Originally posted by: pathaka
well i disagree...my problem with the movies was not the fact tht it had normal or believable characters (which they didnt btw...)
k3g does not pretend to be realistic..with all its song n dance, OTT grandeur, OTT costumes and settings...its saying "yes this is a ridiculous world...but hey, its entertaining"...kjo is smart enough to know that his films are cheesy...but he sells them as fluff and nothing else (exceptions include MNIK and KANK which are his worst works)..apart from tht, .he does not promise u tht his films will be intelligent or realistic...unlike some of the romcoms above which sell fluff and pretend to be all "realistic n meaningful" when actually, they r just as stupid and illogical as the so called "masala cinema" or OTT cinema tht kjo produces...
i dunt agree with the notion of only "realistic" films being deemed as good or worthy of a watch...a film should be entertaining...i dunt really care for realism as long as whts onscreen is enjoyable to watch...a film need not be realistic to be good...
Having said which, yes, normal down to earth characters are refereshing to watch...but not the way they r shown in films ZNMD, AA,BKB or EMAET where the characters go on lavish holidays, rent a beach house and go to japanese spas and nightclubs when we are expected to buy the fact tht these people are supposed to be broke or middle class or surviving on student income...K3G does the same, but it celebrates its dumbness and dosent pretend to be more than harmless fun...and doesnt try to hide under the garb of "Realism"...the only thing kjo promises is song, dance, melodrama, pretty ppl and he delivers tht...he dosent go on proclaiming tht his films are abt real ppl when they r not...the silly films i mentioned however, are promoted as being realistic, when they r just as silly as a karan johar film...
Do dooni chaar was abt normal down to earth ppl with believable problems...so was band baaja baraat,..so was jab we met and english vinglish...THOSE are the films which are about believable people...not vacuous shallow romcoms tht are promoted as realistic cinema, but are filled with logical loopholes and far fetched characters, which is why i call them pretentious...because they pretend to be a real take on life, when infact, they are just as filmy and silly as say, a K3G...
bottom line is: a film should acknowledge and celebrate wht it is...if its silly so be it, if its mad so be it, if its illogical and dumb, so be it, if its realistic and down to earth, so be it...the problem is, most of those romcoms ive mentioned are neither realistic nor down to earth, but are promoted as those for a holier than thou vibe as compared to the masala/cheesy films...
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