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KANK...my first ever bollywood film in India...

where i actually understood about 80% of the dialogue! so i watched this film with my family - we made a road trip to Indore, where the closest movie theater is - this drive was about 75 minutes from ujjain- so not bad overall, in fact it was quite a nice drive...anyway, we went to the Mall - yes, Indore has a proper mall - not an outdoor, open air mall, but one with AC and all! inside was a nice posh theater where we sat and watched the movie...

so some thoughts about the theater - it was nice, better that i was expecting. inside they had a waiter who came around and serviced you while you watched the movie, so if you wanted popcorn, samosa, veggie burger, candy, soda, etc. anything - they would bring it for you - have you ever had assigned seats in a theater? no, not in the states, but here, you are assigned the seat in the movie theater - quite a novel concept, which has it's pluses and minuses...anyway, the seats were quite comfortable - actually really nice, the bathroom was clean - in fact, this was a very very pleasant movie experience overall.

so the downsides - there is always a downside - the people behind us had some issues with keeping still - so while we watched the movie we had the pleasant experience of feeling each and every kick and movement of the people behind us. cell phones - yes...the cell phone, they are not blocked not do people turn them off, so during the movie people's phone's were ringing and people were holding conversation's right there during the middle of the movie! they would even tell the people they were talking to that they were watching a movie, yet these people still didn't seem to mind and continued a full length conversation...so yes, this happened not once, not twice, but multiple times. so this was annoying...then the talking, the deep murmur of voices that arise when things occur, and then that one kid who feels that he needs to be heard by all...but then again, i must say, if these were my only complaints overall, then i am becoming nit picky...

the theater was as good or if not better than most american theaters - the sounds quality was awesome - the only other complaint about that was that they kept the volume at FULL VOLUME - so literally everything was twice as loud as it normally is...but oh well - i am not deaf from sitting in the movie...

now about the movie - to tell you the truth i am no siskel and ebert of indian movies - i don't know what is good or not - so i polled my family and here were the responses:

Jhini - "The movie was okay, i didn't really enjoy it. The movie before the intermission (yes they have an intermission in indian movies) was good, but afterwards it was boring."

Sujata Bhabiji -

Sharadbhaisab - "It was too long"

So there you have it...overall we all would give KANK a B - you can wait for the video...but the CD is a must buy! haha!

Yes...i did forget to mention the intermission - for those of you who don't know, Indian movies tend to last a good 4 hours - within the four hours is hours and hours of earth shattering dialogue and then songs and dance - lots of songs and dance - so interspersed between the earth shattering dialogue, there are dance scenes so you don't fall asleep...the music keeps you awake...and to be quite honest there are two main reasons people go to see indian movies 1) music and the dance scenes and 2) clothing- here they understand the latest fashion in indian wear...so there you have it - intermission half way through - so you can stretch, go to the bathroom (holding 32 OZ of soda for 4 hrs is quite tough and a challenge on the bladder!), order more food and just talk to people about what you think so far...and then lots of dance scenes to keep you awake so you don't fall asleep during the dialogue...

but yes, i did enjoy my experience watching a bollywood film in india - as of today, i have accomplished all my outstanding (non-work) goals that i wanted to do...and i feel complete...

now i am going to fall asleep listening to the soundtrack of KANK...

till later...

posted by ravi @ 10:05 AM