My Apprehensions about 3 Idiots and MNIK
PrintOn popular demand, I am back with another episode of apprehensions. All that crying, cribbing and openly bashing me up, couldn’t keep me down I guess. I am providing you double dose and inviting double trouble by combing two upcoming big films in the same post. We are not sure how much entertainment we’ll get once the films release. At least, let’s get some of our share of fun now itself.
Why now and why these two films? Second part first, because as someone pointed out when I wrote about Paa, why pick Paa when it’s not the biggest or most expensive film around. Yes, why just Paa and why just AB. And now the first part of the question -it’s because the first trailer for MNIK has just come out and triggered another wave of cynicism in me just like the release of Paa’s trailer did. So here we go.
3 Idiots
I must admit I wasn’t as cynical about 3 Idiots as I tend to be about our so called big films. I was holding back but the endless promotion and gimmicks have started to get to me and I am getting sick of it. As my wife, the best marketing guru in the whole world that I have ever known, quipped, “The worse the product, the more marketing it needs”. Is that the case here? The film seemed good and well made, why over promote it and why play the gimmick of hiding around and helping poor people on camera. Dear Mr. A. Khan, who are you, the benevolent King Vikramaditya? You have gone too far man! Your antics have made me apprehensive about a film I was really looking forward to.
- My guess is they will try their best. It’ll be filmed in a real college campus-IIMB, they will shoot in a real class room and even in a real machine design lab, yet they will miss the mark about what college life in an engineering college looks like. They will focus too hard on the antics of Amir Khan’s character and the campus and the campus life will come across as superficial and shallow.
- Sharman Joshi will act the part and look convincing. Madhavan will be his restrained best. As for Aamir, he will finally overtake SRK. I mean, overtake SRK in overacting ,over exposure and over marketing. Aamir will try a little too hard to look like a college student and end up looking retarded.
- Boman’s character will be nowhere like the IIT Profs we may have ever seen. It’ll be a complete caricature and extension of his Munna Bhai MBBS role.
- Kareena’s character will not be an extension of her immensely likeable performance in JWM. Her character will be an extension of her irritating Bebo from Kambaktha Ishq.
- Everything good that we believed in growing up will be depicted as bad. Discipline, paying attention in the classroom, listening to your Profs and following instructions will be shown as inhuman and wrong. Doing masti all the time, screwing your Prof’s daughter, insulting the Prof in front of the whole class will be shown as cool and classy. After all, this is a film and our Bollywood walah hated school while growing up anyway.
- Hero will act as complete jerk and more like a teen ager from Hollywood teen movies.
- There will be other stereotypes from American teeny movie – a fat guy, a nerdy fellow, a cool guy, some bullies and some bimbos. (I hope I am totally wrong about this one. It makes me depressed just thinking about it already).
- The film will complete with Paa at award functions. Aamir Khan will be conveniently ignored this time, serious role nahi na hai, upar se award function mein aat bhi nahi hai. But Raju will be given joint Best Director with Balki. Some award functions will give Best Film to one and Best Director to another. Maddi and Sharman will be completely ignored for supporting actor because of tough competition with Abhishek Bachchan’s stunning performance in Paa.
Finally, I do want this film to succeed and wish I am wrong and it’s a fantastic film, simply for the sake of Raju Hirani. I truly believe that he can be the modern day incarnation of Hrikesh Mukherjee. But this is a new territory for Raju. In Munnna Bhai series, he was in a spoofish, satirical environment and everything was ok. Anything slightly sentimental and message type, it was lapped up by everybody, cutting huge slack to Raju. Here, for the first time, he has to go real, with three real characters and a real college. I hope Raju gets it and shows the college the way it is in real life, not the way it is in our films.
