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Bodyguard Box Office – Tasteless Desis Lap Up Trash

 Bollywood, Box Office  9 Responses »
Sep 062011
 
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U.S. desis have just proved their immense love for gobbling up stinking trash.

Bollywood criminal Salman Khan’s latest crap-show Bodyguard, which released in the U.S. last Wednesday, has grossed $1.36 million from August 31-September 5.

That’s not an impressive figure compared to My Name is Khan (Shahrukh Khan) or 3 Idiots (Aamir Khan) but for a horrendous piece of garbage like Bodyguard a gross collection of $1.36 million is a sin.

Shameful Reflection

The box office collections for Bodyguard are a shameful reflection on the obscene and poor taste of Indians in the U.S.

Any other audience but Indians, viewers would have spat on the screen and stormed out of the movie hall in disgust at the trashy spectacle on the screen.

Folks, to put it mildly Bodyguard is a crude piece of shit unfit to be released on movie screens.

Of course, Bodyguard was helped by its Eid release and the fact that the movie’s hero is a Muslim. Our hypothesis is that besides Indians, the movie must have attracted hordes of Pakistanis and Bangladeshis.

As the wise souls of SearchIndia.com have often said, you can take the Indian out of India but not the India out of Indians.

Here’s how Bodyguard fared at the U.S. box office compared to some prominent Bollywood films:

Bodyguard Box Office - Unimpressive

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In a Better World – Captivating Danglish Film

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Sep 062011
 
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We wouldn’t be surprised in the least if our readers, schmucks as many of them undoubtedly are, do not recognize the movie title In a Better World.

Since improving your entertainment quotient is our self-inflicted punishment, know it now that In a Better World is a Danish-English-Swedish (or Danglish in our neologism of the day) film that won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony in February.

What You Don’t Need

In a Better World is solid testament, particularly to serious filmmakers, that to make a fine movie, you don’t need to be in Hollywood, you don’t need the prop of big stars, you don’t need the crutch of fancy gee-wiz 3D, you don’t need special computer graphics, you don’t need a super-hero going on an inter-galactic voyage and, well, you don’t need a pretty babe lifting her top to flaunt her boobs to all ye drooling noobs.

And you most definitely don’t need a gazillion dollars at your disposal.

To make a nice film, all you need is a competent, committed director like Susanne Bier who knows her movie onions and then you’re off to the Oscar races and box office nirvana.

By the way, In a Better World struck gold at the Golden Globes function too with the film bagging the Best Foreign Language Picture award.

Made on a measly budget of just $5.5 million, far less than what an average Bollywood film costs these days, In a Better World has acquitted itself creditably at the box office having grossed over $10 million so far. Since the DVD released just six days back in the U.S., you may expect the movie’s earnings to jump quite a bit in the coming months.

Baser or Better Instincts

In a Better World showcases both the far too common baser instincts of Man (brutal violence, bullying, revenge, racism and betrayal) and, the far less common, better, softer side of man (love, compassion, non-violence, grief) with equal panache. Continue reading »

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