Main Hoon Na - English subtitles
habshi
than 2% of the pop in both countries is Indian and few theaters show Bollywood movies, this is a
most commendable achievement.
I was annoyed at the first half , too much western and girls wearing jeans . looking as sexy
as a beardo Mullah , but with the superb qawwalli song and dance at the beginning of the second and
the women now attired in Indian clothes it never looks back . Even the men's clothes designed by
Karan Johar are eye catching .
The story is about an army Major whose father left his family rather than abandon his
bastard child , going back to reconcile with that family. Good emotional stuff at times . Great
choreographgy and fight sequences . Of course Bollywood is not brave enough to show Islamic
terrorists as the director and actors would be killed by the Jihadis , so they have a Hindu
terrorist with some Muslim followers !!
Although there is a lot of Muslim input into this movie - Farah, Javed , SRK , Zayed and
others , at its heart its really a Hindu Ramayan type moral story - family bonds breaking and
reforming, self sacrifice for siblings and society , female bare mid riff erotic dancing , and its
time Muslims acknowledged their Hindu ancestors and the great liberating culture they have bestowed
us.
'Main Hoon Na' Is Number Two On 'US TOP 100' Charts!
MADHUREETA MUKHERJEE
INDIATIMES MOVIES
It’s official. The Cultural conquest of the west has begun. And Shah Rukh Khan is the
commander-in-chief. With Farah Khan as Captain courageous.
After years of playing second fiddle to the west in terms of box office and star charisma, it’s now
time for the Indian cultural army to storm Hollywood bastions. And with SRK’s latest salvo, ‘Main
Hoon Na’, the west is almost won.
Believe it or not, but probably for the first time in movie history that a Hindi film is Number Two
(!) on the US charts. And this is due to the sheer numbers who are going to see ‘Main Hoon Na’ all
across the USA , with Asians and people of Indian origin thronging the theatres in a crazy rush to
catch the madcap caper.
Apparently, Farah’s tribute to the Manmohan Desai and Nasir Hussain genre of filmmaking has captured
the fancy of all those who believe ‘ phir bhi di hai Hindustani’ .
According to well-known Trade expert, Taran Adarsh, “The film is creating a hysteria in the US
markets unlike what has been seen before by an Indian film. Going by the average collections per
number of prints, ‘Main Hoon Na’ has grossed US$ 570,000 in just three days of release (and this is
even before the Sunday evening collections were accounted for); with an average per print working
out to be US$ 6920.This places it second to ‘Mean Girl’ which also had a wide release and had an
average of US$ 8670. And number three is the Denzel Washington film ‘Man On Fire’ which is averaging
US$ 5020 per print. This makes ‘MHN’ a superhit by any standards. And considering it was released
with 82 prints in North America , it’s making Hollywood eyebrows go up. Of course, we don’t release
as many prints as a big Hollywood blockbuster, but still, on average we’re rocking the system. Also,
inspite of ‘MHN’ figuring prominently on the charts.
To explain further, every week, the US guys have a top 100 chart based on average per print per
theater. And on that basis, ‘MHN’ is no.2 on the top 100. And this is just US. Wait till the UK
figures come in next week.” A stunned Taran informed.
Farah Khan was as stunned, “I almost fell off my chair on hearing this. It’s rare that our Hindi
films make such a discernible dent in phoren charts. Everyday I’m getting news of ‘MHN’ breaking
some record or the other. It’s proof of the King Khan’s wide ‘conquering area’. As for me, I’m
thrilled that my first film is so magical. It’s all that I always imagined movies to be.”
And while the west is being won by the Bollywood brigade, we can only sit back and smirk and say,
‘we did warn you, now didn’t we?’
habshi
Unabashed entertainment, 1970s style
Sukanya Verma
army, politics, india, pakistan, assassination, saviour, extramarital affair, good father, bad
father, paratha-feeding mother, ideal son, stepson, distant daughter, tomboy, funny friends, oddball
teachers, sexy teachers, countless clichés, makeovers, love, couples, school, college, superman,
classrooms, romance, colours, prom nights, violins, saxophones, dream songs, midriffs, cleavage,
dream girls, deewar, sholay, mard, gabbar, rickshaws named dhanno, r d burman, grease, kuch kuch
hota hai, action, jerry bruckheimer, matrix, mission, impossible, electric guitar, blue-eyed
villain, terrorist, bullets, guns, bombs, helicopter, ram, laxman, ramayan, rona dhona, hasna
khelna, grease, happy ending, main, hoon, na
Hmm, that's about it, I think — keywords to three hours of non-stop entertainment.
Spell the three magic words — Main Hoon Na — and brace yourself for unlimited
Blue2000
The 'action' sequences are so fake and amateurish.
Farah Khan should stick to what she knows best.
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