Russel Peters on Bollywood

Shawn — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:38:43 +0000

Despite being a North Indian myself, I don’t watch most of Bollywood movies. I used to watch them as a kid but since the past 7 years, after being exposed to lots of Hollywood Cult Masterpieces as well some brilliant New Wave French, Spanish, Korean & Persian movies and even some Bengali and Malyaalam movies, I now stand by the fact that 95% of Bollywood movies suck big time. They are a disgrace to world Cinema. These days, I only watch 2 or 3 Avant-Grade Bollywood movies (Stuff like Johnny Gaddaar, Khosla Ka Ghosla, Mumbai Meri Jaan, Tahaan etc) in a year as compared to about 50 International movies.

Often Indian Cinema, is presented to western audiences as Bollywood.

And Bollywood doesn’t mean simply Hindi Movies.

It means all those Hindi Movies of post 80’s era that are Loud, Cheesy, Over The Top, Logicalness, Melodramatic, NAACH GAANA RONA DHONA infused kind of Nautankis glorifying mostly Punjabi culture, stereotyping many other cultures and with plots that are mostly plagiarized from South Indian & Bengali as well as Hollywood, European & even Persian and Korean movies now.

What makers of Bollywood movies don’t realise is that Good movies are not about Big Budgets, Big Locations, Big Star Casts, Big Production Values, but they are about big ideas & solid content.

I’ve found a supporter in Canadian Stand Up-Comedian of Indian Origin, Russel Peters who shares the same opinion with me, when it comes to Bollywood.

Watch this Amazingly Hilarious Video of Russel Peters, as he dissects Bollywood for Western Audiences. Enjoy and fall of your chair while laughing.

The Comical Genius called Amanullah Khan

Shawn — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:52:35 +0000

Greetings my well wishers

Deviating from the usually serious topics on philosophy, social issues, patriortism and also my obsession with World Cinema, I’m sharing with you guys another interest of mine. No, no its not a chick or a High Society PYT, its stand up comedy.

We all know about the healing powers of laughter, and some of these stand up comedians are the Real embellishments of entertainment who have dedicated their lives to entertain us and hence improve our health.

In this monotonous world raucous hostility,a smile has become a rarity. These comedians are doing the stupendously laudable job of bringing smile on people’s faces!

And one such comical genius whose die hard fan I’ve recently become is Pakistani Punjabi comedian & classical singer from Lahore ”Amanullah Khan.“ Although not as popular as Pakistan’s other comical genius Omar Sharrif, Amanullah Khan cracks me up with his major awesome stand up comedy, and this is because he is a cracker.

This man is a powerhouse. He never does any mimicry. He only talks about real things in life , all stupid & dumb things we humans do and presents it in extremely funny way. And he also makes fun of himself, which very few comedians do. His USP is his body language which he utilises Perfectly. He looks like a Creepy Freak, because of his weird hairstyle but when it comes to comedy he is giving competition to even Raju Srivastava.

Watch Amanullah perform in the video below, the laughter is Guaranteed.

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Russel Peters on Bollywood

The Comical Genius called Amanullah Khan