MNIK
This one is strange. I am getting the KANK feeling once again. The film has been in the pipeline too long, over hyped even before the promos could come along. This week on Star TV, they launched the first promo and to launch it they used the services of who else, but the great SRK. Doesn’t that sound a bit weird to these guys, SRK launching the launch of his own promo and speaking in this out of the world tone, “Aaj mein apko ek aisi kahani sunata hun…Rizwan Khan ki khanai” Please give me a break already. Who is he talking to, 5 year olds? And then, the promo unfolds. It’s about 9/11, done. It’s about terrorism and how not all Muslims are terrorists, done. It’s about KJo wanting to be different, done. So, what’s new? It’s about SRK wanting to do a dysfunctional role, (why, that’s the trend man, .. like super hero films), and what appears to be a cheesy version of Forest Gump type character. This one, I am seriously apprehensive about.
- They will get the disease and the mannerism wrong. It’ll be a cross between Forest Gump, Dustin Hoffman’s character from Rainman and SRK’s old man persona from Veer Zara, anyone remember that?
- The whole terrorism and racial profiling will look stupid, silly and moronically simplistic like in Fanaa, New York and Kurbaan. All the FBI people will be shown as racists and dumb. Some Hindi/Urdu speaking FBI officer will be the only one with brains.
- Everybody will be dressed in designer dresses and will do choreographed dances, including the Asperger patient that SRK plays. He’ll either be dancing in dreams or will forget his disease while dancing.
- Kajol will look ravishing and sizzle on screen, but won’t have much to do. Her character will be shallower than Rani’s in KANK. People would wonder why? K Jo will spiritedly defend, “Why not man..? Why can’t characters be shallow? She is just a shallow character, that’s all.” Huh.
- People would walk out of the theatres with many versions of the key dialogs in the film. Some samples would be, “There are good films and bad films” or “there are good director and bad directors” or “Good actors and good over actors”.
- There will be a gay character and some gay jokes thrown to lighten up the heavy proceedings.
- There will be a cute sardar kid and some old lady with good sense of humor. This time the old lady would be a kind muslim, Zohra Sehgal type. Terrorism ke upar film hai na.
- All FBI and Police walahs will march in choreographed manner and their uniforms will be color matched to SRK’s and Kajol’s dresses.
- KJo and SRK will drag Kajol to every promotion where she won’t have much to say. (Not her fault, she is not a very articulate person off screen). But they will keep brining up KKHH, K3G and DDLJ. Half hour segments will be bought on all the major TV channels. Almost 50% of that half hour segment will be filled with clips of KKHH, K3G and DDLJ.
- There will be some lighter romantic moments between SRK and Kajol where the chemistry will just sparkle. KJo as director would be wondering why didn’t make a film that could continue this scene instead of this serious stuff that would follow that scene. Audience will be wondering the same.
- Ranki Mukherjee will make a guest appearance. There are chances that John Ibrahim and Abhishek Bachchan will make guest appearances and will crack some Dostana jokes.
Finally, I do care about 3 Idiots and want the film to succeed. But MNIK, I am trying my best but not able to conjure up any enthusiasm for this film. That too when, I used to be a big time fan of SRK and Kajol. Somehow the whole thing for MNIK seems forced. Why should we care? Just because K Jo wants to make a serious film to prove his credentials? Just because SRK wants to do the role of a dysfunctional person? Not my problem, man. This seems a case where everything else, the stars, the directors, the premise, the disease, terrorism, even Shibai Bhatija (terrorism expert in Bollywood, Fanaa bhool gaye kya), came first and then a story was concocted around these factors. I hope I am wrong and God save Bollywood!
Anurag Kashyap
Abhay Deol
Dibakar Banerjee
Hansal Mehta
Khalid Mohamed
Kundan Shah
Anish Kuruvilla
Jaideep Varma
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
@ Singh:
I have no intention of deriding you (please understand that); you have the utmost right to write what you want. If you believe people should speak honestly, I am assuming you won’t take my opinion the wrong way.
