Blog: Sanjay Leela Bhansali will have a lot of questions to answer 
By IndiaFM News Bureau, November 12, 2007 - 09:12 IST
This year, there has been a huge debate about, which is the worst Hindi movie of 2007? Two of the strong contenders being: RGV Ki Aag and No
Smoking. But hands down Saawariya wins by a huge margin. The most hyped and hugely anticipated movie in recent years with endless publicity on
Sony channels and umpteen appearances by the main cast on all reality TV shows/News Channels.
Seriously, what was Sanjay Leela Bhansali thinking when making this movie?
Adapting, Fyodor Dostoevsky's White Nights - which is a 4 day/night Love Story - to a 2.5 hours movie was a terrible idea, which Sanjay Leela
Bhansali will absolutely regret all his lifetime.
And he spent close to 2 years to make this disgusting nonsensical crap.
Working in Bollywood since 2 decades, he should know that as Indians; we need romance, sorrow, joy, violence, fantasy. A bit of spice, salt and
masala to feel-good when coming out of the darkened confines of a dim-lit rural Theatre/Multiplex.
Well I didn’t notice any on, any of the viewers faces after the movie’s end.
Only utter dismay, anger and contempt that the Diwali mood was spoilt.
In the coming days Sanjay Leela Bhansali will have a lot of questions to answer.
Place/Era:
Was the movie set in the Polar Region? Cause there is no sign of daylight.
But since there was no woolen wear worn by anyone, it made me think - Was this India? If so, where do we have Gondolas without the pointed-hat
guy? Maybe in Kerala (in mundu), but where were the Coconut trees transplanted? To Venice.
It was like a Nether World with Whores populating - A Males fantasy paradise - and occasional Well-dressed Bar-goers. Suddenly, ID celebrators also
come out for a song.
Dialect/Language:
Language was also very confusing.
Salman spoke shuddh Urdu.
Hero and Heroine, a smattering of Hindi, English and gibberish.
Zohra, an Anglo-indiansort-of dialect.
Rani was typical Mumbaiyya street -walker talk.
Also I have a question for Salman – What was with carrying around the Boxing kit?
I seriously thought the self-confessed boxer should have had a bout with the Boxing-kit carrying dude in the end, to decide who gets-to-keep-the-girl
in the end.
The movie started abruptly, ended abruptly.
Also hopefully Sony Pictures Entertainment India will dare-to-fund another Hindi movie after this colossal debacle.
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