Happy Monday! I had a very busy happy weekend, Albie Dog was miserable (lots of time locked in the kitchen), and now we are both back at work.
This is where you get to ask me anything you want! Try to come up with something interesting, I just realized I haven’t done a Hindi Film 101 in ages and I really should. Or, you can ask me something uninteresting and basic and I can give you a quick answer right now.
And I have two questions for you! First, the deep discussion question that will (hopefully) really get us talking: As of today, right now, who are your picks for the next big actors in Hindi film?
I’ll give you my picks, but I want to remind you that I have been consistently wrong about this for the past 15 years. I always back the wrong horse (10 years ago, I would have bet big money that Imraan Khan was going to rule the industry forever). Anyway, right now I am saying Tiger Shroff! Everyone likes him, he’s had a string of hits, and he’s got a nice little steady fan group.
Next, light question, what are your Thanksgiving plans?
First, please say “spending Friday tweeting along to Mujshe Dosti Karoge with DCIB!” I haven’t done a tweetalong in a while and I want to, but it only works if I get enough folks dedicated to joining in.
Anyway, my Thanksgiving plan is a very very tiny dinner with my Grandpa who just got out of the hospital with high potassium. Turns out, potassium is in every single thing you eat at Thanksgiving. So we are planning a meal of tiny slices of Turkey, apple pie, and gravy on white noodles. I get to make the apple pie. And for the rest of the long weekend (except for the DCIB tweetalong that might happen), I am going to reorganize my closets. I am going to get rid of SO MUCH yarn!!!!
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LOL Tiger Shroff – big ACTOR 😉
I hope at least one of my favourites (Avinash, Vikrant Massey, Meezaan, Priynshu Jora) will make it big, but today I would bet my money on Ranveer. He is annoying, and a lot of people don’t like him, but seems he is liked by some important folks and he is loud and knows how to sell himself.
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I’ll add that Ranveer also works hard, multiple major releases most years, that’s important.
On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 8:30 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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True.
I don’t know if he has a fanbase but when Panipat’s trailer was out all people commented how Ranveer should be in that movie. It means he is big enough to be remembered and missed
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Question: So the Hindi film industry is centered in Mumbai which is a melting pot of different Indian cultures and languages. The film industry started there around 1913. What about the other Indian film industries? Tamil, Telugu, Marathi… Where are they centered and when did they start. Also, how big is each industry compared to one another? The non-Indian world knows about Bollywood, and well, from the American side that is all they know about. So I could assume the Hindi film industry is India’s biggest, but I don’t want to make assumptions. I have read your book. But maybe I read it too fast, because I don’t remember all the details. I’ll try to read it again when I get back home (currently traveling for the holidays).
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What a fun question for me! Thank you!
The first film made in India was made by Dadasaheb Phalke in Bombay in 1913. But film rapidly sprung up all over the country. The Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, and Marathi industries are some of the oldest. Bengali and Tamil/Telugu are the most important to know about (I think). The Bengali industry as created primarily by the artist PC Barua was the first industry to start using novels and do kind of social drama plots. PC Barua also would re-film his movies for release in Hindi. He was the first person to make Devdas into a movie. He also mentored multiple genius directors who ended up leaving Bengal during the confusion of the famine and the Partition period and landing in Bombay. The Bengali industry still exists (Miss Braganza is a big big fan), but is less and less relevant and influential.
The largest most modern and most active film center in India is in Madras in the south. Tamil and Telugu films started early on, since the culture and language of those massive communities are so different from the north, the Hindi films couldn’t really crossover to them. Madras is the capital of film for south India, and in some ways for all of India. The studios there are massive and well run and just plain comfortable. For example, most of the Bombay studios do not have air conditioning, or modern bathrooms. Or changing rooms. This is why the stars all bring their vanity vans with them everywhere. In Madras, air conditioning, bathrooms, along with big set ups for anything you might need to film (jungle, train station, ballroom, etc.) is expected. A lot of Hindi film stars prefer filming in Madras to anywhere else. And both the Tamil and Telugu industries, the biggest industries in south India, are based in Madras. The other southern industries will also frequently film there although they each have their own film capitals as well.
