Marathi me kehte hain ki… SHUT UP
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Marathi me kehte hain ki… SHUT UP
I thought I was done with Drona when I wrote its review here and later on I read the interview of Goldie Behl (Director of Drona) and I believe he needs to SHUT UP and yes, in Marathi. That’s up to him how he does that? At least one person (Raj Thackeray) would be eternally happy knowing people are not just speaking but shutting up too in Marathi.
So there goes the interview which he gave and my reaction fed in between it:
Director Goldie Bhel’s recently released fantasy adventure Drona didn’t get an overwhelming response at the box office, but the director is happy with the fact that superstar Shah Rukh Khan and his son Aryan loved the movie.
“It’s important for children to enjoy Drona. I’m glad Aryan enjoyed it. I made the film for children, not for those who like their cinema twisted and perverse,” Behl told IANS. Behl is determined to make a sequel to Drona and says he will dedicate it to Shah Rukh’s son and his son Ranvir.
I say: Alright, so you ought to make it clear from the beginning that you are making Drona exclusively for SRK and his puttar. Why this sudden revelation after the Drona’s disapproval from almost all the sections?
Isn’t it important for children to enjoy any movie that is made, why single out Drona? Don’t give its-my-baby crap now. And look who is talking of twisted and perverse cinema? Bas Itna Sa Khwaab is etched forever in mind for being one of the most abnormal cinema and Drona goes beyond the limits of absurdness.
Ok, why not dedicating the sequel to SRK’s dogs and bitches as well. They will for sure be missed in the credits else.
“And all the children of our country who have to watch crime thrillers and sex comedies because fantasies are not made in the country. No matter what the outcome of Drona is at the box office, the sequel will most certainly happen,” he said.
I say: What? Did you run out of your 2.5 grams of brain? Children are getting their share of entertainment. And last one year in particular from this day had been blissful for them. Toddlers or Tweens; everyone had their share of fun and entertainment. And wasn’t Hari Puttar released a week before your film?
Ok, go ahead make the sequel like a gentleman. No matter how much we criticize you won’t stop, so why so much of tom-tomming?
Commenting upon the criticism, Behl said, “As far as we’re concerned we’ve made a film that dares to go into an unexplored genre. Critics are all the time complaining about our films being borrowed from foreign sources.
“When I’ve attempted something original, why shouldn’t I carry the story forward?
I say: And there you blurted it yourself. Did you just say ‘something original’? Well, then you are not doing the reading or listening of the criticism by the book? More or less everyone has pointed out how Drona is muddled up product of mnay Hollywood movies. Your truly himself has taken the names of Harry Potter, Fast-n-Furious in his review. And few that I forgot to mention then could be Troy (Brad Pitt meeting his mother), Matrix (The highway chase scene where Trinity and Keymaker are on motorcycle), and some part reminds of Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino starrer The Devil’s advocate where Al is a satan. I guess that’s enough. You can excuse yourself in case after the debacle of BISKH you have been living in some remote island penning the script of Drona and not aware of who-the-heck is Potter and what-the-heck-those-movies-are which I mentioned? From beginning till end you have borrowed ideas from all possible fantasy stories. Accept it like a man.
Shah Rukh loved the film. He told me his son loved the film. My three-year-old son Ranvir saw the first film of his life at the premiere of Drona. And he couldn’t take his eyes off the screen,” he said.
I say: So SRK is the one to love it, huh!!! He for one has not forgotten his Asoka and waits every moment for that to be declared a classic someday.
I do not hold your son guilty. What a three year old can make out of any happenings on big screen anyways? For a first film in theater even I as four-year-old tot could not take my eyes off the screen when I saw Silsila which was based on infidelity. Of course I could not have made anything out of it. And does that mean more movies on extra-marital affair should have been promoted that time just because a four-year-old tot could not take his eyes off the screen? But my dad was not SRK or you and I thank my stars for that.
Do you really think you are being rational here by bringing such analogy? If you are not then why would we? Many parents have already replaced ‘So jaa varna RGV Ki Aag dekhani padegi’ with ‘So jaa varna Drona dekhani padegi’ giving RGV’s film some kind of popularity for over an year only now till your movie took the coveted phrase.
Abhishek Bachchan, who played the title role in the movie, welcomes the idea of a sequel. “It a very interesting possibility. And taking the story forward is an idea that we’ve planted into the climax of the story. I don’t see why we should change our minds,” said Abhishek who was seen in sequels like Dhoom 2 and Sarkar Raj.
I say: He needs to save his face any which ways. From day one he has been getting offers without much sweat, so how does Drona being totally neglected would affect him? He has nothing to loose in both the cases of sequel being made or not; and the gain could be Drona-2 might hit the nail. So, he is just being the insightful businessman as expected of actors.
