7 Khoon Maaf - Priyanka's best performance or not?

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Posted: 14 years ago

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Originally posted by: goneforever

What I meant by this comment is that Indian audiences still have to grow up bigtime! I know 7 Khoon Maaf was not a perfect film, but it was an experiment and I appreciated the effort. I hate to say it, but people overseas (such as myself) love these type of films whereas the audiences in India love masala and pointless films like Dabaang. I know No One Killed Jessica was a hit and that was a different movie. But, it is very rare for women-oriented movies to do well and 7 Khoon Maaf deserves to do at least average business, not be a total flop at all!

Indian audiences have grown up enough.... They are appreciating movies of different genres like Udaan, LSD, Peepli etc...and not just the masala movies...

Just bcoz SKM was not appreciated does not mean the audience is lame or they are not grown up enough...

One of the major faults was in the casting and PC was totally miscast...Why just PC any of the current ones cast in it would have yielded the same results...

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😔 Well, I don't know, I guess when I watch these Bollywood awards shows and they show public votes, Dabanng got a lot of them this year. I know it is probably not a accurate representation of what the Indian audience thinks or selects their criteria in choosing their favorite movie. But, I know for a fact that the overseas audience would not have chosen Dabaang as their #1 choice in a public awards ceremony. Regardless of these awards or not, I do agree that Indian audiences are accepting new themes and films like Udaan, Peepli Live, etc. are finding appreciation. But, these films are not "all-India" hits. When the day comes that "all-India" excepts an experimental film as a blockbuster, I will be amazed and wonder that a miracle has finally happened in itself! 😆

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Originally posted by: goneforever
What I meant by this comment is that Indian audiences still have to grow up bigtime! I know 7 Khoon Maaf was not a perfect film, but it was an experiment and I appreciated the effort. I hate to say it, but people overseas (such as myself) love these type of films whereas the audiences in India love masala and pointless films like Dabaang. I know No One Killed Jessica was a hit and that was a different movie. But, it is very rare for women-oriented movies to do well and 7 Khoon Maaf deserves to do a least average business, not be a total flop at all!

every filmmaker/actor puts effort into making a film.. nothing new abt this one.. 😛 she did NOT sink into the character.. seemed like one those kids that just walked out of Sesame Street..

fyi - i am overseas.. and i didn't appreciate Dabaang.. that was another nuisance..

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well tht happens in hollywood too dosent it....Avatar was the biggest grosser of the year when there were far better films (content wise) which were released....there are certain films which are MEANT to be blockbusters because they appeal to each and every section of the audience...kids, families, youth etc....films like SKM have a limited audience...kids cannot watch it..neither can families because of the adult rating...so the only possibility it has is from the youngsters, of which...many dunt like this kind of dark/ art film type movies...most ppl wanna go watch a film to chill out and have fun and de-stress from their everyday problems...and not to look at the finer nuances of filmmaking hence films like G3 and dabangg are perfect escapism while SKM would be too heavy...moreover, films like SKM dunt have a "repeat audience" either because its not a film which one can watch again and again......so given its limited audience and appeal, SKM is doing quite well...

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But experimental films....or lets just say Hollywood, experimental films are also not all America hit. Many of them are duds at box office, and most of the films churned out in Hollywood is as well simply numbingly dumb. Do the Twilight series ring a bell?? I for one am not sure why Hollywood is always the benchmark for films, when at least 60 - 70 percent of the times the films roiled out are as well crappy......I have grown over Hollywood mania....there's meaningful cinema everywhere. Some of the regional cinema in India never makes it to theater, some of the European films, and some of the African films and the "third world" films are remarkable....it is just they are not catered to all due to limitations. India is accepting too now....I loved Do Dhooni Chaar recently...Ishqiya was praised so much too...Udaan, I have not seen, but everyone raved about it. Just because a film is by reputed director and deals with mature content doesn't qualify it to be excellent, and that seems to be the case with SKM...Had SKM been engaging, I am sure it would have done well....PC has double the fans than Rani and Vidya.

Go to interiors of Alabama and Mississippi....they will loathe films that are Oscar winners too. Many would still prefer films like Twilight, Oceans series and such over meaningful cinema. India's audience is really at par with the rest of the world.

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Originally posted by: smartie_pants
well tht happens in hollywood too dosent it....Avatar was the biggest grosser of the year when there were far better films (content wise) which were released....there are certain films which are MEANT to be blockbusters because they appeal to each and every section of the audience...kids, families, youth etc....films like SKM have a limited audience...kids cannot watch it..neither can families because of the adult rating...so the only possibility it has is from the youngsters, of which...many dunt like this kind of dark/ art film type movies...most ppl wanna go watch a film to chill out and have fun and de-stress from their everyday problems...and not to look at the finer nuances of filmmaking hence films like G3 and dabangg are perfect escapism while SKM would be too heavy...moreover, films like SKM dunt have a "repeat audience" either because its not a film which one can watch again and again......so given its limited audience, SKM is doing quite well...

I hate the Indian media. There is always a conspiracy and they will call 7 Khoon Maaf a flop, while it probably will recover its costs. Same thing happened with Guzaarish. I know films are meant for entertainment, but I don't like movies like G3 and Dabangg getting nominated for awards! Don't you think this is a joke and sad state of affairs in Bollywood? It is fine that G3 and Dabangg are hits, but it doesn't mean they are good films, far from it! I enjoy meaningful and entertaining films, but they have to make sense and be worth the money in seeing them!

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I do agree with you saying Indian Awards are a mockery; everyone knows that. I am sure no sane man or woman takes it seriously anyways, and that indeed is quite a sad state. However, looking past that, there's still good cinema being made in India, and so there's still hope.

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awards are a whole different story....
as for the indian media...i dunt think therz any conspiracy...recovering costs dosent make the film a success...these days films recover their costs even b4 the release because the satellite rights are sold for a high price...does that mean they are successes???

to call a film a hit/ semi-hit/average...they need to do substantial business theatrically, and the revenue from movie theatres has to be a certain percentage of the film's cost...plus, the audience needs to be genuinely interested in the film and there needs to be good word of mouth from the general audience , to declare the film a hit/semi-hit or an average......only then can a film NOT be called a flop..hits and averages dunt fall from a tree...therz a lot of business and appreciation involved to make the film a success.

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Posted: 14 years ago

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Well I dont know, but I read a few reviews that said she couldnt pull it off, or that you needed a more seasoned actress for this role and she was miscast. That she doesnt have the range as an actress to pull off this role. But she tried...

In comparison, in Kaminey she was unanimously appreciated.

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Originally posted by: goneforever

I hate the Indian media. There is always a conspiracy and they will call 7 Khoon Maaf a flop, while it probably will recover its costs. Same thing happened with Guzaarish. I know films are meant for entertainment, but I don't like movies like G3 and Dabangg getting nominated for awards! Don't you think this is a joke and sad state of affairs in Bollywood? It is fine that G3 and Dabangg are hits, but it doesn't mean they are good films, far from it! I enjoy meaningful and entertaining films, but they have to make sense and be worth the money in seeing them!

i for one didn't see a pennies worth in watching Guzaarish.. 🥱.. not everyone has the same preferences.. G3 and Dabangg, even if they are nonsensical, are hits in their own right .. thats wht sells to the majority and this majority goes to the theater to be entertained.. not bored to death..

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