In India most of us are addicted to either movies or cricket.  While cricket became a passion in India after that famous World Cup triumph in 1983, almost every Indian at one point of time ever were passionate about movies and actors.  Actors like Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachan are always remembered because they were number one in their times, but there were actors as good as them and much more popular but have been forgotten by successive generations. One such actor was Jeetendra who dominated Bollywood in 1980s.

Jeetendra has a unqiue track record of heroines of various generations:- Jeetendra was born on 7th Apri1942 and his original name was Ravi Kappor.  Jeetendra started his career as a hero in 1964 and acted in over 200 films as a hero.  Jeetendra had one of the longest careers as hero costarring from heroines of various generations from Mala Sinha born in 1936 to South Indian beauties like Jayaprada, Sridevi and Bhanupriya who were 20 to 25 years younger than him .  Jeetendra played the role of a romantic hero to perfection for almost 25 years and that is one record not many Indian actors can boast of.  Jeetendra  was the most popular hero in India  behind Amitabh Bachan in the mid 80s.  A list of 10 popular Indian actors was published in mid 80s in which Jeetendra was ranked number two.  Apart from Jeetendra who was ranked number two others who made the top 10 included South Indian beauties Jayaprada, Sridevi and India's first dancer Mithun Chakraborty.  These days rankings do not have much value because different sources rank different actors as number one, but rankings in those days were genuine.  The rankings conducted those days was a real reflection of the popularity a actor enjoyed in the country.

Jeetendra consistently gave hits:- While every actor is remembered for a particular hit like Sholay or Baazigar because of its commercial success or performance as a actor, Jeetendra's name is not associated with a particular movie because he consistently delivered hits.  Picking out a particular hit of Jeetendra is like picking one best knock played by a Sachin Tendulkar or a Adam Gilchrist.  Jeetendra was accustomed to delivering a sequence a hits it was very difficult to pick out which was the best one.  Jeetendra was the most popular actor in the 80s delivering one hit after another like Tohfa, Swarag Se Sunder, Kaamyaab, Dharam Adhikhari to name a few.  Jeetendra was the hero preferred by the audience to pair with the biggest beauties ever of Indian cinema like Jayapradha and Sridevi.

Songs of Jeetendra movies played on loudspeakers during festivals:-  In an era when movie songs were played on loud spears during festivals and functions the songs of movies in which Jeetendra acted were most preferred.  Jeetendra's dancing with Sridevi and Jayaprada made songs of movies like Tohfa and Mawali very popular.  Even today the songs most viewed on sites like Youtube are that of Jeetendra's with Jayaprada and Sridevi as co stars. During the height of his popularity in the 80s Jeetendra had the most releases and it was common to see him on every wall poster.

Jeetendra was an all round actor:- If at all one actor qualifies to be called an all rounder it is Jeetendra because he was a lot flexible as an actor and gave lot of options as an actor.  When he started his career he started of as a serious actor and met with huge success.  Jeetendra was equally proficient in action roles in lead roles,  and when it came to playing where he was required to play second fiddle to heroines like Jayapradha and Rekha,  Jeetendra was exceptional.  When it came to typical family oriented stories Jeetendra was at ease forming a perfect couple with heroines like Jayapradha and Sridevi who were almost 20 years younger to him.  In fact even today it is difficult to find a better onscreen husband and wife combination than Jeetedra and Jayapradha or find a  passionate song than ones picturized on Jeetendra and Sridevi. 

Sridevi and Jayaprada were the biggest beneficiaries:-Sridevi owes her success in Bollywood to Jeetendra.  The pair delivered one of the biggest block busters of all time with Himmatwala and that hit paved Sridevis entry to Bollywood.  The pair never looked back delivering one hit after another.  Infact Sridevi never enjoyed the same type of successes later in her career when she stopped pairing with Jeetendra.  The same was the case with Jayaprada.  The trio gave some unforgettable hits like Tohfa as Jeetendra was completely at ease playing the hubby to Jayapradha while in a passionate relationship with Sridevi in a love triangle.  A love triangle involving the threesome of Jeetendra, Jayapradaha and Sridevi was the best formula to ensure that the film goes on to become a block buster hit.

