Comments on: Aishwarya may play Buddha’s wife

By: gc

gc — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 06:30:22 +0000

That clueless stoner played the greatest Indian who ever lived??

Hmmm…while I agree with your point re: the bad casting decisions, dunno if he’s the “greatest ever” – the Buddha didn’t have too much influence within India. Heck, given China’s conduct w.r.t. Tibet, Taiwan, NoKo, Vietnam, etc. I doubt that ahimsa has much pull there either

After much reflection, for greatest Indians I’d have to nominate the guys who started the Sepoy Mutiny. Until Abdul Kalam those were the first guys who actually tried to give India some gonads.

By: kurian

kurian — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 19:23:20 +0000

Oh come on:(a slightly-tanned) Keanu Reeves could pass off quite easily as a Nepali (as Siddhartha was). I suspect they paid more heed to the authenticity of that casting decision than you think they did.

By: Al Mujahid

Al Mujahid — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:53:49 +0000

I wont be that surprised to see a white person playing Buddha. Jesus is still being played by Nordic men. Though to be fair to Mel Gibson atleast in his movie, Jesus was played by a Southern European. Now eventually they will move towards the East Mediterranean to pick someome to play Jesus.

By: Punjabi Boy

Punjabi Boy — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 08:45:59 +0000

Keanu Reeves as Siddhartha???

WTF??

When???

That clueless stoner played the greatest Indian who ever lived??

Man...that is just unbelievable. What a slap to our faces.

By: Manish Vij

Manish Vij — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 18:27:55 +0000

Siddhartha has already been played by Keanu Reeves...

Siddhartha and Yashodhara's Excellent Adventure?

By: Abhi

Abhi — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:46:00 +0000

I think you both forget that Siddhartha has already been played by Keanu Reeves in “The Little Buddha.” You can’t get much worse than that.

By: Manish Vij

Manish Vij — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 16:55:05 +0000

How on Earth can Brad Pitt be in the movie about Buddha?

The same way Eddie Murphy was: badly.

By: Punjabi Boy

Punjabi Boy — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:47:43 +0000

How on Earth can Brad Pitt be in the movie about Buddha? How many white men lived in north India 2500 years ago?

Amazing. They better cast an Indian actor as Buddha or I will be protesting outside the cinemas. No doubt the Holywaood producers will be demanding Leonardo Di Caprio or Orlando Bloom with a suntan for goodness sake!

By: prakruti

prakruti — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:58:28 +0000

hmmm..this film has bratt pitt and richard gere opposite aiswarya rai. and buddha did turn yashodhara into a monk, while they say the sight of a dying old man turned buddha into a monk..

From yashodharas point of view, hindi poet maithili sharan gupta wrote a poetry collection on yashodhara, buddhas wife ,on her anguish as a wife and a mother missing buddha, very sensitive collection of poems showing a womens agony in those times living without a husband.

If u can read hindi, here is a link to a piece from that poetry collection yashodhara. http://www.manaskriti.com/kaavyaalaya/sakhi_ve_mujshe_kahkar_jaate.stm

By: vinod

vinod — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:25:15 +0000

Perhaps Chris Rock had some insight into this when he said “No matter how hot she is, somewhere, there’s a guy who’s tired of putting up with her sh*t”

Perhaps if you get tired of Aishwarya, all that’s left to upgrade to is Nirvana?