What great movie is ruined by a horrible ending?

 Won't call it a great film but there was one film which was hyped on a great villain, great visuals and path breaking graphics for Indian cinema but the climax was so lame that I was thinking “so much buildup for this?”

The film I am talking about is Ra.One (2011). The basic premise of the film was a super villain who comes out of a game and creates havoc and now the superhero who is considerably weaker than the villain needs to step up. To be honest the premise was intriguing but the screenplay was messy and meandeting. The film picks up in the second half and we have some of the best CGI of indian cinema at that time that are immensely watchable even today. I loved the tank sequence and when Ra.One breaks into piecesand then reassemble. Also the Ra.One train sequence was better than the train sequence in Robot.

The first two stages of the game were very nicely executed and we see some good visuals and action. But the climax is so lame with the two people using a gun to aim at each other. It was so low on energy and it ended so early that you don't feel anything. The climax had the power to elevate the whole film but it lacked the punch and the film ended up a bit unconvincing in the end. The film could have been a trendsetter in Indian cinema with better screenplay and a better climax.

How did The Burning Train manage to create such memorable scenes with the limited technology available in the 1980s?

 The Burning Train (inspired from The Towering Inferno & The Bullet Train) turned out to be a disaster. Still the film is genuinely watchable as it blends high-stake action & melodrama with an impressive star-studded cast into an unforgettable ride.

Director Ravi Chopra managed to create its iconic and memorable visual effects long before the era of Modern computer generated imagery (CGI).

The output was received by some practical effects, Hollywood technical collaborations and scale models.

To deliver believable fire and action sequences Chopra collaborated with Hollywood experts who introduced some new standards regarding safety and control pyrotechnics to Indian cinema.

A significant portion of the exterior shots featuring the moving, burning train and its ultimate crash were executed using detailed scaled miniatures. The production built an extensive custom track layout at Film City in Mumbai.

Also, they used meticulously scaled model trains that were rigged with miniature pyrotechnics to stimulate fire and smoke while keeping the motion physically realistic on camera.

Actual train and assets were hired from Indian Railways to film real long shots, track switches and station departures. For the sequences inside and over the top of the burning coaches, actors wore specially imported fireproof suits lined with silver foil.

For most of the difficult action scenes the crew utilised five cameras simultaneously to capture multi-angle action.

All this took a lot of effort. In the era where films were wrapped up in 70-80 days, the production took an extensive 130 days to shoot this run-for-your-life film.

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Have you ever watched a film where the big twist felt like it came from a completely different movie? What was it, and why did it ruin the experience?

 I always felt this while watching a David Dhawan movie that you are watching two different films (for the simple reason that he used to copy two films one in the first half and another in the second half) so you will feel that the whole story has been turned upside down without any proper explanation.

So we have Hero no 1 (1997) which was DDLJ in the first half and Bawarchi in the second half. The reason I found the twist unconvincing when the boy turns up at the house of the girl to win them over by acting like bawarchi or cook is because of two reasons- firstly, in the beginning the hero is shown as a lazy man with hardly any significant talent. And I understand people learn a lot of things out of love but when and how he learnt cooking, singing, dancing and all the other skills is never informed to us. secondly, what was his exact strategy- was he going to win over the family as a cook and then expected them to get their daughter married to a cook!! The film anyways doesn't make any sense (the girl goes to Europe for study trip, I wish to know which college sponsor such lavish trip to Switzerland and how come she did nothing academic in the whole trip? )

Similarly, David Dhawan copied the first half of Bade Miyan Chote Miyan from Hollywood film Bad Boys and when they run out of story they causally introduced a twin pair of both the heroes and turned it towards Angoor. Again there was no rationale how come the same set of twins exist at two different places at the same time, we just assume they are doppelgangers. The problem with this genre shifting is that they never care to mould the characters. When the second set of characters most of the characters from the first half are forgotten. So the Ramya Krishnan subplot which was the basis of the first half doesn't come again till the climax.

