First day figures are out! And it looks really good! Which is great, because it is a really really good movie, and I want it to make money, so more people make really really good movies.
Fan Box Office Reports: First Day, Looks Good!
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Category Archives: Shahrukh
Fan Review 2: Spoilers! What is the Connection Between Aryan and Gaurav?
You ready for the spoiler-y review? It’s mostly going to be about the ending and how they heck it makes any sense. And if there was any other way they could have done it that would have made sense.
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Fan Early Reports: Release Strategy and Morning Occupancy
HAPPY SHAHRUKH DAY!!!!!! HAPPY FAN RELEASE DAY!!!! I only have to wait 8 more hours! (stupid job) In the meantime, there is some early interesting information I can share.
Shahrukh Week! Last Day! THANK GOD!!! 24 hours from now I will be sitting in a theater burbling with excitement (sorry in advance to the people sitting next to me) I only hope it is as good as Chak De, India!
Shahrukh himself is very open about how he doesn’t really “act” in most of his movies. There are 4 that he consistently cites as performances he is actually proud of: Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, Swades, Chak De, India, and My Name is Khan. ICha’ll probably talk about all of these films at some point, but for Fan week, I want to talk about Chak De, because it shares the most with Fan.
DDLJ Part 12: Not nearly as exciting as Part 11, but still important!
Yesterday was the really really important scene, the one that it is worth going through shot by shot and line by line. Today, some scenes that are still awesome, but not quite peak awesome.
(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here, part 11 here, part 12 here, part 13 here, part 14 here, part 15 here, part 16 here)
Happy Fan Day (in India)!!! Reports from the front
Happy Fan Day! The stupid distributors are being mean and stupid and not letting me go to a sneak preview tonight (like they did for Dilwale and Happy New Year, and even Prem Ratan Dhan Payo! Come on, man!), so I have to wait until tonight to actually watch it. But, in the meantime, I’ll be giving reports from the front as it comes in from the Indian websites. Not reviews (who cares about those, right?), but box office sales.
(also, that header image is Shahrukh in London with his wax statue in Madame Tussaud’s which has been dressed up to look like Gaurav. Creepy, right?)
DDLJ Part 11: Is This the Most Important Scene of the Film?
Happy Shahrukh Week!!! 2 Days Left for Fan! To Kill the Time, Let’s Talk about Don!
I can always talk about Don! Always always always! It’s just such a brilliant movie in so many ways. Shahrukh’s performance, of course, but also the script, and how it uses our knowledge of the original to support its underlying trickery. Oh, and if you haven’t seen Shahrukh’s Don yet, DO NOT READ ON!!!!! Just watch the movie instead. Normally I don’t care about Spoilers, but oh my gosh, if you go into Don unspoiled, it is so awesome!
Happy Shahrukh Week: DDLJ Part 10! Let’s Be in a Spin!
DDLJ Part 9! Do you know Xeno’s paradox? (I know it from using it as a game with small children back when I was tutoring.) There is a tortoise and a hare. The tortoise goes forward one whatever at a time (when I played it with kids, I’d usually use the floorboards of their living room, so one floorboard at a time). The hare goes forward half the distance from where he is to the end of the race each time he moves forward. So on the first turn, if you have 20 floorboards, the tortoise goes one floorboard and the hare goes 10. And then on the second, the tortoise goes one and the hare goes 5. And so on. What I’m saying is, I am the hare, and I am never going to finish this recap, because each entry goes half as slow as the previous entry.
(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here, part 11 here, part 12 here, part 13 here, part 14 here, part 15 here, part 16 here)
Shahrukh Week: Fan and Om Shanti Om
4 more days left to Fan! It’s TOO LONG. I’m going to DIE. Although, not as long as between Om Shanti Om and Rab Ne. I actually got into a conversation with a stranger on the bus once about how frustrating that was. Anyway, to try to alleviate the AGONY of waiting, I am also going through Shahrukh’s filmography looking at related roles. Saturday, Billu. Sunday, Asoka (although that was more about meeting the royals), and today, Om Shanti Om!
DDLJ Part 9: Who’s Right and Who’s Left?
Part 9! I’ve gotten all the way to the barn scene! Let’s see if I can make it to “Zara Se Jhoom” today, or if I’m going to end up breaking this into two parts.
