Pasanga2: Preachy and Artificial

With so much hype around Pasanga 2, expectations were high. While there was nothing original about it, it was preachy artificial and irritating at its best. I had to revisit the eternally beautiful temple tank scene in Pasanga to come back to normalcy. Pandiraj did not have to tweak Tare Zameer Par to sell his wares. I hope Pasanga 3 becomes truly better than Pasanga 1.

Baji Rao Mastani: The Sweat and Blood of Sanjay Leela Bansali

The beauty in every frame of Baji Rao Masthani can asphyxiate you. The artistic vision of Sanjay Leela Bansali  is worthy of veneration. The execution of that vision is astounding.

I would recommend my friends who watch the film, not be distracted by the history. This is not Baji Rao's biography. This is a fictional love story based on some historical facts.

What struck me was the extraordinary effort is recreating the 18th century milieu. Details, Details and more details,

In a recent interview the costume designer, Anju Modi, shares that she has designed more than 300 costumes for the three principal characters, The jewellery in the film is real. Anju is supposed to have travelled to Ajanta and Ellora, Indore, Chanderi, Paithan and Maheshwar among other places, visiting temples, museums, palaces and looked up books and paintings to understand the textiles and colour palette of that era. Fascinating is her research and tradeoffs arrived while arriving at the Nine yard saree of Kashi, the Nizami attire for masthani and the headgear for Baji Rao.

To me Anju Modi is the queen of Baji Rao Mastani and is the foundation of arguably the most artisitically narrated love story in India.

The three prinicpal characters vie with one another for honours. I watch Ranvir after Band Baja Baraat. I would never been able to visualize Ranvir to fit into this role. Ranvir with his ramrod erect posture, dazzles with eyes that seem to toggle between terrifying intensity to aching vulnerability with extraordinary ease. Ranvir is especially magnificent when his eyes meet Priyanka and is unable to communicate his relationship with Deepika, but Alas his eyes give him away. While Deepika is terrific it is Priyanka that pulls the rug from under Ranveer and Deepika. Priyanka suffers in silence, , goes through her disappointments and agony, but is human enough to be empathetic. Tanvi Azmi, as Ranvir's mother vies with the three prinicpal characters for top acting honours.

What I liked most was a narrative bereft of melodrama. It was subtle, understated and truly classy.

Watch out for the precociously talented Sanchit balhara. The music is top class. There is ofcourse a dance choreographed by Birju Maharaj, which is as graceful as it can be. The overall choreography is outstanding. And Sudeep Chatterjee cinematograhy is a work of excellence.

For a change, we have a sincerely made film on the eve of a holiday season. Let us patronize this work of excellence.

As the old adage goes, A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.

X:Past is Present: Too many cooks serve a wonderful broth

I was tempted to name this review as A Divine narrative of a flirtatious Soul.

The movie has its foundation in Hitchcock and has generous flavour of Woody Allen wafting all over. You could be reminded of Marnie and cannot miss the Manhattan in X. May they could have named this as From Marnie to Manhattan!!!!

While I was certainly pumped up after seeing the movie, I certainly do not subscribe to excessive female companionship to draw support or stay alive or get inspired.

Curiously there seems to be no other passing thought in minds of the protagonist except snooping, sniffing or sleeping with  a female companion.

Odd indeed is a protagonist who does not seem to be influenced by anybody except female.

Odd indeed is a biographical account which traces the past and retains a narrative which is soaked in guilt and guilt only.

Odd indeed is a life when one can let go  without evolution.

Odd indeed is a review where the reviewer can be exhilarated about a movie, despite complete disagreement with content.

That is precisely because, too many cooks serve a wonderful broth.

For me the collaborative effort of eleven directors coming together to make one seamless and coherent experience makes it a great case study. Experiencing the seamless narrative is exhilarating enough.

Eleven people willing to be flexible, willing to agree to give up their points of view  to direct one finished product is an extraordinary experience.

