pans labyrinth is a unique movie like water its way ahead of psuedo trash like rdb , even dor and omkara were better then rdb , now the real competition is between water and pan . ill pray for deepa as she deserves it for all the abuse shes taken from critics in india alone ...right
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by Nehal on Feb 13, 2007 09:31 AM Permalink
Usman, You are write. Dor is much much better movie. The topic itself is new and creative. Omkara is even better. The treatment of the film is better. But one thing is sure, for getting oskar, atleast movie's name should be ENGLISH. But still I hope, one day we will win Oskar for sure. Jai Hind
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by on Feb 12, 2007 07:59 PM Permalink
Usman,
Well said...though i havent seen Dor. Omkara was easily a better choice than RDB. I am from Delhi (and a huuuge fan of Aamir) and aamir simply failed at copying that delhi punjabi accent. Saif and others did a much better job of copying a very strong western UP jaat accent.
The picturization of some of the scenes in Omkaara was just immaculate.....the desk meeting between Omakara and Surinder Captain on a truck. The administrator naming function on a small hill top by the river...the list is endless. No wonder this guy did production work for copolla...Vishal bhardwaj is one of the best that we have to offer at the moment.
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by usman khawaja on Feb 12, 2007 09:43 PM Permalink
thanks rahul india will win when indians like you appreciate what is good and what is trash, omkara is easily a masterpiece
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by sonu sud on Feb 12, 2007 11:15 PM Permalink
RDB rocks dude... and hard luck for its makers that it was up against really terrific movies (xcept "Water")..otherwise RDB is definetly better than even Lagaan..Also one thing I noticed is pbly the westerners just like to see the poor, hungry, god forsaken india rather than a revolutionary India like the one depicted in RDB. Why such a big deal is made out of water i dont know. John Abraham and Lisa Ray are worse than a peice of wood as far as acting is concerned. Deepa Mehta just only shows misery in the movie which makes these westerners go crazy with artificial emotions. Omkara is not better than RDB in any sense as it doesn't even have a original story line.
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by Rahul K on Feb 13, 2007 12:05 AM Permalink
usman, The Othello theme has been played to death in Hollywood so that worked against Omakara. But i have confidence in Vishal Bhardwaj....he has really grown as a director and will keep producing masterpieces. To my view, "Foreign Movie Oscar" and "Best Film Cannes" are the hardest category. Infact i look forward to foreign movies more than American movies. I am positive a "real" director will win it for India very soon.
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by usman khawaja on Feb 13, 2007 07:14 AM Permalink
rahul salam bombay came very close to winning both at cannes and an oscar , if india had not banned bandit queen it could have won too , what of shakespeare in love an average movie marketed well suceeded in winning 5 oscars just as it was shakespearean , fishburnes othello pales in comparison to omkara and anyway omkara is a very indigenous piece its not the venetian othello , so im afraid i dont agree with you as to the argument that a well made shakespearean movie will be ignored by the academy , yet why didnt india send hazaron khawahishen aisi or iqbal to oscars is a mystery again ,sincerely yours usman
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by Rahul K on Feb 14, 2007 12:46 AM Permalink
salaam bombay was a great movie....."state bank of india...chillum branch" .. that was my fav dialogue ;)
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by souvik mazumdar on Feb 12, 2007 07:19 PM Permalink
crazy who thnk that rdb is trash, they dont understand the m of movie. its a master piece. others r crap
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by Sreekanth Nemani on Feb 12, 2007 11:58 PM Permalink
"Water" is just boring crap. Just because it was opposed by Bajrang Dal does NOT make it a good film. Bajrang Dal is all psuedo-hinduism and you guys are all psuedo-secularists. I am tired of both these idiots.
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by usman khawaja on Feb 13, 2007 07:01 AM Permalink
sreekant im tired and amused of people like you who cant even get their english right , now i will leave it to you to work out that riddle as to what did you say that was incorrect, lol.
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by usman khawaja on Feb 13, 2007 07:03 AM Permalink
im sorry as a britisher i have to say i see nothing but misery whenever i visit either india or pakistan , so what crime has deepa committed in depicting the truth .
