It’s like a little “before and after” picture for stardom! Two news stories, one about Varun Dhawan, established young hero with a booming career, and one about Harshvardhan Kapoor, struggling to make it with his big break film about to release. Both of them are making very savvy choices for where they are at the moment, but they are in very different places.
Have you noticed that in Indian film, an overnight success is rare, but an overnight failure is even rarer? It takes the slow accumulation of flop after flop after flop before there are any repercussions. But, finally, Farhan and Katrina are feeling the burn!
The mail in registration form must be postmarked 30 days before the election. Or, in other words, by THIS SATURDAY!!! So, fill out the form and mail it in TODAY!!! Follow this link for directions.
(as with all these posts, please PLEASE follow the links, even if you think you may have missed your state deadline, I could have miss-counted the days or there could be a loophole that will let you register after all!!!)
The mail in registration form must be postmarked by the 5th Monday before the election. Or, in other words, next Monday. So, fill out the form and mail it in TODAY!!! Follow this link for directions.
(as with all these posts, please PLEASE follow the links, even if you think you may have missed your state deadline, I could have miss-counted the days or there could be a loophole that will let you register after all!!!)
Vinod Khanna! I am conflicted about him. But it’s his 70th birthday, I will see if I can come up with a dozen reasons to love him.
Okay, it’s getting less press than the earlier “Ban” and stuff, but the real pressure is on now for Karan to do something about Fawad in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. The bottom line is being affected. Although Fawad probably doesn’t care, because he has much more important things going on in his life!
I always feel bad about how the resolution to things is usually not reported. There’s the initial exciting incident or court case or rumor, and then months later when it is actually resolved, nobody pays attention because they have moved on to a new rumor or incident or whatever. So today I am going to try to fix that and report 3 separate resolutions to old stories.
Global figures are out! Dhoni did well, but it seems to be driven more by Cricket interest than by Sushant Singh Rajput interest.
I put up my non-spoiler review up right after I watched it, but I wanted to kind of let the film percolate before I attempted my detailed summary/spoiler review. Which might mean that a miss a scene here or there, but I should have a better idea of the overall message of the film. Oh, and I let it percolate too long (or not long enough?) so this is going to be too long and end up split in two parts.
Remember a couple of days ago when Kangana asked why Hrithik’s Daddy had to come to his rescue? And I said it’s not really a Hrithik issue, it’s how the world works? I am CORRECT! Now Salim has come to Salman’s rescue. Oh, and speaking of old guys everyone listens too, Om Puri is in trouble as well.
Really, this isn’t much of a news item at all. But I can throw in some more details about the rumored project, at least? Try to fluff it up with that?
I know, this is a ridiculous thing to do a post on, but I don’t care! Animal songs are just plain cute! It’s almost as tempting a post idea as International Dance Day.
Do you think it’s possible someone at Eros is reading my posts and going “hey, this white lady’s right! We shouldn’t spend money on Bhansali, it’s a bad bet!”? Do I have that much power? What should I do with it next?
Almost missed this one! Which isn’t that big of a deal, JP Dutta is important but not THAT important. Only, I really really love LOC Kargil (check out my two part post of favorite quotes!), and I am pretty fond of Refugee too. So I might as well scrape up a half dozen or so reasons to celebrate and love him on his birthday.
The mail in registration form must be received by 30 days before the election. Or, in other words, this Saturday. So, fill out the form and mail it in TODAY!!! Follow this link for directions.
(as with all these posts, please PLEASE follow the links, even if you think you may have missed your state deadline, I could have miss-counted the days or there could be a loophole that will let you register after all!!!)
All of these are more “controversies” than actual controversies, the very definition of a tempest in a teapot. But if I mush them all together into one post, then they are worth discussing.
I said “historic monument” as a joke about Mannat, but that’s actually what the controversy is about! Mannat’s historic status.
Not like there are Rosh Hashanah themed songs available, but I thought it might be as nice a time as any to talk about Nadira and Ruby Meyers. India’s famous Jewish movie stars!
This was not the best movie to watch the same time as Pink. Or maybe it was the best movie to watch? It certainly helped highlight exactly why Pink is groundbreaking! And yes, I know, it’s another one that wasn’t recommended, but it’s the last one on the Netflix list. And I really hope it isn’t the first Malayalam movie anyone watches, because ENRAGING!!!!
This is a long shot, but I never get enough audience members, so I might as well see if I can drum up any business here!
I am the India chair for the Midwest Popular Culture Association, our annual conference is next weekend(October 6th-9th) in Rosemount, just outside Chicago near O’Hare. I’ve organized a lovely panel on Indian popular culture for Sunday afternoon, as I have for the past few years, and I am already dreading no one attending, because no one ever comes to the India talk.
So if you are in the area and are interested, stop by! Here is the link to the website for more info: http://mpcaaca.org/info/conference/
Yaaay! The biggest scandal of the year keeps rolling on! This makes me so happy. News about UTV going bankrupt and casting announcements are fun, but I need the nice juicy gossip every once in awhile to keep me going.
I still haven’t seen Force 1. I’m ashamed and all that, but I missed it in theaters and then I spoiled myself for the ending and it sounded like kind of a downer, so I skipped it on DVD. But Force 2 looks pretty good, so maybe I will make myself watch Force 1 so I am all caught up.
Not too many songs for this occasion, peaceful non-violence isn’t necessarily the most cinematic thing to watch, but I’ll see what I can do! (Bhagat Singh’s birthday was a lot easier)
I already put up the kind of dull industrial news for the day, but there was some other news, of the more personal and gossipy variety.
Happy Navratri! So many holidays in the fall! Which is great, gives me something to post about.
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