Let the Game Begin

If by any chance you are in New Delhi, then you must have realized the importance of this post title. Luckily or unluckily I shifted from Pune to New Delhi during the time when preparation for Common Wealth Game 2010 was picking steam.

So after being part of the preparation chaos and madness, things finally seem to be settling down for organizers. Since last 6-7 months I have realized that at times how much negative we are as a citizen and planners. Day in and day out media had been painting the town red with negative remarks about CWG 2010.

By the time my post gets published it would be hardly 96 hours left when the game gets a kick start. This whole messy affair underlines few facts

1. We the people of biggest democracy are the poorest planners. NO? From a normal student to a bureaucrat all are nice examples, no matter whether it’s a last minute rush for any exam or for an event like CWG. We just love to procrastinate.
2. Indian politics and red tapism ensures that, anyone who is in power want to stuff as much money as possible and if something is left then it is used for the allotted activity.
3. We Indians on name of nationalism can forget anything. We actually are billion plus bunch of emotional fools, who at one point can be as aggravated as any one and if properly fooled we  forget everything and can move on easily with our life’s.

Well..What more to say…Even this post is full of negativity, but can’t help.

I have realized that no matter how much corrupt our system is, no matter how poor we are in terms of organization or planning we can still pull out things. Although the end result may not be the perfect one but still we do land up safely crashing here and there just like “Launch pad” of “duck tales” remember?

After so much of brouhaha I sincerely feel that  game  should take the centre stage and not criticism and politics. With so much of tax payer’s money involved, let’s make them feel a bit happy about this event. Let the game begin.

All the best

Da-Bang!

What makes a movie hit? Ask any director of a flop movie and you will hear “umm..I think script was weak..you can’t fool you audience today”..right? Damm! what a contradiction it is..have you seen Dabang? in fact by the time this post will come into existence..half of the nation would be ranting about this Salaman outing.

I saw WANTED one of the biggest blockbuster of 2009 felt good but felt quizzed also that how the heck movie having no elements is being lapped up by masses? Still left the question answered..then I saw Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani..again a movie with nothing to offer to our so-called polished and multiplex going crowd in terms of story and performance and yet it was a HIT and NOW DABAANG..
I intentionally went to see this movie in a single screen theatre, and trust me, that’s the place where you can see the real audience coming in so what exactly time and again making such mindless flicks a hit with audience?

Reason # 1

Create a “Larger than life” hype

If you making or intend to make a full on masala movie then ensure that your movie is having at least one BIG star in this case it was SALMAN!

Reason #2

Sync your character with your star’s persona

What you expect from Salman? To be a romantic, sophisticated college going guy or the character portrayed by him in movies like WANTED and DABANG? answer is simple, just make your character and star similar..in case of Sallu-fearless, meri marzi type of guy right?

Reason# 3

Music MUST be a Chartbuster

Although my heart goes out for all those munni’s who got badnam just because of one song. BUT don’t you think that songs of such movies should be a catalyst to pull the crowd to big screens with essentially one item song should be tried to stuffed..be it munni, or be it Jalwa of Wanted.. so if  you are smart enough then you can easily figure out that the common denominator under all these mindless flick is their super hit music.

Reason# 4

Keep it Simple

Although there nothing like story in such movies, still whatever piece of script is there just make sure that its damm simple. If you will script Dabang like INCEPTION then do you think that all those rickshaw -whallas and labours will spend their money? No. So just keep it simple one or two twists are ok. Remember Wanted?

Reason # 5

Copy as much as possible

Remember the opening sequence of Dabang? where Sallu lashes out the baddies with Fire fighting pipe-straight lift from Transporter-2 or his matrix kind of sequence,  copy! and just don’t hesitate in that because its only 10-20% of junta who watches hollywood flicks

Reason # 6

Give your audience some reason to cheer up!

Yeah finally Humour, see if you want to  make a movie like Sarkar Raj then its fine where every next guy is frowning or making some serious facial expressions, but then it becomes too much. Just bring in certain elements of humour remember the sequence where Salman does some idiotic dance movements when cell phone of goon rings with a specific ring tone? many of you have found it idiotic..but guys..the junta sitting in the first row loved it..and those are the ones who make a movie hit.

Phew! I know many of you might have found my post too idiotic to read, but time and again when I found such brain less movie creating earth shattering records, thus finally I felt like decrypting the sensibilities and here it is .

Finally one more thing..many of you must  have enjoyed movies like Dabang and Wanted to core or for that matter movies which belongs to brainless  genre, but you never except that fact, my suggestions..have enough guts to accept that in some way or other we love brainless entairment (provided that Christhoper Nolan or Steven Speilberg is not your ancestor).

So go on..watch and love those moments of laughter and fun, life is already too stressed out, be Dabang enough to make a fun out of it, after all life is beautiful…