Rab De Vaaste: Give Yash Raj a Chance to Dance
Okay, if you’ve recovered from the title, you may begin to read what may sound like a blasphemous attempt to defend a monster ‘brand’ that is responsible for countless crimes against all cine-buffs, cinema and the whole of humanity in general. What it really is is random thoughts, straight from the heart.
Why do I suddenly feel like sticking my neck out and going out on a limb for something so altogether futile and meaningless? I don’t really know. I loved Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi- and I am not ashamed to say that while it’s far from being the best Hindi film I’ve seen this year, it is probably the one I loved most unabashedly and uncompromisingly. It really is a film with a good heart, a film that is honest like Surinder Sahni. Maybe what really propels me like Jerry Maguire to write this foolhardy piece is the fact that I feel bad to see all the cynicism and sarcasm that surrounds the film. We don’t even want to like the film.
When I went to see RNBDJ, I didn’t go to see a pathbreakingly different film, or a film that accurately captures the nuances and details of middle class life, warts and all. I went to see a Yash Raj film, albeit expecting a good one. And I think I got that.
A long, long time ago, I didn’t care about being critical. I didn’t analyze films, strip them down to their bare details, discuss them endlessly- I just let myself be- I enjoyed films. Not the kind of enjoyment that a ’smart’, ‘clever’ film delivers, but the kind of enjoyment which Yash Raj films have stood for- when you simply let go, when you revel in the magic of the moment, when you suspend your disbelief and actually believe that- yes, indeed such love and such people can really exist.
I remember the last time I experienced that was when I watched Kal Ho Naa Ho- I really felt good. Then, I grew up and started to joke about how stupid and corny the film was. And I forgot how to feel good.
Have we lost the ability to enjoy films that way? Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi made me rediscover that ability in me. I loved the fact that I was enthralled and enraptured and I had that gooey feeling and goofy smile on my face when I walked out that I hadn’t felt for years. Suddenly I didn’t want to lose that aspect of our cinema which I so easily accepted and loved, and the ability to dance to it. I didn’t want to stop hearing dialogues and songs like ‘Tujhme Rab dikhta hai’. I missed Jatin-Lalit’s songs. I missed the good ol’ Sarson-da-sagas.
It’s great- we now have these really cool, real, jazzy, thrifty movies- our very own new wave, that we must champion. But do we want to get rid of what ‘Yash Raj films’ stand for? Can these smart, intellectually pleasing movies produce the kind of uninhibited entertainment and emotion that those films stood for? Okay, they are melodramatic, predictable, over-familiar, hammy, silly, short on logic, shamelessly entertaining- but is that such a bad thing? This is what I grew up watching. I didn’t grow up watching Fellini, Tarantino and Satyajit Ray- I watched films like Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and I sure as hell loved them. And even now, no matter how much ‘world cinema’ I watch and love, those will always remain a strong influence on my cinematic sensibilities.
Having said that, I don’t think Aditya Chopra’s film is really as stupid as it looks. It is more our refusal to believe that it even could be intelligent in the slightest, that makes us call it dumb and implausible. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Professor ji Subrat’s interview yesterday and found it hilarious- but I was also surprised to find that I genuinely agreed with many of the points he made sarcastically (I presume). I thought the duality constuct was actually a very nice depiction of suppressed inner desires and multiple identities and personalities, as well as a charming nod to old Hindi film tradition. I thought the entire Sumo wrestler sequence was pretty quirky and unique, and fit in very well with the film which was almost bordering on magic realism and the surreal- and it finally made for a delightful end credits sequence. I loved the way the film lampooned the entire Raj persona and both deconstructed and reinvented it. In fact Professor ji even made me aware of another detail in the film, which actually made me like it more:
“Just one person who appreciates that Raj woos Taani by having the city of Amritsar write I Love You in lights when you know Suri works for Punjab Power which might be supplying the electricity to all those homes!! Ah, the irony of it all.”
