Barely enough her to make a post, but you know I can’t resist Yash and Roohi videos. They dance! They do puzzles! They slowly and steadily destroy the apartment!
Continue readingHappy Wednesday! I’m having a weird work week, spurts of being very busy, and then not again.
Continue readingThey are the best kind of dreams.
Continue readingI feel bad with my routine mid-afternoon watchalongs that do not match up at all with European time zones, or Australian, or Japanese. I’ve got a holiday coming up on Monday the 25th, so I could do a bonus watchalong on an international schedule, if anyone is interested.
Continue readingPart 52! Less fun than the last part maybe, because Himani and Anupam were suuuuuuuuch fun. But SRKajol are fun too, in their own young dumb way. And also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOYOMAMA!!!!! You mentioned it in a comment on another post, and I made this present for you right quick
Continue readingMore news-news than I anticipated today. Still nothing super exciting (unless you have a mad passion for Nawazuddin, or are a Zayed Khan super-fan), but at least something beyond “so and so’s maid tested positive” (stories that always make me think “wait, are the household servants still allowed to travel, or are they separated from their families indefinitely?”)
Continue readingWoo-hoo, watchalong on Aditya Chopra week! Very limited set of options, I am excited to see what you all choose.
Continue readingWe did it, we got through Monday! And now it is time to go to sleep, feeling calm and happy and loved.
Continue readingOh boy! This is going to be hard, but I have faith we can do it. Especially because I am opening this up to actors, characters, songs, and movie titles.
Continue readingI saw Ishtar! My Dad’s pick on Saturday night. And it is really really funny. If you don’t follow Hollywood films that closely, Ishtar is a punchline shorthand for “terrible over-budget disastrous film”. And more recently, it has been considered as shorthand for “misogyny in how the American film industry works”. The whole thing is just an interesting situation and an interesting case study for what is happening right now with Hindi film.
Continue readingAditya Chopra week doesn’t seem quite as popular as Madhuri week, but I don’t care, because I love Adi so so SO much! And I want to talk about one reason he is special and I love him, his turn towards writing instead of directing.
Continue readingHappy Monday! I had a lovely weekend, and now it is work time again, very depressing. Although I do enjoy my job. But weekends are nice.
Continue readingI forgot to do an Aditya Chopra post today! Although I kind of did since my post on streaming included discussion of his smart moves with YRF.
Continue readingI’m just so proud 🙂 The local high school asked residents at Grandpa’s retirement home to give little messages for the graduating seniors. And now he’s on youtube!
Continue readingWell, this was inevitable. Inevitable since long time back, when the Indian government failed to provide the support needed to keep single screen theaters going. Theatrical releases of Indian films have been dying since satellite TV and multiplexes arrived back in the early 2000s. The switch to streaming was coming, unless massive government support stepped up to stop it (which was never going to happen). But I also don’t think the idea of a theatrical release will ever fully disappear.
Continue readingAlbie Dog is wandering around picking between his three separate sleep blankets, I’m typing this from under the covers, must be time for our good night post. For Aditya Chopra Week!
Continue readingContinuing our “unrelated to Indian film but just fun community chat” discussion series, let’s talk about activities!
Continue readingOh boy! Aditya Chopra week! The beauty of Adi’s career is that it is so very limited. Even if I include the movies he scripted along with the ones he directed, still a tiny list.
Continue readingI just got really angry while writing a review of Bewarchi, and I also got really angry because I just accidentally watched one of those “family family” Telugu movies that make smoke shoot out of my ears. So, while hopped up on anger, I thought I would write a post tearing down invisible classism. Not to end a discussion, but to start one.
Continue readingHappy Saturday! I just ordered delivery coffee because I have to sew 24 masks in 2 hours because of irritating people.
Continue readingI am enjoying putting up these “good night” posts. They make me sleep better, finding a happy beautiful thing to post for you all. Hopefully they make you sleep better for reading them.
Continue readingThe torture! The pain!!! The never ending AGONY!!!! Those of you who suffered with Srinivasa Kalyanam with me understand what I have gone through. It’s that movie all over again, and this time we are being lectured about organic farming.
Continue readingWoo-hoo! I’ve been wanting to watch this movie with y’all for WEEKS. And Madhuri looks gorgeous, and Kunal Kapoor looks gorgeous, and all of life is happiness.
Continue readingAnother fun DCIB community post! Let’s all share the foods we’ve been trying and how our diet has changed.
Continue readingOh boy, this is gonna be hard! Not sure I can answer this exactly. But then, I shouldn’t expect you all to do it if I don’t at least try.
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