Krrish 3 Promo
A short sketch on the Indian superhero and his background.
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Superman
did it, Spiderman did it, even Tony Stark, the Iron Man did save people from
under a falling mega structure skyscraper, so why shouldn’t Krrish bhaiyya?
Krrish 3 will be challenging, not just for the makers, but for the audiences
too. This is so mostly, because, as it seems from the promos released the
previous day, Krrish 3 is a Bollywood takkar*
to Hollywood superhero stalwarts.
In Koi Mil Gaya, Rohit Mehra meets an
alien, reminding much of E.T. by
Steven Spielberg, but unique in its rendering of themes such as friendship and
humanity. Even though Koi Mil Gaya was
a remake of E.T. in subject matter, it portrayed the story of an autistic boy
and his friendship with Jaadu, an alien, rather than copying the Spielberg
story of the bunch of kids rescuing the alien.
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Even
though Koi Mil Gaya was a successful
film, it did not offer a superhero character to cherish as well as to sell in
merchandise and comic books. This deficiency existed as if forever in
Bollywood. In the 80s and 90s, experiments and attempts had been made to
realize this dream of a Hindi-speaking and sentimental superhero. From Amitabh
Bachchan and Mukesh Khanna, representatives of popular Bollywood to the murky
Hindi art-cinema, tried their turn in jumping from the buildings and fighting bad
guys in costumes.
None
of them though became successful in garnering the mainstream interest as
expected, except one. The youth/child population back then in the 90s or late
80s was not ready for a superhero, which could be one among them, who could
speak Hindi. The reader, here, should not be diverted into the complicated
argument who is the real consumer of superhero movies or shows.
One
superhero caught major attention though—Shaktimaan. It was an attempt by Mukesh
Khanna, a Bollywood actor, not surely as popular as Amitab, but obviously not
less important in any sense. Mukesh Khanna was extremely successful with his
mini-screen avatar called Shaktimaan. This series is still running in many networks
inside India, including Pogo. Shaktimaan started as a TV series in September
27, 1997 in Doordarshan, India’s national network. If you calculate the period
of telecast for this serial, it is a formidably long period.
In
the big screen, however, there never was a superhero, with a long lasting
impact, which could bring the big money as a brand. Then, came Krrish.
Krrish
is the alter ego of Krishna Mehra, the son of Rohit Mehra, the autistic boy, in
Koi Mil Gaya, who was given special intellectual
abilities by his alien friend, Jaadu. The movie Krrish is Krishna’s journey to find his father, Rohit, because Rohit
is under the custody of an evil scientist Dr. Siddhant Arya in Singapore. Apparently,
Filmkraft Productions Pvt. Ltd is counting Koi
Mil Gaya as Krrish-1. The upcoming Krrish movie, which is the second movie
to feature the adventures of Krishna Mehra, is thus Krrish-3.
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Krrish 3
promos are released and fans are looking forward to see the new adventure of
their hero. The promo, however, appears to the audiences a mixture of Matrix, Superman
Returns, and Iron Man movies. In the promo, Krrish is shown to do many stunts
that he did not do before, like battling in the sky, breaking walls, flying
through the glass windows, etc. When a huge building is falling down, it is
none other than Krrish who comes to rescue people. Let’s wait and see how well
he does that.
Post
Postum: Rohit seems to have developed a superior medicine from the magic Jaadu
taught him. Perhaps, someone is trying to steal it from him. Will Rohit be able
to use the medicine to cure Krrish, when he gets hurt in the battle? Or will
the evil power that is shown rising in the promo (played by Vivek Oberoi), win
the battle to conquer the world (which seems unlikely, given the stunts Krrish
is able to perform now)? Will the evil power get his hands on the medicine
Rohit developed?
*takkar=fight
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