Blue Movie Review : In Shallow Waters
Blue
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Zayed Khan, Sharks, Bahama butts
Direction: (not much of it) Anthony D’Souza
Rating: One star..and that’s being generous
Sharks, there go those shucks! Ulp, excuzee, pardon, sowie. Shucks there go those sharks!
And hey, they’re smooth-as-slate grey. Their teeth aren’t visible (must be senior seatizens).
Plus every guy who owns a scuba-diving suit swims past them, happily, as also past National Geographic-like anemones, crayfish and fish life with silver fins. Fin and games?
Forget it. As soon as the credit titles of Blue,directed by former adman Anthony D’Silva, are over, you’re already seasick. A couple of reels later, you even want to cry out loud, “What on earth are you guys doing? Do you take us for ninnies?” Absolutely contemptuous of the audience’s intelligence, this one has more ‘action’ of sorts on terra firma, than down there 20 leagues under the sea. Strangely, ceaseless footage is expended on Zayed Khan riding a designer bike zippily through the expressways of Bangkok. Squawk.
Next: Vroom, this Dhoom-addicted dude strikes up a multi-million dollar debt, all because he took a fancy to this Smiley (Katrina Kaif, vapid) wearing a diamond lipling. Meanwhile, you’ve been subjected to a heap of weird information. That Kabir Bedi stepped out of the sea in 1949, wearing a freshly laundered naval officer suit. Then poof, he vanished like Aladin’s genie. Meanie.
Many many many many many years later, lobster fisherman Sethji (Sanjay Dutt, paunched out) and his buddy, Aarav (Akshay Kumar, in a Sam Tytlerish goatee) are upto some fearsome faltugiri. They box in a ring. Ping. And Sethji’s wife—or live-in gal (Lara D) – mumbles something about oceansful of cash to research marine life. Expensive, expensive.
Got the drift? It’s difficult to since the screenplay (if there was one),and the shot takings are conceptually as shallow as the powder-blue sea. A hurricane is announced but never shows up disappointingly. Every thing is all too childishly easy. When crisis calls, Sethji just takes off for an interlude of treasure hunting.Yippee do.
For sure, the hunteroos organised at college annual functions are much more demanding. Out here a ship that holds costume jewellery is quicky detected in a ruined hull (a nude mermaid statue looks freshly sculpted though). After a frown or two, roguish Rahul Dev and his oriental dakus are banged-banged to extinction. And if you think this is a spoler, it isn’t. Much more pop con is to follow. Hellow Akshay Kumar, predictably, hogs the end credits. Surely, Kylie Minogue who does a Chiggy Wiggy at the outset could have been brought back for a Tickly Wickly?
Essentially, this Blue movie (!) is awfully directed – disjointed, senseless shot taking and tiresomely lit like the time Sethji and Aarav converse at a dark oceanfront near-replicating a scene in Omkara. Shots through champagne and wine glasses are hilariously retro. Ditto those sudden pans to women’s butts which you thought had ended with Ram Gopal Varma’s posterior past. The editing is either too senseless (a gunfight through walls is insanely amateurish) or tempo-killing like the song sequence over a listless montage and flashbacks.
Unfortunately, Akshay Kumar engages in anti-women dialogue once again after Kambakt Ishk, asking smarmily, “Can I ride you?” He’s also racist, comparing a session with a black and a white woman to plonking piano keys.Besides, couldn’t he have been prevented from saying “blew” instead of “blue”?
Zayed Khan is not worth remarking upon. Lara Dutta is purely decorative, her sex appeal outdone by all the beach blondes and brunettes the camera keeps salivating over. As for Sanjay Dutt, arguably this is his career-worst.
Bottomwhine: Blue is one bloomer of a movie. Don’t even think of all the crores spent on this kiddish enterprise. That’ll just leave you with one helluva sinking feeling.
Tags: akshay kumar, anthony d'souza, Blue, Lara Dutta, Movie Review, Sanjay Dutt, Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd, Zayed Khan
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hahahahahaha…
Saw scenes from 3 movies together in two hours flat. INTO THE BLUE. HITCH. FAST AND FURIOUS 2. In other words, saw the movie BLUE. HITCH movie dialogues were blatantly copied (Akshay flirting with Kylie Minogue scene). There could be more. Let me check my DVD collection.
Aargh, another copy, and come on pls, don’t give me the standard excuse that not every one watches Hollywood flicks, hello in which world are we living. In almost every small town, you get to see the latest Hollywood releases( at least the Fast and Furious 2) kind dubbed in the local language. Gemini shows the latest Hollywood blockbuster dubbed in Tamil/Telugu/Kannada, and you have channels like UTV Bindaas that show the latest Holly stuff, straight in Hindi. Yaar log inta ullu nahin aaj kal.
wat gemini r u talking bout???
Ok its the Sun TV network, Gemini( Telugu), Udaya( Kannada), Sun( Tamil).
BLUE is proof that all directors are highly over-rated by producers and all writers are under-rated.
Once the genetic material of the movie is of poor standard, no director or star can do wonders. The credit for snazzy visuals of BLUE goes to Art Directors and the credit for underwater scenes and action scenes go to the foreign stunt co-ordinators. As for actors, they see them everyday on TV.
A movie with a great storyline and 1/10th the BLUE’s budget can be a hit. A lesson, if you don’t learn, you’ll lose in crores and crores.
There are so many instances of producers defrauding writers and losing crores. If you hold back the few lakhs that you owe the writers, you’ll end up with only that few lakhs in your pocket. The crores you dream of will vapourise.
Producers: THIS IS YOUR WAKE UP CALL.
Audiences come to movie theatres to enjoy a good story.
Hilarious review! And hilarious movie too – but I don’t think that was the director’s intention. I laughed aloud in the film a few times to keep myself from going crazy.
Daaaaaaaaaaaamn!!!!! as the wise once said “Ho gaya Kalyan”
Hi oz… I know you are trying to encourage more and more “movie making professionals” to join this group and write about anything they want to share with film buffs… I also can understand that you don’t want this group of people to be a restricted lot, and you want to make it all inclusive… Your encouraging comments to all of Mr KM’s posts clearly reflect that….
Now here is the problem – unfortunately Mr KM comes out across to a lot of people here as someone who is dishonest (he may not be so in real life, it’s just an impression issue).. you can try really hard, but then it’s not something you alone can change….
Now this is what I suggest
- For starters Mr KM please do not make it your moral responsibility to post a film review here every friday on every new release (this is not indiafm)
- Be a little less prolific here. One of the best things about this place is the democracy. Most of us are not exclusive writers. But most of us feel like so. We don’t want pfc to be known as KM’s website.
- And lastly share some experiences… open up…. if you don’t like someone or something say so…. this is the reason why AK was widely accepted here… cos he gave a sense of honesty… openness….
Please oz unless you want to make it indiafm, don’t encourage it beyond a point…. this was not supposed to be the business model of this site….
I totally think that the article is very entertaining because there is shock, satire and sarcasm tone in the writing which I believe is very very superior but then it also has to make sense with regards to the genre.
It is an action movie…the highlight is suppose to be ACTION..no words for how action scenes are done or how action lovers will think about the action scenes.
But action movies are supposed to be like that,right? I mean form Die hard to transformers and the list goes on and on. I guess you cannot compare an action movie to saaransh a like movie and vice-versa.
If action movies are meant to be like that, then reviews of action movies are also meant to be like that, right?
