A film enthusiast as me would any day be compelled to boast of a film like Aayirathil Oruvan. Nevertheless, I would look into the film in the perspective of a reviewer (though not as critic) as well as the one who enjoyed the film whistling on special scenes. It is common practice that I clap for scenes which others do not, understanding the greatness of a scene through subtle clues that directors employ!
But others do not and whoever comes to movies with me gets embarrassed though I do not, clapping untimely. I read a few of the reviews before writing one myself. I could see that those who reviewed did so taking four points here and there from other websites and fused them to review an original film with original screenplay.
I hated the irony of plagiarizers reviewing original work. Perhaps they were content writers working for websites and had to make quick bucks reaching deadlines. Or perhaps they were not able to review at all. Worse, they didn't watch the film.
Coming to the film, I would say that the film is a tribute to the Indian Film Industry and many film buffs could be offended, if the film is not taken to the film festivals the least. Selvaraghavan has surpassed years of craving and made the impossible, possible.
I could see how the content writing reviewers took a high ground and stared on the film through a narrow hole. Plagiarizers taking high ground was seriously offensive to me. They were not to judge an original work which involved years of hard work. Those blatant attempts at finding faults on the film are not as successful as the movie is.
Let me tell you reviewers(or content writers - I would request you to not demean the profession as I am also part of you), reviewing a work is not about taking the high ground but about looking at the work with a honest pair of eyes. Selvaraghavan has done something remarkable which I do not mean to say that we should turn a blind eye to all possible flaws that might occur while writing a film or while making or the liberties that are self-allowed to point them out.
I may also agree that your reviews were honest and I was offended by the usage of other work to review an original piece of work. A writer is one who is able to think independently on anything and I laud selvaraghavan on the same. In my last post, I spoke about originality of work and seemed to discriminatingly favor a writer for the originality he possessed.
But now, I would not hesitate to call a filmmaker right for the honest attempt he has made in stretching the benchmark on the quality of films that are to be made in the future. He has surpassed years of collective aspirations. He has also sent a strong message across that so much can be done with hard work, perseverance, passion and talent than mere experience!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
1 idiot Vs the 3 idiots - Chetan Bhagat and Aamir Khan
We may see that plagiarism has been turning a debatable issue and controversies toward a piece of creative work, inclusive of plagiarism, either help market the work or create a notoriously infamous perception on the piece of art!
As a blogger, we may not orient ourselves towards supporting writers but what we may assume of the Chetan Bhagat - Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani and Aamir Khan row is that it may be a gross misunderstanding of terms implied in the agreement made between both the makers of 3 idiots and also Chetan Bhagat.
It seemed all too notorious on the part of Aamir Khan, Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra to blatantly deny the authorship to Chetan Bhagat and claim it as a different story from the original Five Point Someone.
Definitions go that an author is the one who creates the original work, the spark, or the idea and any manipulation of the original might be termed Adaptation or when done without permission from the author, plagiarism. Also when the writer is not given due credit.
If the 3 idiots is not the story as in Five Point Someone, then why use certain elements of the Five Point Someone at all? Why make a story with the original idea of Five Point Someone, as both readers of Five Point Someone and the audience of the 3 idiots are aware.
How come authorship is denied to the right levels to Chetan Bhagat, when they have placed his name on the rolling credits as in the agreement? The definition of Ghost Writing goes like this, a ghostwriter is one who writes on the idea or inputs of someone else's original idea. Hence, in this case, Abhijat Joshi may be called the Ghostwriter of Five Point Someone's screen version.
The original idea, however, determines who the author of the story is than a writer who adapts it for the Screens. But, it has gone so grim to a place where both Chetan Bhagat and the makers of 3 idiots have gone about throwing blatant comments at each other.
Definitions on authorship deny authorship to any manipulation of the original idea or work and as popular culture goes, any manipulation of the original is a mere adaptation. Let Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Aamir Khan contest the film in the Oscars for best screenplay and ask them if they would contest the film on "Best Original Screenplay? or Best Adapted Screenplay?"
An answer to that question would be rightly justifying their statements! I say this knowing fully that the film, even if it may, contest the Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category!
