Day 15 - Goodbye Nadira
Published by Jedi April 17th, 2006 in IndiaPunishment time, in the air lurks gloom, Females ready for shopping, spell the doom!
Another mall, another shopping day and I'm left with the only choice. Go sit in the movie hall while it happens. The movie I chose this time was called Zinda. I couldn't care what it was as long as I could kill some time.
From the outset it was obvious this Sanjay Dutt, John Abraham starer was a remake of some other film. Plots, situations and sets like that don't really exist in Bollywood, or not as much in any case. Turned out later that I was right and this was in fact the remake of one Korean film called Oldboy. My first hunch was Hong Kong, in fact. The movie itself is exclusively shot in Bangkok, where hot taxi drivers like Lara Dutta blissfully roam the streets. What can you say? Zinda looks completely out of place and perhaps that's why it never succeeded. But in terms of the movie itself, I must say I found it “different†and fast paced. Don't kill me but I will go to the extent of declaring that I found it more enjoyable than RDB. Not that there's anything too spectacular about the movie - just the good old psycho-thriller. But at least what you see is what you get. I'm actually curious now to see the original Oldboy itself.
Noticed the kind of regional voting that takes place for these talent shows. I feel sorry for poor Vineet in Sa Re Gama. Even though he sings well I feel he just won't get enough votes. It is sad to see regionalism affect this aspect of Indian life too. On the other hand, this happens anywhere in the world, even places with not more than one nationality or language.
I'm getting increasingly frustrated that I still have little or no access at all to the Net. At first I welcomed that change, but now I feel slightly handicapped. Especially, I wanted to write my day by day account of the visit now and not some 2 months later.
Indian media is irritating me. The famous actress Nadira passed away today and no sooner it happened she's all over the news. Publicity hungry Bollywood celebrities suddenly appear on TV claiming to be her best friends. Where was everyone including the media when the poor lady died in some forgotten little apartment of loneliness? Here is second such case after Parveen Babi. Makes you sick. But that's how things are. Guru Dutt's Kagaz ke Phool comes to mind.
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LOL. Poor Nadira - I remember the online media too went gaga over her. Now I wonder if anyone remembers her again.
Hehehehe - I haven’t watched Zinad - but if its better than RDB, then it definitely must be worth a dekkho
Suyog
Tell me how much did that Sai boutique guy pay you for putting up this board?? TELL ME!!!
I could not get myself to watch Zinda - the title track - Zinda hoon maaaaainnnn - and Sanjya Dutt in weird wig scared me.. But I also heard positive reviews about this movie..
Yes, news channels just need gossip.. whatever happened to constructive journalism (if it existed at all!)Mud mud ke na dekh, mud mud ke..
Nirwa
@Suyog: I wouldnt say Zinda is a better movie than RDB but its certainly more enjoyable. At least one knows what to expect from it.
@Nirwa: hehe. yes the title track is a bit vague, but the movie is Ok to watch. Journalism is going down the drain in India I feel. Its all Page3 and gossip. In other cases, its used by the political parties for mud slinging matches.
jedi
Why do u blame females for shopping? Do you not shop for your clothes or are u still wearing ‘birth’ day clothes. You men want everything at a stretch of ur hand when u need it but u would want someone else to get it from shops. And then u blame females for shopping more. Aren’t u a bunch of hypocrites. And dont tell me that females shop more. Most of them do cos the men at home are busy watching tv.
Now about the movie. Most of the bollywood movies are now remakes of some english movie or a movie with english titles. Now these writers they won’t understand a pure french or chinese or korean movie, would they?
A couple of days ago I saw a hindi movie ‘Taxi9211′ starring nana patekar and john abrahim. Its a remake of ‘Changing Lanes’ (starring ben affeleck and samuel l jacksen). Even though the movies have same stories they r not same. The hindi remake is so pathetically made tht if u had seen the original then by the end of 1st hour u will start pulling ur hairs.
I am curious about the oldboy too. Will have to watch it now.
When u talk about regionalism, i completely understand where u r coming from. In my opinion vineet was much better than debosheesh and they guy who left before him. hemanshu something he was even better than debosheesh. I cant forget the last song he sang. It was very nostalgic.
I saw a similar event in indian idol. One of the girls who sang the best among the lot couldnt move to the next round. All because the calcutta girl who was just average got most of the votes.
Unfortunaltely as u said now a days regionalism always wins over talent.
I feel sorry for Nadira also and hate the media. Even though she was a good actress se never got what she deserved from the starting. At first it was Raj Kapoor’s ego. He thought he could create another Nargis and thus try to present Nadira as a substitute for Nargis. Which obviously didnt work and Nadira could never recover from it. Anyways it was pretty stereotype in those days therefore smoking cigratte and playing vamp in her first movie didnt help her cause at all.
You know this time I visited India I realised that India is slowly turning into America. And whats worst is that they are only adapting the bad things.
I might seem pretty angry from my comment but i m more of frustrated. Its just tht good things dont seem to appreciated enough these days, especially in our own coutry.
Hold on there SS. I never said men dont shop. Of course, they do. But there’s a difference. Most women I know dont really “shop” shop. They mostly go around wandering from one shop to the other without really buying much. However, in the process they look at every bit of clothing, each skin care item, cosmetics, bla bla on the way. I’m not talking about shopping for essentials here. Men on the other hand have very little patience when it comes to this and its a nightmare when they accompany females on such shopping spree. (Ask any man)
You mentioned about me and clothes. I go and buy clothes which I wear for a year. I do that once a year or twice maybe more depending upon a special need. There is absolutely no need for me to do that every Saturday! So yes, “birthday” clothes do fine for me Thank you. However, you are fogetting another important point in my case. Being a Jedi all I mostly wear is the Jedi robe. Usually a few robes a year is just about enough for me.
Yes, most Hindi movies that claim to be “different” are in fact remakes. Whats more they are very bad attempt at making a remake. However, in certain cases, and particularly in this case when one hasnt seen the original, its not such a bad thing. I havnt seen OldBoy yet but I thought they did a pretty good job in Zinda. And don’t forget nowadays even Hollywood is regularly making remakes.
Regionalism affects everything these days and is present even out of India, in western socities too. The voting format for these kind of talent shows needs to be changed. That, I feel is the only way forward.
Good to see you back. Now go back and comment on all the other posts you have missed
I still think you need to start a blog!
jedi