Nope.. action movies are not supposed to be like that.. bollywood filmamkers make them look like that..
Die Hard, Transformers are given much better treatment than this kind of trash..
and then think of the better ones – X Men, Matrix, Dark Knight, Iron Man, etc and you’ll know the difference..
I don’t think any one is so stupid as to compare Blue with Saaransh, Blue was being compared with other action flicks, and looks like it fell short.
Transformers and die hard had high production values but if you look at the story, there wasn’t really much except for the first Die Hard. I remember yawning while watching transformers but that doesn’t mean its a bad movie. It just means that I don’t like action genre. My point is that critic has to keep his liking disliking aside and then rate the movie. If I were to write about transformers I would have given it 4 stars though I started yawning mid way thru the movie…My idea of comparing saaransh to blue was simply an expression like comparing apples to oranges or thinking about taste of orange while talking about apples..
Awesome..this truly reminds me of the TOI days Khalid saab.”Seatizens”..best of all
I’m not surprised at all…I expected it to be this bad..!!
Did you write the review from theatre itself ? Damn, that was fast. Anyway, completely expected review. A copy of hollywood flick, even scenes are copied to a lot extent. And, when dialogue promos cam out, it did not take an Einstein to know that screenplay is the last thing these people have cared about. So, that’s 100 crore ‘treasure’ lost, huh ?
amazing review khaled sir – what amazing similes… i miss those days of TOI…when i was a kid (i still am) used to get up early on sunday to check out what khaled sir has written for this week’s film. i started writing like him and trying to emulate..but then this will be a long story… thats for later… thanks again. i was never going to watch this film, but now even if i m getting a free pass i wont go. (the chances of free pass are high coz the Xerox/Vinyl/Printing wala opposite my home in andheri was printing the Blue invitation cards.. and he told me – that “agar bachaa to le jaana..”
no more…
The review has everything that a good review should not have.
Khalid says ,”“What on earth are you guys doing? Do you take us for ninnies?””
the same question I need to ask him. what is this “Shucks there go those sharks!” ? or “he vanished like Aladin’s genie. Meanie.”
is it showing intelligence, intellect or craft of writing review?
I wish you could teach it to people like Richard Corliss or A.O.Scott.
talking of Corliss, even for a low-spirited movie like “The Invention of Lying” he has the nuance to put his thopughts using appropriate words.
For people like Khalid Mohammed, Raja Sen et al, Indian movie Industry does go thru a negative vibe. I am not afraid to say that people here in PFC, the not-so-professional critics like OZ or Jateen does a better job than you.
Why Khalid, why you can’t just talk of a movie’s merits from a honest standpoint about its technical, narrative and entertainment perspectives? And in that matter, although a little prejudiced, the guy from CNN-IBN(Sorry, I don’t recall his name) seems like the only movie critic who can be given some merit for reviewing a movie as his ‘job’ not as his egoboosting rambling.
Are you afraid that if you try to show your analytical mind about a movie, people will discover that ‘analysis of a movie’, which should be a movi-reviewer’s number one duty, is what you lack like anything!!
@ labor_day_sale
Completely agree labor_day_sale.
Khalid can’t even hold a candle’s light to Corliss’ or Scott’s or even Manhola Dargis’s reviews. They are very very careful in seeing that do not reek of personal animosity. And even when they are taking pot-shots at the skills of the movie team, they do it very subtly. And they damn sure do the job of placing the movie analyses before the semantics.
The problem with his reviews is that the real analysis part is only a sub-set of his writing. Frankly, the ONLY reason I read his reviews is because they make me LOL. I don’t think I have EVER considered his recommendation.
So true.. the day this guy gave “kabhi khushi kabhi gham” 5/5 stars back in 2002 was the day I stopped taking him seriously.. he reeks of biases and personal animosity.. such ppl can never review a movie objectively .. ‘nuf said.
@sid
I feel this applies to 90% of the reviewers for Indian films. The professionalism and sincerity one finds in the Western reviewer is lacking in the Indian Film media. They pander to the egos and whims of the “powerful stars”.
KM is no different. In fact most of his journalism is based on “favouritism” and pleasing so called “friends” and “whipping” enemies or those who have displeased.
Slightly off-topic, KM, if you should read this may I say that I read your latest article in the Khaleej times about Rani Mukerji. More than Rani, it reveals a lot about you. You mention that you would like Rani to remember that “she is no longer queen of all she surveys”. Perhaps the person who needs to be remimded most is yourself! Move on to the Priyanka Chopra or perhaps even better, an insight into the psyche of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan would be most welcome. They are the current Queens. Who wants to read the same stuff about “has be Queens”!
For once, I agree with you.
itta serious kaiku hote yaaro, khalid ka (unpro) review funny hai, pachis saal se review likhre wo, tum kya to bhi samjhe re inku
i never took khalid’s reviews seriously. They are more about wisecracks than actual analysis. I leave the analysis to myself
I meant I agreed about that Rani Mukerjee article. There is often too much analysis going in the success and failures of an artist like Rani Mukerjee who despite being a good actress is making some choices that don’t work.
Yes, you’re right, what’s there to be serious about. Entertainment by definition should be an enjoyable experience.
I must say though, I have noted that the yard-stick for what is entertaining changes on PFC all the time. I don’t mind this at all. People should be tolerant to different views and preferences. But I must say I am mystified by the criterion.
That is my only gripe against PFC. The people who come here try to bully those who have liked something they have not and attempt to be-little those who don’t like what they do. That is my experience of PFC.
CNN-IBN critic is Rajeev Masand.. n yeah.. his reviews are good most of the times..
And you might find Baradwaj Rangan even better than Masand.
I am not suprised
Khalid saab – mazaa aa gaya.indeed reminded of your Sunday Times reviews.I was expecting something similar from the movie.But I may still go to laugh my guts out
I’m sure Khalid will make another path breaking movie soon, if his last few are not a good indication of that, because he rips every movie and none meets his approval.
OK. First of all, hilarious review no doubt. There is no questioning Khalid’s word-smithing.
But the more important question abegging is:
a) TARAN ADARSH gave a 4 star rating out of 5 and published his review on Tuesday itself.
b) Mr. Mohamed today published his review and trashed the movie.
So, what could be true? Was Taran Adarsh bribed by BLUE company or is Mr. Mohammad back to his old ways of – paraphrasing Mr. Bachchan – utilizing a public platform for settlement of private scores?
The voting begins now.
Honestly speaking, BollywoodHungama was official online media partner for Blue, with the director blogging there etc. It makes strategical sense to give good ratings to that movie, not that Taran Adarsh has often given less than 3 stars to high expectation movies anyways.
It is unfair to compare TA and KM’s reviews. As far as settling the scores is concerned, here is a bit of trivia – One kidnapper is called Khaled Mohammed and other one is..Sultan Ahmed.
Go figure!
Man, Khalid, you are so mean :D
I wanted to watch this one, but guess I will save my $10 for diwali mela.
Happy Diwali PFC gang!!
an jo..it would be a strange world where all critics wrote the same kind of review..and please let me know what private scores i have to settle here…next you’ll say the Sharks were mean to me so i wrote a review against sharks..come on, an jo, believe it or not, some can write the way they genuinely and honestly feel because they care for cinema.
As for Labour Day sale, thanks, please do tell me what one should do and not..because you seem to know it all..how about a guide to reviewing that us lesser mortals could follow?
