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By Joginder Tuteja ©2005 Bollyvista.com |
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Kamal Hassan in Mumbai Xpress |
Some of the other movies that can potentially gain well with the arrival of fresh promos are ‘Mumbai Express’, ‘Hazaaron Khwahishen Aisi’, ‘Mere Jeevan Saathi’ and ‘Jaane Hoga Kya’. The most surprising case here is 'Mumbai Express'. It is such a rocking comedy for its entire 2.5 hours of duration that cutting a promo could have been a cakewalk. Incidentally, for this movie there has been just about 3 weeks of publicity and that too in a lukewarm manner. The result reciprocates the same at the ticket window - a below average response. This movie is for sure one of the Top 5 movies released in 2005 and deserves to be a family viewing. But sadly, there hasn't been any talkie promo that could at least educate a moviegoer on what the movie is about. There are comic scenes aplenty in the movie and even if 60 seconds from one of them were shown on the small tube, it would guarantee a queue in front of the theaters.
'Hazaaron Khwahishen Aisi' could easily have gained from the numerous international awards it has received in various film festivals. But unfortunately the high profile makers (PNC) have (for a change) shied away from any publicity whatsoever and the result is that the movie seems to be heading for an aborted run. Talkie promos have been as scarce as the runs flowing from the high profile Indian batsmen and the movie seems to be going completely unnoticed. Come on - this one deserves to be seen by more people! |
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