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Prema

@Caryn

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Posted: 16 years ago

#11

HI Bluestarr.........

Do you know that due to this movie, 1400 people from UK have come out and agreed to sponsor the children of slums in India?

That is great isn't?

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jagdu

@jagdu

Dazzler

Posted: 16 years ago

#12

Caryn,

coming from an iconoclast like big b, one would not presume it is far from the truth.

Last night I did watch Illayaraja and a bunch of others making very emotional speeches and a beaming A.R. His bottom line was "what's in an award? Or 2 for that matter. His contribution to music will never go away." Are we going to blast Illayaraja next?
During the 90's I'd called A.R. god. Someone laughed and said, he ain't god. He composes bad songs too. Here's reiterating he's god. Through his music, he brings out every emotion in us

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Karthika

@Karthikka

Dazzler

Posted: 16 years ago

#13

J, I know how you feel. When I first heard Roja, I was hooked.....and I never looked back. This man is God to me. Not Illayaraja - I cannot undermine his genius, but I always thought that he was overblown. Along came ARR, a breath of fresh air, and every song that he composed was amazing. I can rattle off all the songs that made an impact with me "Antha Arabic Kadalum Oram", " Rukumani", "Chinna chinna aasai" "Putham Puthu Bhoomi" so many, so many.

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jagdu

@jagdu

Dazzler

Posted: 16 years ago

#14

Do you know that due to this movie, 1400 people from UK have come out and agreed to sponsor the children of slums in India? That is great isn't?

Definitely Caryn. Did not know. As a patriot, anything that benefits India on such a large scale is noteworthy.

Dr. K, How does it feel that a britisher is getting so many accolades for minting fame on an Indian theme? Illayaraja's tribute was beautiful and he put the oscars in place. I do not know if you saw that show. A.R. was once the young prodigy's sound technician. Like Kamal said, most Indians are proud of the Indian standard institute.

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Karthika

@Karthikka

Dazzler

Posted: 16 years ago

#15

Yes, my dear J, I saw the show. ARR joined IR when he was 9 years old. How many of you know that the person who first taught ARR music was Madan Bob?

I am not sure about Illayaraja "putting" Oscars in place. I think a lot of people downplayed the significance of Oscars because of sour grapes. I think Oscars is a significant endorsement of that which is excellent in the entertainment field.

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Karthika

@Karthikka

Dazzler

Posted: 16 years ago

#16

And I don't understand what you mean by a "Britisher minting fame on an Indian theme."

1. Danny Boyle is already a legend in his field with the iconic Trainspotting. SM brought him fame all right by introducing him to a wider circle of people,

2. The theme is not Indian. The theme is universal: Impoverished, hard -done- by underdogs finding deserved fame and fortune. The underdog coming out tops to the roars of approval from the crowd. SM is the same theme set in India, that's all. It could have happened in the slums of England or the ghettos of America or the shanties of South Africa. It so happened that the writer was Indian. The person who adapted the story to screen is Simon Beaufoy, the writer of The Full Monty, another story about the underdogs and the impoverished actually overcoming their pathetic lives with determination and diligence and had the audience rooting for them.

3. The problem is most of our Indian directors are so keen on making candy floss films with unbelievable plots. Like ARR put it so aptly, if I am a director, and I thought that a film did not do justice or portray things the way I don't like, I would do a film to contradict it. And why is it that some other people from a foreign country could recognise the potential in Swarup's book but not their countrymen? Also do these critics feel that the Mumbai portrayed in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai or the lifestyle portrayed in Kabhie Gush Kabhie Gham are much preferable or believable?

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eljay

@eljay

Rocker

Posted: 16 years ago

#17

I agree, Karthikka, that there is nothing like reality in our Indian movies, certainly not in KKKG or KKHH. I wondered who could afford to find a house like that in Delhi, and where was the land to have such a house? To make things worse, the son goes off to London and then lives in an equally palatial mansion there, which is probably bigger than Mr. Mittal's. Do these producers have no sense of reality? I think that was the reason for SM's success, it portrayed reality and the power of hope. The Big B has no idea of how reality is so much more powerful than all the candy floss, which is okay for the three hours or so of viewing time, but leaves no lasting impression, whereas one came out of SM feeling moved by that powerful show. Everyone who came out looked shaken, and there was this hush as the crowd moved out and none of the usual giggling and laughter. I think that was the effect of the movie.

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Karthika

@Karthikka

Dazzler

Posted: 16 years ago

#18

Eljay - what about Kuch Kuch Hota Hai? An American college with students who spoke with American accents? (I still shudder when I remember SRK on a skateboard!!). A teacher who dresses sexily and comes across as a man-hungry tart. What an insult to teachers. Mind you I love KKHH songs and certainly I enjoyed the film during the second-half but I remember watching the first half with a sense of disbelief and disgust.

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3365

Suspended

Posted: 16 years ago

#19

i have only a few questions

y is it that movies like SDM only get centre stage at the oscars?

y was there not a single scene in SDM showing the other side of mumbai which is oppulent?

and people who say that KJ movies are realistic and we dont have such people in india, dont they know that we do have people like ambanis and mittlas also?

and whts wrong in making a movie with the back drop of rich indians? only poor indians is a reality?

i dont think a person from slums becoming a millionaire in a day is close to reality. like the concept is on the same level ar KJ movies. fantasy an not very comman infact very very very very rare.

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3365

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Posted: 16 years ago

#20

Originally posted by: Caryn

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