Thirdly, David Dhawan copied the two biggest hits of 1990 - Dil and Ghayal to make Shola aur Shabnam. The first half of the film is taken from Dil with college romance and light moments. But by the second half the film turns to action mode making a sudden shift in its genre.

This genre shifting i felt unconvincing in another 90s film- Ishq made by Indra Kumar. The entre first half is fun, humour and comedy. But the film shirts its genre completely in the second half that if one matches only the first half and one who matches only the second half may perhaps be watching two different films with same star cast.

Which is the debut project of Meenakshi Sheshadri in Bollywood Hindi Film industry and what is the movie about?

 Meenakshi Sheshadri (real name Shashikala) made her debut with the film, Painter Babu which was produced and directed by Manoj Kumar.

The film is about a young artist Sham who is disowned by his family after refusing an arranged marriage leading him through a spiral of false killing charge and heartbreak.

It was the debut film of Meenakshi who had won the Eve’s Weekly Miss India contest in 1981 at the age of 17. Manoj Kumar gave her the screenname “Meenakshi” which was also the character name of Hema Malini in his film Kranti.

Manoj Kumar produced this film primarily to launch his brother Rajiv Goswami. Rajiv was so nervous about the reception and low audience expectation that he asked Manoj Kumar not to hold a formal premiere of the film.

Manoj Kumar had the script idea from 20 years. He wanted to act in it and direct it in the early 70s. He decided to put the script aside and worked on Roti Kapda Aur Makaan instead.

Also, cameraman Munir Khan was very much frustrated during the production due to heavy interference of Manoj Kumar who kept demanding extra shooting dates from the technical crew.

The film flopped badly and the major break through in Meenakshi career came in the same year with Subhash Ghai’s “Hero”.

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What's a sequel so bad that you pretend it doesn't exist because it ruins everything about the original?

Sadak 2 : It is a sequel to Sadak (1991) , a super hit movie known for good story , acting and music.

Film maker Mahesh Bhatt earned many admirers with Sadak starring Sanjay Dutt and Pooja Bhatt.

Sadak has good character actors like Deepak Tijoriwala ,Neelima Azeem, Avtar Gill , Pankaj Dheer.

Sadak is also known for superb acting by Sadashiv Amrapurkar , a transgender antagonist.

Sadak 2 is directed by Mahesh Bhatt and produced by Pooja Bhatt.

Sadak 2 has Sanjay Dutt, Aalia Bhatt , Aditya Roy Kapoor and Jissu Sengupta and Gulshan Grover.

Interestingly, veteran actor Makrand Deshpande plays the antagonist in Sadak 2.

But, this movie was panned by audience and media alike.

Well, they attribute poor script, dismal acting and direction for its super flop status.

Facts: Nevertheless, many point out that Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag is equally bad.

Others claim that Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 is equally pathetic.

But : To each his / her own !

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What are some stupid clichés in movies that wouldn't happen in real life?

 Okay, I am writing this answer after killing the SRKian inside me (but until this answer ends.) :D

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In the beginning of Rab ne bana di jodi, Shah Rukh Khan looked liked this:

Surinder falls in love with Taani, who was very beautiful but he thought that he was out of her league. Taani on the other hand was still in trauma of her father’s death and her sudden wedding.

So, our sweet and innocent Suri went to his friend to seek for an advice. His friend asked him to become “Macho”. He shaved his mustache and voillaa, this happened!

And all of a sudden, plot changes completely. After so many efforts from Raj’s (Suri’s) side, Taani finally falls in love with him, they even plan to elope.

But throughout the movie she failed to recognize that actually Raj is Suri ,and Suri is Raj. The only difference was of a mustache and hairstyle.

• Was she blind? No.
• Was the audience blind? Yes.
• Does this sort of thing happens in real life? You decide.

Transformation happens in real life too, but the person is recognizable. But in Bollywood movies, when a person gets transformed, they become some new person.

Also, she was cheating on Suri while making eloping plans with Raj, however they were the same person, but agrrhh! this is so messed up.