The film works up a restless pace and is as non-linear as it can get. The narrative is as dispersed as the thoughts of the protagonist.

And however dynamic the narrative is, in a way it is also static also, quite literally, the narrative unfolds as seen by the eye of the protagonist, with the protagonist almost interacting with the other actors from behind the camera.

The premise of the Kolkatta episode was beautiful .

And when you thought that you could just get drowned in the verbal chatter, Huma Querishi  sizzles, leading to a brilliant climax.

Thiagarajan Kumararaja and Nalan Kumaraswamy are certainly not a flash in the pan.

Special thanks to Raja Sen for the wonderful Huma Querishi segment. Well he has earned his right to be a critic!!!!

Thanks to Sudish Kamath for the idea and taking to a completion.

Most importantly I am sure the movie would have not been possible without Sreekar Prasad and his team of editors.!!!  Take a bow, guys!!!

Thanks to the entire team for making this experimental cinema. Great News for Indian Cinema!!!.

By the way after seeing the movie, Not really sure if you may want to eat Biriyani again!!!.

The Enigmatic Mr. Kamal Haasan:

I was eager to catch up with Thoongavanam. I therefore decided catch up with Sleepless Nights. Was curious to understand how Kamal would have adapted Sleepless Nights. I was just fresh from the memory of Papansam where by just incorporating one sequence from Pasamalar, he had tweaked and tuned George Kutty’s character in Drishyam, to the sensibilities of Tamil Film Cinema audience.

Alas!! Sleepless Nights while on the surface, racy and restless as it unfolded, was a rehash of innumerable tales that had been narrated in the past. Wondered why in the world would Kamal want to remake this mediocrity.

Given Kamal’s talent, accomplishment, love and unquestionable commitment to Cinema, I do get befuddled with choices that Kamal makes

He may be one of the few sons of Cinema who has been dear to all the muses.

Can we find anybody in the world cinema who at 58 can learn Kathak and execute it to perfection?

This kind of commitment is what earns him the recognition that he truly deserves.

Has Kamal really leveraged and realized his true potential?

Getting inspired and influenced by great artists and great works of art is but natural.

But has he spent his entire life celebrating the lives of other geniuses?

In the last eleven years, Kamal has done nearly ten films, out of which four of them have been remakes and only Uthama Villain, was out of the ordinary thinking. An experiment that could have had gone awry, but these are experiments that could trigger greater artistic pursuits.

In the must-watch ‘The Walk’, the protagonist, terms his, desire to wire walk across the twin towers, as the artistic coup of the century.

Kamal, Given the fact you have  undoubtedly all round world-class capabilities in all departments, This fan of yours, demands the supremely original artistic coup of cinema from you, 

And it shall be eternally and immortally enshrined in the annals of cinema!!!!

Prem Ratan Dhan Payo

The Diwali Carol: Part Opium, Part Tedium, Part ‘HoodWinkium’

What do you a do when you get to see a film which is consciously constructed on lavish scale dripping in family sentiment punctuated constantly, with Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan like, background score, which strives sometimes to slip into a television serial?

Sallu Bhai Ka Charisma Payo Re!!!!!

Opium:

Indeed the greatest social invention, the family, has kept the social fabric intact.

Rajshri Pictures has continued to stay invested in matters related to the home and the family and consistently managed to produce clean films.

Their latest offering is a quite ambitious musical with rich production values toggles between Hum Apke Hain Kaun and rehashes of several love triangles and ends up being a Casablanca.

Every time the movie stutters, Sallu Bhai is always there to rescue. Sallu is such a great pleasure. With earnest eyes, a genial smile and limited range of emotions he carries himself with aplomb. Well at last, I seem to have discovered, that he has seamlessly integrated the Dharmendra brand of clowning (Sholay specifically and in some parts may be Chupke Chupke).  Sallu understand his limitations, ensures that his character is well written, taking into account his needs on and off the screen, and leverages the warmth that he is able to generate to the hilt.

