I have thoroughly enjoyed some portions of his comedy but I have also squirmed in my place for his adult humour pieces. Anyway, he has a flair for what he is doing and he is good. I recently happened to catch an interview of him in NDTV, when he was touring in India.
There is one thing that I find weird - He talks about the acting being overdone in Indian movies. I do not agree with that. Yes, it might be quite all right for Bruce Willis to use the ''f'' word every 5th minute and yes, it might be quite all right to quietly shed a tear and walk away when your best friend is blown to bits in an English movie, but you dont expect that when you watch a desi movie right ? You want to see emotions - laughter, tears, anger, romance and all expressed brightly and powerfully (not necessarily overdone like in some 4 hr desi movies).
I have......
dreamt with Kajol .....''aisa pehli baar hua hai sathrah atarah saalon mein, andekha anjaana koi aane laga kayalon mein'' (well, I have an excuse, I was 16 then :D),
laughed with Vivek.....vgp dosai sizela elai irukarcheve milda doubt anenda
cried with Anjali.....endhru anjali endhru
sang with ARR....Mustafa, mustafa, dont worry mustafa (If you are in my age group, I bet it was your farewell song too)
danced with Arjun and Manisha....uppu karuvadu, oora vechu soru, ooti vida....
acted with Thirpurasundari.....pudusa kaapi podi vangirken, kaapi potu tharattuma ?
...........and I need them, I dont want them to act like Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks....I have "peter'' movies to see all that.
I am not a fan of the soap-opera acting either (which is why I stay away from all the TV serials), but I really do not want to see desi movies sans emotions, I really don't.
The other thing I find hilarious is Russell Peters making fun of people's complexion and looks. To me its like the really bald George Costanza telling Seinfeld with conviction that thick lustrous hair is really important for him w.r.t a girl he is dating ! I mean...come-on, doesn't one have to be smart in the first place to actually make fun of dumb or dumber people ?!
Verdict: Peters - stuff irukku ana peter thangala !
Haven't seen Russel Peters much.
ReplyDeleteon the desi movies.. the only problem is MASALA.. trying to satisfy all the segements in 2.5hrs. so we have to end up seeing miyav miyav punakutty song with our kids in theatre!!! even in hollywood there is over the top acting(Brilliant Jim Carey) but only those ppl who like it watches them.. here u cannot be that choosey..
Hi
ReplyDeleteWell as it is the exam time and I have been reading one of ur posts every time i take a break!
I havent seen any of Russell peters comedy, anyway as this post is about movies i thought i will share my opinion with you.
About this one.. Well I think we have a culture which expresses all emotions elaborately.. we have a song for every occasion like oppari,thalattu etc.. So it is reflected in our movies also.But if somebody dies in the west, there is silence, a lot of black coats and a silent mourning.. which is depicted in their movies..
There are a lot of well done movies with out any over acting in India also.
Phew! long comment!
@Ayshwarya
ReplyDeleteflattered that you use my blog as a stress buster ! I completely agree with you abt us expressing emotions elaborately....South Italians are very similar and hence are made fun of pretty often in Europe...well there should be some drama in life !