Comments on: Omkara (2006) and Sholay (1975)

By: ANITA GHELOTH

ANITA GHELOTH — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:41:16 +0000

IT IS REALLY A MIND BLOWING MOVIE A LOT OF MEMORY OF MY CHILHOOD IS RELATED TO THIS FILM. I WAS NOT BORN ALSO THAT TIME BUT THEN ALSO I REALLY HAD A GREAT INTERECTION WITH THIS FILM. AND TILL THE END OF MY LIFE I WILL REMEMBER THIS MOVIE

By: Mustafa

Mustafa — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:25:31 +0000

Sholay Movie is One of the biggest hit of the bollywood history from my side the credits goes to Amjad Khan, The Gabbar Singh the Soul of the movie.

By: kareem gbolahan

kareem gbolahan — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:03:02 +0000

i love dharmendra.. the success of sholay was mainly due to his sheer brilliance which made it a box office champ of all time.. he is a living legend.. i also love amitabh bachchan.. my great hero.. he was awesome in indrajeet.. the greatest of all time are dharam and amit!!

By: vishal srivastava

vishal srivastava — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:16:12 +0000

i like amitabh bacchan very much

By: VIJAY CHAUHAN

VIJAY CHAUHAN — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:06:46 +0000

Amitabh Bachchan is my favroit hero. He is a perfect actor and I like his all film very much.

By: abdellah mardass

abdellah mardass — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:19:45 +0000

thanks

By: dable

dable — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:44:25 +0000

i want history of srk & kajol please

By: rohan

rohan — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 09:13:47 +0000

Classice cant be made twice ……………..

By: humanfriend or the Omkaraevangelical

humanfriend or the Omkaraevangelical — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:05:49 +0000

I still think you should read the play and watch the movie again. Saif has evolved like I have known no other actor to have. I am tempted to say “mark my words” but I won’t, but just look out, Saif I think is on the roll, and is on his way to much accolade and recognition. You might still not like him or his acting, but that would be kind of like saying you didn’t like Dharmendra’s acting in Sholay. True appreciation is “always” subjective, that is why there is always the scope that opinions will be revised and aesthetics developed. My point was not that the movie is good because it is close to the original, but that an already good film is even better when you recognize the fabulous inter-textuality, and the smartness of the adaptation. As for the difference between a “great” and a “good” movie, what we need to account for is “time”. A great movie is proved great by time, at present we can only say that something is “good” and hope that it will stand the test of time, and we know how capricious that test is.
I am still not giving up hope on you Ganesha! It is great to agree with you, but very interesting to disagree with you.
Still only human
-friend.

By: The Great Ganesha

The Great Ganesha — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:19:00 +0000

humanfriend,

first of all – it’s great that you feel so strongly about omkara. and thanks for leaving that thought-provoking counter-argument. i’m always up for defending my views.

that being said, i have to say that i was watching the movie as a moviegoer and not a “bardolater.” while the movie may have been really true to the original, that is not what i was looking for when i watched this movie. i watched this movie as an independent work of art, as if the play had never been written.

how can you say that saif was good? for me, watching saif is like watching leo(nardo decaprio). no matter how hard he tries to fight it, he will always be leo. anyone casting him is trying to bank in on leo’s popularity. leo will never be anything else but leo. in the same way i couldn’t get past saif being saif. he was never langda tyagi for me, but always saif. he should stop playing roles other than those where he is a spoiled, rich kid. he does those best (i wonder why).

devgun is a good actor. i think he puts some effort and thought into his roles. but invariably in all his films he is always a variation on the same character. this tough, taciturn guy who’s a natural leader. you know the kind – he’s very restrained and while everyone around him is going crazy, he’s got that stone-cold look of tremendous self-restraint. it worked well in ‘company’ and in the other one about the college politicos (forget the name). but enough is enough. it just irritated me that he’s rehashing his old role, here.

by the way, don’t get me wrong, the concept of the movie was great. the anthropological transfer was excellent. the script was excellent. the soundtrack was great (it’s on my ipod). i mean, everything about this movie was great except the acting. i’m sorry, i just didn’t buy into it.

a great movie is a great movie, no matter what it is based on. my criteria for deciding whether a movie is great are somewhat subjective. amongst other things, it has to have good acting, a good plot and should be a decent production (not to be confused with a big-budget, obviously). for the plot, omkara gets an A+, for the production, it gets an A, for acting unfortunately, it gets a C-. and while i think omkara is a good movie, it is, by no means, great.

-gg