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After a long time, read something exceptionally encouraging about our Indian Cinema in a recent news article talking about the conversation between one of the most innovative directors of the west, Quentin Tarantino and our own representative of new age cinema, Anurag Kashyap.
As revealed in the link given below, renowned director Quentin Tarantino saw an animated action sequence in a 2001 film which happened to be Kamal Hassan starrer Tamil-Hindi film “Aalavandhan” aka “Abhay”, directed by Suresh Krishna, wherein Kamal played a double role of twin brothers. Taking inspiration from that animated fight scene in the film, Quentin conceived a major sequence in his famous cult classic “Kill Bill” released in 2003-04 (in two parts) and also admitted this himself during his personal talks with Anurag.
Taking into account the director’s body of work which includes films such as “Pulp Fiction”,“Jackie Brown”,“Inglourious Basterds” & “Death Proof”, it’s indeed a great encouraging compliment for not only Suresh Krishna but also for all those talented Indian film-makers who are willing to introduce more such innovations in our Indian films. Moreover it also proves the fact that there is no dearth of world class creative talent in our own Industry and the only thing these artistic minds need is the solid backing of a visionary production house and nothing else.
With a hope to get more such energetic news on a regular basis….!
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“Jab We Met” came in the year 2007 and conquered hearts all over with its impressive content and execution. Kareena Kapoor as the bubbly Punjabi girl was simply loved by everyone unanimously and Shahid Kapoor as the mature man was appreciated all over. The film was an instant success at the box office also due to its superb music and melodious songs, which are still lovingly played to pump up the party spirits even today.
Reportedly this time the success of the film reached the other part of the world too and the western film-makers decided to make a similar kind of film for their own audiences. Suiting their requirement the film was named “LEAP YEAR’ - reminding an old folklore tradition in which no proposal by a lady gets denied in a Leap Year.
The IMDB page of the film clearly says that “LEAP YEAR” is an inspired version of “JAB WE MET” and the web is also full of references and articles saying the same. But still somehow I couldn’t find any official declaration or collaboration kind of news written anywhere on the Official Sites related to any of the movies or their production houses.
Anyhow for Bollywood and our Indian Film-makers it’s no doubt and encouraging news which should ideally infuse new spirits in our new age directors and producers.
But on a personal note, I consider it as a very lucky or even funny kind of connection since “JAB WE MET” itself had glimpses of many other movies such as “A Walk In The Clouds” (1995) and “Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge” (1995). In other words the film had a storyline which had nothing new but it was the execution by its director Imitiaz Ali and its impressive performances, which actually did the trick.
Yet if the west gets inspired from any of our movies and its execution, then its indeed a welcome change to be celebrated by all.
Cheers!
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Mani Shankar’s “KNOCK OUT”, undoubtedly took its major inspiration from the English movie “PHONE BOOTH” released in the year 2002 and also a bit from our own "A WEDNESDAY" (2008). But surprisingly the poster of the movie too seems to be highly inspired from another famous and controversial Angelina Jolie’s film “A MIGHTY HEART”. Just by looking at both the posters together, the inspiration can be easily pointed out by anyone.
Interestingly both these movies have a common link as IRFAN KHAN, who features in both of them in key roles. So may be while looking at the other movies of the versatile & international actor, Mani Shankar’s creative team got hold of this inspirational source for their publicity material.
Here it is necessary to mention another amusing finding about the inspiration angle mentioned above. Mani Shankar’s KNOCK OUT surely is based upon many similar sequences seen in Joel Schumacher’s PHONE BOOTH.
But PHONE BOOTH itself remains an inspired version of another English flick “LIBERTY STANDS STILL” which ironically also released in 2002 itself, but before “PHONE BOOTH”. So its once again a typical case of getting inspired from another inspired film just like the last instance of Aamir Khan's "GHAJINI".
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A film which simply transformed the way Horror movies were conceived remains one of the most influential works done in this particular genre in the recent times. A film, which forced every movie lover to take the Horror genre more seriously as a craft to be enjoyed and admired. With never seen before kind of stylish shots and an intelligent interpretation of a dark secret, this surely can be rated as one of the best Horror movies made all over the world till date.
Though the English version titled THE RING may have become more famous among the movie lovers due to its universal appeal. But the truth is that its original source which happens to be a Japanese movie called RINGU (released in 1998), has its own merits and strong points which has often lead to a decent comparison between the two among the movie critiques. However even the Japanese Original is reportedly based on a novel “Ringu” written by Koji Suzuki which was published in 1991.
Revolving around the story of a cursed video tape, which results in mysterious deaths of all the people who watch it, the movie is a must watch for all, as it open new undisclosed windows of horror in front of the viewer in a mesmerizing style. If you still haven’t watched it and opt for it now then you would surprisingly find most of its scary scenes as already seen before in several films. And that’s because THE RING series (also continued as THE RING TWO) has been an inspiration for almost every horror film director since its first release in 1998. In other words, the movie has unarguably achieved a cult status in the world of cinema in the last decade and therefore becomes an essential watch for every movie freak without any exception.
Directed By Hideo Nakata (Japanese) & Gore Verbinski (English)
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