Sonam looks ravishingly beautiful in some of the sequences, reminding sometimes of the most graceful Waheeda Rehman. 

The riot of colours combined with the cinematography of Manikandan V imbued a sense of pleasantness to the narrative.

Some of the songs were wonderful.

Tedium

The Editor seemed have forgotten his scissors in the editing table.

Generous editing upto 35-40 minutes could have made this rehash a magical experience.

You had a feeling of listening to all the old Rajshri film songs with background score reminding partly of Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan and S.A. Rajkumar, wishing you were temporarily deaf.

Cricket transformed itself into football and  a Hum Apke Hain Kaun song descended on you(time and again in different forms!!) sending you into ‘Tedium Abyssium’.

‘Hoodwinkium’

One always thought Sallu was not the smartest of the three Khan’s.

Well that does not seem to be the case.

His needs off the screen seem to be dictating his scripts.

While he had Bhajrangi Bhaijaan helping build public opinion well up for him, Prem Dilwala is a Ram Bhakt again, and from Ayodhya!!!, is surely bound to help him bolster his image a wee bit once again.

Jai Ram Ji Ki!!!

Happy Diwali to all my friends

The Walk: Movie, Watch it you must, Watch it you Will

There are a few movies in life that you must watch it again and again and again.

The Walk is certainly one of them.

In its execution, The Walk may not even be gripping cinema, but you may want to experience, the quiet assurance with which the wirewalker executes the walk between the Twin Towers. 

You may Involuntarily get tense and shut your eyes. Believe me you will find enough courage to open your eyes and with bated breath, see the wirewalker take a bow at the audience down below and you will be enthralled when the he lies on his back to watch the skies. 

The equanimity of the execution is probably the calling in his life.

May we all get inspired,  discover our own Zones and find our calling!!!

Mr. Zemeckis, Thank you Sir for this wonderful gift to humanity

The Martian: Ridley Scott and Matt Damon, Inspiration Unlimited

The fact that at 78, Ridley Scott, after directing a demanding Exodus: Kings and Gods, finds the energy to execute The Martian, puts him in the same league as other kids!! like the late Sidney Lumet and Clint Eastwood!!! 

In a society where attention span deficit is an epidemic, people like Scott must be workshipped for their ability crunch so much of detail and execute a movie with such clarity even  a lay may man could get orgasmic about Astrodynamics!!

Mr. Scott, May your tribe prosper!! 

Thank you for your wonderful offering, Nevertheless, your MatchStick men remains my favourite followed closely by Thelma and Louise.

Matt Damon continues to amaze me over and over again . Given his wooden face, I always wondered whether he would be able to emote when I first saw him in GoodWill Hunting. How wrong have I been!!!! It surprises me, how he manages to finds the muscles in his wooden face to bring out a whole range of emotions with very minimal effort. 

Matt, you are such a joy to watch. You made Martian all the more enjoyable. 

Watching Martian can be a humbling experience, not just the vastness of the universe, but the extraordinary progress made in science which has made Space travel possible, can leave you overawed!!!.

Well you may also feel like wanting to catch a slice of the book.

Puli(Tiger), Tamil Film: The Tigress leaves her stamp

It is the tigress that literally gets your attention back to an extraordinarily boring fare.

Sridevi is as magnificent as she alone can be.

Not only is her screen presence mind blowing, she just breezes through a masterclass in body language.

Evil oozing out of  her eyes and posture with a front incline with her elbows dangling back on to the throne on which she is seated, is a sight to behold.

The costumes elegantly drape her and to her credit Hansika looks distinctly older in some frames.

With her subtle variations in her expression bringing out distinctly different emotions,  the tigress just leaves you gasping and asking for some more.

Wow!!! Sridevi ka Jawaab Nahin!!!.

Court: Marathi Film: A Worthy Entry to the Oscars

Incidentally this is my second Marathi film that I saw after Shwaas, another Oscar entry, ten years ago.

I was lucky enough to catch up with this Marathi film in Chennai were it briefly ran for a week at PVR six months ago to an almost full house that broke into a standing ovation!!!.

