depicting a sweet nd simple chool romance, or even some moments of d lead pair in d school or being at d early stages of college has been always accepted by d audience,.. Youngsters love to watch films where d hero nd heroine r in school, have nokjhoks nd they romancing each other..
But does that really mean once they portray it in bolly films, they literally just kill d essence of hw kids in school actually r or hw their knowledge of romance is ?..
i watched some films these days as i was kind of free, and just realised hw different d creativity nd essence or impact they leave on us..
Jo jeeta woh sikandar
The film was airing in max or sony.. i ended up watching it .. i just wana say if 90s films nd these directors were so creative nd had such an amazing way to portray things, why did it just get lost from bollywood ?..
Amir khan plays sanjay, nd he has his school friends including the heroine.. they show hw there r clashes between the rich school kids nd poor school kids.. i just love d fact, just like any other school boy, sanjay also tries to woo d most pretty girl in that area, who belongs to a better school than him..
he lies about his friends, his status.. i mean thats what the innocent boy cud do , aftrall d girl was his first crush..
nd even those days, d most beautiful girls used to fall for charming boya ( ahaan ) ..
Then again, the heroine who always loved him from KG grade .. nd yes he was destined to end up wid her.. but d bond they shared onscreen , was atypically romantic, but smthing very deep nd impactful..
nd yes also the friendships shown in this film, every school or class friends circle definitely has a motu, a heroic guy, a fool, an intilligent girl.. these things when i watched, it just reminded me of my school days, i exactly had a similar friend cricle..
So yeah, d school going kids who desire to watch something they can relate to must watch this film, its indeed youthful, lovely, something very sweet nd always makes u smile..
Secondly, d recent hit film..
Raanjhana:-
To start wid, my most fav film of this decade.. or shud i say, most fav film i have watched from bollywood in ages..
Yes this film even dealt wid quite vibrant school romance, d phase of adolscenet of those kids played by Dhanush nd Sonam.. The first crush or love, hw lame or he madly a boy enjoys to get attention of d girl.. hw the girl is happy to be loved nd followed by dat local boy, and she thinks herself like a princess.. these r facts u know, nd these were portrayed so beautifully..
nd yeah again hw the boy's friends r always there wid him when he is planning or trying to woo d girl who studies in a girl's school.. climbing d wall, or peeping from a barrier to see d girl dancing. nd he himself dances nd claps for her ..LMAO..=))..
nd yeah d wrist slashing.. ppl have talked so much about this that this is against our law nd all, its a wrong portrayal nd blah nd blah..
but can i say, whatever they showed r facts, in school, kids attempt all these.. i studied in an english medium school, which was very well known, nd trust me, i have seen girls nd boys doing such lame stuffs, nd later parents r calling d principle nd all those fiasco.. LMAO =))
i mean Kundan was from a small town, so he did it in his naivety nd all, but then why did girls from big town english medium schools also attempt d same thing ?.. there is no answer, its just that around this age nd the phase, every1 has this notion that i m in love nd i will do anything..
so again kudos to d director, to try nd show some small nd very real actions or shud i say scenarios, which no matter hw much we love or hate d film, we end up realising that these are the things we cud always connect to when we look back at our school lives..
One more thing, even its necessary that the actors look very much to be in school, be it their styling, uniforms or d body language.. nd yes it was a delight that both Raanjhana nd JJWS had been very convincing in this factor also.. Aamir indeed wid a chocolaty face looked like a 15 year old wid all those school uniform nd sweaters, nd even his gestures, so much boyish.. he indeed was always a good actor.. nd In Raanjhana, both Sonam nd Dhanush were so believable as school kids, Dhanush's walk, talk, smile, haircut.. LMAO =)) typical those school boys who have no interest to study aftr being smitten by d girl.. nd sonam wid those two braides, d pinafore, those shoes, nd those fancy socks , aww, i shud clap for the costume nd make up department.. nd even their body language.. they were perfect to show d immaturity nd d innocence of being teens in love or crush or whatever we can call it.
Lastly d film, which was nothing but a joke..
Student of the year:-
I wana say either the director went to some fantasy school in his life or he is just too illiterate nd had met an accidnet in his school life to dish out such nonesense in d name of friendship nd love of school days or kids..
School principle doesnt care about anything but some random dance competiton or football match.. d school trustie can afford to take d whole school in jet airs for some trip.. nd there d students go all nude, nd even princile nd teachers dont have a problem ..
students studying wid schoraships have to work in bars but still affords branded clothes..
girl goes to guys hostel nd kisses him nd nothin g happens..LMAO =))
I seriously dont know, why d hell did they show it as a school thingy.. neither they cud portray anything that makes d audience feel that yeah d characters r school kids, nd neither d actors did their job wid any conviction..
d male actors looked too old to be teens nd d actress even being a teen nd trying to look a diva, ended up looking like a girl whose hormones were disbalanced i gues.. yeah i forgot to mention the character of tanya .. gimme a break, W*F ..
I can bet even if we go to the most expensive nd stylish school of this world, even that school wud have some rules, regulations nd the reputation that kids r studying ...
all KJO did is made his actors wear some branded clothes nd uniform.. epic fail i swear.. even he cudnt hand them some books, actually school books to make his scenes look real ..LMAO =)) ...
was he d same director who showed some very good romance between srk nd kajol who were college students in KKHH.. nd even HR nd kareena's characters in K3G were in school, nd those few moments were very sweet.. nd nw he dished out this epic crap.. nd worst was he dint train his actors, for bringing out that correct body langugae, d guywid d specs playing sudo was d best when comes to acting like a school kid.. all KJO did is just teach d school guys to make six pack nd go nude in dat thailand beach..
one cant even argue that SOTY was about a school in this era.. if thats d case, so was Raanjhanaa a 2013 film, nd if anyone of u have watched udaan, then u will get what i mean...
even d recent hit YJHD dint show much about school, but showed school friends amongst the leading characters, nd widout showing any specific moments, d director actually convinced that yes these ppl were friends since school, nd they still behave mad nd kiddish when together..
PS:- i know d post is long.. nd m very bad at words, so spare me if this post annoys u..
Edited by harshu.sundas - 12 years ago
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