My thing with the Diwali cakes is that why are they so insistent on sharing them? Why not make enough for just your immediate family and friends? I don’t get it.
They’re literally sitting on India’s most cherished and beloved story, Ranbir is playing one of India’s most beloved deities, it’s a family film with an outrageous investment releasing in over 50k theatres worldwide and they’re comparing themselves to Dhurandhar, an A rated spy thriller made in less than 10% of that budget carried entirely by original characters and which also happens to be banned in multiple jurisdictions. And the justification for still failing in that comparison is that it’s not a sequel.
Embarrassing.
These women are not merely subjects for your art, they have their own identities and a connection to India. Stop being arrogant. You chose them as your subjects, it's not as if you did them some favour.
Intentionally or unintentionally, makers of Ramayana conveyed that Ravana who liberated his people & fought oppressors, Aryan God Vishnu immediately took Avatar to slain him so to get back to oppression of the poor Dravidians/indegenous people portrayed as asura/Rakshash.
@vegavnc Oh I agree. I just meant - even the casting choices are based on whether someone can fit the idea of how a character looks rather than how they feel. But yes. They don’t look the part either.
This is actually a really good review that matches my thoughts as well. The thing with casting in India is that people tend to focus more on whether a character supposedly looks the part, rather than feels it.
In Kapoor’s case the amount of investment that has gone on his hair and make-up has clearly not gone into his acting, body language or diction. When Sai’s Sita is on screen, they play off of each other’s worst performing instincts and end up giving us an entirely lacklustre deadened performance wherein the audience is forced to accept this as a masterful piece of art or else.
On the other hand, when Ram is with Lakshman he’s far more tolerable as the chemistry is actually chemistry-ing and Lakshman is able to drag out more empathy from Kapoor.
Crispest review of #Ramayana by a GenZ lady.
Ok, Ravana is glorified. But where is Ram? #RanbirKapoor is a big disappointment. To act sober, gentle & "shaant" he has simply turned wooden, dialogue delivery is poor. His slouching shoulders make him look so weak. Why couldn't director ask him to straighten up? His dialogue that I reject "bhagya" I will finish Ravana is against the very grain of character as we understand, of Prabhu Ram.
She also doesn't understand why Sita remains passive when she is abducted! The Warrior doesn't fight back. She is not moved by Jatayu sacrifice. She is just an onlooker on a flight aboard a fancy aircraft!!
Got to admire how Namit Malhotra and his bot army has convinced a good section of Hindus that Maharshi Valmiki's Ramayana == any Tom, Dick, Harry written Ramayana. Their usual defense - "300 versions of Ramayana". So Namitasur has got the license to show any of his fantasies.