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Changing trend of Indian Movies

Although Dilli-6 may have not got the box office collections or the critics acclaim, the changing trend of the "message" in the current breed of Indian movies is clearly visible. The concept of poor boy rich girl has been long blabbered in the Hindi cinema, and finally after the slamming by audiences of such movies, a new trend of giving a more realistic message is emerging. Slumdog millionaire was criticized for being a westerner's view of poverty in India, the Indian view of problems (not alone poverty) have been better but with a poor execution. The origin of communal riots showed in Dilli-6 and the focus on the roots was particularly good, but over dramatization and a slow story (very slow) killed the movie. Movies should be like whirlpool- even after you watch the movie it should still suck you in, a feature found in Ghajini . Another movie, which caught my attention was Aloo Chaat starring Aftab Sivdasani, Kulbhushan Kharbandha and Aamna Shariff. The movie talks a...

Freida Pinto and the career girl

Freida Pinto left her boyfriend Rohan to pursue her career in the glam world. Was she right in crushing love to go ahead ? Was the decision taken in haste ? The career woman, her dreams, her life and love. Ok fine, Slumdog won Oscars, congrats, bye bye lets go to sleep. The next day- Lets look at what took place Freida Pinto left her boyfriend Rohan, a somebody from Goa, who obviously did not fit in to be Freida's hubby as she overnight became an international diva. So was she right ? Shobhaa De thinks that way. she says The mistake both of them made was to rush into marriage. Going by press reports, it was one of those hasty decisions which Freida at any rate, apparently regretted soon after. It was too late by that time, as her wedding pictures suggest. She could not have dreamt that ‘Slumdog..’ would happen to her… and because of that one film, her entire life would change so dramatically, practically overnight. Well all my thoughts about the good and charming pinto are beginnin...