1.Michael Jackson in 'Men in Black 2' (2002)
2. John McCain in 'Parks and Recreation' (2012)
3. Joe Biden in 'Parks and Recreation'
4. The Jonas Brothers in 'Night at the Museum 2' (2009)\
5. Elon Musk in 'Iron Man 2' (2010)
6. Donald Trump in 'Home Alone 2: Lost In New York' (1992)
2. In the movie Heroine Kareena Kapoor wore 130 dresses from top global designers.
3. Aamir Khan’s Lagaan (2001) made history by reaching the final five at the Oscars. Beyond its cinematic excellence, it holds a unique industry record: the maximum number of British actors ever cast in a single Bollywood movie.
4. The 1960 epic Mughal-e-Azam was a monumental feat of filmmaking. What most people don’t know is that it was originally shot as a trilingual project. Every single scene was filmed three times: once in Hindi/Urdu, Tamil, and English.
5. Dangal
Geeta Phogat did not have an 'evil' coach; he was portrayed a bad guy just to add more drama to the movie. In an interview to Sportskeeda, the coach said he's been portrayed incorrectly in the movie.
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An Indian man named Anil,
Drives on a highway to go to a hotel called as “No smoking” in a very remote highway area.
The hotel staff would welcome him,
But warn him strictly of not smoking inside the hotel, and the board of “no smoking” seems to be everywhere even in the room.
Being stubborn as he is,
Anil proceeds to lock the room door afterwards, taking out the cigarette to have a smoke in secret,
The hotel staff senses it, gets intimidated, knocks on the door,
Takes Anil out of the room,
Takes out a gun,
And forcefully takes Anil to a basement trapped with dead bodies, telling him he’s going to have to be there for 6 months to stop smoking,
The hotel staff then t-rtures Anil for 6 months in absolute isolation, with constant brainwash.
Apparently the hotel staff is a psychopath, with a trauma of losing his father to death because his father was a chain smoker.
Fast forward 6 months later Anil is seen to be the new hotel staff, seeming to have the same body language and mannerisms of the previous psychopathic hotel staff,
Welcomes a new guy.
Anil smiles and tells him not to smoke and the guy is stubborn again, takes out a cigarette and blows the cigarettes smoke on Anil’s face and laughs,
Immediately Anil shoots him, and smiles… walking towards the psychopathic hotel staff, as they sit together they’d have the same body language and smile at each other while watching Tom and Jerry cartoon on TV.
Humans are easily adaptable, easily influenced and easily brainwashed,
Once there is some sort of intelligent manipulation involved.
Even if that’s to trauma.
To call oneself “self made” is the highest form of inexperienced naivety.
Who you are as a person,
Perhaps is not really you,
But a mixture of your environment that was and is the closest to you.
Your body language,
Your nature,
The way you walk… talk… sit… stand… welcome others or even treat others,
It’s all adaptable.
Through subtle or obvious ways.
It’s interesting how after 6 months of constant torture in the hands of a psychopath, Anil became a psychopath himself.
Adapting the same body language, facial expressions and gestures of the psychopath.
Victims, after all…
In the hands of those that were supposed to protect us,
Ends up making us as an extension of themselves…
Victims, after all…
Aren’t we all? -Eric Draven
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Anil and the Hotel staff.
Such, beauty.
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90s decade has been very special for bollywood. It was the era of musical cinema. Many romantic movies were released with chartbuster music. Many young actors debuted and delivered vulnerable soft boy roles which shaped the bollywood. It is true that 90s movies had memorable music which is still very much relevant, however, many movies didn't age well in terms of plot and technicalities.
Here, I am going to list down Bollywood movies from the 90s which have aged very well:
Jo jeeta Wohi Sikandar: This movie was released in 1992. It is based on college rivalry and sports competition. Jatin Lalit has delivered chartbuster songs for the movie. Pehla Nasha due to its melodious tune and slow motion cinematography is still iconic. ‘Yaha Ke Hum Sikandar is still very much relevant and used and rememberd on multiple occasions for motivational purposes. The locations used for filming are mesmerizing and nostalgic. All the actors performed their role very well. Development of Sanjay’s character is very well portrayed. The intense rivalry and romance of college life has been shown in a very entertaining way. The message of the movie to do hard work to achieve goals rather than taking short cuts instills itself into audience’s mind. Due to all these reasons, the movie has aged very well and is still very much watchable.
