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Post by dancelover on Sept 5, 2014 15:07:27 GMT
"Upcoming Films" thread, with two pages and many videos: bollywhat.boards.net/thread/30
BoxOfficeIndia: Film has very many screens. Friday opening 30-35% occupancy "moderate" but so many screens make this "a healthy first day."
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darshana
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Post by darshana on Sept 5, 2014 19:16:22 GMT
www.firstpost.com/bollywood/mary-kom-review-if-you-want-to-see-this-priyanka-chopra-film-leave-your-brain-at-home-1696517.html" . . . Of course, Mary is a natural boxer. Why else was she fighting people on the streets, after all? So within a few minutes, she's made it into the state team and is winning medals all over the country. Being keenly aware of the need to maintain a work-life balance, she finds the time to eat gol gappa and ride a bike with a gent named Onler (Darshan Kumaar). Ignoring the fact that the chemistry between Onler and her is as crackling as a potato chip that's been left out in the rain, . . ." ha ha. Sounds so silly!!
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Post by Prem Rogue on Sept 7, 2014 6:18:39 GMT
Baradwaj Rangan's reviewMary Kom doesn’t strive for greatness, and you always know what’s coming, but it’s eminently watchable. It doesn’t make the mistake that Bhaag Milkha Bhaag did – it doesn’t try to transcend the material, do a Raging Bull on a Rocky, which usually ends up looking ridiculous in the Bollywood context. It’s content being a generic Rocky clone, and though the against-all-odds arc is old, the newness comes from the fact that this is the story of a woman, that this is a big Bollywood movie about a woman, that she is a sportsperson, and the sport isn’t cricket, and the place isn’t someplace we usually see. In the first scene, a legend on screen informs us that this is Imphal (Manipur) – when was the last time you saw a film that felt the need to tell us that the events were set in “Mumbai (Maharashtra)”?
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Post by emily on Sept 7, 2014 18:52:11 GMT
Gonna go see this tomorrow. Hopefully it's good!
EDIT: Just watched this afternoon. It was not bad at all. Priyanka's performance, I thought, was excellent. I'll say more about it in the near future!
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Post by dancelover on Sept 15, 2014 17:51:00 GMT
Box Office India: 40+ crore first week, 7.5 crore second weekend, heading for 55 crore. "Decent result ... not a Hit."
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poornima
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Post by poornima on Jan 11, 2015 12:32:49 GMT
I caught up with this on DVD yesterday and found much to like. Sensibly, Mary's character isn't overhyped (as Brangan has remarked upthread vis-a-vis Milkha Singh.) Rather, it tends more towards Chak De, how Indian sports are stifled by officialdom and the huge sacrifices and lack of recognition that every sportsperson other than cricketers must encounter. Obviously it's worse in Mary's case, being a woman. But barring a few scenes that touch on these issues, what comes across, in a grounded way, is a spirited woman who really doesn't waste much time whining about the difficulties she must face. Priyanka does a pretty convincing job, even if her accented Hindi didn't really work for me. But the person I really warmed to is the guy who plays Onler, her husband....what an adorable character! The fight scenes were ok (if you haven't watched Million Dollar Baby, it wouldn't matter). The climax had a heavy Bolly touch, but by then, I had bought into the movie, so I couldn't care. Do watch, it's a sincere and worthy effort if not cinema magic.
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