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what is missing from all commentary on lakshya

Sudip Talukdar — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:16:46 -0700

We Indians have a tendency to oversimplify matters. So also in the case of Lakshya. It inevitably invites comparisons with JP Datta's Border and LOC, both of which are shoddily made war movies within a typical Bollywood framework, comprising songs, dances and loud dialogues. Even the explosions and bullets sound fake, not to mention dandies and loud mouths masquerading as real soliders. Nana Patekar's role in Prahar as Major Chauhan, the typical hardcore infantry officer, remains unparalled in annals of Bollywood.
Lakshya was a genuine attempt on the part of Farhan Akhtar. He had the sense to get an ace Hollywood cinematographer like Christopher Popp to make a qualitative difference to the feel of the film. Popp raised the level of the movie by several notches, being also instrumental in engineering realistic battle sequences and military drill in action, never before seen or showcased in so called Bollywood `war' movies. Please see my leader article in google.com entitled "Bollywood Battles, reel life constraints of real life war" published on the edit page of The Times of India in March 2004. I argued why Bollywood lacked the competence to make war movies. In Lakshya, characters look and act like real soldiers. Action sequences are realistic, including the sounds of small arms fire. In two or three places it fleetingly reminds you of Saving Private Ryan, the best war film in cinematic history, which will remain a benchmark for the next 50 years, even for Hollywood.

careful that you don't spell

Vishal — Tue, 20 Jul 2004 07:58:36 -0700

careful that you don't spell it iAmit ...Apple could sue!

And Happy Birthday!

grrrr .....

iamit — Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:27:27 -0700

grrrr ..... zzzzzaaaaaapppp!!!

in that case I'll pass. I

martha — Mon, 19 Jul 2004 14:46:23 -0700

in that case I'll pass. I was imagining some lovely samosa or mishti or something...

Um, it's an orange skin

vishal — Sun, 18 Jul 2004 08:44:17 -0700

Um, it's an orange skin that's partly sun-dried. Fat-free, I assure you!

that looks like something

martha — Sun, 18 Jul 2004 04:50:05 -0700

that looks like something yummy and fried... is it?

maybe I'm just hungry.

Didn't i watch this movie

Candy... — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 23:23:53 -0700

Didn't i watch this movie with you??? how come i never see things the way you and samir (pronounced samer hahah) do?? :plain: Anyways got something for you to see... my friends website.. with his pics.. he'd obsessed with sunsets and blah so...

http://herbert6279.fotopic.net

Gosh,its frightening to

Ravi — Tue, 13 Jul 2004 04:52:08 -0700

Gosh,its frightening to think what would happen if it toppled over! :cry:

this one makes me dizzy...

martha — Sun, 11 Jul 2004 06:10:35 -0700

this one makes me dizzy... or maybe it's just because I ahven't had my coffee yet.

Thanks, it's quickly

Vishal — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 21:59:25 -0700

Thanks, it's quickly becoming one of my favourites too (I had posted another shot from this same moment in time months ago, but it was a wider shot and not very interesting):blush:

meeeoowwwwwwww!!!!!!!! me

Caren — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 10:05:46 -0700

meeeoowwwwwwww!!!!!!!!

me likes the kitty cat!!!

Jeepers....now how did THAT

Ravi — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 05:00:10 -0700

Jeepers....now how did THAT happen? Sheeeesssh..sorry, Vishal...no offence, chief!

i think this is my favorite

martha — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 02:21:17 -0700

i think this is my favorite picture yet - two of my favorite things - a cat and a flip flop - but not at all the way you'd expect to see them.

Ravi, you're impersonating

THE REAL VISHAL — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 21:53:41 -0700

Ravi, you're impersonating me! At least when you do that, try to impersonate someone cool.

Hi Vishal. Super pic! And

Vishal — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 06:33:06 -0700

Hi Vishal. Super pic! And great review of Lakshya.Hv
just brought the Audio CD. Really coool, coool music by S,E&L. Hope to see the film this weekend. :cool: