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Re: Bow-Wow or Wow?

RahulJauhari — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:40:00 -0000

Thanks for dropping by Mads :-)

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mads — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:43:00 -0000

absolutely man.
let em take a break n enjoy the movie.

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RahulJauhari — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:54:00 -0000

yup, and I know what u mean :-)

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Smiling Dolphin — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:18:00 -0000

have you seeen Salaam Bombay?

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RahulJauhari — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:33:00 -0000

Thanks for the comments Yogi

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Yogi♪♪♪ — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:04:00 -0000

Good point about the film capturing just a miniscule part of India.

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Yogi♪♪♪ — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:47:00 -0000

I just thought it was a good movie. I have no idea if it actually portrayed India accurately or not but it has me interested in what things are like in India.

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RahulJauhari — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:24:00 -0000

Thanks Anon, did check out your site. thanks for the info :-)

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Anonymous — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:18:00 -0000

This movie has raised awareness of the plight of poverty stricken children in India that so many people are totally ignorant about. Hopefully a lot of funds can be raised to help such children through my charity VITAL in which 100% of donations go to the children in Kolkata...www.vitalforchildren.org

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Devina — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:40:00 -0000

hehehe...yeh hui na baat! now we're talkin!! :))))

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RahulJauhari — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:47:00 -0000

ok ok, no more agreements, not even grudgingly given ones :-) wait for my next post, lemme start a new argument :-)

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Devina — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:48:00 -0000

Oh no, Rahul!!! Please DON'T agree with me! Varna our pact will be broken!!!! :p :p

No but seriously, kuch bhi kaho, the fillum has generated reactions...gotta give it that! ;)

Re: Bow-Wow or Wow?

RahulJauhari — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:58:00 -0000

ouch. good point Devina :-)

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Devina — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:39:00 -0000

Hmmm...I didn't particularly like the movie. And take note: this is NOT because of poverty porn (what a term!) or any aversion to the depiction of 'reality'. I like films that take you out of your comfort zone...Bombay, 1947 Earth, you name it.

And yeah, I'm no saint; haven't been busy doing stuff for society. But I still didn't like SM! Yeah, read that again.

As supposedly stark, broody, 'hard-hitting' cinema, the film failed to touch me.I think some of our own movies in the past have done a better job.

You're right that the a certain section of the public is trashing it so strongly simply as a result of the film getting recognition in the awards circuit in the first place. But the reverse also holds true: those who are lauding it are doing so for the same reason, my friend.

Enough 'disagreement' for now! :)

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Mala — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:34:00 -0000

Hi Rahul, thanks for visiting my blog. Couldn't agree with you more. I wish I had read the book though. Its on my list. :)

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RahulJauhari — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:29:00 -0000

Thanks chabba and mala :-)

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Anonymous — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:25:00 -0000

great book, great movie - best movie of 2008 - not too sure about that, best 'indian' movie of 2008 - not too sure about that too...nonetheless a very enjoyable movie and all that crap of showing india in a bad light is just that - crap!
karan

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RahulJauhari — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:45:00 -0000

Hey Ipo, good to see you around :-)

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Ipo — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:37:00 -0000

The film is brilliant...and thats a problem...we are jealous. It was our story, usurped by an outsider, translated it into an interesting piece which is on a winning streak. We cannot digest anybody else's success that too based on our life.
Typical indian psyche- "Mera bat hai batting main karoonga toh kya hua agar duck pe out hua..."

Re: Bow-Wow or Wow?

RahulJauhari — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:27:00 -0000

Damn. If ramesh agrees as well, there's no scope of any debate happening on this one. Lemme quickly think up my next post....

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RahulJauhari — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:26:00 -0000

Thanks Meraj. Loved your post on tilak's rendition :-)

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Ramesh Srivats — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:50:00 -0000

Welcome back man. Agree with you.

I also wonder why people go up in arms against "portrayals" but are apathetic to the reality that leads to the portrayal. Nobody claims that the stuff shown in the film is not true. They only rant that it shouldn't be shown. A bunch of sanctimonious ostriches.

Incidentally, I too enjoyed the film. But frankly I didn't think it was the stuff "Best Picture"s in Oscars are made of. I thought it was a nice story but not very profound or thought-provoking.

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meraj — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:40:00 -0000

with you on this one Rahul. those who are gunning against the movie just do not understand the medium.

and a nice way to break the silence. cheers!

ps: plz delete my previous comment which has been partially deleted by me. i goofed up on it.

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RahulJauhari — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:45:00 -0000

Thanks Shahana. Haven't watched Waltz with Bashir, but now that you mentioned it, I will :-)

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shahana — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:31:00 -0000

I agree with you, the poverty porn bit is pure nonsense. Boyle's Trainspotting was also about the British underbelly wasn't it; didn't hear the Brits scream about it. Btw, did you watch waltz with Bashir...now that's a film.