Koi Mil Gaya -English subtitles
Habshi
portrayal of an adult with a child's mind . Songs and dances are out
of this world . Every minute is a joy.
Of course the critics will pan . Morons play it safe knowing
that nine out of ten movies flop and claim its a mixture of ET, that
movie where the aliens communicate with music tones , Fred Astaire and
a lot more but so what ? Its impossible to fill three hours with all
original , never before thought of stuff . Will go to see it again
this week .
It will be another landmark film . Introduce basketball to
India and the concept of other world people. Watch when Hrithik is
getting beaten up at the basketball court - the background music
momentarily is Indian and it will evoke sad emotions , but then they
change to western classical .
The music of the songs is a delight esp the last one where
Pretty dons the Indian costumes and the tabla is predominant , sheer
joy sitting in the hall letting the sounds waft around you .
Hrithik lost 25 pounds to play the first half as a weakling
which shows just how dedicated our Bollywood stars are , and how they
are complete entertainers , supremely fit , work hard on songs and
dances and fights .
Dont miss it .
Habshi
trillions of km between each star . If the solar system was the size
of a penny , the Milky way galaxy - our own would be the size of Asia
and then there would be a gap as far as the moon before there was
another galaxy and there are billions more . Even the solar if the sun
was the size of a beach ball , earth would a table tennis ball a mile
away ie space is just that - a lot of empty space .
Satish Kalra
"Habshi" <hab...@anony.com> wrote in message
news:3f32cbb3...@news.clara.net...
> One thing missed is a lecture on just how vast space is ,
> trillions of km between each star .
****** >If the solar system was the size of a penny ,
> the Milky way galaxy - our own would be the size of Asia ****
Huh??
....rest snipped....
Happy Listenings.
Satish Kalra
Habshi
on Harley Davidson's is great fun. Bollywood should always remain on
the cutting edge of technology and should show the Sehwag personal
transporter soon.
The basketball game is a new high in special effects . When
they show the Xrays they should identify them as CAT scans and its
good to see the areas of stroke outlined as white patches . Hopefully
they will soon show PET scans which tell us what humans are thinking
about - mostly sex of course .
Its a pity Muslim girls listening to non existent cruel Allah
have abandoned south asian dress and are wearing the god awful burqa
and hijab . So its up to Hindu and Sikh girls to carry the banner and
show the gorays the shaan of India. Whenever I tell the females in my
house or those that I employ to wear Indian and they listen to me ,
they are overwhelmed with compliments at work.
Shishir Yerramilli
Once again ,you forgot your medication.
Evelyn C. Leeper
> Wonderful entertainer . Hrithil deserves an oscar for his
> portrayal of an adult with a child's mind . Songs and dances are out
> of this world . Every minute is a joy.
> Of course the critics will pan . Morons play it safe knowing
> that nine out of ten movies flop and claim its a mixture of ET, that
> movie where the aliens communicate with music tones , Fred Astaire and
> a lot more but so what ?
The "tonal" movie is CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND. And it's Gene
Kelley (SINGIN' IN THE RAIN), not Fred Astaire. (It's also John
Travolta from SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.)
I liked it, but it *isn't* very original.
--
Evelyn C. Leeper
http://www.geocities.com/evelynleeper
There are two futures, the future of desire and the future of fate,
and man's reason has never learned to separate them. --J. D. Bernal
Habshi
and should be a must see in that format .
It starts with a dedication to Goddess Sarswati of learning
and puts everyone in a good seeing a good looking woman at the start
even if she has four arms . It also illustates what a wonderful
relationship Hindus have with their gods and goddesses . None of them
is like cruel non existent Allah who orders us to kill or fear him .
In fact H in great anger when he is made fun of by normal people
berates Krishna for making him like that . Idol worshipping at its
most useful .
The baketball commentary is also superb. The only discordant
note when people laughed was when Rekha embraces the alien.
Saw this movie twice in two days and met others who had seen twice in
one day , and of course enjoyed it even more the second time.
The other good thing is that the alien appears early on and is
seen in full sunlight and not like Hollywood movies in the last five
minutes and in the dark . They even get him into a Bollywood song and
dance , no wonder they prefer to come back to India .
KMG: Hrithik on the comeback trail
TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SATURDAY, AUGUST 09, 2003 01:59:55 PM ]
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MUMBAI: After three long years, Hrithik has struck gold. Tickets for
Koi... Mil Gaya have long been sold out for the coming week.
The brawny actor who delivered a series of duds after his debut film
and roaring hit Kaho Na... Pyaar Hai in 2002 seems to have struck
gold.
Scalpers outside Mumbai's movie houses are raking in the money after a
long while. Tickets for the first day first show of the flick
featuring Hrithik as a mentally retarded youth were being sold for a
whopping Rs 500 each on Friday.