Am not saying this because of the attempt to be critics’ critics..but only to sincerely request that don’t impute motives when there are none..
Dear Khalid Saab:
Again, at the outset, let me reiterate, a hilarious review. And I mean this as a SERIOUS compliment. The STOI days with a cup of hot tea in one hand and your review on the other are memories that will always remain unforgettable.
We do not want you to alter your style. Your style is something that only you have manufactured, and we love you for it. But increasingly, I feel the reviews are deviating from the main objective; that of letting the consumer know whether he/she should really invest time/money in the movie.
Wonderful screenplay, good writing, etc., are the least I would expect from this movie (it would be a pleasant surprise though if they turn out to be just that). If I am spending 10$ to watch this movie, I know that I am not going to get back the whole amount. However, I might get something above average in return. Maybe good choreography, terrific photography, and high-octane stunts would do the job for me. For me, the decision whether I would spend money on BLUE this weekend only depends on this. I do not see anything mentioned about these (even if they are, they are not helping me decide). I haven’t watched the movie, but I will for sure now after reading your review and decide by myself whether the movie is really a letdown in ALL departments.
All I am saying is, keeping your sense of humor undiluted, you could expand more on these. Movies like DHOOM or BLUE are only made to impact the viewer viscerally. It is like taking a vacation. You don’t really want to think the way you think when you are on a job on a vacation, do you?
I am sorry if you feel I am accusing you of setting personal scores. I am not. I am merely mentioning something that has been talked about earlier and has been suspected to be the motive.
Regarding your reply to Labor Day, I hope you too don’t fall into the trap of a certain director (directors actually) who thinks that it is a wrong trend that his ‘creations’ are being analyzed by people who have no ‘field’ experience with film-making.
Keep writing and keep entertaining us.
D’souza BLEW it then ? Eh ?
Dhuttt sala…sala yeh philum bhi…
Whats next to look forward too ?? Ishqiya I guess…
Great review, Khalid! Only all of this was soo obvious when the trailers came out – what I don’t understand is, when’ll we learn not to take insults likethese anymore? Makers of such films treat the audience like garbage…what were they thinking? “Let’s copy from Into The Blue and let’s name it – what else – Blue! Stroke of genius, no?”
And who says action films always have to be idiotic? Didn’t the same Sanju give us Aatish, Khalnayak or Vaastav? Akki in his heydays came up with Ashaant, Elaan and Khiladi…all these were no-brainer action flicks, but they ‘belonged’ to those times and had at least a story…
Well done Khalid!
I’ve been trying to understand what on earth Akshay Kumar’s movies are trying to say – they are always childish, meaningless and one will leave the theater a little more frustrated and confused.
Ah! gone are the days when after watching each movie we would feel that we’ve been fed something useful in our little brains – like importance of family or mother etc in our lives. Now, its all about lust and trash. Sad!
While I agree with the first para of yours, I couldn’t stop laughing after the second para. Lust and trash used in the same sentence and used to mean the same thing!!!!!!!!!!!
No offence, but learning about importance of family and mother through movies was very hillarious to me.
Thanks…one look at the trailers and u know it’s gonna be another flop… lots of cheesy action/hot bods just to distract the viewers from the script, or lack of.
Q: Why didn’t Katrina survive the sea?
A: ‘cus she kept looking for Teri Oar Teri Oar…
Ha ha ha!
Wont be surprised if a heroine in destress eats a chewing gum and boom boom boomer comes for the rescue. Wud be much better than the heroes in blue (not cricketers)
Whatever we say here at PFC, the irony is, “Bluuu”’s (or any other big budget senseless movie) gonna become a big hit and make loads of money. I hope, I’ll be proved wrong and wish that the mango people of India put some senses into the producers and directors who don’t care a damn for scripts or writing. Why these big budget action movies don’t make sense or defy logic? They spend so much of money (50, 60, 70 or 100 crores) on a project to insult the intelligence of the audience. I still don’t get it.
guys
i think this is a pretty decent movie
i went in thinking it would be sad but it did keep my attention throughout
i think it is a one time watch
Khalid Sirjee… don’t know where else to post but great article here on Rani Mukharjee:
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/weekend/inside.asp?xfile=/data/weekend/2009/October/weekend_October52.xml§ion=weekend&col=
Dear Khalid,
From TOI to MidDay to HT to DNA to aslibaat.com and now to PFC.
I followed you for last 20 years through all these newspapers and blogs , not because of yr reviews because I hardly watch Hindi movies anymore but for your style of “howlarious” writing as you would say. Before u decide to move to some obscure place from here please let yours truly know.
More than reviewing the movie, you wanted to write some thing funny. “Freedom of thought” is some times bad, I guess.
i agree to Siva
It seems … Khaleed has beaten blue together wid black — to make it a Black N Blue beating
ahhh khalid saab, the two of these in your review together again. sting n zing.
your review made a great, whacky read. enjoyed it.
but would love to see a ‘little’ more content in the review. EVEN IF the film lacks it.
be appropriate or inappropriate to the film, acidic insulting or subtly alkaline, whatever; its your view and your style. and that should come across.
but sir, do see if you feel like elaborating a litle more on what you feel. as a film critic.
Hahahahaha. Hilarious. Guys please dont shoot the messenger. Its sad that critics have to be subjected to such trash on a weekly basis, if not for a sense of humor, i think the critcs would have to drown themselves in the deep ‘blue’ sea. I think Khalid’s trademark style is great and none of his clones do it as well ;) Take a Chill pill!
Ouch! That was scathing. The Khalid of old times is back in full form. I may not agree with his wrting always, but it’s always a treat to read his reviews.
But, having said that, of all the options that we have this diwali, Blue seems to be better bet. It seems to be piasa vasool, story or no story.
I encore the same sentiments – “I may not agree with his wrting always, but it’s always a treat to read his reviews.”
*seatizens* takes the cake. ROTFFLMAO!
its not fair to judge a movie on the basis of one review. a lot has gone into making this movie. special underwater camera experts were called in.this movie has a hollywood feel to it for sure. i have seen the trailers of the film and i think the movie has a very high production value. according to me every action movie is not story centric. stories are for romantic films n family drama. Action movies are meant to have a basic story line and a lot of stunts and action which keep the audience on the edge of their seats. you really need a lot of courage and a clean vision to make a movie like BLUE specially if its ur first movie..and i think Anthony D’souza has done just that.
So, khalid is same guy who directed 2 flops, right??
Irony is that most of the critics review the movies as per their own likings, but not on the basis of what public is looking for..
Khalid seems to have forgotten that there are more genres in cinema like comedy, logic defying action, which he always makes fun of. But audience likes them also..
We can’t always digest the heavy pills of FIZA and Tehzeeb, and the results of those movies might have given goosebumps to khalid, and here see the symptoms.
His review for most of the movies (leaving Karan Johar and YRF’s) seem out of the track, because he starts his first line with sarcasm, ends it with sarcasm, and we see sarcasm between the end and start also….get a life sir.
I am waiting for your next movie, let me see how would to please audience. Try making a comedy just like your reviews, may result into a box office success, you never know. ;)
Ohh, by the way, the reports from Boxoffice is good for BLUE, theaters are houseful and people are loving the movie because of the entertainment quotient and short duration.
Trust me Indians like to see these movies in the festive times
Sunjay Dutt, the actor seems to have been dead and burried, last time i saw a good performance from him was in Eklavya.
Looks like another “leave your brains” kinda block buster.
