07-02-2006, 02:32 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-ramana+Jun 27 2006, 01:27 AM-->QUOTE(ramana @ Jun 27 2006, 01:27 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Viren, Veer Zaara was produced by Yash Chopra who also produced Faana. So its sort of making amends by not mentioning TSP for its terrorist role.
The Bollywood glitterati might be quiet due to the underworld connection. Its very clear that GOI cant do much about Dawood Ibrahim's gang which is very prevalant in the Bollywood financing business. They might get it in their shorts if they get too vocal.
The way out is to raise the cost of production very very high so that they have to corporatize the film production companies which seek money in the market and not in the underworld. Hollywood too was under Mafia control for quite sometime till the studio system broke down due to high cost of production and Robert Kennedy led the mob clean up in the early sixties.
But as long as there is no campaign finiance reform in India this underworld connection will be preserved as it gives the party in power an unfair advantage.
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On a related note, while it is absolutely true that the Mumbai Film Industry is almost fully controlled by Islamist Gangsters (not just Dawood), there is a way out it seems. And that is very related to what Ramana just wrote. I just saw <b>"Krish"</b> at India Movie Center in San Jose/Santa Clara.
Now, the thing is, the movie is .....<i>okay</i>, decent story, acting and special effects - while not the Matrix Variety are very good for a Desi film and a Desi Budget. The good part is that we know (almost 100%) that Rakesh Roshan does not make movies with Mob money. He uses Corporate sponsors. While it gets a little irritating to see : Lays, HeroHonda, Samsung, Star TV etc. get so obviously promoted...at least we know some scum <i>hafta-collecting </i>gangster is not the financier of the movie.
So that is a way out. All the actors in the movie (save Priyanka Chopra...but then again, those may be rumors) are not mixed up with the mob at all....and hence no <i>zabardasti </i>wale scenes about "hindoo fundamentalists" "suffering hindoo women" or the "good muslim" thrown in.
For example, in the movie "<b>Phir Hera Pheri</b>" (which was an okay movie overall) the Main Gangster/Bhai is a man named <b><i>Tiwari</i></b>. That's right, the good people of Uttranchal are the main bad guys in Mumbai underworld.
Another side note about this movie, Krish. I think Rakesh Roshan is the first Desi Director (IIRC) who is tinkering with Sci-Fi. Also, in the movie, there is an orangutan in Singapore named "Mao" <!--emo&:eager--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/lmaosmiley.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='lmaosmiley.gif' /><!--endemo--> . Don't know if it was deliberate, but quite funny.
The Bollywood glitterati might be quiet due to the underworld connection. Its very clear that GOI cant do much about Dawood Ibrahim's gang which is very prevalant in the Bollywood financing business. They might get it in their shorts if they get too vocal.
The way out is to raise the cost of production very very high so that they have to corporatize the film production companies which seek money in the market and not in the underworld. Hollywood too was under Mafia control for quite sometime till the studio system broke down due to high cost of production and Robert Kennedy led the mob clean up in the early sixties.
But as long as there is no campaign finiance reform in India this underworld connection will be preserved as it gives the party in power an unfair advantage.
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On a related note, while it is absolutely true that the Mumbai Film Industry is almost fully controlled by Islamist Gangsters (not just Dawood), there is a way out it seems. And that is very related to what Ramana just wrote. I just saw <b>"Krish"</b> at India Movie Center in San Jose/Santa Clara.
Now, the thing is, the movie is .....<i>okay</i>, decent story, acting and special effects - while not the Matrix Variety are very good for a Desi film and a Desi Budget. The good part is that we know (almost 100%) that Rakesh Roshan does not make movies with Mob money. He uses Corporate sponsors. While it gets a little irritating to see : Lays, HeroHonda, Samsung, Star TV etc. get so obviously promoted...at least we know some scum <i>hafta-collecting </i>gangster is not the financier of the movie.
So that is a way out. All the actors in the movie (save Priyanka Chopra...but then again, those may be rumors) are not mixed up with the mob at all....and hence no <i>zabardasti </i>wale scenes about "hindoo fundamentalists" "suffering hindoo women" or the "good muslim" thrown in.
For example, in the movie "<b>Phir Hera Pheri</b>" (which was an okay movie overall) the Main Gangster/Bhai is a man named <b><i>Tiwari</i></b>. That's right, the good people of Uttranchal are the main bad guys in Mumbai underworld.
Another side note about this movie, Krish. I think Rakesh Roshan is the first Desi Director (IIRC) who is tinkering with Sci-Fi. Also, in the movie, there is an orangutan in Singapore named "Mao" <!--emo&:eager--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/lmaosmiley.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='lmaosmiley.gif' /><!--endemo--> . Don't know if it was deliberate, but quite funny.