'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.
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.
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