For God’s sake guys go and watch the movie first, if you are not ready to pay the money, then atleast download it from net and then watch it.
and don’t compare all bollywood movies with hollywood, they don’t make movies like K3G also….
If khalid or any critic for that matter would come and says”,Hey, you know what I like wearing red colored shirt, you also try wearing it.”
Would you wear a red-colored shirt then??
Everybody has his own likes and dislikes, khalid didn’t like this movie, that doesn’t mean you would also not like it.
hey don’t make movies like K3G also…thankfully…
KHALI-PEELI Khalid Sir…maaf kardo bhai ab aur mat pakao. RETIRE is one last word for you.
to ram and everyone else. Khalid mohammad has, whether you like it or not, earned a right to comment on other films, as he has unlike most others who just comment or sit back or better still, show their intellect horseshit by commenting on every cinematic work made in the world sitting on the couches, call themselves film buffs, switch off the lights and sleep!!He has made 2 interesting films!!even if they went down, they went down fighting. but what has that to do with his review of movie blue??if you like his style then you read, and if you dont, then dont read his columns!!how hard it is to not open a post if you dont like the author!! who are we to tell anyone what one should do or not do.if ashtavinayak can produce a blue then others, especially someone who has made qa film has a write to post an article on it.read, like it or dislike it and move on. Sometimes its not bad to just shut up and not try to pull everyone you dont like down!!
“Sometimes its not bad to just shut up and not try to pull everyone you dont like down!! ”
Nice quote, but I wish khalid could understand this and stop spitting venom against some specific people of the industry who he doesn’t like.
Making two flop movies which audience didn’t like (mind it, I or You don’t represent the whole audience, and such failure is a clear avoidance of such movies) does make a lot of incredibility as a movie critic.
In that case I am in a total favor of every tom, dick and harry (who has a PC at home and some good and cool English writing and speaking skills) who writes reviews of any movie based on his personal likes and dislikes.
I don’t want to know what Khalid has done in his career or what he is planning to do, but after reading few of his reviews to some movies, it is quite evident that he tries to pull people down for some reason, God knows what.
I have read reviews of other critics also, some of them also try to force audience to avoid a movie, but after talking about the movies negatives.
But here I see a person who is not happy with his life and his achievements just spewing venom in the glamorous form of sarcastic and not to so funny way.
As well said by someone in here…RETIREMENT is the last word for him now.
I have a few things to say :
1. Reviewing a movie = knowing how to make a good movie. I dont know how to make a aloo tikki burger but I can tell you if its badly made at McD.
2. @ people who are shamelessly criticising the reviewer (as someone rightly said, killing the messenger), that is cheap and below the belt guys. Saying I dont like your review is one thing and saying “You dont know how to make movies” is another. (and at the risk of sounding rude let me say, atleast he knows how to make a movie, I still have to see a movie or a good review from you folks to consider you eligible to hit someone below the belt)
3. Every reviewer has a style. Every reviewer has a point of view and even if you dont agree, you need to respect a person’s viewpoint for what he has to say. I dont like Taran Adarsh’s Reivew, I dont, I like Rajeev Masand, I dont read Khaleed Mohammad. But I dont need to keep shouting that TA needs to leave what he does.
If you are reading it till here, you might be angry that all the 3 points mean the same. YES IT DOES, and it does because I knew you won’t get it at the first point.
Dont want to offend anyone but really you should avoid KM’s reviews, if you so very hate him for that 5/5 on K3G. (I hate that movie but I do understand that KM could have liked it 5/5)
I too write movie reviews in my small capacity, and let me tell you if someone told me that the objective of my review is “To Save someone’s money or tell him how he would find the movie” ITS NOT SO. My reviews are my thoughts on a movie and just that.
point 1 ….. errata reviwing a movie is not equal to ..
labour day that was a good one.people like entertainment so much they like reading khalid’s review more than wathcng a film.n they say wat a review.common khalid labour was true to say oz writes better than you.it shows that knows and loves films.i have read so many of your reviews and then compared it after watchng the films aaaa u jst write trash for every film you are like suhel seth of critics.why dnt you stop watching movies especially hindi when you find it useless.seriously man how long.i know you have a list of fans who want you to write these stuff.if anybody enters the theatre with negetive thoughts to bash a film than even ‘and e part’would look meaningless.no critics should write the same way but critics dont write to entertain readers then you should start your own book on why you hate hindi movies.and this is not a hate mail but an honest comment and my support to labour day.and did you review yor own movie.what was that.
oh my mistake it was band e part.
ya jay i agree with you this \was also not meant to be a bashing but when you comment on something honestly you seem to be rude.you said it right if you dont like anybody’s review dont read it but what if someone doesnt like the whole industry’s movie like khalid so he should not stop writing reviews but should stop watching hindi movies isnt it fair.as you requested us to stop reading his reviews then we request him to stop watching bollywood stuff.
Producers never promised to make an OSCAR winning movie, they promised full-on entertainment and they have successfully given that in just 2 hours. Many of my friends have seen it and I am also going to see it tomorrow.
I never forced people to watch a movie of not to watch a movie, because once it happened to me that somebody suggested me not to eat Chicken Mcnuggets from Mcdonalds, because he didn’t like them. Incidently I went to Mcdonalds with my girlfriend who ordered them and I ate them, I did like them a lot, and i make it a point to have them whenever I am in Mcdonalds.
Honestly speaking it was hard for me to sit through Jodha Akbar, the cult classic for many movie buffs, but quite boring. I could watch any sitcom at home for a longer duration in place of a movie.
I am also not in a favor of comparing two movies from two different genres. Both have their own tastes.
And a message to hypocrite hollywood movie watchers. If James Bond dives from one plane and enters into the other plane, we say”,wowww amazing stunt man!!” And when our indian hero does something of that sort, we call that trash…why??
Hunky Boy, u liked Blue, u wanna see it again, please do, you have every right to do so. Why are you getting so worked up over folks who hated it?
Agar usko dekhna hai to dekhenge, nahin dekhna hai to nahin dekhenge.
BTW no big fan of Khalid, and more often than not rarely agree with his reviews, but this is a free world, people are going to like what you hate, and hate what you like. No point in getting angtsy over it.
firstly…yes no one minds an entertaining movie…but is it really entertaining?…most of such “leave ur brains movies” r supposed 2 be entertaining but they r not…I’m talking abt some past experiences (won’t talk abt blue….yet 2 see)…
but I hav 2 agree that for some strange reasons a lot of people do find them entertaining…best example would be Dhoom 2…I was thoroughly disgusted…but it worked…as far as JA is concerned it was hardly a cult classic…
…it was well made but Ekta Kapoor influnce overshadowed the history…
ya chintan you have a point he has made two very interesting movies among the best movies made in bollywood.and now you think only khalid could be funny.i may gather a few fans after this joke and start writing crap and as per your advise switch off the lights and sleep.
@akash. Its fine man. You can gather your friends and do what you want man.Probably you did not understand what i was saying or possibly, did not want to say.I may or may not have liked the 2 films, but that was never the point. Its a matter of freedom of speech, but its something you may not want to understand.
correction. did not want to understand..
If you cannot see why people are criticizing the reviewer then your are completely missing it. The review simply put is not a review but an effort to sound clever and witty. If he had made an honest attempt to convey to us why the movie is a bad film people wouldn have any problems.
And if he has right to shred a movie to bits without giving reason or being honest I guess I have also the right to crticise him. At least no one stands to lose from my criticism which I cannot say for him.
