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!!
Very much true but what i flet is both the movies are not been projected properly...
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to avantika's father ... is not covered... whether she gave birth to child ... is not covered... vivek oberoi role could be more effective but there was nothing which is contented in his role... Saif as usual did gr88 in the movie....
As a whole i would say movie is just normal with improper climax....
I disagree with the point that Qurbaan and New York both originated from the same script.
ReplyDeleteIf the reason behind the same script according to you is terriorism and US hard-heartedness done to muslims due to 9/11 attacks then all the love triangle movies are based on the same script.
I agree with pradeep that this movie was not proeprly projected.......
but we can say that this is the case with most of the movies where the pre-release hype excites the public but disconsolateness post-release....................
Well firstly its too much to comment on film that i haven't watched as yet..so all i can speak of is the review.. That's honestly some good work but still i wouldn't say that its pretty discouraging especially for people who have spent on New York..Seriously there has been a lot of hype regarding qurbaan..and well d newspaper reviews have also been rating d film highly.. Well !! Well!!..the hype and gimic just keeps showing..
ReplyDelete@Pradeep:-Respect your views.
ReplyDeleteIf you felt that the movie was not projected properly because you didn't get to know about what happened to Avantika's father and whether she gave birth to the child or not...I would like to say that a movie tells
the story of the central protagonists.The main focus of the film was Ehsan,Avantika and Riyaz after he gets sucked into the
sinister plot.Look at Avantika's father and the unborn child as circumstances to move
the film in a particular direction.I mean if Avantika would not have been tied down by her father's exposure to danger she might have had taken drastic steps of killing herself and the baby or running away at the first chance at hand.If Avantika would not have been pregnant she might have been killed and Ehsan would not have been strong
enough to stop the others in doing so.
This is where the importance of Avantika's father and the unborn child lies not more than that.So,the makers didnot elaborate on them in the aftermath of the tragedy.
@Neeraj:-Respect you views too.
I agree that I can't say that these two
movies originated from the same script just
because both of them have terrorism in their background and speaks of general
discontentment among the Muslim population after US hardheartedness post 9/11 be it in the form of wrongful detention or attacks on Afghanisthan and Iraq,but there is more
similarity to the plots than you have spoken of.This is what I have used to justify my
feeling about them originating from the
same basic idea-
"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".
Isn't these similarities much more than what was called for...?