简介：India'seagernesstoboastaboutthecostlinessoftheirfilmsneverceasestoamazeme.Theirfilmcultureistrulyunique.Thelatestcostliestfilmunderproductionisthenewsuperhero/sci-fifilm,PrinceVaali.AbigpressreleasewentouttotheusualIndianfilmnewssitesandgaveawholebunchofreasonswhythefilmwillbeasuccess.Alargepartofmewonderswhotheyaretryingtoconvince... PrinceVaaliisapparentlyasuperheromodeledaftertheHindumonkeygod,Hanuman.MuchismadeinthepressreleaseaboutVaalibeingthefirstIndiansuperherotohavealogo.India'spreviouscinematicdo-gooderswereapparentlydoomedtofailwithoutthem.Onthewholetherearefewthingsaboutthisfilmthatinspireconfidenceinmebeyondthebraggadociosurroundingthelogo.Anotherpotentialweaknessisthatthefilmiswrittenanddirectedbyanewcomer,VishuTanay,onwhomIcanfindnothing.Notagoodsignforaprojectofsuchallegedlymassivescale. Stilloptimistic?Letmehelpyouwiththat... Thefirstfilmisinpre-productionnow,andthey'veplannedfivesequelstocompletethePrinceVaalistory.Thatisquiteacommitment,butthat'snotall.Thefilmistobeamulti-lingualone,notanunusualpracticeinIndia.Typicallythey'llfilmthemovieinonelanguageandhavedifferentdubsmadeforvariousmarkets.Itischeaptomake,andmaximizesprofit.However,thatisn'thowPrinceVaaliisapproachingthis,apparently.Instead,thefilmwillhavefourdifferentleadactors.OneeachforTelugu,Tamil,Hindi,andSpanishlanguageversionsofthefilm.Abitrisky?Ofcourse!Buthey,youcan'tmakemoneywithoutspendingmoney,right? Infact,theonlythingthatiseventheslightestbitencouragingaboutthisprojectisthefactthatthepre-production,artdesign,andCGarebeingworkedonintheUS.IloveIndianfilm,don'tgetmewrong,buttheirCGisreallyprettyatrocious,withoutexception.Thefirstconceptartbelowlooksgood,butIhaveafeelingitain'tgonnaendupexactlylikethatinthefinishedproject. FromwhatIcantellabouttheplotitinvolvesthemonkeygodsuperherofightingalienrobots.Um,well,theideahaspotential,butIremaincautiouslypessimistic...…