I would rather appreciate honesty and clarity of thought over confused and pretentious writing which didnt convey to me anything about the movie.
“Sethji and Aarav converse at a dark oceanfront near-replicating a scene in Omkara. ”
I call this sheer intelligence……comparing the scenes of two different movies just to tickle the funny bones of readers..
“Unfortunately, Akshay Kumar engages in anti-women dialogue once again after Kambakt Ishk, asking smarmily, “Can I ride you?” He’s also racist, comparing a session with a black and a white woman to plonking piano keys.Besides, couldn’t he have been prevented from saying “blew” instead of “blue”? ”
Does he even know the difference between acting and real life?
So Ranjeet Sir played rapist in 50 odd movies of his career, according to Khalid’s theory Ranjeet should have been in a jail by now…Right??
I dont recall the name of that actor who played the role of police inspector in most of his movies (it is even a record)..So according to Khalid, he would be the man with greatest honour in his real life too….
Police Inspector – Name is Mr Jagdish Raj (father of actress Anita Raj)
We can assume that at so many times he might have left the home for shooting fully dressed in police uniform.
It is possible that Bombay policemen of his time saluted (might have) him on the road.
@RK saab, a small doubt. I thought the character who played police inspector in most hindi movies was Iftekar. Now, who is Jagdish Raj? Could you point some references?
Actually RK is right. Jagdish Raj has acted as an Inspector in a lot more films than Iftekaar. As RK points out, he is the father of Anita Raj who used to play the leading lady in movies from the 80s.
Most famous roles of Jagdish Raj that you would be able to recollect are :
1. He played the judge in Aag Hi Aag where Dharmendra and Shatrughan stand in his court asking his permission to kill each other.
2. Cop in Ram Teri Ganga Maili
3. Cop in Arjun
4. Cop in Karishma Kudrat Ka
5. Cop in Amitabh starrer Inquilab
6. Cop in Dharmendra/Anita Raj starrer Nauker Biwi Ka
7. Villain in Amitabh Starrer Dostana where he plays Prem Chopra’s sidekick (besides Amrish Puri)
8. Cop in Manmohan Desai’s Suhaag
9. Cop in Yash Chopra’s Trishul (he arrests Prem Chopra in the climax)
10. Played a doctor in Feroz Khan’s Dharmatma
11. Cop in the fantastic – Khel Khel Mein
12. Cop in Raj Kapoor’s Bobby
many more… yaad aya?
Thanks Oz bhai for the info. I couldn’t recall his face when I posted the comment. Now, when I imdbed Jagadish Raj, believe it or not, he has acted as a cop in 144 movies…damn..144..
ok… so now I’m off to satisfy my weekly trash addiction. off to Bigg Boss.
@Vick,
Surely.
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Please go through following link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivs7w6r-n8U
Mr Jagdish Raj is the actor (Inspector here) in the song who removes his sunglasses as soon as Dev Saab says “Raja” in the begining of the song. I am sure he might have played a police inspector in few hundred films and possibly he must have made some kind of record.
- While Mr Iftikhar is the one who played a police officer in old Don. He makes a simpleton Vijay as dummy Don. He was Dagar Saab, a smuggler in Yash Chopra’s Deewar. He was there in Bimal Roy’s Devdas, where he had played elder brother of Dilip Saab. He was there in Teesri Kasam, where he played the landlord who tried to get Waheeda Rahman. He has also played a police officer in many films but Mr Jagdish Raj beats him in this arena. Mr Iftekhar has played different characters also like characters of Principal, Doctor, rich father of hero or heroine or villain etc.
Though it can be an interesting point that While Mr Iftekhar got promotion and played DSP and IG of police in his later years perhaps Mr Jagdish Raj never got such a promotion and he got retired from the post of Inspector only.
(There can be exception to this hypothesis)
Actually Police inspectors should utilize his filmi case to put up their cases in real life also because they normally dont get promotion beyond the post of Inspector. Police department has ways to keep them satisfied with false designations like circle officer, senior inspector etc.
PCS/PPS lobby stops Inspectors to become DSP and IPS lobby stops PPSs to become DIG etc.
There was something about his performance which made people notice him even in “you blink and you miss” roles. He used to add dignity to any role that has performed. In fact he was barely there in laila majnu(as a servant) and the only scenes that I remember of the movie are his’
Yup. it’s a record. Once Vishal Bhardwaj also mentioned this thing in an intervew
HWD.. yaar I dont thinking he was mixing akshay kumar’s personal life and his acting skill here…he was just talking about his character in the movie…
@PS….I understand that bro,
Akshay kumar is a known face and world knows him better then khalid.
But making such stupid comments when you are known as an experienced and responsible critic is not acceptable to me atleast.
Because that doesn’t seem criticising a movie to me in any terms.
Does it seem criticising a movie to you?
yep … if there are moments in the movie which are not needed yet go on to make a stupid reference or an unnecceary comment, it is worth criticizing…. KI possibly was the worst in this case, which seemed to be back to early 90s when hero and his ganmg used to gang up on heroines during songs… smwhere it looked like it was promoting eve teasing… so yeah ., i for one think that these references are necessary … seth haiving a pauch or not… that to me is unnecessary .,, though funny :D….
KM saab 1 q…. is he actually called seth in the movie? looks like he is officially crowned with the name now :D
Ratnakar Sadasyula….
Dear friend, I haven’t yet seen the movie. And I am not angry on this man.
Everyone has a right to like or dislike the movie, but to cross the extent of forcing people not to watch is something not acceptable to me.
I have read 2-3 reviews from this critic, and his tone in all the reviews are same. God knows why is he not happy with some people.
Just like you reacted after reading some of my posts. I am reacting after reading his senseless and biased reviews. So we are sailing in the same ship.
Now wait, in what way do you feel, he is forcing you not to watch the movie, it’s a simple thing, you watch a movie, and you liked it, you ask all and sundry to watch it, you hated it, you would tell some one to avoid it, i mean that’s human tendency.
Lets be honest, not all of us have come to the stage, when we find some thing we hate, and we tell the other person “Look i hate it, but i understand its a free world, and your taste could be different than mine, so i respect your choice to go and see it”, most likely we would say “It sucks, avoid it”. Now whether the other person would avoid it or try it out, is his own personal prerogative, unless you have made it your life mission to make him avoid it.
And one advice, agar tere ko picture dekhna hai to jaake dekh, don’t take the critics too seriously. And if some one is put off by the review not to watch Blue or Red, that’s his take.
Bhai Sahab,
When someone becomes a public figure like this guy in question here, his responsibility increases.
Would you call this writing responsible? Well I don’t
Calling someone racist just because he is playing the role and said few dialogs, comparing two different movies just because 2 actors were interacting with each other in both the movies….
You call that professional criticism??
After reading his several reviews, he has come up to me just like our corrupt media, which tries to manipulate things for their own benefit.
I don’t have any problem with someone who hasn’t liked the movie and saying bad about the movie.
But here if you see the scene is different. He stopped talking about movie and started saying bad about people associated with it.
Ye kahan ka criticism hai bhai?? Ye uncle ki soch dekh ke hairaani hoti hai, aise logo ko power mili hai hum logo se ki wo khuleaam kuch bi aake bolte rahe.
I don’t have any personal favorite in bollywood, I enjoy every movie, good, bad or trash. But never seen any guy (read responsible) going to the extent of making these kind of stupid comments.
