MNIK teaser -- Pangs of Fanaticism

Sincerely, I felt it hard to appreciate the first teaser of the upcoming SRK film -- My Name is Khan. Probably because it isn't anything beyond what the director Karan Johar has been flaunting about for the past three years. There isn't anything that would excite me about the film, as the theme has been handled very recently in our own very Bollywood through films like New York and Kurbaan. Also, the film tends not to stick to the 911 incident; instead it wants to handle every major calamity that happened in the US and link it to the minority bashing. For me, that's the trace of a bad film. Had they stuck to 911 alone, it would have atleast been a sincere effort, though not a great one. And SRK, once again, seems to be a victim of insipid, one-sided, monotonous, melodramatic characterization.

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The more I want to mock at SRK's arch-rival Aamir's upcoming film - 3 Idiots, the more I tend to fall in love with the teasers of that film. Aamir looks absolutely promising and there is a lot to expect from the film in terms of emotional depth. And to add, I am immensely impressed at the unique marketting strategy applied by the producers (Aamir's disguise drama).

And what on the earth has SRK been thinking when he walked out of 3 Idiots and Maniratnam's Raavan, to dedicate himself to this uninspiring theme and Karan Johar? And to add to my fury, his upcoming line up is very insipid -- A Farah Khan venture, An Anubhav Sinha sci-fi and Don2. So for another three years, the SRK fanatic in me, has to live disappointed. Such painful pangs of maintaining fanaticism!!!!

P.S. found this interesting article in a forum on religious indifference across the world: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/intolerance-is-a-twoway-street/553467/0