I would have accepted this dreamlike scene in the film even without any explanation for it. But it really made me happy to actually see that there was such effort and thought behind it. It further drives in the point that the effort here is not just to pander to an audience and mint money like a Singh Is Kinng. There is an attempt to make a good albeit commercial Yash Raj film- and I think it’s sad if we can’t appreciate that attempt unbiasedly.
YRF has been through a rough patch in the last two years. But I think it’s time to acknowledge that they have, in fact tried to push the envelope in their own small way. Yes, they don’t always get it right. They take dark stories like Laaga Chunari Mein Daag and Fanaa and make them sugar-coated and regressive. But they’ve also made Kabul Express, Chak De India, Aaja Nachle, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom and Tashan. Chak De India was the only film that really got the reception it deserved. Tashan and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, slammed as the nadirs of bad filmmaking, honestly, weren’t half as awful as they were called.
I would even go as far as to say that Tashan is a far more smart film than many of the so-called intelligent films that we heartily applaud, even if it couldn’t fulfill its mighty ambition- in a way, it was this year’s No Smoking- a film that few really understood, and so smug and self indulgent that it put off most of those who did. Jhoom Barabar Jhoom was a genuine musical, a delicious piece of whimsy and a wonderfully colourful and quirky meta-movie. Aaja Nachle, though derivative and unoriginal was also pretty watchable and charming and a film that proudly stood on the arms of a female lead. In fact, even in Bachna Ae Haseeno earlier this year, I was pleasantly surprised to see Aditya Chopra and Siddharth Anand make an noteworthy attempt to break cliches and add a dollop of substance to a filmsy and conventional movie genre.
No, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi isn’t a ‘great’ film. It isn’t DDLJ. And yes, it could have had more detail, less background music, more realism, less of annoying references and Rab, more intelligence, blah, blah, blah. That would definitely have made for a brilliant film- but I don’t care, because then it wouldn’t have remained a real Yash Raj film. And that perhaps, is what I loved most about it.
Tags: aditya chopra, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Yash Raj films
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Way to go Jahan, I haven’t watched the film, but agree with you all the way (except on Tashan!). PFC needs your kind too, lest it becomes solely a forum for lauding commercially lesser successful films and bashing movies made with the primary aim to make people feel good and make money doing that.
Something related which maybe should be on a different page. I loved ‘Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye’ but I think if the last half hour of the script had been tweaked to provide an ‘orgasmic’ delight resulting in commercial success as well – the director would probably have shot himself. If you listen to http://passionforcinema.com/dibakar-unplugged/ its quite evident that like the all of us Dibakar craves recognition and appreciation from the maximum number of people. And to get that I think its extremely difficult to get away from Syd Fields ‘plot points’ and Lagos Egri’s ‘premise’ and ‘obligatory scene’.
Jahan, for me it matters least whether New Age or Old Age, or whatever. My rule of thumb is whether the movie has connected to me or not. And i guess in that aspect YRF, has not really connected to me, at least their recent crop of movies. Again my opinion.
I felt more connected to Iqbal’s struggle against his handicap to become a cricketer, than Saif & Preity’s antics in Salaam Namaste, which just left me cold. If i like Omkara over KANK, its not because of the New age-Old Age funda, its just the fact that Omkara connected to me, the earthy atmospherem the dialogues et all.
For me the only YRF movie to which i cud connect in recent times was CDI, the rest just left me cold. Again strictly my opinion, not speaking on behalf of every one.
I also don’t quite get why it got trashed by the critics and attracted so much sarcasm. I went in with very bad preconceived notions about the movie and I came out happy and entertained. I somehow feels, most of the people in India have this herd mentality who comply with the reviewer’s judgement.
Dhoom 2 got a lot of bought reviews and I had my colleague gushing the same sentences that the popular critic spoke after watching the movie. Knowing him as well as I know, I’m sure he didn’t like it, but he couldn’t reconcile to his own choice. The same happened with Farhan’s Don. It was such a brilliant movie but it was mercilessly killed by media and people who loved every minute of the movie came out of the theater and told the same sentences that our famous critics had to say.