South Indian beauties preferred to act with Jeetendra:- A discussion on films is incomplete without a mention of heroines from the South.  The most beautiful heroines come from the South and these South Indian beauties always preferred to be paired with Jeetendra.  The most gorgeous heroine of all time  Jayaprada acted in 27 movies with Jeetendra and the beautiful Sridevi was not far behind with 17.   Rekha acted in as many as 24 films with Jeetendra.  In fact almost all the popular heroines from the South like Hema Malini, Bhanupriya, Radha and Radhika just to name a few acted with Jeetendra.  Vijayashanthi was one of the rare heroines who did not co star with Jeetendra.  The reason was that Vijayashanthi dominated Telugu movies to such an extent that she did not have time to act in Hindi Movies and that is the reason why she hardly ever acted in Hindi movies.

Jeetendra will forever be remembered as one of the all time greats of Bollywood and the greatest ever romantic hero.

Sometimes I think what is difference between Abhishek and Amitabh Bachhan. What are the limitation of Abhishek Bachhan that he is not able to become as Amitabh bachhan. My conclusion of difference are as follows.

1. Abhiskek and Amitabh height is different.

2. Abhishek do not smile more like Amitabh Bachhan.

3. Abhishek is not aggressive like Amitabh.

4. Abhishek is not able to speak dialog like Amitji.

5. Abhishek is not touching experience as Amitji.

6. Abhishek did not get difficult life experience like Amitji.

7. Abhishek copy something from Amitji but Amitji act always on his own acting.

8. Abhishek dance is not like Amitji.

9. Abhishek act well in politician types films and Amitji act well in all type of films.

10. Abhishek is not 100 % preapare as hero but in Amitji's blood is for acting only.

so these are difference but there are some similarity in both of them

similarities

Abhishek and Amitji both wife's are actress.

Both love to each other.

Both love to act.

Both want to make more money.

so that's similarity ..

STAN HELSING (2009) hollywood

Comedy / Horror


I Don't Know Why The Film Makers Wasting Money For This Kinda Movie
Even "Superhero Movie" Is Far Better Than This ...
Story Is About 2 Couples Who Are Headed To A Halloween Party
Main Characters And Villains Are Not Up2tha Mark
Don't Waste Yours Precious Time With This
Only Worth Is You'll Get Couple Of Little Smiles

SPOILER!

Stan Helsing Is An Video Store Keeper.One Day He Headed To A Halloween Party With His 3 Other Friends.On The Way They Get Chased By Some Hollywood Monsters.

Bandslam (2009) Hollywood

Drama / Musical / Romance


Awesome, Really A Meaningful Movie
Story Is About A Teenager And His Life From Loser To A Fame
Lots Of Movie Made About High School Music Bands
And This One Is Something New With Little Comedy, Romance & Emotional
Ending Is Like Almost "Spectacular" Not Exactly But Different
Musical Movie Lover May Like This Flick ...
Really Really Worth To Watch !!

SPOILER

!Will Burton Meets Two Girls Called Charlotte And Sa5m In His New School ...Will Burton & Sa5m Are Both Same CharacteredAfter Split From School Band, Charlotte Plan To Make Another Band With The Help Of Will Burton

Don Cheadle was nominated for his role in Hotel Rawanda...and what a performance by him and the whole cast, The movie was such a gr8 impact that its being called African Schindler's List, the screenplay is another thing that amazes u wen u watch this movie....i would not like to talk abt the story else viewers might lose interest....
Not to be missed....

8.5/10

Worlds Greatest Dad   (2009) Hollywood

Drama

I Am Still Confused, Is It Comedy Flick Or A Serious One
Its A Rare Drama About Father-Son Relationship ...
Robin Williams Is Great, He Seems Very Old In It But Really he Is!!
Movie Was Going Better Way But The Ending Ruined Everything
Because Of Climax I Gave 6 Stars Outa 10 ...
Don't Get Serious, Whenever You Want Laugh just Do It While Watching This
I Guess A Serious Alternative Ending Needed For This, Then It'll Be Much Better ...
Rest Of It Okay Watchable, A Normal Drama About Real Life

SPOILER!
Lance Clayton Is An High School Poetry Teacher And His Novels Was Rejected.
His Son, Kyle Is An Loneliest Teenager Addicted To Porn Things,
And Kyle's Journal Makes His Father Proud In His School

AVATAR (2009) Hollywood

I Feel I Came From Another World, Its A Visual Treat
A Colorful Movie, Kinda Blue, It Was Different Experience To Me
Its A Beautiful Imagination From Director's View About Creatures From Another World
Its A Combination Of Live And Computer Animation(3D) ....
And Also A Mixture Of Many Hollywood Movies Including The hype surrounding the movie is growing day by day....the cinemas played to packed houses this weekend...the movie is truly a visual treat for all ages....the smallest of the small details hv been worked on meticulously....hats off to James Camaroon for even being able to fathom the ideology to make a movie like this....the grandeur and the hype carries the film and thr in lies the prob (at least for me) the story was sucha a cliche', infact the story is such that it can be easily used in a bollywood masala movie....Dont get me wrong guys, but for me the story comes first and then all the other mumbo jumbos.....

