Thursday, October 27, 2011

Rajni and some idiot from Bollywood

The Position enjoyed by Rajni is very unique. He is a product of the passionate South-Indian Psyche of doting on ideas that are larger than life. His status is mostly due to two things ...the above said crowd and the percolation of the Rajni Hype( which is quite dis-similar to the South-Indian fan affair)  into the rest of the metro cities in India thanks mostly to the extreme( and very humorous) jokes on his abilities,  the media and Facebook.

After Rajni had achieved this status his movies were always carefully made so as to appease the Hardcore fan and all Audiences alike everybody got what they expected from a Rajni movie. There was punch line dialogues and mannerisms  like cigar throwing( narasimha and one other old movie) ,  bubble gum throwing (Chandramukhi), coin flipping (Shivaji) etc. etc. Each of them flawlessly executed by Rajni.


 



The Ladies always get their fare share of sentimental scenes and kids get a lot of stuff to imitate at home. The middle aged man gets his funny jokes that he could quote, the teenage and young adults get there punch dialogues to use with their friends.The Portrayal of Good and Bad is very usually very sharp. The actors are always good, the production follows good standards, the stories usually (in comparison to the general standard ) have better depth and richness. The artistic quality though isn't something that is remarkably high and that's because its not made to be so.

Following these minimum things assures a movie liked and enjoyed by all.


Now, to the issue of Ra.One. Firstly the lead actor, It's obvious, he is not Rajni, he is no-where near Rajni, His fan base is/was the Teenagers of the previous generation who patronized this fellow through their adult hood. These arent crazy about movies/ passionate people who stand days before and get killed waiting for movie tickets at Q- counters.

The movie is quite out of balance, the jokes arent simple or witty the kids might enjoy the premise of fighting the in-game characters. The adults will most certainly not, as the logic of the film is super-flawed. The villain has no strong purpose or reason he doesn't stand for anything and the Hero is just trying to kill this purposeless villain. It is a bad movie in general.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

The Gaming Couple

The Dota Couple:
girl: I want to see your "frozen" throne.....
guy: only if you show me your twin base towers first and the forest too.....


soft musical theme plays in the background

after 2 hours long "game" ....... the throne has fallen...... sentinels win.....

The CS Couple:
guy: lets play a few rounds....
girl: Follow me!

guy: Go, Go, Go!
girl: cover me!

guy: You take the point
girl: Storm the front!!!

guy: Affirmative, Hold this position
girl: Roger, I'm in position

girl: sector clear
guy: reporting IN!!!

girl: Affirmative, go go go!
guy: stick together team

girl: regroup team
guy: hold this position

girl: taking fire need assistance....
guy: Roger, fall back!!

girl: Now, You take the point....
guy: roger, i'm in position

girl: hold this position
guy: storm the front

girl: stick together team
guy: SHE"S GONNA BLOW

guy and girl together : ENEMY DOWN!

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Parugu (2008)

Parugu is yet another example of how heroes tend to do cliche characters. Krishna (Allu Arjun) is an energetic, light hearted and easy going young hyderabadi who seems to be smarter than the average "hero". That pretty much describes his character in all his movies. That aside the movie cast has all the familiar supporting actors including Sunil, as usual is a friend to the hero, and Prakash Raj the distressed father. Sheela, the female lead, is yet another new face in the history of female lead actors in "tollywood". It is still amazing to see new non telugu faces' ever so often. Off course the absolute lack of any substance in the role for almost all heroines makes it easy for this "constant face lifts". Prakash Raj has turned into a worder off late with 11 tamil and 3 telugu movies just in the year 2008. It also reflects how directors are so stuck upon "hit formulae" and fearing excessive experimentation especially with support cast.

Plot: As for the plot, it basically shows a Father's love from a Father's point of view. Neelakanta (Prakash Raj) is a powerful man in his village with two daughters. Pretty much similar to the character he plays in Bommarillu, he thinks he knows whats best for his children. His elder daughter Subbalakshmi (Poonam Bajwa) elopes with a guy called Babu from a lower class on the night of her arranged marriage. Thinking Babu's friends would have helped in their escape, Neelakanta kidnaps them. Krashna being one of them and obviously being the one who helped their escape too. Krishna on one morning while trying to escape from the village sees a "girl in the mist" (Meena- younger daughter) and "stops running". Another cliche. Love at first silhouette. Interestingly in this movie the hero falls in love with the silhouette of the heroine and doesn't know who she is until halfway through the movie. The second half is a dragged attempt at showing the angst of a father as he frantically searches for his daughter. Meanwhile the second daughter (Meena) fall in love with Krishna and starts to worry if she will follow the footsteps of her sister. The rest of the movie turns into a sensitive drama between the father and the lover, who understand each others feelings at the end of the movie.
A few, after viewing the movie, felt there was an uncanny resemblance between the movie and the recent drama in Chiranjeevi's family. Some speculate that the movie is a publicity stunt by Chiranjeevi to gather sympathy.

Personally I thought a lot of things in the movie could have been improved. The second half dragged on as though the director had lost the main script and bridged it in situ. Music was quite decent. Acting wise, everyone pretty much live up to the script. The comedy is quite good. In fact, the movie somehow manages to keep you smiling if not laughing until the end.

If story is not the most important thing, amidst all the violent movies like Kantri, Bujjigadu, Jalsa etc Parugu stands out as the lone serene movie. With the exception of one short fighting scene the movie is acceptable to all ages.

I give it 3.5/5 all thanks to timely comedy and energetic action by the stylish star Allu Arjun. (Though the title "Stylish Star" sounds quite juvenile, its somehow fitting.)

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Calling Dota, this is CS. Come in please!

CS : Go, go, go!
Dota: I gooooooooo..........
CS : Follow me.
Dota : Whatever you say.
CS : Hold this position.
Dota : By asharaaaaaaah!
CS : Storm the front!
Dota: Troll Smash!
CS : Fire in the hole!
Dota : You know what else is burning my ass? a flame about this high!
CS : Team fall back.
Dota : I may be blind but I am not deaf!
CS : Cover me!
Dota : What do you want from this old one!
CS : Report in team.
Dota : Ah! The great outdoors!
CS : Stick together team.
Dota : We are a team.
CS : Reporting in.
Dota : ring ring .... Hello! For the last time I am not the Deathgod, I am the Dreadlord.
CS : Get out of there, she's gonna blow.
Dota : hehehehehehehe, yo my homie.........