A couple of fays ago, I saw Reservoir Dogs, just for the heck of it. I had seen Kaante the day it released , so i knew the plot. I knew that the wounded guy is the cop. But I thought, Kaante was a brilliant movie, the original will be even better.
And I was badly disappointed.
I can confidently say, that Kaante is a much better movie than Reservoir Dogs. The scene where Sanjay Dutt, all classy suit and french beard says in his own characteristic drawl to Amitabh Bacchan, " Major, tu saara din sirf bhonkega, ya kabhi katega bhi ?" had me whistling in the aisles.
When Micheal Madsen says to Harvey Keitel ," So are you gonna just bark all day, little doggie, or are you ever gonna bite ? " I just let out a sigh.
One scene from Kaante, where a hysterical Mahesh Manjrekar breaks down ( haan, hu main phattu) had more punch, more verve, more intensity than half the English original.
Why do we keep slamming our directors for lifting Hollywood scripts again and again. If there is a good story that needs to told, it should ! The rightful copyright owner should be acknowledged in the credits.
I think Koi Mil gaya, Hum tum and Baazigar were excellent remakes. But thats a sad percentage of good remakes out of the many that have been churned out so far.
I my lifetime, id like to see the following movies remade.
My wishlist, if you can call it that..
1. The Pursuit of Happyness - Shah Rukh Khan as Will Smith
2. The Departed- Saif as Di Caprio, Abhishek as Matt Damon. Amitabh Bacchan as Jack Nicholson.
3. If Only... - Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor
4. A Few Good Men : Hrithik as Tom Cruise, Amitabh Bacchan as Jack Nicholson.
5. Shah Rukh Khan as Jim Carrey in The Majestic and The Truman Show.
6. Scent of a Woman : Amitabh Bacchan as Al Pacino, Ranbir Kapoor as Chris O' Donnell
7. The entire Die Hard series with Sanjay Dutt.
This list is wide open for comments.
P.S.: Munnabhai MBBS was remade as Gangsta MD . Take a bow, Rajkumar Hirani.
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