"Planet Of The Apes" "Matrix" "Star Troopers" etc etc ..Excellent...Brilliant Movie.....i still cant believe that it was an animation film.....it was a visual treat....great movie.....i loved it....for the first time , i hated my city....it didnt hav a multiplex atleast.....i wish i could watch it in 3D.....but my bad , i cant....anyhow , i m going to watch this movie again today itself , night show......it was a must watch.....the best animation film i saw...Not A Complete Adventurous, Little Dramatic Type
It Took 10 Years To Make This Movie Really Unbelievable!
A Must Watch Flick, Specially Who Loves Fantasy Genre

SPOILER!
Story Is Kinda War Between Humans And Na'vis For The land And Biological Things

RAT RACE  (2001) HOLLYWOOD





Movie Is Good But Older Version Is The Best One
Here They Used Same Plot With Different Way ...
Something Like AXN's 'Amazing Race' ...
I Can Say, This Ending Is Better Than The Original One
A Good And Nice Family Entertainment ...
Some Small Small Jokes Makes Us To Laugh A Loud

SPOILER!
An Hotel Owner In Las Vegas Oranges Traveling Race Which Includes Six Teams.
The Jackpot Is $2m Stuffed In A Locker Thousands Of Miles Away ...

Premonition  (2007) Hollywood

Drama / Mystery / Thriller

Its Tough To Understand It By Everyone ...
First 30 Minutes, Even I Confused About Option A? Or B?
It Has Twist In Every10 Minutes Of First 1 Hour
Actually Its An Editing Magic, Done Very Intelligently
Some May Feel Its Not Solved At The End But Its Done!
A Good Drama With Some Suspense ...
Sandra Bullock Handled Her Character Very Well

SPOILER!
Linda Is A Mother To 2 Daughters, Some Day She Receives The News That Her Husband Jim Has Died In A Car Accident.
When She Wakes Up The Next Morning, Finds Jim Is Alive And Alright, And She Thinks She Just Had A Dream.

Maleyali Jotheyali  (2009) Kannada

Comedy / Romance

Its A Triangular Romantic Comedy With Tiny Twist At The End
Everyone Saying Its A "Mungaaru Male's" Sequel !!!
But It Don't Deserve To Be Its Sequel Both Are Complete Different
As Usual Ganesh's Small Small Jokes & Location Is The Highlight ...
I Think Female Kid From This Flick Is Just To Bring Emotion At The End.
Rest Of It Her Character Is Just Time Pass ...
If You Know Language, You Can Enjoy Lot Than Who Don't Know,
This Movie Specially For Youngsters, So Its Worth To Watch ...

SPOILER!
Preetham's Father Sends Him To Sakleshpur, Where He Meets 2 Girls Named Anjali and Shweta.
He Make Friendship With Anjali & Falls In Love With Shweta.

A curious case of Benjamin button

a master piece a magnum opus what ever we could say....this film makes me a mad fan of brad pit
I've no words to describe

9.99999999999/10

Heroes seasons 1-2-3
A flawed but highly enjoyable and engaging TV series...plenty of characters and "abilities " to watch out for...but it can understood its highly if i say "inspired" by X-Men..
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Season 1 was very slow to start with..it picked up from the 7-8th episode...and carried on well..but the grand finale wasnt upto all the hype n hoopla..it was so-so...

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season 2- was short but extrmely short wd 11 episodes but very good..
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Season 3- good but highly flawed season...lot of loopholes...the season ends wd a twist..
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My fav characters include- 1)Hiro Nakamura..damn cute n funny..comic relief wd Ando..

