To the people who are reading this, I would like to tell you outright that I
am not a person who watches Hollywood films regularly. I love watching
culturally rooted films. And hence, I have seen more of Indian films -
predominantly Kollywood, Tollywood and Bollywood.
But I couldn't stop myself from writing this piece after I watched a Hollywood film, after a really long time. And I thought this is just the right time to remind those elites who always believe Hollywood is far ahead of Indian films that - Yes, they are ahead - but only in terms of the use of technology. The VFX. The cinematography. The 3D experience. And of course action. And all this is a result not of talent alone, but also because of the budget involved and because the Hollywood market is global and can afford these budgets. The story telling is very much at par to the Indian films. They are not making great films either. They are just making big or rather HUGE films. You give 1000 crores and some more creative man power, I am sure Rajamouli can make better films than these Hollywood biggies.
Spoilers ahead..
So yes, last night I watched Black Panther. Firstly I am surprised to note that hardly any critic or a reviewer had the courage to point out or tweet that the story is as old as the hills. They say this for every bloody Indian film, right?
A lost prince.
Two sons of royal blood vying for the throne - One good and one bad for the well-being of the people.
A mountain tribe that comes at the climax and helps the good prince against the bad.
A Kattappa-ish revelation - It was me who killed your dad dude.
Then this whole thing around - if you get the enemy, you get the throne - the good prince almost gets the man, but the bad prince gets him at the heck of the moment.
And. I can just compare and go on and on and on..
Basically, what these guys have is done is - They have lifted Baahubali. They reversed a few characters, adapted it to their sensibilities and then put in a lot of money for the splendid VFX and all. The only imaginative thing they have done here is a full blown attack on white supremacy. And to be honest, I loved those moments in the film.
Next time, if a person comes to me and says "Dude seriously, you don't watch Hollywood? They're so original etc." I just show him this article.
And I just tell him "If Ghajini is a copy of Memento, Dhoom 3 of The Prestige, then please be gracious enough to admit that Black Panther is a full-on copy of Baahubali."
Give me an Arjun Reddy or an Aruvi, any day.
PS 1 : I am sure many would comment here that "Dei. Baahubali itself is a copy of some old XYZ English movie."
Then I just give them this analogy - A murderer kills a good person. He deserves to be punished and jailed. And if the same murderer is killed by another person later, even this person is put to same jail for killing the murderer. A murder is a murder always, under the eyes of law.
Henceforth, A copy is a copy - Whether it is first hand or second hand.
But I couldn't stop myself from writing this piece after I watched a Hollywood film, after a really long time. And I thought this is just the right time to remind those elites who always believe Hollywood is far ahead of Indian films that - Yes, they are ahead - but only in terms of the use of technology. The VFX. The cinematography. The 3D experience. And of course action. And all this is a result not of talent alone, but also because of the budget involved and because the Hollywood market is global and can afford these budgets. The story telling is very much at par to the Indian films. They are not making great films either. They are just making big or rather HUGE films. You give 1000 crores and some more creative man power, I am sure Rajamouli can make better films than these Hollywood biggies.
Spoilers ahead..
So yes, last night I watched Black Panther. Firstly I am surprised to note that hardly any critic or a reviewer had the courage to point out or tweet that the story is as old as the hills. They say this for every bloody Indian film, right?
A lost prince.
Two sons of royal blood vying for the throne - One good and one bad for the well-being of the people.
A mountain tribe that comes at the climax and helps the good prince against the bad.
A Kattappa-ish revelation - It was me who killed your dad dude.
Then this whole thing around - if you get the enemy, you get the throne - the good prince almost gets the man, but the bad prince gets him at the heck of the moment.
And. I can just compare and go on and on and on..
Basically, what these guys have is done is - They have lifted Baahubali. They reversed a few characters, adapted it to their sensibilities and then put in a lot of money for the splendid VFX and all. The only imaginative thing they have done here is a full blown attack on white supremacy. And to be honest, I loved those moments in the film.
Next time, if a person comes to me and says "Dude seriously, you don't watch Hollywood? They're so original etc." I just show him this article.
And I just tell him "If Ghajini is a copy of Memento, Dhoom 3 of The Prestige, then please be gracious enough to admit that Black Panther is a full-on copy of Baahubali."
Give me an Arjun Reddy or an Aruvi, any day.
PS 1 : I am sure many would comment here that "Dei. Baahubali itself is a copy of some old XYZ English movie."
Then I just give them this analogy - A murderer kills a good person. He deserves to be punished and jailed. And if the same murderer is killed by another person later, even this person is put to same jail for killing the murderer. A murder is a murder always, under the eyes of law.
Henceforth, A copy is a copy - Whether it is first hand or second hand.
PS2 : If you come and tell me "Dude this is a different universe. This
is Marvel dawww. I would just say.. Mayiru dawww..."
