Hey Faddy, sorry to interrupt this rather intense debate...but ever considered brainwashing your GF abt this or even applying some kind of emotional or sentimental blackmail :D ?

Sentiments abound! A prerequiste of intellectual discourse is keeping in sight of the subject matter. Going off on a tangent
imposing your religious and political persuations on others is indicative of the sufferings from cultural displacement and post traumatic stress syndrome. The DVD is out. Was it done in the standard as all other Indian DVD. Instead of bashing the actor ( Sunny ) no love lost, he is just earning a living the focus should be on the story teller and the maker of the film. There in lies the causes of satisfaction or displeasure.

Ha! Ha! Ha! I don't envy you for that.

Since I have not seen Shaheed-E-Mohabbat, my views on Gadar have always been that it was a strong story and script marred by mediocre direction and lack of technical finesse. O' and that awful climax, the less said about it the better. Would love to be able to see Shaheed_E-Mohabbat.

If it were upto me I'd ban Sunny Deol from acting if that's what it would take to stop these crap films, that try to capitalize on hollow patriotic sentiments, from being made. What I fail to understand is why do people equate screaming with good acting.

If Sunny is excused for just making a living, then the same applies to producer/director/writer or for that matter anyone else involved with the film. BUt I personally don't buy this excuse, an actor of Sunny's standing can definately select the projects he does and also have an influence on making the films atleast somewhat decent.

PS: Sunny says now in his interviews that he only has a guest role in 'Maa Tujhe Salaam' and that he can't help it if the Producers of the film have potrayed otherwise in the marketing of the film. What a load of crap, as if he could not stop his name and mug shots being plastered all over the publicity material of the film. Infact till today I have no idea who has the lead role in the film if his is only a guest role.

Oh come now Sanjay you sound like you have a personal vendetta against Sunny. Sunny in my book is a has been ( if he ever been ) his acting is too stolid but that don't mean I hate the guy. If you wanted to get rid of an unwanted tree you do not lop the branches you destroy the roots. Now all the woes stems from the writers/producers/directors. These are pitable folks who are far removed from the sphere of ordinary life. They should at times be more in touch with reality and be more sensitive to the general public. But no, to make a film to be perceived as controversal is their bread and butter. How ordinately depressing.

ive gone off sunny deol just because of his recnet pile of shitte it wasnt a long time ago i remeber him bein after sanjay dutt ma fav star....i mean who could beat Ghayal, ghatak and ziddi........but know i cant evn watch these films which ive seen a million times...because even sunny deols presence offends me....why because i just think of his recent outrageous provacative and unbelievable behaviour in films.....as for arbaaz khan he just a pshycho...i still admire tabu as one of the best actresse hindi cinema has....i just wont watch maa tujhe salaam so i wont be put off tabu like im put off sunny

I agree with you Sanjay. Even though Gadar doesn't make my top 10 list of best of 2001, it still wasn't that bad of a flick. I enjoyed watching the first half, and everything in the second half was okay up until where Sunny takes on the entire Pakistani Military by himself ontop of the train. That was pure B.S. And Border, technically, in my opinion was an awsome film. Through Technical aspects, Border is perhaps India best war film to date. Aside from this, the acting in border was all round excellent along with the songs.

MTS finally gets passed by censors, given 18 cert;
BBFC website

..this is for film and not for video, so cinema showing should resume.

Ali



Edited By ali on Feb. 01 2002 at 12:49

MTS DVD review up

This DVD is slightly better than Filhaal DVD - and most other Eros ones that have out recently. Colours don’t look that much faded and does have better contrast. Sound is above Eros DD5.1. Having said that it still has been sourced from a print that has done the rounds and video artefacts are typical of other Eros DVDs.

Ali