By: Sanil Mohandas

Sanil Mohandas — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:22:13 +0000

Hi Abhishek, Rightly said. When you compare the state of Bollywood, thats never always been the case with other regional movies in India though. Nobody is even bothered to know what the Malayalam and Bengali cinema have been producing over the years. I must say, judging by their lower production values, directors over the years have on most occasions had to rely heavily on a strong script and the best of acting skills at their disposal. The problem is there are no takers in India to recognize that. I’m not bashing Bollywood, but still have to pity the film-makers on being pampered by Producers to cater to a largely unrefined audience whose existence in the first place ought to be credited to the former. Its so simple to notice that even the best of movies, lack something so fundamental in story-telling and character building. I must say, I loved ‘Tare Zameen Par’, but do we still have to fool ourself thinking the movie has no chinks. It’s a pity, stalwarts like Mohanlal are still one of most under-rated and perhaps the last left Method actors in the ‘World’, leave alone India. To my living memory, he has delivered many a ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ performance over the years. To be called ‘born in the wrong part of the world’ at Cannes still speaks little about his caliber. India needs to look in perspective next time they send something of the likes of ‘Paheli’ to the Oscars. I had never had a worser moment to shrink in embarrassment.

By: Ajay Pathak

Ajay Pathak — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:12:03 +0000

abhishek its a good article
i found some bas trend in indian film industry like they are making films on bad things latest example is race.
people don’t like movies “Halla Bol” they don’t want to face the reality.
lets see if this post can teach some lesson to indian film makers

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