btw on this topic.. I think this proves without a doubt that Dhoni is a much better captain than Saurav and Sehwag is much more important player to India than Sachin has ever been..
Saying Dhoni is Better captian than Ganguly is like saying Taylor was better than Border, Waugh better than Taylor and Ponting better than Waugh.
Ganguly was the first captian probably after Pataudi to bring back some ruthlessness back to Indian team, after years of lameness given by the likes of Shastri,Manjreker etc.
Just like Border had to face humiliating losses to WI/Eng at home and rebuild his team before he gave it to Taylor in Mid 90’s to defeat the WI team who has not lost a test series for 15 years.
Under Ganguly India won their first tests in Aus, Eng etc after not winning a test outside for 15 years.
Also i dont see India as no 1 team unless they beat SA,Aus,Eng in test series at their homes,especially after the recent embarrassing loss at home against AUS.
West Indies didnt lose a test series between 1980-95, 15 straight years, home and away. 3 Back to Back finals of world cup, won 2.
Australia Uncrowned number 1 since beating WI at their home in 1995, 4 back to back world cup finals, won 2. Have lost only 4-5 Test series in last 15 years.
South Africa, Eternal Number 2 to Aus last 15 years, Only team other than Aus to Beat India and West Indies at their home(infact they did it before Aus covered the final frontier). Have had number 1 ranking couple of times, also only team after 1992 to beat Aus at home in test series.
“Ganguly was the first captian probably after Pataudi to bring back some ruthlessness back to Indian team, after years of lameness given by the likes of Shastri,Manjreker etc.”
Very well summed Doga. Not some but total. If they sledge, sledge more and give it back!
I also agree with what Beld says, much as I adore Ganguly, at times his aggressiveness, made him take a few wrong decisions, more towards the end of his career. Dhoni is quite cool and more composed in that regard.
On serious note, Sehwag was considered a hard hitting middle order batsmen, who could also bowl.
For that matter even Dhoni was bought into the Indian team from nowhere by Ganguly, in place of the media savvy (but good for nothing Mongia). Dhoni was till then was relatively unknown, except for some exploits in an international game against Pakistan in England.
btw – over the last couple of days – it was the first time i heard many commentators/experts on TV openly talk about Sehwag being a greater cricketer than Sachin. While I would question the definition of ‘greatness’ – i think there is enough evidence to prove that Sehwag and Sachin are probably both all time greats. Sachin mentioned today that this team is the best he has played with. I think this team has great balance sans a match winning spinner. I may be in the minority but i definitely think that Harbhajan is on the decline – our spin bowling is not really that great currently. I think Ojha seems a steady bowler but we need a match winner
Ganguly in the Indian team (as captain or as a player) was exactly what Beld/Achilles is on NG … stronghead/presumptous and hated by most … but still difficult to ignore coz at end of the day, whatever he said or did turns out to be true much to the dismay of all the detractors … brewing more and more hatred … all his bold decisions did more to the team than anyone ever dreamt of … and he was a rare indian player with some real guts, which stood him out among a bunch or very talented yet spineless players.
All of India’s recent success owes something or the other to what Ganguly did to the team.
No other player in the history of indian cricket evoked such extreme reactions like Ganguly did – LOVE or HATE – and this is what was the foundation of his illustrious career and his subsequent downfall and embarrasment.
btw i am with you – ganguly brought in toughness (the good) but he was also a snob (the bad). So actually ganguly resembles us on the toughness part but resembles the SS gang on the snob part
‘Ganguly in the Indian team (as captain or as a player) was exactly what Beld/Achilles is on NG ‘
Shaikhu aka Ach, sorry but i disagree with you again; you are more like Guru Greg, good in earlier days but not now ….bad track record off late – Too stubborn and and self-absorbed and also maybe in self-denial and jealousy.
I actually agree with the srk/ganguly analogy … both think very highly of themselves and never shy away from expressing that publicly – they have their fans because of that!
Also Beld is true about Ganguly being a ’snob’ … he is! about SS guyz they are a different breed of snobs altogether – snobs who are not aware they are snobs – no doubt they cant laugh at themselves.
I wish media wud at least churn out a few fake articles that will call CCTC a hit or Blue a hit or KI a hit or DDD a hit … then gorilla wud be busy again posting those repeatedly on NG instead of badmouthing me!
what a pity that even the blind media has seen the light … putting an end to the hottest debate of this year on NG!
I think in tests,
Dravid, Kumble, Sehwag are the biggest pillars followed by Sachin, laxman and harbhajan.
Sourav and Dhoni are India’s best captain followed by Kapil and Pataudi.
I am also most excited about Gautam Gambhir and believe that he is the only player besides Dhoni who will do well in all the three formats.
Before anyone asks for clarification, here is how it goes,
Me or Gorilla probably make a prediction thread for Akki movie.
Movie releases to good opening and then goes down.
Gorilla/Anna post good reviews.
Gorilla posts all positive BO reports, like 10 of them.
Ach Post all the bad BO reports/reviews, like 10 of them.