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This one too, :D

Okay, in Bollywood movies, when an old mother says “Mere Karan Arjun Aaengey” (My Karan Arjun will come), even after their death, the Karan Arjun takes birth again and comes back to their mother to complete the pending revenge of previous birth.

But in reality when an old mother says “Mere Karan Arjun Aaengey” (my Karan Arjun will come) even after their death, sabko pata hai ghanta aaengey (everyone knows they will never come back).

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I don’t think that I need to write any explanation about this. Who writes such letters to an eight-year-old girl? Bollywood mothers. No this doesn’t happen in real life, Sorry.

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Our Bollywood heroes are the strongest, the bravest, the macho-est.
They fight while dancing (Pandey-ji)
They fight even when they are shot like this (above picture)
They fight with 50 well-built-muscular men, ALONE.

….and still wins.

Dafuq kill me :D No, This doesn’t happen in real life too.

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There are “n” number of cliches in every movie that will never take place in reality. But they are stories, WORK OF FICTION, and anything can happen there. WATCH. ENJOY. FORGET.

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I LOVE SHAH RUKH KHAN :D

Sorry, the SRKian inside me has wake up again.The way it happens in movies. :D

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What are the worst movie title changes in history?

 Imtiaz Ali wanted to make a film about a man who is on the verge of commiting su*c*de. The superstar rejected a depressing script and asked for a happy one. Imtiaz obliged. The superstar produced it. The film was tentatively titled The Ring.

Then they got a beautiful name- Rehnuma. Could have been a beautiful title. But the makers wanted a light hearted title and then they they came up with the worst ever title possible.

Jab Harry Met Sejal

Not only was the title cheesy, it reminded people of When Harry Met Sally. People bashed the makers for their lack of creativity and the curiousity for the film went downhill. It didn’t help that the film was bad and it crashed at the box office. The film wouldn’t have become a hit even with the original title but with Rehnuma atleast people would have come excepting something poetic. With Harry Met Sejal the film was dead on arrival

Why did the two other agents run away after Neo "destroyed" Agent Smith in the first Matrix movie?

Contrary to popular belief, neither Agent Brown nor Agent Jones fled from fear.

Machines do not feel fear like men do.

Machines have maths. Know how to survive.

Neo fought Smith and broke his body. But was more than that.

The world had rules, he broke them and made an internal change in Smith. Code rewrote from inside out.

A loss of host body.

This is an unimportant thing for the Agent.

The Agents just transfer to another man on the street.

This is what Neo has done to him – he deleted the Agent.

True deletion.

Matrix is a dark business. A corrupt program has two ways - other than go back to the Source and be erased, it must hide.

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It was clear for Brown and Jones that Neo had the key code.

The fight was lost. If they stayed, their own code would be ruined, ended forever.

What can be said about the movie Titanic that few people know?

 The very first scene that was shot for the film is the famous scene where Leonardo DiCaprio draws Kate Winslet naked.

For this scene, Kate Winslet actually had to be naked in front of her partner, which isn't necessarily easy when the two actors don't know each other and start their collaboration.

Knowing this, and to put Leonardo DiCaprio at ease, shortly before filming this first scene, Kate Winslet stood naked in front of the young actor. She "flashed" him, as the Americans say.

DiCaprio didn't expect it at all.

"She had absolutely no modesty about it," DiCaprio says in the book James Cameron's Titanic. "She wanted to break the ice before we started filming, so she stood there naked in front of me! I wasn't at all prepared for it, so it was good for me. After that, I can say I felt pretty comfortable filming the drawing scene."

Which are the top 10 looks of Shruti Hassan in the South Indian movies?

 1. Shruti Haasan in 7aum Arivu (2011), ( Her Tamil Debut)

2. In 3 (2012)

3. Poojai (2014)

4. In Vedalam (2015)

5. In Puli (2015)

6. In Yevadu (2014)

7. Race Gurram (2014)

8. In krack (2021)

9. Salaar (2023)

10. Coolie (2025)

These are the top 10 Shruti Haasan’ s different avatar look in Tamil and Telugu Movies, South Indian

And last 2 looks

In Singam 3 (2017)

Srimanthudu (2013)