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This is a case study in how to make a presentation or a project report in a B school. This is a study of how to copy-paste from various sources (at the same time acknowledging it) and presenting a complete package with some excellent glossy packaging!

For example, the movie - Om Shanti Om had the basic template from the movie Karz. The main attraction was inspired from John Jhonny Janardan’s title track. There were generous doses of movies like Madhumati and Karan Arjun. Some traces of Maine Pyaar Kiya, some Rajnikanth movies, some Jeetendra movies, many 70s ki movies, many actors ka style and lives etc. etc. were present. Thrown in was some amount of nostalgia in order to emotionally connect with the audience.

Some quotes were from various sources (The one mentioned 3-4 times was from “The Alchemist” –“When you want something, the whole Universe conspires to help you realize your desire”!)

And then all the ingredients need to be mixed in right proportion so as not to have an overdose or absence of any element.

Maybe, people can take some cues from the movie on “How to make an excellent project report/ PPTs”!!!

The trick lies in presenting the complete entertainment package, so that the audience enjoys it!

For the real substance … Who cares!

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  1. Anonymous5:42 AM, November 13, 2007

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  2. Anonymous9:22 AM, November 15, 2007

    That way every movie will seem the same cause after all at the end of the day, most of them are love stories and have very similar feel...

    But, remmbr, there is a dialogue in the movie which was something like,"karz type setting chata hai... ".. so the director openly accepts that she has nothing new to present to the audience...

    but the trick is in telling the same old story in a new way.. in which i think the director did justice... cause she did her research on the movies of 70s and stuff really well...

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  3. Nikesh Rathi11:22 AM, November 16, 2007

    Yeah ... Many movies are similar, and the story was told in a new way!

    But it was the spoof element which contributed to entertainment, I think!

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  4. Anonymous3:59 PM, November 22, 2007

    I am surprised you even watched the movie!

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