Subject : Disagree with your review in Hindustan Times on "Rowdy Rathore"
Dear Madam
A very good day to you.
My name is Kaizad Patel and i am a resident of Mumbai. I am regular follower of your column "100 before you are out" in Mumbai Mirror and i also read your review on the movies which releases on Friday. I didnt yet got time to see your show on Star World " The front Row". I am a big movie buff and i love to watch movies, more of Bollywood movies and also good Hollywood movies too.
The content which you cover in your column " 100 before you are out " is very unique and something new , i always glue my eyes firstly on that column on every Monday morning and then i surf the other news. I am not a journalist but writing is my passion and since my college days i am been following all the senior most journalist and column writers from Sir Pritish Nandy , Sir Suhel Seth . I am also your big fan and i follow your columns regularly.
I have seen one thing very common in all the critics columns , the weightage nowadays is given more to parallel films which are obviously doing very well and are being premiered in film festivals across worldwide. I appreciate the subject and the content of these films but these films will definitely do very well with matured audience who don't like to add up a spice in their life. Today i saw your review in Hindustan Times on "Rowdy Rathore" which i dont agree with you. Every Movie has its charm and it depends on the individuality choice and thinking. Your one line in the article " Is this Entertaining ? Not for me " obviously for you madam this movie must be a weak script film but kindly correct me if i am wrong these movies do very well business in North and South regions and their collections are far-far more better than the parallel movies . I would also like to add that i am not an Akshay Kumar fan neither Prabhudeva's fan i am a fan of Entertaining movies.
I rewind myself to my childhood days where i went with my father to see movie " Himmatwala" in 1983 at Dreamland cinema and been my memory very good i recollect there was a large whistling sounds in whole theater when Jeetendra use to fight and dance. But now the time has changed since 2000 after these multiplexes have started coming in.
Bollywood means masala and today when i see movies like Dabaang , Wanted and Rowdy Rathore those days of 90's when action films were dominating the industry are been recollected. I would rather add that these movies gives only one thing Entertainment , Entertainment and Entertainment and we all need entertainment in our life after slogging for hours of hectic work lifestyle. Thats what i said every individual has its own thinking. Like i remember movie " Jaane tu yaa Jaane na " was given 4 stars by movie critics but when i saw that movie it gave me the same old essence of old Laila Majnu movies remixed in modern version ,the script was very weak and pathetic but only because it was of Aamir Khan's production critics gave 4 stars , i really sometime doubt that are these production houses are paying for giving better reviews?? might be my wrong perception. I am not saying that parallel films are boring but these films have a heavy subject which forces the audience to think and go deep into it. I am also being a big fan of Satyajit Ray , Sudhir Mishra , Anurag Basu , Gulzar Saheb and last but not the least Vishal Bhardwaj.
I have seen many movies like Ardhsatya (Your choice in 100 before you are out and i agree on this) , Shatranj Ke Khiladi , Mohan Joshi hazir Ho , Arth , Chashme badoor , Ek Ruka Hua faisla , Albert Pinto ko Gussa Kyon aata Hain , Salim Langde pe Mat Ro , Jaane Bhi do yaaron . I have seen many critics giving full marks to heavy subject films but i have a question that when there was a downfall in 90's of these heavy subjects films why there was a full marks given to masala films by critics ?? . Kindly correct me if i am wrong.
Madam for me Bollywood means Entertainment. Also i would like to add that movies with heavy subject have never survived for many weeks at theaters. I still remember though Dev D made a good business but it ran only for a week in theaters, No Smoking movie by Anurag Basu moved out in 4 days, Raat gayi baat gayi film by Saurabh Shukla moved out in one week. These movies were very good but there was no spice in it i mean entertainment. Madam our life (Audience) is very very busy with lots of stress and tensions and then if we go and see heavy movies it will only give us subject to think but not Entertainment.
Lastly once again i would really like to give you Thumbs Up for your column " 100 before you are out " and i would like to suggest one thing that kindly in future come up with a column " 100 Masala films of Bollywood " . I would be glad that whenever it is possible i would like to meet up with you and take some more knowledge of Bollywood which i am sure i must be missing somewhere.
Warm Regards
Kaizad D Patel
Mumbai
