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Sunday, July 2, 2023
The film Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya created a lovely trend for comedy films in India.
The film Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya was a trend setter.
The film Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya was another brilliant venture of David Dhawan. It was a multi-starrer film produced by Sohail Khan. Three sets of pairs were experimented with in the year 2005, and from that time onwards it has become a trend setter. The actors and actresses who performed in the film included Salman Khan, Katrina kaif , Sushmita Sen ,Sohail Khan, Arshad Warsi , Isha Koppikar, Rajpal Yadav and others.
Salman Khan was an orthopedic surgeon in the film. He had an affair with Katrina Kaif, who was a model. To stop the female patients from flirting with him, Salman told everyone that he was married. Katrina also believed in the fact. She asked Salman Khan to introduce her with his wife.
He convinced Sushmita Sen, his nurse, to pretend as his wife. Sushmita met Katrina with two children of her relative and spoke about her relationship with Salman. Katrina thought the children were Salman’s children and wanted to meet them. When the children were introduced Katrina came to know that her previous wife had a boy friend. Then she wanted to meet him and for that matter Salman Khan had to ask Arshad Warsi to act with Sushmita Sen. Then came the artificial divorce scene, where Salman Khan’s mother stepped in from Punjab and accepted Sushmita Sen as the wife of Salman Khan.
At the end of the film Sushmita Sen went to Karina Kaif and told the truth. Katrina asked Salman Khan to marry Sushmita Sen who agreed to pretend as his wife. Katrina Kaif married Sohail Khan who was struggling actor in the film. The entire story was depicted with comedy sequences. Himmesh Reshamiya’s music composition was very impressive.
All the songs in the film became super hits including “just chill chill”, “saajan, tumse pyar ki larayi me”, “teri meri love story ka angle”, etc. Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan and other singers contributed well in the film. The performance of Rajpal Yadav in the role of soldier who lost his legs in Cargill War requires special mention.
Rajpal Yadav’s legs were normal, yet he used to come to Salman Khan’s clinic only to meet Sushmita Sen. He helped Salman Khan to reach the airport to stop Sushmita Sen to leave the country at the end of the film. Arshad Warsi’s acting as lawyer in the divorce scene was phenomenal. Isha Koppikar did not get proper scope of dialogue throwing in the film but her dance performance in the song “saajan, tujhse pyar ki ladayi me” was very impressive.
The performance of Salman Khan’s mother by the actress who was also an Officer in the Ministry of Tourism, Rajasthan was extraordinary. Katrina Kaif and Sushmita Sen looked the beautiful in the film if compared with any other film in their career. Sohail Khan spend most of his career in production and direction of films, but in respect of his performance probably he did his best in the comedy role which was as important as Salman’s role. Day by day Salman Khan also has matured as a good comedian, because these days producers and directors rank him after Anil Kapoor and Govinda, whenever they think about comedy films.
David Dhawan should continue with brilliant ventures like Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya in future also.
Mahanayika Suchitra Senji and superstar Uttam Kumarsahab were the best in the films of director Ajoy Kar.
Uttam Kumar’s excellent combination with director Ajoy Kar.
Uttam Kumar being the greatest superstar of Bengali cinema during the golden age, that is the 50s, 60s and 70s, had acted in the films of all the legendary filmmakers of Bengal and the country as a whole. He had worked with Satyajit Ray in films like Nayak, Chiriakhana, Tapan Sinha in films like Jotugriha, Jhinder Bandi, Agragami in films like Sankhabela, Shilpi, Agradoot in films like Sabar Opore, Surjo Toron, Gulzar in films like Kitaab, Mrinal Sen in films like Raat Bhor.
But the commercial films in which Uttam Kumar had gained stardom were mostly related to the works of Ajoy Kar, the innovative filmmaker of the country. He utilized the middle-class image of Uttam Kumar in the film Griha Prabesh. He made Uttam Kumar play a sacrificing role in the society in the film Shyamali. Shaymali was staged in Star Theatre in Kolkata as play and ran successfully for more than 4 years. Ajoy Kar came out victorious in the film Shyamali after Uttam Kumar played a cameo in the film.
Uttam Kumar played the role of an honest academician in the film Bardidi based on the epic literature of Sarat Chandra Chatterji. Ajoy Kar provided spectacles in the make up of Uttam Kumar. Uttam Kumar was as brilliant in the role of a down to earth zamindar as Sandharani who played the lead role in the film.
Ajoy Kar’s Harano Sur was the biggest hit film of Bengali cinema of the 50s. Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen became the most enterprising romantic pair of the millennium with the landmark performance in the film Harano Sur. Uttam Kumar lost his memory in the early part of the film after meeting with an accident and married Suchitra Sen. He forgot her after his earlier memory was regained. Suchitra Sen worked in the house of Uttam Kumar as governess of Uttam Kumar’s brother’s child to return his memory. Uttam Kumar produced the film and it created history.
The Ajoy Kar Uttam Kumar magic continued in the film Saptapadi based on the classic literature of Tarashankar Bandopadhyay. Uttam Kumar being a hindu Brahmin married Suchitra Sen, a Christian. Chabi Biswas the father of Uttam Kumar begged before Suchitra Sen to forget Uttam Kumar. Uttam Kumar changed his religion, became a doctor and served the people during the 2nd world war. He even cured Suchitra Sen who suffered a bomb blast during the war. The film was considered to be the greatest hit of the 60s.