Maine Pyar Kiya: This movie was released in 1989. It was the debut movie for Suraj Barjatya as a director and Salman and Bhagyashree as lead actors. Despite not having any big star, movie did exceptional business and became big part of Indian pop culture. Script was written very carefully by Barjatya. Almost all songs are filled with emotions and advance the story very well. Emotional scenes have been crafted and placed in the movie perfectly. While Some scenes in the first half seem a bit slow, overall it provides good entertainment with emotional and intense performances. Due to well-thought script and impeccable performances, this movie has aged very well.
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones: Arundhati Roy has written the screenplay and story of the movie. It is based on the life of Indian architecture students in the 1960s. Despite not being mainstream cinema with a high budget and masala elements, the movie grabs the attention of the audience through a raw and engaging portrayal of students and their academic struggles. The makers of the movie has been very successful to develop characters of several students with distinct characteristics. All of them have their own personalities and perspectives on life. The Utilization of Beatles and Rolling Stones songs in different scenes increases their impact. This is one of the gems of Indian cinema.
Hum dil de chuke Sanam: This movie was released in 1999. It stars Salman Khan, Aishwarya Rai, and Ajay Devgan in lead roles. This is the best work of Sanjay Leela Bhansali so far. The romantic chemistry between Salman and Aishwarya is great. Songs like "Aankhon ki Gustakhiya" and "Chaand Chupa" were picturized very well and show their romantic intensity effectively. Also, the emotional intensity during their detachment is captured beautifully through the song "Tadap Tadap Ke." Additionally, Ajay Devgan played the role of Vanraj impeccably. The chemistry between Ajay and Aishwarya was developed very well. Overall, all the actors played their roles naturally. The movie delivers its message, "Sacrifice is the second name of love," very powerfully.
Satya: This movie was released in 1998. It is the peak work of Ram Gopal Varma. The raw portrayal of Mumbai’s underworld is incomparable. The roles played by all the actors seem realistic and convincing. The role of Bhiku Mhatre was played wonderfully by Manoj Bajpayee. J.D. Chakravarthy and Urmila also played their roles of Satya and Vidya very well. Overall, all the scenes in the movie are really strong; however, one scene surprised me a lot. When Satya and Vidya go to a movie and police surround the theatre, it seems like there is no way for Satya to escape. However, he performs a clever move by shooting bullets to panic the audience and take advantage of the chaos to escape. Additionally, the climax scene is very emotional and heart-touching.
Sarfarosh: This movie was released in 1999. Aamir Khan plays the role of an IPS officer. The story revolves around how terrorism and naxalite activities are carried out in India and how IPS Ajay (Aamir Khan), who personally suffered from these terrorists, advances the investigation. Sarfarosh was ahead of its time. When there was a bombardment of rom-coms in Bollywood in the late 90s, Aamir Khan came up with this fresh script. Additionally, the romance between Ajay and Seema (Sonali Bendre) seems very natural. Songs such as "Ek Deewane Ladke Ko" and "Jo Haal Dil Ka" are very well woven to enhance their chemistry. The song "Hoshwalon Ko Khabar Kya" by Jagjit Singh is still very much relevant.
Andaz Apna Apna: This movie was released in 1994. The basic plot revolves around the characters Amar, Prem, Raveena, and Karishma, played by Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Karishma Kapoor, and Raveena Tandon respectively. Karishma is the daughter of a rich businessman, Ram Gopal Bajaj, played by Paresh Rawal. She has returned to India to marry an Indian man. How Amar and Prem use different tactics to woo her is the core of the story. All the actors played their roles very well. The comedy has aged very well due to the innovative writing by Rajkumar Santoshi. The humor mostly relies on slapstick gags, wordplay, and parodies of other Bollywood movies and real-life anecdotes. The chemistry between Amar and Prem elevates the movie to another level. The dialogues are prevalent in Indian pop culture and still relevant. The movie has high rewatchable value and has aged like fine wine.
Note: Currently I have listed only movies which I have watched completely. There may be few more movies which have aged very well but not in the list.
