Dhoom
First of all - today is a special day because Veni {my first cousin} is getting engaged today and I am thrilled for her. I am glad for her that she has found someone she wants to spends the rest of her life with. The engagement is in Hyderabad - so our whole family would be there.I finally got around to watching a hit bollywood movie titled 'Dhoom'. When I was in India a few months back I was recommended by atleast 4 people to watch this movie - I didn't and yesterday I found the movie at the local video store, so I promptly got it out to see what the big deal was about.
The movie was a tad different from rest of the bollywood films but just - the difference being that the run time was only about 2 hours and that too with a few song/dance sequences - so the film makers did not add any extra baggage to the movie. The editing was something new to the indian audiences I suppose but it was really not in actual terms - jump cuts without rhyme and reason and sudden stylization of a simple scene. There are big story lapses and continuity problems but that obviously didn't matter when the movie played to audiences. The plot was a bastardization of 'Torque' {yeah the movie which was 'Fast and Furious on bikes} with typical bollywood elements thrown in. So yeah, overall view of the movie - a good experiement but nothing much different from any other bollywood movie with its action sequences 'inspired' by various hollywood movies. The main song of the movie is really catchy and I did a search and found the music video HERE & HERE (with karoake features)
- you should definitely have a listen.
I also watched 'November' - a movie which was shot on a DVX100 (but with film lenses attached to it). The movie has some fantastic cinematography {it won an award for the same at Sundance} and that's all I can give it credit for- the movie felt really long and slow despite the fact that the actual movie {minus the end credits} was only 70 minutes. It has some fantastic atmosphere and visuals which generate some interest but most of the opportunities are lost because of the plot itself. Overall - watch it if you are in the mood for a slow burn movie.
Richard and me had a brief chat with Jordan {the script writer} to see how the progress was on the fifth draft of 'Nowhere' and it is exciting to see it finally shaping into something fabulous. The script is on the right track and just validates the confidence I have in this project. Also had a chat with Pandora, who has returned to London from Cannes and the response from the meetings at Cannes seems to have been really positive. So now have to wait for the fifth draft to come through before we fire it off to potential international distributors.
Anyway I better get up from the bed and do something useful - maybe go and get myself some lunch.
Till later,
Amit
Labels: Movies, Nowhere to Love, Wedding
posted by Amit @ 11:12 AM
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