Comments on: Review - Provoked

By: meetu

meetu — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:16:13 +0000

oooh Prerna! sizzling…i really love it when people take their movies seriously. Especially when there is a social cause involved. Thanks for taking the time to leave your thoughts here.

By: Prerna

Prerna — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:05:19 +0000

And by the way, how can you call her a coward?? Was she supposed to bear all the torture for the rest of her life, or let her children bear the brunt of it? Or was she supposed to commit suicide? Would that make her brave? Why don’t you tell us what she should’ve done, considering that she didn’t know any english, was in a completely foreign country and considering that her husband made sure she never got any information about the outside world.

By: Prerna

Prerna — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:01:13 +0000

Nirmal,
I’m referring to your comments on other women not following in Kiranjeet’s footsteps. Tell me, have you ever been raped, abused, or even subjected to 1% of the torture that battered women are subjected to? I’m guessing not, since you seem to be another one of those male chauvinists. You can’t possibly imagine the constant terror and fear that she must have lived in, when a single out-of-place word could make her “husband” lash out at her. You can’t possibly imagine, how it is to have all your freedom, all your self worth taken away from you. Tell me, how you would feel if your spouse went on a sleeping spree with other people, told you to fend for the children with no money and expected you to take all this graciously. Can you even begin to imagine, how a pregnant women would feel, if she couldn’t even be sure of the safety of her unborn child. Let alone help her cope with her pregnancy, the bastard didn’t even think twice before shoving her down a flight of stairs while she was heavily pregnant. Don’t you think that caused her pain, probably a lot more pain than you could even begin to imagine. So please, don’t advise people on things about which know very little and certainly don’t presume to tell us how we should act in a situation like hers unless you’ve been in one yourself.

By: Nirmal

Nirmal — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:11:31 +0000

Compliment indeed.!
I agree 100% match is not possible and it is not good either!

cheers
Nirmal

By: wogma

wogma — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:32:44 +0000

Hi Nirmal,

Scrolling vs. typing - lol!!

oh wow! 2 out of 90+ is not bad at all…I am going to take that as a compliment!

I don’t think 100% match is possible…

By: Nirmal

Nirmal — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:11:12 +0000

Hello Meetu
You can blame my laziness for not having responded any sooner. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been reading your reviews though. Scrolling is easier than typing isn’t it. (May be its the other way around for you).
Anyway - coming to the point. When I said some reviews were ‘not really’ types, I just meant that I don’t necessarily completely agree with you on some of your reviews. Example - your review on Ek Chalis ki last Local - honestly I watched the movie only after I read your review but was disappointed - I could not understand what was entertaining about the movie or may be I watched it with a preset mind. Another one was ‘Guru’ - Fantastic movie indeed but I wasn’t sure if the actors deserved much praise except Mithun, Madhavan and Vidya. As far as Abhishek and Aish are concerned I think it is fair to say ‘Manirathnam has extracted very good performances from them’ than saying that they have actually ‘delivered’ excellent performances. Sorry but I am too picky about movies and performances. But that’s just 2 ‘not really’ out of nearly 90-95 reviews on wogma. So I must say that, I think you are still doing a brilliant job.. especially when compared to others including some major news companies.. I don’t want to take their names!

Take care
Nirmal

By: meetu

meetu — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:11:41 +0000

Thanks Nirmal! Just the words that made my day!!

Feedback, feedback - ‘not really’ type? Can you please elaborate?

With readers encouraging me, of course, I will continue with my work.

By: Nirmal

Nirmal — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:51:43 +0000

Hello Meetu
Just wanted to say that I have become a daily visitor to wogma after I read your review of Laaga Chunari Mein Daag. Although I found some of the reviews a bit ‘not really’ type - I think you are doing a great job overall. Just when I started thinking that there are no ‘reliable’ websites for Bollywood reviews, I come across yours and hopes risen again. Here is hoping you’ll continue the good work!!

Kudos

Regards
Nirmal

By: meetu

meetu — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:26:08 +0000

Thank you Nirmal, for your comments.

By: nirmal

nirmal — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:12:57 +0000

I never expected that Aishwarya Rai would be able to perform so well. Before I watched the movie, I was hesitant only because Aishwarya rai was in it. This probably will cause a row in the readers, but honestly I hate Aishwarya Rai for her hopeless performances in may be all her movies. Kudos to Jan Mundhra on being able to extract such performance. Naveen Andrews is perfect like he always is.

Coming to the subject itself - either the narration was poor or the British Govt is foolish to have awarded the ‘Asian Role Model of the year’ to Kiranjit A’walia who in reality did not seem to have even fought enough. It was the system itself that saved her. By no means can she be called a courageous woman. Her cowardice is reflected in her act of trying cause ‘pain’ to her husband. Sorry women out there - please don’t follow her footsteps.

Having said that - overall I do think its a movie well made. Some of the prison scenes were really well done.