Why so much glorification of abdul latif in Raees ? - Page 3

Originally posted by: communion

Gangster movies are popular subjects- their rapid rise to power and eventual fall is fascinating to watch on screen. For cinematic reasons, their wealth, gang loyalty and hedonistic lifestyles are glorified to an extent. But when you start adding a Robin Hood persona to their character because hey under the crimes, they're doing good for the poor people! it's basically asking the audience to develop some sympathy and root for that person. It's especially sickening if the person was portrayed as a saintly saviour but he was out to kill a group based on communal reasons.

I haven't seen the movie and yes I am aware of Dutt biopic coming up, still my 2 cents

If they are painting a criminal white , as NM described, it is wrong. They could have shown him being Hindu hating person by showing some fictional reasons. That way you don't hide the facts and also get away with the negativity.

Originally posted by: Ranbirrocks

I haven't seen the movie and yes I am aware of Dutt biopic coming up, still my 2 cents

If they are painting a criminal white , as NM described, it is wrong. They could have shown him being Hindu hating person by showing some fictional reasons. That way you don't hide the facts and also get away with the negativity.

I haven't watched the movie but till now everyone who watched it said it gives a beautiful message ( i don't know what that is though ) . Aren't majority of gangster movies the same where he/she is portrayed in similar way ...even though i wasn't here at that time but i can still remember large number of similar criticzing posts during OUATIM 1 and 2 in my dreams 😉😆

Did Abdul Latif look as hot in pathani suit and kajal?

Originally posted by: angrybread

I haven't watched the movie but till now everyone who watched it said it gives a beautiful message ( i don't know what that is though ) . Aren't majority of gangster movies the same where he/she is portrayed in similar way ...even though i wasn't here at that time but i can still remember large number of similar criticzing posts during OUATIM 1 and 2 in my dreams 😉😆

Besides they already said that its a fictional character , it's people's choice if they want to link it to a real character .

Ahh I see

I think the only gangster movie which showed the bad guy as actually bad was OUATIM where emraan kills Ajay at the end

But they've never said it's based on Latif, have they?
And gangster movies are just good to see coz of the larger than life persona. It's for enjoying only.
And Dutt is also equally wrong. He had the arms and ammunition used in other communal attack.

Anyway it's just for watching and then forgetting.

That is how every movie in bollywood is. But ultimately they do show in every movie is that if you choose a bad road you get bad results.
But also people might start having a soft corner for these gangsters which is not right. I already started having one for Raees 😭