Oops I lost My Accent

[SimarikSmokin]

Ok now i know am i the only one who notices these details in indian movies? ok they say they are from london or America how come when we hear them talking in english no accent???? i mean seriously? i lost my accent???



Like in Mujhe Dosti Karogi he boy moves to "London" when he is like what 12 and its the 1980's right he read Archie Comics when they weren'nt out till like 1996 and that little girl has a Apple computer when those computers didn't come out till 1999-2000.



Seriously if you are from america you would have a little bit accent.



But i guess I LOST MY ACCENT!

[Sharjeel]

Little Sister, I would like to point out that Archies Comics were read decades before you were even born. If I remember right, I read Archies comics that were published in 1972. After 84-85 they seem to have lost their quality and fanbase.



Apple Computers were the first desktop PCs. they where around when God threw Adam down. In fact, Adam used an old Mac to pinpoint Eve's location.



As far as accents go, yes it is amazing to find our heroes have perfect hindi after staying in the States or Europe all their lifes and even if 'pehli baar apne desh aaya hai'! On the other end, we have people like Tom Hanks, Jodie Foster, Amitabh Bachhan, Amir Khan, etc who actually prepare for their roles. But we also have to keep in mind that the actors like Salman Khan generally get popcorn roles and so it would be foolish to prepare hard for films like Hum Saath Saath Hain.

[Alexis]

Bollywood performers need to learn how to really get into the skin of the character theyre portraying. And yes, the accent thing bothers me too. If the heroine was born and raised in America, how come she still speaks with an Indian/British accent? Makes no sense.



I wish Indian film-makers tried to make psychological thrillers.

[azazel]

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more on this later.. too much for my brain to handle at this hour

[Alexis]

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ROTFLMAO..

more on this later.. too much for my brain to handle at this hour

Ummm, are you laughing at the posts or the sad state of Bollywood movies and artists?

[azazel]

Ummm, are you laughing at the posts or the sad state of Bollywood movies and artists?

both, actually. we all knw the current state of things in Bollywood.. so that is unmistakable but trying to unearth logic in our movies?? its just plain hilarious

[Alexis]

Ummm, are you laughing at the posts or the sad state of Bollywood movies and artists?

both, actually. we all knw the current state of things in Bollywood.. so that is unmistakable but trying to unearth logic in our movies?? its just plain hilarious

It'll be another 50 years before hindi films actually become engaging and fun.

So I guess posting about them is really pointless.

[azazel]

It'll be another 50 years before hindi films actually become engaging and fun. So I guess posting about them is really pointless.

oye, dun diss hindi movies plz. they're more engaging n fun than most videsi stuff. au contraire, we just started a thread on the great Indian directors n their movies.. have a look.

[Alexis]

It'll be another 50 years before hindi films actually become engaging and fun. So I guess posting about them is really pointless.

oye, dun diss hindi movies plz. they're more engaging n fun than most videsi stuff. au contraire, we just started a thread on the great Indian directors n their movies.. have a look.

Well, there are some movies that are actually worth my 3 hours. But Im talking about the crappy ones.

[malakpetmasala]

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ROTFLMAO..

more on this later.. too much for my brain to handle at this hour

Ummm, are you laughing at the posts or the sad state of Bollywood movies and artists?

or the person who posted?

[malakpetmasala]

It'll be another 50 years before hindi films actually become engaging and fun. So I guess posting about them is really pointless.

oye, dun diss hindi movies plz. they're more engaging n fun than most videsi stuff. au contraire, we just started a thread on the great Indian directors n their movies.. have a look.

Well, there are some movies that are actually worth my 3 hours. But Im talking about the crappy ones.

Talking about crap. Its everywhere, be it hollywood or hollywood or even tollywood. But one thing we have to realise is that different movie are made for different types of audience. You would not be surprised if i told you that there are people who thoroughly enjoyed "alien VS predator" and Mars attacks. but for me, they seemed stupid and hilarious. just like Eternal sunshine of a beautiful mind, which in my view is one of the best movies i have seen in recent times but for many, it was just useless crap.

same applies to bollywood as well, and there is a lot of flesh on screen these days, maybe i dont pay 2 dollars to rent a video just for the skin in it, but there are people who simply love to see desi chicks do it on screen. It sells, so cannot be branded a bad movie.

numbers do count.

