Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar и Aditya Thakre Some time ago, a self-defense school for women was opened in Mumbai, and the first graduation took place on August 3rd.
“A woman needs to be able to stand up for herself. And martial arts in this case are a necessity. This is just a small beginning, and I don’t know exactly how it will turn out in the end.”
- told reporters Akshay, who yesterday attended the presentation of diplomas to the first group of graduates.
The holder of black belts in taekwondo and karate admitted that during his entire 24-year acting career, while filming action scenes and personally performing stunts, he not only did not receive a single injury, but he himself never injured anyone.
Akshay Kumar: “For me, safety comes first. It's all about safety and it's very important."
Thanks to this, a possible tragedy was avoided during the recent filming of one of the television series: the actress Sonakshi Sinha they gave her a pistol from which she was supposed to shoot in the frame, but when Akshay Kumar I checked it and it turned out that there was a cartridge in the barrel, for which the people in charge of the props received a well-deserved scolding from the actor.
Akshay's new film stars Cyril.
Aha. I'm completely lost. He's the best reporter.
What is another minus of the Indians - they only look at the production of films from their bell tower, copying like monkeys. Now, if, in fact, they were focused on the World Market, and not on their fan fraternity, so to speak, then I am sure that many things would be completely different in terms of quality presentation.
You didn't include something in the report. He's probably here
youtube.com/watch?v=Sq2jjLjjLZ0
That's right. You won’t get bored with them when viewing these masterpieces. I don’t understand at all how you can take smart people and film such nonsense. In one of the scenes, PAUL was actually invited (I just didn’t understand who was there - David or Peter).
Speaking of Akshay's action. This is something you can still look at. What’s interesting is that the final “run” took place before ONG BAK. In 10 years.
But they make advertisements with him that are quite watchable! I don’t understand why fights in Bollywood aren’t filmed like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49DRLCpCzgs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jt7CsIH2K8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hiOoes2yyc
A short report from the filming of the action scene of Akshay's latest work, HOLIDAY.
But it’s not boring with them)). Thanks to whom else can you see, for example, such masterpieces:
youtube.com/watch?v=z71fnuDg_Ug
I basically agree with Celpaso and Ravenside:
That's right. But there is one more BUT - regarding hypertrophy and pretense. Well, this nation is so emotional. What will you take from them?
And I agree that many works look only within the framework of Bollywood. And even the much-hyped DHOOM 3 with KICK still doesn’t look at the level of Europe or Bollywood. I'm talking about the action genre. They are still like children here. Because choreographers don’t want to change and keep up with the times. Even the new HEROPANTI with Tiger Shroff, despite his good preparation, strongly smacks of Bollywood, which makes it not a very good prospect outside India. But in principle, the Indians themselves don’t give a damn about it. They are pursuing a good policy within the country and are happy. As during his lifetime, Yash Chopra was asked on the eve of the release of DHOOM 2 - If you inflate the prices for a copy of the film, then it will be pirated. To which he replied - Yes, so be it. We have the entire Southeast market on wide screens and that’s more than enough for us!
These Indians are so strange.
I agree with you, but if we talk about acting within the genre, then Adkins is still rather flat and clumsy. That is, Van Dam in his best years, IMHO, is much more attractive as an action hero than Adkins in his best years, despite the fact that Adkins is technically 10 orders of magnitude superior to him as an on-screen fighter. The scale of the figure is not the same. Of course, I take into account the nostalgic perception and the fact that Van Damme appeared in the era of the genre, and Adkins still occupies a genre niche, the time of which is running out in the 2000s, or rather is stagnating. But all the same, Adkins' hero is basically the same, he has no mystery, no raisins, no double bottom, he... well, he's not subtle. Of course, he shouldn't be a hipster idol, but still...
Regarding Indian cinema, I can’t say much, I treat it with great irony, a very naive specific layer of cinema, exaggerated and played out to the point of horror, of course, here I generally agree with Celpaso. But we recognize it from the first seconds. And the actors there are fierce hard workers, of course.
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The same as the other personalities you mentioned above (although Jackie can still make films, but unfortunately with his main roles (I’m talking about his latest works) he spoils them greatly). I know that my answer answers a slightly different question, but to be honest... no one except fans will go to films with Jackie, Scott and Jean WITHOUT action, and if they do... they are unlikely to be satisfied.
As for the acting skills of Indians, it looks great ONLY within the framework of Bollywood romantic comedies; outside of Bollywood, it looks extremely unnatural and artificial
By the way, is there any potential casting for a remake of The Raid? So far, only Grillo has signed up.