(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here, part 11 here, part 12 here, part 13 here, part 14 here, part 15 here, part 16 here)
Royal Party Update: Hey! Rishi Was There! And No One Took a Picture
This event is so odd! I wonder if there was some sort of photo restriction? After Arpita Khan’s wedding, there were personal instagram posts, official photos, news photos, family photos, basically every minute was documented. And with this, there’s only like 6 photos released, and none of the important bits.
Shahrukh Week Continues! In Honor of the Royal Visit, a Discussion of His Royal Performances!
Happy Shahrukh Week Day 2! Only 5 days left for Fan! Of course, he is taking a break from Fan promos (although supposedly there was a discussion of having the royal couple do a “Jabra Fan” dubsmash) to greet the royal couple. I’ll also take a break from Fan, to think about Shahrukh and his royal roles.
The Royals Met Shahrukh! The High Point of Their Visit, So Far as I am Concerned!
Finally, the only thing I really care about, the Royals went to the Asian Trust charity party and got to meet famous people! So many pictures! (I’ll be posting more as they come up)
The Royals Are Here! And They Get to Meet Shahrukh!
William and Kate landed about 5 hours ago and went straight to the Taj Hotel. Which is just what I did the first time I went to India! It’s like we’re the same people!
(Go here for my post on the full schedule of their visit)
DDLJ Part 8: In Honor of Fan Week, I’m Going to Pick It Back Up Again for a Bit! Also, Let’s Rent a Room in a House in Switzerland!
DDLJ! 4 months ago, I started trying to work through every SRKajol movie, I finished Baazigar and Karan-Arjun, and then hit DDLJ and suddenly I turned into that picky eater kid who takes 4 hours to finish a bowl of cereal. I’m just savoring every single bite! And moving forward at a rate of 2,000 words per every 5 minutes.
(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here, part 11 here, part 12 here, part 13 here, part 14 here, part 15 here, part 16 here)
Happy Shahrukh Week!!! Let’s Talk About Billu and Fan!
Happy Shahrukh Week! It’s the most wonderful time of the year! And this year, it’s happening twice! Woot-woot! So, look for another week of posts before Raees on Eid.
FanVid Post! Because There Were No New Movies and I Stayed Home and Browsed YouTube Instead!
Fanvids! My favorite kind of vid! And there are so many good ones that I haven’t seen before! Or at least, haven’t posted the link to before.
Seiches and Fan’s Rapidly Approaching Release Date
I don’t have anything to watch this weekend! Maybe I will actually be desperate enough to try out a Telugu release in theaters (Sardaar Gabbar Singh is supposed to be a sequel to a remake of Dabangg, and I feel like I have seen Dabangg enough that I could probably figure out what is happening). But after weeks of having something new and exciting every Friday, the Hindi prospects this week are just dismal.
News Round-Up: Babies, the Pope, and SRK
The news today ranges from exciting to wacky to happy, so it is a good day! Let me see if I can accurately describe it all.
DDLJ Part 7: Driving, Walking, Finally Communicating
In case you couldn’t tell from the previous 6 posts, I really love this movie. But I don’t think I fully appreciated it (even after writing multiple papers referencing it, reading a couple books, and every article out there), until I started this minute by minute breakdown. It really is just perfectly constructed.
(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here, part 11 here, part 12 here, part 13 here, part 14 here, part 15 here, part 16 here)
DDLJ Part 6: Shahrukh has Finally Had Enough! (Spoilers ensue, no duh)
Back before my Malayalam obsession kicked off, I was working through a full and detailed summary of every single SRKajol film. After 5 parts, I had just made it about an hour into DDLJ (I really have a lot to say about this movie). And then this week, I wasn’t able to watch a Malayalam film last night (church quilting group instead), and I wasn’t able to see Jai Gangaajal, so I can’t write a bunch of posts about that either. So time to check in with DDLJ again!
(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here, part 11 here, part 12 here, part 13 here, part 14 here, part 15 here, part 16 here)
A Wedding, A Funeral, and a Law Suit!
3 big news items, about which there are minimal details. But at least they all come with pictures!
Fan Trailer Launch Event: Best Parts of the Times of India Coverage
The newest Fan Trailer was launched a little bit ago, I already put up a post analysing it second by second. But that’s only half the story, the other part is the massive, MASSIVE trailer launch.
NEW FAN TRAILER!!!!! Shahrukh isn’t just playing “Shahrukh Khan”
2 Shahrukhs! What could be better! It’s like Duplicate, but less stupid!
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