All threads include potshots at each others stars.(Ach,Gorilla,Me,Anna,Beld etc included)
End of story, this happens for each Akki movie. Such a demand.
PS: The above happens irrespective of who is right, just an observation.Ach has been mostly right about Akki’s movies but then if we agree so easily and dont go through the whole process, why are we here then.
Let me stick my head out yet again – DDD will not get in the vicinity of 50 cr … will fold up i 40-45 cr range.
Doga – Akki has been talked about most because he had 5 releases in a year where the top stars had 1 release between them … any bw site or forum wud have talked more about Akki than anyone else … whats the surprise? (again this is n-th time i have asked u this.)
Also along with how much his movies did, will u educate us on how many crores of losses Akshay movies made this year?
Anyways, since gorilla is obsessed with Akshay and me only, here is summary of gorilla-ach history since 2008:
1. Ach said JA will be blockbuster, Gorilla said flop.
Result – JA was a hit.
2. Ach said SR will flop, Gorilla – Hit.
Result – SR was average in mumbai, Flop everywhere else.
3. Ach said LS2050 will flop, Gorilla – hit.
Result – LS2050 was Disaster
4. Ach said Drona will Flop, Gorilla – Hit
Result – Drona was Disaster
5. Ach said CCTC will flop, Gorilla – ATB
Result – Flop
6. Ach said Tasveer Flop, Gorilla – hit
result – flop
7. Ach said KI Flop, Gorilla – Blockbuster
result – flop/average (whoever u believe)
8. Ach said Blue Flop, Gorilla – Blockbuster
result – flop
9. Ach said DDD Hit, Gorilla – Superhit
result – average
I dont remember the rest – but now i have opened pandora’s box on why gorilla is after me … i enjoy that! my BO predictions turned out to be correct more often than not much to the dismay of Gorilla and satyam or his leftovers here – so dont think the attacks will cease anytime soon!
Ach , Sunil shetty,Big B etc also have 5-6 releases a year, they are not talked about even 10% of Akki.
Anyways i was not being serious when i mention Akki most talked about star or Making this much money, everyone knows he has had 3 flops and 2 Averages this year.
Also i have said that you have probably been mostly right about Akki’s movies outcome and there is no doubt that makers have lost money.
But its also true that there must be one bad review/bo report for Akki by you for each Good review/report by Gorilla.
Now it can be either you really Hate Akki, or you just enjoy making things worse for Gorilla,
Sorry to say but Doga and Ach’s ana;ysis is myopic.
I was upbeat on JA the day it released. Infact i am upbeat on most movies (any movie that promises) as can be seen in the list provided. Unfortunately your memories are short as you have forgotten to mention OSO, ghajini, TZP, Ajab prem ki and scor of others.
BTW, Ach has not been right, he has just been lucky. Right from the promo till the last bit he is a sadist for most of the films except for Hrithik. It maybe because of his bias or inherent nature, but he is that and one can be right most of the time with bollywood movie if you say that movies will not do well. There is no joy in doing that and in my book does not warrant any appreciation.
Moreover, offlate Ach is just a snob who fails to pleasantly surprise now.
His narrative is political in nature and one know reasoning behind him prefering his choices. He is a fan of a loser.
“But its also true that there must be one bad review/bo report for Akki by you for each Good review/report by Gorilla.”
Initially that was true, but with time the initial good articles have evaporated … the media has universally declared KI as a failure/flop and categorized them with the likes of CCTC, Tasveer, Blue,etc … a simple search will yield lots of such articles … and its hardly an unfair call, since KI has had substancial losses in crores in the distribution chain, whether one likes to accept the harsh reality or not – its not a case of a few sub-distributors losing small amount of money with SIK … it was far severe with KI – trade knows that and the truth have percolated to the media too with time, leaving behind the csams from producers and akshay and whoever.
Just look at the most recent case – Paa.
One can see only jealous and snobbish comment from the so called fake box office numerologist, about a film that has generated extraordinary WOM and is going to be a hit.
Who is the only one on NG trying to deconstruct the success of Wanted?
and these are just a few examples. this guy was after Ranbir but now has gone silent and is waiting like a wounded wolf for Rocker singh to falter.
But what can we expect from a person who has been paralysed because of disappearance of his star from the scene since last 21 months and no sight in the next 6 months.
So who is right here…Ha!
the only loser has been akshay this year … from declaring flop films as hits and whatnot … and we all know who the fans of this loser are.
call me a sadist or whatever … i am more realistic and predict based on movie economics. anyways, i wont predict Kites will recover its investment of 150 cr, inspite of it being hrithik movie – or say Paa wont be able to recover costs – it doesnt take much to see which movies are likely to fail or work well if one can is aware of the commercial viability of the stars in it and the budget/costs associated with the movie. Its quite simple.
‘Why cant we live in a world where, Akki has 3 hits next year, Hrithik becomes a international star with Kites and Veer is also a big hit.’
I know you will love it and so will I. But someone will be perturbed to see this happenning as for him his star does only one film in 2 years, so any star having more than one hits in the same period bites his arm.
