Rangrezz

So what is it that makes a Priyadarshan movie? Let's examine this conundrum as closely as we possible can. Firstly the movie has to be copied - sorry inspired - by a movie that has originated from the South of the Vindhyas. The other directions or geographic territories are meaningless. In this case it is a Tamil movie called Naadodigal (Nomads) or loosely translated as Rangrezz (the 2 zs don't really help).

There should be a family or group of friends whose traditions are deeply entrenched in Indian societal values or respect for elders, disdain for the system, friendship above everything else and all that jazz. In this case it is a group of friends - Rishi (Jackyy Bhagnani), Pankaj & XXX who have been friends for life and would go to great lengths for the other.

 

Then it has to be loud. By loud I mean LOUD. The volume should be so amped up that you should start wishing for a level of  volume @ -10 on a scale of 1 to 10. There should be enough instances for people to scream and shout as if the world is about to end. For e.g. A love story where the girl has to be kidnapped because the parents from political families cannot see eye to eye. The kidnapping has to be done by our heroes.

 

Of course, a bulk of the movie needs to be set in a fictional village in rural India. In this case it is one called Lalitpur. In Lalitpur there should be enough reason to have a character that has to be played by Rajpal Yadav. In this case, that character is Mansingh. And Mansingh should be saddled with all the slapstick dialogues in the world.

 

Killer dialogue - Baap Baap hota hai. Maa Maa hoti hai. Par zaroorat parne par dost Maa Baap behen bhai sab kuch ban sakta hai (A father is a father. A mother is a mother. But when in need, a friend can be a father, mother, sister, brother). If these dialogues don't kill u then the unnecessary stretched out crap will definitely get to u sooner than later. Survive all that, but u cannot survive Gangnam Style by Jackyy for sure. Check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zw4SMa_9P0

 

No emphasis is required on direction or the technical aspects of movie making. After all the country is abound with viewers who don't understand what is meant by decent cinema leave alone the finer nuances. And when the producer happens to be the hero's father then there will never be any value attached to the money anyways. So go ahead and make a piece of crap movie. What goes of my father?

 

But don't forget to add some spice that will ensure that audiences don't feel totally cheated. Put in a couple of songs that can be worth a couple of listens each. Pick a cheap heroine who has little or no impact on the movie but adds some value to a set that othewise has little or no furniture. Don't worry about box office collections after all of this. As I said earlier - what goes of my father? Only goes of hero's father. 2 on 10.

 

Watch the trailer on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEWtiid3YZ0