Kala Bandar !!

It's been a busy fortnight and it ends on March 1st. Two of my 1st cousins are getting married (one on 19th and other on 27th). I had a really great time at the 1st wedding, and I believe it's gonna be even better at the 2nd wedding :). I have quite a few cool announcements to make, but I'll do that in another post.

Saw Delhi-6 today, people didn't really like it, some even didn't understand the movie but trust me its a really great n wonderful movie. You GOT to open your mind and put yourself in the shoes of ANY of the characters if you want to appreciate the movie. EACH character had his/her part to play, and each character depicted something about the human nature. One major blunder that the director did was to chose a wrong concept. Religion is and always was a very dangerous topic to choose. Movies might have become hit when they chose to support a religion but fighting against the evilness and blind beliefs in the name of religion is a VERY dangerous topic to pic, esp in India. I REALLY believe that if the same movie was directed by an English director and the climax changed a little bit (Abi dies), the movie would have won as many Oscars as Slumdog if not more.


I liked the concept of "kala bandar", it's more than just a joke, its a reflection of the fears in common man, its a reflection of the blind faith, its a reflection of exploitation, and it's also a reflection of the role of media in modern India. Some of the dialogues are really thought provoking, but invain, I don't think people got the point :(

Sorry Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, the movie is definitely better than RDB or Slumdog conceptually, but its a little beyond its time, trying to deal with the religious beliefs of Indians is not that easy. Atleast there should have been a typical villain who did all the 'bandar' stuff for the masses to like the movie. I loved it anyway. Hats off and as you said RDB is your high school stuff & D6 is coll, just that you chose a difficult thesis topic !!