INTERVIEWS
- 'KMG will recover cost in first week'
- I have never been so jittery: Hrithik
- This is a crucial year for me: Hrithik
- I want to change my physique: Hrithik
- I'm a happy-go-lucky chatterbox: Preity
- KMG is special: Rakesh Roshan
- I feel like a misfit : Rajesh Roshan
TALK RADIO
- Jadoo is cuter than Hrithik: Preity
- KMG is not children's film: Hrithik
- Join Hrithik Roshan Fan Club
- Join Koi Mil Gaya Club
"The audience response for the first day's shows was good and we have
a hit on our hands," says Haridasbhai, manager of a city cinema where
the movie is on.
Produced by father Rakesh Roshan with uncle Rajesh Roshan scoring the
music, Koi... Mil Gaya promises an encore from the team that launched
Kaho Na... Pyaar Hai.
Trade reports quoting the Roshans say the Rs 3,000 million movie will
recover costs from the first week's box office collections itself.
The Roshans along with YashRaj Films are distributing the movie at
important territories in the country.
The film is being released with 300 prints targeted at the domestic
markets, including 35 digital prints, and 160 prints for overseas
exhibition. More prints may be rushed in if required from the second
week.
The movie, which combines Bollywood songs and light romances with
science fiction inspired by Spielberg's ET, has Hrithik playing the
role of a youth with the mind of a 12-year old. The film has Roshan
rescuing a blue extra-terrestrial, named Jadoo, from evil scientists
and the army.
- I'm not autistic in KMG: Hrithik
- Bollywood in an alien world
- Dreams make Hrithik tick
- Worldwide release of Koi Mil Gaya on Aug 8
- Hrithik, Preity and cute aliens
- PM, Deputy PM watch Koi Mil Gaya
- Great expectations
- I have never been so jittery: Hrithik
- Hrithik dares to bend the rules
- Trial by fire for Hrithik
- Special effects: Bollywood goes hi-tech
- Indiatimes: Taking films beyond theatres
- New releases jump onto Radio Mirchi bandwagon
- Magnum opus may spark Hrithik's rebirth
- Rakesh Roshan: “Koi Mil Gaya is not a remake of ‘ET’!”
- Kya Koi Mil Gaya Naam Roshan Karega?
- Hallmark to merchandise Jadoo (ET) in Koi Mil Gaya!
- Hrithik: Working with dad is inspiring!
The Roshans have also tied up with Hallmark cards to merchandise
Jadoo, the alien created by Marc Kolbe and Craig Mumma who have been
associated with Hollywood hits like Independence Day, Godzilla and Spy
Kids. The Roshans say 20 per cent of the film's budget has been spent
on special effects.
The trade is hoping that Koi... Mil Gaya proves to be the big hit
Bollywood needs. The last quarter has seen a number of movies like
Chalte Chalte, Bhoot, Andaaz, and Qayamat, but none of them were smash
hits like Kaho Na... Pyaar Hai, Lagaan or Gadar that swung the box
office in the past years.
Habshi
Koi Mil Gaya was released yesterday on 306 prints and took a earth
shattering initial,everwhere the initial is extra ordinary from
Bhatinda to Bihar to Bombay.But again the reports are very mixed.The
film has not had the appreciation that was expected.The film does not
seem to be that big hit that the industry needed.The word in the trade
is that the film is not a long runner as the film is not as good as
the hype suggests.But the film will not flop, the initial is good
enough to make the film safe.But lets see what happens over the next
few weeks and hope for the best.We partly feel that the media have
made it hard for this film as they created expectations that were too
high.The reviews of the film are much better in the media than the
trade infact Taran Adarsh and Komal Nahta have both given the film
very average reviews compared to the press media.
Hungama will be an earner in the Mumbai circuit and suprisingly Oops
is going to earn in the Delhi/UP territory as it was sold for just 25
lakhs in Delhi/UP.Chori Chori and Teen Deewarein are both dull and
losing fares.
First Day Openings(All India Average)
Koi Mil Gaya 99-100%
monk...@nospamearthlink.net
Wow another shitty indian musical.
Habshi
Habshi
http://www.planetbollywood.com/Film/KoiMilGaya/
but read it only after watching the movie
monk...@nospamearthlink.net
>photo of the alien
>
>http://www.zulm.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?s=7262589acc8031f95648b92c9cff06cc;act=ST;f=8;t=6058
Hahaha that looks incredibly dumb.
Habshi
monk...@nospamearthlink.net
>Actually this ET was more lovable than the real ET
I've never seen anyone with a bigger ethnic inferiority complex than
yourself. If Bollywood movies were so great they'd sell themselves to
the world without studio shills.