LOL … when did i say Paa will flop? or that Wanted isnt one of the rare hits this year? Yes i gave a detailed analysis (no predictions) that Wanted is unlikely to have done 60 cr as Doga says here … no one offered any counter argument on how the 60 cr is still possible? But now says i tried to deconstruct Wanted? maybe mathematics is an alien subject to some here.
But those talking about extra-ordinary WOM on Paa will be at loss when Paa will end up with 25-30 cr like WUS or RO instead of the 60 cr that cdi/tzp did with extraordinary wom … this is not deconstruction but just a reality check that some hypers cant comprehend.
anyways, enuf of bitching in this thread … this thread just proves whats wrong with Gorilla … he cant stand me after all akki failures and will give some excuse or the other …. go on dude, all the best!
Well i myself have been on the other recieving end of Ach on Wanted,but still i would like to see things moving in the better direction rather than taking potshots.
Probably caliberating oneself to know how the other person interacts will help the situation.
I am happy that India is Number one but I want to see same consistency from top order if they play on bouncy wickets of Australia and South Africa in 5 test match series. Pre Ganguly Indian team use to appear timid but with Ganguly, team behaved in certain way. In Dhoni’e era team looks little more professional where every one contributes.
Aarohi – Saw Paa but didn’t find it engaging enough. My biggest problem was tonal quality of dialogues. At some place the movie was very realistic and some places it was too loud. Moreover felt Abhishek’s political part was no way related to movie theme. He could have been banker, cricketer and movie still would have remained same. I will probably like some political part (it was good but irrelevant) in Raajneeti or SarkarRaj type movies. Vidya was good but I think her hysterical confrontations (After finding about Auro) with Abhishek were not needed. I liked Traditional Naani. Abhi was good but there was not much scope for him. Probably they could have cut the politics part and showed his interaction with Auro more. Amitabh was endearing as kid. In all it was a good effort but I think I wanted to see a little different movie.
comparing akshay to hrithik is well – pipe dream for akshay fans. this is not about ach or gorilla – its about hrithik and akshay and i am sorry but akshay is just a 2nd rate star and not in the top league. i guess gabber or gorilla – after spending significant time with the snobs at SS recently – seems to be using their hallucinations too – calling comments political etc etc. Absolutely silly but anyway both of you seem to be having fun – so ya go at it..
Akshay is a 4th rated star if that makes shahrukh,hrithik fans happy.
Komal nahta is the only one who will declare KI as flop.According to him JA is commission earner.So hrithik has no hits since 2006.
Lets hope he will have a hit next year.
Akshay has played safe with selling De Dana Dan low.Next month promotion of Action Replay starts.
doga – ss reference here was in context and was vry very jibe oriented
as long as we arent referring to individuals – why cant we talk about SS here? why should any thread be closed. btw i would encourage all to go visit SS this week and follow the numerous discussions of paa. it reminds me of those old hindi movies where all the bad guys from across the world would land up in the villain’s lair …… u guys get the drift .
i dont understand rohit’s soft nature to SS. people talk ill about indiafm/taran/komal etc – why cant we similarly comment on SS. Its all in the right spirit.
my soft nature is that everyone we talk about ss it ends up in a nasty thread with tempers flaring and i dont want that to happen.
if we can talk about it in a way that is productive, its fine.
also, in this thread, i dont see why we would talk about that site – the thread is about something else. if we talked about ss in satyams review thread, it would be something else…
The Gabbar on SS is not me.I have posted only one comment in SS. However, everyone one knows my affection for Satyam. I do visit SS occasionally but purely as a visitor. It’s not like i do not like SS. It’s just that coming and commenting in one forum itself takes away lot of time from me. If i have more time in my sleave, i will like to connect with friends there as well.
sv – thanks for a few laughs … 30 cr DP is low price for DDD? lets give nahata a break, what about all these media stories about KI being flop? if u want links, u will get plenty if u search. from perception hit to perception flop … wah wah!
Dont worry Ach, atleast i will be here to Celebrate with you when Hrithik becomes India’s first International Star in Summer of 2010, even if Veer does 10 cr.
“Rest big people will know better.”
Bhaiyaa aap moderator rah chuke ho, to Big people aur small people kyaa?
The thing is that there is a history. If it is a productive referencing then I don’t think anyone has problem but if there is some below the belt remarks then it creates problems. It is better to eschew from referring or you can always be civil even when criticizing.
not a debate worth having guys. so rohit go ahead and delete my comments if u have to. gorilla – u shud sue that guy for using ur name. I always thot it was u. bcoz rocky posted that satyam review – i went and read the comments on that and a few threads and found them very entertaining. How i wish that they were here. that thread would have been an all star thread on NG;-)
i almost feel bad for some of those guys who seem so desperate for a bachchan hit. finally paa gives them the redemption. shows how much difference a bachchan still makes to scores of people..
India have alreday beat Eng in their home ina test series in 2007…India have won a series in Pak,ban,WI,eng and nz in last 3/4 years….In 2007-08 indo aus series everybopdy knows what happend and with corrcet umpiring decisions Ind wouold have won the series…The only challenege is SA and next years Ind tour to SA will setlle the issue..
