In the past few days, I have been deeply disappointed by the quality of Entertainment on Indian television. I had blacklisted most channels (Kyunki... watching Star Plus was a nightmare, Zee TV always had one programme or the other with a bunch of crappy singers and Sony...well, the less said, the better). Watching too much CNBC freaked me out and I decided to take a break from the Stock Market. So, the only option I had was to watch some cartoons or the desi News channels. In absence of any genuine news stories, the news channels decided to go into "Reality TV" mode by showing the "Save Prince" drama. It was amazing to see breaking news such as "Prince ne biscuit khaaya!!" continuously for 50 hours.
I stopped watching TV after that, and shifted to movies....and based on the past experience, what better than a "critically acclaimed" Karan Johar movie. Frankly, I have loved all his previous movies (at least the first half of his movies where there is a lot of laughter and fun). Sadly, KANK didn't have that one-half that I was hoping for..it was like watching the second of of K3G twice....the movie was toooooo long. I decided to close my eyes in the second half and whenever I opened my eyes, I saw one actor or the other shedding tears full of glycerine. Although the cinematography, music, direction and acting are all fine, the basic thing lacking in the movie is the story itself. Moral of the story: Kabhi KANK Naa DekhnaNow, I have decided to take a break from Bollywood movies as well and am happily spending time playing the wonderful FIFA 2005 game on my laptop.
Cheers!!
