Nov 21 2007
Well we have been getting lot of hits lately (thanks to all the readers !!!) but today I found something interesting there are people who are actually copying pasting the content from our site without putting a line or two to give credit for what we are doing . I would love if people quote us but copying pasting the content is something I was not expecting.
Nov 12 2007
Saawariya review has started a flame war in the comments of my earlier post Saawariya and Om Shanti Om Movie Review . My personal take on this is Saawariya has not lived upto the expectation , reason is whenever Sanjay Leela Bhansali makes a movie he raises expectation . People were expecting the same this time also . See what he did in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam , Devdas & Black every time bar is raised by him but in Saawariya he failed on the expectations , he bored everyone and unlike his earlier movies failed to mesmerize the viewers , remember last scenes of Devdas where he made us cry or the initial scenes in Black where he sprinkled his magic .
How many scenes do we have in Saawariya which has his signatures ? I don’t think there were any (Unless you count blue color as his signature) and whatever were there vanished by the end of the movie due to the pace of the movie. Instead of making a “Sanjay Leela Bhansali Movie” he tried to make a “great movie” for global audience and failed .
Saawariya was not a flop but it is just that it didn’t lived up to the expectations had it been made by a XYZ director everyone must have been going ga-ga.
Nov 11 2007
Yes trust me Salman is a lead actor in Om Shanti Om , now you will ask me why is it so ? Well if Saawariya can promote Salman as lead actor with 5 minute (4 minute in middle and 1 minute in the end) of scene presence then in Om Shanti Om where Salman has dance for 3 minute (I guess!!) can also promote it as lead actor . In fact OSO can easliy add all 31 actor / actress who have dance for the item number as there lead by the same logic and join Guiness Book of world record for most number of actor /actress in a movie .
As Shekar Suman put it in one of his comments Farah & SRK has been more kind to Salman in Om Shanti Om then SLB in Saawariya , no wonder he left Saawariya in between during its premier or may be he was totally bored like many of us either way poor Salman !!
Nov 11 2007
Yesterday went to see movie Saawariya , I wouldn’t comment on Saawariya movie as there is nothing much to comment except for the fact that .. it is horrible .
Theater I went to is 20 minute drive from my place and hardly plays hindi movie so it was nice to see it playing hindi movies. What was amazing was the queue outside Om Shanti Om screen , and hardly any presence outside and inside Saawariya . Saawariya was not even running full house in the first week itself and line outside Om Shanti Om Screen is the biggest I have seen anywhere in US . Kudos for Sony Pictures and Eros in marketing it so beautifully , it is another matter that SLB let Sony and everyone down.
Nov 08 2007
Mumbai Mirror and Buzz18 has published the review for Saawariya & Om Shanti Om . Mumbai Mirror has given 3/5 for Om Shanti Om and 2/5 for Saawariya whereas Buzz18 has given 4/5 for Om Shanti Om and 3/5 for Saawariya.
On expected line Om Shanti Om is total masala movie with SRK hogging the limelight as Buzz18 put it “is 98.35 per cent of the film!” , “you have to leave your brains out” and “Hit! Hit! Hit! The masses will love it; the classes will love it too! The NRIs will gobble it up and froth over it and the youth, even though they may not get certain references to the Bollywood of yesteryears and even the line “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn”, will love it! SRK is King.” Mumbai mirror summed Om shanti Om by saying “clearly, a better musical to catch this big-ticket weekend, though it’s not quite the greatest weekend ever.”
Saawariya I thought will be critically acclaimed if not masses acclaimed is looking a loser on review front or may be SRK well oiled PR worked his charm on the critics also . Buzz18 has shorter review of the two film it reviewed and I quote “story of Saawariya has nothing much to offer” , ” it drags horribly” but finally it has some nice words “We’d recommend you watch the film” . Mumbai Mirror is critical to the point of criticizing the movie and hardly has any good word for the movie. and ends with “Saawariya is not even vaguely poignant, touching or weepy. It misses you almost entirely. ”
Looks like Om Shanti Om has delivered on this promise of masala movie and Saawariya has failed to deliver on his promise of a great movie .
Let us know which movie you are watching first by taking a quick poll here. See the complete review here and here.
Update :
Here is the Video review for om shanti om
Here is Video review for saawariya
Nov 07 2007
Just in case if you don’t know , Om Shanti Om and Saawariya is being played in lot of theaters in NewYork & New Jersey area , check out fandango.com . Where one can give zipcode and see the theater listings by movie.
Before that let us know which movie you are watching first by taking poll here . I am watching Saawariya first .
Happy Diwali & Happy Watching.
Nov 04 2007
Hello Marketing Team of Om Shanti Om and Saawariya , it is great to see that you are coming with your respective films , we know both are directed by two great directors , both have put lot of effort in coming up with the movies but please stop over hyping the movie we are really getting bored of this high pitch and overly visible marketing .
There is hardly a channel or website where we don’t see every 10 minute something from either film be it in the form of SRK giving interview on how he came up with his six pack abs , Farah boasting of her friendship with SRK , Ranbir being so excited about the movie , Sanjay Leela Bhansali thinking about Sonam - Ranbir pair and the promise Sonam holds blah blah blah .
Current state of marketing reminds me of election with no one leaving a stone unturn by stating how good they are and how bad other is and marketing reaching a feverish pitch. Note we are a big country with lot of serious issues so give all journalist a break , marketing a break, give us a break, leave some space for other news. We would have anyway seen both the movies with a percent of this hype.
Sometimes I think what it will be like on the day of release will there be special buses from our home to cinema theater.
Oct 23 2007
With both the movie going for high pitch marketing battle , it is tempting to compare the marketing economics of both the movies ,so here are the stats (source economictimes) :
With so much at stake for bollywood as Sharukh said “failure is not an option”.
So what do you think who will win the series ? Take a quick Poll >>
Oct 15 2007
This is turning out to be be the biggest competition on the box office and seems better then movies itself as it is running longer then 3 hour movie :-). OSO and Saawariya both have there plus points (as of now I don’t see any minus points) . Saawariya has marginally better director then OSO but OSO has more star power then Saawariya . OSO seems has all the tried and tested bollywood masala but Saawariya looks better directed (at least on promo’s) . Saawariya has marginally better songs overall not a chart buster like Dard-E-Disco but overall good songs . OSO is promoted better at least in my area as all the vantage points are taken over by OSO hoardings.
My personal belief is Shahrukh fan following will definitely make it a hit and his overseas audience will generate enough money to make if no-dud rest depends on the story , I hope it is like Mai Hoon Na with non stop masala , on Saawariya it definitely well be well directed and since no one knows the story it will carry on it’s element of suspense initially , it will be boring in middle like all SLB films with great start and end.
I haven’t decided yet which movie I will be watching first but it will mostly depend on the ticket availability.
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