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Aneez Bazmee strikes again with a comic movie featuring Akshay Kumar in the role of a Sikh. But he keeps his inspirational history intact as this attempt of his is also inspired from more than one film.
One is Frank Capra’s “Lady For A Day” (1933) where a gangster helps a lady to portray herself as a rich socialite in front of her daughter who is coming for a visit.
Chek out at : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024240/plotsummary
Second is again Frank Capra’s “Pocketful of Miracles” (1961) where a lady is selling apples which are considered lucky. Then the lady’s daughter is coming to visit her and she thinks that her mother is a rich women. A drama is staged where that lady is turned into a rich person and the game goes on. In fact this was a version attempted by Frank Capra himself of his own film mentioned above.
Chek out at : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055312/plotsummary
Third is Jackie Chan’s “Ji ji” (1989) or “Mr Canton and Lady Rose” which is said to be inspired from the Frank Capra cinema in which the similar sequence is there. But here the lady is selling roses (same as in Singh Is Kinng) and again the drama of portraying as a rich lady in front of her daughter goes on.
But this movie also has one more plot which is copied in “Singh Is Kinng”. Here Jackie Chan plays a boy who rescues a gang boss. Due to this act, under some sudden circumstances Jackie becomes the head of a gang. He gives the credit of this change to a lady from whom he always took a rose which proved lucky for him. Jackie along with his friends tries to do a good deed for the old rose-seller when her daughter comes to visit, and also runs the gang meanwhile. Quite same as “Singh Is Kinng”.
Chek out at : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098019/plotsummary
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As suggested by the look of the movie, it is about military background, but its entirely based on a court martial case about a incident which involves a senior officer killed by his subordinate.
First of all its no doubt a polished inspired version of Rob Reiner’s 1992 movie “A Few Good Men”. Secondly its quite surprising that this is a work of the same director who directed “Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye”. Samar Khan has really worked on his mistakes and directed a much better movie this time. Though the movie has its downslides but still its worth watching specially for viewers with the thinking caps.
Script wise Rahul Bose is playing the lawyer here fighting the case for the accused who has opted to be silent. Kay Kay is the Top Official person who is the culprit responsible for the blood-shed and Minisha Lamba is the journalist investigating with Rahul.
Talking about performances, Rahul starts off as laid back person but then transforms into a serious one with a mission on hand. He just does a fine job, but the fire seems missing in his fight. Minisha looks cute and gets a good role here. But she also looks pretty mature at places (may be due to make-up). Javed Jaffery as the opponent lawyer friend is just there to say his lines and doesn’t have much to do. On the other hand Amrita Rao impresses in her small cameo.
And above all there is Kay Kay who we all know is a great actor. He just outshines everyone in the few scenes he got. In fact I rate his scenes with Rahul, as the most powerful and the only saving grace for the movie. As the subject of movie differs from the original so there should be no comparisons made between Kay Kay and Jack Nicholson (The responsible top official in “A Few Good Men”).
Shaurya starts off slowly and the main problem is that nothing happens till the interval. There is no excitement in the first half and a song just after the intermission adds to the restlessness of the viewer.
There are two things which I couldn’t understand about the film-making here :
1. Why we always have to add songs and unrelated emotional angles in the movie. Samar should have avoided the songs completely in order to make the movie more tighter and to the point. And again the friendship angle of Rahul – Javed was also of no use and doesn’t have anything to contribute in the narration.
2. Why we cannot make a film on a theme, like Internal Military Affairs or Secrets. Why we have to induce regional and religious hatred into our scripts. Cannot we make a film on certain “Subjects” instead of just talking negatively about any particular religion.
In the last 20 minutes, the movie just turns into a normal revenge drama with the backdrop of communal riots. Only this tim there is a high official person using his powers to take revenge from a particular community.
As I see it the movie could be a far better experience if this angle would have been avoided. It could have been a thrilling court room drama based on exciting investigating sequences. But sadly it can only be called as a well made thoughtful movie, entertaining only to a certain section of viewers.
Rating : 2.5 / 5
Recommendations:
If you like this flick, I would recommend to see the following two movies too.
1. A Few Good Men (1992)
2. High Crimes (2002)
You will really have a good time watching these.
22
Jan
08
Showbiz
The movie “Showbiz” from the Bhatt camp which was not noticed by many is inspired from “Princess Diana’s Car Accident.” The story is based on a similar incident in the movie when celebrities are being chased by paparazzi and they meet a deadly accident. It was a good attempt to show the backstage stories and secrets of media world, but sadly went unnoticed.
The movie also has acute similarites to an English Flick “Paparazzi”. Check Out At :
http://imdb.com/title/tt0338325/
15
Dec
07
Strangers
The movie is based on Alfred Hitchcock’s Classic “Strangers On A Train”. Even the name is also taken from the title of the classic. Though new twists & turns are there which make it watchable and also it has a fine actor named K.K.
15
Dec
07
Sirf Tum
“Sirf Tum” was a remake of “Kaadhal Kottai” (Tamil) made by the same director. It has elements of “You’ve Got Mail”, but the main source of inspiration is “The Shop Around The Corner”.
Check out at :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033045/plotsummary
03
Dec
07
Saawariya
Sanjay Leela Bhansali accepts that he is inspired by the story “White Nights” which is rightly also mentioned in the title of the movie. This is really good as he mentions it.
But there are two other movies made on the same story which are
1. “Notti bianche, Le” (1957) (French – Itlay). Check out at : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050782/plotsummary
2. Four Nights of a Dreamer or Quatre nuits d’un rêveur (1971) Check out at :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067641/plotsummary
02
Dec
07
Salaam-E-Ishq
The movie Salam-E-Ishq takes inspiration for its whole concept of several love stories tunning together from “Love Actually”. If you liked the Hindi version you will even love the English one more. Its superb.
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