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No new dawn in the horizon

After a fascinating display of car chase in the streets of London in 'Ra One', I have to retract my praises on the advancement of movie making in Bollywood. It just does not appear credible when two Hyundais are involved in a car chase - no disrespect to the Korean automobile makers. I am sure there have improved by leaps and bounds in their engineering feat since their near collapse after their 1950 civil war. It somehow does not appear so credible when a lady driver can give a death defying car chase (ala French Connection) and when a Hyundai can outrun an Alfa Romeo. Come on lah! Yeah, I am talking about Don 2, the sequel to the 2006 remake.
Priyanka Chopra in Don 2
The only thing 'Indian' about this latest blockbuster is the spoken language - Hindi, even the title is English or Italian! Even there wasn't a hint of Indian dressing or a glimpse of the hazy atmosphere of an Indian town in any of the movie's sets. As in most modern Bollywood hits, at one look it feels that low cleavage revealing bare-backed body body hugging phallic teasing garments have evolved to replace saree as its national costume. It looks like Indian moviemakers are ashamed of their  motherland - they shot the movie all over the place (Thailand, Malaysia, Switzerlandy and Germany) except Bharat!
Personally, I think Bollywood should confine themselves to soapy tear evoking melodramatic dramas with family values rather than venturing into meaningless pyrotechnic filled swashbuckling cops and robbers type of feat. Perhaps, people like me enjoy the masala, family traditions upholding, ego filled and situational fate moments by act of God in the 'Kabhie Kushi Kabhie Gum' and 'Kal Ho Na Ho'.
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  1. Anonymous9 January 2012 at 17:21

    Funny! And I agree with the part where you said nothing Indian except the language . Hahaha.

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