In the 90’s there were multiple action heroes like Akshay Kumar, Suneil Shetty, Ajay Devgan who replaced the older group of action heroes (Mithun, Jackie, Anil). Sunny and Sanjay Dutt managed to maintain their stardom in 90’s and to an extent even Anil but the biggest hits of 90’s were generally family movies particularly after the monumental success of Ham Aapke hai Kaun and DDLJ. Salman Khan also did action films more than the other two Khans SRK and Aamir. SRK did a risky action scene in Koyla and Aamir did a dangerous stunt near railway track n Ghulam.
Among all of them, Akshay Kumar stood out for his great action scenes. Some of his popular action scenes included the fight with (fake) Undertaker in Khiladiyon ka Khiladi, the helicopter scene in Khiladi 420, which was really dangerous from Indian standard or in Angaarey (1998) where he jumped from 7th floor to the 4th floor of another building.
Ajay Devgan also did some great action like the bike stunt in Phool aur Kaante, or his martial arts in Jigar (which was scene by scene copied from a Hollywood film) which established him as a major action hero.
Jai Santoshi Maa has been talked about in the first line which collected 5 crores with an initial budget of 6 lakhs (later on 300 prints were added to the film starting with 15 originally. So the additional cost of printing elevated the budget to around 50 lakhs but still the profit of the film was humungous).
Ek Dooje ke Liye (1981), Pyar Jhukta Nahi (1985) and Nagina (1986) were all made on a budget of roughly 50 lakhs. Ek Dooje ke liye ended up earning 5.75 crores, Pyar Jhukta Nahi 4.5 crores and Nagina also 4.5 crores. At the same time, N.Chandra made two major hits out of low budget films. Ankush in 1986 earned 98 lakhs on a 12 lakh budget and going even further his Pratighat (1987) earned 3.50 crores on a budget of 25 lakhs.
In recent times, Kashmir Files earned 248 crores nett on a budget of only 15 crores. Similarly, Kerala Story earned 243 crores on a budget of 15 crores.
10. Notebook {Launched Mohnish Behl’s daughter, courtesy Salman Khan}
9. Hero {Launched Aditya Pancholi’s son, courtesy Salman Khan}
8. Refugee {Launched Amitabh Bachchan’s son, courtesy J. P. Dutta}
7. Love Story {Launched Rajendra Kumar’s son, courtesy Rajendra Kumar}
6. Maine Tujhko Dil Diya {Launched Salman’s brother, courtesy Sohail himself}
5. Saawariya {Launched Rishi Kapoor’s son and Anil Kapoor’s daughter, courtesy Sanjay Leela Bhansali}
4. Second Hand Husband {Launched Govinda’s daughter, courtesy Amolak Singh}
3. Kal, Aaj aur Kal {Launched Raj kapoor’s son, courtesy Raj kapoor}
2. Prem Agan {Launched Firoz Khan’s son, courtesy Firoz Khan}
AND THE WINNER IS
1995 is considered as an important year for Bollywood as this was the year when Bollywood films started flourishing in the overseas market post Hum Aapke Hain Koun.
1995 was a mix basket of films with Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge topping the list in regards to national and international commercial success.Though the question of best film is very subjective as per personal choices and preferences, following are few films which deserve a mention for various reasons.
The year's first big release was Karan Arjun which released in January. Based on the theme of incarnation people loved to see Shahrukh and Salman together and the film was a musical blockbuster.
Rangeela was liked by many due to its colourful presentation, Urmila's sensational looks, outstanding music by A. R. Rahman, brilliant choreography by Ahmed Khan and great performance by Aamir Khan.
David Dhawan's Coolie No.1 was a very entertaining movie with a plot of mistaken identity. Govinda playing a dual role sharing brilliant chemistry with Kadar Khan was a hilarious hit.
Aamir Khan's role in Akele Hum Akele Tum was quite different from the role he played in Rangeela. The film was good. Aamir Khan's and Manisha Koirala’s performances were acclaimed. Although the film was well received with critics but it failed to connect with the audience.
Other mentions would be Barsaat, Bombay, Raja, Ram Jaane and Sabse Bada Khiladi.
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