Habshi
. Bollywood owes immense thanks to choregoraphers like Farah , Khan ,
Saroj Khan and Ganesh .
Shishir Yerramilli
It looks an infant dolphin in a bathrobe.
Habshi
Mehra adds, "I watched Friday's first show with the audience.
People were clapping and jumping off their seats. The film has touched
their hearts. The chemistry has worked very well for the Roshans."
Praising Hrithik's performance, Mehra says, "He has done what no
contemporary actor can do. I think only Sanjeev Kumar could have done
this role, if he were young and alive."
Asked whether the Roshans took a big risk in making a film with a
different subject, Nahta says, "This film is less risky because the
audience wants novelty. People want something different now. They are
not interested in routine films."
The word is out. The Indian audience loves Rakesh Roshan's Koi... Mil
Gaya. In fact, some of them loved the alien Jaadoo so much that they
wanted to meet him!
rediff.com visited Mumbai's theatres and all shows are house full. A
ticket for the stall section, which normally costs Rs 30, was being
sold by blackmarketeers for Rs 125 at the Chitra theatre in Dadar.
And, at the Cine Planet theatre in Sion, youngsters couldn't stop
yelling delightedly, "Jaadoo, Jaadoo!"
The heavy rains was no deterrent to the audiences; they were excited
about the Rs 30 crore film because of the pre-release hype and
excitement.
Text: Syed Firdaus Ashraf
Craig West
I cant believe that they missed out on a perfect merchandizing
opportunity. They could have easily made those "jadu" dolls in China
for a buck and sold them to kids in India for 500 rupees. This was a
movie targeted at kids, kids loved that alien, so make a doll for them
and sell these. Perfect merchandizing opportunity wasted.
habshi
After a long time one comes across a movie which is truly a family
film. The kids will love it cause during the entire movie Hritik is
surrounded by kids. The appeal to the kids is so strong that every kid
will want to see this film. The script by Rakesh Roshan, Honey Irani,
and Robin Bhatt is very well written and has some very funny moments,
and yes, some very emotional ones too. Hritik with his excellent
performance will silence each and every of his critic from planet
Earth to Mars and maybe beyond. He surely will lap up each and every
award this year - maybe even the National Award. Him playing the
"mental" age of an eleven year old not only requires great acting
ability but incredible guts, as had this gone wrong, he for sure would
have to settle for his next project only in Mars. His diction as an 11
year old is so consistent; his body language of a mentally challenged
child is so well acted out ...wow.
Preity Zinta looks fabulous and has added the touch of softness the
character of "Nisha" needed
http://in.movies.yahoo.com/030811/143/26t30.html
habshi
http://in.movies.yahoo.com/030809/135/26szj.html
. In the few days that Jadoo (that's the name they came up with for
the alien) spends on Earth, it manages to learn to quaff down a can of
Coke, watch TV, speak a few words in Hindi and even sing a song -
could this happen anywhere but in Bollywood?
And the songs are treat - especially Idhar Chala and It's Magic. And
Rohit's classroom sequences and the moment when the chemistry begins
to build between him and Nisha are memorable.
Don't expect too much from the movie and don't analyze it too much,
and you'll definitely enjoy it. Koi... Mil Gaya has all it takes to be
a success. If Roshan Sr. offers a senior citizens' discount on tickets
to all the 10+ year-olds, there's bound to be a windfall at the
box-office. Even if the movie doesn't work, it'd go down in history as
the world's first ever fantasy/sci-fi/romantic/musical/comedy/action
flick.
habshi
habshi
What was your first reaction to Jadoo?
“This is terrfic!” (Smiling) Yeah, those were my words. I’d sketched
out the script, my vision of Jadoo, to technicians in Australia. I’d
shuttle down every three months to keep tabs on their progress. I’d
seen the alien in bits and pieces. Then, after we started shooting in
Canada I got word that Jadoo was ready for shooting. I took a flight
down and the first thing about Jadoo that struck me were his eyes.
They were so big and beautiful...So full of emotion...I immediately
fell in love. I wanted to hug him...cuddle him...
Does he look real?
Oh, his facial expressions are very real for a robot. And he walks and
talks too. We’ve given him 2-3 words. The technicians put in a chip to
make him speak. He’s really sweet!
What’ll happen to him now?
He’s gone back to Australia. He’s the property of the studio.
You miss him?
We all do. His movements are remote controlled so there were always
four people with him on the set, coordinating everything from his gait
to his speech. It was very difficult shooting with him. His walk was
fully automated but if he had to go up to Hrithik, he wouldn’t go
straight. He’d take off in the direction he was programmed and his
course had to be altered for every shot. Even when he was walking
straight, chances were that he wouldn’t be making eye-contact with
Hrithik or his lips wouldn’t be in sync or his head movement would be
all wrong. Everything had to be coordinated, by hand. There would be
20-30 retakes whenever Jadoo was in the frame.
