I was in the middle of writing a 101 on Pakistani film when I realized I can’t really do that without talking about the relationship between Hindi and Urdu, and I can’t do that without talking about South Asian languages in general, and thus we find ourselves here.
Continue readingI was going to write a really good interesting post today, and then my work computer decided to reboot with updates for 2 hours which killed my writing time. So instead you have to be happy with this completely silly narrow casting post. For those of you who are passionately in love with classic English novels, and also Shahrukh.
Continue readingI am trying to do more musician birthdays and this is a big big musician birthday, so time for me to try to figure out what I know about Mukesh and what’s most important.
Continue readingHappy Monday!!! I had an exhausting weekend, and now I can relax and have a nice day at work.
Continue readingThis is just total indulgence for me. As a thought experiment, I want to continue my discussion of sex and power and class from these two posts and see if I can come up with new SRK plot ideas that continue to explore them.
Continue readingI don’t think anyone else loves this movie the way I love this movie. But I really really love this movie!
Continue readingYou ready to prove your TruFan status? This is a “best of” post not for the weak or faint of heart. I’m not talking the full fledged small roles (Saathiya, Shakti, Hey Ram, etc.), I’m talking about the 5 minutes or less one scenes. Most people haven’t seen one of them, let alone all of them. Heck, I haven’t seen all his cameos! Just the ones listed below.
Continue readingLast section! The one were everything finally happens, and we get our nice ending.
Continue readingSecond part! I realized when watching this series that it broke down neatly into three narrative sections, so my reviews reflect that.
Continue readingI originally wrote this back when there was a little group of us all plowing through right after it was added to Netflix. Not sure if anyone knew has seen the show since then, but maybe the same old folks have had new thoughts. Or maybe this will inspire someone new to check it out.
Continue readingI had another thought! Well actually, Rachel had a thought on this post and I replied to it, and then I kept on thinking. Anyway, thoughts! About sex! And also power and romance.
Continue readingHappy Saturday! I am out of town for a wedding, doing family stuff with family, but you all can still talk!
Continue readingSuch a fun movie! I forgot how fun until I was reading this review. It has men in tiny underwear, women riding horses, and a great plot.
Continue readingIt was just pouring rain here yesterday. In that “I cannot see out the window and the sun is not coming up” kind of way. Which is nice, because it has been bright hot sun for the past 3 days. So today the rain sort of felt cozy and nice. I just needed a nice Indian movie star to curl up with and watch the storm.
Continue readingYou ready to put on your thinking caps? This is a question that has puzzled the global community for years, but I have faith in the power of crowdsourcing, I believe our team of experts can answer this underlying Question of the Universe. Just like genome code mapping.
Continue readingThis is one of Shahrukh’s earliest roles, and one he consistently lists as a film and a performance he is most proud of. But, why?
Continue readingI put up two really really good posts discussing Shahrukh’s appeal in a broader sense, but those aren’t garnering many comments. I choose to think because they are so brilliant no one has anything to say in response. So now I am going to put up a totally silly post on which all of us should have an opinion.
Continue readingI has another thought! And I think it is a good thought, but maybe you will disagree. Or maybe you will have more thoughts.
Continue reading(This is a reposted post from last year) There is another big birthday today, but I am following a “if you can’t say anything nice” policy and ignoring it. But that means Sukhwinder gets a day all to himself! And he deserves it, he has worked very hard for a very long time.
Continue readingI don’t actually think these are “better” endings, I just like happy endings, even if they aren’t true to the rest of the narrative. Every film should end with a marriage and a baby and a happy reprise of the title song. So in my headcanon, these are how these movies end. Happy happy!
Continue readingI was browsing through the archives and ran into this post, and it is really quite good! Deserves a repost for sure.
Continue readingI think I have to have a hot dog on the way home, don’t I? For the holiday? Anyway, I wanted to do photos of Indian actors eating hot dogs, but I couldn’t find any. So instead I will take “hot dog” in a great sense.
Continue readingThis is nice, I can do a repost for both Shahrukh Summer and Katrina’s birthday. And we can consider how we all feel about this movie, still as passionate as before or has time weakened the pain?
Continue readingHappy Wednesday! I have had such a weird work week, highlights so far include a customer yelling at me because I dared to take a vacation day when she needed me, and my boss telling the story of when he passed out while running a marathon and ended up with short term amnesia. Weird!
Continue readingOops, missed this! Oh well. In her honor today I will put up this post, and some selected Katrina reviews.
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