I just reviewed this movie a few months back, but it’s on Netflix now and it is very pleasant, so I thought I might as well bring out the review again.
Sunday ReRun: Qarib Qarib Singlle, a Nice Mature Romance With a Weak but Happy Ending
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Monthly Archives: October 2018
Silly Sunday: Shahrukh and Irrfan in a Passionate Late in Life Relationship
Well, MKY pointed out at in the comments on my Friday post that Shahrukh would never play a same-sex romance, or the father of a marriage age daughter, or a polyamorous man in 3 relationships. To which I said “well, that’s what fanfic is for!” So if Shahrukh isn’t going to give us these films in real life, I feel I have an obligation to give them to us in fanfic form.
Friday Classics ReRun: A Gentleman! A Second Chance For Those Of You Who Missed It the First Time!
For some reason there were a lot of comments from people saying they started A Gentleman and didn’t get time to finish. And it is such a good movie, I wanted to give you a second chance! Review going up again on 10/26.
Sunday Classics/ReRun Announcement: Daawat E Ishq! To Remind Us Why We Love Parineeti
I have been hearing complaints about it being a wee bit overwhelming to try to keep up with my schedule of movies when I post things in advance. So I am going to do a rerun this week, in hopes that you have already seen it and don’t need to do a rewatch.
Shahrukh Birthday Month Discussion Post: What Do You Think is His Best Performance?
And Saturday keeps rolling along! Flowers are in the window, groceries are put away, and before I start thinking about dinner, I need to get a Shahrukh discussion post up!
I Skipped Namaste England, Sorry! Fate Was Against Me
Sorry sorry to everyone who really wanted a review. It just wasn’t meant to be. There were other things I was destined to do.
Badhai Ho Review (SPOILERS): A Movie About Loving Your Parents as People, Not Just as Parents
What I lovely movie! Just delightful. And no knowledge of the plot can really “spoil” it (although if you definitely don’t want spoilers, you can read my other review). So I am going to encourage you to see it in theaters if at all possible, and if not read this review and plan to catch it streaming or otherwise.
Satuday Small Talk: Let’s Talk the Day Away While I Watch Namaste England!
Happy Saturday! I had such a good evening yesterday, Badhai Ho was wonderful and I had a nice drive there and back and got a good night’s sleep. Let’s see if the rest of the weekend lives up to the beginning!
Badhai Ho Review (No Spoilers): A Family Movie in the Truest Sense
What a wonderful movie! It’s just so full of love and goodness and it makes you feel full of love and goodness while you watch it. Takes a silly small premise and turns it into something beautiful.
TGIF: Shahrukh Birthday Month Post, Photos of Himself as Characters He Should be Playing
I’m in that perfect mood of tired but wanting a distraction that leads to very short fanfic ideas. So, for today’s TGIF, let us look at photos of Shahrukh in real life and pretend they are characters he is playing.
Friday Classics: Eklavya, a Movie that Comes in Just at the Ending
Happy Friday! I managed to get through the week somehow! Well, almost, I’ve got one more day left. But yesterday was the day when the staff went from 4 to 1 (me). Today and Monday it will be back up to 2, and then by Tuesday it will be all the way to 4 again (woo).
Thursday Telugu: Rajanna, Kill the Rich!
Well, this was fun! A movie I picked because a) it had Nagarjuna and b) it had the shortest running time of all the Nagarjuna movies on Hotstar. But it turned out to be a little more than just short and Naga-riffic.
TGIT: Birthday Boys Versus Each Other, Prithviraj Versus Shahrukh
Did you think I didn’t notice Prithviraj’s birthday? I did! But I was too tired and overworked to do anything about it. However, better late than never, and today is a good day for me to start a discussion in the comments since I won’t have time for a big long post until tonight.
Happy Dussehra! From Swades to Aks!
HAPPY DUSSEHRA!!!!! And happy day that I have to magically become 4 more people at work! Through an odd combination if immovable conflicts, all my co-workers are gone today and so I must become all and everyone simultaneously. Oh dear. At least I can schedule a Dussehra post before the day really starts! (this is an updated and reposted post from last year)
Shahrukh Birthday Month: JHMS, Happy New Year, Raees, Om Shanti Om, JTHJ Rewritten So He Can Play His Own Age
There are a large number of films where he actually is playing his own age, or close to it. But for those few where he is clearly far far distant from the character age, here are my suggestions for how to fix it. It’s not hard, I don’t know why they didn’t just right it this way to begin with!
Bad SAD Day, Sorry for the Grumps
As you may have noticed from the tone of my comments, I am having A Bit of a Day. But I want to keep nothing from you, my nice blog friends (well, almost nothing). So I will give you a bit of a rundown on everything I have been dealing with.
