A blog's supposed to show light upon everyday occurances, and not bring about buried history. With that note, i've got to post about the IPL, of which i must admit, am a huge fan.
Controversies galore, Sachin Tendulkar's stubborn stay out of the show, Brendon M'cullum's astounding 158 not out, ordering the cheerleaders to cover up, and lastly, Indian cricket's most erratic duo face off, causing one in tears and the other in trouble - If that's not a lot of things in a week, then nothing is!
Of all the biz and the buzz, I was particularly drawn to the cheerlearders' strange appearance under the scanner. Pathetic politicians are and they prove it once again. As Padamsee puts it, they are just waiting to munch upon a recent out of the way occurence to hog the limelight.
Which brings me to tell my point: Cheerleaders are meant to bring excitement, and activity to an already enthusiastic crowd, a sort of steroids to a fully fit sprinter. I might seem funny, but i've got to tell, has the hormonal secretion of men gone down?
Just look at them. One look - All size zeros, without the need to attract attention to it (Ahem! Kareena...). They are pompous; They are really conscious of nothing but what they've been instructed to do, which includes what they wear. What they wear is the designers' fault, and they've got nothing to do with it. A group of innocent glam-dolls, and do they need to be told off?!
Think twice, all men who read this!!!
And one more thing - If these girls are wearing less, which brings me to one more thing - Look at the camera angles which these girls are focussed upon: Though a treat for the adolescent, but still, Mr.Cameraman... Watch out - You'd be the next...
One more thing again - If these girls are wearing less, then what about Bipasha Basu? Or Mallika Sherawat? Or Esha Deol? Or Rakhi Sawant? Or... Gosh i'm really running out of time typing those, and what am i doing?!!!
People, you've got to realize all are at fault here, and the world is experiencing post-modern developments at a faster rate, which means we still have even the conservative among us, let alone the modern. One word of caution to them - Don't induce your conservative thoughts to your kids or grandkids...
They can't survive tomorrow!!!
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Polladhavan!!!
My first two blogs were rants indeed, and i needed to neutralize with a positive comment. That's why i chose to review the film Polladhavan released in 2007, starring Dhanush, Kishore, Daniel Balaji and others. The film was a box-office success, and the success was mainly attributed to the realism in portrayals by Dhanush, and his family. People were fascinated by the lack of overdone fight sequences, and too much of sentimentality. In short, people felt it was a mirror image of today's youth.
But i think otherwise, for i felt that the film was unbelievably surreal, with a lot of darkness induced in the camera work, that made it stand out of movies ever released in Kollywood. It is, as far as i know, the only movie before Anjaathe, that used the darkness of hues to maximum effect, shooting a lot of night sequences, and even the most romantic portion of the movie, in the absence of lights.
The effort of everyone was commendable, if not exemplary. Sure the film had its negatives, for instance, the heroine, and the songs, which hamper the overall masculine touch of the movie, with the muscles being the rugged Daniel Balaji, and the muscular Dhanush, sporting a four-pack for a change. But he doesn't flaunt it - A level of maturity which makes me frown at SRK, and Hrithik...
The camera, the music (Background score) and the screenplay were majestic really. The use of morph shots to change the perspective of narration had a tint of City of god, but the local flavour of the movie was well maintained. The direction was fantastic, unbelievable work from a debutant director, Vetri Maaran. The lesser amount of dialogues in it, make the movie racy, and the decrease in fight sequences (only two) is a touch of finesse...
All i can say is that we can expect a lot more from the cast and the crew, who say they are planning to recombine. Polladhavan for me, is a film that reflects the post-modern thoughts of the director, who doesn't want his film to be the usual piece of shit tamil films are. A rebel with a cause.
As a reviewer, i would give Polladhavan 4 stars out of five, for screenplay, direction, camera, a real performance from a less speaking Dhanush, and an extraordinarily creepy Daniel Balaji.
But i think otherwise, for i felt that the film was unbelievably surreal, with a lot of darkness induced in the camera work, that made it stand out of movies ever released in Kollywood. It is, as far as i know, the only movie before Anjaathe, that used the darkness of hues to maximum effect, shooting a lot of night sequences, and even the most romantic portion of the movie, in the absence of lights.
The effort of everyone was commendable, if not exemplary. Sure the film had its negatives, for instance, the heroine, and the songs, which hamper the overall masculine touch of the movie, with the muscles being the rugged Daniel Balaji, and the muscular Dhanush, sporting a four-pack for a change. But he doesn't flaunt it - A level of maturity which makes me frown at SRK, and Hrithik...
The camera, the music (Background score) and the screenplay were majestic really. The use of morph shots to change the perspective of narration had a tint of City of god, but the local flavour of the movie was well maintained. The direction was fantastic, unbelievable work from a debutant director, Vetri Maaran. The lesser amount of dialogues in it, make the movie racy, and the decrease in fight sequences (only two) is a touch of finesse...
All i can say is that we can expect a lot more from the cast and the crew, who say they are planning to recombine. Polladhavan for me, is a film that reflects the post-modern thoughts of the director, who doesn't want his film to be the usual piece of shit tamil films are. A rebel with a cause.
As a reviewer, i would give Polladhavan 4 stars out of five, for screenplay, direction, camera, a real performance from a less speaking Dhanush, and an extraordinarily creepy Daniel Balaji.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Shankar - The diplomat
This write-up of mine should have come a lot sooner, but it took me so long to muster the time required to compile this into a blog...
I think that till now, i was the only to person who hasn't seen Sivaji the boss a year after it had mutated. The movie was a blockbuster of the year of 2007, and all credit goes to it's unbelievably diplomatic director, Mr.Shankar!
