Friday, October 17, 2008
Hello! A Review
A call center, six people and god, if you’ve read Chetan Bhagat’s ‘One night in a call center’ then ‘Hello’ can be given a miss, but if you liked the book so much that you were waiting for the silver screen version then you mustn’t let the bad reviews deter you from doing so. If you haven’t read the book then see the movie, something is better than nothing at all.
A mystery woman he meets in an airport narrates the story to a happy looking Salman khan, on a condition that the story should be made into a movie.
Six people in a call center and very different problems faced by them forms the story, each of them unique yet you can see the common thread that binds them quite clearly, and then when they are on the verge of death, God calls them up (!), they decide to turn over new leaves but not like the stereotype movie ‘good’ image.
The romance of Shyam and Priyanka that had to have an emergency landing courtesy priyanka’s mom’s NRI obsession, Radhika’s mean mother-in-law and Their boss’s Obsession for the whites make the movie Filmi but not quite unreal.
The flick has everything that a movie requires to become a hit, Patriotism, Songs and the works but yet somewhere something is amiss, a few loose threads that are tied up only if you’ve read the book, bad acting or rather overacting by a few characters, the characters seem real but yet they don’t leave a lasting impression, Military Uncles dialogues, Priyanka’s mom’s acting all seem exaggerated and border on the line of weirdness. The incidents (Except the phone call of course) seem real and by the time you get into the mood of the movie, its over, no not coz its short, it simply takes you time. However I still suggest you watch this movie, maybe you will take a new look on things (?)
The movie does give you a look into the world of call centers and the 35=10 thing (that an average 35 old American has the brains of a 10 year old Indian) actually leaves me wondering whether Indians are just plain smarter or there is something in the educational system we all blame so much, that contributes to this.
I remember that I thought the book was too filmi to be a book, but now I ve changed my mind, its ok for books to be filmi but not visa versa, so I ve realized I prefer the Filmi book to the movie.
Well the fascination for the US does not seem to end, no matter how many movies are made or how many Bakshi’s are bashed up, speaking of that I just remembered that I have an exam tomorrow, well its on international relations, yea the movie was on that as well so I guess it counts as studying, watch the movie and tell me if you liked it okay? Toodles.
A mystery woman he meets in an airport narrates the story to a happy looking Salman khan, on a condition that the story should be made into a movie.
Six people in a call center and very different problems faced by them forms the story, each of them unique yet you can see the common thread that binds them quite clearly, and then when they are on the verge of death, God calls them up (!), they decide to turn over new leaves but not like the stereotype movie ‘good’ image.
The romance of Shyam and Priyanka that had to have an emergency landing courtesy priyanka’s mom’s NRI obsession, Radhika’s mean mother-in-law and Their boss’s Obsession for the whites make the movie Filmi but not quite unreal.
The flick has everything that a movie requires to become a hit, Patriotism, Songs and the works but yet somewhere something is amiss, a few loose threads that are tied up only if you’ve read the book, bad acting or rather overacting by a few characters, the characters seem real but yet they don’t leave a lasting impression, Military Uncles dialogues, Priyanka’s mom’s acting all seem exaggerated and border on the line of weirdness. The incidents (Except the phone call of course) seem real and by the time you get into the mood of the movie, its over, no not coz its short, it simply takes you time. However I still suggest you watch this movie, maybe you will take a new look on things (?)
The movie does give you a look into the world of call centers and the 35=10 thing (that an average 35 old American has the brains of a 10 year old Indian) actually leaves me wondering whether Indians are just plain smarter or there is something in the educational system we all blame so much, that contributes to this.
I remember that I thought the book was too filmi to be a book, but now I ve changed my mind, its ok for books to be filmi but not visa versa, so I ve realized I prefer the Filmi book to the movie.
Well the fascination for the US does not seem to end, no matter how many movies are made or how many Bakshi’s are bashed up, speaking of that I just remembered that I have an exam tomorrow, well its on international relations, yea the movie was on that as well so I guess it counts as studying, watch the movie and tell me if you liked it okay? Toodles.
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the movies surely aint bad, but it aint good eitr.. I would on anyday vote for the book rather than the movie.. the 150 mins movie simply din gift me any memories to cherish.. it was too plain simple :-(
i loved the movie...
his style is good when he talks abt his college days...
his style is good when he talks abt his college days...
ha ha.... we might just get a question on d indian film industry tomorrow... :P
@ sawan- :) yea
@ Chriz - who does?
@ Moonlight- I hope we do
@ Chriz - who does?