I also believe that the in urrcet success of indian team ganguly have a big role..But yes Dhoni is a better captain than Saurav…..
All in all Sachin,rahul,kumble,laxman,shewag and Bhajji(In no particular order) are been instrumental in Indis’s position at the top in test matches followed by Zheer,guatam and Dhoni..
I will bring up a complete detailed list of performances of these players in winning matches in last 7-8 years shortly.
ăbzee 6 December 2009
06:27:37 am
Can anyone tell me how to embed a video in a post? I can do this in a comment…but not in a post.
Kesariya Vilayati 6 December 2009
06:44:08 am
Make sure the post format is in HTML mode (not visual mode). Copy paste the embed code… The video should appear
Angels and Belds 6 December 2009
06:47:25 am
shetty – how did ur kid like the first movie. slept after the popcorn?
btw i am writing some stuff which you alluded to – post in a week or so.
Kesariya Vilayati 6 December 2009
06:57:17 am
Beld- Couldn’t go. I was down with fever
May be on Wednesday
Kesariya Vilayati 6 December 2009
06:57:56 am
“btw i am writing some stuff which you alluded to ”
Kaunsi hai bhai?
ăbzee 6 December 2009
07:16:54 am
Thanks for the tip Anna…you’re a Rockstar! I thought I was the computer geek here. I’m embarassed! The videos are embedded now.
Angels and Belds 6 December 2009
09:20:11 am
btw on this topic.. I think this proves without a doubt that Dhoni is a much better captain than Saurav and Sehwag is much more important player to India than Sachin has ever been..
Doga 6 December 2009
09:50:28 am
Saying Dhoni is Better captian than Ganguly is like saying Taylor was better than Border, Waugh better than Taylor and Ponting better than Waugh.
Ganguly was the first captian probably after Pataudi to bring back some ruthlessness back to Indian team, after years of lameness given by the likes of Shastri,Manjreker etc.
Just like Border had to face humiliating losses to WI/Eng at home and rebuild his team before he gave it to Taylor in Mid 90’s to defeat the WI team who has not lost a test series for 15 years.
Under Ganguly India won their first tests in Aus, Eng etc after not winning a test outside for 15 years.
Also i dont see India as no 1 team unless they beat SA,Aus,Eng in test series at their homes,especially after the recent embarrassing loss at home against AUS.
Angels and Belds 6 December 2009
09:57:53 am
i am not questioning gangulys contribution to indian cricket but just saying that dhoni is a far better captain..
Doga 6 December 2009
10:01:25 am
West Indies didnt lose a test series between 1980-95, 15 straight years, home and away. 3 Back to Back finals of world cup, won 2.
Australia Uncrowned number 1 since beating WI at their home in 1995, 4 back to back world cup finals, won 2. Have lost only 4-5 Test series in last 15 years.
South Africa, Eternal Number 2 to Aus last 15 years, Only team other than Aus to Beat India and West Indies at their home(infact they did it before Aus covered the final frontier). Have had number 1 ranking couple of times, also only team after 1992 to beat Aus at home in test series.
Doga 6 December 2009
10:04:17 am
Mcdermott
Mcgrath
Warne
Marshall
Ambrose
Walsh
Bishop
Donald
Ntini
The above list tells us that its the Bowlers that win test matches not the Batsmen(Many experts also quote the above).
Doga 6 December 2009
10:08:22 am
Indian team has not had a great bowler since Kapil dev(barring Kumble).
Kumble was intrumental in India’s Robust record of not losing a test series at home between 1987-1999.
Doga 6 December 2009
10:12:00 am
Dhoni,Sehwag,Yuvraaj,Bhajji etc have indeed brought up new dynamics to Indian team.
Angels and Belds 6 December 2009
10:12:09 am
of the current crop – i would put zaheer khan up there. he just has to figure out his injury woes – he is really good..
Doga 6 December 2009
10:13:40 am
Ganguly was also Instrumental in having faith in Newcomers and giving them good chances including Sehwag and Bhajji.
Tango 6 December 2009
10:15:24 am
“Ganguly was the first captian probably after Pataudi to bring back some ruthlessness back to Indian team, after years of lameness given by the likes of Shastri,Manjreker etc.”
Very well summed Doga. Not some but total. If they sledge, sledge more and give it back!
I also agree with what Beld says, much as I adore Ganguly, at times his aggressiveness, made him take a few wrong decisions, more towards the end of his career. Dhoni is quite cool and more composed in that regard.
Doga 6 December 2009
10:16:06 am
Does anyone remember that Sehwag used to be Middle order batsman and who brought him to opening position,
Tango 6 December 2009
10:20:22 am
Upar wohi post laga hai
Bade bade log aksar ek hi baat karte hain!
On serious note, Sehwag was considered a hard hitting middle order batsmen, who could also bowl.
For that matter even Dhoni was bought into the Indian team from nowhere by Ganguly, in place of the media savvy (but good for nothing Mongia). Dhoni was till then was relatively unknown, except for some exploits in an international game against Pakistan in England.
