http://www.mainhoonna.150m.com/
I just saw this film in theatrical release in Austin
*Main Hoon Na ("I'm Here Now') is the latest
release out of the Karan Johar stable. It was
directed by his choreographer, a woman
named Farah Khan, who has instantly become
the hottest female director in mainstream Bollywood.
This flick is going to make a mint.
"Unabashed entertainment, 1970s style
"army, politics, india, pakistan, assassination, saviour, extramarital affair, good father, bad father, paratha-feeding mother, ideal son, stepson, distant daughter, tomboy, funny friends, oddball teachers, sexy teachers, countless clichÈs, makeovers, love, couples, school, college, superman, classrooms, romance, colours, prom nights, violins, saxophones, dream songs, midriffs, cleavage, dream girls, deewar, sholay, mard, gabbar, rickshaws named dhanno, r d burman, grease, kuch kuch hota hai, action, jerry bruckheimer, matrix, mission, impossible, electric guitar, blue-eyed villain, terrorist, bullets, guns, bombs, helicopter, ram, laxman, ramayan, rona dhona, hasna khelna, grease, happy ending"
*I'll never forget the scene where terrorists are
blowing out the brains of the police escorts
at the very same moment that the college kids
are engaged in a giant "Grease" style campus
dancing scene. This goes way beyond the
usual Bollywood "masala flick" surreal juxtaposition –
there is a kind of arch, postmodernist thing
going on here. This film is worth every paisa
just for the closing credits.
People who believe that Bollywood is still
"regional cinema" need to check out the
background of this budding actress.
Welcome to Hindi Globalism.
http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2004/may/01nigar.htm
