Hindi Film 101: Kangana Ranaut, a Troubled Person

I have avoided doing a full 101 on Kangana, because I follow a firm rule of “if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all”. There are loads of people that I can look at and hate the sin but love the sinner. With Kangana though, somehow her “sins” are so tied up with her person that I have a hard time separating out “sin” from “sinner”.

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My Recommendation List of Hindi Movies to Watch on Prime

I used to do the full list, with good and bad all described, but the list is way WAY too long now! So I am going to just sort out the ones I actually recommend and describe them. Oh, and this list comes courtesy of AccessBollywood.net, you should go over there for constant up to date info and the full full list. Also, BE GRATEFUL!!! This took me literally all day and then WordPress swallowed the last half and I had to start again after I had finished.

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New Shahrukh Game! Alphabet Game, Alternate Movie Titles, Songs, and Co-Stars!

Angie and I just started doing this for Rani, and it turns out to be super fun and surprisingly challenging! The alphabet game, so a then b then c and so on. But you have to alternate between movie titles, songs, and co-stars. So, like, start with Aa Aao, and then you can say Baazigar the movie, but not Baazigar the song because we just had a song.

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Hindi Film 101: Rani Mukherjee! Repost For Her Birthday!

It’s funny, this is one of the people that I think I diverge in my impression from some of you. But not in an angry aggressive way, none of us feel super strongly about our opinions, there’s just a difference somehow. It’s interesting! And you can disagree totally with my conclusions, but still enjoy the basic facts I lay out.

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