Doga 6 December 2009
10:20:48 am
Probably i am in denail or biased(i grew up in West Bengal).
Angels and Belds 6 December 2009
10:28:14 am
btw – over the last couple of days – it was the first time i heard many commentators/experts on TV openly talk about Sehwag being a greater cricketer than Sachin. While I would question the definition of ‘greatness’ – i think there is enough evidence to prove that Sehwag and Sachin are probably both all time greats. Sachin mentioned today that this team is the best he has played with. I think this team has great balance sans a match winning spinner. I may be in the minority but i definitely think that Harbhajan is on the decline – our spin bowling is not really that great currently. I think Ojha seems a steady bowler but we need a match winner
ShakeSpear 6 December 2009
10:29:15 am
Ganguly in the Indian team (as captain or as a player) was exactly what Beld/Achilles is on NG … stronghead/presumptous and hated by most … but still difficult to ignore coz at end of the day, whatever he said or did turns out to be true much to the dismay of all the detractors … brewing more and more hatred … all his bold decisions did more to the team than anyone ever dreamt of … and he was a rare indian player with some real guts, which stood him out among a bunch or very talented yet spineless players.
All of India’s recent success owes something or the other to what Ganguly did to the team.
ShakeSpear 6 December 2009
10:33:16 am
No other player in the history of indian cricket evoked such extreme reactions like Ganguly did – LOVE or HATE – and this is what was the foundation of his illustrious career and his subsequent downfall and embarrasment.
Angels and Belds 6 December 2009
10:35:01 am
lol Ach – tu mera naam kyon liya saala
btw i am with you – ganguly brought in toughness (the good) but he was also a snob (the bad). So actually ganguly resembles us on the toughness part but resembles the SS gang on the snob part
Doga 6 December 2009
10:36:26 am
“All of India’s recent success owes something or the other to what Ganguly did to the team.”
That is NG owes its success to Beld/Ach.
You forgot to add SRK to the list of Ganguly/Beld/Ach.
SRK too gives more hits than the detracters want or think.
I guess the company might be making Beld uneasy
Just Joking.
Gorilla 6 December 2009
10:46:48 am
‘Ganguly in the Indian team (as captain or as a player) was exactly what Beld/Achilles is on NG ‘
Shaikhu aka Ach, sorry but i disagree with you again; you are more like Guru Greg, good in earlier days but not now ….bad track record off late – Too stubborn and and self-absorbed and also maybe in self-denial and jealousy.
ShakeSpear 6 December 2009
10:48:28 am
I actually agree with the srk/ganguly analogy … both think very highly of themselves and never shy away from expressing that publicly – they have their fans because of that!
Also Beld is true about Ganguly being a ’snob’ … he is! about SS guyz they are a different breed of snobs altogether – snobs who are not aware they are snobs – no doubt they cant laugh at themselves.
ShakeSpear 6 December 2009
10:50:21 am
Gorilla – dont be mad at me because Akshay has no hits even after 5 releases this year … direct your anger to akki’s script selection.
ShakeSpear 6 December 2009
10:54:11 am
I wish media wud at least churn out a few fake articles that will call CCTC a hit or Blue a hit or KI a hit or DDD a hit … then gorilla wud be busy again posting those repeatedly on NG instead of badmouthing me!
what a pity that even the blind media has seen the light … putting an end to the hottest debate of this year on NG!
Doga 6 December 2009
10:58:08 am
CCTC = 30 cr
KI = 47 cr
Tasveer = 15 cr
Blue = 40 cr
DDD ~ 50 cr
Kinnggg again delivers 182 cr on his worst year.
Gorilla 6 December 2009
11:00:04 am
I think in tests,
Dravid, Kumble, Sehwag are the biggest pillars followed by Sachin, laxman and harbhajan.
Sourav and Dhoni are India’s best captain followed by Kapil and Pataudi.
I am also most excited about Gautam Gambhir and believe that he is the only player besides Dhoni who will do well in all the three formats.
Doga 6 December 2009
11:01:34 am
Seems like we only have 2-3 topics on NG, Akki the Kinnngg Kumar being easily the topmost last 2-3 years.
Every thread needs to have a culmination involving him.
Any lay person reading this site will feel its a Akki fan/hate site.
Or Probably What SRK is to SS is what Akki is to NG.
Doga 6 December 2009
11:16:18 am
Before anyone asks for clarification, here is how it goes,
Me or Gorilla probably make a prediction thread for Akki movie.
Movie releases to good opening and then goes down.
Gorilla/Anna post good reviews.
Gorilla posts all positive BO reports, like 10 of them.
Ach Post all the bad BO reports/reviews, like 10 of them.
All threads include potshots at each others stars.(Ach,Gorilla,Me,Anna,Beld etc included)
End of story, this happens for each Akki movie. Such a demand.
PS: The above happens irrespective of who is right, just an observation.Ach has been mostly right about Akki’s movies but then if we agree so easily and dont go through the whole process, why are we here then.
ShakeSpear 6 December 2009
11:22:59 am
Let me stick my head out yet again – DDD will not get in the vicinity of 50 cr … will fold up i 40-45 cr range.
