Hollywood website praises Shanghai Trailer

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Posted: 13 years ago

this is website which mostkky covers HOLLYWOOD films but this time they mention trailer of SHANGHAI

http://www.slashfilm.com/week-trailers-suitable-children-bright-white-hearts-vessel-shanghai-silent-souls/

and this what they wrote

Shanghai Trailer

I don't understand a damn word but this is pretty good.

Dibakar Banerjee somehow has made fighting whilst holding on for dear life on a tuktuk, compelling.

Of course, this is all under the guise of a Bollywood production, resplendent with dancing and ostentatious displays of dancing and shouting, so it can't be all that violent. From the Wikipedia page:

The bustling Indian city of Bharat Nagar has a upcoming infrastructure project backed by the ruling political party. Meanwhile, four individuals find themselves tied up into a gruesome game of crime and politics. A shocking and disturbing road accident leaves a socialist professor/political activist in critical condition.

That said, the trailer here is engrossing, linguistics aside. The editing is fast, we don't linger on any one moment for very long, it has a good sense of humor about itself even though the material is a little dramatic, and the story doesn't reveal too much. Yes, even though the language barrier is an issue for 99% of those who see this it's nonetheless an enjoyable diversion and testament to how you can blend such things as someone getting rocked by a speeding car and people who break out into spontaneous dance.

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Posted: 13 years ago

Originally posted by: -Embalmer-

If they praised Slumdog Millionaire that had unbelievably absurd scenes & was full of miss conceptions ...Why not Shanghai which is fare more sensible than that despicable one I mentioned

nit to mention JAI HO song at end was total W*F moment seen in any movie

i like danny boyale but cmmon JAI HO appearing randomly W*F

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Posted: 13 years ago

but sad truth is this still how WEST view bollywood even today

i LOVE to see their reaction to ROWDY RATHORE they will probably suffer fro depression

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i belive shanghai should be consider for oscar categfory in forign films if PAHELI can be considered and MNIK why cant shanghai which IMO has better chances

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Posted: 13 years ago

Originally posted by: forum fan
i belive shanghai should be consider for oscar categfory in forign films if PAHELI can be considered and MNIK why cant shanghai which IMO has better chances

If by any chance it happens & Shangai wins it.. China will claim the credit 😆

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Posted: 13 years ago

Originally posted by: forum fan
but sad truth is this still how WEST view bollywood even today

i LOVE to see their reaction to ROWDY RATHORE they will probably suffer fro depression

Well of course we do. Pretty much the only movies that get wide distribution here are big banner movies. We get a steady diet of YRF and the latest offerings from Karan Johar but we never even have something like Kahaani in theatres outside NY or SF and even there you're far more likely to see these movies in Indian theaters which are vastly outnumbered by mainstream movie houses.

The films we get are either the whitest people you can find to speak Hindi hanging around in non-Indian locations, dressing "cool" and clubbing while falling in love or it's an art film so obscure that very few outside the cognoscenti even know it exists.

I only wish Indian films of all types were more better distributed in our markets.

I'm sure things must be better in the UK (are they?) considering they have such a huge Indian population but the US is really underserved.

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Posted: 13 years ago