Sounds taxing and nerve-wracking?
It was. But acting is about action and reaction and once his actions
were in sync, Jadoo would react so well that he could bring tears to
the eyes. We slowly got used to his style of functioning even if it
was time consuming. After he was gone, it was a shock to have shots
okayed in 2-3 takes. Work progressed faster but it was lonely without
him and his team of four. Even though we all knew that he was not
real, Jadoo, in his own way, had become a friend. He left us with a
tresure trove of memories and an album of photographs
Do you believe in magic?
Of course, life itself is magic
habshi
Talking of places, you went to Vaishnodevi recently for darshan. And
within hours of your return from the shrine, a bomb exploded killing
many pilgrims. You had a narrow escape.
The blast happened nine hours from the time we were there. My first
reaction to the news was relief that I was back home safely with all
my friends. They’d wanted to stay back for a day but I had to work on
the space ship so I hurried them back.
Do you go to Vaishnodevi often?
I’ve gone to Vaishnodevi for each of my father’s films starting with
Karan Arjun.
What was it like this time?
(Smiling) This time I was leading a pack of around a 100 people. When
I was climbing up I’d look ahead and there would be no one. But
whenever I looked back, I’d see at least 60-70 people behind me. It
was kind of funny to be leading a bunch of pilgrims. I guess, when
people saw me walking up, they were inspired to follow. Even those who
were tired and ready to give up, carried on. It’s one of the perks of
being a film star.
You had a close brush with death three years ago when your father was
shot at outside his office. The bomb blast at Vaishnodevi must have
brought the reality of death even closer?
I’ve given up thinking about things that make no sense to me. I can’t
do anything about these attacks from where I am, doing what I’m doing,
so I don’t waste time trying to understand why people do what they do.
But Lakshya, Farhan Akhtar’s film that you’re shooting for now, is
about death, war and cross-border terrorism. Cut off from the rest of
the world in Ladakh, you must have had plenty of time to reflect on
such issues.
I didn’t get into an introspective mood the last time I was shooting
for Lakshya. I guess, it was because we hadn’t got down to shooting
the war sequences. We’ll start on those from the 18th of this month.
May be this time...
You’ve worked
habshi
like becoming the biggest hit of the year. Saw it third time in ten
days with nephews of mine , small kids , and they normally turn their
noses up at Bollywood - cant stand the lovey dovey romances , but they
loved KMG .
Even at the third viewing enjoyed every second of it , wishing
it didnt end so soon !
Habshi
If Hritik does not get the BEST ACTOR AWARD then I will refuse to
beleive in any FILMFARE AWARDS!!
He was the best. I have never seen anything like this from Dilip
Kumar, Amitabh, Rajesh Khanna or Shah Rukh Khan. He puts them all to
shame. He was one amazing guy and he deserves a genuine BEST ACTOR
AWARD from ALL CORNERS of the Industry.
This is the first INDIAN ALIEN MOVIE. All the children I spoke to
enjoyed it tremendously. You adults and teenagers who critisise it
have not idea of the quality of this fantastic movie.
This movie is going to bring INDIA into the 21st Century. I accept
that a lot of the effects and alien ideas and story came from a
mixture of American films, but my GOODNESS it was a joy to watch
HRITIK. The little Alien was quite cute too. Some people laughs that
the alien can speak in Hindi. Why should Aliens only speak in English?
Habshi
you get a chance to see it on the big screen . Its still playing in
the theaters . Even the PM and deputy PM so it twice !
The alien was blue because one of the Australians who made it
was a devotee of God Krishna , who Hrithik prays to in the movie , and
Krishna as we all know was blue in color .
It was also a delight to hear H speak a few words in Hindi on
Sony's 'Current Bollywood' . Its time the elite payed respect to the
language that is making them so famous .
interestingly a Hindi movie now recovers its money if it plays
to house full in less than a week , such is the increase in the number
of prints and screens . KMG is the top box office for three weeks
straight .
indiafm.com excerpt
The ministers and their families expressed a desire to watch the film
again, so Roshan Sr. flew to Delhi to organise a special screening of
the film, which was attended by L.K. Advani, Yashwant Sinha and Ravi
Shankar Prasad on Sunday, August 17 at Films Division.
"The reactions were electrifying," Roshan Sr. called this writer as
soon as he landed in Mumbai, "In all, there were around 120 people at
the screening and the reactions were to be seen to be believed."
That's not all, for even the Prime Minister and his family expressed a
desire to watch the film again and so, a screening was organised at
the P.M.'s residence on Monday, August 18
habshi
staff and children starting Sept 14
habshi
review of it soon. Its the biggest hit this year.
