Ash please go hang yourself. You just keep on singing and dancing in all those shitty bollywood movies and keep picking even crappier hollywood b-films. At this this way we shall be rid of dated senile 'stars' like you and make room for fresh talents like Freida Pinto who dare to experiment.
There are so many examples in the Past like this Kabir Bedi and Saeed Jaffrey worked in many movies but we can only say not bad it is not a great achivement compare typical bollywood or hollywood stars. Girls like Persis Khambatta,Sarita Choudhury and Parminder Nagra also tried but did not make it big. Freida will end up in the same category. Even Keira Knightley is stuck in those british period movies like Duchess-Atonement etc.She is playing almost same charector since 2003 M. Night Shyamalan is a big flop, after Six sense all his movies are disasters. So big deal.
Re: Re: So many examples in Past
by shevonne on Feb 24, 2009 11:17 PM
you know whats so annoying...the indians should be the ones supporting her, instead they are down trodding and ridiculing her , just because she's been in one film, they claim she has no acting talent, but what she pulled off in those 15 mins was way better than most actresses could. thats why she has left a big impact...and because she's beautiful contrary to what the other indians have said. woody allen knows what he's doing, he knows his work better than you do. peace off.
Re: Re: So many examples in Past
by Ketaki on Feb 25, 2009 06:06 AM
What is a big deal about Woody Allan? Hannah and Her Sisters? Annie Hall? That also ages ago. Do you find these movies great? His work is full of unnecessary adultery, characters like cocaine-addicted person, psychos or person suffering from some mental disorder. Do you find humor in others problems and sufferings.
Re: Re: Re: So many examples in Past
by samuel on Feb 27, 2009 03:14 PM
The big deal abt Woody Allen is that his movies are considered to be great by the oscar jury and have fetched numerous actresses an Oscar! And plz dnt cpmpare her to the other indian actors...she's nothin like them!
Re: Some facts
by slash five on Feb 24, 2009 08:47 PM
microsoft is an marketing driven company, not an engineering driven one like google. which is why they bother more abt revenue stream - they only have to maintain the monopoly at all costs, the revenue model keeps them well greased to grease the palms of any and every government in this world. they need not bother about innovation.
as for andra techies - you are likening an entire community bound by language as being bad. thats a rather idiotic logic.
andra people have a problem with the social structure, going to the usa is supposed to be the holy grail, which is why a large number of 'ordinary' students will end up trying their best to go to the stateside - and they will do whatever it takes to achieve it. and chances are you met one of them.
sathyam fiasco is only re-inforcing this thinking of yours
Re: Some facts
by vardhamshetty gautham on Feb 24, 2009 08:57 PM
Eventhough your comments have no relevance to Freida or Woody, I have to agree that you have stated the actual fact. Now everyone is realising that there are lots of Andhra techies with fake exp, fake education certificates etc. Just search for "Vision new jersey" on google news.
I think this is too much for her.. first off I personally don't think she did anything significant in Slumdog.. she looks very very ordinary, does not seem to have any class and her acting talents are ordinary too.. and to top it all her sense of dressing is horrendous.. Well Woody Allen is a legend so he really has to work hard to get some magic out of this one..
Re: too much
by shevonne on Feb 24, 2009 10:56 PM
1.she's lucky, good for her,dont grudge her for it...stop being mean.. your just jealous 2.she looks beautiful.beauty does not depend on how fair you are,or how light your eyes are. deal with it. your perspective is marred by the sterotypical indian frame of thought. 3.she has alot of class and she carries her self extremely well.have you heard her speak?articulate and atleast she doesn't have a put on accent like aishwarya rai.jeez. 4.her fashion sense is one of the best...even in hollywood.you obviously DONT know anything about fashion so...um yeah.. = 5.get a life dude. typical male chauvinistic pig.
what is with you indians,some of you guys are stuck on the fact that she is a christian,then some of you say that because of her accent she would not go far in hollywood give me a break,this is her time period Aishwarya tried all she could to break into full stream American movies but ended up with duds like the one she did with Colin Firth and then Mistress of Spice that she had only two expressions and then now pink panther where she has two scenes,this is as far she could go.Americans only accept those with real talent Aish is not an actress period she is just a pretty face and then comes young Freida Pinto from India am so glad that she will be in a Woody Allen movie.That is a real winner.Where Aish couldn't command the attention of great hollywood film makers at least Freida has achieved it.Am so happy,happy,happy.I am not an Indian for your information but a Nigerian.
Re: freida and hollywood
by Partha Choudhury on Feb 24, 2009 10:26 PM
Woody Allen, one of the best storytellers of world cinema, picking Freida tells a lot about her...
Re: freida and hollywood
by sudhir jadhav on Feb 24, 2009 08:14 PM
have seen Pink panther first of all to comment about Aishwarya? you had seen it you woudnt have commented the way you did.
Re: freida and hollywood
by Rash b on Feb 24, 2009 11:23 PM
How can u compare aishwarya with Frieda. aishwarya won miss world and came to movies.. Frieda was just lucky to have no talent bt beign signed by a british dorector. Frieda ditn act in any bollywood movies so that u can compare her with bollywood girls. she ws lukicly in an inaternational movie.. hindi cinema ditn want her. she jst go itnernational! so her life start from there! aishwarya's life is way ahead and different frm freida! so stop complaning u dog!
Re: Re: freida and hollywood
by Kishenchand Mishra on Feb 24, 2009 11:35 PM
Rash B, you have very cleverly not said a word about Ash's non-existent talent.