Well, I sincerely hope the same doesn’t happen to this one. It’s a well made product and should get its due. And One more thing, comparing Tashan with No Smoking is blasphemous and criminal. It’s the worst piece of cinematic understanding that a film writer can exhibit.
All you movie critics on the payroll of the Yash Raj combine, should go out on a limb and give your real, from the heart opinion of the film. Come on guys- this is as dumb as dumb can be. The wife cannot recognize her own husband just cause he has taken on an SRK like persona! Stupid is the word!
Thank you for this write-up. Long over-due in my opinion. But it came.
No convoluted plot, a basic and simple idea presented it a earthy, sympathetic and low key way. Substance over style. IT TOUCHED ME – very much.
In fact SRK has done extremely well. Imagine one fine day finding yourself married to Suri – even I was initially repelled, but he won me over just like he did Taani.
Credit must be given to SRK for being willing to be presented in such a way- he who’s public persona is so “cool”.
I will not over-analyize it because one does not need to do that, one needs to let go of their hang-ups and just enjoy.
An Omkara, Iqbal etc have their pull and are to be lauded but that does not mean we cannot appreciate a RNBDJ. Why compare Shakespeare with Oscar Wilde – only an analogy which may or may not fit depending upon your mind-set.
Well done AC and thank you, should you read these views, for making a film that touches many people, if not all. I don’t mind if you make a few “bucks” along the way. I loved Vinay Pathak and all the “ji’s” and “Rab’s” – I’m Punjabi, what else can I do.
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It is so arrogant to think that one has to be on the pay-roll of YRF to be able to like their films.
It is so egotistical to think that your taste is better than mine.
Every one is free to have a opinion. No need of being ashamed of it. This whole YRF and others is being stretched a lot. I would like to share what “Balu Mahendra” said in a interview few years back. He said when people pin point the details in my film, that i captured so and so detail perfectly and the emotions, ambience were so real, i think ive failed miserably because you will not see such things in a movie which you really liked. Its an experience. All people had to say after watching “Sadma” is that they cried and didnt want to see the last part again.
I really dont know what made you to comment on “No Smoking”. When i watched “No Smoking” i had never ever read PFC or Kashyap blog. I just wanted “K” not to give up smoking. When he gave up smoking i felt as if i had lost the battle(am an addict). I got the antharaathma thing vaguely. I liked the whole movie experience. Then i thought there is something more to this movie i googled it and i landed up here. I watched NS 6 months after its theatrical release in a pirated version. Till now i still regret i didnt watch it in theater.
Jahan,
Way to go. Read your views on your blog too. But was lazy to comment. Yup, I think RNBDJ has a surreal goodness to it. Its been almost 3 days and I am still not able to stop thinking of some moment or the other of Rab Ne.
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I like it and I dont want to spoil my mood by thinking what the movie lacked. I want to relish the thought that it has lot of innocence to offer.
Yup, I love the titular song. I want croon to my SO that Tujh mein rab dikhta hain. I want to love as much as Suri loves Taani-ji.
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Its may not be the best movie of the year or YRF’s but its the best (for me) in these times. I am happy with it.
@7,
Yeah, even I can never ever watch Sadma again. I loved it but I just watched it once. The end killed me.
I had not logged into PFC for lat three days but when I did I was almost certain on the kind of posts that will be there on RNBDJ. PFC did not disappoint me but for your lone warrior act. To be fair I think yash raj saved money on bankrolling critics and universally everybody thinks the movie is at best average. But 90%( No statistical tool other than good ol damn hunch) of Indian audience does not read the reviews and definitely 99%+ movie going population does not read PFC. Anyways guys let us just tip our hat to yash raj for bringing the audience back to theaters so that we can have our revered OLOL also get general junta on overflow.
@ Jahan
I am really happy to read this.You’ve probably spoken on behalf of a lot of people like me.Even I’ve been going around saying the same to people around me & even commenting here on PFC.
