Jivha had a blog entry on the Top Thirteen Rules for Bollywood, 2004 Edition. Here are some of mine
- Even a poor villager goes to Switzerland to sing songs. We don't know how he gets the money, maybe by selling one of his kidneys.
- In song sequences, every hero and heroine has a crowd of extras repeating the same steps behind them. 50 years and Bollywood has not found a different way to picturize film songs.
- Every film has a song which is set on stage which is surrounded by crowds of people, who just wave their arms in air. Where do these arm waving people work ?
- If want to look macho and your name is Bobby Deol or Sunil Shetty, then you should wear Rayban glasses even if it is midnight.
- If it is an Amitabh Bachchan movie, there has to be atleast one song where he dances with a bunch of scantily clad girls old enough to be his granddaughter.
- There has to be atleast one song containing the word "Maahive" and "Soniye".
- Humor is Johnny Lever shouting.
Comments (4)
Good observation. :-). You can keep on writing series of blogs on their tricks and gimmiks :-)about their characters, story,songs, dress, sets...
Posted by Alka | March 14, 2004 7:10 AM
Posted on March 14, 2004 07:10
8) The bad guys never "get" the meaning of the final song with the hero(es) tied up.
9) All that the hero needs is a mole on his cheek to disguise himself.
10) The bad guy says - "mere jaisa kameena aaj tak is duniya mein paida nahi huwa", blissfully unaware of cognitive dissonance.
:-)
Posted by The Banian | March 14, 2004 3:29 PM
Posted on March 14, 2004 15:29
have linked you...
Posted by Ranjan | March 15, 2004 1:36 AM
Posted on March 15, 2004 01:36
11. All action movies will have every charcter in the movie handling everything from bazooka to the most modern military equipment. Probably UN needs to send their arms-finding mission team to places where Hindi movies are being shot.
12. There is always a nightclub song with mostly Ila Arun singing it
Posted by Guruprasad | March 16, 2004 1:35 AM
Posted on March 16, 2004 01:35