So, first look for Fitoor released, and Aditya Roy Kapoor looks like a prince! Which is appropriate, because it is being produced by UTV/Disney. It looks like it might be another one of the movies that Disney is a little more actively involved with (like ABCD2 and Khoobsurat), trying to put that Disney fairy tale stamp on it. Plus, of course, the head of UTV/Disney is Aditya’s big brother, so if anyone is going to be the pretty pretty Prince in this, it will be Aditya.
It is also supposed to be a remake of Great Expectations, maybe. But if it is a remake like Khoobsurat was a remake of Princess Diaries, I’m expecting more of the general feel to be the same, and less the actual plot details.
Castwise, it’s Aditya and Katrina, and Tabu playing an older woman (Miss Haverford?). Rekha was originally attached, but was replaced by Tabu. Which is a bit of an insult to Tabu, considering Rekha is 16 years older than her. And Aditya Roy Kapoor is only 14 years younger. But I guess she is settling into the older, mother-type roles now. She already played Shahid’s mother, despite being only 7 years older than him.
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I didn’t know it was a Disney production — AND that his brother is the head of Disney in India.
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Not only is his brother head of Disney India, his brother’s wife is Vidya Balan, of the super sexy dance numbers. I’m not sure if Disney knows that.
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In regard to all the remakes of Hollywood films — do Indian screenwriters and producers sit around all day and watch western movies? Or does somebody slip them the ideas? How does it work? (p.s. – how do you like my new icon!)
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Your new icon is very nice! And the remake system has changed a lot in just the past decade. From about 1950 through 1995, it was extremely difficult to import films into India. The average Indian filmgoer probably never saw a film from outside the country in his entire life. Filmmakers, however, were extremely knowledgeable. They would use trips overseas to watch every single release that they could. And they formed film societies, which were able to import foreign films for them to watch (sometimes on the grounds of the embassies of the countries from which the films came in order to be beyond the reach of Indian laws). So, pre-1995, within the film industry, it was well known and recognized when you were “inspired” by a foreign film, and scriptwriters and directors would openly talk about how they would change stories from foreign films to better match Indian sensibilities, and considered doing so part of their craft and artistry.
Now, foreign films play widely through out India, so the audience is aware when they are watching a remake. More importantly, outside studios have begun to buy into India, which makes them both more willing to sue when their rights are infringed, and more willing to sell those rights in a completely legal and above board manner. This film, for instance, and Khoobsurat before it, are actually being produced by the company that owns the rights to the original, so the issue doesn’t even arise. And I just realized, the same could be true of Star Wars! Disney owns the rights, we could actually have the Indian Star Wars we always dreamed of!
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