In a day and age when more and more south indian film makers are copying SRK, Benegal decides to make one of his own. Good luck to him... But it would have been nice to see great master at work under Benegal's direction. SRK might ve given inputs to increase Benegal's skills.
It seems like South Indian films ve run out of ideas as well... 'Poi Solla Porom', remake of Bollywood hit Khosla Ka Ghosla , has turned out to be a box-office success and production houses are now toying with the idea of rehashing other Bollywood flicks.
According to reports, 'Guru En Aalu' is inspired from ‘Yes Boss’, 'Villu' is based on ‘Soldier’, and 'Agean' is a remake of Main Hoon Na . The Tamil remakes also have big stars. For instance, Vijay plays the lead in ‘Villu’ while Ajith is the frontman of ‘Agean’.
Not just this, last year’s Bollywood hit Jab We Met is being adapted in Tamil by Moser Baer. On the other hand, director P. Vasu has plans to remake Shahrukh Khan ’s Baazigar .
However, some Tamil filmmakers are wary of this trend of adapting Bollywood hits. They think it would be a challenge to adapt non-native stories to the tastes of movie buffs downsouth.
Re: Benegal sticking to his own......Bring on the Mega Star SRK
by Aveek Choudhury on Sep 21, 2008 02:49 PM
Again a double post... Iron Man, plzz iron your little head.
john lennon once very famously said in this song imagine , it said imagine , if there are no countries , imagine if there are no religion , nothing to fight for or die for , how beautifull this place this world would be ....i think my country men will never understand him ....coz we are all donkeys following our leaders blindly !
I saw the movie the movie in the theater today....i must say i loved it.Itz a simple movie,with no dialoge bazi,no super hero like stunts,no extra-marital "mallikas",no angloish dudes..no mockery..iff you like to see a simple hrishikesh mukherjee/basu chatterjee-flavoured "indian" movie,go for it.Every actors performed very well.Go for it...worth watching.
Re: true enough........
by sumit mukherjee on Sep 19, 2008 05:51 PM
what is a "hardcore" hindi movie? i maybe wrong, but usually hardcore is spoken of in terms of fake wrestling and adult movies. i believe that this movie is neither of the two. it is a strange comment no doubt. "truth is alive", eh? seems unlikely in your case...