It also looks at the same time that the Chetan Bhagat 3 idiots controversy makes more news than the film 3 idiots itself and hence, this might be intended for publicity. But the ultimate answer to this controversy and the judgement on the same might be better left to the people who have both seen the 3 idiots as well as read the Five Point Someone!
And as readers of the Five Point Someone and audiences of the 3 idiot, you can guess if the film is based mostly on the book or not!
As a blogger, we may not orient ourselves towards supporting writers but what we may assume of the Chetan Bhagat - Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani and Aamir Khan row is that it may be a gross misunderstanding of terms implied in the agreement made between both the makers of 3 idiots and also Chetan Bhagat.
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Definitions go that an author is the one who creates the original work, the spark, or the idea and any manipulation of the original might be termed Adaptation or when done without permission from the author, plagiarism. Also when the writer is not given due credit.
If the 3 idiots is not the story as in Five Point Someone, then why use certain elements of the Five Point Someone at all? Why make a story with the original idea of Five Point Someone, as both readers of Five Point Someone and the audience of the 3 idiots are aware.
How come authorship is denied to the right levels to Chetan Bhagat, when they have placed his name on the rolling credits as in the agreement? The definition of Ghost Writing goes like this, a ghostwriter is one who writes on the idea or inputs of someone else's original idea. Hence, in this case, Abhijat Joshi may be called the Ghostwriter of Five Point Someone's screen version.
The original idea, however, determines who the author of the story is than a writer who adapts it for the Screens. But, it has gone so grim to a place where both Chetan Bhagat and the makers of 3 idiots have gone about throwing blatant comments at each other.
Definitions on authorship deny authorship to any manipulation of the original idea or work and as popular culture goes, any manipulation of the original is a mere adaptation. Let Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Aamir Khan contest the film in the Oscars for best screenplay and ask them if they would contest the film on "Best Original Screenplay? or Best Adapted Screenplay?"
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It also looks at the same time that the Chetan Bhagat 3 idiots controversy makes more news than the film 3 idiots itself and hence, this might be intended for publicity. But the ultimate answer to this controversy and the judgement on the same might be better left to the people who have both seen the 3 idiots as well as read the Five Point Someone!
And as readers of the Five Point Someone and audiences of the 3 idiot, you can guess if the film is based mostly on the book or not!
Sunday, May 3, 2009
THE POLITICAL FLIGHT
Time for the deposits, propagandas, seat sharings, so on and so forth where the political drama will transpire into one of greater interests and anticipation among the voters, the public, or in other words, the general audience. When such a scenario is similar to being expressed as ‘Who tops the charts?’ as though it’s an entertainment program creating a furore as ‘Jai Ho’ in ‘Slumdog’.
But, everyone wonders who is going to be the winning horse! Or the dark horse rather! Chances are that the dark horses will lead the race this time though not ending up touching the finish line first eventually. However, intense political campaigns and propagandas will see the big players off successfully at the end. Tune in for those debates that claim to be unbiased and unsupporting of any particular candidate, whereas, infact they are.
Who are the big players? Who are the small timers? And who are the dark horses? As far as Taminadu scenario goes, people have gone through power cuts, the rains and storms etc. In short, people have run into rough weather. Though, there are only two political majors in Tamilnadu, others seem to have caught up with their shares-creating much of a sectarian divide among the electorate and the repercussions are that a coalition on either front or the third front is inevitable. Even if a single party emerges to be the winner, a ‘hung parliament’ is of the highest probability.
The scenario is not similar to that of the late 60s and the 70s where the winning parties were long way ahead of the half way mark. Each party has cashed in on the sectarian divide since the start of this decade. While PMK, VCK, DMDK, MDMK are trying to catch up with every issue possible, such as, the Lankan Tamils, power cuts, free television bursts and explosions etc. the DMK will be doing everything to hold fort. There has been a lack of clarity and ambiguity over the strategies of the opponent parties namely, the AIADMK and the BJP. Their stand seems to differ chronologically on each and every issue. viz, the lankan tamils, the coalition and the alliances. Talking about the plight of Lankan Tamils would remind one about the stand and the response that Congress has had over them for years and the anti-incumbency factor along with it will make many voters to even forego their democratic right. Or be rather not willing to do so. A 40 seat loss to any party would mean a huge loss and that is a tool or a power that the electorate possesses that remains unutilized. It’s similar to following Gandhianism, if one does so.
