PRINCE - ITS SHOWTIME !!!

It was not planned.I had gone to meet one of my friend who stays very close to Garuda Mall and we were checking out which movie to go.Then we realised Prince had released - apparently the "Biggest Action Movie in Hindi Cinema till date by the Makers of Race and Action Director ofDhoom".The promos looked good and the songs catchy.

So we went to Rex Theatre and paid 170 Indian National Rupees and sat in the AC-less theatre to watch PRINCE - ITS SHOWTIME!!!. I have been reading reviews by Masand,Anupama Chopra and all of them had referred to Viveik Oberoi using the tagline excessively whenever he gets into some action.Thats absolutely wrong.He has used it just two times and all the rest of them have been used by other characters in the movie.

From the very beginning Viveik catches your attention when he pulls of one of the most difficult and biggest heists in the history of the world(again according to the reporters in the movie).

Viviek has given one of his best performances of his career so far( because he has given so few of them) but probably had a danda smashed into his ass from behind because he was in lot of pain throughout.The expression on his face was Oscar-worthy.

But as a brave actor he tries his best not to show the pain by looking and acting cool(he has to act since he is not really cool) and telling or being told "ITS SHOWTIME!!!. The way he tells or is told "ITS SHOWTIME!!" is classy and cheesy(wondering how it can be both at the same time,you have to check out the movie to believe it).Not much to say about Viviek's performance as it was a one expression throughout.

Coming to the villain of the movie "I dont know who" , he too like the villains of the 70s has an Iron Hand and supposedly is this all powerful man who can do anything anywhere,yet he drives around mostly in a truck and hams his entire performance.This is not the first movie where an aura his created around the villain, but the end is so tame that you end up wondering "Powerful- Dude really?".

And now my favourite part -the original reason why i had gone - the babes( for all the feminists- i am not degrading the women folk into objects ,but giving them more importance for being the sole reason to draw ppl into the theatres ;)) .I was wanting to check out how Aruna Shields acted(acting is just a lame reason).Anyway she is the last heroine to be introduced as Maya, and she mouths cliched dialogues we have been hearing from all hangers of superheroes of our beloved Bollywood. Good thing is that she has a fabulous bod to show off and this distracts you from her boring act.

As for the rest of the heroines-there is one who is there just to take her paycheque and does all the wrong things with one justification "yeh sab mein hamariliye kar rahin hoon".And for all the boys who are hoping to see her in a bikini-i am sad to say that is only for the Tv viewers,that scene has been cut from the movie.

The third actress Nandana Sen.Normally she has done bold roles in the past but that somehow was justified given the script(i know i know "the script demanded it" but it really did given Nandana's case).But here there are only two things she is doing here-

1) shooting Viviek from terraces,trains,helicopters and all possible places ,yet not able to hit him even once.

2)making out with Viveik and and overtly trying to show off her assets at every possible chance.

I think the tagline was written keeping her in mind "ITS SHOWTIME!!!"

And yeah since i had read all the reviews beforehand i did notice all the leathers worn by the protagonists.Really dont know what to comment on that.

So there goes my review of Prince and oh yes- i almost forgot - one of the baddies does survive and there is a clear indicator for PRINCE 2 - was wondering what the tagline for that would be.ANy suggestions??

Random Thoughts!!

Ok i was planning to write this for a long time actually.The ways the songs are intertwined with the story of our beloved movies has always interested me,some of the common scenes across movies etc etc.I am writing down some of them which i remember

Sample this:

Katrina Kaif sits in a cab somewhere in Singapore, watches the tall buildings as they go by, smiles to herself and BAM!!!

"Gale Lag Ja ,gale lag ja" song starts with Ms Kaif jhooming around with Mr Crap Akshay Kumar.

Or this:

A guy who cannot tell his feelings to the girl he loves.The girl is unaware of his feelings and hence is getting hitched to someone else.The hero has a bunch of loser friends who hurt themselves more than the hero himself,bang their hands against walls,tables etc and tell( i am telling in Kannada here)

"Le le le le, nin dil alli avlu idale kano,helbido lo,le yogi helbido,nin manusu thumba avle harodkondidale antha nange gothu kano,hey helo(bangs his head against a nearby tree),nin avasthe nodokke agtha illa kano" che" ....and the hero replies

"Parvagilla kano,avala mukhadalli aa nagu idyalla,aa nagu nodkondu nan idi jeevna kalidbidthini kano kalidbidthini"

Now the thing is who is in love with the girl- the hero or the friend and to spend the rest of his life seeing the girl smile ??!! Dude Really??!!!

anyways

hero and heroine sitting across a table,watching each other,both tilt their face a bit and VOILA

both are romancing in the Swiss Alps with the hero wearing all the thermal wear he can and the poor heroine has to be glamorous wearing a chiffon saree.And these heroes are supposed to be chivalrous.

Some other observations:

During all these Awards shows-the heroine or hero who hasnt had releases for years now will be asked:

Here comes Superstar X

So X what are you wearing today

X: Well i am wearing Shantanu and Nikhil today.They just understand my body type so well you know,i just laaoove them.

Interviewer: Ahahaha and what are those u are wearing on ur feet ,they are so lovely !!@

X: Ya they are Jimmy Choos,i have so many of them,they just fit my leg so correctly..(i think X hasnt heard of something called "right size").

Just to round this off

I remember what Kami Swami Nityananda had told when he was asked whether it was him in the scandalous video:

When your bio-memory desires some other person then the man experiences something called desire for another living being and desires to share some of the life moments with another(note the use of desires)

But when your bio-memory is full then the person doesnt desire anyone else

Kyun ullu bana raha hain mamu,seedhe seedhe batao ki,main bhi mard hoon,sab samajh jhaate!!

Before i become anymore vulgar,see ya!!

Movie Thanda Nenapugalu

I was watching America America ,the classic Kannada movie by Nagathihalli Chandrashekar for the umpteenth time today. Ramesh has always been one of my favourite actors and i bet its the same for the scores of other middle class people in Karnataka as well. It was such a refreshing movie and its a pity that such movies are not being churned out in the Kannada movie industry.

The songs "Nooru Janmaku","Yava Mohan Murali" have so much depth and meaning,plus the way they have been intertwined with the story is fantastic. Again after a long time i was seeing an actress emoting. Bhoomika(assuming thats her real life name too) has given life to her role and matches ,sometimes exceeds the skills of Ramesh.

Why i say after a long time? Have you seen any "models" act lately?Everyone's the same-the same hot pants,the same mini skirts,the same tunics,the same etc..The sameness is killing cinema.Whoever told only the hero is important for a film to be a hit.If you take the biggest of hits its the heroine who has been the focus. I recently read an interview of an actress/model who claimed that she is waiting for the right script.Whatever the script you got to learn some acting BITCH. Actresses today have a risk of being defined by their dresses than themselves.

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The other thing i was reminded of when i was watching the movie- my hometown Kumta.I am a "made in Kumta" product and will remain that way.There is so much greenery there and the life so lazy that i dream of settling there in my Vanaprasthashrama ;) . All the memories of playing with cousins and the zillion troubles i gave to both my grandmothers came rushing back.

I am just waiting for the summer to get over and want to visit my village during the rainy season to enjoy nature in all its brilliance.

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On the Advertisement front have been loving the Park Avenue deodorant ad.Its classy and the background music really sets the mood.

Anyways have a really interesting RCB-DD match going on.Chao!!!