Jupiter
26th June 2006, 01:06 PM
Finally, the much-awaited KRRISH has arrived.
Armed with monumental expectations, this sequel to KOI… MIL GAYA is touted to win the hearts of kids.
A beautiful movie with a lot of copy (sorry inspiration) from characters like Spidermans, Supermans, Batmans, Dobermans, Watchmans........ & so on....
Highly inspired stunts from Matrix, Spiderman, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Superman n so on. And not to forget the humongous similarity with Pay Check in the second half.. The action scenes [Tony Ching Siu Tung from Hong Kong and Sham Kaushal] are superb and will be greeted by claps and cheers by taxiwallas, panwallas, chaiwallas, yewallas, wowallas n all.....
We do get to see an Indian hero fly across the skyline and walk across the sea for the first time. But before you can savour the super stunts, you got to sit through a prolonged love story that seems to be no more than a sightseeing tour.
Krishna [Hrithik Roshan] is born with magical powers -- a legacy from his father who was blessed by the ET Jadoooooooooooo.
Free as a bird, he runs like the wind?
Like an eagle, he soars across rivers and mountain tops?
As a lion, he conquers rugged rocks without fear?
In the first half, Krrishna, the village yokel takes the Singapore Miss (an ill-dressed, chalky make-upped Priyanka Chopra) on a gaon darshan, leaping up trees and mountains while the lady giggles and claps. And in the second half, it's a holiday-for-two package in Singapore as the still sartorially challenged lady takes the Indian super boy on a Singapore darshan.
Awesome scenes -- a gang of hooligans who steal his girlfriend’s ring bear the brunt of his super gussa. And finally, a megalomaniac scientist (Naseeruddin Shah) who dreams of becoming God with the help of the Jadoo-blessed family, faces a slam-bang nemesis at the hands of the masked crusader Krrish .
Unlike most superhero films, Krrish doesn't depend on the script, the catchphrases, the direction or even a theme tune. It single-heartedly concentrates its energies on the hero, with each drop of the leading man's sweat falling in super slow motion.
We open with a young kid proficient with his Faber Castell colour pencils. An old-yet-refusing-to-stay-grey Rekha is alarmed at this, as the background score constantly emphasises. The chubby youth, it is soon revealed, is a smart 'un, a boy in Class I who helps Class III students with their math homework. And this can't all be chalked to the Bournvita he drinks. Ohh did i mention the advertisements? Samsung, Bournvita, John Players, HP Power petrol, blam blam blam... okie i dont remember all as there aere too many to remember :) I guess even Singapore tourism payed them as i mentioned earlier,
The school principal tells us that the kid is super-intelligent, obviously inheriting the powers from Rohit (for those unfamiliar with the original, Krishna's dad was touched by an alien -- and got superpowers). Granny Rekha is devastated (Salim-Suleiman crank up the background music further) and decides to home-school him.
The boy, dressed perennially in vests, doesn't do much except ride his horse, and (thanks to his powers) try to overtake it. The next bit seems quite a tribute to Amitabh Bachchan, not least because Krishna's white steed is named Toofan (Bachchan had a similar animal in the superhero film of the same name). Anyway, the camera alternates between young Krishna and Toofan running, and suddenly in a 1970's-style cut (remember the Angry Young Man origin shots during the casting, running legs going from bachcha to Bachchan?) switches to a full-grown horse, chasing which is our bicepped leading man. Ta-da! (Please say that's homage!)
Krishna, a sculpted wastrel who hangs around with kids, still doesn't seem to have gotten the hang of his powers, despite growing up with them. Every leap he takes fills him with incredulous delight, and he is constantly beaming innocently, most signs of a sharp intellect ruined. Being educated by melodramatic Rekha dadi would conceivably do that, yes.
So guys BEWARE...... Hrithik is Future Rajnikanth...........:toast:
Armed with monumental expectations, this sequel to KOI… MIL GAYA is touted to win the hearts of kids.
A beautiful movie with a lot of copy (sorry inspiration) from characters like Spidermans, Supermans, Batmans, Dobermans, Watchmans........ & so on....
Highly inspired stunts from Matrix, Spiderman, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Superman n so on. And not to forget the humongous similarity with Pay Check in the second half.. The action scenes [Tony Ching Siu Tung from Hong Kong and Sham Kaushal] are superb and will be greeted by claps and cheers by taxiwallas, panwallas, chaiwallas, yewallas, wowallas n all.....
We do get to see an Indian hero fly across the skyline and walk across the sea for the first time. But before you can savour the super stunts, you got to sit through a prolonged love story that seems to be no more than a sightseeing tour.
Krishna [Hrithik Roshan] is born with magical powers -- a legacy from his father who was blessed by the ET Jadoooooooooooo.
Free as a bird, he runs like the wind?
Like an eagle, he soars across rivers and mountain tops?
As a lion, he conquers rugged rocks without fear?
In the first half, Krrishna, the village yokel takes the Singapore Miss (an ill-dressed, chalky make-upped Priyanka Chopra) on a gaon darshan, leaping up trees and mountains while the lady giggles and claps. And in the second half, it's a holiday-for-two package in Singapore as the still sartorially challenged lady takes the Indian super boy on a Singapore darshan.
Awesome scenes -- a gang of hooligans who steal his girlfriend’s ring bear the brunt of his super gussa. And finally, a megalomaniac scientist (Naseeruddin Shah) who dreams of becoming God with the help of the Jadoo-blessed family, faces a slam-bang nemesis at the hands of the masked crusader Krrish .
Unlike most superhero films, Krrish doesn't depend on the script, the catchphrases, the direction or even a theme tune. It single-heartedly concentrates its energies on the hero, with each drop of the leading man's sweat falling in super slow motion.
We open with a young kid proficient with his Faber Castell colour pencils. An old-yet-refusing-to-stay-grey Rekha is alarmed at this, as the background score constantly emphasises. The chubby youth, it is soon revealed, is a smart 'un, a boy in Class I who helps Class III students with their math homework. And this can't all be chalked to the Bournvita he drinks. Ohh did i mention the advertisements? Samsung, Bournvita, John Players, HP Power petrol, blam blam blam... okie i dont remember all as there aere too many to remember :) I guess even Singapore tourism payed them as i mentioned earlier,
The school principal tells us that the kid is super-intelligent, obviously inheriting the powers from Rohit (for those unfamiliar with the original, Krishna's dad was touched by an alien -- and got superpowers). Granny Rekha is devastated (Salim-Suleiman crank up the background music further) and decides to home-school him.
The boy, dressed perennially in vests, doesn't do much except ride his horse, and (thanks to his powers) try to overtake it. The next bit seems quite a tribute to Amitabh Bachchan, not least because Krishna's white steed is named Toofan (Bachchan had a similar animal in the superhero film of the same name). Anyway, the camera alternates between young Krishna and Toofan running, and suddenly in a 1970's-style cut (remember the Angry Young Man origin shots during the casting, running legs going from bachcha to Bachchan?) switches to a full-grown horse, chasing which is our bicepped leading man. Ta-da! (Please say that's homage!)
Krishna, a sculpted wastrel who hangs around with kids, still doesn't seem to have gotten the hang of his powers, despite growing up with them. Every leap he takes fills him with incredulous delight, and he is constantly beaming innocently, most signs of a sharp intellect ruined. Being educated by melodramatic Rekha dadi would conceivably do that, yes.
So guys BEWARE...... Hrithik is Future Rajnikanth...........:toast: