COPY THAT...HOWZZZAT!

What’s original these days? Nothing really...take Bollywood for that matter! LIFTING, COPYING, INSPIRATION,REMAKE,PLAGIARISM or IMITATION (Yes in ALL CAPS) are all the same as far as Hindi films are concerned and yet we feel offended and find it derogatory if our industry is referred to as Bollywood, but we don’t give a damn or even seem to care the least if we are constantly lifting content for films from our Western counterparts...now that’s the limit! Where’s the quality and what’s original these days?? Take our shoddily edited and produced animation films,in terms of quality, storyboard and treatment....can we confidently compare it to an Avatar or a Toy Story? We talk of stars remuneration running into 15-20 crores per film (surely the budget of the film has to be even more!) and yet we we don’t have the budget to think out of the box in terms of originality be it in terms of our story, scripting, treatment and even our production values! Pity! And about the casting the less said the better! I will discuss more about it later in this article. By now you must be wondering where is my rambling in this month’s posting ultimately leading you too....Well let’s get back to the start of start.

....AND INDIA SAYS JAI HO! AT THE OSCARS

Finally we did it....and for those of you who missed the action....let me tell you...it rained Oscars as India hit the Jackpot with a film on India that clinched a record of 8 Oscars!!! 

8 Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire...the underdog (I mean the film) that surprised Hollywood with a clear sweep which included Best Picture, Best Director,Best Song, Best Musical Score, Best Editing, Best Sound Mixing,Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography!!