Why BW fails in spy thriller genre?

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Fatima

@Rhimjhimsawan

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Posted: 8 years ago

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Originally posted by: Angel-likeDevil
It's sad... I wish Byomkesh Bakshi was a success. It was a good movie on all levels..

We could've had many BB series like Bond series.. 😔

YESYESSS! I feel so strongly about this. I wish BB had worked. I liked the movie. I wanted a whole series of them.

Oh well just have to stick to Anjan Dutt's Byomkesh series, which is great!

As for OP, it's not a genre that works for Bollywood audience. Hopefully someday Bollywood audience would like more than 2 types of films. Kingsman is one of my most favorite movies. I can't wait to see the new one.

Edited by Perfangel5655 - 8 years ago

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Angel-likeDevil

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Posted: 8 years ago

#12

Originally posted by: Maharani.

I think you will enjoy reading this article.

https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/the-vanished-spies/224695

Just search the link or google the article, cus whenever I embed links, they never work. 😆

Maharani, sorry I didnt see this yaar... wait brb

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Angel-likeDevil

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Posted: 8 years ago

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@Maharani --- TFS, and I never knew this, such lack of integrity among peeps that are supposed to have/show utmost devotion to our nation! :O :( ..very sad, wonder what RAW can do to ever prevent defections, I feel bad for Indian Government.

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dabang4life

@dabang4life

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Posted: 8 years ago

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Originally posted by: Angel-likeDevil
It's sad... I wish Byomkesh Bakshi was a success. It was a good movie on all levels..

We could've had many BB series like Bond series..😔

There were many spies in our history. I remember watching this program on Epic Channel "Adrishya", about various Indian spies like Azeez-un-nisa, Ajit Doval, Bahirji Naik, etc... BW should make movies on such spies. There are many stories about real-life Indian spies in our history - from the times of Chandragupta Maurya to colonial times to the present day.

I liked agent vinood more.. I wish it was a bit shorter though..

the problem with BB was.. it was complicated.. I understood but casual movie goers had a hard time getting it.

I also felt the same about Bombay valvet...

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CherHorowitz

@TotalBetty

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Posted: 8 years ago

#15

Originally posted by: Maharani.
I won't blame it on the lack of a cultural trend. BW can take inspiration from so many Indian spy stories in Pak, theories, and intrigue around RAW etc.

For example:
https://www.quora.com/Which-are-the-best-Indian-spy-stories-1

Problem is they just have to make everything comical with stupid BW drama, weak plot and love angles. 😕

Yes... Same reason except for musicals (all of them), romance, comedy(yeah, right!), there are no other successful genres in BW

When an average guy - whether he's a mechanic or student or a doctor - can single handedly fight 100 guys, why do we need a seperate genre... we don't need a spy movies or sci fi

The man and his lady sing a duet in the space or moon or mars and audience' sci-fi needs are satisfied 😛

But I think lack of cultural trend is also the reason