In the summer of 2017, the movie "Wrestling Daddy" starring Amir Khan scored 1.3 billion in the box office in China, the highest box office record for non-Hollywood imported films, and can be called a 2017 phenomenal box office performance. The
Douban score once reached 9.7. As of today, the Douban score is still 9.1.
I remember at that time, many people around me were watching this movie in the circle of friends, and I couldn’t help but also ran to watch it. In fact, it was not as touching as I heard, and even the story was a bit clichéd, but it was highly completed. Coupled with the adaptation of the film based on real people and real events, as well as Amir Khan's continued attention to women's rights and the effect of word of mouth, the film was successful.
So when I knew that Amir Khan's new work "Mystery Superstar" was released in China, I went to the spot with a skeptical attitude. After watching the movie, completely surrendered. The whole movie has almost no shortcomings. Such a movie is worth contributing to the box office! The story of
"Mystery Superstar" is equally simple.
The 14-year-old Indian girl Yin Xiya loves to sing, and belongs to the type of God enjoying food and kneeling. But the authoritarian father did not allow her to sing. She could only act as a masked singer at home, play and sing herself and upload the video to the Internet. As a result, the whole network became popular.
was discovered by Shakti Kumar, the musician played by Amir Khan, and invited her to record the theme song of the movie, and then... (I go to the cinema to watch it by myself, I won’t be spoiled) The movie
is a musical, Everyone knows the urinary sex of Indian movies, that is, if you don't agree, you will sing and dance if you don't agree. Before I went to the movie, I was afraid that I would not understand the curry song in the movie, and I would be embarrassed to leave halfway. You must know that this movie is often 150 minutes, two and a half hours.
But the music in the movie is so unstoppable! Do not! under! Come! Every song Yin Xiya sings is heartfelt and beautiful, and the sound effect is comparable to the top domestic configuration "I am a singer". It turns out that music really knows no borders. The soundtrack is also just right, whether it matches the plot or expresses the emotion, it is one word: accurate.
Good-looking movies are not always a problem at all. You can't wait for them to be longer and longer. Although the story of the
movie is simple, such a simple story is still appetizing. It has been reversed many times and still has expectations for the plot even when everyone can guess the ending. This is ability.
If such a story is made into a domestic youth film, guess what will happen? It's not that we have never done it before. The same subject matter, music and dreams have been filmed by The Voice of China before, but I couldn't bear to look directly at it.
Although the story of "Mysterious Superstar" is simple, it contains many things behind it, and it presents the audience far more than the story itself. singers are just a main line. In addition to the main line, there are also mother-daughter affection, siblings, young first love, Indian women's status and other social issues, meaning of life and so on.
And these points that are easy to fall into the cliché are not artificial at all. The surrounding audience, including me, cried and laughed during the whole viewing process. Even if it is chicken soup, I drink it willingly.
It’s not enough to have a good story and theme. The performance of the actors is also very important.
first talk about Amir Khan, compared with the recent "Wrestle Daddy". In "Wrestling Dad" he plays a wrestler, a father, strong and severe.
You can imagine him transformed, playing a sordid musician in "Mystery Superstar", with wretched eyes, letting go, and so cute. Plasticity is simply not too strong.
The heroine who plays the singer is not pretty, even fat, she is the little Jitta in "Wrestling Daddy", but the unstoppable aura, the performance is very real.
mother is so beautiful, she interprets the helplessness of a diverse mother and an Indian wife very well. Each supporting role of
is also very powerful.
Little brother, warm and cute.
's fierce and violent father makes people feel angry when he sees him.
The infatuated and innocent boyfriend is like the little sun and the breeze, although not handsome, but heart-warming.
I want to pay tribute to Amir Khan. He has always been concerned about women's equality and dared to stand up against stereotypes.
《This is the theme of "Wrestling Dad", and "Mystery Superstar" also has a lot of such content.
In the Indian marriage system, women are nothing but vassals. Although Indian women are married like China, Indian women can never be independent after they "marry out".
is like a mother in the movie, humbled like a servant in front of her husband. She often encounters domestic violence, but she has never thought about divorce and lacks the ability to be independent, because this is the fate of generations of Indian women. The most frightening thing about
is that most Indian women accept their fate. The grandmother in the movie is the epitome of the destiny of an Indian woman. She said in the movie, I can’t figure out why my mother gave birth to me. What do you think of my life? This is the self-doubt imprinted in the hearts of Indian women.
What Amir Khan is doing is to change people’s views from cultural and social psychology. This is also the power of movies.
The success of a movie depends on many factors. A movie like "Mystery Superstar" can see the attention of the director and actors. The
movie, an art that came from behind, is about to mature and rot. There are so many bad movies, watching once is equivalent to receiving humiliation once. Occasionally seeing a good movie, it feels like revenge. "Mysterious Superstar" counts as one such good movie.