Re: Re: freida and hollywood
by Darshana Kalyanaraman on Feb 25, 2009 09:05 AM
Well Rash according to the same logic, Miss Fake Aishwarya Rai is also just lucky to have won the miss world contest, and getting roles where she is supposed to act (which she never does). Do you know how many beautiful girls there are in this world compared to whom Aishwarya is dog-shit? But they too, were just not lucky enough to have bagged the Ms World crown.
Re: freida and hollywood
by slash five on Feb 24, 2009 08:42 PM
well, aish has no talent. but there are others who are in mainstream as well as extremely talented like nandita and tabu - they just dint get a chance like pinto in a danny boyle movie. his reputation was from his earlier movie - trainspotting. so its like these people are riding on other successes as well. as for aish - well, she laid the first steps for indians.
well, its all stereotypes in the hollywood too - its a holy grail for those who make hollywood a big deal. half the academy members probably wouldnt have watched half the movies they judged!
Re: freida and hollywood
by Guest on Feb 24, 2009 10:49 PM
hats off to you... you hit the nail on the head, these indians cant digest the fact that someone like freida pinto could make it and their plastic barbie cant didn't. she is veryy pretty, and has more natural beauty than aishwarya rai. and the only reason she's being targetted is because of her dusky complexion ( which i love personally) and because she's a christian. i think the biggest racists are indians... look at the fair and lovely ads anyway. pathetic.
Beuty means proportionality scientifically. Freida is not beutiful in the sense of a bollywood or hollywood beuty. She dont have a star look and star glamour in her face. She is just an ordinary looking, simple innocent girl, though it is not a disqualification, the most valid qualification to be a top star, the proportional natural beuty is missing.
So, I think she may get a few roles and chances if some producers or directors show favour, due to any reason but a real star of Indian or international vale, Freida is not, that is why she missed oscar in SDM.
Re: Sorry to say that Freida dont look beutiful
by slash five on Feb 24, 2009 08:43 PM
beauty has nothing to being famous, this aint a miss universe contest!
Re: Sorry to say that Freida dont look beutiful
by Darshana Kalyanaraman on Feb 25, 2009 09:07 AM
To you she is ordinary looking. To a Westerner, Aishwarya Rai is ordinary looking. Why? Because fair skin and blue eyes are abundant in the West. Similarly, Freida's dusky skin and exotic looks are special in Hollywood; that's why she is touted as a beauty. It's high time we narrow minded Indians started understanding this. Girls like Aishwarya are not special to the West, but someone who is ordinary to us may be a rare gem there.
Re: Sorry to say that Freida dont look beutiful
by lalrem sanga on Feb 24, 2009 09:51 PM
Have you seen Rosario Dawson in Seven Pounds? She was also in MIB II. Do you think she looks beautiful from any angle? You will find dozens of such actresses in english movies who may look good from only one camera angle for only one sec, and rest of the time they are just plain mediocre or ugly. But that does not stop them from bagging great roles because over there performance counts and not appearence. Thats why Angelina jolie did not win an oscar this time, and Kate Winslet did not win an oscar for Titanic. On the other hand, in Bollywood its always the actor who gets the precedence over the character. Aishwarya failed to understand this so she fell flat on her face (pun intended). Freida Pinto has the typical features of a hollywood-style attractive woman - protruded bony face, wide mouth, big smile, a zero coyness! Now if she can act as well, and I think a veteran like Woody Allen is no fool to sign on a one-film old Indian teenager, then we will find lots of reason to feel proud! cheerio!!!
Re: Sorry to say that Freida dont look beutiful
by NamoUdupiSrikrishna on Feb 24, 2009 07:42 PM
SDM did not need a world calss beauty but and ordinary girl, ofordinary look for ordinary surroundings. She was suitable for that character.
Re: Sorry to say that Freida dont look beutiful
by Partha Choudhury on Feb 24, 2009 10:27 PM
Her beauty is in her eyes... and you lack vision to see that beauty...
Re: Sorry to say that Freida dont look beutiful
by Forrest Gump on Feb 25, 2009 12:01 AM
fellow native? hell she is from mumbai...u southies keep hating north india born south indians all the time being jealous of their ability to integrate with rest of India but when someone gets fame you try to lap them all as their own....Frieda is as Mumbaikar as Vidya Balan and Aishwarya Rai or SHilpa Shetty.
Future of Indias film indutry is in shifting to English, to be global in nature.
Indian professionals, scietists and thinkers have succeeded asnd recognised when they started doing their bwork and expressing their talent in a globally recognised language, that is english. Indian film industry has to come out of the its over dependence of hindi and regional languages and has to shift to English to be global, for more exposure, for survival and to show case its originality, before outsiders export their products for our large englsh enabled audience. English is the language which has won the battle of dominance in world and when we adopt it we too are part of that. Otherwise bollywood will face the fate of Spanish, French, German or rabic language movies. English is the common language for Indians and it is foreighn language to every Indian, love it, marry it, reproduce it and make it your own to succeed.
English is the global medium of communication for the new millenium. make it yours, Bollywood, then surive and succeed. Make Indiam movies with Indian stories, Indian stars, Indian settings, Indian songs, Indian technology in Indian English. This is the way to go, get recognised and to success.
There is difference here. Her name is not an indian name and also a christian. And also according to see in the tv i think she does not have any attitude problem.
And she wont be having much problems with exposing. See one more Aishwarya acted in indian roles and also predominently in foreign directors of indian origin so there is lot of difference.
We can frieda go high places in her career. But he should loose inhibitions