Uttam Kumar acted in other landmark films of Ajoy Kar like Suno Boronari and Khelaghar. It was pity that in the late 60s, Ajoy Kar went to Pune Film and Television Institute and taught new directors the art of film making. Otherwise he could have experimented more with Mahanayak Uttam Kumar. The legendary films of the great director and the landmark matinee idol should be restored for the future generations.
Due to the differences with original Ramayana, the film Adipurush earning 480 crores worldwide in 14 days remained average earner.
Adipurush earned 480 crores in 14 days but remained average earner. Adipurush did worldwide business of 410 crores in 7 days but there are differences which are standing in the way for making it a hit.
In Adipurush, Ravana is shown to be taller than Lord Rama which is wrong. When Lord Rama with his monkey army or vanar sena had entered Sri Lanka, the fear that was existing in Lankan soldiers were not found. Hanuman could not identify Sanjeevani Booti so picked up the entire mountain. In the film it was shown he did it to save other soldiers. The good thing was the heroism shown for Meghnad Indrajit. But again Kumbhakarna's role was short and insignificant. The performances of Prabhash and Saif Ali Khan was good.
Budget ₹500 crore
Box office est.₹395 crore
Adipurush (transl. First man)[a] is a 2023 Indian mythological action film based on the Hindu epic Ramayana.The film is directed and co-written by Om Raut, and produced by T-Series and Retrophiles. Shot simultaneously in Hindi and Telugu, the film stars Prabhas, Saif Ali Khan, Kriti Sanon, Sunny Singh and Devdatta Nage.
Adipurush was announced in August 2020, through an official motion poster. Principal photography commenced in February 2021 and ended in November 2021 taking place primarily in Mumbai. The film's music is composed by Ajay–Atul. Adipurush is budgeted at ₹500 crore (US$63 million)[3] making it the one of the most expensive Indian films
Adipurush was released on June 16, 2023, to mostly negative reviews from critics, who praised the soundtrack and cast performances but criticised Raut's direction, screenplay, dialogues, visuals, and deviation from the source material.
Plot
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Raghava is the legendary prince of Ayodhya, in the kingdom of Kosala. He goes into a 14 year exile to the forest, which was urged by his father King Dasharatha on the request of Raghava's stepmother, Kaikeyi. Raghava's travels across forests in the Indian subcontinent with his wife, Janaki and brother, Sesh. However, one day, Janaki is kidnapped and taken by Lankesh – the king of Lanka, which resulted in war leading to Lankesh's death and Raghava's eventual return to Ayodhya where Raghava is crowned as the king with jubilation and celebration.
Cast
Prabhas as Raghava
Saif Ali Khan as Lankesh
Kriti Sanon as Janaki
Sunny Singh as Shesh
Devdatta Nage as Bajrang
Vatsal Sheth as Indrajit
Sonal Chauhan as Mandodari
Siddhant Karnick as Vibhishana
Ayesha Madhukar as Sarama
Tejaswini Pandit as Shurpanakha
Krishna Kotian as Dasharatha
Sonali Khare as Kaikeyi
Ajit Shidhaye as Prahasta
Asha Sharma as Shabari
Bijay J. Anand as Brahma
Production
Development
Adipurush, an adaptation of the Hindu epic Ramayana, was announced on 18 August 2020, via a promotional poster. Prabhas portrays Lord Rama under the direction of Om Raut who earlier helmed the period action film Tanhaji (2020). Om Raut was fascinated by the 1992 Japanese film Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama and was motivated to adapt the Ramayana into a film using modern technology. Raut wrote the script amidst COVID-19 lockdown in India. Prabhas immediately liked the project and the production company T-Series Films was on-board for the project.
Adipurush is one of the most expensive Indian films ever made, with a budget of ₹500 crore (US$63 million). An amount of ₹250 crore (US$31 million) is estimated to be spent on visual effects. The original budget was initially estimated to be ₹400 crore (US$50 million). However, after the extreme backlash to the visual effects and CGI on the film's teaser, the budget was increased to ₹500 crore (US$63 million) to improve and enhance the visual effects, CGI, lighting and color grading.It was shot simultaneously in Hindi and Telugu languages, while also filmed in 3D.
Casting
In September 2020, the makers revealed that Prabhas is enacting Lord Rama's portrayal whose character name was later revealed as Raghava. Saif Ali Khan who already worked as an antagonist in Raut's Tanhaji has been signed for the role of Ravana with the name Lankesh. After rumours of Anushka Shetty, Anushka Sharma, Kiara Advani, and Keerthy Suresh being approached for the role of Sita, it was reported in November 2020 that Kriti Sanon has been cast to essay the role; her inclusion into the film was confirmed by makers four months later in March 2021. Sunny Singh who joined the sets in February 2021 is playing Lord Rama's younger brother Lakshmana.
Filming
Motion capture shoot for Adipurush begun on 19 January 2021. Muhurtam shot and formal launch was done on 2 February 2021 in Mumbai, India. Principal photography of the movie began that day, as informed by the makers. A massive fire accident took place at the filming location in Mumbai on the same day. Duplicate sets were erected same wise due to the fire breakout. In October 2021, Khan and Sanon wrapped up shoot. On 10 November 2021, the filming was completed.
Box Office India reported that Adipurush had an "extraordinary first day" at both the domestic and overseas box office, grossing over ₹150 crore (US$19 million) worldwide. The film grossed a total of ₹240 crore (US$30 million) on its second day and a total of ₹313 crore (US$39 million) on its third day/opening weekend and a total of ₹340 crore (US$43 million) on its fourth day. The film has grossed ₹375 crore (US$47 million) worldwide so far.
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