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4492

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Posted: 15 years ago

#41

Originally posted by: Sneh-Jiwan
Those who donot like SRK are spreading these rumours !!

i agree i dun believe this article!!

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4492

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#42

Originally posted by: RandomSquared
all i know is im goin to watch MNIK for a second time...srk and kajol gave such amazing performances and man...the movies have so many great moments that lift ur spirit up so high

and yeah kurbaan n MNIK shudnt be compared..kurbaan was about the darkness in terrorism MNIK is more about the beauty in humanity

i totally agree

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#43

Originally posted by: sal44

MNIK and Kurbaan were so different and should not be compared. Kurbaan failed because the storyline wasnt good and nor was the movie itself.

totally agree

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Deepak Tamang

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Posted: 15 years ago

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Originally posted by: -Neetz-
Ofcourse, people tend to grow tired of such themes pretty quickly. Leave alone MNIK, films like Black Friday, A Wednesday, Firaaq, Gulaal etc didn't do well .

A Wednesday was a huge success both commercially and critically.

Black Friday was praised by the critics, no idea how it did at B.O.

Firaaq was a flop.

Gulaal got rave reviews...commercially probably didn't do well.

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Rukhsar Ahmed

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Posted: 15 years ago

#45

you knw what i love the film i hope it still does well because i think this is karan johars best work and i think my name is khan has to be one of shahrukhs finest performance

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#46

Thanks for saying we're stupid ----

At least you say this face to face.....

Oh I almost forget --- it's not allwed to insult IF members....

Edited by lalixlili - 15 years ago

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Rukhsar Ahmed

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Posted: 15 years ago

#47

no no no... im not sayin it to the if members im saying the public in general i knw the people on india forums loved the film im talking abut outside

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Posted: 15 years ago

#48

Taran Adarsh

'M.N.I.K.' Week 1 is huge in India: Rs. 48.45 cr. nett: Bollywood Hungama

Well ... there we go!

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-Aladin-

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Posted: 15 years ago

#49

Originally posted by: -Neetz-

Sorry to butt in the debate, but you're presuming too much here. Whether the film is well made or not is strictly subjective and depends on the person viewing it. Besides, I don't think that the post maker said that the films (like MNIK) are rejected on the basis of their quality, they're rejected solely on the basis of the theme they tackle, which apparently people find too 'boring'.

I think we're hardly debating on the quality of films here, we're talking about how certain over-used formulas are blindly accepted by the audience and there is hardly any room for something new. That is, ofcourse, unless you mean that MNIK (or any other film made on terrorism) should be sprinkled with the regular bollywood mirch-masala to make it acceptable by the 'audience'.

As far as the comedy factor is concerned, I think what majorly constitutes Bollywood humour is slapstick jokes, doesn't necessarily have to be bad, but the film is widely accepted even if it is bad. Same thing can't be said for some other genre. So we come back to the same thing - It is the theme that is being rejected, not the quality.

3 Idiots was an entertaining flick, mainstream bollywood commercial film that had all the ingredients in the right place. 3 Idiots had it's fare share of loopholes and OTT moments, but the audience tend to overlook the OTT scenes in such films because of the 'entertaining factor'. 3 Idiots wasn't the best piece of art to have graced our cinema, Raju Hirani has this knack for including the 'mass appeal' in all his films no matter what the theme is, and 3I is no different.

Ofcourse, people tend to grow tired of such themes pretty quickly. Leave alone MNIK, films like Black Friday, A Wednesday, Firaaq, Gulaal etc didn't do well simply because people are not interested in the theme. All these films were extremely well made and never got their due credit, IMO. Now imagine that had the director introduced a Rakhi Sawant item number halfway through in these films, I'm pretty sure that the sales would have gone a tad bit higher.

😆😆 No need to apologize Neetz ji. I love a healthy debate. 😉

To a certain degree, you are correct. However, I doubt an item number halfway through a decent movie would save it. Let's see. Billu Barber had item songs by none other than SRK and it was a huge flop. I saw it, it was simple and sweet movie, but his parts were dragged which worked against the movie. Audience whom people love to blame for a failure of a so-called 'intelligent' movie, is actually underestimated. They no longer fall for the item number routines in a movie. Another one that I remember was Krazy 4, with Rakhi Sawant, Hrithik and SRK featuring in item numbers. Flop again. So that logic fails there.

Most movie makers project a serious movie as the 'most intelligent piece of work' and that is cheating the audience, and if it fails, then rightly so. Cheating no longer works.

Kurbaan had rave reviews, however, it flopped. I saw the movie too, and honestly, there was nothing pathbreaking about it. I have not seen MNIK but from people whose judgement I trust (who happen to have the same taste as me) have not liked the movie, because it is way OTT. They have praised SRK's acting though, and I'm sure he did well for himself. When you are making a movie on a serious issue, then you better do your research and make the movie credible.

Only reason it is working thanks to the SS who made a huge issue and of course, SRK did end up taking advantage of the solution. Our junta is extremely emotional, Neetz ji, so most went and saw it because of the emotional card. Also, SRK commands a huge fan base and SRK-Kajol jodi even bigger. Smart of Karan to mention it is probably their last movie together. If it did not have SRK Kajol, I have no doubts it would have ended up like another Kurbaan.

Let's compare to A Wednesday, another movie based on the theme of terrorism. It was a box office success and was widely appreciated by most critics and audience. Because, it did not resort to cheap tactics and over the top scenes, and our so-called 'dumb' audience was the one that made it a hit.

It annoys me to no end when people just blame the failure of a movie on 'audience'. Why not blame the movie makers. If they made better movies, they would have worked. Fact is that most Hindi cinema movie makers just don't make good movies on a serious subject. If it is a good movie, then they don't market it well. I never even knew there was a movie called "Firaaq" or "Gulaal" out. By the time I found out, it was on DVD and my friends have liked the movie too, which makes me certain that even I'll enjoy them.

I don't think it's a correct assumption that 'even if a movie is bad, it would work if it belongs to the comedy genre'. If that were true, Akshay would'nt have had those flops in a row. It works if it is good movie, and if it is not, then doesn't work. Simple as that.

That being said, you may not have liked the movies that did work. We all can't have the same choices. I did love them and most people I know loved them too. So you see, at the end, our choices are subjective. However, I have found (and I believe this to be correct) that most people would love a not-so-good movie, provided it has their favourites and wouldn't like a movie if it does not have their favourites, unless a movie is exceptional. They don't make too many of those, nowadays.

One more thing, I don't presume Neetz ji. 😉

Edited by -Aladin- - 15 years ago

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#50

Originally posted by: lalixlili
Thanks for saying we're stupid ----

At least you say this face to face.....

Oh I almost forget --- it's not allwed to insult IF members....

That's right. Just because the others don't read it, they are still 'stupid', because they did not like a certain movie. Wow, what assumptions, eh. 😆😆