But, an even bettter option would be to ‘punch the button’ on an independent candidate who would lose his deposit. That way, he’ll get his deposit money back, independent candidates will be elected and it will also indicate where the real power is. This election will be a pretty good time for the citizens to demonstrate democracy.
But, for an even better option to be known is that one need not vote, but at the same time can avoid bogus votes by voting the non-voting option. i.e., 49’O’. The election commission has given a nod ahead for the propagation of the same and such a campaign has been initiated as well in a place or two. Mr. Gnani, a leading writer in tamil, has been writing about the same till the elections in the magazine where he writes regularly. Queries and frequently asked questions will be answered by the writer.
So with all these options and not being hoodwinked or coaxed through hoops, lets get together for the demonstration of democracy after having been much betrayed and deceived by the ones we trusted and voted for. If they have not lived upto at least half of their promises in their manifesto with even the opposition not doing the job of a genuine opposition and if always have been looking to topple and capsize the government, if the coalition and alliances are not upon on their principles, then we have got every right to demonstrate democracy to the fullest in much of a legal way that is not deceitful.
But, everyone wonders who is going to be the winning horse! Or the dark horse rather! Chances are that the dark horses will lead the race this time though not ending up touching the finish line first eventually. However, intense political campaigns and propagandas will see the big players off successfully at the end. Tune in for those debates that claim to be unbiased and unsupporting of any particular candidate, whereas, infact they are.
Who are the big players? Who are the small timers? And who are the dark horses? As far as Taminadu scenario goes, people have gone through power cuts, the rains and storms etc. In short, people have run into rough weather. Though, there are only two political majors in Tamilnadu, others seem to have caught up with their shares-creating much of a sectarian divide among the electorate and the repercussions are that a coalition on either front or the third front is inevitable. Even if a single party emerges to be the winner, a ‘hung parliament’ is of the highest probability.
The scenario is not similar to that of the late 60s and the 70s where the winning parties were long way ahead of the half way mark. Each party has cashed in on the sectarian divide since the start of this decade. While PMK, VCK, DMDK, MDMK are trying to catch up with every issue possible, such as, the Lankan Tamils, power cuts, free television bursts and explosions etc. the DMK will be doing everything to hold fort. There has been a lack of clarity and ambiguity over the strategies of the opponent parties namely, the AIADMK and the BJP. Their stand seems to differ chronologically on each and every issue. viz, the lankan tamils, the coalition and the alliances. Talking about the plight of Lankan Tamils would remind one about the stand and the response that Congress has had over them for years and the anti-incumbency factor along with it will make many voters to even forego their democratic right. Or be rather not willing to do so. A 40 seat loss to any party would mean a huge loss and that is a tool or a power that the electorate possesses that remains unutilized. It’s similar to following Gandhianism, if one does so.
But, an even bettter option would be to ‘punch the button’ on an independent candidate who would lose his deposit. That way, he’ll get his deposit money back, independent candidates will be elected and it will also indicate where the real power is. This election will be a pretty good time for the citizens to demonstrate democracy.
But, for an even better option to be known is that one need not vote, but at the same time can avoid bogus votes by voting the non-voting option. i.e., 49’O’. The election commission has given a nod ahead for the propagation of the same and such a campaign has been initiated as well in a place or two. Mr. Gnani, a leading writer in tamil, has been writing about the same till the elections in the magazine where he writes regularly. Queries and frequently asked questions will be answered by the writer.
So with all these options and not being hoodwinked or coaxed through hoops, lets get together for the demonstration of democracy after having been much betrayed and deceived by the ones we trusted and voted for. If they have not lived upto at least half of their promises in their manifesto with even the opposition not doing the job of a genuine opposition and if always have been looking to topple and capsize the government, if the coalition and alliances are not upon on their principles, then we have got every right to demonstrate democracy to the fullest in much of a legal way that is not deceitful.
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