True a Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic or a Laaga Chunari Mein Daag are not ” gems” from YRF.But they are trying & trying a bit too hard I guess.As Vishesh pointed out in another discussion, they’ve been trying to break their formula ever since they adopted the studio model.
Sample this – action- Dhoom series, romance- Hum Tum, Fanaa, Salaam Namaste etc, out of box- CDI, Kabul Express, musical- Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, social- Laaga Chunari Mein Daag, animation- Roadside Romeo ,YRF tirbute-Bachna Ae Haseeno, kitsch art- Tashan.
I personally liked Tashan a lot.It was a free spirited movie.People probably took it a bit too seriously.Also Bachna Ae Haseeno was a decent movie ( made money too) & Jhoom Barabar Jhoom wasnt really all that disappointing.How many people stayed back to catch the end of the movie when Big B actually explains the logic of the movie?
And here again we have people here willing to take pot shots @ SRK & YRF without even watching the break.Give me a break friends.Go watch the movie for Surinder Saini & the end credits!!!
@ KK
“Anyways guys let us just tip our hat to yash raj for bringing the audience back to theaters so that we can have our revered OLOL also get general junta on overflow.”
ROFL…sounds extremely funny coming frm u man
the intent of RNBDJ is so strong that u r bound to overlook its technical flaws coz the makers hv overlooked them,& inspite of it they hv gone ahead & told a story which seems that they believed was ought to be told & in the manner(format)it is to be told.Its no DDLJ but there wudnt b any DDLJ,ever.And acc to me the makers were nt even attempting it.MOHABBATEIN was a bad film.It didnt touch me.But RNBDJ is good cinema by a good team.And yes SRK is an actor & a powerhouse one at that.His understanding of collective human emotional psyche is immense(esp. the ‘healthier’ human emotions like love,patience,sacrifice,faith).Also there was some rawness in SRK’s performance,innocence that had been missing in the middle of his career & we hv seen emergence of a new SRK after Swades & its a delight.Go watch RNBDJ.All the talk abt ‘regressive’ end is bullshit acc to me..irrespective of all the reviews go & watch it coz of SRK..go & watch fr the team who gave us DDLJ & I assure u will not come back dissapointed.
Well I think the movie is being seen by so many people and being liked by quite a few simply because it has two big names attached to it SRK and Adi Chopra. Legions of fans that are loyal to SRK will def make a success out of this movie.
Imagine if this movie did not have these big names, i bet you it would have been THRASHED by everybody (critics and audience alike) left right and center.
There’s one thing that this site has in abundance… Passion!
No matter whether it’s constructive or destructive, it just shines through.
I guess this’ll be a mixed reaction one.
It’s not bad, and not great, and i’d also recommend it just for Surinder Sahni.
And Sethu, I also liked ‘Tashan’.
But hated ‘Jhoom Barabar’!
Anyways, through all these discussion and after the film, i’ve realised how much I like SRK.
I kinda found my sense of appreciation for him, which I had lost over the last 3years! :-)
trimoneo I strongly disagree with your point. If fans of SRK (or any actor for that matter) were that loyal then how would one explain films like Paheli and especially Swades (which boasts of what is arguably Shahrukh’s career best performance) flopping? Where was the loyalty then?
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I think the loyalty is there IF the expectations are met. If people don’t like what they see, they’ll go out of their way to dissuade others from watching it…
Box office success does not mean the film is good or bad.But yes it means the film has been accepted by the masses.In that sense I guess people by and large havent accepted a Swades or a Paheli wholeheartedly the way they probably lapped an OSO or a Kal Ho Na Ho.
In fact even people like Kamal Haasan regularly face this problem.Those who are aware will certainly know that movies like Anbe Sivam or a Hey Ram did not get accepted in a large way.But are these not the movies that we’ve actually liked & discussed @ large???
I liked Tashan to some extent. The major gripe was with the action sequences.
I liked the idea of JBJ and yeah, it was funny but again somewhere it again went haywire.
Same goes for Aaja Nachle, the intent was nice, the execution average.
LCMD, did not have heart to see it.
B-e-H was fun and breezy.
