Desi Galaxy

Angelina Jolie had taken over the media in India during her week long stay in the country. She is hot and coupling with Brad Pitt makes her even hotter. She was shooting her movie based on Mariane Pearl’s book “A Mighty Heart“.

Angelina wanted to film the movie in Karachi, Pakistan. She said in a weekend statement that she was disappointed not to be filming in Pakistan, “a country I love and have visited three times.” But security concerns pushed the filming to the western Indian city of Pune, which was chosen because it resembles Karachi, Pakistan.”

But ultimately she had to do it in India for security concerns. Security of the hottest Hollywood couple had been a serious concern for Indian authorities aswell. According to news reports some security guards threatened to kill journalists in Pune and one of the couple’s vehicles also bumbed a motorcycle rider.

Angelina’s decission to play Mariane Pearl has also caused criticism from some black rights group. Blogs on BlackLooks.org read, “I had assumed that the days when white actors took on the roles of black people had long passed away… There are mixed-race or black actresses who could have done a damn good job in this role.

“You can’t tell me that Halle Berry or other women of African descent wouldn’t have been a better choice - what is taking place here is an act of arrogance and whitewashing by people who think that because they are super-rich they can be anything they want.”

Angelina Jolie’s movie has also sparked an interest among the audiences for the HBO documentary “The Journalist and the Jihadi: The Murder of Daniel Pearl” and Mariane Pearl’s book “A Mighty Heart”.

Fans and motion picture industry in Bollywood are eagerly looking for Farhan Akhter’s “Don“. Starring Shahrukh Khan, this movie is a remake of a 1978 classic Don, directed by Chandra Barot and Don’s character played by legendary Amitabh Bachchan. Farhan Akhter’s father Javed Akhter wrote the screenplay and dialogues of the original movie.

Shahrukh Khan is playing the role of Don. Farhan Akhter reportedly said that the original movie while a classic but still didn’t do the justice to the script. He is an optimist and has a hit like ‘Dil Chahta hai’ and a super boring ‘Lakhsya’ on his credit. But if he thinks that he can do the justice with the script by giving Don a more James Bondish look then I think he is mistaking. Looking at the trailers, songs, movie downloads and movie website, one can easily predict that this movie would be copying visual and sound effects from hollywood movies like Matrix, all Bond movies, Mission Impossible, etc.

I don’t think that a cheap copy of special effects can make any Indian movie special. People want to see some thing original, something they can relate to and they can not see Vijay acting like Keanu Reeves. This chase as seen in trailers and posters takes place in either Malaysia or Singapore. India is not a very shiny place for these directors or perhaps they think that their Heroes can perform well in Forgein countries.

Below are some pictures and stills from Don, these images reflect what Farhan is going to do with the Don and honestly I think its quite pathetic. You can see Shahrukh pretending like Tom Cruise and Leo from Matrix. You can also see Arjun Rampal wearing costumes like Tom Cruise wore in Mi series. You can also see the legs of Priyanka Chopra and Kareena Kapoor.