@ Moonlight- I hope we do
lmao... :P indian film industry is best film industry :P
well personally, i didnt think that the movie was as bad as the reviews slated them to be.. in a way it was a little entertaining, sohail khan's potrayal as vroom a typical filmi best friend could have left something to be desired, but he did do some bits quite realistically.. sometimes i did get a feel of the craziness that me and my friends were upto in college.. haha...
well the film does have the requirements to be a hit, maybe the loose ends are tied up frm reading the book, though i think the movie lacked a little depth..
priyanka's mom was totally bonkers as u said, as was the system tech who speaks malayalam saying somethings abt "chumma tamasha kalichondu irrikuvanu".. and then later states he's a tamil nadu native.. that was quite amusing.. though all in all it was somethin of a movie,a nice one..
the 35=10 is quite real, our education system is according to me really outdated, c'mon i studied abt the 1944 war in my black and white french text, while the frenchie schools were learnin abt the world cup then in colour..We do learn the required stuff, but its just that all the stuff taught aren't taught in a way that is quite encouragin to different lines of work. Though our knowledge levels can be attributed to each kid wanting to learn a lot more than required, b'coz we think the americans are "developed" nation , while we Indians havent yet got that tag yet.. the americans have a lot of brain in their society but they seriously are quite complacent in their technological advances which they unfortunately have taken for granted. But we guys havent, b'coz i feel, that we want to prove ourselves to the west that we too our smart. personally i think thats unfortunate, but wat the heck, watever works is fine by me..
ur rite when u say that the fascination ofthe west may not end, but in a way thats nice b'coz it does give us a virtual goal.. realistically or not.. ;-)
well the film does have the requirements to be a hit, maybe the loose ends are tied up frm reading the book, though i think the movie lacked a little depth..
priyanka's mom was totally bonkers as u said, as was the system tech who speaks malayalam saying somethings abt "chumma tamasha kalichondu irrikuvanu".. and then later states he's a tamil nadu native.. that was quite amusing.. though all in all it was somethin of a movie,a nice one..
the 35=10 is quite real, our education system is according to me really outdated, c'mon i studied abt the 1944 war in my black and white french text, while the frenchie schools were learnin abt the world cup then in colour..We do learn the required stuff, but its just that all the stuff taught aren't taught in a way that is quite encouragin to different lines of work. Though our knowledge levels can be attributed to each kid wanting to learn a lot more than required, b'coz we think the americans are "developed" nation , while we Indians havent yet got that tag yet.. the americans have a lot of brain in their society but they seriously are quite complacent in their technological advances which they unfortunately have taken for granted. But we guys havent, b'coz i feel, that we want to prove ourselves to the west that we too our smart. personally i think thats unfortunate, but wat the heck, watever works is fine by me..
ur rite when u say that the fascination ofthe west may not end, but in a way thats nice b'coz it does give us a virtual goal.. realistically or not.. ;-)
i meant chetan.. when he talks abt his days in his first book.. well that was a home publication and he took enuff care to come up with the right package but the next two books, as they were aided by rupa publications, the punch wasnt there...
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am yet to see the movie... :(
i read the book. But i didnt like it like five point someone. So I guess I would give it a miss.. also, I am one of those salman haters...
i liked the book so guess il give the movie a miss or catch it on dvd later!!!and no qn on film industry:( so your studyinnnnng efforts gone waste!!:P
@ Elithraneiel...(r u related to neil armstrong?)
i kno i kno! lol, but te ques din come anyway..... how u spending the hols???
@ Toby
:) yea
@Chris
well no one would want thier book to be bad right, and hey five point some one was by rupa too, i like all the 3 anyway. but the punch was felt more in five point, maybe because it was abt students.
@Solo
Nice display pic solo, its ok there is no need for a ':(' its not tht great a movie.
@ Abhraham
then you should give it a miss.
@ nan
heya nan, welcome here, lol yea sudying efforts went waste, how ve u done the exams??? and i saw it on Dvd only, its been ages since i went to the theatre.
i kno i kno! lol, but te ques din come anyway..... how u spending the hols???
@ Toby
:) yea
@Chris
well no one would want thier book to be bad right, and hey five point some one was by rupa too, i like all the 3 anyway. but the punch was felt more in five point, maybe because it was abt students.
@Solo
Nice display pic solo, its ok there is no need for a ':(' its not tht great a movie.
@ Abhraham
then you should give it a miss.
@ nan
heya nan, welcome here, lol yea sudying efforts went waste, how ve u done the exams??? and i saw it on Dvd only, its been ages since i went to the theatre.
yes rupa has taken over the post production after the initial success.. first it was a home publishing that chetan came up with...
bad don ask!!
