Saturday, June 17, 2006

The Great Indian Godfather Movie Ripoff

I have a great movie idea! Combine Godfather I & II into one mega-Bollywood movie. Have Amitabh Bachchan play Brando. And have Abhishek Bachchan play De Niro. Abhishek Bachchan with a 70s Amitabh hairpiece. However, since ultimately the original Godfather series is about the third son, it turns out that the third son is also played by - you guessed it - Abhishek. So now we have a tightly controlled family loop, the rest of the superficial stuff like story and stuff should be fairly easy. For purposes of originality and Indianness, this family is called the "Kharliwani" family which I suspect could be a mix of Sindi and Punjabi with a slice of Gujarati or Parsi. I forsee this being a 4 hour movie so I can break this movie into 4 acts each:
Act 1 - Same as Godfather 1 - Part A
Act 2- Same as Godfather 2 - Part A
Act 3 - Same as Godfather 1 - Part B
Act 4 - Same as Godfather 2 - Part B

This intermixing of the two Godfather movies is bound to confuse the critics and prevent them from guessing our source of "inspiration". And gives a sense of Quentin's Pulp Fictionesque non-linearity to the whole movie - a surefire way to become India's entree of Oscar nominations.

Now for y'all failing to understand why this project should hit the floors immediately - there are three reasons (and here is where I "don" my marketing hat).
1. This whole enterprise hinges on my excellent grasp of the Indian moviegoers pulse. And they are thinking: "How cool will it be to have Abhishek "don" a 70s vintage Amitabh hair-piece?"
2. Amitabh is not getting any younger. One has to capitalize on available resources before they become defunt and start to decompose.
3. To prove superiority of Bollywood talent over Hollywood talent: A tall, baritone Amitabh and a tall, baritone Abhishek who bear striking resemblance to each other versus mumbling, short Brando and a smokey voiced, short Al Pacino.
I rest my case.











Vintage Amitabh









Abhishek, Pre-Vintage Amitabh Hairpiece








Abhishek, Post-Vintage Amitabh Hairpiece


Vintage 70s Amitabh Hairpiece

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