In principle, this is not bad, since the man played sports and was in good physical shape. But you don’t need all sorts of Taylor Kitsch for nothing!
To be honest, the movie is doomed to failure.
1. The original is probably a breakthrough or sensation of recent years, and does not need a remake.
2. Ordinary actors are cast in the main roles, not movie fighters or athletes/stuntmen.
3. Director....the type who buried the franchise and ruined the ending of the Expendables trilogy. (I admit, I wanted to see it in the cinema, but my friends said that the film was trash and not worth spending money on it. Unfortunately, they turned out to be right.)
The result of the remake is obvious.
PS I agree with Ravenside, remakes are basically useless. But I liked Brick Mansions)
- It’s immediately clear that your attitude towards Indian cinema is in the wake of “Zita and Gita + Disco Dancer”.
Akshay Kumar is one of those actors who started his career back in 91 as a martial arts expert who starred in action films. The only one from Bollywood who worked in fights and stunt scenes without a stunt double and looked like a professional.
Watch "MOHRA", "ZAALIM", "KHILADI", "KHILADIYON KA KHILADI", "ASHANT"... - this is the minimum.
As for Indian actors, they are real professionals who are ready to fight, dance, play a comic role and cry during one project. At the same time, stage movement and acting skills are great!
With all due respect to Scott (may Celpaso forgive me), what can he do except fight? Here is Van Damme the actor. Bruce has charisma that you can't tear yourself away from! Well, Jackie is not discussed at all...!
Speaking of Akshay. The other day HOLIDAY was released online. True, no translation yet. He once said that in his last films there were a lot of graphics and cables, and in this film he did a lot of real action. Well... we'll see.
But in general, I agree with what SalladinA said above about Akshay’s unrealized potential to the fullest in all 23 years. Although it’s an amazing fact that the stunt advertisements with him are wonderful, not like sometimes the movies! I don’t understand how this can be!
Although, in principle, something can come out of Lautner if you take him firmly.
The director and screenwriter, as I understand it, are no longer at the level of rumors. We have already seen “The Expendables 3”, we have seen running through collapsed floors and city slums, falling through the walls, floors and ceilings of high-rise buildings. Why don't you like "Raid"? In general, I assume that approximately the same type of action can be seen in the remake, despite the fact that “The Expendables” is a crapshoot, and “The Raid” is still positioned as a serious action film.
Lautner, Gigandet... Well, anyway, I think it will be at the maximum level of "Captain America 2". No matter how much someone trains and no matter how Gigandet/Lautner are trained, there will still be an understudy somewhere, which means constraint and limitations in choreography or camera work, lack of freedom in camera angles and editing. There from the back, there in the dark, there are 50 assembly glues with one blow. Fantasy is not enough. Relevance. I'm not a fan of The Raid, but it's still The Raid. And I smell one of the most pointless, toothless and useless remakes awaiting us, along with "Brick Mansions", "Oldboy" and "The Ice Comet" to boot.
It will be superficial, it will be pretentious, it will be flat, I doubt that it will be stylish. They will try to lower the age rating to 16, and maybe they will also make it 12.
If they had filmed it at the same level as the new Dredd, which I really like. I liked it, but what's the point of riveting clones?
Hmm, I hope this remains at the level of rumors. Of all the Tatum-like ones, I would choose Lautner (Mike would have trained him) or Gigandet.
Jackie Chan never raised them. But that didn't bother him. Just like young Sammych’s belly. :)
Sorry, harsh offtopic:
http://www.kinopoisk.ru/news/2455362/
I said a hundred years ago that they would take some Chaning Tatum)) The truth was somewhere nearby)
Indian films have never been good at fighting. And Akshay Kumar himself can easily be beaten by a 17-year-old karateka girl. Although he pretends to be a master... His legs don’t lift. Everything depends not on the nation but on the hard work of a person. In India, most often heroes have thin arms and bellies. That is, this is enough for their understanding of heroism. Real hard workers Adkins, Van Damme, Donnie Yen, Bruce Lee in their time. And let Indian actors pump up and keep in shape and not just one time, then a muscleman or a fat one. A true professional must always be in shape and lead by example. And then they are skilled masters of singers and dancers.
And this actor would like a good director...
Unfulfilled potential IMHO.
August has 5 days))).
Somehow August is not at all encouraging with interesting news about BI films. :(