oh come on, the more I think about this movie the more I feel scared about the fact that so many people didn't feel bothered about how this subject was handled.
All of these characters were EDUCATED college students and this movie showed them to take such impulsive and stupid actions against corruption. It scares me that this movie was such a success.
there was no relation between the revolutionaries of the past and these characters because when the British ruled India there was no freedom given to the people. Nowadays there are all kinds of freedoms that the students could've taken advantage of to fight corruption and they turn to barbaric ways such as this.:(
washte of taym.. horrible acting by Aamir Khan.. possibly his worst..
poor background score. totally disjointed and alien to the movie.. didn't contribute at all and if any movie needed a solid background score.. this did to hold it together..cuz it got sucha lazy treatment otherwise..
saving grace.. naya baccha loag were ok.. that silent kid was way too silent though.. couldn't create a decent climax and was like whispering his lines in the end.. no intensity.. no emotion..
someone came up with the idea of flashback mixing with present and made a whole movie on it!!
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You wouldn't believe the lies the director tells on screen..... There was this special screening for the insti guys @ our open air theater, and our man comes with Siddarth and a few other ppl involved in the making of the movie to 'gauge' our response.
Next week, I see him on TV... as a panelist in a debate on NDTV (sorry my bad... when I have a TV that big @ home, I tend to watch all kinds of crap aired ;) on whether the media and movies have been given too much power without responsibility.
There our man narrates the following instance: "I have been touring the country to watch the reaction of students to the movie (whether it will "awaken the generation") and when I was in IIT Madras, after the movie, SEVEN students actually announced that they have realised that they should contribute to the country and tore their visas in front of the crowd!" (Not to mention - This attracted loads of claps from people in the studio audience)
Facts:
1. The movie was screened end Jan - beginning of Feb.
2. NOBODY in the institute had even got any admits to foreign univs yet.
3. Only after the admits are issued, visa dates are given
4. Only after interviews are visas dispatched
5. IIT guys are not that retarded.
6. I was right there IN the audience the whole time and I didnt see anything like that happen
Darned liar. How I wished I was right there in the studio to tell him off!!
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:D what melodrama, did he think it was a scene out of his friggin movie? Finally saw the movie last week. I was annoyed by the way they depicted rich/cool/unemployed kids doing timepass at the old school as vigilantes turned celebrities. I hated that Soha Ali Khan's character escapes prosecution/fails to accept the consequence of her actions. I hated seeing Aamir Khan do that romance bit with a gori (again). It was like a combo of Dil Chahta Hai and Lagaan, but nowhere as good as either of the two.