Doga – Akki has been talked about most because he had 5 releases in a year where the top stars had 1 release between them … any bw site or forum wud have talked more about Akki than anyone else … whats the surprise? (again this is n-th time i have asked u this.)
Also along with how much his movies did, will u educate us on how many crores of losses Akshay movies made this year?
Anyways, since gorilla is obsessed with Akshay and me only, here is summary of gorilla-ach history since 2008:
1. Ach said JA will be blockbuster, Gorilla said flop.
Result – JA was a hit.
2. Ach said SR will flop, Gorilla – Hit.
Result – SR was average in mumbai, Flop everywhere else.
3. Ach said LS2050 will flop, Gorilla – hit.
Result – LS2050 was Disaster
4. Ach said Drona will Flop, Gorilla – Hit
Result – Drona was Disaster
5. Ach said CCTC will flop, Gorilla – ATB
Result – Flop
6. Ach said Tasveer Flop, Gorilla – hit
result – flop
7. Ach said KI Flop, Gorilla – Blockbuster
result – flop/average (whoever u believe)
8. Ach said Blue Flop, Gorilla – Blockbuster
result – flop
9. Ach said DDD Hit, Gorilla – Superhit
result – average
I dont remember the rest – but now i have opened pandora’s box on why gorilla is after me … i enjoy that!
my BO predictions turned out to be correct more often than not much to the dismay of Gorilla and satyam or his leftovers here – so dont think the attacks will cease anytime soon!
rkb 6 December 2009
11:26:37 am
unrelated – ShakeSpear; what’s your current email address? Can you shoot me an email?
Doga 6 December 2009
11:29:52 am
Ach , Sunil shetty,Big B etc also have 5-6 releases a year, they are not talked about even 10% of Akki.
Anyways i was not being serious when i mention Akki most talked about star or Making this much money, everyone knows he has had 3 flops and 2 Averages this year.
Also i have said that you have probably been mostly right about Akki’s movies outcome and there is no doubt that makers have lost money.
But its also true that there must be one bad review/bo report for Akki by you for each Good review/report by Gorilla.
Now it can be either you really Hate Akki, or you just enjoy making things worse for Gorilla,
Doga 6 December 2009
11:43:47 am
Having said that i just enjoy these Ach/Gorilla wars , am waiting eagerly for Patiala house,Housefull, Action Replay and also Kites.
ShakeSpear 6 December 2009
11:53:57 am
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Gorilla 6 December 2009
12:10:01 pm
Sorry to say but Doga and Ach’s ana;ysis is myopic.
I was upbeat on JA the day it released. Infact i am upbeat on most movies (any movie that promises) as can be seen in the list provided. Unfortunately your memories are short as you have forgotten to mention OSO, ghajini, TZP, Ajab prem ki and scor of others.
BTW, Ach has not been right, he has just been lucky. Right from the promo till the last bit he is a sadist for most of the films except for Hrithik. It maybe because of his bias or inherent nature, but he is that and one can be right most of the time with bollywood movie if you say that movies will not do well. There is no joy in doing that and in my book does not warrant any appreciation.
Moreover, offlate Ach is just a snob who fails to pleasantly surprise now.
His narrative is political in nature and one know reasoning behind him prefering his choices. He is a fan of a loser.
ShakeSpear 6 December 2009
12:15:24 pm
“But its also true that there must be one bad review/bo report for Akki by you for each Good review/report by Gorilla.”
Initially that was true, but with time the initial good articles have evaporated … the media has universally declared KI as a failure/flop and categorized them with the likes of CCTC, Tasveer, Blue,etc … a simple search will yield lots of such articles … and its hardly an unfair call, since KI has had substancial losses in crores in the distribution chain, whether one likes to accept the harsh reality or not – its not a case of a few sub-distributors losing small amount of money with SIK … it was far severe with KI – trade knows that and the truth have percolated to the media too with time, leaving behind the csams from producers and akshay and whoever.
Gorilla 6 December 2009
12:16:05 pm
Just look at the most recent case – Paa.
One can see only jealous and snobbish comment from the so called fake box office numerologist, about a film that has generated extraordinary WOM and is going to be a hit.
Who is the only one on NG trying to deconstruct the success of Wanted?
and these are just a few examples. this guy was after Ranbir but now has gone silent and is waiting like a wounded wolf for Rocker singh to falter.
But what can we expect from a person who has been paralysed because of disappearance of his star from the scene since last 21 months and no sight in the next 6 months.
So who is right here…Ha!
Doga 6 December 2009
12:16:48 pm
My point was Ach has been right about Akki’s movies this year, i have not looked beyond that as of yet. 3 flops and 2 averages that is.
I have no idea or recollection of predictions made by anyone.
Gorilla, also you should know that i am Akki’s 3rd admirer on NG after You and SV.
Also, whatever we say here on NG should not be taken as the truth, we do keep changing from time to time, so there is nothing like line on a rock.