This is not admiration by the way... Shankar's skills of marketing the movie are the only things i attribute to it's 'ravishing success', thanks to the director's (sorry folks, but i had to address him with the profession that he thinks he is in!!!) stunt of not offering even a whiff of what the movie was like before they handed over their money at the ticket counter... And that seems to have done it.
Honestly, i didn't get one positive review from even the dumbest of cinema viewers, who said the film was gigantic, mega, and Shriya was too hot, just because she couldn't even wear a dhavani without exposure of her flat abs...
Money was spent on the movie, around about 65 crores i guess, with the star himself receiving a considerable share of that (Enormous, actually). But where were they spent? The songs, yes. To show Mr.Rajni as white as fleece would have boosted the make-up budget for sure, and of course they would have had to hire a lot of gliders for he would have had trouble even lifting his arms up in a fight sequence, on his own. What a pitiful thing old age is...
Why i said shankar is a skillful man of the trade? The answer is: No song was telecast fully on TV before the hundredth day, only selected scenes were shown, and those scenes told nothing about what the story was going to be... Nice one... Hide the story, win the race: Sounds like a good policy for a man who thinks he is turning shit to gold, when he is really doing the opposite...
About the film, it's story and it's third grade-level dialogues i need not talk. But my point is...
The film deals with the concept of Rich getting richer and Poor getting poorer.
Mr. Rajnikanth says that, Sujatha has written it, and Shankar has directed the shot...
What are these people? Paupers?
Just think about it, on a really serious note...
I think that till now, i was the only to person who hasn't seen Sivaji the boss a year after it had mutated. The movie was a blockbuster of the year of 2007, and all credit goes to it's unbelievably diplomatic director, Mr.Shankar!
This is not admiration by the way... Shankar's skills of marketing the movie are the only things i attribute to it's 'ravishing success', thanks to the director's (sorry folks, but i had to address him with the profession that he thinks he is in!!!) stunt of not offering even a whiff of what the movie was like before they handed over their money at the ticket counter... And that seems to have done it.
Honestly, i didn't get one positive review from even the dumbest of cinema viewers, who said the film was gigantic, mega, and Shriya was too hot, just because she couldn't even wear a dhavani without exposure of her flat abs...
Money was spent on the movie, around about 65 crores i guess, with the star himself receiving a considerable share of that (Enormous, actually). But where were they spent? The songs, yes. To show Mr.Rajni as white as fleece would have boosted the make-up budget for sure, and of course they would have had to hire a lot of gliders for he would have had trouble even lifting his arms up in a fight sequence, on his own. What a pitiful thing old age is...
Why i said shankar is a skillful man of the trade? The answer is: No song was telecast fully on TV before the hundredth day, only selected scenes were shown, and those scenes told nothing about what the story was going to be... Nice one... Hide the story, win the race: Sounds like a good policy for a man who thinks he is turning shit to gold, when he is really doing the opposite...
About the film, it's story and it's third grade-level dialogues i need not talk. But my point is...
The film deals with the concept of Rich getting richer and Poor getting poorer.
Mr. Rajnikanth says that, Sujatha has written it, and Shankar has directed the shot...
What are these people? Paupers?
Just think about it, on a really serious note...
Zero Indeed!!!
Honestly, i couldn't decide which was to be my first blog, for first of all i don't know what the word blog means! But still i think this is a way to express your thoughts which is the exact miracle cure i need right now!
Anyone who has a subscription of any newspaper would know my agony (Or at least i hope!!!)
For the past month we have had this thing about Kareena Kapoor in all columns, be it health, fitness, wellness, diet, glitz, glamour, blah blah and one more blah...
They say she has a size zero figure and yesterday, i irritatedly burnt a newspaper for writing a huge (page long) article about how she looks, her new film, and comparisons with a certain Kate Moss, Victoria Beckham, etc...
Well, my point is this - If the world thinks she is sexy, maybe time may reveal it. Why the shouting over rooftops then?
I can tell a whole lot of actresses who are not afraid to strip nude in movies with the least of publicity. And the movies they star are definitely way better than anything RGV or Yash Chopra can even think of. What of Naomi Watts' legendary performance in Mulholland Drive? Or Sibel Kekilli in Head on? They weren't fat were they? And they would have been a lot fitter than what apparently 'steaming' Kareena has in store...
Well. This is my first blog, and that's left me a lot more confused than ever. But my point is this - Bollywood always stank. And now, it's reaching a stage when the smell is getting really unbearable, with them pissing right on our faces...
Anyone who has a subscription of any newspaper would know my agony (Or at least i hope!!!)
For the past month we have had this thing about Kareena Kapoor in all columns, be it health, fitness, wellness, diet, glitz, glamour, blah blah and one more blah...
They say she has a size zero figure and yesterday, i irritatedly burnt a newspaper for writing a huge (page long) article about how she looks, her new film, and comparisons with a certain Kate Moss, Victoria Beckham, etc...
Well, my point is this - If the world thinks she is sexy, maybe time may reveal it. Why the shouting over rooftops then?
I can tell a whole lot of actresses who are not afraid to strip nude in movies with the least of publicity. And the movies they star are definitely way better than anything RGV or Yash Chopra can even think of. What of Naomi Watts' legendary performance in Mulholland Drive? Or Sibel Kekilli in Head on? They weren't fat were they? And they would have been a lot fitter than what apparently 'steaming' Kareena has in store...
Well. This is my first blog, and that's left me a lot more confused than ever. But my point is this - Bollywood always stank. And now, it's reaching a stage when the smell is getting really unbearable, with them pissing right on our faces...
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