[CtrlAltDel]

damn...when i read the title of the thread, i thot someone stole yr Hyundai accent...



SS....Archies been around since the sixties...mebbe u discovered them in 1996



...and as Grandpa says, MACs been around since donkey's years too....

[black wizard]

*yaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn*

[azazel]

Talking about crap. Its everywhere, be it hollywood or hollywood or even tollywood. But one thing we have to realise is that different movie are made for different types of audience.

well said.

It sells, so cannot be branded a bad movie. numbers do count.

a reason im gonna eleborate on in my next post on the blog.

shameless publicity: http://azazel.fullhydblogs.com

[SimarikSmokin]

this is not shout it out if u have comments make them

[lonewolf]

Ok now i know am i the only one who notices these details in indian movies? ok they say they are from london or America how come when we hear them talking in english no accent???? i mean seriously? i lost my accent???

Like in Mujhe Dosti Karogi he boy moves to "London" when he is like what 12 and its the 1980's right he read Archie Comics when they weren'nt out till like 1996 and that little girl has a Apple computer when those computers didn't come out till 1999-2000.

Seriously if you are from america you would have a little bit accent.

But i guess I LOST MY ACCENT!

I read my first Archie comic book in the 1980's and used a Mac for the first time in the early 1990's..



I think I saw a bit of that movie... it was so boring and ridiculous .. like you said, the guy had no damn accent or anything... sheesh its like they lose their accent when they fly back into India.. a reverse case of desis flying into the US and suddenly getting a fake american accent!

[Alexis]

... sheesh its like they lose their accent when they fly back into India.. a reverse case of desis flying into the US and suddenly getting a fake american accent!

And the fake American accents are soooo funny!

[lonewolf]

... sheesh its like they lose their accent when they fly back into India.. a reverse case of desis flying into the US and suddenly getting a fake american accent!

And the fake American accents are soooo funny!

haha I'm reminded of my classmates, some of whom struggle to maintain their fake accents while talking to the profs. I wonder why they do it. My Chinese and other Asian friends never fake their accents.. THey talk their natural way..

[Alexis]

... sheesh its like they lose their accent when they fly back into India.. a reverse case of desis flying into the US and suddenly getting a fake american accent!

And the fake American accents are soooo funny!

haha I'm reminded of my classmates, some of whom struggle to maintain their fake accents while talking to the profs. I wonder why they do it. My Chinese and other Asian friends never fake their accents.. THey talk their natural way..

The Mexicans and Orientals speak with their natural accent, I wonder why Indians feel the need to fake it. To fit in an alien country, perhaps? Maybe. Too much pride? Could be that too.

[azazel]

I wonder why Indians feel the need to fake it. To fit in an alien country, perhaps? Maybe. Too much pride? Could be that too.

or, the problem of the natives not understanding them?

[The Jackal]

The Mexicans and Orientals speak with their natural accent, I wonder why Indians feel the need to fake it. To fit in an alien country, perhaps? Maybe. Too much pride? Could be that too.

I noticed one thing,when Indian try to speak in a fake accent its really visible,I mean I could understand an american without any problem but once an indian tries to fake an accent its just visible that hes trying very hard to get it.I cant understand them in the first place. Another thing is that when they are with their american friends they try to ignore people from India(some of them,not all) .And yeah I never noticed an oriental with a fake accent,never met a mexican.

[azazel]

And yeah I never noticed an oriental with a fake accent

that is more coz they cant fake it! our Indian brethren are experts tho

[The Jackal]

And yeah I never noticed an oriental with a fake accent

that is more coz they cant fake it! our Indian brethren are experts tho

Good point.

[azazel]

Good point.

seriously man, ive heard tht those who can speak hindi/urdu fluently can fake any accent without much trouble, provided they know the language!

[mlakpetmasala]

Good point.

seriously man, ive heard tht those who can speak hindi/urdu fluently can fake any accent without much trouble, provided they know the language!

thats a good reason to validate the existance of call centres.