He is not a college going kid who would call some actor gay or racist just like that. I think he is an old man with a great deal of experience. But unfortunately it doesn’t seem like.
Yaar ratnakar, at some point I agree with HWV…. its true that KM is a celebrity … a public figure, and a considered pro in his profession… good or bad, his talk will be taken seriously…. and when we are aware of celebrities getting zillion bucks to endorse products and say “yahi hai right choice baby” and the product sales zoom up … similarly KM and team’s reviews do directly make into a lot of cinema audience either walking to watch it, or missing it…. but its almost like a man standing outside a shop and criticising the shop in worst words… guess thats where the journo has totake his role a lil more seriously, and see if minor flaws are significant enough to blow up al the way or not….
@hunk.Firstly, if you expect a movie to be bad because either overall audiences did not like it when it released or it did not make huge profit then there is no point in having this discussion. There are umpteen amount of films from lakshya to dor to apocalypso now to so many else which were well made but failed. So unless that misunderstanding is changed, then one can never be able to differentiate and stay unbiased.
Secondly,if the 2 movies the author here made, would have been hits, then does he gain the right to thrash a movie with his ‘personal likes and dislikes’.Going by that definition one should listen to barjatyas and ghais as to what is good and bad!! The point was never whether his movies worked or not.Most film makers would agree that making and releasing a film is so hard that anyone who manages to achieve that earns some respect.
thirdly, what catches me is why cant people be more civil here!!does blogging mean being rude and disrespectful. If u dont like a post or have a prob with the author then avoid it. I dont like TARAN ADARSH so i avoid him.Its not important whether i agree with khalid mohammad’s articles either or like his films! Impt is to be civil in one’s speech.You can write ones own post on Blue. If you dont agree with one’s comments, then can say it in a more civil manner too in the comments. To tell someone to RETIRE?? I mean everyone here works man,we can put ourself in someone else’s shoes and think for a change man!Anyways man, to each his own.Just that, the way people so flamboyantly say such nasty things about someone’s LIFE amazes me!!
“people be more civil here!!does blogging mean being
rude and disrespectful.”
Please make KM understands this, whom tragically defending by saying this. Writing reviews doesn’t mean you can be disrespectful to the people, even if you don’t like the movie. Even if you don’t like the product you can go and say it in much more sensible manner then rather be rude. In this atleast I like TA, though m not at all a follower or fan of him. If KM can be this rude to people associated with the movie then we have every right to be rude to him.
I don’t know when reviewers or for that matter audience understand or give consideration to the fact that hell lot of effort goes into making a movie. If
you don’t like it then it’s okay..leave it, but don’t be so disrespectful esp when u know that your opinion could affect many people’s choices or opinions.
Just for the info, haven’t watched the movie but inclined to watch, if for nothing else then for ‘never done on Indian screen’ cinematography and photography.
@chintan….I appreciate your comments dude
But if some guys (including me) commented that “khalid should retire”, then what’s wrong are we doing in here?
Because Khalid with his several recent reviews have been trying to say the same thing to some people associated with the movies (of course in a very diplomatic and sarcastic way), we are just direct on point.
And trust me, we saying this statement won’t make any impact. But a public figure like Khalid, who has guys like you to back him can make or break anyone’s career.
Here we have some new directors working hard and coming up with new ideas in bollywood. Instead of encouraging them and helping them by giving honest feedback, khalid is making fun of them.
When some people read reviews like that, they think “i should not watch this movie.” and the hardwork of that director remains unnoticed by many, just because some unhappy critic bashed the poor guy in public so badly that audience loses the trust from him.
If the same thing had happened with Manmohan Desai, Subash Ghai and many such directors in the early days of their career, they wouldn’t have survived.
Just think about this.
I don’t have any problem with his liking or disliking a movie. But i do have a problem with his language.
I dont have much to say to that.Just that”Khalid should retire” was a personal thing man. Cannot compare this to that situation.
I understand when you say that there are guys like me to back him, thats a general habit to put people in a bracket and control them. I would also agree that critic’s points of views do affect box office a little. But there are just so many examples of the same law not witholding. Just check out the reviews Fight club had got and what it became. What i am saying is one of those old fashioned things man, that to go up either you can cut someone to bring them down to your level, or yourself become able enough to surpass them, as clished as it sounds.Today you may have the right reason to support you criticising someone, tomorrow someone will use the same means to cut out someone encouraging by taking away his figure of speech!If you dont agree with a review, write your own one, become a force on your own, becom3 constructive!or help others who have the ability to do so. But by being so harsh you are commiting the same mistakes as someone you are opposing do. Having said that, to sign off, i will agree that Fiza was a film i liked a lot.Rest is all, just big talk with no constructive outcome.
Whatever bro…
Your way of looking at things is different then mine.
What i saw in this review is way too different then a healthy movie criticism.
Anthony is a new director, we can’t expect a mughal-e-azam from him in his first venture and even he didn’t promise that either.
Being an experienced critic and a moviemaker himself he should have given some points to help the new director. But he has crossed his limits in many statements.
His loyality to some production houses is clear to many people in industry. It is good to be loyal to your friends, but that doesn’t give you a right to start a mission against every new hardworking director.
“But by being so harsh you are commiting the same mistakes as someone you are opposing do.”
I thank the present for that case Chintan that I am not a public figure yet, and my words are not stronger then media or people like khalid.
even if they had, they wouldn’t have been used to destroy someone’s career
Nice talking to you guys. Sorry if i hurt someone in here
@PS…Thanks bro
That’s exactly what I am trying to say here
Agar puraane directors ke saath aisa hota to wo kabhi itni der tak survive nai kar paate
We can’t tolerate YRF, KJO and Subash Ghai for long…We need new ppl to come in.
The movie may be bad or good, but why to kill the career of the poor guy with statements used in reviews like this one?
I appreciate Akshay Kumar for working again with Nikhil Advani and many new directors to boost their spirits and talents, it is just like taking a risk of his own career for akki.
That’s the responsibility of a celeb.
As I said, i don’t have problems with critics saying bad about movies, but please avoid stupid comments, which clearly show your frustration.
“If the same thing had happened with Manmohan Desai, Subash Ghai and many such directors in the early days of their career, they wouldn’t have survived.”
Not just Manmohan Desai, Subash Ghai, even Hrishi Da, Shyam Benegal were torn apart by critics during their time.
Honestly don’t think critics can make or break a career, or else David Dhawan would have been out of business long time back.
Having read some of the older reviews in Filmfare, can say for sure, that both commercial and even middle of road movies, were regularly trashed. But then those days, not many took critics too seriously.
“But then those days, not many took critics too seriously. ”
But today people do take them seriously, reason strong media and word of mouth.
You are talking about an age where media wasn’t that strong.
How many people used to read filmfare magazine those days??
People didn’t have the support of piracy those days..
People didn’t have other options of entertainment those days.
Had ‘Biloo Barber’ been released after this movie, it would’ve got great publicity. All you hear in the movie is bilooooo biloooo, biloooo!!! Pathetic.
Good one Aarti. Dig it!
gr8 sense of humour!!! and sad that its AR Rahman of all people….
I’m least concern about your review but read it just for the fun part and you are good at it. at least.
“Jodha Akbar, the cult classic for many movie buffs”
Can people stop using terms just for the heck of it, without even understanding what it means.
Ratnakar, I missed you when i was here few hours back..
