Bollywood needs some original ideas of its own, rather than borrowing 20-year-old concepts from the United States, if it wants to be a serious competitor in any real market.
Kill Dil, a movie about assassins, tries to compensate for its real lack of a plot by adding over- the-top cinematic sequences and Bollywood A-list actors. As India struggles to find an identity that will suit the younger and more socially liberal generation, Bollywood aims to balance modernized notions such as open affection and a playboy lifestyle with traditional ideals, and finds its niche as it has so many times before, in what films used to look like in the mid 90's.
What would have been the saving grace for Kill Dil would have been an original plot that, as so many blockbuster movies have done, deviated from stale concepts to provide a fresh perspective on what should be an exciting profession.
Kill Dil, a movie about assassins, tries to compensate for its real lack of a plot by adding over- the-top cinematic sequences and Bollywood A-list actors. As India struggles to find an identity that will suit the younger and more socially liberal generation, Bollywood aims to balance modernized notions such as open affection and a playboy lifestyle with traditional ideals, and finds its niche as it has so many times before, in what films used to look like in the mid 90's.
What would have been the saving grace for Kill Dil would have been an original plot that, as so many blockbuster movies have done, deviated from stale concepts to provide a fresh perspective on what should be an exciting profession.