Firstly, this article seems to have no purpose. This one seems to have come up just because of the buzz your ‘PAA’ apprehensions created. That one at least had the progeria case, so you could elongate your piece. But this one – especially about 3 IDIOTS, seems completely forced. You are trying very hard to find what ‘could’ go wrong.
About MNIK, whatever you have mentioned has already been discussed in the TRAILER section of MNIK.
So is there going to be a crystal-ball gazing before any big film releases? I am getting a little confused as to what you are actually expecting? An absolutely un-compromised movie? That will win 14 awards in Venice but which the semi-literate and literate public cannot relate to?
Was MUNNABHAI MBBS or LAGE RAHO less entertaining and informative? A NYT reviewer would not even have made head or tails out of it. He/she probably would have categorized the movie along with Martin Lawrence or Chris Farley’s ones. But that story is a product of our culture and our society.
To convey the paradoxes of our educational system, does 3 IDIOTS have to GOOD WILL HUNTING? Do you think a brilliant but a narrative as intrinsic and serious as GOOD WILL HUNTING’s would work here?
My question is that then what are your expectations? Because somewhere you are certain that your expectations would not be met and hence you have apprehensions.
I am no fan of SRK or the KJO brand of movies. But let’s give them a chance. Why jump on to the bandwagon and participate in ‘guilty until proven innocent’ parade?
Regarding your questions that you raised on one of my articles, I have answered you. You could check it out. I think it might partially ease your ‘apprehensions.’
http://passionforcinema.com/deconstructing-the-reactions-to-paa/
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Aneesh,
I think you are taking it too seriously. If it didn’t come across as fun read, that’s a failure of my writing. You misread my earlier post too. It was not about Progeria. It was all about how a big film is hyped beyond limits and presented as a far superior product than it really is. On a serious note, i think it explained very clearly what i think could go wrong with 3 Idoiots. Munna Bhai was a different format, the character and situations were all comic. 3 Idiots is abour real college students, not about some big hearted bhai going to college. There is also the possibility of Aaamir going overboard with his college kid avatar.
I’ll read yours response to my comment on your post and respond if i have anything more to say.
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Are you really serious with this article? Is it a new kind of sense of humor that I don’t understand? No wonder people bash you. Please do proper research about movies you are writing about. How can PFC allowed this article to be published? Wow, your analysis of MNIK is one of the most imbecilic things I’ve ever read.
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No, I am not. But you are. Don’t worry about people bashing me. I’ll wait until i understand what you define as a well researched article.
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do u think people should follow ur article before going to see any movie????????????
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I think one problem is also with the tone of the writing. Neither does it sound satirical, nor does it sound serious!
I am an ardent fan of PFC and with no disrespect to you… I think PFC should maintain the quality of the posts it allows. It already is doing a great job, but I hope such posts don’t become a norm. Not even on popular demand!
P.S. Was there really a popular demand for ‘Apprehensions part 2′?
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That’s a fair criticism. I’ll try to do a better job of writing and maintaining a tone next time. There is potential for all kind of posts on PFC
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At least I want such post on people’s apprehensions about a movie before release !!
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the first post of its kind abt PAA fell flat on its face with its insensitive and far-away-from-the-mark assessment. that itself doesnt warrant any more of this kind of post. :witsend:
“On popular demand, I am back with another episode of apprehensions.”
- Whose demand was it anyway? and ‘another episode’ scares me, really! :banginghead:
i will not give any further importance to this post by commenting any further.
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@Satyendra, A.Singh: the author seems to be really self-consumed and living in a world of delusion and hence the preposterous phrase “on popular demand”
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Here he goes again. I have to admit that the promos for both 3 Idiots and the new MNIK promo have left me underwhelmed. However as I said when you did your Paa apprehensions, why not wait and assess the reviews or actually see the movie for yourself before dissing it?
I think this has just become an attention seeking exercise for you. You know this may backfire and both movies may turn out to be good. If this happen, I will encourage you to write more apprehensions for forthcoming movies since it brings good luck. LOL
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Yes, that’s a good idea. It’ll be kind of like supporting the opposite team hoping that your team wins.