ShakeSpear 6 December 2009
12:18:21 pm
“He is a fan of a loser.”
the only loser has been akshay this year … from declaring flop films as hits and whatnot … and we all know who the fans of this loser are.
call me a sadist or whatever … i am more realistic and predict based on movie economics. anyways, i wont predict Kites will recover its investment of 150 cr, inspite of it being hrithik movie – or say Paa wont be able to recover costs – it doesnt take much to see which movies are likely to fail or work well if one can is aware of the commercial viability of the stars in it and the budget/costs associated with the movie. Its quite simple.
Doga 6 December 2009
12:23:17 pm
I would like to see everyone comments here as their point of views and nothing more than that.
Why cant we live in a world where, Akki has 3 hits next year, Hrithik becomes a international star with Kites and Veer is also a big hit.Say what.
Gorilla 6 December 2009
12:23:38 pm
‘Gorilla, also you should know that i am Akki’s 3rd admirer on NG after You and SV.’
i know doga, but you tried to appreciate a wrong guy having wrong reasons for correct results…hence my commentry. Beware of him!
Gorilla 6 December 2009
12:27:26 pm
‘Why cant we live in a world where, Akki has 3 hits next year, Hrithik becomes a international star with Kites and Veer is also a big hit.’
I know you will love it and so will I. But someone will be perturbed to see this happenning as for him his star does only one film in 2 years, so any star having more than one hits in the same period bites his arm.
ShakeSpear 6 December 2009
12:30:23 pm
LOL … when did i say Paa will flop? or that Wanted isnt one of the rare hits this year? Yes i gave a detailed analysis (no predictions) that Wanted is unlikely to have done 60 cr as Doga says here … no one offered any counter argument on how the 60 cr is still possible? But now says i tried to deconstruct Wanted? maybe mathematics is an alien subject to some here.
But those talking about extra-ordinary WOM on Paa will be at loss when Paa will end up with 25-30 cr like WUS or RO instead of the 60 cr that cdi/tzp did with extraordinary wom … this is not deconstruction but just a reality check that some hypers cant comprehend.
anyways, enuf of bitching in this thread … this thread just proves whats wrong with Gorilla … he cant stand me after all akki failures and will give some excuse or the other …. go on dude, all the best!
Gorilla 6 December 2009
12:31:00 pm
I apologise to Team India for deviating from the topic. I am getting excited about T20 game coming next.
Doga 6 December 2009
12:37:54 pm
Well i myself have been on the other recieving end of Ach on Wanted,but still i would like to see things moving in the better direction rather than taking potshots.
Probably caliberating oneself to know how the other person interacts will help the situation.
But rest i will leave upto you guys.
rks 6 December 2009
02:46:11 pm
I am happy that India is Number one but I want to see same consistency from top order if they play on bouncy wickets of Australia and South Africa in 5 test match series. Pre Ganguly Indian team use to appear timid but with Ganguly, team behaved in certain way. In Dhoni’e era team looks little more professional where every one contributes.
Aarohi – Saw Paa but didn’t find it engaging enough. My biggest problem was tonal quality of dialogues. At some place the movie was very realistic and some places it was too loud. Moreover felt Abhishek’s political part was no way related to movie theme. He could have been banker, cricketer and movie still would have remained same. I will probably like some political part (it was good but irrelevant) in Raajneeti or SarkarRaj type movies. Vidya was good but I think her hysterical confrontations (After finding about Auro) with Abhishek were not needed. I liked Traditional Naani. Abhi was good but there was not much scope for him. Probably they could have cut the politics part and showed his interaction with Auro more. Amitabh was endearing as kid. In all it was a good effort but I think I wanted to see a little different movie.
Angels and Belds 6 December 2009
08:09:35 pm
comparing akshay to hrithik is well – pipe dream for akshay fans. this is not about ach or gorilla – its about hrithik and akshay and i am sorry but akshay is just a 2nd rate star and not in the top league. i guess gabber or gorilla – after spending significant time with the snobs at SS recently – seems to be using their hallucinations too – calling comments political etc etc. Absolutely silly but anyway both of you seem to be having fun – so ya go at it..
Angels and Belds 6 December 2009
08:11:40 pm
doga – you forgot to add. it ends up with akshay fans from NG taking their sob stories to SS. btw isnt that a good acronymn for SS – Sob Story
Doga 6 December 2009
08:23:17 pm
One thing is common to both Akshay and Hrithik though, no hits in 2009.
All things said and done that is.
ShakeSpear 6 December 2009
08:36:02 pm
“btw isnt that a good acronymn for SS – Sob Story”
or snob stories … personally i call it refugee camp.
ShakeSpear 6 December 2009
08:39:39 pm
btw, after MAMK and LD they are opening up for salman camp … if veer fails refugee camp will get some more entrees.
sv 6 December 2009
08:50:57 pm
Akshay is a 4th rated star if that makes shahrukh,hrithik fans happy.
Komal nahta is the only one who will declare KI as flop.According to him JA is commission earner.So hrithik has no hits since 2006.
Lets hope he will have a hit next year.
Akshay has played safe with selling De Dana Dan low.Next month promotion of Action Replay starts.
