I haven’t come close to watching every Tanuja Chandra film, but I find her fascinating as a person and researching this post made me want to watch more of her films. Hopefully it made you feel the same way!
Continue readingThanks to Procrastinatrix for giving me the idea for the title! As soon as I read it, suddenly Farah’s whole career clicked into place.
Continue readingLast one! And also the first one. Saroj begat Farah who begat Vaibhavi. And all three women helped turn non-dancing SRK into someone who can at least athletically fake his way through things.
Continue readingI really like Vaibhavi Merchant. Partly because she has such a great name (really, say it out loud, doesn’t it sound nice?), but also because she makes really interesting song sequences that aren’t just about the dance but tell a whole little story. Oh, and also because she has a great professional website that lists out every song she has done, so I can actually post every single collaboration with Shahrukh.
Continue readingI’ve known about this movie for years and years and years, since college, but I had no idea how good it was. I wish I’d watched it ages ago! And I encourage all of you to see it.
Continue readingObviously I am not going to post every single Farah-Shahrukh song, that would be impossible. But I will post a selection and you can use your brains to remember any others that you want to suggest.
Continue readingHappy Wednesday! Today is the day Jabariya Jodi showtimes will be posted! I’m hoping for something early and close because I have lots and lots of people interested in going with me.
Continue readingIt’s not good to pit women against each other, but my hope is this post turns into more of an appreciation for how good each of these women is and an awareness of their skill. Plus, their songs with Shahrukh were some of their best, so it’s a fair way to limit things.
Continue readingMira Nair and Gurinder Chadha came up in the comments when I announced this theme week, and then I remembered Deepa Mehta too, and I struggled with how to handle them. I hope this post works out.
Continue readingYaaaay, the first post on a woman director in honor of women directors week! I really love Anjali Menon and I have lots and lots of thoughts, so hopefully this will be a good start. And I really hope it will achieve my main goal, which is to alert new viewers to the awesomeness of these talented woman.
Continue readingYes yes, an entirely personal post. But a happy one. And who doesn’t like sharing happy news?
Continue readingI’m too hot (not like “attractive” but like “the a/c in my office building is broken and I am going to die”) for writing a real serious discussion all on my own, so I am going to have to rely on you all to have that discussion in the comments. All I can provide is a list of the 6 times Shahrukh has worked with a female director and let you decide what you think of them.
Continue readingThe a/c isn’t actually broken at my office (if it was, we would be sent home because it is a stupid building and the windows don’t open), but it is working at like quarter speed. Anyway, I’m hot and stuffy and my brain doesn’t work, so I am starting off female directors week with a really silly post.
Continue readingSuch a frustrating film! There is about 40 minutes of a really good movie, and about 60 minutes of a stupid comedy kind of mushed together.
Continue readingWell, this was a disappointing film. In that frustrating way where you can see the better film peaking through. It should have been a fairly decent drama, but instead they turned it into a terrible comedy. And I am a little extra disappointed because it is a female director writer and I suspect the story she wanted to tell got overruled by the male producers. A depressing but appropriate start to my Week of Women directors.
Continue readingHappy Women Directors Week! Which is randomly starting with a review of Khandaani Shafakhana because I watched it yesterday and turns out it has a woman director! Look for those reviews to go up in a bit once I finish them.
Continue readingOh boy, this should be fun! I feel like maybe we did it already at some point, but even if we did, it is worth revisiting.
Continue readingHappy Friendship Day! Isn’t this auspicious? Just in time for me to finish my Kuch Kuch Hota Hai week.
Continue readingLast Kuch Kuch post! Sad for those of you who love Kuch Kuch, happy for those of you who are sick of it.
Continue readingI left work early on Friday and just came home and spent the weekend watching TCM. So many fun obscure movies that we could remake!
Continue readingTime to talk characters! I could easily write a post on everyone in this film from Jonny Lever to the star counting kid. But I’m gonna limit myself to the main three, Tina yesterday, Rahul today, and Anjali as the grand finale.
Continue readingHappy Saturday! I am going to sleep in, I am so excited. Somehow I just can’t seem to get enough sleep the past couple of days.
Continue readingOh my gosh is this an entertaining movie! I had forgotten how ludicrously ridiculously fun it is. Really, you should watch it! And it’s on Netflix!
Continue readingThis is a silly silly post. But I find Shahrukh in hats hilarious! And it’s Friday, why not have a laugh.
Continue readingPoor Rani Mukherjee, tends to be forgotten in all of this. She is the most tragic and sad character of all, and the most quietly unique in love triangles.
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