Harry vs Hanuman: Where are Indian superheroes?
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has whisked its way to number one position at the box offices world over. With weekend ticket sales of $77.4 million and a five-day total of over $140 million in United States alone, Order of the Phoenix has in fact sold more tickets in its initial five days than the first three Potter movies in their initial week.
Rowling's seventh and final novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, is set to debut on bookshelves on July 21, and Warner Bros already is working on movies number six and seven.
Harry Potter and his battles against evil forces is a story that children world-over now swear by. The series has broken all records in terms of sales and visibility. But wasn’t the entire concept of ‘victory of good over evil’ an Indian one originally?
What were the greatest mythological epics of all times—Mahabharata and Ramayana—all about? They too got converted into television epics but failed to make a mark ala Potter way.
Though trends are changing at the box office, the success of animation films like Hanuman (2005) and more recently My friend Ganesha stand no where in comparison to Harry Potter series.
Rowling's seventh and final novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, is set to debut on bookshelves on July 21, and Warner Bros already is working on movies number six and seven.
Harry Potter and his battles against evil forces is a story that children world-over now swear by. The series has broken all records in terms of sales and visibility. But wasn’t the entire concept of ‘victory of good over evil’ an Indian one originally?
What were the greatest mythological epics of all times—Mahabharata and Ramayana—all about? They too got converted into television epics but failed to make a mark ala Potter way.
Though trends are changing at the box office, the success of animation films like Hanuman (2005) and more recently My friend Ganesha stand no where in comparison to Harry Potter series.
Where are we lagging behind? Is it the large-scale marketing and millions-dollars worth publicity that’s making Harry Potter a success in India? Or is it the conceptualization where Indian film-makers need to work more if they want to create something even close to Harry Potter?
On CNN-IBN Sunday Special, Bhupendra Chaubey posed the question to animation director Aman Khan (the man behind animation film Krishna), author Samit Basu and comic book writer Pran (creator of Indian comic legend Chacha Chaudhry).
On CNN-IBN Sunday Special, Bhupendra Chaubey posed the question to animation director Aman Khan (the man behind animation film Krishna), author Samit Basu and comic book writer Pran (creator of Indian comic legend Chacha Chaudhry).
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1 Comments:
Yes,dear friend you are right at your own.infact it's a tragedy with our mytho super heroes althogh the characters are bold enough TO outstand anywhere but there are many reasons so that the characters haven't intrigue,first of all there is much lac of peaole who have an interest into indian creation and secondly we see that these films are low budget films and not created by top directors and animaters.
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