Chocolate is a shot-by-shot, sometimes scene-by-scene and many times dialogue-by-dialogue rip-off of Bryan Singer's The Usual Suspects. Maybe it was a tribute to that film on it's ten-year anniversary since that was released in 1995. Nevertheless, this movie is an awful rehash. And i am appalled by the director making claims about it's originality and brilliance. It's just shameful. After the movie I did not feel bad about wasting money on this but I was let down because of the unscrupulous nature of the filmmaker. It is just a shame. Of course, there some minor changes, Kobayashi from the original was made into Rashomon (oh turning-in-the-grave bits). Keyser Soze was made into Murtaza Arzaai and the works. This film doesn't deserve any applause. Sorry, Vivek Agnihotri, you are a liar.
Loads of T&A. The acting was good in parts. Anil Kapoor went overboard on some occasions and there were some funny one-liners but nothing which would make you look beyond the lying, cheating and stealing (The Movie Idea that is.) People always complain about the lack of originality in Bollywood nowadays. there isn't a paucity of ideas but due to directors like these. He's a first-time director if I am not mistaken. and instead of breaking the norm, he went ahead and took the plunge. i saw many other reviews in Indian dailies and Indian news websites. not many of them have mentioned anything about this movie being a rip-off. i am totally angered with this dishonesty.
Loads of T&A. The acting was good in parts. Anil Kapoor went overboard on some occasions and there were some funny one-liners but nothing which would make you look beyond the lying, cheating and stealing (The Movie Idea that is.) People always complain about the lack of originality in Bollywood nowadays. there isn't a paucity of ideas but due to directors like these. He's a first-time director if I am not mistaken. and instead of breaking the norm, he went ahead and took the plunge. i saw many other reviews in Indian dailies and Indian news websites. not many of them have mentioned anything about this movie being a rip-off. i am totally angered with this dishonesty.