And just for your kind information, If you never visited a place like Greenland then that doesn’t mean you completely discard the existence of a place named GREENLAND where you hardly see any greenery.
I know many people who termed JA as a cult classic.
Oh, by the way Sir, “Understanding” is a word which cann’t be used as a verb, it is an abstract noun.
I swear I missed your comments when i was online, please try to reply back when I am online next time.
All the best
Did someone die and leave you in charge here??
Seriosuly dude who are you to tell what terms people ought to use and not use… Chillax boss
Yeah i am the Ghost of the Christmas Past, on a mission to wipe out all wrong users of right words, He, he,
“Can people stop using terms just for the heck of it, without even understanding what it means. ”
Did you really mean this statement or you were simply being funny??
“cult classic” DO you really think it is so damn difficult term to be misunderstood, when everybody has an access to “dictionary.com”?
Whats funny? Whats serious? Everything is funny or serious, on way u look at it, Sab Maaya Hai.
I don’t understand critics. You have KM here whose review makes it looks like you ought to avoid it like the plague (or close to it). And then you have the suppsoedly refined and respected Nikhat Kazmi who gives it a thumbs up!
Would mean the critcs are mixed on this one? Perhaps… usually those are just the kind of movies one must watch when the consensus is generally in the middle
What’s up with KM and all these reviews on PFC? Is this the only place that lets him publish anything now?
smelly and stale as a dead fish
it was a nice entertaining movie. dint expect it to be so good. its a must watch film!
some days back I read n artcicle of urs akki sir.
, but at the moment I dnt rememba wat was his name…he had critized u so much nd write till his words ended…which must hav been really painful for u. I had read that nd I commented sayin that all this wat u hav said is all wrong he has done hits…every man has his ups. down in life..nd I also wrote that u wait nd watch hw akki will prove u wrong in his film BLUE nd u did exactly right!…nd I’m proud of u!!
Well .. here’s my take..
1.I enjoyed the review …
2.I enjoyed the comments more than the review
3.I am not used to deciding whether or not to watch a movie after reading anyone’s review
my small analysis (minus KM’s vocab power)
If the movie has something to offer(what I found)
it is the amazing cinematography (for once i agree with Taran Adarsh … that Indian movies have not seen something like this before.)
Watch it on 70MM. Please don’t wait to watch it on Tv sets … u’ll miss the little somethings that it has to offer. (If u have some extra money saved from cracker expenses .. that will bring down the sound pollution also)
Rest is scrap. No Hope.
Akshay Kumar is down the hill
Zayed Khan, Lara Dutta, Katrina as ever … useless
Sanjay Dutt (I agree with Ratnakar) is dead as an actor…. reminded me of Thanedaar type acting
Overall . .a big disappointment … but there is he glass half full if u wanna see it hat way. ;)
Errata .. . but there is the glass half full if u wanna see it that way. ;)
awesaome review !!!!! that’s what I thought after seeing this bullshit!!!!! the one’s who are defending this movie must have no idea about how the movies are meant to be………..
Enjoyed reading it… really. The film has generated one good moment… This review
i agree with the review , but compared to kind of hindi action movies we had like dhoom series blue seems to be much better .
@chintan i completely agree with you man that its freedom of speech and one should not criticise someone.but when i am saying this then its misuse of the same right to expression and when he is saying its freedom of speech.if he can write criticism he should take it as well. but i dont think asking somebody to retire is right.and if akshay goes anti women with kiddish dialogues what about characters from tarantino films who dont stop from using the word ‘bitch’ to any women they hate.and man he is the director who has used the word nigger in almost every of his films even inglourious basterds.what would you call him world leader of racist community.and women in his films are a lot smarter than any male characters in other films.uma thurman pulp fiction ,kill bill 1 and 2,pam grier in jackie brown,daryl hannah and lucy liu in kill bill 1 and 2.melanie laurent and diane kruger in inglourious basterds.
and all the ladies in Death Proof..
@akash.Those are very pertinent questions buddy.Firstly, yes, one should not get so downright dirty to say stuff like ‘RETIRE’ to anyone unless its something personal.Secondly,the point was,that its just the authors style, from years to write the review the way he does.Someone may agree some may not.Those who dont, can either ignore or say that there is lack of content in the review and other points with which one may not agree in a conversational way.But to be honest, yesterday i was watching blue on tv, and i could not watch it for more then 10 mts.Wonder how could anyone analyse such a movie in a detailed way!
And thirdly, the thing is that tarantino uses the tool of suspension of disbelief brilliantly in his movies.Once you start watching pulp fiction, samuel jackson is Jules Winnfield,a real badass,who uses the word ‘nigger’ with as much gusto with which he tells his students not to use the same word in COACH CARTER as Ken carter, a basketball coach.See the best part is that tarantino never claims his films have any sense of morality in them. They are like the actual killers in the real world.I think i have said here before too, that i think, there is not much difference between jason borne and Dharmendra’s roles if you really look at it, they both kill dozens of people like one kills flies, but where one does it in a way that it immerses you and does not give you time to analyse, the other does it, well stupidly!!
Problem with akshay kumar films is the hypocricy, where the characters are completely unbelievable.There is nothing wrong with using the words you have mentioned which kumar uses, as long as one feels that this language is the normal language used by the character given his background and all. A normal viewer will make this analysis subconsciously, and his dis attachment with the film starts emerging from there.The character TASHI in KAMINEY says ‘I dont like dogs, I like bitches’, the same people who growled with the same word in akshay kumar film will enjoy the same words cause they are used in a more believable setting and to apt characters, unlike whereas akshay kumar will use it just to look ‘cool’ without any believability.And a bharadwaj or tarantino will never claim there films to be something they are not unlike nadiadwalas do and result is obvious.
And yes man, Female characters in tarantino films are always smarter like for example in gulaal the character of ayesha kapur, if one looks at history in the books or around normal people around us, women are more often then not, smarter and often knowingly and unknowinlgy from whom ‘conflicts’ as used in films often emerge. And these films are more of a testament to their strength and intelligence, although it may not appear so on the core!!
“Problem with akshay kumar films is the hypocricy, where the characters are completely unbelievable.”
So which mainstream actor has believable charac6ers in his movies dude??
Even A Wednesday doesn’t have believable characters.
And Akshay is not the director of the movies he does. SO get a better thinking power for yourself.
Just because you write a full page essay full of crap doesn’t make your thoughts factual.
Don’t pass on your biased and wrong opinion for a person if you don’t like the person.
Aren’t you guilty of that yourself? but then what am talking to? Someone who calls himself a “hunk” and with “values”… Jai Ho!
No I aint, because I don’t dislike anyone including this critic. I dislike this review where everything else is written to degrade the persons related with the movie, but nothing has been written about the movie.
Wow… hunk sounds so bitchy… ummm so sexy… In Gulshan Grover mode : I loooveee you beetch… sorry…. hoooonk
Thanks cutiepie
you’re welcome. Whatever rocks your boat! Hunk, Bitch, Transgender etc.
Since you are changing your gender with each next comment, I’m sure your changing of “values” that you clamored about is on bullet speed
Don’t you think you are in a wrong forum buddy?
What did i do to be deserving of this treatment?
Darn I thought this day would never come:
-Firstly… let me fall off my chair laughing while reading that I am on the wrong forum.
Job done. Next Question
- well for that you should be asking your “values”
All of us are in the wrong forums, the world is a big stage, we come in to play the right roles, but end up in the wrong places, Sab Maya hai.
