Blue
After watching Blue, there are quiet a few facets of the Hindi film industry which have come to the forefront now:
Film Making Courses: So far there are quite a few institutes like FTII, Anupam Kher Prepares and Whistling Woods where one can learn film making. Now they all have stiff competition. Here come the Dhilin Mehta’s Uber-Cool Diploma School (DUDS). Dhilin Mehta doesn’t believe in the conventional classroom style approach to impart knowledge on film making. No sir, he believes practical approach is the best and the only way to teach somebody the fine nuances of the craft. And where in the other institutes, one has to pay to do the course; here he liberally pumps in money so that the newbie can learn. So what if you are putting more that 100 Cr on a film whose narrative structure isn’t coherent. It’s all for the greater good of imparting quality education. The bigger picture is that through DUDS he will be able to attract more talent who will be fully equipped to churn out even more products that are DUDS.
Encouraging new talent: No, no, I am not taking about the director Anthony D’Souza who makes a debut here. I am talking about the 5 year old who has been given the task of writing the oh-so wonderful dialogues in the film. Just when you feel frustrated by the boring scenes that are unfolding in front of you, out of nowhere comes an abysmally juvenile dialogue that puts a smile on your weary face and lightens up your day. Hats off to this innovative idea.
The Human side of Rahman: Usually, when lesser mortals like us reach a zenith in our career, we tend to gloat over it and try to surpass our own benchmark. But not Rahman. He constantly strives to remind himself and his fans that Oscar or no Oscar, even he’s susceptible to occasional failures. If you thought the OST of Blue was not bad, wait till you hear the background music credited to Rahman. It has set a new low in the entire career of Rahman.
Anthony D’Souza is a man to watch out for: This guy is a genius. Where all other wannabe directors find it difficult to get a producer even for a Rs. 10 Cr flick, this dude gets a whopping Rs. 100 Cr + for a script that has been written with the least amount of creativity. Now that the movie has seen the light of the day and he’s officially one of the movie-fraternity, imagine how much he’ll get to bankroll for his next flick. If you observe your imagination, you will find that it positively boggles.
Akshay Kumar is the most secure actor in the industry: Where the other actors are known for putting a project through a sieve and going through a script with a magnifying glass due to the fear of failure, such fears don’t enter the mind of the Khiladi. As long as the movie’s being made in exotic locations with some (so called) stunt scenes and goofy dialogues he’ll never say no to the film. The fact that a song refers to him as a Khiladi was a bonus. Off course one of the main reasons why Akshay was approached for this film is that he’s the only dude who can breathe from the air of his bike’s wheel when he’s deep underwater.
Idiot Box has resulted in Bollywood reaching new highs: With all the item girls busy in some or the other reality show for television, it was very difficult to get somebody for that all important item song. So where others might have twiddled their thumbs and put the project on hold, Dhilin Mehta jumps to the US and ropes in Kylie Minogue. So what if he had to spend over 7 cr for a sequence that’s completely irrelevant in the movie? The important thing is that it has taken Bollywood to a new high.
Chiggy Wiggy is also a shining example of how one can put talented people like Kylie, Rahman, Farah Khan, Sonu Nigam together and still deliver a dud.
To be fair (and a bit serious), I really think that Blue had a good concept. I got the feeling that after a huge chunk of the movie got shot, the producers/financiers panicked and decided to put a halt to the spending spree. If I am not mistaken, this happened when recession hit the world markets. Perhaps due to this, the climax was a completely botched up effort and leaves a bad taste in the mouth (along with a headache). Sanjay Dutt has a meaty role. But he is not at all physically fit to carry off such a role convincingly. To top it all, his flashback story, which is a focal point, is extremely weak.
There is a scene in which Lara Dutta and Zayed Khan go through water rings underwater. I am told that it took them 15 whole days to can this scene which is hardly 4-5 sec long. While I applaud the intention for perfection, if such indulgence had been restrained and if Kylie’s sequence wouldn’t have been shot, perhaps the climax could have been shot with more justice and with some better dialogues Blue could have been an enjoyable fare. In the way it is now, it is to be completely avoided.
Moral of the story: Films like Blue shows us that if Khalid Bhai says one star, you better be a good boy and listen to him!
Tags: akshay kumar, Anthony D’Souza, AR Rahman, Blue, Bollywood, Dhilin Mehta, Dud, Farah Khan, kylie minogue, Lara Dutta, Movie Review, Sanjay Dutt, Sonu Nigam, Zayed Khan
Anurag Kashyap
Abhay Deol
Dibakar Banerjee
Hansal Mehta
Khalid Mohamed
Kundan Shah
Anish Kuruvilla
Jaideep Verma
Manish Gupta
Navdeep Singh
Bhavani Iyer
D. Santosh
Onir
Ashvin Kumar
Ramu Ramanathan
Sudhir Mishra
Pankaj Advani
Revathy
Saurabh Shukla
Shilpa Shukla
Sujoy Ghosh
Suparn Verma
Santosh Sivan
Shashank Ghosh
Shivajee
Pavan Kaul
Partho Sen-Gupta
Prroshant Naryannan
Sam Langoria
Satish Kasetty
Good one Sudhir…u hit it just right. Dhilin Mehta should also be credited for taking in prestigious school (of filmmaking) drop outs like Sanjay Gadhvi (YRF) and Soham Shah (Dharma Prod) and giving them ample budget to make duds like Kidnap and Luck respectively!
