Before a film releases many a stories crop up in the entertainment columns of magazines,newspapers and in other media channels.Some planted deliberately by production houses as one of the many measures to build in pre-release hype.Ya!!What else can explain a shit of a movie like BLUE getting a thunderous opening at the box office and finding it difficult to hold on to the bare minimum in the next few weeks.Well and I believe some of them arises from the media itself,who these days seem to publish any and everything saying them to be coming from unconfirmed sources.Some stories I am afraid my dear are indeed true.
Well I say this because one of the many stories that I had heard before Qurbaan's release was that Qurbaan and New York originated from the same script.Karan Johar and Aditya Chopra of yashraj fame wanted to co-produce the film.But soon differences cropped up regarding the execution of the idea at hand.That is when both of them decided to go ahead with their own interpretations and parted ways.Thus was born New York and Qurbaan.
Well!! my friends this is indeed true.Though I cannot vouch for all the above details but the stories of these two films are almost similar.What else can explain both the protagonists of the two films being terrorists,the female leads being in love with them and the other protagonists coming on board of the terror gangs to thwart their plans with the help of the female protagonists.
Even then unlike the friends with whom I watched this movie,I quite liked the film.The execution of Qurbaan was far better than that of New York.I found technically Qurbaan was notch higher than New York too.Never did i feel that this is the work of a first time director.Full marks to Rensil for that.The background score greatly complemented the flow of the film.Another thing that I must mention is the love scenes.They were shot with no strings attached ,the way I feel they should be.Kudoos to Kareena and Rensil for being bold enough.The acting was quite good too though I feel Vivek was very much underutilized.
So you must be asking what I didn't like in the movie.Well its just the fact that why two films out of the same basic idea.Our time is precious man!!
