Happy First day of Winter! Some Seasonal Songs

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It’s been a little bit since I did one of these song posts (although I have put songs up in my birthday messages).  I like doing them, because I hope they fill the gap that I filled with songs DVDs.  Back in the early 2000s, I bought and rented a bunch, and I would see random songs and think “Hey!  That’s cool!  I should check out this movie/actor/actress/choreographer.” Or at least I would think “Hey!  Now I can picture that actor/song sequence/actress the next time he/it/she is mentioned.”  Hopefully this collection of loosely connected song sequences can have a similar effect for some of you!

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Happy Aamir Week! Last Day! Woot-Woot! Let’s Talk About Dil Chahta Hai and Aamir as a Flawed Mentor

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Not like a “mentor who is romantic” (that would be Shahrukh in Dear Zindagi) but as a mentor in the field of romance.  He is not great at it, at least as shown in Dil Chahta Hai and, possibly, in this movie.

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Happy Aamir Week! Raja Hindustani, and Aamir With a Beard!

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Dangal is opening 2 days early in America, yaaaaay!  So this is my second to last Aamir post, and I get to start Salman week 2 days earlier than I thought I would!  Also yaaaaay!  Since I am getting close to the end, I’m going to pull out a nice interesting movie, Raja Hindustani!

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Monday Morning Questions Post! One Week to Christmas!!!

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Gah!  I still haven’t wrapped my gifts or finished decorating my tree(s)!  Quick, distract me from all that with interesting questions.  (previous posts here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here)

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Happy Aamir Week! No Matter How Dangal Turns Out, It Cannot Be as Bad as Tum Mere Ho!

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Just for the joy of it, I am going to write about Tum Mere Ho, potentially the worst movie Aamir has ever been in.  One of those movies that it feels like the producer ran out of money so they just stopped filming and called it “the end”.  I’m sure I will figure out a way that it relates to Dangal, but mostly just want to remind us all that Aamir has a past before his “great actor” period.

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Happy Aamir Week! Sarfarosh: Another Movie Where the Romance Came Second to the Character Goals

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I first knew Sarfarosh for the love songs, one of which (“Hoshwalon Ko Khabar”) is one of my all time favorite songs, both the video for it and just the way it sounds on its own.  And then a watch the movie, and come to find out that it is barely a romance at all!  Which is what, I suspect, it will have in common with Dangal.  The Aamir romance is there, sure, but it’s not really a big deal compared to everything else going on.

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Christmas Give Away Winner Week 7!

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Aaaaa!  Only one week left to Christmas!  I have now finished with 4 Christmas parties, 3 one on one get togethers for gift exchange, and today I mailed everything that needs to go to the out of state relatives.  Which means my decks are cleared for the hardcore holiday stuff, the family events that happen during the week around Christmas.  And it also means this is the second to last give away post!  If you missed the earlier posts, the rules are, whoever makes the most comments in a week gets a card.  Unless they already won a card, in which case I move on to the next most comments person.   (week 1 here, week 2 here, week 3 here, week 4 here, week 5 here, week 6 here)

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Happy Aamir Week! 3 Idiots: Aamir Going Against Intense Joyless Training, Before He is For it in Dangal

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Happy Aamir Week Day 2!  3 Idiots!  One of those movies that I have been avoiding because there is so much to say it overwhelms me.  But no more!  I’m not going to worry about saying everything, I am just going to say a little bit about one aspect.

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Happy Aamir Week! Ghulam and Dangal: Aamir Uses Strength to Mask Weakness

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I totally forgot about Aamir week for Dangal until TJ Stevens reminded me in the comments.  Actually, I was thinking that I would need to start doing something for Salman week, but I guess I can start that after I finish with Aamir.  I’ve still got his massive 3 part birthday post from last year, I can always update that and add in some quick reviews or something, right?  And maybe just let him have the whole last week of the year to himself, to make up for cutting his birthday celebrations short?

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Two New Trailers! One Looking To the Future, One to the Past

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If I were Aamir Khan, I don’t know if I would have released a trailer for another movie today.  On the one hand, it gave a little extra buzz around the name “Aamir Khan”, so that’s good for the Dangal release.  But on the other hand, the buzz isn’t about Dangal, it is about something else.  A risk!  Oh, and also a trailer for Gurinder Chadha’s Viceroy House.  That’s the one that’s looking to the past, Aamir’s trailer is super cool and modern.

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Happy 10 Days Until Christmas!!! Here Are Some Christmas Songs You Might Have Missed

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Happy 10 Days to Christmas!  As I mentioned in my book, Christmas music is the only kind of music I really enjoy, besides film music.  Because it feels like it is creating a mood, like it is part of a bigger story, not just isolated art.  But this also means I spend all of December listening to Christmas songs and I can get pretty sick of the same old-same old.  Just in case you are in the same boat, here are some of the best not-standard songs I have run across. (for my favorite standards, check out my earlier Christmas post)

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Fascinating Industrial News! Karan and Shahrukh Heading for a Battle Over Streaming?

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The big headline news being reported everywhere is “Shahrukh movies come to Netflix“.  But here’s the big thing to notice in the stories, they are coming to INDIAN Netflix.  So unless you do that thing where you use a mirror site and trick your computer into thinking it lives in India, or unless you yourself live in India and have Netflix and a good internet source, this does you no good.

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New OK Jaanu Song! I am Conflicted

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Remember how my whole OK Kanmani review was wondering what they would do with all the Tamil specific stuff that helped build a connection between the characters while they were both exiled in Bombay?  Well, this new OK Jaanu song shows the way the new movie might possibly have found a way to do the same.  And I am not sure if it works or not, because I am still so stuck in the previous one.

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Ready (Telugu): I Think I Might Like The Salman Version Better?

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It feels wrong to say that!  The Hindi remake is always supposed to be the watered down less good version of the non-Hindi original.  But watching this movie, I found myself missing the slight changes the put in to make it work better for the Hindi industry.

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Bahubaali Poster!!!

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That’s all I have to say really, just BAHUBAALI POSTER!!!!  Let us all celebrate!  Also, isn’t it handy that both Prabhas and Rana Duggabati have birthdays at the perfect time to promote it?  Although probably if they didn’t, the filmmakers would have found another occasion around now to release it.

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