I do'nt believe this but yes I am devoting space to the latest cinematic irrelevance by Karan Johar (KJ) and yet again so effectively hammed by Shahrukh Khan (SRK).
So Thursday evening it was, one evening before the official release,with three hardcore SRK fans in tow and mind you each ticket priced at Rupees 500.Yes - Five Hundred each so that sums up to Rs Two Thousand and that quite justifies my ire and this essay.
Read a web clip which says that KJ is looking for 'public approval' audience acceptance.I am sure the only part of the movie the audience accepted was the 15 minute interval.
In the first few frames of the movie we have two strangers meeting on a park bench, a furlong away from the girl's wedding mandap,discussing love,life and relationships and escape routes out of them.Seconds later we have SRK involved in an accident which we never hear of later.( was it Arjun Rampal).This is just the beginning of 3 1/2 hours of torture briefly spiced with chocolate,lace , lots of chiffon and the NY skyline and not to forget the Railway Station.
Cinematography is very specialised in this movie as the camera pans usually on SRK's twitching eyebrows and forehead and ocassionally on a dolled up and confused Rani.
But you have to give it to KJ - he is this generations most effective movie marketeer from the Hindi moviedom.Not one press review against the movie,all FM airwaves indoctrinating us with Mitva so the only recourse for free speech on KANK is the blogging platform.The movie is commercially a hit as nearly a 1000 prints were released simultaneously all over the globe and he just does not give the audience a reaction time.No adverse publicity works for the movie in the 1st round as all have the eagerness factor to find out where he went wrong.So more money in KJ's & SRK's bank.
I can now officially divide my friends in two groups, one's who could bear with KANK and the others who couldnt.
So Thursday evening it was, one evening before the official release,with three hardcore SRK fans in tow and mind you each ticket priced at Rupees 500.Yes - Five Hundred each so that sums up to Rs Two Thousand and that quite justifies my ire and this essay.
Read a web clip which says that KJ is looking for 'public approval' audience acceptance.I am sure the only part of the movie the audience accepted was the 15 minute interval.
In the first few frames of the movie we have two strangers meeting on a park bench, a furlong away from the girl's wedding mandap,discussing love,life and relationships and escape routes out of them.Seconds later we have SRK involved in an accident which we never hear of later.( was it Arjun Rampal).This is just the beginning of 3 1/2 hours of torture briefly spiced with chocolate,lace , lots of chiffon and the NY skyline and not to forget the Railway Station.
Cinematography is very specialised in this movie as the camera pans usually on SRK's twitching eyebrows and forehead and ocassionally on a dolled up and confused Rani.
But you have to give it to KJ - he is this generations most effective movie marketeer from the Hindi moviedom.Not one press review against the movie,all FM airwaves indoctrinating us with Mitva so the only recourse for free speech on KANK is the blogging platform.The movie is commercially a hit as nearly a 1000 prints were released simultaneously all over the globe and he just does not give the audience a reaction time.No adverse publicity works for the movie in the 1st round as all have the eagerness factor to find out where he went wrong.So more money in KJ's & SRK's bank.
I can now officially divide my friends in two groups, one's who could bear with KANK and the others who couldnt.
Comments
I think he needs a Subattical to get a fresh perspective. I was already made up that the movie is a waste of time and after 4 similar reviews I am sure its nothing more than "SRK sells" personified.
As for the movies Success - I thing the ABCD (American Born/Bred confused desi's) are the only ones who are sold on this flavour.
I like your observation on SRK's twitching eyebrows and forehead and the "K K K K kiran" pronunciations in every movie thereafter...