We have enough good stuff to discuss here, so let's not compare and
let's not talk ill of anyone else.
That was the request from AR himself.
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Cheers,
Srini
On 29-Apr-2010, at 9:51 PM, Gomzy™ <[email protected]> wrote:
Mani Rathnam's Guru was inspired from Aviator. Anjali had traces of
ET. the list goes on. I can give you more such examples. that doesnt
take away
anything away from the legendary director. We have tremendous talent
in our industry. Please open your eyes. Stop insulting art and
artists.
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 5:50 PM, pravindersheoran <[email protected]
> wrote:
(This message is related to ARR, Mani Ratnam and every artist who
dedicated his life to his art)
Hi Yogesh and All,
I wrote that message in a funny way to emphasize the qualities of
ARR and Mani Ratnam in comparison to others and by saying that I
really mean almost all others (of course there will be exceptions
but only a few like Guru Dutt, Bimal Roy, Shyam Benegal, Satyajit
Ray & Naushad). Main reason of course is their originality. These
artists changed the way things were done at their time while keeping
high standards of their art and staying original.
The bitter truth of Indian film industry (or let's say Indian film
history) is that almost everything we did was copied from somewhere
else.
The 2 most shocking examples I can give you are:
1. Sholay movie is copied. Its an amalgam of 6 or 7 great western
movies from Hollywood.
2. Song "Mehbooba Mehbooba" form Sholay (by so called legendary
composer R D Burman) is copied as it is.
[Those who are interested in this stuff, can email me and I'll give
the detailed proof regarding everything said here and countless more
movies and songs that you thought were the greatest ever from India]
For your further information you can go to the following link:
http://bobbytalkscinema.wordpress.com/category/2-cinema-gets-inspired/f-2-cinema-gets-inspired-2/
So why will I not say these people are Donkeys?
I am not writing all this because I have gone crazy, I am writing
because I have seen some of the finest movies ever made in the
history of cinema. This experience has been equivalent to the
heavenly experience we all had listening ARR from Roja to Raavan.
I know the time and space is short here and topic a very big and
away from ARR. But I'll give you a few names of movies (See these
and your soul will be blessed the way ARR's music blesses your soul).
I am giving a few extremely legendary director's names and their few
best movies:
(Be aware that most of the foreign movies are between 1930 to 1960.
That was known as Golden time of movie esp. for Hollywood. These
days the movies made are pathetic and senseless whether its
Hollywood or India)
From India - Mani Ratnam (Nayagan, Bombay, Kannathil muthamittal and
almost every movie he ever made), Satyjit Ray (Pather panchali),
Guru Dutt (Pyasa, Kagaj ke phool), Bimal Roy (Bandini, Do bigha
zameen), Shyam Benegal (Zubeida, Ankur).
From Abroad - Robert Bresson (France: L'argent, Mouchette), Roberto
Rossellini (Italy: Viaggio in Italia, Roma citta aperta), Vittorio
De Sica (Italy: Ladri di biciclette, Umbrto D), Federico Fellini
(Italy: La strada), William Wyler (Roman holiday, Detective story),
John Ford (The grapes of wrath, How green was my valley), Frank
Capra (It happened one night, Mr. Smith goes to Washigton), Howard
Hawks (His girl Friday, Red river), George Cukor (The Philadelphia
story, My fair lady), Alfred Hitchcock (Notorious, The 39 steps),
Michael Curtiz (Casablanca), Fritzs Lang (The big heat), Earnst
Lubitsch (Ninotchka), Preston Sturges (The lady eve, Sullivan's
travels), Richard Brooks (Cat on a hot tin roof).
Those who can die for watching a legendary movie, can contact me.
Pravinder.
--- In [email protected], "Yogesh" <yogesh2...@...> wrote:
>
> I am sure you are not serious in saying this!
> Being fans of these two great artists does not mean we call
> others 'stable of donkeys'!
> There are many creative people in India film Industry who work
> according to their tastes.
> Agreed with last line though: We should stop adressing
bollywood,kollywood,this wood and that wood :-)
> We are part of Indian film industry!
>
>
> Regards
> Yogesh
>
> --- In [email protected], "AJ" <purevibz@> wrote:
> >
> > "2 Arabic horses among a stable of donkeys..". LOL, LOL, and
more LOL!!!!!! (But, you're right!)
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "pravindersheoran"
<pravindersheoran@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Guys,
> > > I thought I should share with you.
> > > My message on Orkut says:
> > >
> > > Mani Ratnam & AR Rahman are like 2 Arabic horses among a
stable of mostly donkeys in Indian film industry whom we shamelessly
call Bollywood, Tollywood etc. Watchout for RAAVAN.
> > >
> > > Pravinder.
> > >
> >
>
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