And Court curiously was not about Judgement!!!!, it merely enabled the viewer to introspect and arrive at some stunning observations!!!.

Using a Case, it attempts to examine the lives of the Judge presiding the case and the  two lawyers who are arguing the case.

Using their lives it explores the mindsets, their aspirations, the ignorance, the greed, hypocrisy, and the human struggle to find fairness amidst despair.

Each frame simmers with necessary anger and angst. 

While the social commentary was absorbing, the most interesting observation that lingers:

The  quality of the lives that we lead and the value that we eschew may have direct bearing on our approach to work !!! 

A must watch for every professional. 

With Court we have a reasonable good shot at the Oscars!!!!.

All the best to Chaitanya Tamhane!!! and Team.

KendeSampige, Kannada Film

Not Just Hot, this Thriller Sizzles.(kende I believe in Kannada is Hot)

Ninety Eight minutes of this Sizzler was almost near perfect. 

The mandatory love story along with four beautiful songs is so cleverly positioned, not only does it add charm to the narrative but it also sometimes manages to elevate the tension.

Thanks to the subtitles, I found the lyrics of some of the songs wonderful. Some of the tunes seem to remind of the Ilayaraja of 80s.

The screenplay, the writing, the casting,  the wit and humour thrown in combined with  excellent technical work makes this a must watch.

On a parting note, I just thought about a minute or two could have still been cut at the end. We did not need so much of verbosity during the close.

Nevertheless I look forward to the prequel in 2016.

Rangi Taranga, Kannada Film, A Good thriller

A near perfect first half that beautifully unfolds, is slightly let down, partly by the many knots that it needlessly imposes itself in the second half and partly by the perceived mandatory Indian sensibilities.

While there is no doubt about the top class technical qualities and the outstanding background score, Dakshina Kannada in its pristine beauty offers some soul cleansing moments. And Oh! yes, thanks for bringing glimpses of the richness of Yakshagana and the goosebumps that the sights and sounds can bring.

The Wow factor of course will always be Saikumar's performance. The man is in complete control. His voice tone and modulation sends you to  raptures. And when the the focus shifts from the vocal chords to the eyes, they seem to have the capability to pierce any object and beyond. 

In the twenty minutes of the screen space, Saikumar, literally steals the movie viewer, memories of the movie and leaves his performance's footprints on the viewers mind!!!: 

Thani Oruvan:,Tamil Film: The Thin Line between Good and Evil

Despite the verbal diarrhea and  some huffing and panting, the film manages to evolve into a brilliant middle segment and then ilflatters to deceive with a laboured ending.

The joys of watching a thriller are robbed and one walks out of the hall with an unnecessary heavy feeling.

Despite the heavy viewing there remains interesting thoughts that you carry.

The most difficult question that remains for most of us, is what do we really want in life?

The clarity of evil is stunning.

To desire and dream is one thing,  the motivation and the drive required to equip and elevate your competence and skill is another, to see the layers of interconnectedness could be a third dimension, Understanding the world we live in could be a fourth, and the ability to orchestrate as the action unfolds could the be the vital fifth.

The Thin Line between the Good Vs Evil, would then probably be, Would you want to be the change that you want to see?

Rebecca Ferguson steers MI: Rogue Nation to Cruise Mode

For the first time since I have seen Tom Cruise probably in Top Gun, Cruise looks old. Sadly not only does he look old, he looks tired, haggard and seems to be in constant pain devoid of any humour. 

For a franchise that seemed to have an alignment with Bond, the alignment seems to have shifted to Bourne. 

The rehash redeems itself on two counts, a well written screenplay and sensational casting of Rebecca Fergusson.

Have a strange feeling that the casting of Rebecca could have been inspired from katrina kaif's casting in "Ek Tha Tiger". 

The writing. for Rebecca is perfect.

