I've never seen a Bollywood movie. I'm not really a movie person in general, and what little I know about Bollywood movies is that there is a boatload of unnecessary singing and dancing extravaganzas. Not really my cup of tea.
However, it's extremely popular in India, but never before has there been a video game based on any of the movies -- until now. The recent film Gahjini is set to become the first Bollywood movie ever made into a PC game. According to the IMDB synopsis, it's about a millionaire with short term memory loss (pretty much exactly like Memento, down to the Polaroids and tattoos) who murders a bunch of people, and one of the characters is a "model cum activist". (I know that's not what it sounds like, but I couldn't stop laughing when I read that.)
An Indian game company called FXLabs is creating the game, which will be an action game based on the movie and feature voice acting (and hopefully dancing) from the movie's stars. Let's hope Gahjini makes it to Steam soon; the rest of the world not being able to play this game would be a travesty of the highest order.
[Via DesiHits!]
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8:00 PM on 12.29.2008
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/facepalm
I would know, my family watches them, I hope this game fails, hard
Oh, thanks a heap! Like the majority of games for the Wii aren't shit enough as it is -- and this coming from someone who defends the Wii!
Its making me racist towards the indians... its like wardrox liking games but hating suck... like jim sterling hating too human...
(I always wanted to compare myself to them :D)
To the new game... Im not a violent or rude guy... but I will say... Fuck you... fuck off... dont fucking copy off games I like... seriously fuck off... no seriously... fuck off... Im gonna go crazy if they rip off good games...
the worst part is... despite the plethora of good american tv shows... my dad watches these crap all day and night...
*shivers*
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dude dont give them ideas...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1NoOOoaNw&feature=channel_page
If I ever look at the game I will probably spring a leak.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_2gW3zwMMQ
it is one of my lifelong goals to witness a train full of Indian people passing through my home town. the lead singer has to look like Jackie Chan and they have to hack into my car radio so i can listen to their whole song. what? it could happen...
my favourite is "Dhoom" the funny thing is, even though that's a "hard" ganster-movie, they still have the singing and dancing depicted in that pic...
but as you can also see in the pic, every bollywoodmovie has boatloads of incredibly hot chicks doing naughty dances, so I can't wait to see how they incorporate that into the game :-)
I can tell you... technically... and literally... they are all crap... yes I am painting them with a single brush... because the people who make "artsy" bollywood film... are the same people ripping off ideas from hollywood to make their next movie... they all suck... you cant condone plagarism... no matter how "naughty" they dance nor how hot the girls are...
They are all crap... yeah Hollywood makes a lot of crap too... but atleast they dont steal... even the stupidest movies are a little original... and when they steal or "remake" atleast they are honest about it...
Im sorry I rant about this... but I like good movies... I like good games... and it physically hurts me when someone rips them off...
also... bad scripts+slutty girls and dances= PORNO!!!
actually... I think even american pornos have better stories...
what I mean is, its such a spectacle to watch regardless of the story that its worth your time :-)
That said, I would so fucking play it. But only if there are musical numbers.
Please don't kill me.
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