Sorry, no offense to anyone

Just yesterday I was reading Manoj’s Blog on Chetan Bhagat and he seemed too ecstatic about him and I suppose have high hopes from him. Well, I’m not questioning his (Chetan’s) caliber, but for me Manoj seemed to go a bit overboard about him. (Sorry, no offense Manoj, this is just my views). Manoj said in his blog that “he is the future”. Really, I mean, he is a good writer and maybe even an orator (I haven’t heard his speeches though) but when it comes to movie it’s a different ballgame my friend.

If somebody is a good writer doesn’t mean that he will be a good filmmaker, does it? And I think vice-versa is true too. For me, Mani Sir is the best of the lot in filmmakers. He has a passion for movies and if you are a regular follower of his movies you might have noticed that he always shoots his movies in India. Instead of venturing to foreign locations for shooting, the talented filmmaker tries to find locations in India, where the stories are normally set. Now, I don’t think that Mani Sir, even though is a good filmmaker, will make an  excellent writer. He might have to take help of a ghost writer I suppose.

Anyhow, back to Bhagat, well, I read only two of his books, Five Points and ON@CC and I felt Five Points surely takes the point. I too am dying to see it be made in a movie. Only I suppose this time he chooses a better director for the movie.

On the book ON@CC. When I started reading it, it kind of went well but then in the midst of it I felt that the story was losing direction. Having read Five Points, I had hoped something better, unfortunately, this book didn’t live up to its expectations. But it did prove a point though that people are not what they seem to be and most people show their strengths and weaknesses when there is a crisis.

As for the Movie Hello! I suppose, maybe it was more to do with the director than Chetan Bhagat I suppose. Atul Agnihotri wasn’t able to put forth the story in the way it was said in the book. Also, if you ask my opinion, every actor in the movie sucked real bad except for Sharman Joshi and Gul Panag. Suresh Menon was intolerable. However, I really used to dig and still do his antics in “Indian Laughter Challenge”. Does anybody remember “Ratan Reimburse”. The character was too good. Suresh Menon is a great actor but he (or rather the character) annoyed me.

Anyhow, Manoj, still, saying it again friend, no offense. Just my views.