Monday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me the Week of Republic Day?

Posted on January 21, 2019 by mredlich21

Happy Monday! Which is also, in America, Martin Luther King day. But I still have to work. Distract me from my misery!

As always, you can ask me anything from the personal (“what movies did you watch this weekend?”) to the specific and factual (“what is Republic Day?”) to the general discussion (“Independence Day or Republic Day; which is the better movie release holiday?”).

Now, a question for you! I just finished an epic series of posts on Indian historical films thanks to Maria’s suggestion. What series of “10 Films in _______ Genre” can/should I do next?

I’ve already done 10 action films and 10 rom-coms and various others, I am out of ideas!

26 thoughts on “Monday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me the Week of Republic Day?”

Abhimanyu on January 21, 2019 at 6:52 am said:

Do a list of thrillers

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- mredlich21 on January 21, 2019 at 8:10 am said:
  
  Interesting. I’ll have to think if I can come up with 10!
  
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Angie on January 21, 2019 at 7:10 am said:

Today is also Tovino Thomas and Renji Panicker’s birthday. Tovino is 30 today and Renji 61.

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- mredlich21 on January 21, 2019 at 8:11 am said:
  
  I’m going to pretend I knew that and that is why I reviewed his movie.
  
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Alisa is a Bollywood Newbie (@BollywoodNewbie) on January 21, 2019 at 10:14 am said:

You could get really goofy and do lists like “Top 10 movies with awkward white women dancing in the background” or “Top 10 chase scenes that take place during a musical stage performance”

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- mredlich21 on January 21, 2019 at 10:17 am said:
  
  “Top Ten Romances Involving Misunderstandings” “Top Ten Action Films in Which the Heroine is Threatened” “Top Ten Patriotic Movies in Which ‘Jai Hind’ is Someone’s Last Words”
  
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  - Alisa is a Bollywood Newbie (@BollywoodNewbie) on January 21, 2019 at 10:29 am said:
    
    “Top 10 movies where the Christian character wears a cross the size of his face”
    
    “Top 10 movies where the hero arranges a marriage for his brother/best friend and ends up marrying the woman himself”
    
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    - mredlich21 on January 21, 2019 at 10:30 am said:
      
      Top ten movies where the heroine is a virgin prostitute
      
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      - Emily on January 21, 2019 at 9:54 pm said:
        
        OMG please do all of these.
        
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Angie on January 21, 2019 at 11:44 am said:

10 movies about Mangalsutras 😉 Sice Dil, I have a soft spot for this kind of plots.

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- mredlich21 on January 21, 2019 at 11:48 am said:
  
  Oh oh!!!! 10 movies with impulsive semi-legal weddings! Dil, Parineeta, One 2 Ka 4, Gadar, Beta, Chennai Express, many many others that I am forgetting.
  
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  - Angie on January 21, 2019 at 1:13 pm said:
    
    It’s my favourite kind of wedding.
    Oh, there was this cute scene in Meri Nimmo when the boy who is in love with Anjali Patil hears about managalsutra, and what it symbolize and than makes one and ties it on Anjali’s neck. So sweet.
    
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    - mredlich21 on January 21, 2019 at 1:24 pm said:
      
      I have a soft spot for it too. Although I think I like “legal and formal but eloping” weddings just as much as “not even legal just impulsive romantic ceremonies”. Oh, Nayakan has another great one!!!
      
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    - mredlich21 on January 21, 2019 at 1:26 pm said:
      
      I guess it’s not a surprise for him because he brought the mangal sutra, but it’s a surprise for her:
      
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Ticket on January 21, 2019 at 9:02 pm said:

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Top ten movies where male chest hair is still permitted . . .

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- Alisa is a Bollywood Newbie (@BollywoodNewbie) on January 22, 2019 at 11:29 am said:
  
  It would be all Anil and Akshay 😆
  
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Miss Braganza on January 21, 2019 at 9:18 pm said:

10 movies which feature a music/dance contest as a significant plot point.

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- mredlich21 on January 21, 2019 at 9:25 pm said:
  
  Well, that’s all of them, isn’t it? All the college “programs”!!!!
  
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Sal on January 22, 2019 at 1:15 am said:

I have been given 2 fruit boxes full of Bollywood DVDs – mainly 2 in 1 dvds but also some awards nights and The Outer World of SRK. I’ve made a list of them all and they total 266 or 500+ movies! Some are doubles, some I’ve already seen, some I probably won’t watch, some have subtitles (or say they do), some do not. Not sure where I’m going to keep them! I will have to catalogue them in some way to keep track of what’s what.

Anyway question – is there a Republic Day movie release? I imagined Uri would have been.

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- mredlich21 on January 22, 2019 at 8:05 am said:
  
  That is so exciting! I am jealous of you, with all those new movies.
  
  I had the same question about Republic Day. Or really, I had the question about “what are my plans for Friday night?” which is kind of the same thing. There are two Republic Day releases, Thackeray and Manikarnika. Obviously, I am not watching Thackeray, I would be more like to picket in front of the theater than actually see it. Manikarnika, I am divided. Do I avoid it because it will be a disaster, or do I see it so I know just how much of a train wreck it is?
  
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  - Angie on January 22, 2019 at 11:09 am said:
    
    I would watch Manikarnika.
    
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    - mredlich21 on January 22, 2019 at 11:10 am said:
      
      Second question, which of my friends can I trick into seeing it with me? Or, to put it another way, what friendship am I willing to risk ending in order to not have to suffer alone? It is a challenge!
      
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      - Angie on January 22, 2019 at 11:15 am said:
        
        You suffered through Tiger Shroff movies for Dina so maybe her?
        
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      - mredlich21 on January 22, 2019 at 11:29 am said:
        
        I don’t know, I think we may be even again because she had a streak of hating every movie this fall. But I think at least she has known me long enough that she would forgive me if it ended up being bad. Yeah, I’ll start with her.
        
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procrastinatrix on January 22, 2019 at 8:28 am said:

I love all these top 10 ideas! How about Top 10 movies where strict parents/in-laws inexplicably come around after being horrible for the entire movie? My latest entry for this category is Bucket List, where Madhuri’s in-laws are unabashedly terrible people, but for some unknown reason are all happy to come dance with her in public during the climax. Hmmmph.

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- mredlich21 on January 22, 2019 at 10:22 am said:
  
  I just assume there is a deleted scene where Madhuri’s husband/their son, gives them a big talking to and forces them to be less terrible.
  
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