tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668731454857654821.post4506525199394169911..comments2024-02-01T13:13:31.933+02:00Comments on ..so they dance!: Who's your daddy. Eklavya: the Royal Guard.veracioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14437521137603205617noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668731454857654821.post-46137142966369986022008-07-07T13:37:00.000+03:002008-07-07T13:37:00.000+03:00Totally agree with your last paragraph - very well...Totally agree with your last paragraph - very well said. I can't help thinking that VVC was thinking 'Oscar entry' when he made this one, and that he tried to achieve a Hollywood gloss (and length) at the expense of the 'flesh' of the story. The acting was really good but I amways think the actors must have been a bit frustrated, because in the end, there wasn't as much for them to do as there could've been.Daddy's Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14679564351145843434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668731454857654821.post-90444058005461715632008-06-25T23:19:00.000+03:002008-06-25T23:19:00.000+03:00ajnabi - Well, they both do look good in it. Just ...ajnabi - Well, they both do look good in it. Just remember it's not romance-focused like Parineeta..<BR/><BR/>anita - Lack of soul is something other reviews mentioned. I pretty much agree. <BR/><BR/>memsaab - I got more nuance from it too on the 2nd watch but I sort of wished the good scenes had been more frequent. It's kind of like a short music album, where because it's so short, you forget there were some good songs on it because so many of the songs were merely meh.<BR/><BR/>shweta - Yeah, we all seem to be in agreement on the movie! Kind of amusing. :D<BR/><BR/>filmi_girl - I think in HW movies it doesn't really matter who's friends/enemies with whom - they keep the essentials in the story but in Bollywood they're more free to go into tangents and different directions. There are so many differences, basically.<BR/><BR/>madaboutMaddy - I hate to be cynical about modern cinema because it can be just as good as oldies. So I don't know if BW is going HW on that aspect, as a whole.. Certain BW movies perhaps, Eklavya being an unfortunately bad example.veracioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14437521137603205617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668731454857654821.post-36664606344161159992008-06-24T20:39:00.000+03:002008-06-24T20:39:00.000+03:00“The longwindedness of Indian cinema, the jumps in...“The longwindedness of Indian cinema, the jumps in time and place, the song numbers that take place in the plane of imagination, all of these lend to the storytelling of a good Hindi film. When you take away all of that, what's left isn't a good film - at best its a summary of a good film…” This is an excellent remark, thank you! I’ve been intensively watching Bollywood for some years now, and have a strong impression that Indian cinema is trying to follow Hollywood patterns, gradually leaving behind all that makes it so different. There are songs, but the characters very often don’t dance and sing at all. Village has disappeared almost completely as film setting (except for the Southern cinema). Raj Kapoor’s heros wouldn’t survive today any more, neither on the screen nor at the box office. I am perfectly aware of the fact that Indian movie goers are changing too, and India itself isn’t the same land as even 10 years ago, but I hope that we won’t end up one fine day in a global Movie-Mart where all film characters live in New York or Sidney and talk endlessly about their frustrating life. Or maybe I am too pessimistic? Greetings.madaboutMaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11593616277910750215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668731454857654821.post-9851371785682952622008-06-24T20:33:00.000+03:002008-06-24T20:33:00.000+03:00It's basically a Bollywood story with a Hollywood ...<I> It's basically a Bollywood story with a Hollywood script...</I><BR/><BR/>I totally agree! I enjoyed certain parts of <B>Eklavya</B> - like Sanju's role and the Massive Angst of Amitabh - but there was such potential wasted. <BR/><BR/>We didn't have a long enough introduction for sure, and that, as I've come to realize, is part of what sets Bollywood apart from Hollywood. Bolly viewers want to know who is related to whom; why people are friends or enemies, etc. etc. Hollywood glosses over all of this in 5-10 minutes, which is what <B>Eklavya</B> did. It could have used a good extra half an hour up front.Filmi Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292362161639177666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668731454857654821.post-23158246153404011322008-06-23T22:11:00.000+03:002008-06-23T22:11:00.000+03:00lols- we all seem to be saying the sme thing- it c...lols- we all seem to be saying the sme thing- it could have been so much more than it turned out to be. I loved the cinematogrphy no end- but it seemed that between shooting in gorgeous locales and the whole family thing, the director passed up on what a cool historical mystery this could have been...Shweta Mehrotra Gahlawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13543438271055378809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668731454857654821.post-27598103483657267802008-06-23T18:49:00.000+03:002008-06-23T18:49:00.000+03:00I too was disappointed in it the first time I saw ...I too was disappointed in it the first time I saw it. I liked it much better the second time I saw it and got more nuance from it then, although I agree---it could have/should have been much better, given the talent involved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668731454857654821.post-35370871050061754382008-06-23T17:56:00.000+03:002008-06-23T17:56:00.000+03:00I agree, it was a disappointment. I kind of feel l...I agree, it was a disappointment. I kind of feel like it was lacking a soul. Everything that needed to be there was there, but it just didn't hit the viewer. The execution was somehow lacking...anitaramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01785044882853838619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668731454857654821.post-5253621024182973192008-06-23T17:27:00.000+03:002008-06-23T17:27:00.000+03:00Arg, I still really want to see this, if only beca...Arg, I still really want to see this, if only because it's the only other Saif/Vidya pairing outside of Parineeta. (Don't even try to compete with me in the superficiality department! LOL) But Netflix isn't taking out of the "Saved" section of my queue anytime soon, I fear.ajnabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08296593338690811213noreply@blogger.com