The national government leaned on Hindi film as part of their effort to make Hindi the national language. Hindi films were more likely to get the rationed film stock, to be allowed to be seen overseas, and so on. And because of the (very controversial) effort to get everyone to learn Hindi in school, Hindi films also were able to break into the southern belt a little bit. On the other hand, the Tamil and Telugu films are far more tied to their own linguistic communities. The subtlety of the language, the historical references, all that stuff is a lot more sophisticated and specific. And when I talk about “linguistic communities”, this isn’t some tiny little group. Telugu has 70 million native speakers in the world, Tamil has 68 million. For comparison, that is more native speakers than French, Italian, and Polish. These are massive film industries because they have massive audiences. They don’t need to try to break through to other areas of India, or overseas, they’ve got enough of an audience base just in their natural native speakers.
Beyond the biggies (Hindi, Tamil, Telugu), there are tons of other language centers for film. Kochi is the center of Malayalam film, Bangalore of Kannada film, Calcutta of Bengali, Delhi is the center of Punjabi film (I think) and so on. All of these film centers wax and wane, except for Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. So, for example, the Punjabi film industry almost died in post-Partition when they lost half their audience. For decades, there were only one or two Punjabi films released a year and the audience switched to watching Hindi instead because the culture and language was close enough. But there has been a sudden surge of popularity for Punjabi films in the past 5 years and suddenly they have their own big stars and multiple releases and are even breaking into the international market. You could tell the same story about Malayalam cinema, which for years struggled while the audience watched Tamil films instead. And so on and so forth.
On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 8:36 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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There is a large foreign market for the Hindi films, for Tamil & Telugu films how much ch foreign $ can they bring in? I’m curious about financing. I know SRK films really depend on that foreign market, and I wonder how true that is for the other Indian film industries. Also I just read your Nepotism through Hindi film history posts, which were more history than nepotism and the part about how financing shaped the industry is fascinating.
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Here’s the challenge, getting the money from overseas to India. Going way way back, an important thing to know is that until the mid-90s India had such strict import/export laws that it was illegal to send films overseas (except in very particular circumstances). Home video in the 80s brought with it a sudden spread of Indian film but many of those were bootleg copies.
DVD was revolutionary because you could directly sell the items to the overseas market. But theatrical distribution is still difficult to do overseas, from within India. There are a few international companies (Eros, YRF, used to be UTV before Disney killed them) that handle distribution. But they are still doing a one time payment to the Indian producers, if the film is a big overseas hit it doesn’t have an immediate effect for them. Back in the day there wasn’t even that, it was one guy who would pay the exhibition fee to India, rent a hall, sell tickets, and see what money he could make. That was the system as recently as the mid-90s. Urban centers might have one dedicated theater that showed almost ever film, but it was still a matter of renting a hall for one or two showings, not a regular release. Hindi film finally started to move away from that in the early 2000s and now is regularly distributed like any other film. But Tamil and Telugu are still kind of mixed and matched. Telugu in particular, the biggest releases are usually shown at least half by these one off exhibitors who are just renting a theater and showing the film.
Streaming has changed things, now the studios are able to make overseas profit through a third party. Streaming deals are either structured as a one time purchase or a per watch thing, or mixed and matched. I am guessing that the most profitable version for Indian companies is when there is as little third party involvement as possible. You’ll notice YRF (always the smartest one in the bunch) makes their films available as one time purchases or rentals through youtube and googleplay. They are getting our money directly, instead of a general streaming payment eventually. Again, Tamil and Telugu are different. They have had streaming options for years for the international market. But no subtitles, and no advertising or effort to reach outside their own market. What do they care, they have a big enough audience already. Unlike Netflix and Prime who are trying to push as many Indian movie viewers as possible to their platforms.
There’s also the upfront investment. That is complicated because ultimately an outside investor wants to own the company, while these old family companies in India want to remain independent. Disney tried to buy out YRF and Aditya turned them down, they did buy UTV and, 5 years later, shut down all Indian production and made it just the India branch of Disney films distribution. Sony tried to come in with direct production with Saawariya and Chandni Chowk to China, both of which were such massive flops they scared Sony out of India for years. They are back now, but instead of direct production they are just funding existing studios. That is what happens more and more now, Indian filmmakers sell a portion of the rights to their film in return for upfront investment (often from overseas investors). The funny thing (to me) is that at least half the time it is a bit of a con job on the foreigners. The Indian filmmakers know their film is terrible, but they can still sucker the outsiders into giving them money. And now the same thing is happening with Netflix.
