Indian Movie "Iqbal" : what indian cinema should more be like
I was able to watch this Indian movie titled "Iqbal" - which is a story of a farmer's boy who wants to become a member of the Indian Cricket Team. The movie is good in itself with some really touching scenes - and as expected from an Indian movie: a lot of emotions.Iqbal stars Naseeruddin Shah as the mentor of Iqbal, and a host of other characters. I loved how Iqbal's family members have acted in the movie. Especially Khatija, Iqbal's younger sister who helps him in every way possible - and is Iqbal's official interpreter - since Iqbal cannot hear or talk by birth.
I think movies like this should be more frequent from the Indian cinema. I have lately grown sick of the usual indian masala films that I cannot digest even if I have to see them for about 20 minutes.
I remember Satya, which I really liked - and it is one of my most favorite movies for some reason - and I always feel that Indian film makers should come up with similar stories more and more frequently. I agree that such movies may not generate the amount of revenue any masala film usually generates - but the situation is changing - and there are always people who are interested in intelligent cinema - that consumes you for a long term message - and not just a couple of hours of non-sense.
Additionall, I think it is the responsibility of the film makers to change the taste of those addicted to useless nonsense by introducing movies like this. Nagesh Kukunoor, the director of Iqbal is one of those people I guess, who want to change the taste of the audience by incorporating entertainment and real life values, to create a better experience. He has already directed similar kind of movies such as Rockford and Hyderabad Blues.

Agreed. That was a good movie but there is a commercial element that most filmmakers have to consider. Its a profession and a business. Iqbal didnt particularly do well on the box office because there was no commercial element to the level of Om Shanti Om for that matter which was a quite the filmy masala movie which did great....
But yeah we could surely do more with such movies...
Sounds good! I watch only selected Indian movies because all the masala makes me sick. I really enjoyed watching Taray Zameen Per and apart from TZP, I've watched Munna Bhai. The Indian cinema seems to be doing good business all over the globe.
UTP: Agree with you. However, Iqbal did good at the BO - though not as good as the masala movies usually do.
H: Yep, TZP was really good. Amir Khan has also become one of those people lately!