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I agree that YRF is no UTV but UTV never had such a glorious lineage which can be a burden at times.
Jahan
Why trash ‘No smoking’?It has already been beaten to death by most of critics.Let poor ‘No smoking’ also survive along with multi crore YRF films
Hey people- vis-a-vis Tashan and JBJ, don’t get me wrong- by no stretch am I saying that they are very good films- but they aren’t bad either IMO- and I love the sheer free-spiritedness and idea behind them.
“And One more thing, comparing Tashan with No Smoking is blasphemous and criminal. It’s the worst piece of cinematic understanding that a film writer can exhibit.”
Subhashish, I am comparing the indulgent nature and the reception to the films, and that is justified IMO, and pretty apparent in the text of the article.
@ Sharath
I dont really think Jahan’s trashed No Smoking.He’s compared Tashan with No Smoking & saays both the movies faltered at the b.o mainly because people didnt understand it or if they understood it found it self indulgent & so didnt like it.
@Sharath: Where on earth have I trashed No Smoking? I personally really enjoyed the film and continue to do so.
@Suzy: Darling, how I wish I was on the Yash Raj payroll. The sad truth remains that I am a humble college going student who writes reviews and articles in my spare time, whenever my heart prods me to. And you complaint with RNBDJ is the stupidest that a person can have. It’s like complaining about how John Abraham walks into bathtub and ends up in Russia in No Smoking. The ‘double role’ of SRK in the film is really a complex metaphysical and metaphorical manifestation of a psychological allegory which is basically an oxymoron. Khair chhodo- phoolo phalo.
“The ‘double role’ of SRK in the film is really a complex metaphysical and metaphorical manifestation of a psychological allegory which is basically an oxymoron.”
Statutory Warning: Too much thinking is injurious to the Health of the Brain.
Be Young, Have fun, drink Pepsi.
@Karthik and Sammy: If I am not wrong, isn’t this Kart(h)ik and not apna Kartik Krishnan the author? Uff this is really confusinng yaar!
@Ratnakar: You think I write stuff like that when I’m ‘thinking’? :0
Anyway, too much of thinking being done here…
Relax and enjoy. Drinking Pepsi is injurious to health.
@ 27
Chalo Pepsi nahi to daaru sahi.
Naah i was just being tongue firmly in cheek here.
But most of our movie critics do this over analysis a lot.
Jahan
speaking about ‘No smoking’ if people really understood what Anurag was trying to say they would not have found it to be smug and self indulgent.Any way I got it what u were trying to say
Sharath, I said that those who did understand it found it smug and self indulgent.
Ratnakar- LOl, kya rang jamega jub mil baithenge hum teen yaar- aap, main, aur Bagpiper (club soda)! :P :D
Hahaha well daaru & movie watching/analysing goes hand in hand right? Ok I’m being a bit funny here & lets not take it this again seriously.
I’m quite curious to have an idea about the weekend response for the movie at the b.o.
@Jahan: The ‘double role’ of SRK in the film is really a complex metaphysical and metaphorical manifestation of a psychological allegory which is basically an oxymoron.
Really? You are over estimating YRF without doubt.
I was surprised to know Jahan is just a college student. Is this the case with majority of PFC visitors? No wonder, the debates seldom rise above giving personal opinions. That actually explains many things. The naivety in most of the opinions being one of them. Anyway, I don’t want to start any controversy or demean anybody. Good that youngsters are so passionate about cinema. But I would suggest they increase their exposure to cinema of the world inclduing the hollywood movies and don’t trust every word that comes in print. There are so many vested interests at play.