And I have another post series for you to read! A very long one: https://dontcallitbollywood.com/2018/07/12/hindi-film-101-the-streaming-wars-and-how-we-got-here-the-invention-of-radio-marshall-mcluhen-and-doordarshan/
On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 2:02 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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You are awesome.
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So what you’re describing is why I struggle with southern films. They are so rooted in the local culture that I think they are less accessible than Hindi films which are intended for a broad audience. So often while watching southern movies I’m just completely baffled and lost.
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Be grateful you don’t have to try to write a review of them, always aware that you can say something unutterably stupid at any moment and not realize it until some kindly person corrects you in the comments. But yes, I agree. Hindi films are hard and still have stuff you need to figure out, but at least they tend to steer clear of historical and literary allusions, along with a lot of super detailed and specific religious practices.
On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 9:28 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Margaret covered Tamil/Telugu in a beautiful manner. As a Telugu, I will add 2 cents –
Most of Telugu region was part of Madras state during pre-independence (1947) – so, for most Telugus, Madras (Chennai) city was the destination for jobs and business. So, the likes of LV Prasad and HM Reddy set up studios and labs in Madras. Also, there was a quota on “film negative” in the early years. So, Bombay (Mumbai), Calcutta (Kolkata) and Madras (Chennai) became the centers. Most studio owners in Madras like AVM, Gemini, Vijaya-Vahini would make bilingual movies – in Tamil and Telugu. Most actors like NTR, Savithri, ANR, SVR would act in both languages.
Madras had been center for all South Indian languages (Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam) until 60s and 70s. Only those that need rural setup would go for outdoor in their respective state. All studio/city setup would be shot mostly in Madras – as all actors and technicians settled in Madras.
In 1953, Telugus got a separate state, Andhra and later merged with Hyderabad state in 1956 as Andhra Pradesh. However, the Telugu movie industry was in Madras only. Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR), also father of Nagarjuna, one of the two stars in 50s-60s was the pioneer to shift to Hyderabad in early 70s and forcing his producers to shoot his movies only in Hyderabad. Later, NTR, the other state who later became the Chief Minister (like Gov in US) of AP, followed him. But, the total industry shift happened only by early 90s.
Recently in 2014, the Andhra Pradesh state got bifurcated into Telangana (where Hyderabad lies) and Andhra Pradesh. As most of the actors and technicians are from the coastal AP, they are planning to build studios and shift to Visakhapatnam.
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Thank you! I wondered if there was any studio system in Hyderabad. Although there are still a lot of Telugu filmmakers who prefer to work in Madras, right? I feel like that must be the case just seeing the similarities in the locations in the films.
On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 12:38 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Your question will hurt Hyderabadis. 🙂
World’s largest studio (Guinness record) Ramoji Film City (RFC) spanning 1500+ acres is in Hyderabad. Bahubali was shot here – Sets are still available for visitors as theme, similar to Universal Studios – a must visit for Bahubali fans like you. A lot of Hindi movies are also shot here.
Other than RFC, there are mainly Annapurna studios (owned by ANR, layer his son Nagarjuna), Padmalaya studios (by Krishna, Mahesh Babu’s father), Ramanayudu studios by Late Ramanayudu, father of Venkatesh, NTR studio
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Thank you for all the additional history!
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You are welcome! And glad to know you are alive, I always worry when people disappear.
On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 3:08 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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I haven’t been on the site for days and days. Just stupid work, thankfully. I’ll always come back when I can though! Have some stuff to post in Wednesday watching. I finally watched Premam and I have some thoughts. Also about the FC actors’ adda.
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One second, let me put up a list of vital links for you so you don’t waste time (there’s a lot of reposted old reviews):
And MOST important!!!! https://dontcallitbollywood.com/2019/11/15/christmas-give-away-three-bonus-prizes-announcement/
On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 3:18 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Tiger for sure but also Ayushmann. He’s wildly popular right now and I think he has staying power. He’s very ambitious and knows how to work the PR circuit. Vicky Kaushal is an up and comer to keep an eye on. I wish I could say Rajkummar but he’s more interested in doing good work than blowing up as a huge star, bless him. I just hope he keeps steadily turning out great performances.
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PS, I am NOT cooking because I mostly hate it and we are only three in our immediate family so we’re going to have dinner at a place called Pacific Dining Car which is a very old school LA restaurant that is literally located in train cars sitting in a parking lot. Then afterward we’re joining friends for dessert. My son is off school and I’m actually working (life of a consultant) so not much more planned for the week.