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Dont know why people are so upset with A Singh, he does not claim to predict or review a movie beforehand. These are just apprehensions, and I hope in a light way, and not in serious way?
Its like we always want India to win cricket matches, but we get apprehensions.
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SRK can never go full retard. Hence he shall win the Oscar this time.
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haha…nyc one brother..reminded me of tropic thunder..
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after seeing my post declined by the PFC editors for unknown reasons, i felt bad. But seeing this article published..i am in a bliss…i now tend to think that there is some scheme going on in PFC…like the film reviewers…they are demanding money from production houses..if they dont pay up…stupid article gets published against their films…in this case even before the film is released….as i see here UTV is their biggest sponsor
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My God…What assumptions!
Nice to know that someone believes that PFC’s so big that it can hold production houses at ransom.
Oz, we are on a right track !
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These hindi movie wallahs are making more movies on muslim profiling and aftermath of 9/11 than Amrikan people. Maybe these people have tapped a big chunk of people who like to watch movies on these topics. Where are they? Pakistan? Afghanistan? India? Malaysia? Maybe all put together! Dont think they are concerned about the “victims” or care about them. Just a commercial venture!
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fun read.. come on guys.. dont take it so seriously. btw, I also feel that no one can do a better marketing than Aamir Khan. He is nowhere to be seen or heard throughout the year, but just as his movie is on the verge of releasing, he will start making right noises about the state of politics, sachin tendulkar, medha patkar, dam issues, terrorism, right to vote and what not. The height was when he once held a press conference out of the blue at his home on some issue on the verge of TZP release. And now he is playing a treasue hunt with the media going crazy about his antics. Abhi kya bolega..
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I agree. I think Aamir has become better marketer than SRK and there is nothing wrong with that. But the way he is showing himself helping poor people on camera, that smacks of too much narcicism, I think. Didn’t Vivek Oberoi got laughed at for talking about his charities on camera?
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completeley agree with u there..i am also eagerly looking forward to 3idiots but I think Amir is overdoing it..
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@A.Singh: really sorry to say that your post sucks big time. your apprehensions are way too infantile to be even discussed, you are nit-picking just for the heck of it. your imaginations seem to have no bounds nor does your apprehensions. i still recall that ‘aamir’s diary’ post which was so far beyond the line that you couldn’t see the line anymore and the line seemed a dot to you. same with the post on ‘PAA’ and now this. no post is better than ‘trash’ post.
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A.Singh – take that as a compliment. Got nothing to say about your post though.
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@Tejas, A.Singh : i missed the prefix “wild”; i meant his “wild imaginations” which has neither reason nor restrictions.
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Even wild imagination is better than no imagination.
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MR. whatsoever….If u hav writtn this article in a sarcastic way…i wud appreciate that…i feel u have somthng goin on with ur pre-assumd illusions…som what pre-ordained…which results in an article dats non sense…hav u seen the movie…no????
den how the hell can u predict how dey r goin to be????
nd i may clearly tell u…dat ur knowledge abt marketing is very much limited..to ur family..chk out som gud books..u will find that der is no rule in marketing a product…chk it out…rise above ur apprehensions…
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Singh,
I haven’t read you Paa post but this one is a fun read. I pretty much share your apprehensions and hope that they don’t come true. Hirani can still surprise us but my biggest apprehension is about those three 30+ and 40+ guys pulling off teenager roles. I mean, c’mon, Aamir in RDB was at the edge of reason as the recent college graduate…
As for MNIK, I am dreading it’s release and will avoid it like the plague at least for the first couple of weeks…
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Anand, I am also growing more apprehensive about 3i with every new promo. The more i see of Aamir, the less i like him in this film. I think he is trying too hard and the whole film seems to focus on him, so it could fall flat. Hope you and I are wrong and Hirani has pulled off a Lage raho once again.
