The trailers of Bang Bang and Mary Kom took the Internet by storm. The former was trending for its high action and glamour quotient
While she tries too hard to deglamourise herself, he effortlessly looks saucy and dashing in his Tom Cruise avatar. She is seen beating her opponents in the ring and fighting societal odds, he is blowing cars and performing breathtaking stunts in the air, water and land and is an epitome of the alpha male, all set to conquer hearts! Priyanka Chopra in Mary Kom and Hrithik Roshan in Bang Bang took the Internet by storm. The recently released trailers of both the films triggered a tsunami of reactions online. Bang Bang conquered the war with a maximum number of hits on YouTube, leaving Mary Kom behind by lakhs of viewers.
Both trailers though borrow heavily on Hollywood idioms, the Million Dollar Baby practice bouts almost being lifted frame by frame inMary Kom, and the sleek two-way motor-riding sequence of Knight and Day replicated in Bang Bang. But Bang Bang has got more hits probably because of the slapdash yet elegant finish of Hrithik Roshan, the sizzle of Katrina Kaif and the high voltage action. It makes no pretence of being anything else other than a celebration of high speed life and crimes with dollops of glamour strewn in between. Perhaps that’s the reason for its aggressive and rather non-politically correct pitch of storming into the screens on October 2, the birth anniversary of the non-violent Mahatma Gandhi. Mary Kom has a docu-drama feel in the trailer, tracing the boxer’s rise from humble origins, battling stigmas and biases, scoring and then falling again to pick up the pieces. The emotional panning, however, does not get reflected as effortlessly with Priyanka, the star overtaking Priyanka, the actor in the gritty lines she delivers. Her pout often comes in the way of her conviction in delivering broken Hindi. Touted as her career-best effort, perhaps the trailer does little justice to her acting chops in the film. But we will reserve judgment on her whole performance later. Hrithik Roshan, meanwhile, shows how he should have been walking on the Milan ramp given his effortless gliding and quiet dignity in the high octane sequences. He knows this is a film of looks and plays up to those strengths without screaming from the rooftop. And therein lies his subtlety. Katrina shows why she is still the best bet for paisa vasool entertainers. We wonder how much the trailers will lead to the Maggie brand of opinion-making and impact the battle of the superhero versus the superwoman.