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Your dinner sounds really nice! It does feel silly cooking for just a few people, especially a high effort meal like Thanksgiving.
Question: if you are actually working, does this mean you can or cannot join in on a Friday tweetalong?
On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 11:04 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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I totally can, I’ll be on my computer and I will be able to switch back and forth between my work and the movie (advantages of being self employed)
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Woo-hoo! Okay, that may be enough to make me definitely do it. I just have to schedule it when Miss Braganza can join in and hope that Courtney’s Real World plans fall through.
On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 11:27 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Vicky is more and more giving me Viviek Oboroi vibes (another person Margaret had picked out incorrectly). He wants it too much, he’s not letting it come to him, and he’s gonna burn out. But then, I am always wrong, so that probably means Vicky is the next big thing.
Rajkummar is nearing the point where I have moved on from worrying about his career to worrying about his personal life. Marry Patralekha! Have little babies! Neither of you are getting any younger.
On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 11:02 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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I am betting on Ranveer being the biggest. He has done many genre’s, has just the star power and when your wedding is called to be something alike to the Royal Wedding you know they are (both) big. Ayushamann would otherwise be my choice, but he hasn’t done anything varied in the last few movies he has done, always the same “village boy/man with social commentary” that do make him a star, but only in one genre so far.
And since we don’t have Thanksgiving in Europe I’ll be joining the Tweetalong as best as I can!
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Good on Ranveer! No releases since February, and he is still in people’s minds.
And yaaay for tweetalong! Okay, if you are in, and Alisa is in, and Courtney and Miss Braganza are probably in, I will go ahead and finalize the schedule. It will probably be a little late for you, but it’s Friday night, you are supposed to be up late!
On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 12:22 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Good thing I am a Night Owl 😀
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Huh I already thought that Ranveer was considered to be big and established at this point! To me he’s hands down the biggest star of the decade and I know that a lot of people love him and deepika enough to have one of those one years wedding anniversary posts.
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Sure, he’s established, but is he Khan-Bachchan-Khanna-Kumar level?
On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 8:09 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Oh THAT level! Okay I guess he isn’t for sure at that level yet but I feel like he’s on his way there. And if some bigger better star comes and overshadows him I can say that he’s a Rajesh Khanna without the long streak of hits and the other star is Amitabh Bachchan 😂
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Yeah, for that level, isn’t it amazing how someone can pop up to the top almost over night? Ranveer’s been chugging along for ten years, but if Vicky Kaushal has the right kind of hit film in the next few months, he could leapfrog right past him in no time.
On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 8:38 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Yes and before that we (or at least me) all thought that Ranbir was going to be the next big thing (which is so silly in hindsight) but then ranveer ended up doing that! Interesting to see how Takht turns out in that respect to Vicky and Ranveer
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Well, it is 2009 week, I forgot he had Rocket Singh and Wake Up Sid in the same year, right after Bachne Ae Haseeno the previous year. It was a promising beginning. Until he got lazy and self-involved and Ranbir-y.
On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 9:34 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Ranveer is the star of Bollywood for the past decade. And while he seems over the top,he is also hard-working, canny of the opportunity he has to be the next heir. I will cheer for Ranveer cos he does what is required. What I don’t get is how Ranbir is still considered the ‘actor’ who achieved so much in the ‘short’ career. I was seeing the Actors’ Adda by Filmcompanion in which Vijay Devarakonda & Ayushman names Ranbir as the one Indian(in all India,not just Bollywood) actor who influenced them. Like seriously? Either they are sucking up to the powers that are making notes from the sides or they don’t watch enough Indian films. It’s one thing for PR bots to claim Ranbir as ‘pure’ talent quite another for these well known actors to make such fanboy proclamations.Sorry,I had to rant.
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Rant away! It is ridiculous that other young up and coming actors are naming him as the best “actor”. And weirdly kind of insulting to Indian film? Ranbir’s career is pretty new still, and he has worked awfully little. So only Ranbir’s few films, and only in the past 12 years, have any worthy performances? No Dilip Kumar, no Amitabh, no Mohanlal or Mammootty or Kamal Hassan?
