><BR/>Keshi.Keshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17147250771662427208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15356117.post-1144643507835176742006-04-10T04:31:00.000+00:002006-04-10T04:31:00.000+00:00I agree to some degree about what your saying. But...I agree to some degree about what your saying. But you have to face the facts that not all cinema is going to be intellectual. There will always be movies that are total crowd pleasers. <BR/><BR/>Even Hollywood has these. The Spiderman's, Sci-Fi flix and horrror movies would not fit the bill as movies that are educating. Hell they make Bollywood song and dance seem somewhat realistic. <BR/><BR/>Although, the 90's were really bad for Bollywood films, I firmly believe that in the past 3 years or so there have been many movies with actual substance (Rang De Basanti, Water, Mangal Pandey, Page 3 and Iqbal to name a few).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com