2)Sylar-one cool son of a bi***!! great depth and some good changes in character changes..probably the best character in heroes.
3)Noah Bennet-Heart n soul of Heroes wdout having any abilities..he has got the maximum screen space im sure...
4)claire bennet-cute,hottie
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ACTORS-
1)zachary quinto-awesome! just awesome!! wat a sylar he has proved to be...he will be surely remembered for this role of his..he is the next big thing in acting!!
2J) jack Coleman-As i said as Noah Bennte he is the heart n soul of Heroes...good guy with "moraly gray"...a memorbale role...looks subtly dangerous
3)Masi Oka-terrific as hiro and future hiro!! the "Jap" way of speaking english is somethng to watch out for...when in reality he speaks perfectly good english...my fav on d show.
4)Milo Ventimiglia-Great performance...plenty of emotional ups n down in his character of peter petrelli...does a commendable job.
5)Adrian Pasdar- the is character just goes from good to evil to good then evil then good...
6) Sendhil Ramamurthy- As Mohinder Suresh was the bore of the century....i hated it when he ended every show with his philosophical speeches and he really looked stupid!!..the first season was almost spolit by him but thankfully his character went thru a few changes later on.
7) Ali Larter-HOT HOT HOT HOT!!! was good as jessica..evil n nasty!
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Ratings-8/10

AMERICAN HISTORY X
Brilliant, Outstanding, Excellent. One of the most hard hitting movies i hv seen in my life. Edward Norton's career best performance i think. Edward Furlong was also excellent. Overall i would recommend this movie to every hardcore movie buff........

MY RATING
10/10

The Twilight Saga : New Moon
Yesterday , i saw in MTV that the name "Toilet" would be better than "Twilight" for this movie......i wonder why , now i came to know......boring movie.....didnt like it at all.....jus two or three scenes were good....can watch it for Kristen Stewart....she was the only reason i stayed in the theatre till the movie is finished....otherwise , it was a waste of time.....better avoid it....or wait till the dvd rip is out , then download it nd watch it when u r bored....5/10

Con Air
Even though rating is low in imdb, I loved this movie very much. It was an edge of the seat Action Thriller.

An enjoyable movie. Action movie fans should watch it atleast once.

My Rating:- 9/10

V for Vandetta

another over rated movie in imdb T250

story,screenplay and elements in the movie r awesome but not up to T250 range

over all its a must watch movie

7.5/10

Well , watched Avatar yesterday and needless to say , was deeply Impressed ! The Special Effects , apart from the great storyline , were Mind-Boggling ! James Cameron is one man whom I was all praises for . After Titanic , this is his best movie !
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But this aint an AVATAR APPRECIATION THREAD ! The purpose of me creating this thread is to discuss the vast difference between the developments in Hollywood and Bollywood. There was once a time when Hollywood had movies with special effects equivalent to what we have now in Bollywood . I still remember the hype YRF had created when Roadside Romeo was ready for release . They boasted of Hollywood type animation but well , it was'nt much of a difference . Though Bollywood has advanced in many phases , this is one field they have yet to cover .
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AVATAR has an estimated budget of 300$ Million and yeah it looked the cost . Though Bollywood directors boast of high budget , still they fail to create that magic .
.Bollywood is 1007 times better than Hollywood

In Bollywood there is action, drama, emotion, romance, comedy all in one movie, In hollywood you have to see 5 movies.
Actually in the next 10 years hollywood will copy and blend itself to Bollywood style no matter techincal or budget or whatever, now Anil Ambani gives money to Stephen Speilberg to make movie so it doesnt matter.
Moreover In India the canvas is too big.On One end there is Himesh Actor/Singer/Music Director and what not , other end Om Puri/Naseruddin, Songs and Dance Hollywood actors now want to dance around trees with songs, so who is getting inspired.
Very soon you can see hoe it all chnages, Brad Pit will act in a Bhojpuri Film, Tom Cruise in a Tamil Film etc.
Sorry guys Bollywood zindabaad. Ramsay brothers turned in their grave.
RGV created 13 more thrilling horror movies with more chutiya-tomatic schemes to get audiences in.
Producers thinking of hogging their money over re-makes and sequels just with the thought of a Hollywood actor acting in it.

So when will this gap ever finish ? Have Bollywood directors yet to face such experience ?
Hollywood is definitely better than Bollywood, no doubt.
Do not stereotype Bollywood or Hollywood.
In certain aspects, Bollywood is better & in certain other aspects, Hollywood wins the race.
But if u talk about the special effects department, no offence, but Bollywood cannot reach the level of Hollywood, not in the next 10 years at least!!
But I rarely watch Hollywood films. So for me, Bollywood is good but yeah, considering we've got all the resources, I don't see why we cannot make films of Hollywood standards.

Our high budget movies are equivalent to their normal movie....

Why, there is a very simple reason, and that we are still not a developed country. We still doesnt have that kind of money and freedom.


