I do agree that Hollywood has had its fair share of stinkers (past & present), but they have also produced a fair amount of well deserved hits, which has only served as more rip-off material for Indian filmakers. Their sad attempt at sci-fi & futuristic fantasy is abyssmal…everything imbalanced and over the top (Love Story 2050 Drona, etc (seen the stills.hardly inspiring). Have the days of good Indian cinema gone completely?įorthcoming movies, guaranteed, are just rip offs from Hollywood movies namely, Robot definite ripoff from Beowulf (going by the storyline) My name is Khan ripped from the pages of I am Sam, Blue a carbon copy of Into the Blue.ÂĪre Indian filmakers stuck in some box or timewarp that they cannot come up with an original idea.Âĭo we blame the general population out there when they think that Indians are “mindless” sheep, blindly following each other? Their movies certainly add weight to this assumption if movies such as “Dhoom2, Singh is King, Hey Baby, Welcome, etc.” are considered box office hits. What does this say about the mentality of the Indian moviegoer?
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are hailed as box office success, then one must really question the standards by which Bollywood movies are judged. These movies are utter rubbish with absolutely no thought to content. These movies are only “successful” at the BO because some girl makes great eye candy and the hero is some over the top, melodramatic buffoon in costume. ÂĮven The Last Lear was more like the last bore, because AB, Preity, Arjun, etc are not cut out to do English cinema. Once again, despite the hype and critical acclaim (from arty moviegoers)the movie failed to inspire. When movies such as Singh is King, Welcome, Partner, Apne, Namaste London, etc. Jodha Akbar, despite the hoopla, was a poor offering from an acclaimed Oscar nominated director, it was more the hype rather than content that caused people to go and see the movie. Notwithstanding, no other Bollywood studio has brought a well meaning, well deserved, original movie this year, leaving us die-hard movie fans with a bitter taste in our mouths, and sincerely wondering how can Bollywood be regarded as a reputable film industry when this year no hindi movie received commercial and critical acclaim. Refering to the latest “offering” from the YRF camp, namely BAH (actually should be “BLAH”), it is really hard to believe that this stalwart studio had brought us gems such as Veer Zara, Fanaa, Hum Tum, KANK, etc. To give it greater visibility, we are reproducing it below as a separate post. The below post first took birth as a comment by a blog reader szm on the Bachna Ae Haseeno thread.