Last IT show I signed up for internet subscription with one of the Telecom giants here in Singapore (Singtel Company). Along with it, they gave a cable TV service (MIO TV) for free! As if that matters much to me...I am not a TV lover but my wife was certainly pleased!
The Cable TV service offers 15 free movies every month...movies from different countries. From time to time I took the liberty to dig into the English movies but one month is long enough to finish them all and get bored. In my boredom last week, I finally got the courage to watch a Hindi film. It was a big surprise that the movie was good! Had it been a Hollywood-Star-Studded-film, it could have been a blockbuster.
Try to understand, I come from a country where the people do not have a high regard for the people from India. Before I had the chance to work with them, I was part of the stereotyping public as well. But this movie (setting "Slum Dog Millionaire" aside) like slammed my attitude right into my face. By the way, the movie is "Karthik Calling Karthik" just in case you get curious enough to look it up. Not a catchy title but it is a good film nonetheless - worth the time spent watching. Not to mention a very nice movie soundtrack.
Anyway, I thought they just got lucky with that movie so I picked up the remote control this morning saying a 2nd round won't hurt. I came across this movie entitled "Unns" whatever that means. It had a boring start and the acting was less than convincing unless that is how people conduct themselves where they come from. Add to it the usual Singing and Dancing stints in between which I personally am not an avid fan of. Well, it is integral to their movie making culture so there's nothing I could do about it but to press the fast forward button from time to time. Near the end though, I found myself shedding reluctant tears over the touchy scenes and infuriated by the character of the infidel wife. Haaah! Surprisingly...or maybe not... I enjoyed the movie again except that it is tiring to keep up reading the subtitle while trying to take in the scenes at the same time.
What do you know, while writing this post I have a search engine in the other window looking up a movie my Indian friend is forcing me to watch - "3 idiots". I will write about it next time. Meanwhile, my perception of Indian movies or "foreign" movies for that matter- non Filipino and non-English that is, has changed drastically.
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