2 Bollywood movies have released in recent times. Both of them big banner, good (well known) starcast, good ‘stories’, well executed films. What is one more common thing between them? Both very disappointing at the box office. The two films I am reffering to are Saif and Kareena starrer ‘Kurbaan’ and Ranbir Kapoor starrer ‘Rocket Singh- Salesman of the year’.
I think the biggest drawback of the two films is that they are high on story but low on so called ‘entertainment’. Why does every another hit in Indian cinema have to be a story of he meets her, she meets him bla bla bla, or judwaas one good one bad or reincarnation. Nothing against those films at all. They were good films in their own way and got success that they deserved. But what is hard to digest is the receptivity to something unexplored. In the west, films like ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ have been path breakers. So why does a Rocket Singh, a film which has so much to say and is yet so simple doesn’t see the light of success? What went wrong with Kurbaan is beyond my understanding, it is one of the better executed films of the year, superb performances, great direction, formidable script and is high on drama and tension. It has good music too..yet the trade pundits have to put it down as a losing proposition. Strange are the ways of the world!
Coming back to ‘Rocket Singh…’, the film simply makes me feel proud of Indian Cinema. Here we have a director who has so much range that he gives you ‘Ab tak Chappan’, then ‘Chak De India’ and then ‘Rocket Singh’. Though none are formula films the first two were hugely successful but the third one is no bad either. Another positive from the film is Ranbir. He can pull off Ajab Prem and then superbly portray Harpeet Singh!!! Kudos !! Success or not, it is heart warming to see that such films and stories are being made!!!
I think the biggest drawback of the two films is that they are high on story but low on so called ‘entertainment’. Why does every another hit in Indian cinema have to be a story of he meets her, she meets him bla bla bla, or judwaas one good one bad or reincarnation. Nothing against those films at all. They were good films in their own way and got success that they deserved. But what is hard to digest is the receptivity to something unexplored. In the west, films like ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ have been path breakers. So why does a Rocket Singh, a film which has so much to say and is yet so simple doesn’t see the light of success? What went wrong with Kurbaan is beyond my understanding, it is one of the better executed films of the year, superb performances, great direction, formidable script and is high on drama and tension. It has good music too..yet the trade pundits have to put it down as a losing proposition. Strange are the ways of the world!
Coming back to ‘Rocket Singh…’, the film simply makes me feel proud of Indian Cinema. Here we have a director who has so much range that he gives you ‘Ab tak Chappan’, then ‘Chak De India’ and then ‘Rocket Singh’. Though none are formula films the first two were hugely successful but the third one is no bad either. Another positive from the film is Ranbir. He can pull off Ajab Prem and then superbly portray Harpeet Singh!!! Kudos !! Success or not, it is heart warming to see that such films and stories are being made!!!
