Monday, August 04, 2003

Yeh woh Bambai to nahee

As usual.....the "insomniac" me was at its peak last night...and after
completing the latest Time magazine with its not so impressing article
("where all the GOOD jobs are going...To India), I decided to watch some
real desi channel.

Generally I dont watch them for more than 5 10 minutes..and would have
preferred top 10 sexiest beaches in travel channel,
or even some shopping network (where they sell interesting stuff around
midnight)
but last night I preferred the real desi channel (Soni/Zee) and sat
before the idiot box for non stop for
more than 2 hrs till 2AM!

What did I watch.....
Well, lots and lots of things which I had no idea is happening there....

a) I saw the video of India's first Boy Band group (aptly named
Band_Of_Boyz)..
song was "She drives me crazy" and the choreography and visual were
comparable (infact
same as) the local boy band groups.....move on Justin. Following
Liz Hurley Britney might
prefer Indian Boy Band star than him! If I made it mute...no way I
could make it that is from Bombay!

b) Remember "Saudagar" not the "imli ka boota" one but in which big B
sells Gud. That
old movie had a nice song called "Sajna Hai mujhey sajney key
liye"...well I saw its remix...
and it was too good.....and too catchy. Other than the music, the
storyline was couple of beautiful
girls fighting for a person (hero) in a NailBar. You said..what the
hell is Nail Bar....me too.
I believe its the modern name of a place where "pedicure" is done...

Then there is ofcourse the "kaanta laga" ....taking full advantage
of "no Sensor needed for music albums".

c) Saw two clipping and behind the scenes from movie called Ooops and
Boom....
I dont want to say more about them...because either you already
have heard..or you are going
to hear about them
soon....Camera/Visual/Action/Dialogue......Difficult to believe unless
you see it.
"ek chotte see love story" which created a controversy sometime
last year...seems so trivial
compared to these....and all this happened within a Year....!

d) And there are lots and lots of new and young directors who are
breaking all the limits....in a way it
is good....but I think the change is so sudden that this is going
to create a SHOCK! And there is a
reason..in our days a hollywood movie used to take months (if not
years) before it is screened in India.
Now it is a same day release all over the world. Vice versa A well
made hindi movie is going to create more
money abroad rather than in home. To attack these two things
together Bollywood needs this strategy....
it is a necessity..for the survival.

I was literally feeling out of place, but after those "bollywood"
updates it was the time for a serial
called "Shri Ganesh"......with their camera work/special
effect/dialogue/music..that was it. I was expecting this.
This sounds so familiar and I am OK with it. It was time to switch off
the tv in a "feel good" mood.

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