Reluctant Fundamentalist -- The Movie

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Re: Reluctant Fundamentalist – The Movie

@Dr.LuLworth

it is going to be a REALLY dumb movie. They will shoot this in india, with indian actors playing pakistanis. When I first heard about ms. Nair buying rights to this a few years ago, I IMMEDIATELY knew it was going to be an absurd effort, shot in india.

The thing about shooting stuff in india, you have to deal with indian movie industry. It tends to get tainted, and the free and independent spirit takes a backseat. You have to do things their way, or your projects are sabotaged. This film is going to suck. The acting will be horrible. I just KNOW it.

edit: plus here’s how i know: I wrote the original script converting the book into a 120 minute film, and then wrote the second verison of it. Mira’s office actually opted out of the original story of the novel, and wanted to make it a love story. It’s been two years and i’ve had no further involvement with her company, but they brought in idiot “writers” from bollywood (people who don’t have a clue to the aesthetics of writing proper film scripts, and people who make movies as they shoot!). Chances are, that this will be an bolly/lolly style musical. Achaar daalain gay woh log, sadly.

Dr. L: Thanks for the insights. If this is indeed the case, then I am really disappointed. In that youtube interview she mentioned filming Lahore, but I guess that was all conjecture. I mean the movie could be amazing, done as dark Independent film.

Wow, you seem to be well connected. RF could have been made in the US, as you know, more than half the scenes are based in the States. Do you know why Hamid sold the rights to Nair? Was it because she was the highest bidder? they wanted to collaborate?

Ugh, Reluctant Fundamentalist is anything BUT a cheesy love story – its a deep, dark that touches upon politics, identity and society.