I don't want to know who people think would win in a fight; the title is just meant to get users to read the thread. Really, I just find it interesting that India will have one of its first big-budget "superhero" films (Bachchan's Toofan was neither "big-budget" nor "superhero" in the immediate sense) hit the marquee only a week before Superman Returns — a movie about more or less the most well-known superhero on the planet — is released.

I hate direct comparisons, but, as it's probably going to end up being almost unavoidable, let me say it: "Let's see if 'Krrish' can stand up to the might of 'Superman'!"

i bet krissh will actully be seen by more people then superman since bollywood movies do reach a larger audience then hollywood films, i just dont get one thing why is hrithik dancing like a "retard" (no offence) in this one when he should have been dancing like this in kmg for example the circus song i started cracking up, only reason i am gonna see this movie is for pryanka

He dances very good, shahid kapoor dances good too. However, I feel they make it look too good, kida overacting, that's why it looks retard.

i agree they dance good but in this one it looks as if he is over exagerating his dance moves

Izzy, though Indian films do have a huge audience, considering that "Superman" is such a globally salable name and franchise, I think it will almost certainly be viewed by more persons. I haven't seen any clips of Hrithik dancing in Krrish, so I can't comment on what you said. I think Priyanka Chopra is "OK," but the only thing, to date, in which she's actually "impressed me," is Waqt.

Chrish, I agree that both Hrithik Roshan and Shahid Kapoor are great dancers; very "professionally" skilled. Both are decent actors, as well, but Hrithik seems capable of much, much more.

Hype on the BBC;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5098600.stm

... I'm quite looking forward to watching this so how good a super hero movie it is. Only the last Superman Return trailer looked decent and before that looked like a movie you've seen many times before – but it’s got Bryan Singer which usually delivers the goods.

Ali

Superman returns is going to be the better film. As for Krrish, come on this is Bollywood, there are bound to be flaws and cheesyness galore! But it does look good. It may actually work.

Speaking of Indian superheroes this is an area that has rarely been explored. I only know of Shaktiman, the (Indian) superman film and Shiva Ka Insaaf (starring Jackie Shroff) remember that one?

Adarsh is gushing...
http://www.indiafm.com/movies/review/12415/index.html

Just seeing the box office state of affair these days, Krrish will be a blockbuster no doubt!

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Ali

lol good one
btw, rana check your guys silvercity down there, i phoned the one here and asked if its in dd or dts and they said its in dts, it seems kind of odd before fannah it was all dd and now out of nowhere they started getting dts, oh well its better for me
if any of you are going before saturday evening give your guys take on the movie

I totally resent comments such as this; as though American films were oh, so pristine and marvelous, whereas Indian filmmakers would be lucky to make a movie not-half-bad. I have higher hopes for Superman Returns than I do for Krrish, but I certainly wouldn't comment that Indian films are somehow bound by "flaws."


Ali, I, too, noticed that poster, and its resemblance to that of (the great, and the grossly-under-appreciated) Daredevil.

Well I still stick by my words. It something I've come to expect with bollywood. Don't get me wrong I would love it if they could produce a flawless film and something truly original. But almost every time there are disappointments with bollywood. Bollywood has produced a few great films, but it's sickeneing when you like a film you think is original, then it is revealed that they copied hollywood for it (e.g. Black). This is the reason bollywood doesn't get respect from the rest of the world as an industry of great filmmaking. And they are definately looking for this respect, with Cannes and the IIFA's.

As for American films being so flawless, they are not either but at least not as shameless as Indian films that copy them or as we can see here their posters!

Every cinema has its styles and conventions; Indian cinema is no more obligatory and "flawed" than is Hollywood, each having its arguable advantages and disadvantages. A "flawless" film is utterly impossible, as — not to sound trite — but one person's perfection is another's cliché. I'll agree with you that the trend in Indian cinema these days to copy foreign films has gotten not only sickening, but simply unbelievably popular; American films may do this as well, but they do it far less frequently, and much less conspicuously. Nevertheless, I sure as hell wouldn't be skeptical of a film simply because it comes from the Indian film industry; that's just bigoted thinking. The "reason" for India's being neglected by "the rest of the world" is far more complex, I would believe, than the mere quality of its films; as far as America and Europe are concerned, the world ends with them. The reason for this is more economic and historic than anything else. Further, I far from believe that some sort of "international recognition" is the mark of achievement for Indian films. The United States might not appreciate a Raj Kapoor film, but India may well not care for one by Quentin Tarantino.

So, to re-iterate my stand, I agree that plagiarism seems to have gotten out of hand recently, as far as Indian entertainment is concerned, but I'd certainly not condemn it as an innately inferior industry.

But isn't that a sign of a lack of ideas, both in HW and BW? Or, at least, an unwillingness to try something that's different. It's not grounds to write off an industry, but it indicates problems.

HW does plenty of remakes and sequels and adaptations of TV shows, but the vast majority of the time they pay for the rights, so at least the original creators get some compensation. And they don't try to pass off remakes as original works.