the bollywood hero's houdini act
It is widely accepted that the typical bollwood hero possesses 1,20,684 super-human skills, 12 lives and umpteen gallons of luck. But none fascinates me as much as the little noticed 'train-vanish' trick does.
There comes a time during the on-screen life of every lead actor worth his salt (and others' salt in some cases), when he has to get onto a train, heart-broken, leaving for good. But what he does not know (or so we think) is that the lead lady is searching the whole place inside-out for him, so she can meet him and say the three magic words. She is naturally too late. The train leaves and she is left alone, sobbing her weepers off.
But as soon as the train leaves the screen, bang! There's the hero standing on the opposite platform, fresh as ever, to the joy of the girl and millions of viewers. Everyone's happy the two are back together. But spare a thought for what the guy just accomplished. We all saw him leave didnt we? He was sitting in that blessed train, swollen-eyed and he was still there when the train hit full speed. And there he is now, out of the train, standing tall, gloating with pride at what he just pulled off. How can anyone ignore that? Long live the bollywood hero!
PS: I am happy to mention that one of bollywood's recent products KANK has kept up the tradition too. Though I am not as happy to mention that I watched the whole bloody movie alone, at the movie hall!
There comes a time during the on-screen life of every lead actor worth his salt (and others' salt in some cases), when he has to get onto a train, heart-broken, leaving for good. But what he does not know (or so we think) is that the lead lady is searching the whole place inside-out for him, so she can meet him and say the three magic words. She is naturally too late. The train leaves and she is left alone, sobbing her weepers off.
But as soon as the train leaves the screen, bang! There's the hero standing on the opposite platform, fresh as ever, to the joy of the girl and millions of viewers. Everyone's happy the two are back together. But spare a thought for what the guy just accomplished. We all saw him leave didnt we? He was sitting in that blessed train, swollen-eyed and he was still there when the train hit full speed. And there he is now, out of the train, standing tall, gloating with pride at what he just pulled off. How can anyone ignore that? Long live the bollywood hero!
PS: I am happy to mention that one of bollywood's recent products KANK has kept up the tradition too. Though I am not as happy to mention that I watched the whole bloody movie alone, at the movie hall!
posted by Prashant Pawan at
12:29 AM
2 Comments:
hey its ther not jsut in the bollywood but in hollywood flicks also...like entrapment!
oh they probably stole it off some bollywood movie then...the bloody cheats:P (btw, who is this?)
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