“It’s a new genre. There’re no reference points to Drona in the audiences’ movie-viewing experience. Initially, they were bound to be a bit confused, as we always are by something new. We were prepared for that,” said Abhishek.
I say: And so are we now to face your next classic.
“At the end of the movie Drona’s son, played by producer Shristhi Arya’s son Veer, is being shown tailed by the same supernatural powers as his father. The sequel, it is understood, will launch a new young actor as Abhishek’s son and will carry the adventures of Drona into a new realm.”
I say: Hey, take Aryan (SRK’s son) for heavens sake. Why mere a dedication to him? Launch him straightaway.
“Goldie Behl may take a break to make another film. But most probably he’ll go to the sequel as the very next one. The story of the Drona-in-waiting has to be told. In fact, Goldie has already written a major part of the script for the sequel and will be casting soon,” said a source.
I say: All The Best. (How do I say that in Marathi?)
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Drona is crap but kids would be better of watching that crap than the junk – Harri Puttar (Home Alone Masalfied/Sexyfied).
Shut Up is GAPPA BAIYES
All The Best is SHUBHECHA
Makes me wonder why some of these movie makers, cant accept the fact,that they goofed up and just move on.
i pity his 3 year old kid…what an introduction to cinema….
Yaar SRK ke peechche kyon padhte ho- if the media comes and asks him, how was the film, irrespective of whether he thought Drona was actually recycled bull crap, he would obviously have to give a positive response! Come on, this is Bollywood- diplomacy rules! Could SRK have afforded to blurt the truth if he thought it was bad? Remember how everyone raved about Saawariya when they came out of the premiere? But as soon as they perhaps entered their luxury sedans, the bitching had started…!
@axw11: LOL!
I just dont know who gives Goldie Behl such a huge sum of money to make a crap like this!!I believe it is the biggest flop of the year.But the best part is that the moment the promos were out there was flop written all over it.You can’t fool the audience even though a sizeable portion of them still enjoy Singh is King.
Phew .. it is so refreshing to read the right notes on clumsy.. immature.. shoddy monetary exercises being sold as CINEMA ( Ha ) .. Goldie behl is a second generation punju producer aka fixer movie mohaul munda.. who must have rubbed shoulders with Abhishek in his school .. college ( though in both cases one wonders weather they really have been to one ) Pls Director saheb and SIRJI ( AB.. gufaww )start educating urself in tune with the outside world.. get out of ur bunglows ka gates and connect in reality .. then just patting each others backs in pseudo comradeship and brotherhood.. ( For goldie.. any one out of tons kids programme and films on satellite Tv are a millennium superior then ( i dont wanna address it ) .. setup fail ho gaya sirji .. AB KYA ???
@axw11 – very true, but dont worry his son will do good, considering my first movie was “MARD”
@ anindya – what i fail to understand is y movies like ” sing is king” work. a bad film is a bad film is a bad film. PERIOD. i havent seent either of Drona or SIK, but cant expect any sense from guys like Goldie Behl, Aneez Bazmee, David Dhawan, K Jo, Farah Khan and all those psuedo movie makers…
@Oxymoronic,
Why Goldie Behl or for that matter any filmmaker should not have right to make a sequel and an improved one or better than previous one?
Its never an easy job to gather the funds and especially if previous film has not worked well on BO, so he will have to pass through all these difficulties to gather finance for the sequel. You will have full right to watch or not to watch when its released. Why to question the mere right of a filmmaker?
Even if RGV gathers the finance he can make again RGV ki Aag. To watch or not is your choice. To make something or not should be left with a filmmaker.
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Cinematically, how Drona could be improvised? Its story, screen play, special effects, performances, proper use of songs or simply absence of songs etc etc can be discussed but why to question the desire of a filmmaker to make prequel or sequel?
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What do you think you would do if you are invited to join the screen play team writing the sequel of Drona?
If its a professional offer.
Will you deny it because Goldie Behl is going to direct it?
Or will you take it as an offer which will teach you something about filmmaking?
this post is a hysterical rant that stinks of hypocrisy
@ Jahan, SRK ke peechhe padne ka shauk nahi hai sir par Goldie ko kya padi hai jabran uska naam lene ki. Ab jab usne liya toh humne bhi apna nazariya bayan ka diya bas.
@ Mann Katoda, Exactly and with all those animation movies being made right here by Indian Film-Makers, why would anykid prefer Drona?
@ RK, alright, let him make it but why before that question the sensibilities of viewer by saying our minds are ‘twisted and perverse’? Also, don’t they watch their own movie on screen after making it? If it’s professional offer I would take it and I am confident of myself for not turning the sequel into something this silly.
@ Papai, Alright.. SO????