When I saw Aakrosh, I thought to myself 'Wow Priyadarshan can make some really good hard-hitting films. He made some really good comedies but now his comedies are working no more, so he has exploited a new genre and that too very well'. But then I read somewhere that this film is inspired from the Hollywood movie Mississippi Burning. So I brought that film and saw it to compare and contrast and I bet you there is nothing to contrast. Aakrosh is straight life almost scene to scene and dialogue to dialogue from Mississippi Burning. The only difference is that Mississippi Burning deals with civil rights in America during 1964 and Aakrosh deals with honour killings, which was a hot topic at the time of its making.
However the acting by both Ajay Devgn and Akshaye Khanna did justice to Gene Hackman and William Defoe's acting. But all in all it is a straight lift (lifts from Hollywood disgust me). You can make films after being inspired that's a whole different story, but lifts are uncreative and something to be ashamed of.
You should have the guts to claim that the movie is a lift. First you copy something, which in this case, by the way, is a blatant act of plagiarism, and then you claim it as your own is shameful.
Indian film makers who do such heinous acts should be ashamed of themselves. Moreover they should stop making films if they have run out of ideas, or at least credit the film from which they are copying.
I have changed my rating from 6 to 3 after watching Mississippi Burning.
However the acting by both Ajay Devgn and Akshaye Khanna did justice to Gene Hackman and William Defoe's acting. But all in all it is a straight lift (lifts from Hollywood disgust me). You can make films after being inspired that's a whole different story, but lifts are uncreative and something to be ashamed of.
You should have the guts to claim that the movie is a lift. First you copy something, which in this case, by the way, is a blatant act of plagiarism, and then you claim it as your own is shameful.
Indian film makers who do such heinous acts should be ashamed of themselves. Moreover they should stop making films if they have run out of ideas, or at least credit the film from which they are copying.
I have changed my rating from 6 to 3 after watching Mississippi Burning.