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The Lord of The Rings is a Bollywood Movie
December 04, 2008
Fleiger
Fleiger
Just a few days back, I was talking to a friend who was ranting about the hindi movies, and the completely over the top masala ingredients added in them to spice them up. After defending the Bollywood for a long time (hey, we Indians may make fun of those movies but we stand together when some outsider does it), I went back to my most recent re-reading of Lord of The Rings.
And I got an epiphany. Here are:
10 Reasons why LoTR is just another Bollywood Masala film:
10. If you are a good guy and a father, you get to die at the hands of The Villain or his Henchmen. Which of course will inspire your kid(s) and others to vanquish the villain for revenge.Anybody got any idea which characters I am talking about here?
9. Things are going very badly for the good guys, when BAM! Help arrives in the form of the Hero.
8. The hero has a bumbling but faithful sidekick (or a group of them), who provides the comic sidetrack, but will lay down his life for the hero.
7. There's a costumed villain, sitting in his snazzy layer, surrounded by costumed henchmen and weird looking followers.
6. The "supporting actress" loves the hero, who cannot return her affections because he is in love with the heroine. But don't worry, she will find her life partner in the "supporting actor" before the climax.
5. The hero and heroine belong to different social groups, and hence her father is not exactly happy about their union, but there is a loving aunt who will help the lovers.
4. The heroine, the one belonging to higher social group in this case, will "sacrifice" her advantages in order to marry the hero.
3. The hero has greedy, conniving, thieving relatives who have their eye on his estate.
2. You can stab him, fire arrows at him, slash at him with swords, poison him. The Hero just goes on and on and on...
1. At moment's notice, there's at least one person who has got to sing up. Sometimes that quickly grows into a group song.
P.S. The comparison is based solely on the basis of the books, and those who know LoTR as only the movie trilogy may be a bit confused.
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Fleiger is a book-lover by hobby. Favorite genre include fantasy, science fiction, thrillers, mystery, and almost everything you can read.
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curdriceaurora
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December 4, 2008
01:35 PM
do you mean to say that all female leads are just hallucinations after consuming the heroin
smallsquirrel
December 4, 2008
05:23 PM
"The "supporting actress" loves the hero, who cannot return her affections because he is in love with the heroin."
yes, they often say that when you are trying to kick a serious drug habit that you should refrain from starting any romantic relationships.
(oh, and I think in #7 you meant lair, not layer)
hello? editor/editrix?
Jawahara
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December 5, 2008
05:32 AM
I was looking forward to the potent "heroin" going to the villain's "layer." Mmmmm....are we talking chocolate layer cake here? Yummy. Really, where are the editors?
Fleiger, this was an interesting take on LOTR despite the typos. Make me a chuckle.
Fleiger
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December 5, 2008
10:45 AM
@SS & Jawahara: Interestingly, I caught that and changed before putting it on on my blog, but missed changing it here. Chocolate layer cake? Did you really have to remind me of that when I am in office?
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@All: "Heroin" is a popular term used in most parts of Maharashtra to denote the female lead. And personally, I don't think there is a better term than this (derived from "hero") to use in masala films. "Female lead" doesn't really cut it.
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@Curdrice: Where do you think the Aragorn-Arwen scenes in the movies come from?
smallsquirrel
December 5, 2008
12:07 PM
erm, Fleiger.... yes, HEROINE is the proper term used just about everywhere for a female lead. HEROIN is the term used for a street drug, thus my comment. :)
Fleiger
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December 6, 2008
12:07 PM
@Smallsquirrel: Now THAT is a big one, didn't catch that at all. I solemnly swear I was under the influence of no artificial stimulants except coffee and sugar when I wrote this.
Can I start my political career by blaming the editors for letting this big typo slip through? ;)
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@Jawahara: What started all this was I somehow noticed (after all these readings) that there are songs on almost every other page (if not every page). After that, this was not a big jump to make.
Fleiger
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December 6, 2008
12:07 PM
@Smallsquirrel: Now THAT is a big one, didn't catch that at all. I solemnly swear I was under the influence of no artificial stimulants except coffee and sugar when I wrote this.
Can I start my political career by blaming the editors for letting this big typo slip through? ;)
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@Jawahara: What started all this was I somehow noticed (after all these readings) that there are songs on almost every other page (if not every page). After that, this was not a big jump to make.
temporal
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December 6, 2008
01:41 PM
Can I start my political career by blaming the editors for letting this big typo slip through? ;)
absolutely not
(am speaking on behalf of all the editors who aren't under any influence)
Jawahara
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December 8, 2008
03:20 PM
Well, all this talk about typos make me 'fess up to own. What the heck is "make me a chuckle?" *cringes*
Yes, Fleiger, you made me chuckle. There was no "a" about it ;-)
commonsense
December 8, 2008
03:26 PM
due to the spelling, the "e" at the end of "heroine", a lot of folks in my neck of the north indian woods pronounce it as "heroineee"
Fleiger
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December 8, 2008
04:42 PM
@Temporal: Usually, the blamee is not consulted by the blemors.
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@Jawahara: Uh, with all these typos, I thought you couldn't go beyond one chuckle ;) Hence that "a".
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@commonsense: You didn't have to place so much emphasis on that "e". ;)
Aaman
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December 8, 2008
09:15 PM
All those 'blemors' are giving me the tremors.
Seriously, Fleiger, your analysis is more appropriate to the movies than to the LOTR book trilogy.
Fleiger
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December 11, 2008
01:48 PM
@Aaman: I too thought at first that I was influenced by the movies. But then, nobody bursts into song a minute in the movies, do they?
IdeaSmith
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December 29, 2008
08:37 AM
LOL!!! I can't believe I missed reading this post. From its title itself, I knew I was going to lurrrve it! Brilliant, funny, whacky and refreshingly different! Okay, I'll stop with the exclamation points now. Time to come up with another brilliantly witty post. :-)
Fleiger
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December 29, 2008
11:44 AM
@IdeaSmith: Thenku thenku. Very kind, you are... So you agree with me on this? Any points I missed?
A few more exclamations would inspire me for my next post ;)
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