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I like people writing a fictionalized take on a film. If ever you care, read this post on PFC about this guy who wrote Smile Pinki’s fictionalized story. I call that creative. You reek so much of cynicism in life. Get some kicks, get a vacation or something. You don’t have to always have your “apprehensions” about a film. You know what, why don’t you take the characters from the promos and create your own version of the film. That should be some innovation. I am sorry your “apprehensions” are neither funny, nor sarcy or both which is what your post was trying to be. Having said that, I do respect your freedom and freewill to write what you like. I choose to expect from you.
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Nearajji, will take your sincere advice and go on some vacation. I need that for sure. I am sorry that the article fell sort of your expectations.
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Mr.Singh! Apologies! That was far out of the line with the “vacation” comment. Mea culpa! but I genuinely wanted you to write something different. I really look forward to your posts and I am not particularly a fan of this genre of posts of yours which is why I went a little out of the line. I really was in a different frame at that time. Keep them coming and keep the spirit of freewill alive and kicking.
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Neeraj, Singh
Everyone seems to be ending up suggesting things which they didn’t intend to.
What’s happening? Climatic changes?
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Yup. We both need vacation
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Point taken Neeraj. No need to apologize for criticism, that’s what we look for when we write. I’ll try to do a better job next time.
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Your apprehensions are pretty much ok.Even if I agree to them..there is so much assumption and hypothetical matter that its unfair on my part to agree to most of em.
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Popular demand? Really?
The post is ridicilous for the heck of it.
“They will get the disease and the mannerism wrong. It’ll be a cross between Forest Gump, Dustin Hoffman’s character from Rainman and SRK’s old man persona from Veer Zara, anyone remember that?”
Thanks for that. Hideous assumptions, stop targeting a film that’s big in budget, JUST because it’s big in budget, and you want to act like a saviour to small budget films who need reviewers like you to save them. Karan Johar is where he is today, he wouldnt make a film without research and knowledge, unlike how you’ve written this post.
By instigating people on this forum, you’ll get hundreds of comments, and you term that as popular demand. Similiar to what happened with your first post. It’s called being pretentious.
“Everybody will be dressed in designer dresses and will do choreographed dances, including the Asperger patient that SRK plays. He’ll either be dancing in dreams or will forget his disease while dancing.”
Thanks for that. I wish Karan Johar thought like you do, he’d be pelted by tomatoes and eggs. Are you saying this JUST to get someone to smirk? Or maybe you’re dancing in your dreams right now? Dreams for you, a certain nightmare for all of us.
I wouldnt want to quote more of your ridicilously contocted statements that make no sense whatsoever, because your apprehensions give me a clear cut feel, judge everyone by their past. Your past is that post on ‘Amir Khan’, you dont even know how to spell his name. Thus my apprehensions on A Singh. My next post. Cut the pretense, the flat humor, the ego and stop assuming everything.
You’re judging Karon Johar by his candyfloss cinema, and want to sleep, eat and drink and suck your apprehensions, you’re most welcome to. Stop serving it to us.
I’m trying to be constructive with my criticism, but there needs to be a base to construct something on, and this post is completely baseless.
Thank you for sparing some time.
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Chill man, take it easy! You are being way too much judgmental!
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lol ..if you think he is judgmental, what about the original post?
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even u don’t know how to spell Karan Johar’s name..it’s Karan not Karon
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Man, you are angry. I am surprised you read the whole post. Why? Did someone force you? You knew what it was going to be about. Who forced it on you? Take it easy, ignore my post next time you see one.
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maybe you should do the same with movies you have apprehensions about!
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Kic,
I can’t yar, picture to dekhni padegi, it’s part of the staple diet. But if I keep the expectations low, i might like it better when it arrives.
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seems like the biggest fan of Karan Johar..take it easy..
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Great post Singh saab. Your observations are too good, and so apprehensions are valid.
