Thank you Angie for being our Maddy co-respondent!!!! And now I have a vital question I cannot answer on my own.
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Tag Archives: Deepika Padukone
Gehraiyaan Review (SPOILERS): A Plot in Dialogue With A Different Familiar Story
Oh, I am SO EXCITED to talk about this plot! And the clever little ways it pays homage to film classics. And also, how Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor were INSANELY beautiful.
Continue readingGehraiyaan Review (No Spoilers): Cassavetes Crossed With Hitchcock
I feel bad using two Western references instead of desi. I suppose I could have said Vijay Anand crossed with Mahesh Bhatt. But this is a Shakun Batra movie, he’s alllllllllll about the Western style filmmaking and it really is more tied to Cassavetes and Hitchcock than anything in Hindi cinema.
Continue readingFriday/Saturday WatchAlong: Dips and Rahman Week! XXX Return of Xander Cage, Tamasha, 99 Songs, Mersal, what else?
It’s Deepika/AR Rahman week! So many movie options! And of course, their one collaboration, “Tamasha”.
Continue readingHappy New Year! Kirre Just Reminded Me that YJHD Ends on New Year! In Honor of the Holiday, Here is My Reposted Review
Yes! An old review! But a good movie, and one that might be interesting to talk about again as Brahmastra creaks towards a release with the same star and director/writer.
Continue readingInstagram Round Up! Hrithik and Perfume and Mountain Dew, Harsh Has New Pants and Went on a Trip, Dips and Ranveer Made an Ad and a Weird Video
Been a while since I did this, and I felt the need for a jolt of that special social media happiness this morning, so here we go!
Continue readingHappy International Women’s Day!!!
I have a standard “international women” post I usually repost for this day. But today, something different! I want to focus on two special oddities that I find fascinating.
Continue reading2021 Baby Wishes: Deepika, Sonam, Sid M, Varun
Happy 2021 wishes! BABIES!!!!! I’m just wildly loading these folks up with children. I’m gonna assume they all want babies of course, if they don’t then the universe can ignore me. But assuming they do want kids, then I want them to have kids, and then I want lots and lots and lots of cute instagram posts.
Continue readingShahrukh Birthday Countdown, Happy New Year! A Happy Happy HAPPY Movie
This is such a great movie! I am strongly tempted to make it my pick for my virtual SRK birthday party on Monday.
Continue readingShahrukh Birthday Countdown, Chennai Express! His Big Fun Crowdpleaser
Oooo, only 8 films left! And 6 of them have full scene by scenes in my archives. I think I better start cranking through these posts a bit faster.
Continue readingLaw Suit for Libel Filed By All Leading Hindi Film Production Houses, and Associations
Well, this is satisfying! And answers a question I have been wondering about, what are the libel laws available in India?
Continue readingYRF is Leaking News Because They Want Our Opinion on a Potential New Shahrukh Film, What Do We Think?
If Shahrukh doesn’t announce it on his twitter, it’s not definitely happening. So this is not a “this is happening!” post. This is a “let’s talk about the implications of people rumoring this is happening” post.
Continue readingHappy 7th Anniversary of Chennai Express! I Quite Quite Like This Movie
It’s also Mahesh Babu’s birthday, so I put up a review of a movie I disliked for him. Now to balance, a review of a movie I liked!
Continue readingHappy Birthday Ranveer Singh! Your Life, Part 2, Your Greatest Role is Yourself
Second part! Ranveer Singh, the movie star. Which is a performance he is giving and has convinced all of us is truth.
Continue readingAdorable Instagram Couples: Dipveer, Jaya-Amitabh, and Others
Instagram! Land of happiness! So nice it just look at pretty pictures of pretty people and not have a million trolls. I will enjoy it while it lasts.
Continue readingIrrfan Khan Fest: Piku, Irrfan Versus Amitabh
This is one of the few movies where I enjoy Irrfan, but I don’t mind it when he isn’t onscreen either. It’s such a good film with such good performances all around, for once the movie lives up to Irrfan.
Continue readingSilly Sunday: Love Triangles! Pick Your Ending for These Romantic Tripods I Have Built! Shahrukh-Juhi-Aamir, Deepika-Ranveer-Anushka, ARK-Parineeti-Sid M
Still watching Hart of Dixie which does really good love triangles, and it has inspired me to try and see what I can come up with as potential Indian film triangles. Not easy ones where it’s a choice between love and duty, but ones where there are two viable “love” options.
Continue readingRamesh Sippy Week: Seeta Aur Geeta Recasting/Rewriting Ideas for Modern Times! (Plus Bonus Andaz with DipVeer!)
Seeta Aur Geeta is the only Sippy film that can really be remade. Remaking Sholay is obviously impossible, and the other films fall into that fuzzy area where they are fun for what they are, and all the little character beats and stuff, but if you try to recreate it, it would all fly away and nothing special would be left. Like, I love Zamaana-Deewana, but remove the orgasm song, and Anupam Kher’s drag scene, and all you’ve got is a really weird plot about boring young lovers.
Continue readingTalent of the 2010s, Female Edition, Sonam to Sara
I already did this for the boys, but can the girls be far behind? And yes, “girls”. Most of these actresses started out before they were 20 and in my book that means you are still a kid.
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me the Day After Deepika’s Birthday?
Happy Monday! I slept and slept and lazed and lazed and I have hopes of no longer feeling low energy and sick at work.
Continue readingHappy Birthday Deepika! A Starter List of Movies to Watch To Help People Fall in Love With You!
Shoot, I just wrote and posted Deepika’s 101 a few weeks back. And while she’s had good songs, that’s not where she shines the most so a “songs post” doesn’t really fit. But I think I can do a post talking about her best roles.
Continue readingSilly Sunday: Little Women as a Dark Romantic Drama! Laurie is Evil and Amy is Gay
Thanks Alisa! You saw the new American Little Women and complained about it which inspired me to rethink my Indian remake (already wrote it once here) when you suggested that one of the Little Women should get herself a Little Woman.
Continue readingMini FanFic Post: Pick an Ending for the Kareena-Deepika-Akshay Baby Movie!
I wrote this FanFic on Sunday but just kind of sketched in the outline. And then we talked and came up with multiple variations on the story.
Continue readingHindi Film 101: Deepika Padukone, Just Keeps Getting Back Up Again
Oh Dips! I can’t be the only one who has a vaguely worried and protective feeling about her, right? She just seems to have been hit by life so many times.
Continue readingChhapaak Trailer: What is the Purpose of a Trailer? Does This One Fulfill It? I Say NO
Well, this is a bad trailer! Just, as a trailer. Which is a specific kind of art form that can be done poorly or well and have no relationship to the movie it is promoting. Except for indicating the skill and understanding of the producers of the film for the product they have.
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