@ Suzi – There are some things one should just take at face value in films! Otherwise, much better to just watch the news (which, BTW, can also be made up at times. It was enough to watch some of the early coverage of the Mumbai siege, by CNN). Sorry, but I have to disagree. Of course it’s a bit unbelievable, but then you have to throw ALL films out the window with this one! I mean, do people live in mansions like the families of Karan Johar’s films? Do cities like those Sanjay Leela Bhansali depicts really exist? My list could go on and on…
@ Jahan – Thank you for a lovely post. I am glad that yet another smart, well written, well informed person has enjoyed the film. Most people I know, really loved it. It appealed to the inner romantic in me, and for a couple of hours I believed in a world where a man goes out of his way to love a woman, and to make her happy!
p.s. @ Manjushaa – OMG! Seriously? “just a college student”, “youngsters”… Did you really write that? Where are we, in Leave it to Beaver’s 1960s?! First of all, a personal opinion is what EVERYONE who writes gives. Even those well-respected guys at the NY Times or Times of India (hum – maybe not always so well-respected) give very personal opinions. And most of the times, they are way out of touch with the viewing public’s taste. But please do not demean someone by throwing those condescending words around. The younger audiences drive filmmaking these days and it’s thanks to their wonderful input that films like OLLO, Amal and Loins of Punjab Presents are being made. I say, thank goodness for the “youngsters”!!
Oye I just loved the movie. Actually Suriji was absolutely marvellous. He looked and dressed just like my husband down to the pants with front pleats and sports shoes to work and even the moustache !!!.The resemblence is scary. Only mine is not punjabi but from UP and a software Engineer and we live in the U.S. Haan ji aisa bhi hota hai…
Im the more outgoing of us and yes I totally think we complement each other…. ji rab ne bana di jodi….
I often long for a more exciting guy but not for long….Its my sincere and bhola hubby I love. What can I say ? SRK made me fall in love with my hubby of 12 years all over again.
I loved the Punjabiness of the whole movie syapa and adippa included. !!!
suriji …..tussi great ho.
SRK did COMPLETE justice to Suri for once.
maza aagaya. SRK can ACT for sure !!!!!
Tanul: In case you haven’t got it, that was a JOKE.
Or were you joking too? This sure gets confusing.
@Darkanddusky: Awwwww… that’s so sweet. :D
@Manjushaa: “But I would suggest they increase their exposure to cinema of the world inclduing the hollywood movies and don’t trust every word that comes in print. There are so many vested interests at play.”
Certainly I will, once I finish reading Alice and Wonderland and Goldilocks. Thank you for enlightening this young, virginal soul of Hollywood, world cinema and all the ‘vested interests’ that lie out there. ;)
So now do we have a screening on who would be an author or commentor on the site?Would the qualifying require one to pass a quiz on world cinema and a compulsory essay on the impact of Truffaut on the French society?
I’ve always admired PFC for the wide spectrum of people who come here binded by a common passion-
passion for cinema!!!
@Jahan… Sach me there is something very sweet in watching the underdog win. Dil aur ankhen donon hi bhar jaati hain…
rab ne ka Suri ho ya Dasvadania and Bheja Fry me Vinay Pathak….we want them to win …
mujhe khosla ke ghola me Anupam kher yaad aa gaye…
That cautious ,tentative body language which reeks of shyness ,modesty and simplicity. Kher and SRK captured that very well.
SRK was obnoxious as Raj…kabhi kabhi aise Khotte bhi bhaa jaate hain….
photos at the end were nice too. SRK sealed it for me for sure.
Aajkal kaafi saari achhi movies aa rahi hai….
oye mubarakaaan, something and pataaaake !!!!
@ darknddusky
Nice to hear something straight from the heart from you.Of course is mein koi shaque hi nahin ki SRK Surinder Sahni ke kirdar ke zariye cha gaye hum par.Yes of course there’s always an underdog in each of one us & so when we see an actual underdog in front of us, we would definitely wanna root for him/her to win if the person is genuine.So yes just as Vinay Pathak in Dasvidaniya, (SRK)Surinder Sahni was also genuine in RNBDJ & hence we root for him !!!
@jahan, @sethumashavan..
Is there any writer on this forum who might take some storyideas. kya hai…..I got one here…mujhe kaafi dichasb lagti hai…kisi ko fwd karna chaahti hoon. Kya maloom parde par ban hi jaaye.
If you guys cud send me a couple of email ids of ppl I will be aabhaari.
