No idea if anyone (besides Kirre, of course) will be able to show up this week, so I went with the movie that I wouldn’t mind watching again even if it was just by myself. The songs are so crazy, and the visuals so amazing!
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It’s a Tamil movie by Shankar, so totally bonkers with an amazing Rahman soundtrack, like all Shankar movies. It’s on Prime, and probably einthusan as well. If you like epic crazy musical theater of the Phantom of the Opera kind, you might enjoy it. Or if you like snarking on bonkers plots, you might enjoy it. I know I will enjoy it!
We will start at our usual 3pm time, nothing exiting going on to change it this week. I will put up a comment saying “play” and then you will all play, and we will comment along on a post right here at DCIB.
Really, give this movie a try! It’s far more entertaining than it deserves to be.
dontcallitbollywood 
“It’s far more entertaining than it deserves to be.”
Already with the snark!
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It’s definitely that kind of movie!
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Is it on Prime or is it and einthusan flick?
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If I can find it, I will join for a bit! What can I say, I love to laugh.
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BTW, I’d pay good money for the poster for this movie. Wow.
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Yep! I really don’t like Shankar, he is one of my least-favorite directors, but in this movie he did hit a sort of interesting “female strength and comfort and sustenance and power” note in a few places, including the poster.
On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 2:15 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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It’s a pretty good female gaze poster. I’m going to ask my friend if I can get it somewhere.
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It is INSANE in the best most Popka Superstar approved way.
On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 1:58 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Wow. I just watched a few of the song videos and they are all so stunning. Like, I’ll buy whatever she’s selling. I really wish I had the time to get into Tamil movies, because those over the top show pieces excite me in a way my first Hindi film experiences did. Though it’s weird to recognize Amy Jackson, who I am actually most familiar with from “Supergirl”.
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YES! Thank you! Finally someone who remembers Amy Jackson was in Supergirl! I find her downright fascinating. I thought of her as kind of a joke, this white lady who makes Indian movies, and then I saw her in an Akshay Kumar movie playing the “sexy” one and was extremely unimpressed. But watching her in her Tamil stuff, by golly she is GOOD. Her dialogue is all dubbed, which is almost standard for southern heroines anyway, but her dancing is great, and she really takes the camera with her face, and a lot of her non-dialogue acting was super impressive. But mostly, I am impressed with the way she calmly takes whatever work is offered to her, whether it is a big budget big heroine part like this, or a small role in Supergirl, or a “sexy” role in a Hindi film. Seems very grounded and just about the work.
On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 7:47 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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