Phir Mile Sur

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Just saw the video... Everyone is posting it on orkut and facebook, so I had to see what was so special about it.... OMG!!! Made me really angry and I was about to post my comments on youtube (which I would never ever do otherwise), scrolled down and realized, well many ppl share my sentiments and there are already so many comments that I didn't feel the need to add to it.

To summarize my views (if I can ever do that)..."Bollywood does not represent India". I used to be a huge fan and am still to some extent and if I ever go back to India will return to my old ways in no time, but still....seriously why do we always think of Bollywood to represent us? I was surprised to not see any cricket (or did I miss it??)... Not that cricket alone would have made me happy... Anyways, I guess we all agree that at least a few real life heroes would have made it a good video.

On the other hand what I would like to know from whoever created this video (I haven't done my homework, I don't know who it is..sorry!), what was their intention behind making (remaking) this video. Were they trying to send a message or just make some quick buck? I mean all that I saw there were brands, Bachchans, KJ, Priyanka Chopra, SRK..... If they just wanted to create a pop vdo then they did an excellent job... let's all just leave them alone. We all love money (don't deny it!!), they know how to make it. I just wish they hadn't picked this song for it.

Comments

goldendekhane said…
Shreyas forwarded a link to this amazing blog post on the same video: http://krishashok.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/mile-sur-mera-tomorrow-fail/

Amazing.... The dude has dissected each and every segment of the video and attached relevant clips as evidence :-) Overachiever!!!
January 29, 2010 at 10:36 AM
Mishra DK said…
Few days back I too saw this. For every language they had added few more lines .. But for Oriya / Odia ? forgot.. I felt little sad.

Why to blame that producer/ director the repo of Television media/ cable media has reached its lowest point.

Few days back there was a blast in Pune, the headline was "Pune ke logon, Bollywood aap ke saath hai"

I could not believe what I was listening.
February 21, 2010 at 11:42 AM
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