My heart ached, broke and bled, when I saw the new version of Mile Sur Mera Tumhara --Phir Mile Sur. Really. I mean the whole emotion of the original song was lost somewhere. Rather there was no emotion at all. There were only actors and actresses.
The musicians, all, tried to do a good compositions in their own style and they did a good job of it. I liked the A.R. Rehman, S.E.L.'s, Louis Banks, Anoushka Shankar and some others. And I understand that India's no work is completed without having Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan vouching for it. But why do we have people like Deepika Padukone, Ranvir Kapoor, Mahesh Babu, Shaimak Davar, Shahid Kapoor?
Shahid Kapoor is my favourite. But after seeing him in it and doing a Bakhuda once more looked aweful. I hated to accept that he actually did it. I don't know but somehow I won't have the same perception of him again. Deepika Padukone?? What has she done for India? And there she is standing in some lake with a one-piece and such a seductive expression on her face as if she is all set to charm the whole of India with that look or rather the whole India comes toghether with her look. God damn it, she didn't even bother to wear a sari. And why do we need Ranvir Kapoor in it?
All the actors were, as if, playing there own roles once again in a short 16 minute multi-starrer film re-made for National Integration. How does Aamir Khan doing a Bum Bum Bole, Shahid doing a Bakhuda, Ranvir doing a Khuda Jaane, and Shah Rukh Khan doing a Kal Ho Naa Ho, bring India toghether? Such big actors coming toghether for a cause is good, is very good. But the way of doing it is bad. This way is very bad. How can they not know that this will not work towards it's actual message, and that they are spoiling the original one. Each one has tried to emote their feelings in the best manner possible but it never comes out. Be it Shahid singing in full passion, or SRK spreading his arms wide open, or Salman with the kids, you just don't feel what are they trying to say. Same with Aishwarya.
It seems like the Production House approached them all and they all did what they were best at. Now the whole thing put toghether just doesn't bring in that feeling which the original one does. In fact, you tend to go to You Tube and look for the original one. There are no common people shown in the whole video as if the whole country is made up of only such celebrities. The sportspersons come in for such a small duration. Some states are just shown in passing, for the sake of showing it.
May be it will be a hit with the youth who haven't seen the original one. But for the ones who have seen it, it will never create an impact. May be it's targetted at them only. May be they should have come up with a different lyrics all toghether and a different composition so that there was not so much of comparison made. May be...
Individual parts seen in itself are very nice but the whole thing put toghether is bad. It's really bad. When the whole composition looks disintegrated, how can you spread the message of integration to the whole country? The different surs really don't come out as one.
4 comments:
IT's not the actors fault, they were told to dress and act that way by the director. I think the director wanted each to do something they are known for. Why are you blaming the actors?
Hi Adi,
Nice article. I saw the new version of "Mile Sur mera tumhara" few days ago.The concept is really nice,building bridges between the old India of the 80s and the new modern One.Its quite long actually with almost 65 icons playing their part.But,watching it I felt its incomplete. For eg; about our "seven Sisters", i.e the North East. Only Bhupen Hazarika was given a slot, that too for just 2-3 seconds, so as to represent the whole North East.We have many icons in North east Like the Bhaichungs, the Marycoms, etc; who should have been given due credit.
Moreover,Watching the new version I felt, as if our people only consider the Bollywood superstars as national icons and role models. The bollywood industry has been over represented, while the true national icons were missing.The Scientists of BARC,DRDO,etc; should have been in the forefront, they are making us proud everyday.No mention was given to the martys of 26/11 or their family members,The Defence Services in not mentioned.All in all, it was very depressing to see People who kill Black Bucks, who are in a Live-In Relationship, who are comfortable in working for a movie named "My name is Khan" but don't pay any heed to the sad state of Kashmiri Pandits who are living in their own nation as refugees.
Sad State of the Nation, depressing to the core.
Regards,
Siddharth
@ Anonymous.....Please write your name after this so that i can recognise you...now to answer your part...the actors by their popularity are so BIG that if they would have done some thing different and sensible people might have liked it. And they never applied their own sense to say even once to the directors that lets do it differently from what we are known for and popularize something else. They just didn't want to take any kind of risk.
@ siddharth..i completely agree with you
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