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<h1 class="ql-align-justify" > on February 14, 2019, Valentine's Day, the hip-hop-related movie "Gully Boy" was released in India. </h1>
<h1 class="ql-align-justify" > the film is the Indian version of "8 Miles" — "8 Miles" is an American hip-hop movie masterpiece. </h1>
8 miles
Some friends may not know "8 Miles (8 Miles)", here is a blackboard to outline the key points to briefly introduce.
8 Miles is a semi-autobiographical film by American hip-hop superstar Eminem, co-starring with some hip-hop superstars, about some of his experiences on the hip-hop road, mainly the ups and downs and troubles he faced.
"8 Miles" is not only a leader in American hip-hop movies, but also a model of rap music films in the world.
Eminem
Therefore, "Gully Boy" can only be said to be close to "8 Miles" in terms of theme or form, which is not comparable in terms of connotation.
As a film about the fortunes of Indian hip-hop artists, "GullyBoy" was widely acclaimed after its release.
Currently, the film has a rating of 8.6 (10 out of 10) on IMDB, but the number of rated people is relatively small.
IMDB related ratings
The director of Gully Boy was Zoya Akhtar, who won the Indian Film Audience Award for Best Director in 2011 for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.
Zoya debuted in 2009 by directing Lucky By Chance.
Zoya Akhtar
The male lead is played by Ranveer Singh. Ranville is a well-known Indian actor who debuted in 2010 by starring in Band Baaja Baaraat and won the Indian Film Audience Award for Best Actor, and in 2016 won the Indian Film Audience Award for Best Actor for bajirao Mastani.
Ranveer Singh
The heroine is played by Alia Bhatt (Aria Buhatt), who was born into a prestigious acting family in Bollywood, whose father is the well-known director, producer and screenwriter Mahesh Bhatt; her mother is actor and director Soni Razdan(Sony Lazdan); her uncle Mukesh Bhatt is also a producer; and her cousin is also a producer; among others, there is also the actor Emran Hashmi. Hasmy) and director Mohit Suri (Mohit Suri).
Alia Bhatt
"Gully Boy" tells the story of a 22-year-old young man born in the slums of Mumbai, India, who does not follow the white-collar road that his father expected, but embarks on the path of hip-hop stars, and at the same time gains true love.
Gully Boy
From the perspective of storytelling, such a plot is inevitably a bit cliché for the audience, after all, the plot of violating parents and then doing what you like, while harvesting love, is countless in movies and TV series.
However, "Gully Boy", as a rare hip-hop music theme in Indian movies, still creates a different image of a hip-hop singer.
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The common image of male hip-hop singers usually has a certain grassy atmosphere, and dressing up is mostly not a mainstream aesthetic.
Some male hip-hop singers may be a bit macho in terms of image, and female misogynistic male hip-hop singers are not a minority, and the aforementioned famous American rapper Eminem (Amy Ham) is one of them.
However, the image of the rapper created by Gully Boy is a serious worker but lacks self-confidence, dressed as an urban hipster type.
From this point of view, although the story of "Gully Boy" is old-fashioned, it is still innovative in character building.
Bridge
Gully Boy pays tribute to Naezy & Divine, a local Indian rapper group from Mumbai, who became popular with a hymn to Mumbai, "Mere Gully Mein", leaving their native Mumbai slums and reaching the pinnacle of their lives.
Naezy & Divine
A few days ago, at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival, "Gully Boy" also entered the special screening unit.
However, there is still no release information for the film in China, and I hope that there will be an opportunity to introduce it, and everyone can also enjoy india's hip-hop style on the big screen.
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