I have really and truly never heard of this artist. But some nice person in the comments told me that he is really really famous even outside of India? So now I get to do a post that maybe/hopefully gets picked up outside of my Indian blog by people who are the opposite of me, having heard of Marshmello but not Shahrukh Khan.
Continue readingWell, I am feeling absolutely miserable and just trying to crawl through until spring. So I am going to vent a bit here, and then you are all going to say Cheerful and Encouraging things. And if it isn’t Cheerful and Encouraging, then I don’t want to hear it!!!! Dogs! Happy stories! Sunshine and Flowers!
Continue readingThank you filmilibrarian for recommending this movie! It is a total delight! Because it was back in a time when couples were allowed to just be in love and get married without dragging the whole thing out and turning into a tragedy.
Continue readingValentine’s Day! Day of love! And for that reason, a good day for a one off post just about love stories. The two kinds of them, the socially relevant ones in which the romance is just a jumping off point for a broader social issue, and the fun fun fun ones that just make you smile.
Continue readingI wrote this post while I was in the middle of my DDLJ recap. So I was hyper aware of what this movie took from DDLJ and what it got rid of.
Continue readingI already compared and contrasted the first halves of DDLJ and Humpty. And that got so long that I decided to break at intermission and talk about the second half today. This may be slightly too much thought to put in to Humpty (although it is a very good movie. With a terrible title), but it is interesting as an example of how DDLJ has forever changed and influenced the Indian romance film.
Continue readingThis is a movie that is about the music and the moments (Zoya is such a beautiful director) more than the plot. So it isn’t that bad to SPOIL yourself. But if you want to go into it keeping some of the tension of not knowing what will happen, you can skip this review and read the other one instead.
Continue readingI’m finally doing it, I’m catching up on my sleep. So many late nights this week! I am so excited to just sleep and sleep and sleep until I wake up.
Continue readingWhat a good movie! Not original, but also original, and perfectly executed. Reema and Zoya continue to be the Queens of the industry, and Alia is the Empress. Ranveer is okay too.
Continue readingWhich Hrithik do you prefer, sweetly stupid or kind of crazed and manic? This movie has both!
Continue readingHappy Valentine’s Week!!! One more ranking challenge for you! Who is the best rom-com hero?
Continue readingI know this is a fond favorite for some of my readers, but you don’t mind if joke about it a little, right? Like, you are aware that this is a little sappy and fantasy-fulfilling and ridiculous from the plot side of things? If your reaction is “This is the most realistic and perfect presentation of love I have ever seen!”, then maybe don’t read on. If your reaction is “This is like a romance novel come to life and that’s why I love it!”, then go for it. Because that was my reaction too!
Continue readingKal Ho Na Ho has come up remarkably often in the comments as we talk about our ideal version of a love story. So I want to use it as kind of a jumping off point for a greater discussion.
Continue readingThe last Thursday review! We had 96, OK Kanmani, and now Fidaa. So many attractive men from the southern states.
Continue readingI know, the SRK ranking posts are well-nigh impossible. This is a simple one that came out of the discussions we are having on my earlier post about the DDLJ type of love story. It got me thinking about other kind of love stories and I am honestly curious which people like best.
Continue readingAnother Tamil film! One I completely liked, unlike 96 which has me a little more back and forth.
Continue readingThis post was originally inspired by Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, but then it went in a more general turn, a discussion of the very best kind of romance which shows both characters growing and changing.
Continue readingThe best to worst romance films post was hard, you ready for a real challenge? Hottest to least hot SRK. Can you accept this challenge of objective judgments?
Continue readingThis is a very well-made movie. And confirms my feeling that Trisha is secretly a brilliant actress, as good as Parvathy, but less likely to be given really good roles (partly because the Tamil industry just isn’t as good for female characters as the Malayalam). And also confirms my feeling that Vijay Sethupathi was put on this earth for women who like big natural bodies and sensitive souls. Oh, and this is a very VERY long review, once I get into the SPOILERS section. Watch out!
Continue readingI’m including this on Wednesday Malayalam, because PRITHVIRAJ! In one of his greatest roles. Or at least most shirtless roles.
Continue readingI feel like I should throw a bone to my SRK readers. Plus, this is just a fun discussion topic!
Continue readingI think this might be the first Malayalam review I ever wrote. Either first or second. So, before reposting, I did some adding and subtracting and improving.
Continue readingHappy Day before Valentine’s Day! And day after Lincoln’s Birthday!!!! Such a glorious celebratory week.
Continue readingFinally an SRK film! And also an older film, meaning before the past 10 years. Somehow I started off with a bunch of new stuff.
Continue readingI would say “why didn’t anyone tell me how good this movie is?”, but then there have been people screaming at me in the comments to watch it for months now, so I can’t really say that. Anyway, it’s good! Really good! Running Shaadi good (my gold standard for overlooked brilliant little rom-coms).
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