On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 9:52 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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So others in the panel- Vijay Sethupathy mentioned Kamal Hassan,Mohanlal,Sivaji Ganeshan & MGR. Ranveer mentioned that he came into films becos he wanted to be a star(not an actor he specifically clarified)like Amitabh Bachan. Manoj Bajpai mentioned Naseerudhin Shah & Om Puri. Mr Devarakonda had the opportunity to mention any of the stalwarts-from his home industry or any other industry. But no,Arjun Reddy loves only Rockstar. He is hobnobbing with Karan Johar these days & trying to break into Hindi,so it’s kinda understandable. And Ayushman has to survive in Bollywood.
Btw this Adda had the infinitely satisfying moment of Parvathy naming & taking down Arjun Reddy & Kabir Singh for glorifying misogyny with Vijay Devarakonda looking on sheepishly. I know I’m petty but have been wanting to punch his ‘I’m-a-Rowdy-without-a-cause-and-proud-of-it’ face for a while. Bloody incel child.
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I haven’t seen the interview but read a lot about it and seen the photos and I’m even more in love with Vijay Sethupathy and Parvathy.
VJS was seating there looking at Parvathy like Ram looked at Janu and now I can’t stop thinking they should make a movie together.
I’m also thinking: why he didn’t meet me online instead of his wife? 😉 He can be in a room full of oh-so-fit-and-handsome actors and I still would have my eyes only on him.
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Someone is crushing hard on VJS😄😄Madhavan & Unni Mukundan will be so heart broken to read this,that their only fan has also ditched them. But I agree- VJ Sethupathy was just himself in that room,so cool & calm,his genuineness shines through. Also I think he probably looks that way at anyone talking sense,irrespective of the gender. Somehow I can’t picture Parvathy & VJS together. Their individual vibes are too different.Parvathy very assured & him so earthy. Still Parvathy openly expressed interest in working with him,so something may come around.
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I have a crush on both Parvathy and Vijay so I would watch and love them together no matter what. They deserve a good script which would include their differences, something like Photograph.
Have you seen Poo, one of the first Parvathy’s movies?
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Hard same. 🙂
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As you know, I don’t actually have a problem with Kabir Singh/Arjun Reddy. But at the same time, I also want Vijay to disown the film. His character (as I see it) is an anti-hero, so by this point in his career he should be out there making fun of how terrible that guy was and trying to do different roles with different kinds of heroes and so on. And instead it feels like he is leaning on it and trying to make everyone love Arjun Reddy (the person) and watch more and more stuff where Vijay plays roles like that again. “rowdy without a cause and proud of it” is it exactly. Instead of “that was a role in one movie and the character was a terrible person, I am a nice guy who plays many different roles”.
Now I am interested in the people on the panel who were brave enough to NOT say Ranbir! Good on Vijay, of course. And good on Ranveer for picking an interesting answer that is still unexceptional (no one’s going to get mad at you for picking Amitabh). I just wish Ayushmann had been more honest. He should have said Amol Palekar, right?
On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 10:18 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Exactly,I’m not blaming Vijay or anyone for playing a character like Arjun Reddy. It’s kind of lifetime role and look at the exposure and stardom he got through that one movie. Any actor would be a fool not to do that role. But accept that intentional or not, it was a problematic movie & move on. He is a youth icon at this point and there’s a large group of impressionable young folks looking up to him. His reply instead was that the world is a shit place & I can’t make movies for everyone. He is trying too hard to be the Ranveer(outrageous dressing)-Ranbir(the thinking ‘artist’)cross of South.
I can believe that Ranveer actually wanted to be like Amitabh Bachan. Ayushman is playing too nice for my liking. He is like an extension of his movie characters which makes me wonder what is really wrong with him(too harsh maybe).
Would you watch it? It’s the first time actors from you Hindi,Tamil,Telugu and Malayalam are in one place & it is interesting just for the diverse styles of interaction by each one.
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I just reviewed Dev.D, which is a lot similar to Arjun Reddy/Kabir Singh. But Abhay moved on from that, it was what got him noticed but it didn’t define him. Even Shahid, he did his job promoting the movie when it released, but he’s not going around pretending to be Kabir Singh now that the film is over, and probably if he was asked about it in a calm way 3 years down the line, he could talk intelligently about the flaws of the character and so on. But somehow Vijay seems to be clinging to that identity and that film, like he doesn’t believe he can do anything more beyond it.
On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 7:41 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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No women? Or are we going to do women later?
