Perspectives and perceptions

So yesterday I went for the movie and my oh my was I surprised! :) To finally see a Hindi movie that's been directed so well, it was amazing! Ranbir Kapoor has done such a fantastic job that there are markings of Michael Corleone in his mannerisms. Similar to him, he's back from US for some time and has the innate ability and the acute mind to play the political games... The movie shocks you at times, and manages to make the entire story believable, to a point where I was praying that I never come across a cold-blooded strategist like him in my life! His expressions, his acting is so subtle and is bang on. Katrina wasn't bad herself, except her diction needs to be worked on, especially if she's going to deliver a speech! Unlike the hype, she's not the central character, rather Ranbir, Nana Patekar, Arjun Rampal and Manoj Bajpai form the main characters of the movie. Manoj Bajpai however disappointed me with his performance, I was expecting a lot from him, especially...

I may have attended not so many classes of marketing, but I understand the basics. Good advertising and marketing can only take you far, if you have a good product / service to begin with. Kites failed to understand that. The basic error that they made was, they thought the uncommon language barrier was worth the story whereas it was only the fringe benefit of the story, not the salary itself! The story revolves around the life of Jay (Hrithik Roshan), who does odd jobs to earn his living and if they're not enough, he 'marries' women who want to get a green card for money on a regular basis. His counterpart is Linda, (Barbara Mori) who's come from a poor background herself to make money for her family back home. Coincidentally, he pretends to be in love with Kangana Ranaut, who's Kabir Bedi's daughter. Kabir Bedi by the way is this huge tycoon in Las Vegas and practically controls most of the casinos and the jazz there. Obviously, Linda pretends to be in love wi...