@ durkndusky
Do you need mail i.d’s of people on PFC or specifically script/story writers?
pata nahi yaar. i just have an idea. Some writer will have to give it a structure…Dont know how to go about it either? I thought you guys probably know what to do.
kaho to tumhe bhej doon…before i develop cold feet…..
@ darkndusky
Kripaya mujhe bej dijiye@ sethumadhavan.n@gmail.com .lemme see main kya kar sakta hoon.Atleast I promise to get back to you with what I feel about it & what can be done !!!
jahansinghbakshi@yahoo.com
Send it in DnD!
ok jahan and sethu…dil thaam ke baitho zara…
main apni story taiyaar karke bhejti hoon.
cant beleive im doing this actually.
ye saali movies…kabaada kar rahi hai mera.
Jahan, Thr was a time when every movie I watched seemed like a masterpiece (I watched back to back shows of Suraj under that influence). I guess you are going through the same phase
Arre baba Shashank, I don’t think it was a masterpiece or anything. A movie doesn’t always have to be ‘great’ for you to love it, does it?
@Manjushaa ji,
Being in IT industry and working with hexadecimal, I only know between A-F. Guess, even I will join the Praudh Siksha Program to increase my gyaan.
Or should I drink Sprite: All clear and no gyaan.
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Yaara bahut confusion hain! Syaapha ho gaya phir se.
@ Jahan yep you are tight I am Kart(h)ik Krishnan and seriously considering different moniker on this site as this is the fourth time I am being rapped for Kartik Krishnan .. :-D
@Vivek(#1)
Completely agree…I know that Rab Ne is not a great film….but, there is even more greater BASHING going on PFC towards it….and in the contrast OLLO or Sorry Bhai had a greater reception….Noone speaks about the fate of Sorry Bhai..double standards?…friendship?…passion-at-stake?….and again its my opinion…
Please dont deny…this is what is happening…overall…any new guy introduced would infer the same…But, I am sure thats not the case….especially with guys like Ratnakar around….
Shashank @ 50
which Suraj are you talking about?Mithunda wala?
If thats true- I’m amazed, come on its not fair to compare RNBDJ with Suraj!!!
@ Rahul-54
“But, I am sure thats not the case….especially with guys like Ratnakar around”
Whats with this reference to me Rahul??????
I am seriously confused now.
Hey sorry if I confused you….I mean you are not too biased…you have a very good point of your own….which most agree…Hope you got meeeeee
ab itne diverse tarah ke opinion mil rahen RNBDJ ki ab dimaag ko tension se mukth karne ke liye film dekhni hi padegi…
i like the comment on bharthiraja…that if someone is finding so minute details of the movie, definitely he may not be enjoying the movie on the whole….i had seen many such movies where in first time you just enjoy without caring for any details and then in the second run we try to find out on why we liked it, what was good, what could have been better… one such experience was Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa….
Seriously man, there’s so many opinions on RNBDJ on this forum. I haven’t watched the film yet. Primarily because I wasn’t so interested. Secondarily because I thought I was doing my part to contribute to ‘parallel’ cinema by NOT paying for a YRF movie ticket (very naive of me. of course that’s not how it works). But reading all these opinions has sparked my curiosity and I’m rethinking if I should give it a watch. I have a feeling I will give in to my curiosity.
“I would even go as far as to say that Tashan is a far more smart film than many of the so-called intelligent films that we heartily applaud, even if it couldn’t fulfill its mighty ambition- in a way, it was this year’s No Smoking- a film that few really understood, and so smug and self indulgent that it put off most of those who did.”
And I so completely agree with you.
I am all for fun or non intellectual movies ..but i found this one was really really boring. Forget not recognising the husband without a moustache, why oh why does she choose one over the other in the end??
Anyway, that is just my opinion … I’ve always found blanket statements that a film is good or bad very silly. Jahan, glad that you liked the movie – at least you got your money’s worth!!
Jahan, this is exactly what I felt like after watching RNBDJ a couple of days ago.