For 3 idiots: Amir Khan’s over marketing is really alarming. Seems like he is learning from Rahul Gandhi(visiting poors), and SRK(visiting Sourav Ganguly to please dada’s huge fan following). Your another point about showing bollywood style IIM may also be true, I hope we both are wrong. The college culture so far shown in bollywood is not what I experienced in IIT.
And MNIK: I share all your apprehensions
Keep writing, you apprehension posts are becoming a good brand.
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Thanks, AT. I am glad you liked it.
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I read ur apprehensions about Paa and they were readable but most of them went wrong. This time again you have come with your apprehensions and as u say on public demand (please tell me the company you hired for collecting the survey). It has become a fashion to bash SRK, whether it is general public or film stars like Salman, who while promoting their films talks more about SRK rather then their films to gather publicity in media, because despite everything he is one of the biggest brand in India and there must be something extraordinary in him to attain such heights in both professional and personal life. I think you are also doing the same thing because its very easy to bash SRK and gain attention.
Nobody can stop you from expressing your views, after all it is your Fundamental right of Speech amd Expression but please do proper research before saying something. I am not saying you can’t write, I know you have a good writing skills, as I said your apprehensions about Paa were readable and well thought but this time not, this is what I think… I hope next time you will come with some better content…
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Akash, I am also a fan of SRK and Kajol. But i think, off late, SRK has grown stale and is struggling to re-invent himself and Aamir is the one setting new trends and dictating the game. MNIK seems forced man, just like KANK. I have my serious doubts about MNIK.
I am glad you liked my earlier post and think I have good writing skills. I will try harder next time.
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Mr. Jaandaar Whiskywala !!!
Bas karo yaar … Jo paa ke liye likha wo to galat saabit ho hi gaya … ab vapas kyu pange le rahe ho …
Pehle picture dekho … phir uski aisi taisi karo ,… Fokat me hi kyu prediction kar rahe ho …
Write smthin sensible dude !!!
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Write something sensible. That’s a wonderful suggestion and I will think hard about it.
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Wat happened to all these guys …I had fun reading it.. It may not be the best article ever published on PFC but its a read for fun kinda one. not tryin to tell that these two movies r shit and dont watch it.
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yes, exactly….fun reading, and only apprehensions, not claims. And we have apprehensions when we have expectations, if we dont care about something, we wont have apprehensions.
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I read his posts and find them to be somewhat sarcastic and funnny, and find that many people are thinking he is speaking with 100% earnestness. I think his humour is escaping many…
Many of us have similar apprehensions about films before their release. At least A Singh is speaking about his…
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Hehe
Liked the post.
Whenever a film is about to be released, I get the same sort of fears. I guess you were spot on about certain things. About AK’s age, Kajol’s role. About how much it would end up being removed from reality – even to the extent of looking absurd. I liked that much.
The only problem was that, certain apprehension looked forced to which people took offence..and in the piece you could have used the “might” word more than the “will”
It just gave off the wrong tone to the things..
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Thanks Rahul. I can see why some of them appear forced to you because they are added for the humor effect. But it didn’t work I guess.
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Nice post. I always found your apprehensions reflect mine. Keep writing your apprehension, I find them funny (No matter what other self proclaimed sensitive souls say so
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Thanks. I am sensitive about hurting the sensible souls too
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Not as funny as the Paa post. But do keep them coming. Hopefully ull hit the mark again the next time…
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Thanks and will keep trying.
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Similar apprehensions A Singh.
Most of our stars were passable actors, considerate human beings and magnetically charming till the day they looked into the mirror and said…”You are God !”
…from Dilip Kumar to Devanand to Rajesh Khanna to SRK.
The realisation seems to have finally dawned up on Aamir Khan too.
RIP @ stars.
I have no stomach for ur mythologicals.
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So well said! I wish i could write like that.