So is Mr. Hunk calling himself “Maya” or am I misreading something here
Oz tension kaiku letha hai, Hunk kaun hai, Values Kya hai, Sab Maya Hai, “Blue” pee or Chill Kar.
Asking oz, “Don’t you think you are in a wrong forum buddy?”
Hee ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haho ho ho ho ho oh that’s a good one!!!!!!
@ Kenny…. your response did not have a symmetry in lines… you are challenging the english language… RETIRE ho ja
… (time to upgrade in PFC man… looks like language and asking people to retiring is in … lemme pull up my socks real quick)
@hunk. well,
1) I dont claim to have much knowledge and am not trying to shoot down any superstar.I am neither cool and probably am very desi.if noticed, i used the names of samuel jackson’s characters and not him personally to describe his movies and roles. I did not remember the name of akshay kumar’s characters in his movies or would have done the same.You are right when you say that kumar is not the director who should really be blamed if a movie does not work.In describing his movies, i said ‘KUMAR’S FILMS’, which did not mean i was personally aiming for him. I think he is a very good actor, i have really liked some of his movies.It was probably my lack of writing skills as you mentioned which may have sounded as if i was blaming kumar which was not true. Am sure you are a kumar fan, so if you felt bad then it was not my intention.
2)But this being a public forum unfortunately, everyone has a right to express their liking or disliking for some movies and stuff connected to them.Maybe there is a reason why some of the films ’starring akshay kumar’ are flopping on the box office of late.I am probably not very intelligent as you rightly said, but from what little i understand and know is that i enjoy adam sandler films, cause most of them are honest, subtle and sandler hardly ever tries to be over the top. His connectivity with the masses is still intact because the humour is at the end very smart and feel good. One hardly ever gets a feel of manipulation and over the top goofing around which unfortunately lots of people seem to be getting off late in ‘films starring akshay kumar’.I dont think i in the comments said that there should be no comedy movies made in india!!Even i am not that stupid!! Just that in a film making industry, comedy films need to constantly keep getting smarter over a period of time or else people start getting bored and maybe thats why the films are flopping.
3)It really perplexes me when you say that ADAM SANDLER AND AKSHAY KUMAR ARE NATURAL ACTORS AND DONT PRETEND WHAT THEY ARE NOT. are you saying that then they are on screen what they are off it?? I think the definition of acting is a chance to be something what one is not.I am pretty sure ADAM SANDLER is nowhere close to billy madison is he?the fact that he acts well makes one enjoy the stuff he does. THE HANGOVER is a classic example of a good comedy film.The characters are distinct and brilliant if you notice,and they dont need to go over the top to make it funny cause the script is so bloody good.This is turning into a long boring reply i guess, and i can go on but the only thing i want to say is that even comedy can be very intelligent as well.Hangover, American pie films are classic example of smart comedy.
No one expects kumar or salman to make a shawshank redemption, but just that one feels angry when they consider grown ups here toddlers and think that even a bad film with no wittiness will work!!They can keep doing comedy, but smart ones will work better,seems to be the opinion man.And i am very happy in my life man!!
I am sorry, but i am not abusing anyone in here.. Atleast my “values” are better then yours in this case
I think i am in the wrong forum.
Take care buddy, People will thank you for the entertainment that you provided to them on my expense.
Think of the song “Maar dala… allllaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh…. maar dala”… Time to pack your bags for school… munna… get around fast or mummy will be very angry with her hunk/bitch/trans whatever you think rocks your kshti…
oops.. Hunk just RETIRED…
so sorry …just couldnt resist this one ..
PS Babu, Zindagi Aur Maut Ki Khel Mein Hum Sub Cut Puthli Hai, Kab RETIRE hothe hai, Kal Kya Hota Hai, Na Tum Jaano, Na Main, SAB GOD Ke Haath Mein.
Zindagi Hai Khel koi pass koi khel, khiladi hai koi, anari hai koi, Bura Na Maano PS Babu, i am remembering all the old movie songs and dialogues to get over my “Blues”.
aur mai chalta hoon to “retire to bed” :P
sirf Main… no Mrs Khanna :( so no All the Bests…
I mean HunkWithValues ban gaya “HunkyBitchWantsVendetta”,now is V for Values or V for Vendetta, aur Maya to Mayur, aah this is some kind of David Lynch scenario here.
it is not Vendetta he/she/etc. calls him/herself. It’s Vendatta. Vend – Atta. Vendor of Atta. Golden Atta. Shudh. Surakshit. With ‘Values’
And now its HunkWithBithValues, gosh our pal changes ID’s faster than politicans change their parties.
HunkyBitchWithVendAtta is famously abbreviated as Lambu Atta. IN the scene before his swargwaas, he promises to become a bitch, a hunk or whatever you will to save his life.
“zalzala jaag utha hai..”
read a very good reveiw after a long hiatus…welcome back mr. khalid!!
Khalid’s ‘Rutba’ yet to find takers
Journalist and writer Khalid Mohamed’s much anticipated comeback in Rutba as a director is facing a roadblock as the film is yet to find a producer after Vikram Bhatt backed out from the project.
Bhatt was supposed to produce Rutba, touted as the sequel to Shyam Benegal’s Zubeidaa and is based on Mohamed’s own life.
Model-turned-actor Rajneesh Duggall, who is supposed to play the lead, is also doubtful about the future of the film.
“Basically Khalid Mohamed and Vikram Bhatt have split, so Rutba is not with Vikram anymore. If it is happening it will happen with some other producer,” said Duggall.
The actor, who made his debut with Bhatt’s film 1920, also said that he is in constant touch with Mohamed and will be playing the lead if the film is made at all.
“It is a sort of sequel of Zubeidaa but you could say that it is more man-oriented. As of now, I am playing the main role of Khalid Mohamed,” Duggall said.
Earlier this month, Bhatt wrote on his blog, “I was the only one in the entire film industry who was willing to make a film with him and with me gone Khalid Mohamed has lost his last chance to make a film.”
Mohamed, whose last movie as a director was Silsiilay in 2005, has bid farewell to journalism temporarily in order to concentrate on directing Rutba.
When asked whether the film had any chace to go on floors in near future, Duggall said, “That I can’t say right now because after Vikram backed out there is no producer now.
Khalid Mohammad is talking to some producers and nothing has been finalised yet.”
seriously akshay has THE WORST script sense. Take a look at this year ALONE
CCTC
KI
and now BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he seems on a big EGO TRIP these days and he belives that people will see his any movies no matter how good or bad his movies are.
To dhirendra twiari
atleast Transformers had ENTERTAINMENT value deapite of poor direction and acting.
BLUE is lacks ENTERTAINMENT too infact KI also had same problem
MR AKSHAY KUMAAR please SIR stop tortuering us with movies like these
again please sir if u want to make massy movies make sure they have some entertainment value like WANTED or even OSSO
don’t sign movie which had action but NO entertainment
Why did Taran Adarsh give Blue 4 stars?
a. The producers spent a shitload of money on Bollywood Hungama (credited as media partners!)
b. They bought TA himself gifts – maybe an expensive car!?
c. TA has totally lost it – and cannot tell a film from a primary school skit.
d. All of the above.
tension is in if “Maya” at night calls himself “Mayur” in the morning. Darn!!! Emosonal Atyachar…
Hunk With Values becomes “Hunky Bitch With Vendetta”, and now “Maya” becomes “Mayur”, David Lynch where are you.