Oh not again. . . Patience is a virtue! On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:01 PM, V S Rawat <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2/17/2009 10:39 PM India Time, _Vithur_ wrote: > > > Ganesha says DELHI-6 will set cash registers ringing > > Somehow, my gut feeling about D6 is that its script might prove to be > its weak point. It is a tiny, miniscule script. Even taglines and > synopsis nowadays are longer than in what the entire script can be told > without loosing anything. this bonsai script might not be able to keep > viewers engrossed for the length of movie. > > RDB was a complex script. RDB was a vision, a new insight into current > state of affairs and comparing them with pre-independent India - > everybody loved that. > > And, then the other weak point could be the forced-make-believe. It is > made in india so it is bound to highlight Indian culture, values, social > system. They just can't criticize it for the fear of backlash. So, it > might become a lecture, a Purab Aur Paschim II, in which everything that > is Indian is right and everything that is western is wrong. But, > intelligent viewers are going to hate this forced make believe. There > are good and bad things in East and there are good and bad things in west. > > So, my apprehension is that these two points might bog the film down - > like Swades. > > But director is a proven good hand. I would be happy to see him overcome > these possible deficiencies and coming out with a great film. > > -- > Rawat > > >
