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  1. vineet said:

    Ha! The smoker:

  2. amit said:

    I respect him for doing that - it's so easy to get tempted by big bucks and try to look cool out in Hollywood. He knows he's the hottest property in bollywood, so why bother trying something else? Plus like you say - he knows that hollywood is shaking because bollywood is gonna go mainstream in the next few years!
  3. amit said:

    'tis a good point doods - it's part and parcel of the image too - can't for example see someone not smoking in a Tarantino movie! Some things are just cool left without people babbling about influences - it's an artists' license after all.
  4. doodler said:

    I dunno, I agree with the no advertising for smoking and of course there are problems with youngsters being influenced, but banning smoking on screen? I am on Khan's side for this one, the notion that film and television influences kids is an ongoing argument and once you take the view that it is an unavoidable and overriding fact, you have to start taking every 'bad' thing off the screen. And where would that leave us?!


Bollywood actor Salman Khan (in black) performs at the Rajiv Gandhi annual awards ceremony in Mumbai August 17, 2008. The awards honour people from the field of sports, education, entertainment, journalism and the industry sector. Picture taken August 17, 2008.

Bollywood actor Salman Khan performs at the Rajiv Gandhi annual awards ceremony in Mumbai August 17, 2008. The awards hono

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    • More remakes set for this year

    • Aamir, Salman and Amitabh are set to star in some of this year's most hotly anticipated films

      This is my 2nd blog about remakes, out of a total of only 3 blogs, but I assure you I'm not obsessed with this one topic!

      I found myself having to write something here though, after finding out that Aamir Khan is set to film the remake of the Telugu language movie 'Ghajini' this year. The movie itself is a remake of Christopher Nolan's modern film noir, 'Memento'.

      Aamir Khan is one of the few actors in India who takes risks with his movies, and he usually comes out with something fresh every year; it's a shame, then, to see him star in a film that's been made twice before.

      If that's not bad enough, Salman Khan's new movie 'God Tussi Great Ho' (set to release next month) is the Indian version of 'Bruce Almighty'. Khan reprises the role of Jim Carrey's "Bruce" character, while Amitabh Bachchan plays "God". Although both seem suited to these roles, the film itself seems a little cringeworthy.

      With these 2 movies being amongst the most eagerly awaited of the year (and likely to be one amongst the highest grossers of the year), it seems nothing has changed since '07. Remakes still seem to be the way to go. As of now, I resign on this topic and just hope that Indian films - whether remakes or not - continue to entertain.

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