***minor spoilers***
i saw the film last night as well and i was very depressed, shocked
and angry. i do not think the film was 'designed' to 'wash away' the
harshness or the suffering of the reality in india neither it was
meant to leave the audience with a 'sense of human agony'. ending the
film with a caricature of bollywood is a way of screaming that all we
saw was 'just a movie'. explaining the protagonist's life story with
destiny ('it's written' that he would win; lakita and him were meant
to be together, his brother had to say 'god is great' - which would be
allahuakbar if it were in arabic - before he dies) is an indication of
the filmmaker's level of interest in 'human agony'. surely i see the
link between bollywood and destiny, but this is exactly the reason why
i was angry with this choice. juxtaposing this life story, which is
very striking, tragic, sad and perhaps common and real in india, with
a fairytale embellished with colour, rhythm and song just does not
work for me. this story is used only because it's great raw material,
it's great fiction that will sell (a quote from the film's
advertisements goes: 'the feel-ggod movie of the decade' and there is
absolutely nothing to feel good about in the film). all this shows an
indifference towards the fact that similar stories really exist and
this indifference is the basis of my dislike for the film.
elif
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