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I commented on the Paa apprehensions post too mostly due to the same reason I am commenting now. I share your apprehensions. I am more than aware of the immaturity of mainstream Indian cinema in handling serious subjects unlike some here. Terrible past experiences in this regard has led a wide section of audience to follow the “guilty until proven innocent” approach. The onus is on the industry to regain our trust. We don’t pay after we watch movies, we pay before. There is an element of trust-a belief that we won’t taken for fools. Unfortunately bollywood has taken our trust for granted.
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I hope that Jahan guy is reading your comment.
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i dont see anything good in 3 idiots till now,all of the characters are looking like caricatures …if at all it will work , will be cos of the hype and i agree with most of ur appehensions
my name is khan was an ok first trailer, SRK is not overdoing it , he is restrained and intense but yeah the khan -terrorist bit sounds over done. and its too early to get apprehensive abt this one , lets see wat else they come out with.here u seemed forced with ur apprehensions and probably which is hwy u r being slammed .
as for ur critics , dont we all do it when we watch a promo first tiime..
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Sags,
3i has the interesting premise. I will be really sad if they screw this one up. As for MNIK, not sure man, but i really am not able to feel enthusiastic about it.
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Stopped reading the article after ” As my wife, the best marketing guru in the whole world that I have ever known”. Too cheeky and hypocritical comment for me to digest.
I dont mean to be offensive but I want to say this as I sincerely believe that this is the biggest problem that India is facing today.
I say, hypocritical because most of us take a dig at famous personalities when they appreciate or promote their sons/daughters in public. case in point, when Big B told that Guru is the finest film and AB Jr has delivered a mammoth performance then almost every one of us had labelled him as someone who is indulging in nepotism and accused him to trying to use the media to promote his son. Its looks very likely that you too would have felt the same. And what is it that you are doing now? Using whatever platform you have got to inflate your wife’s credentials.
The bottom line is that we dont care about the wrong doings happening. We just lament that we dont get the opportunity to do that and we happily lap up any such opportunity thrown at us. And the saddest part is that most us dont have the guts to admit this even in private. According to me, most of us Indians have the capabillity and intention to be corrupt and our honesty has more to do with lack of opportunity. Its time we stopped taking a dig at others and do a thorough introspection.
I apologise if I may have have hurt you and it is not my intention in any way. And I dont wish to hizack this thread of yours and divert the topic of discussion either. Its just that I felt very strongly after reading that comment of yours and felt like sharing my thoughts.
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i really liked your writing.even,my apprehensions are similar to yours,especially about 3 idiots.
keep up the good work!
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Arre baba re..you got it completely wrong dude. My wife is the most unmaketing person in the whole world. She is the least interested in the film promos, but every now and then, makes interesting predictions about the fate of the film that are more accurate than predictions by Taran Adarsh
. It was written for humor. I am sorry if the humor didn’t work for you.
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“this is the biggest problem that India is facing today.”
I stopped reading your comment after I read this sentence.
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My apprehensions about your next article:
You will pick on an upcoming heavily advertized movie(say kites)
you will say
Kangana Ranaut is going to shriek and shriek more
Barbara M will be a caricatured foreigner
the movie will be aimed at NRI audience
the movie will be grand but lack soul
Anurag Basu will not be able to make another Metro
Hrithik Roshan will just look good and dance well
yada yada…hope you get the drift
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Thanks for the tip, man. I’ll be on the lookout for Kites promo. You have already written half the post for me, can you also do the rest please. I’ll publish it in my name and take the credit.
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A good sense of humour I must admit, but I believe people at PFC are more concerned in bashing the movie all the way .
Liked your article , mainly because even I am looking forward to 3 idiots as a well made movie on our Education system..plus minus pros and cons will be acceptable for me.
However, a weird promotional campaign by AK is making me feel that it is damp squib product . Hope it does not happen , as I have loved the Raj Kumar Hirani cinema , though its only 2 movies old.
