Happy Sunday! This is a silly silly post, and a lazy post. I’m not writing the ending for these, you get to!
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Jabariya Jodi Review (SPOILERS): Way Too Many Twists For One Love Story to Carry!
This movie is….fine. It’s not great and perfect, but I will happily rewatch the best bits over and over again, and the worst bits aren’t torture. If you like rom-coms and you want to see it, read the no spoiler review instead. If you don’t like rom-coms but are still curious about it, you can read this.
Continue readingIndependence Day Counter-Programming: The Best Overseas Indian Films
I am sooooooooooooo sick of Indian patriotism movies. At this point, it’s just lazy. It’s not even good movies, it’s just any old trash and then you throw in a flag and the national anthem and people will watch it. So I am doing counter-programming for Independence week! Movies about Indians who aren’t in India any more, and are happy about it. Centered around Independence Day itself when I will have a glorious festival of non-Indian movies about non-Indian desis.
Continue readingJabariya Jodi Review (No Spoilers): A Perfectly Okay Movie
Do you like rom coms? Do you have patience with flawed movies? Do you like Sidharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra? If your answer is “yes”, you should watch this movie. If it is “no” to any of those questions, avoid.
Continue readingWomen Directors Week: A Repost on Why There Are So Few Women in Power in Indian Film
I wrote this a long time back, but I think it is still relevant. There are more and more women directors in India, but it is still a rare thing.
Continue readingSaaho Trailer! I Still Have No Idea What is Happening
Finally, a full length trailer! This will answer all our questions and make sense of everything. Or, not so much.
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk/National Film Awards
Happy Saturday! I was up way too late last night after the movie, and I didn’t even finish my reviews yet. But today I am going to be all productive and write lots and lots of stuff.
Continue readingTGIF: Women Objectifying Men
Pretty sure this is feminist and empowering and not, you know, bad. But even if it is bad, sometimes it’s good to be bad.
Continue readingImportant Question! Which of These Women Directed Sequences is Steamiest?
No wrong answer here. Tastes differ in many ways. But we can at least attempt to discover a majority consensus. And to make this easy, I have already narrowed it down to only 3 options for you!
Continue readingWomen Directors Week: Happy New Year, The Potato Chip Bag of Movies
Have I reviewed Main Hoon Na? I can’t remember. I know I did Om Shanti Om because Farah re-tweeted my review and that was cool. And I know I HAVEN’T done this movie, because I made a mental note that I hadn’t reviewed it a few months back. Anyway, I already reviewed a fascinating groundbreaking risky sexy feminist film Paap, today I will review a big dumb fun hit film with a neutral to anti-feminist message. Let’s see which gets more attention!
Continue readingGauri Shinde: Twice as Good and Half as Far
Another talented exciting female director! And one just starting out in her career, only two films old which will make writing this post tricky.
Continue readingShahrukh Summer Discussion Post: Melbourne Film Festival Chat Space!
Shahrukh is out of hiding! Yaaaaay! For another one of those pleasant events he has been doing, mature and international and where he is respected. I have no real “news” to report, it’s just a bunch of fun photos and instagram videos. But I thought I would put up a space for us all to share and discuss the fun photos and instagram stuff.
Continue readingWomen Directors Week: Tanuja Chandra, the Woman Who Makes Everything
I haven’t come close to watching every Tanuja Chandra film, but I find her fascinating as a person and researching this post made me want to watch more of her films. Hopefully it made you feel the same way!
Continue readingWomen Directors Week: Farah Khan, One of the Boys
Thanks to Procrastinatrix for giving me the idea for the title! As soon as I read it, suddenly Farah’s whole career clicked into place.
Continue readingShahrukh Summer/Women Directors Week: Which is Shahrukh’s Best Saroj Khan Song?
Last one! And also the first one. Saroj begat Farah who begat Vaibhavi. And all three women helped turn non-dancing SRK into someone who can at least athletically fake his way through things.
Continue readingShahrukh Summer/Women Directors Week: Which is Shahrukh’s Best Vaibhavi Merchant Song?
I really like Vaibhavi Merchant. Partly because she has such a great name (really, say it out loud, doesn’t it sound nice?), but also because she makes really interesting song sequences that aren’t just about the dance but tell a whole little story. Oh, and also because she has a great professional website that lists out every song she has done, so I can actually post every single collaboration with Shahrukh.
Continue readingWomen Directors Week: Paap, Pooja Bhatt Championing Female Desire
I’ve known about this movie for years and years and years, since college, but I had no idea how good it was. I wish I’d watched it ages ago! And I encourage all of you to see it.
Continue readingShahrukh Summer/Women Directors Week: What is the Best Shahrukh-Farah Song?
Obviously I am not going to post every single Farah-Shahrukh song, that would be impossible. But I will post a selection and you can use your brains to remember any others that you want to suggest.
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Reading and Watching and Thinking and Listening to This Week?
Happy Wednesday! Today is the day Jabariya Jodi showtimes will be posted! I’m hoping for something early and close because I have lots and lots of people interested in going with me.
Continue readingShahrukh Summer/Women Director’s Week: Dance Battle! Vaibhavi or Farah or Saroj, Who is Your Favorite?
It’s not good to pit women against each other, but my hope is this post turns into more of an appreciation for how good each of these women is and an awareness of their skill. Plus, their songs with Shahrukh were some of their best, so it’s a fair way to limit things.
Continue readingWoman Directors Week: Mira and Deepa and Gurinder, the Overseas Indians
Mira Nair and Gurinder Chadha came up in the comments when I announced this theme week, and then I remembered Deepa Mehta too, and I struggled with how to handle them. I hope this post works out.
Continue readingAnjali Menon, A Woman Who Knows the Vulnerabilities of Men
Yaaaay, the first post on a woman director in honor of women directors week! I really love Anjali Menon and I have lots and lots of thoughts, so hopefully this will be a good start. And I really hope it will achieve my main goal, which is to alert new viewers to the awesomeness of these talented woman.
Continue readingI’m an Aunt!
Yes yes, an entirely personal post. But a happy one. And who doesn’t like sharing happy news?
Continue readingShahrukh Summer: Shahrukh and Female Directors, Let’s Consider His Collaborations
I’m too hot (not like “attractive” but like “the a/c in my office building is broken and I am going to die”) for writing a real serious discussion all on my own, so I am going to have to rely on you all to have that discussion in the comments. All I can provide is a list of the 6 times Shahrukh has worked with a female director and let you decide what you think of them.
Continue readingFemale Directors Week, Songs of Female Desire from Female Directors
The a/c isn’t actually broken at my office (if it was, we would be sent home because it is a stupid building and the windows don’t open), but it is working at like quarter speed. Anyway, I’m hot and stuffy and my brain doesn’t work, so I am starting off female directors week with a really silly post.
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