Originally posted by: lucky_lakshmi
firstly, In Silsila, there was much more reasoning in the relationship for as u said 'CIRCUMSTANCES' lead them to marry elsewhere. N Amit's character didnt actually have any "problem" with his wife only---he just couldnt imagine her his wife. Believe me--at some point or the other---many feel they are justified---There are people who were disappointed that at the end they return to their spouses! Now u gotta show that really well if ppl have to think that way. 😉Above all Silsila was showm so sensitively, maturely and most importantly SENSIBLY. There was none of that larger than life incidents (which make up KANK). Hats off to Yash Chopra👏👏👏 In fact its one of my favourite films and truly a classic. N as the toppings great acting from everyone especially Big B and Sanjeev Kumar. (aur toh aur at least there was woderful chemistry between AB-Rekha)😳
N In KANK I recall none between SRK and Rani😆 N tell me Dev married Rhea becoz he loved her and soon that love najaane kahaan gayab ho gaya....and then he says..."Kehte hai shaadi ki buniyaad sirf pyar hona chaahiye" or something like that (sorry if I got it wrong😆). N then we have Dev hating his wife bcoz of her successful career and his abysmal one---good message thanks Kjo. What exactly was happening in the film??? aya marries Rishi becoz an ajnabee "advices" her to. One question I would ask to Johar---what were Samarjit Talwar and Kamajit Saran doing in the film..."Entertainement" I suppose---there was no way they fit into the story anyway😆 N then Rishi forgives Maya and all the drama. and what pisses u off the most Dev says" I like blue". Maya Says "I like Blue too..."---Tumhi Dekha na...la la la!!! Maya seems to like whatever Dev likes and the instant her husband suggets something, she goes overboard🤢 It was an insult to our intelligence. This is strictly my point of view.
Btw. its needless to drag other films into this discussion just to support one's own choice. D2 was illogica allright, had many flaws all right, not what u could call "oh god this is a masterpice" all right. But it was meant just to take u for a thrilling ride and for that matter it did. In KANK---They didnt even get the point acrosee and there was no entertainement at all barring a few comical incidents thanks to Sam (have to say seemed sleazy but was a repise whatsoever) anyways as far as we have well defined views for ourselves, I guess there isnt a problem.
Yes, circumstances. Shekhar dies and Amit does a favor by marrying Jaya's character since she was pregnant. I never said the stories were the same but they are similar. And yes, I agree, Silsila was a more sensitive, mature and well-made film than KANK. But at the time it was released, I wonder if it many people felt the affair was "justified", even given the reasons. Silislia film wasn't generally appreciated by the masses, or was it? Most people would say if the spouses didn't have *problems*, why was there a need for an extra martial affair? It was cos of love. Similarly, in KANK, Maya and Dev never marry their spouses cos they love them. Both marriages are "marriages of convenience". Dev marries Rhea cos she's his friend, I don't think he ever loved her, even before his accident. Maya's reasoning is somewhat the same. She felt obligated to marry Rishi cos he and his father did so much for them. Its he fault she did that and later repented the decision. So that was the gist of the story. So in both films, love was stronger than the martial vows. Anyway, lets see what happens 10 years from now. Maybe KANK will be considered a classic like Silsila is today. 😆 And its not easy to make a film on the subject and have it be well accepted by the general public so I will give credit to KJo for attempting such a film. Unfortunately, he could have done a much much better job!
About Rhea-Dev's marriage, there are plenty of men who are jealous of their more successful wives. Why does everyone have to assume KJo was sending out a message by depicting that in the film? I don't get that. 😕 So in other films (**forgive me for needlessly bringing other movies here**), we can say the same if they're showing something wrong. Should everything depicted in movies be morally right? Zzzz...snore 🥱, imagine how boring that would be and then we talk about wanting "realistic" cinema.
They were plenty of "comical" situations in KANK too, if people got them. Not the traditional slapstick comedy we see in David Dhawan films but yes, some ironic, sardonic and comic situations. The black beast incident (which was somewhat symbolic as Maya and Dev both assumed the other to be the *black* beast and later engaged in an extra martial affair, which *blackened* their characters morally), the scene where Maya and Dev advise each other on how to make their marriages successful, scene where Maya enters Rishi's office party with his friends wearing that awful outfit.
And yes, I agree some situations like the "I like Blue' were just too filmy and even the song Tumhi Dekho Na just did not fit it! 😆 I guess KJo wanted to take full advantage of filming the movie in NY. 😆😆 He just had to film all the beautiful locations, even with his anti-hero and anti-heroine.
Entertainment does not necessarily mean *funny* situations. Even serious movies can be entertaining. If you watch it and aren't bored, you're entertained. 😛 Sarkaar was a serious film but nevertheless, an interesting one and I can say, it was entertaining!
Your honor, I rest my case on KANK. 😆 Final verdict is that its not a terrible movie. Not a wonderful one either but a film decent enough to watch once and twice. I can understand why people have disliked the film. If people don't like the POV, they aren't going to like the film. There are some people who like films even if they don't agree with the writer's POV and characters' actions. Thats it.
Edited by sonyaee - 18 years ago
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