Himesh, the 'Hair' apparent to Rishi Kapoor's throne?

Oct 20th, 2008

Biju Baby

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Satish Kaushik is a clever man.

For starters, he changed the locale from Ooty to Switzerland.

To emphasize the new edition, he added a few more zzzz to the original. (If only he realized the far-reaching implications of that singular act! If only!).

He gave 'Monty' more hair, a stubble and more attitude.

He upgraded to Sufi-Rock music ( whatever that means), as Monty's signature style.

He even gave the Villian (Gulshan Grover in the most tortured role of a lifetime) a surreality which you wont even find in the C-grade flicks of Hollywood.

And Urmila instead of Simi Garewal!

Sadly, the audience proved a bit too clever for Satish Kaushik.
Alas! Its really funny, when you think about it.

Master Showman Subash Ghai (I always crack up whenever I see that term in print, as in Show what?), borrowed The Reincarnation of Peter Proud and very diligently put in a handful of the Indian Reincarnation fundamental beliefs, blended it both together in his lab and gave us KARZ, with the lovable Rishi Kapoor as Monty.

The Movie became a generic milestone in Bollywood because he made it seem plausible and maybe, we as an audience were in awe of Mr.Ghai and his movie at the same time.
In 2007, along came Farah Khan, who along with King Khan took the movie to the cleaners and Om Shanthi Om was born.
To say it was loosely based on Karz.
Loosely based? Come on, people, we are talking Karz here.

Maybe Satish Kaushik saw the motherlode still left in the theme.
And he bounces it off with His Highness Himesh ( now with Hair), and listens to the first cut tracks of
His Compositions on that. And legend has it that Mr.Kaushik was blown away with the music.
Errr....I still have to hear another voice that seconds that.
Honest.

The review of the new Karzzz is strewn all over Cyberia. I do not intend to add to the misery.
No, not for the creators.
But for the inquisitive and ardent Constant Fan who thinks' Maybe this is a good review of the Movie!'

Your Highness, Please.
Its tough to take the place of the sheer energy, joy and the lovable joie de vivre that Rishi Kapoor somehow seem to infuse into every scene, be it the strangest, kitschiest role he did on screen.

And its much more difficult to make the same theme plausible to the current generation.

Karzzzz has turned to be the perfect antidote for chronic insomniacs. Period.

PS... So what do we call Karzzzz now? Reincarnation of Peter Proud? Reicarnation of Karz? Reincarnation of Om Shanthi Om? Or all of the above?

Hmmm, a very spiritual question indeed.

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1. ......................................................................... i have a simple theory how karzzzz is hit...

karzzzz has more than 5000 thousand shows daily..
lets , assume 400 people watched each show.....
lets, assume ticket price is only 50 rupees.......

then how much amount it generates in a week time.....

5000*400*50*7 = 70 crore........

lets assume... entertainment tax 10 crore......
lets assume... cinema halls profit is 15 crore...
lets assume... other expences< advertising etc > is 5 crore....

70c - 10c -15c- 5c = 40 crore

(we all know that film was bought by big entertainment for 30 crore......)

========remember it also............

there is larger possibility it has more than 5000 shows daily

there is larger possibility that more than 400 people watched each show...< because there is news that single screen is 100 occupied,,,,and i was reading somewhere that in multiplexes ther is 50 percent occupasy >

i am also sure that the ticket price i have taken is also less...< because we all know that how much a multiplex ticket cost......no need to tell.... >

and i have calculated only for the first week........and we all know there is second , third week also....................

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ssss on Oct 27th, 2008

2. Dear SSSS,
Though I would love to join in your unbridled optimism,(Bollywood needs a hit badly),the Constant Fans don't think so,at least at this point of time.Post one week of opening,BOXOFFICEINDIA.COM and the Multiplex Tracker of The Economic Times,have a sad story to tell,along with Numbers.And those are facts.You can check them here.

http://www.etintelligence.com/etig/researchchannels/sectors/mediaBollywoodTracker.jsp.

http://www.boxofficeindia.com/

Himesh should know what he is good at,and stick to it.That is also a fact.

http://www.etintelligence.com/etig/researchchannels/sectors/mediaBollywoodTracker.jsp.

http://www.boxofficeindia.com/

Himesh should know what he is good at,and stick to it.That is also a fact.")"> Notify AOL

biju on Oct 28th, 2008

3. Himesh is a hogwash.
Did I say something contradictory, surprising?
Now all of us know that.
BUT....(a big but)..........how the hell Satish Kaushik could make such a cheap version of a hit movie.
The new version looks nothing more than a monetarily-enhanced C-grade production.

I liked you Satish!!
I may say it may mark a huge downfall in your career.
A very short way to go ahead from here on!

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Abhinav on Dec 3rd, 2008

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