But MNIK cynicism is just uncalled for , because KJO has very well classified at pormo launch that it is not a movie based on terrorism . A credible producer/director he is , we can trust him. And offcourse , we want SRK playing some thing different rather than plain romantic hero, after all his performances in Chak De & Swades were commendable . Hope he does justice …Anyways keep it up .
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I disagree. I think good movies do get appreciated on PFC. But it’s just that our industry makes lot of crap. Another point, in case of Chak De and Swades, story and plot came first, SRK later. And yes, they make Paa where the lead protagonist is a progeria patient and say it’s not about Progeria. Now they’ll make a film about 9-11 time, set it in US, lead protagonist will be named Khan, and claim it’s not a film about terrorism.
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OMG. The first one was atleast funny in parts. This one is too forced. The only thing funny was the “on public demand” part. Anyway, revel in the attention.
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Kic,
Ok, my next one will start with “After much public derision..”
“on public demand” was added in a lighter vein. I know not every body liked my previous post, some people just hated it. It’s just that i felt like writing this one and i did.
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Why so much hate for SRK man ?? The promo seemed fine, and whats wrong in promoting your own movie ?? I think people are critisizing MNIK promo because of SRK himself more than his performance. This is ridiculous dude…
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now dat taran adarsh has given 3 idiots 4 stars or was it 4.5 stars 4 days before the release and the over the top promotions only makes me more apprehensive . why a review 4 days before the release?? i have seen that more heavily the film is promoted more unsure the makers are . and this perhaps is the earliest review of any film .
its a hilarious review(if one can call it that) if anyone cares to read.
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A.Singh,
I haven’t taken kindly to some of ur previous posts but here u are absolutely bangon..Eventhough I also have same apprehensions as u have on 3idiots i hope that it is wrong because I have faith in Hirani..The same cannot be said abt MNIK, since KJ has been shouting that he is making a different film and from trailers it doesn’t look so..It seems that KJ is the same old wolf in sheep’s clothing..
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Mr. Singh, kuchch to log kahenge, logo ka kaam hai kehna..
Bhai hume to maja aata hai padne mein. Some know all pseudo-intellectuals who think too high of themselves and consider PFC as their ‘Jageer’ may try to put you down by their own acerbnic comments but most of your apprehensions are spot on.
I don’t know why people realise that these are just apprehensions!!!
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Some ppl have the problem of fault findings.
And now its a big fashions to right wrong on SRK.. so as to get multiple replies as this one and get publicity. So you are smart man but not smart as SRK or the readers
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You certainly do not seem like one who finds faults with others. Kudos to you!
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I liked your post! I feel the same way about 3 Idiots. Aamir Khan has always been my favorite actor but he is really pissing me off by going overboard with his promotions.He should pipe down and let the movie do the talking!!
Also, I really don’t care too much about him playing the part of a college student at his age. It is time to step aside from such roles and give some new young actors a chance.
The only time I ever liked Kareena was in JWM. Her being a part of this movie is already irritating enough and Aamir Khan going gaga over her in interviews just does it for me.
The promo of MNIK was full of Karan Joharish cliches. I am completely in agreement with most of your apprehensions overall! Keep writing!!
You also look like a person who takes criticsm well and you showed a lot of maturity in your comments on the (rough)comments you got! Admire that.
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Wow! That’s a nice comment. Thanks, Uma.
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LAGEY RAHO A. SINGH….your assumptions seems to be far better than the actual self proclaimed master (pee’s)…
great going SINGH VS KINGSSS AND KKK…
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the post is not bad at all… there is nothing wrong with having apprehensions… i almost always get put off by the ‘innovative’ marketing technoques these guys do nowadays …keep it up, its different style and pleasant change reading your posts.
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hahahaahah..what else can i say after watching both the movies…100% wrong guesses..chuch chuch.
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both of them have been proved their standard.
u guys why to write ll these stupid things.
3 idiots was a bo bonanza n mnik is a nice work of cinema.
both of them are nice
though mnik is a bit boring
n i am also a huge fan of srk
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