Doga 6 December 2009
08:56:00 pm
So much SS talk, whats up with that.
Rather than promoting SS here people should join it.
I try not to mingle up the two forums as it serves no purpose, we have seen it ample times before.
rkb 6 December 2009
08:57:01 pm
no more SS talk or i’m closing the thread.
thanks.
Angels and Belds 6 December 2009
09:05:14 pm
doga – ss reference here was in context and was vry very jibe oriented
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as long as we arent referring to individuals – why cant we talk about SS here? why should any thread be closed. btw i would encourage all to go visit SS this week and follow the numerous discussions of paa. it reminds me of those old hindi movies where all the bad guys from across the world would land up in the villain’s lair …… u guys get the drift
i dont understand rohit’s soft nature to SS. people talk ill about indiafm/taran/komal etc – why cant we similarly comment on SS. Its all in the right spirit.
rkb 6 December 2009
09:09:50 pm
my soft nature is that everyone we talk about ss it ends up in a nasty thread with tempers flaring and i dont want that to happen.
if we can talk about it in a way that is productive, its fine.
also, in this thread, i dont see why we would talk about that site – the thread is about something else. if we talked about ss in satyams review thread, it would be something else…
Gorilla 6 December 2009
09:10:58 pm
The Gabbar on SS is not me.I have posted only one comment in SS. However, everyone one knows my affection for Satyam. I do visit SS occasionally but purely as a visitor. It’s not like i do not like SS. It’s just that coming and commenting in one forum itself takes away lot of time from me. If i have more time in my sleave, i will like to connect with friends there as well.
Doga 6 December 2009
09:12:50 pm
Both Forums actually even right now have huge overlap in content and Members.
So i dont know how can we generalize any of the forums until we take some names, and its then that things get dirty.
This is my understanding. Rest big people will know better.
ShakeSpear 6 December 2009
09:18:07 pm
LOL beld … its like gabbar’s den from sholay!
sv – thanks for a few laughs … 30 cr DP is low price for DDD? lets give nahata a break, what about all these media stories about KI being flop? if u want links, u will get plenty if u search. from perception hit to perception flop … wah wah!
Doga 6 December 2009
09:18:16 pm
Dont worry Ach, atleast i will be here to Celebrate with you when Hrithik becomes India’s first International Star in Summer of 2010, even if Veer does 10 cr.
rks 6 December 2009
09:21:34 pm
“Rest big people will know better.”
Bhaiyaa aap moderator rah chuke ho, to Big people aur small people kyaa?
The thing is that there is a history. If it is a productive referencing then I don’t think anyone has problem but if there is some below the belt remarks then it creates problems. It is better to eschew from referring or you can always be civil even when criticizing.
ShakeSpear 6 December 2009
09:22:22 pm
Aarey o samba! kitne aadmi the Paa theater mein Friday ko?
do sarkar.
teen bachchan, aur itne kam audience? bahut na-insafi hain ….
Angels and Belds 6 December 2009
09:33:36 pm
not a debate worth having guys. so rohit go ahead and delete my comments if u have to. gorilla – u shud sue that guy for using ur name. I always thot it was u. bcoz rocky posted that satyam review – i went and read the comments on that and a few threads and found them very entertaining. How i wish that they were here. that thread would have been an all star thread on NG;-)
i almost feel bad for some of those guys who seem so desperate for a bachchan hit. finally paa gives them the redemption. shows how much difference a bachchan still makes to scores of people..
Doga 6 December 2009
09:37:05 pm
Beld, Referring to All star threads, NG hit its highest Peak(11K hits per day), during
KANK – No
OSO – No
Ghajini – No
It was RGV KI AAG.
rkb 6 December 2009
09:45:45 pm
lol its true – rgv ki aag killed!
(no pun intended)
RAJ 6 December 2009
10:02:37 pm
I clearly missed action in the thread
Doga,
India have alreday beat Eng in their home ina test series in 2007…India have won a series in Pak,ban,WI,eng and nz in last 3/4 years….In 2007-08 indo aus series everybopdy knows what happend and with corrcet umpiring decisions Ind wouold have won the series…The only challenege is SA and next years Ind tour to SA will setlle the issue..
I also believe that the in urrcet success of indian team ganguly have a big role..But yes Dhoni is a better captain than Saurav…..
All in all Sachin,rahul,kumble,laxman,shewag and Bhajji(In no particular order) are been instrumental in Indis’s position at the top in test matches followed by Zheer,guatam and Dhoni..
I will bring up a complete detailed list of performances of these players in winning matches in last 7-8 years shortly.
Doga 6 December 2009
10:18:47 pm
Raj i guess i am out of time zone about cricket, lol.
That Aus series totally disheartened me about cricket in general.
Yes India has improved by leaps and bounds last 3/4 years.
This ranking is justified, i was just referring to how India will match up to the other great teams of other eras and if India will reach that level.
Kesariya Vilayati 6 December 2009
10:23:15 pm
This is the original Gabbar of NG. One of the older members, His earlier Id was Viv 2000
http://www.naachgaana.com/wp-a.....author=109