The script has been jointly written by former beauty queen wife (Mrs Gladrags 2002) of Anthony D’Souza Jasmine along with him…
U must add Abbas Tyrewala’s name for the partner in crime for Chiggy Wiggy song..ha ha
A script has been written? Now that’s news to me
Yeah i forgot to add abbas’s name, my bad..
Yes (mis)written with mrs ;)
Sanjay Dutt has a meaty role but he looks extra meaty for it!
umm…Kylie is from Australia, not the US
Well, you are right.She is from Aus. Was typing fast, so didn’t check it.
One of the most entertaining reviews of the year! I certainly need to watch this Blue film.
Thanks yaar..But u will still watch it?? Either ur a glutton for punishment or my msg didn’t come across properly.
Oh my gawd…bang on…after coming out of the movie theatre you feel so cheated it is not even funny. No coherent story, some random well shot scenes put together, big names, big money but absolutely no substance or content. Had it not been for Akshay Kumar, i think this ship would have sunk without a trace. Avoid at all costs.
Kudos to Anthony Dsouza. Really Sudhir you have marked very important thing here. He is the man to watch out. Na kewal producer ka balki viewers ka bhi chutiya kat diyaa.. Talent
Producers of this movie should have given this money (claiming 120 cr.) to some good cause, orphange or to the farmers on suicide. Either they have infinite money to spend or just coverting black money of others to white currency.
Methinks there is way too much black money floating around. This movie has come out after two other high profile movies – Kidnap and Luck.
One path breaking dialogues from the movie:
Seth ji… mere paas hai Liya, Diya, Jo-naa Liya, Le Liya and the last recruit Naa-Diya…
What the heck is this?
How can one convince sb to spend 100 crores for such an idiotic movie?
Sometimes, I really doubt the brains behind the selection of movies by two of the GREATEST STARS of our time:
Akshay Kumar: Blue, KI, Chandni Chowk to China, Tasveer, Tashan, SIK etc etc and
Salman Khan: Main aur Mrs Khanna, Yuvraaj, Hello, God Tussi Great Ho, MariGold etc etc.
I can understand Akshay’s movie selection logic. Every movie he does makes his previous movie seem like a classic. Right now, after having seen all his previous films(except for 8X10), I can actually tolerate and appreciate Tashan.
See, this is how great stars like him work. He is like God, both work in mysterious ways. Mere mortals like us can only stand back and gape in awe at their actions.
By god ki kasam, for me there are only 1 movie called Blue, that of Krzysztof Kieslowski. (Not talking of a great and sacred genre called ‘Blue film’ here). Kaas mane Khalid sahab ki baat man le hoti aur yeh ‘blue’ na dekhtaa, to aaj mujhe yahan dukh prakat na karna hota.
“Let me keep it concise and to the point. You haven’t watched something like this on the Hindi screen before. Never ever! ”
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“Final word? Go, grab a ticket, if you haven’t booked one yet. This under-sea treasure hunt is a kickass film. A must-see for all those who love adventure flicks. ”
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“Anthony D’Souza is a director to watch. This film has style as well as substance.”
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“On the whole, BLUE has style as well as substance.”
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“At the box-office, BLUE will strike like a hurricane in the festive week. It should set new benchmarks in days to come.”
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Not my words off-course. Param pujya Taran Adarsh ji maharaj ke anmol vachan. I rarely had agreed on a single review by this guy. He is one of the most ‘CINEMA -ILLITERATE’ reviewer of the film fraternity.
Source: http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/13837/index.html
He gave 4 stars out of 5 to this crap.
Taran Adarsh ko mental asylum mein bhej do.. Kaminey ne sirf review likhdiya hoga rupee khaa ke, movie nahi dekhe hoge …
Dude you are using too much profanities in your comments today.
How did the prodcuers get 100 CR in these recession times to make such a Busted Up flick?
Ratnakar, I really doubt if the budget is 100 crores… I believe even the budget is a publicity stunt. High budgets create expectations amongst viewers that this movie would be technically good. They start expecting good special effects and stunts.
But what they find that even if they have spent 100 crores it will not be on these techniques but instead it would be spent on starcast and item numbers and creating water rings.
How did he get so much money for this piece of shit ?
How can be spend so much money to create this piece of shit..anyone with his morals intact would not be able to spend so much money when they money could have gone to other ventures and proved to be useful. You suck Anthony..dont make any more movies and go to Himalaya..
Deepak, Anthony don’t give any ideas. He’ll go to Himalayas and make a movie called “White” and will continue to torment us forever!!
I have been feeling Blue
After seeing 100 Cr Blewn Up
To get Over the Blues
After Watching Blue
I am watching another kind of “Blue”
BTW this site has given a 7/10 rating to Blue, TRASH Uncle has company here.
http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayReviewIndex.php?scid=7
Good news all around, the makers have decided to film a sequel for Blue- Jai Ho.
Yeah and it’s suppossed to be called “True Blue”.
I thought BlueShit would have been more apt.
Ah! Movies like this justify that the term new age bollywood is pretty overrated. This silsila is not going to end in the near future. Way to go..Jai Ho Bharat.
This ”BLUE”…publicity was like swine flu..spreading everywhere…but at last it was not at par with ACID FACTORY.
though i personally din hate the film much and love dhillin mehta for his sheer entrepreneurship skills…..still would applaud this article of yours…
i started out with negative view for this article….but pretty convinced now….and must say any day a better review than KHALID’s BHAI’s….kya pyaar se maari hai!!…loved it!!:)
Boy, that’s a pretty high praise. Mucho Gracias.