A very interesting observation about Rising. It is written
by a member of a newsgroup, thus there are no links nor any
association with any paper/magazine/site.
I couldn't resist to post it here, even if does not mention
music.
Some critic had said similar thing about Bose that benegal
had just tried to "check" the events of Bose's biography,
instead of making a serious film about issues.
--
Rawat
Product managers in technology firms usually have a
checklist that they tick off while planning the feature-set
of their offerings. I am convinced that Ketan Mehta must
have used a similar checklist while developing the scenes in
his latest release, The Rising.
Geoffrey Moore in his book Inside the Tornado, had
recommended that product managers ought to ensure that their
products offer everything for somebody rather than something
for everybody. Ketan Mehta has willfully ignored this piece
of wisdom and proceeded with a checklist that attempts to
please the three segments of his target audiences; the
brown front bencher, a particular class of desi film
reviewer, and the white critic.
Consider the feature set that perpetuated the stereotypes
about India, those that were clearly intended for the pinot
noir drinking, pipe-smoking Caucasian film critic who
purports to explain Bollywood to his countrymen;
* Untouchability - check
* Astrology and superstition - check
* Ignorance of technology - check
* Sati (Suttee) - check
* Drugs - check
* Slavery - check
* A fair-playing-minority-in-his-own-counrty White man
- check
* Snake charmer - err...maybe, a cobra will do - check
* Nautch girls - check
* Colorful elephants - check
Mehta did not forget the JNU-educated jholi carrying film
reviewer. In addition to the above, he has ticked off the
following:
* Bash free market economics - check
* Muslim leader/friend - check
* Sympathy for China - check
* Opposition to Maharajahs - check
Now the front bencher:
* Masochistic dialogue - check
* Item number - check
* Holi song - check
* Village fairs - check
And on on, ad nauseum. The result is a bhel-puri that is
laughable. I will not spend too much time reviewing a dud.
Suffice to say that Aamir Khan, an artiste whom I admire,
has taken himself too seriously for this light hearted
Manmohan Desai type flick. It is presumably a film
about Mangal Pandey. Apart from the name of the main
character and one or two incidents, the whole film is a work
of fiction. It speaks volumes for the lack of courage
exhibited by Mehta in not even attempting to make a serious
film.
He should've seen Junoon. He would've learnt something.
Cheers
Arun Simha
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