New Ae Dil Hai Mushkil song video! Which shows new clips, but they don’t really reveal anything we didn’t already know. Except, so many coats! I’m really excited for coat weather now.
I don’t quite know what to think about this movie. They left a lot of things open and a lot of things to our imagination, and there are no easy answers in it. But what I know for sure is, I love Mita Vasisht and am thrilled I finally got to see her in a lead role, instead of just showing up and giving awesome advice for a few minutes, and then going away.
Malaria, huh? So, there’s a reason for me to take those terrible pills when I’m in India, even though they mess up my stomach and give me weird dreams?
What a pleasant film! Everything isn’t perfect, but if everyone works together they can make it perfect. Well, almost. But the big message is everyone working together and dealing with a bad situation as best as they can.
How could I not celebrate! So very many Indian engineer characters! And all of them, so adorable!
And so is his father! And also a bit of a tech nerd, have you noticed that since he discovered instagram, Shahrukh has been posting a lot of videos that are kind of like the ones your dorky uncle posts after his son shows him how to use the video tools? But more interesting, because it’s a movie star.
Don’t freak out, our shining star young man is not a secret alcoholic. This is just a fun story from the sets of Badrinath Ki Dulhania.
Tum Bin 2? Really? Like, the Priyanshu Chatterjee movie? Rock On 2, I can kind of understand, because it’s part of Farhan’s whole play acting self-indulgence thing. But Tum Bin gets a sequel?
“Ellipsis Entertainment”. Really? Trying saying that outloud. Doesn’t your mouth kind of stumble over it? It looks good, and it’s a nice idea, that the leave out the unnecessary bits, and I am assuming their logo will be some variation on “…”, but can you really say it ten times fast?
This is, like, half a story. But it’s about Bahubaali 2, so I care DEEPLY. And I figure most other people would as well. Also, kind of interesting from an industry stand point.
This was just a fun, silly movie! Which was perfect, because I had a friend over and she said “I’ve had a bad day, let’s watch a fun silly movie.” My first vote was Dil Aashna Hai, but she wanted something a little more current, so we ended up with Action Jackson. Which I somehow missed in theaters and hadn’t gotten around to seeing since.
I love it when that happens! Moviemavengal just sent me a link to an article on the Quint website, written by an industry person, about what is causing the collapse of the corporate studios in India. And it is exactly what I have been saying ALL ALONG!!!
I know this is a huge holiday and there most be hundreds of songs about it. But I’ve only been watching Malayalam films for less than a year, so I know very very few of them. Forgive me! And feel free to mention some better ones in the comments.
Isn’t that headline nice and alliterative? It’s really the best part of this post. Well, close to the best, there is some actual information too.
Global figures are out for Baar Baar! And Bollywoodhungama says that they are “dismal”, but I’m not seeing it? But maybe that’s just because I am missing some extra information, like how big was the budget and how much were the distribution rights sold for. Oh, and also a new weird photo of Aamir
Is that a saying in India? “Hit over the head”? It’s something my mother says a lot, “he needed to be hit over the head before he started to….”. Like, it takes getting frostbite on your ears to learn that you should wear a hat when it’s cold out. Or, getting an F before you learn to study before a test. Which is what happens to our hero here, he has to get a literal blow to the head before he starts learning.
Maybe this has happened before and I just haven’t noticed it, but it feels unusual to me, the speed and excitement over creating fanvids the minute the Ae Dil Hai Mushkil song came out!
My first Questions post! Which, okay, is mostly because I am trying to put up extra posts so I can get to a thousand before my first year of blogging is over. But also because I think it might be a fun way to start the week!
I thought we should start the week out on a light note, so two nice light stories.
I already put up a non-spoiler review, and a spoiler-y review that goes into detail all the way through the first half. And now I am refreshed, post-nap, and ready to move on and finish off the rest of the film!
Ouch! You read for what you don’t want to hear about your big budget heavily promoted fancy A level movie? “less money than Baaghi“. Ow ow ow ow ow!!!
I already posted my non-spoilers review, now it’s time for the Spoilers one! I’m going to also try to go through the whole film real quick point by point, so you can follow my reasoning even if you haven’t had a chance to see it yet. Or if you don’t want to see it, but you want to know what happened. (second half through to the ending available here)
The first song video for Shivaay is out!!! And it is Weeeeeeeeiiiirrrrrrrddddddd!!!! In a whole bunch of different ways.
This is sort of an odd post to make. Obviously, as an American, I have a very complex and personal and emotional relationship to 9/11. For one thing, it’s also my Grandpa’s birthday (95 today!). But I want to set aside the American part of it for a post, and take a quick look at how Indian film has struggled with the changes 9/11 brought on the world. (obviously, all kinds of trigger warnings and I understand if no one wants to read this post, but I felt like I should make it)
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