Shahrukh Month Review: Yes Boss, Shahrukh and Huckleberry Finn
Such an interesting movie! A light tone and a dark story. In keeping with it’s predecessor, The Apartment. Oh, and don’t worry too much about SPOILERS on this one if you haven’t seen it before, everything is more or less predictable.
Wednesday Watching Post: What Are We Listening To, Reading, Watching, and Thinking This Week?
Happy Wednesday! Today is the last day my office will only be 2/3rds staffed. Starting tomorrow we will be half-staffed (fun fun!) until Tuesday. So I am terrified of getting sick.
Reminder to Promote Me! Be Honest With Yourself and The World, Link Me When You Use My Thoughts and Tweet Me When You Like My Articles, Don’t if You Don’t
Yes yes, more guilt! As I said in yesterday’s post, the cute Dog Hazel photos were nice, but not actually effective. People just skated right by them and didn’t do anything. So I am back to the detailed guilt inducing ones.
The other websites that provide equivalent content to mine (professional trained analysis, news and reviews and box office, 4 major language industries) have massive corporate sponsors and a dedicated marketing staff. They pay for tweets, they pay for ads, they pay for google searches. And in return they get benefits for promoting certain movies (whether that is actual money, or just access). I have none of that. I am poor and honest.
All I have is decent content and hope. So please, help me! If you are on twitter, DON’T simply retweet me, far more effective to tweet a link to one of my articles with a personal comment from you about why you like it. It takes more time, but people know it takes more time, and know that you must really mean it.
If you are active on any other sites or in any other communities, when you comment, SITE ME. If you say “I think the overseas fans are looking for something different than the Indian fans” add on “as Margaret explains in her blog dontcallitbollywood.com”. If you say “I think Chekka Chivantha Vaanam is a movie without any real heroes” add on “as said in this review link here”. If you say “I think Kangana has erotomania” add on “as this article here argues”.
And most of all, don’t lie!!!!! Everyone can tell if you lie, and it ruins the one thing I have going for me, which is that I am clearly transparently honest and unbiased. If you don’t like something I wrote, if you just skimmed it and don’t like it, then don’t lie to The Internet and say you liked it and understood it. The Internet can tell you aren’t telling the truth. And I guess, don’t lie to yourself either, if you find yourself saying something, take a moment and think about whether you learned that through intense research and consideration and original thought, or if you are just parroting something you read here. And if so, either don’t say it at all, or say it with a link back to me.
Shahrukh Month Discussion Question: Which Era of Shahrukh is Your Favorite Era of Shahrukh?
A question for the ages! Shahrukh versus other actors is easy, but what about Shahrukh versus himself?
First Thugs Song! Aamir is Short, and Amitabh is Tall
First song! Which is kind of “ho-hum” based on what we have seen. But still something fun and festive to talk about!
Global Box Office: Helicopter Eela Crashes
Is that the best possible pun? Could I have done better? Or is that the best I could possibly do? (as always, numbers from bollywoodhungama)
Next Tuesday Telugu Announcement! I Am Finally Watching Darling! Prepare Yourself!
This is one of the most requested films and somehow I never got around to watching it. So now that I am, I want you to all make a big big fuss and enjoy it. The review will go up next Tuesday, 10/23.
News Round-Up: Patriarchy is Patriarchal, Writer Disputes, Omkara Hangover
A good old-fashioned news round-up! Instead of the complete focus on #MeToo stories. Although one of them is kind of a MeToo story, but mostly a “Ha! I was right!” story, which always cheers me up (even if no one else cares).
Donation Reminder/Request! Remember, Gratuity Means Gratitude!
It’s that time again, the time I remind everyone that it is a good thing to tip people who provide a service, even if that service is writing on the internet.
You give a dollar to the barista who makes you coffee every day, you can give a dollar once a month for the person who entertains and informs you every day.
Now, if reading that above statement made you feel guilty, there is a simple solution. Just give me a dollar through one of the options below, and then you can stop feeling guilty.
The last two months, I did cute dog photos and a simple request for money. Which I liked writing a lot more than long pleas for money, and which I am sure you enjoyed reading. But, they do not in fact result in any money. I got a few donations the first month, but that was in response to my car woes, not the donation post. Last month, with the adorable photo of Dog Hazel in a blanket, I got ZIP! ZERO! No donations, no new patrons, nothing. Those posts are much more pleasant to read which also, apparently, makes them easy to ignore.
So now I am back to the boring sturm and drang posts. This is a reminder that I am a real person who is donating hours of labor and lots of money in order to entertain you.
If you appreciate what I do, then leave a tip. If you don’t tip, I will assume you don’t appreciate it and stop writing. That’s how the world works, money goes in and product comes out.
Now, if reading the above made you feel scared, there is an easy solution. Just give me a dollar through one of the options below, and then you can stop feeling scared.
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