Oh boy! This is gonna be hard. Sure, it’s easy to pick the one that goes on top, but how do you order the rest of them?
Continue readingThe Greatest Challenge of Our Time! Rank Katrina Kaif Item Songs
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Happy Birthday Katrina! Here is Your Life
This isn’t a gift for Katrina in that she can read about her life, she knows her life. This is to make everyone who reads it a little more sensitive and respectful towards her. I know that was my experience writing it, I went from being neutral on Katrina to truly respecting her.
Continue readingAmitabh StoryTime: Deewar, the Scene Where He Chose to Fight
Another story! This time not his personal life, but his screen life, and that one unique moment on screen that summed up so much about his appeal.
Continue readingDiscussion Post: What Big Projects Are You Working On to Make the Days Go By?
If you are like me, you are craving something to mark time, a big long running challenge that has multiple steps and will eventually be completed. Building a deck, painting your room, organizing your books, something like that. So I thought, let’s share/brag! Tell the DCIB community about your accomplishments, and maybe someone here will go “oh, that’s a great idea, I should do that too”.
Continue readingAmitabh Positivity Post: Sarkar, The Surprisingly Brilliant Godfather Remake
This should not be a good movie, let alone a Great movie. And yet, it is. Largely because of Amitabh. His performance is so good, I think it inspired everyone else to raise up to his level, from director to writer to co-stars.
Continue readingShakuntala Devi Trailer! Not a Hagiography, So I Actually Want to Watch This!
Thanks Kirre for posting the trailer in a comment! I probably wouldn’t have watched it otherwise, all the promotional materials up until now have made me not really interested in the film. But the trailer was different and GREAT!
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Reading and Watching and Thinking and Listening To This Stressful Week?
Happy Wednesday! It is rainy and overcast here, I am looking forward to doing a half day of work and then curling up with a book.
Continue readingAmitabh Positivity and Katrina Kaif Birthday Week! 5 Things They Have in Common
Amitabh and Katrina Kaif! Who would have thought they had things in common? But they do! If you try, you can probably think of even more things than I list out.
Continue readingWhat Friday Movie Should We Watch for Amitabh Love?
We don’t have to forget Katrina either! One of her best early performances was, coincidentally, in an Amitabh movie. No, not Boom.
Continue readingAmitabh StoryTime: Amitabh and Baz Luhrman
Another story! How Amitabh took his only western film role, not the only role he had ever been offered, but the only role he chose to take. And no, of course it wasn’t for the money.
Continue readingAmitabh and Class Repost, My Article on Classism in India and Indian Film Reporting
The first thing you need to know about this post is that I wrote it back in May. As soon as India started being hit with COVID, I started thinking about class, and how that is going to affect everything, including the reporting on the crisis and the attitude towards who it is affecting. Now Amitabh is sick, and the India (reported) numbers are rising, and suddenly other people are also thinking about class and who matters and who doesn’t. Now, this is a Happy Place, so we aren’t going to get super deep into things here, but it’s a good time to think about how invisible classism effects the way we see the world, and what it takes to wake us up.
Continue readingAmitabh Fest Counter-Programming: Katrina Kaif Outfits!
Along with being Amitabh Positive Thoughts week, it is also Katrina Kaif Birthday week. Thank goodness! We need some pleasant gossip happiness frivolity, and Kat is Here For Us.
Continue readingAmitabh StoryTime: Born the Revolution, Transformed to the Light That Will Not Die
Amitabh Story Time!!!! There are so many little stories of his life, not even worth an article, more kind of bedtime stories you might tell someone. But I thought it would be nice to share some of my favorites.
Continue readingAmitabh Love Week: Abhimaan, One of His Classic Jaya Romances
This is a good movie, and the Amitabh-Jaya romance makes it a great movie. They are lovely together, and in love, and young and sweet and lovely.
Continue readingAmitabh Love Fest, Indefinite Positivity Good Vibes Parade
I’m not sure a totally agree on the power of good vibes and prayer and so on. But I certainly don’t DISBELIEVE it. So in a “can’t hurt and makes us feel better” kind of way, DCIB will become a Good Vibes Parade for a while in service of making Amitabh (and Abhishek) healthy. I know there are millions of other sick people in the world, but this is an Indian film site in the end, and Amitabh is the person we all share.
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me the Week of Katrina’s Birthday?
Happy Monday! I have been busy busy busy, the double birthday this weekend takes a lot out of me (although more out of my father, his wife turning 70 was very hard on him, the pressure for a Decade Birthday Worthy Celebration was enormous). And today I have to have more pre-surgical tests (keep a good thought for me that I pass and can have the surgery) plus do work-work.
Continue readingHappy Birthday to My Sister! As a Gift To Her, This is a Space to Have Baby Parent Coffee Chat
It’s my sister’s birthday! And she will be spending it locked up in an apartment with her 11 month old baby, as she has spent every day for the past 4 months. I tried to think of what would be the most wonderful thing I could give someone in that situation, and I decided Moral Support and a Sense of Not Being Alone would be the best gift. But you have to help me “make” it! As a gift to me, give a gift to her 🙂
Continue readingThe Time Amitabh Came Back to Life, August 1st 1982
Amitabh is living a second life already, which he himself says. Every year he celebrates his second birthday on August 1st, the day he came back from certain death, somehow. We are coming up on the 28th anniversary of that date and Amitabh is once again hospitalized and in danger. A good time to look back at the miracle of his survival.
Continue readingAmitabh and Covid Discussion Space
Thank you alert readers, while I was out on the sailboat with my dad, big BIG news dropped in India and you were on top of it and let me know.
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk/My Mom’s Birthday Report
Happy Saturday/My Mom’s 70th Birthday!!!! I put up a special post just for her earlier today which is not getting the traffic/comments that I think it deserves. WARNING: I am putting up a post for my sister’s birthday tomorrow and that one REQUIRES comments! The whole point is to get y’all to comment. So be ready!
Continue readingMy Mom’s Turning 70! Here Are 7 Things I Can’t Believe She Lived Through (like, girdles. How were they ever a thing?)
My Mom’s turning 70 TODAY!!!!! We have big fun things planned, including strawberry shortcake for dessert and going for a nice drive. And as a bonus, I thought I would put out some things that happened in my mother’s life that I find astounding. Some of you may have experienced them as well, some of you may have heard of them, and some of you may have no idea such things ever happened.
Continue readingFriday Watchalong! Do Dooni Chaar Right Here at 3pm Chicago Time!
This should be a fun one! A nice light comedy about a middle aged couple trying to buy a car.
Continue readingHindi Film 101: Guru Dutt, Hindi Films Great Martyr to Art
I said if I was in the mood, I might finally write a Guru Dutt 101. Well, the rain kept me awake all night, it’s still overcast and drizzling now, but at the same time the light on the lake is so beautiful in the rain that the beauty is worth the melancholy. Perfect time to think about Guru Dutt.
Continue readingWatch Do Dooni Char Right Here in 24 Hours! 3pm Chicago Time Friday!
The people have spoken! And they were over-whelmingly for the Rishi-Neetu nice middle-aged comedy. So, we are watching Do Dooni Char.
Continue readingDiscussion Post: Share Your Favorite Funny Local News Stories
I love local news! The wacky “human interest” stories are the ones that are the most fun to talk about and think about and just generally make the world a happier friendly warmer place. And my Dad just forwarded me a follow up on one of the All Time Great Chicago local news stories. I will share it with you, and then you can share your stories with me!
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