They invest 100 million in a movie and give director complete freedom.

here even if they put 10 million they will put their leg in between. Here directors do not have that kind off freedom. Given a chance with hollywood kinda resources, i think we have better talent.

ummm.. well to be honest, the budget of a multi-starrer sci-fi action hollywood flick is 10 times higher than a normal bollywood flick.
Just like u said, bollywood directors may boast about the high budget of their movies but still they are nowhere near as compared to a normal hollywood flick. That might be one of the reasons.
Without any doubt, there's no lack of talent in India, but, difference in the budget, different in choice of audiences might be the reason why most Indian movies are restricted to the romantic/drama genre.

Walt Disney, perhaps the greatest creators of movies invested a huge deal to combine a superstar of India with something of what was his hobby in a movie binding with China.
The movie was released and flopped and people called the move/investment a Shit deal/

The superstar was Akshay Kumar after 5 consecutive hits in 2008 and the movie was Chandni Chowk to China. [I can run amock with abuses for this]

If the news you talking about gets in motion and gets stalled OR the movie gets released and flops with these 35+ year old Hollywood actors dancing around like shit on some random Bollywood song with bad ass lyrics, where will the future lie? 2012 had most earnings from India.

So an Indian Production house will see business sense in investing in Hollywood technologies, their way of making movies, get their directors, their actors, punch it with a flair of bollywood masala and I forsee not very far away Indian Mythological movies gaining cult status as Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings.

If we have the money to pour, I cant see how we cant rule it all.

The question arises, Do you really want to see Jim Carrey/Johnny Depp/Nicholas Cage/Any-Random-Hollywood-Actor dancing around the trees?

If the blend has to happen, it must happen with a sense.
Hollywood actors are best in what they do & so are Bollywood stars. Obviously, the comparison is inevitable but is this comparison justified?
Though u can compare "Pyaar Ke Side-Effects" with "My Sassy Girl"
but i cant compare PYSE with "Surrogates".
Bollywood is known around the globe for good romance/love stories.
But Hollywood has set the standards in all the genres, world-wide.
Just like the above example of CC2C or Kambakkht Ishq, Indian makers have to come out of the mind-set, & same is for the audiences here.
Even if someone tries to make a sci-fi movie in India, he/she blends love-story with that sci-fi plot & as a result, the sci-fi plot takes a backseat.

I am taking about future. Now Indian billionaries are buying parts of the world business space be it in any field.

Ok let me ask you a question you r Anil Ambani, you have a production house, you spend billions in Bollywood, but you see there are movies like 2012 earns maximum of its money from India, where will you produce next, Obviously you will buy into hollywood, and keep the profit.

And When this trend gets heavier slowly these two industries have to meet like Slumdog millionaire, Hollywood movie with Bollywood spice thrown in here and there.

You have the money, you have the audience, to buy the technology and get the get the best script writers and actors is no big deal, so max 10 years, I think the bridge will be gapped and we will be at par with the best. ummmm... plot-wise, Indian makers need to come out of the shell of love-stories.
We have experimented on all sorts of weird concepts in the Romance/love/drama genre & still we are going good. But, we need to come out of this mind-set. Why can't we have more murder mysteries or animations or fantasies or thrillers?
The European Cinema, British & French movies mainly, have been exposed to all these genres years ago. But Bollywood is still waiting for the exposure to happen.
But Bollywood has a stereotypical image world-wide. We need to come out of that image.
The day we break this image, will be the day when u'll see Hollywood stars working side-by-side with Bollywood stars in a sci-fi flick.

Will Smith on his visit to India(around the release of Hancock) said "i desperately want to star in an Indian movie but Bollywood producers cannot afford the concept that i have in my mind

Kung-Fu Panda
Po: My tinders(when his male specific organ gets hurt)

Chandni Chowk To China
Sidhu: mere akhrot(same scene. ditto)

Since then, i started hating Akshay Kumar X-(

USA is more than 10 years ahead of India in technology, so the gap will still remain unless Indian government don't force youth to leave India owing to the lack of support and corruption from their side.
According to bollywood history, what we have seen so far has been disappointing
in terms of story, technical aspect
what'll happen in future, only future can tell
but fortunately some people are trying to change the scenario
anurag kashyap, dibakar banerjee n forgive me whose name i can't remember now
at least on the concept basis
cause this is a well known fact hollywood is far ahead in the technical department
but plot wise also Indian film industry is lagging to european cinema
Most of the animation models are outsourced from India btw as India itself lacks a good production house

What Say !

will continue later