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  1. vineet said:

    Ha! The smoker:

  2. amit said:

    I respect him for doing that - it's so easy to get tempted by big bucks and try to look cool out in Hollywood. He knows he's the hottest property in bollywood, so why bother trying something else? Plus like you say - he knows that hollywood is shaking because bollywood is gonna go mainstream in the next few years!
  3. amit said:

    'tis a good point doods - it's part and parcel of the image too - can't for example see someone not smoking in a Tarantino movie! Some things are just cool left without people babbling about influences - it's an artists' license after all.
  4. doodler said:

    I dunno, I agree with the no advertising for smoking and of course there are problems with youngsters being influenced, but banning smoking on screen? I am on Khan's side for this one, the notion that film and television influences kids is an ongoing argument and once you take the view that it is an unavoidable and overriding fact, you have to start taking every 'bad' thing off the screen. And where would that leave us?!


Bollywood writer Jaideep Sahni poses with his award for the best screenplay for the film \"Chak De India\" during the 9th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards in Bangkok June 8, 2008.

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    • Stop with the remakes already!

    • Let's hope 2008 is a little more Bollywood and a little less Hollywood!

      I watched more Indian films in 2007 than I did any other year in my recent memory. What struck me as downright annoying, though, was that a lot of those I watched – and, in many cases, enjoyed – turned out to be remakes of Hollywood films.*

      Off the top of my head, I can think of:

      Chak De! India (remake of ‘Miracle’)
      Hey Babyy (remake of ‘Three Men and A Baby’)
      The Train (remake of ‘Derailed’)
      Partner (remake of ‘Hitch’)
      Ta Ra Rum Pum (remake of ‘Days of Thunder’)

      I know, I know, Bollywood's been doing this for a while. But one fears for the Indian film industry when some of its year’s biggest hits are inspired by another source. Here’s hoping for a more original 2008.

      *I've always wondered what a Bollywood version of ‘The Terminator’ would be like. Arnie being replaced by Sunil Shetty, perhaps? Shudder.

      Average: 3.5 (6 votes)
    • CHAK De INDIA Challenges DDLJ

    • CHAK DE INDIA has completed 50 days at the box office. What’s interesting though are the film’s collections in Mumbai city (excluding Thane). So far, in just 6 weeks, the film has netted 11.31 crores. The fun part comes form the fact that DDLJ, after 622 weeks in the running, has its total reading 11.72 crores from Mumbai (excluding Thane). In maximum fortnight’s time, CDI collections are bound to overtake what DDLJ has earned in over 10 years.

      after 622 weeks in the running, has its total reading 11.72 crores from Mumbai

       

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      steady collections since its release, the film is now confirmed blockbusters at the box office with collections promising to touch 60 crores mark in a week’s time. But I personally feel DDLJ was Awesome and CHAK DE cannot be compared with DDLJ. So what do you feel which one is the best CHAK DE or DDLJ.

       

      Average: 4.3 (3 votes)