While Rebecca infuses the necessary grace and charm, there is also a generous quotient of Irene Adler(Sherlock Holmes most famous adversary) thrown in  making Rebecca a most irresistible proposition. 

Watch Rebecca ache for Cruise. 

The eyes can leave you transfixed and haunt you in the years to come.

I hope that she continues to keep our heart's a flutter in the year's to come.

Orange Mittai, Tamil Film: The Soul of a Poet, The guts of a warrior

The old man is quite a handful and it seems a herculean task to wipe the smirk of his swagger and sarcasm.  Beneath the seemingly tough exterior, lies a soft core that is scared of death, aches for relationships and wants to live. Vijay Sethupathi breezes in a  wonderfully understated essay.

While one had a feeling of reading a short story,( O.Henry and Somerset Maugham would have quite approved), the movie is a visual poetry.

There are a very few films since Uthiripookal which have used the visual medium so effectively. 

As the narrative meanders at a leisurely pace, amidst largely vacant spaces, made seemingly larger with adoring skylines, the movie literally pumps oxygen into you.

For some reason I was also reminded of Dances With Wolves, movies like which need to be viewed on a quite afternoon after a lovely siesta and savoured to your hearts content in quiet.

Thank to Biju Vishvanath for his Direction, Cinematography and Editing, Justin Prabhakaran(Music) in his true elements after his Pannairyarum Padminyum  and Vijay Sethupaty for his courage to financially sponsor the visual poetry.

P.S: One question for Tamil producers remains, When are we going to get done with the fair and "ugly" heroines and get home the dark and beautiful ladies of TamilNadu back to the screen.  When the audience can accept dark Tamil Heroes, I am sure the audience can accept the dark and beautiful ladies of Tamil Nadu.

Baahubali, Torrents of Imagination and Cascades of Joy

When so much has been already written about Baahubali, I am not sure if I have anything new to add.

I was swept off my feat and with moist eyes, joyuously savoured the fantasy set amidst bountiful nature in its different colourful hues and lilting music 

Oh! yes, Telegu when Sung is far more beautiful than when it is spoken. No wonder, Barathi's recommended that we will compose and sing our songs in Telugu!!!

The climactic battle so painstakingly set, flattered to deceive. the coherence was lost after the defence was breached. Falling back on emotional melodrama was disappointing.

I think the last sequences were probably inspired by Last Samurai. If my memory serves me right, those battle sequences were better executed resulting in more satisfying movie viewing experiences.

On one note of dissent, I strongly differ or may be object to the depiction of the barbaric Kalakeya community and the choice of their language. 

Rajamouli: Yes, We want some more, We want some more.

Indru Netru Naalai, Tamil Film ((Today, Yesterday and Tomorrow)

Nostalgia of grandmother's bedtime Storytelling

If you do you want to relive the magic of your childhood listening to your grandmother stories as you went to sleep, do not miss, Indru Netru Nalai.

Well you may have had innumerable Time travel stories like the Back to the Future, Indru netru nalai is delightfully woven yarn filled with fun, warmth and definitely some physics!!!!.

Congratulations to CV Kumar for repeatedly experimenting with new genres with first time directors.

People like Cv Kumar need to be celebrated for their courage to keep on trying new subjects and not for taking the audience for granted. They will hopefully remove the sheen of the star!!!

Jurassic World: As Dumb as it can get.

Honey, I did shrink my kids. While Gulliver did travel from Liliput to Brobdinag!!!! , Jurassic does the other way around. Not only did the ideas shrink, but there seems to be one big swipe at the grey cells. As an executive producer, I am not sure how Steve sponsored a self insulting exercise. I am sure there are a billion ways to monetize, but to defile hallowed works of art is merely unacceptable to the ardent admirers and the paying public. 

A Certain miss to save your invaluable time and money!!!!

Baby, Hindi Film

Or Is this D-Day 2 set in a place Where Camels Dare? Going by Neeraj Pandey's concern for India and the applause he elicits from the audience for his formulaic dialogues on social concern, is this Wednesday 2?

We can certainly enjoy the vicarious pleasures of simulating Abbotabad, but film makers really have the power in their hands to provoke a public debate on radically refreshing solutions to a problem which seemed to be approached in a uni-dimensional way. An eye for an eye can only make the whole world blind.

Nevertheless if you can ignore the formulaic dialogues, jingoism and sequences consciously playing to the gallery, you can sit back and enjoy this escapist text book thriller elegantly shot which ends up in an enjoyable climax adapted from Argo!!!

'I', Tamil Film, Dhoom 3 just got better

'I',  Dhoom 3 just got better

From Shankar, who had the imagination to adapt Frost Nixon (interviews) about seven years ahead of Hollywood in Muthalvan, you know that he is probably capable of more than rehash's.

Imagine the grandeur of Indian in 1996, about twenty years ago, Shankar had the audacity and ambition to replicate technical variations of Forrest Gump with very limited resources. The rehash of Indian("Anniyan")ten years later was probably a satisfactory serving with variations.

One is really not sure if you want a rehash again after ten years, minus the intelligence, minus Nedumudi Venu and Prakash Raj, minus the idealism, minus Sujatha's witty dialogues, plus some the surprisingly loud A.R. Rahman, poor writing, bad screenplay, extremely poor stunt choreography(I am surprised how Shankar could ever allow it) and weird vendetta reducing this to a mere 1970s or 1980s mindless Bollywood revenge drama.

Despite very poor reviews I still went to see it for Vikram who has sacrificed nearly two to three years of his career. For the whole part of the first half I was shell shocked that the Madras Local Lingo did not fit into Vikram's persona. I am not sure if Vikram got the accent right. And when Vikram morphs into the second avtaar, Vikram's lingo just does not fit into the classy person he is. As the hunchback though I thought he built an admirable style in the walk. Despite being a Vikram fan, one has to sadly observe that he is getting older. For all the hype about Vikram's performance, I was quite disappointed. This is probably what writing can do to an actor's performance.

Shankar's love affair with flowers though seems to be extraordinarily fresh. The China that we probably have not seen in Indian Cinema was breathtaking. And Amy of course does her bit, to save us from the disappointment.

If I thought Dhoom 3 was the worst film made in Indian Cinema, than Shankar's 'I' has made it look like as if it is Oscar worthy for the best picture.

When professionals like Shankar who have the name, fame and money, make a film like 'I', I believe it is time Maslow's Hierarchy should be revisited.

The Imitation Game: Inspiring

I have taken the liberty of verbatim reproducing many of the dialogues from the film to write this narrative/review. Idea was to just create interest for as many people as possible to see this film.

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As Alan Turing recounts his past, he introspects, What am I? Am I a person? Am I a machine? Am I a war hero? Am I a criminal?

As he is fading away from life his friend Joan Clarke visits him

Joan Clarke:

This morning I took a train through a city that would not exist if it wasn’t for you. I bought a ticket from a man who would likely be dead if it wasn’t for you. I read up on my work, a whole field of scientific inquiry that only exists because of you. If you wish you could have been ‘normal’, I can promise you, I do not. The world is an infinitely better place precisely because you weren’t.

Alan Turing
Is that what you think?

Joan Clarke
... I think that sometimes it is the very people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.

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Early on, Alan Turing is hired by the British Intelligence to break ENIGMA, the greatest encryption device in history, which the German uses for all their communications.

Alan’s argument is that Enigma is a machine. A very well-designed machine. What if only a machine can defeat another machine?

His theory is that a machine that can solve any problem. It doesn’t just do one thing: It does everything.
The machine isn’t only programmable, it’s re-programmable. Human beings can compute large sums very quickly. He want’s his machine to be Smarter. To make a calculation, and then to determine what to do next. Like a person does. His vision includes an electrical brain. A digital computer.

Of course machines can’t think “as human beings do.” A machine is different from a human being; hence, it would think differently.