I agree with the Ranveer votes. I think he really knows how to choose parts, and I think he’s the only one of his generation to have the big big movie star charisma.
Thanksgiving: Maybe I’ll grab some sushi?
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I don’t know if you can ask this question about women. There isn’t really a “this is the top actress” moment with them. More sort of lots of equal up and comers. I could ask about the recently launched ones, whose career will have staying power, but Anushka versus Dips versus Kat versus Alia versus Kareena, they are all doing fine in their own lane, I don’t expect one of them to suddenly be ruling the industry.
On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 1:53 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Glad to see some discussion of the Film Companion actors’ adda! I came over to ask if you’re going to do a separate post on it, Margaret. I did a little write up about my favorite moments which I’ll post in the Wednesday watching thread if you don’t mind!
I have enough faith in Vijay Sethupathi’s and Parvathy’s acting ability to believe that they’ll be wonderful together. Ideally it would be with a first time visionary writer/director, or a well-established and reliable writer/director.
I miss you all! Work remains stupidly busy. Margaret, are there some new photos in the header pictures? I feel like I saw a Shah Rukh from Pardes one that I didn’t remember being there before.
Thanksgiving–planning to drive to my mom’s in Ohio tomorrow and then collapse for 3 days. Sadly I have to do some work on Friday, so can’t tweetalong. 😦
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Yep, I refreshed the head and got rid of the background images. Thank you for noticing! I feel like a hostess waiting for a guest to notice the fresh flowers, and FINALLY someone comments on them (okay, that’s not fair, I think Kainat or Kirre commented already).
Yes post your long thing on Wednesday! I will probably not watch, just because filmed interviews irritate me and life is too short. If they put out a transcript, I’ll read it.
Good luck on the Ohio drive. I was feeling kind of let down about our small simple Thanksgiving, but then I had this sudden burst of joy when I remembered that, Thanksgiving day I could actually do stuff! Like, it’s a 15 minute drive to Grandpa’s, 4 hours tops there, and then home again. I can do laundry! Clean! Write a blog post! All of these things you miss out on.
On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 3:16 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Adding onto the comments on the FC Actors Adda. I found a few parts to be kind of cringe-worthy but it was pretty interesting in other parts. The entire bit about misogyny in films and how it influences people was definitely The Moment. When it comes to that argument I feel like the director has a crucial part in the messaging of a film but I feel like that was left out of the conversation probably because everyone on the panel were actors. Personally I feel that film does have a major influence on individuals and is a factor in the way how people perceive the world (especially when it comes to people who are young and impressionable) but I also know that media that’s problematic can deeply resonate with others as well.
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I read that War is going to drop on Amazon Prime this Friday. Hope it’s true so I get to fire up my gif making machine.
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It would be an amazing Thanksgiving gift to The World! Plus, it would force a sudden switch of tweetalong plans, but I think we could all handle it. Or else I will just add a second tweetalong for next weekend.
On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 4:55 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Wow, already?! This is why I have Prime. They release so many Indian movies and so quickly too. Netflix is pretty useless for new Indian content.
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Tiger could become huge if he keeps going what he’s doing. But then he could fall into the typecast trap, only doing big dumb action movies, and then people might not take him seriously if he tries to branch out. I really WANT Sidharth Malhotra to finally make it big in the business, but the way he’s going, I feel like it’s not going to happen. Maybe Sushant? He’s made some interesting choices this year.
Also my Thanksgiving is gonna be boring, just seeing some family, hopefully won’t get into too much drama, and I teach so I have stacks of quizzes to grade. But if the comments are right and War does drop this Friday, I will absolutely forgo all my responsibilities and also make my Twitter public for a tweet along. Even if I don’t have Prime.
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I think if War does drop on Prime, rather than making nice people like you scramble I will just schedule the tweetalong for a different day. Christmas?
But you should make your twitter public and do a tweetalong anyway just for Mujhse! It’s so good,a nd you don’t need Prime.
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Apparently War literally just dropped????
I’m all for a Christmas watch though. It doesn’t look like there will be anything decent in theaters for my family and I to watch that day.
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Yeah, I hate to change plans last minute. In general, and also in this case because it just seems to complicated to have people figure out Prime access and stuff. Plus poor Miss Braganza in Japan doesn’t even HAVE Prime access and she was planning to join.
But definitely sometime soon!
On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 3:33 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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