The interesting question is, just because something thinks differently from you, does that mean it’s not thinking?  We allow that humans have such divergences from one another. Somebody may like
strawberries. Someone else hates ice-skating. I may cry at sad films. You may be allergic to pollen. What does it mean tohave different tastes — different preferences — other than to say that our brains work differently?

That we think differently from one another? And if we can say that about each another, why can’t we say the same for brains made of copper and steel?

After breaking ENIGMA, the mathematician that Alan was, developed a system for determining how much intelligence to act on. Which attacks to stop, which to let through. Statistical analysis. The minimum number of actions it’ll take to win the war, but the maximum number they we’re able to take before the Germans get suspicious.

It is estimated that Alan Turing’s efforts helped truncate the the World War two by a minimum of two years and about 14 million lives were saved.

The movie is inspiration unlimited. Highly recommended for students and professionals in all walks of life.

This biopic which is presented as a mystery suspense thriller, is equally touching. Going by Wikipedia the narrative seems to be a faithful rendition of Alan Turing’s life. The screenplay has a touch of class, especially the tragic demise of his friend while at school which converts him into an atheist in real life is beautifully introduced at the fag end of Alan Turing’s life, the death that seems to perpetually haunt him. The camera slowly progressing and capturing Alan Turing’s moist eyes shrouded in anger and disbelief even as he vocally negates his close relationship with his friend.

And as Benedict Cumberbatch, enacts the ecstasy of breaking the ENIGMA code and gushes, this is all the German that I need to know, he might have just sealed his stake for the best actor award for this OSCAR. The complexity of Turing’s has been so beautifully and subtly nuanced that Cumberbatch seems to have banished Sherlock from our minds.

This movie needed its star and the screenplay to be perfect. Well they are just as perfect as they can be.

Alan Mathison Turing, (23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was a British pioneering computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, mathematical biologist, and marathon and ultra distance runner. He was highly influential in the development of computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of "algorithm” and "computation” with the Turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general purpose computer. Turing is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.

Incidentally Alan Turing ran a time of just 11 minutes less than the silver medalist in the 1948 olympics marathoner !!!

PK, Hindi Movie, Plagiarism King, BTW, Where was Aamir Khan?

PK, Hindi Movie, Plagiarism King, BTW, Where was Aamir Khan?

Courtesy Wikipedia

Plagiarism is the "wrongful appropriation" and "stealing and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions" and the representation of them as one's own original work.

For the kind of reputation that Raju Hirnani enjoys and especially when he is making a film after five years, there is an expectation and a responsibility.

For all the adulation which Aamir Khan enjoys there is an expectation and a responsibility.

When a movie, especially tends to release over  long weekends,and other films probably cannot release during that time and is expected to gross several hundred crores, and the whole world's attention is drawn to the movie, there is an expectation and responsibility.

When other film makers all over the world see a work of art which is made in India, there is an opinion that gets formed and judgments which get made about India, there is an expectation and responsibility.

Wiki is very explicit on plagiarism,  Language, thoughts, ideas or expressions, however if I may be permitted to add, based on PK even Hairstyles(Oh!!!I am sorry, that could fall under expression!!!)

The makers of PK, have worked overtime, in all good intention to make us all feel good, with noble intentions have appropriated from a whole lot of films.

It is sad to see, when a country of  supremely talented people, celebrate the mediocrity of the plagiarized PK. I am sure we are an inebriated lot!!!!

Mr. Hirnani, You could take a cue from Vetrimaran, who clearly referred to the six movies that influenced "Aadukalam". I am sure with all the nobility that you intend in your films, it is time you really walk the talk.

Mr. Aamir Khan: BTW, The credits say that you have acted in the film, but I was only able to see a protagonist, simulate the character of Vikram(in the Tamil film "Pithamagan") in the garb of Tom Hanks and a dash of Chaplin!!!! BY Gaawd, Mona Darling, though was certainly  happy with your pronunciation of Gawd, Gawd I  understand thought that you got the wrong number!!!