Second part! Ranveer Singh, the movie star. Which is a performance he is giving and has convinced all of us is truth.
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Adorable 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.
Continue readingRepost: Intro to 7 Actresses And the Phases of Their Career
This is an out of date post from a couple years ago, but only out of date in that the “most recent” film choices are no longer most recent. And, like, Anushka wasn’t married yet. Otherwise it is still a great post for giving you an idea of the pattern most actresses follow in their careers and how they play out.
Continue readingHindi Film 101: Ranveer Singh Part 2, Living His Real Life Off-Stage
Part 1 didn’t get as many comments as I expected, but it did get decent views, so I am moving on!
Continue reading2009 Week: Love Aaj Kal, The Last Mainstream “Regular” Film Imtiaz Ali Made
If I didn’t know where Imtiaz was heading, I would find this both better and worse. As in, I can watch it and see the hints of the irritating passive hero of Tamasha, but also the brilliant deep romance of Jab Harry Met Sejal. It’s an interesting one to look back on!
Continue readingIndian Cheers Remake: I Think I Cracked It! Reverse the Genders, Put it in a Bombay Dance Bar, Bips and Rajkummar to Star
No one cares about this, do they? I am just so pleased with the idea that I want to write it down before I forget.
Continue readingWomen Directors Week: Happy New Year, The Potato Chip Bag of Movies
Have I reviewed Main Hoon Na? I can’t remember. I know I did Om Shanti Om because Farah re-tweeted my review and that was cool. And I know I HAVEN’T done this movie, because I made a mental note that I hadn’t reviewed it a few months back. Anyway, I already reviewed a fascinating groundbreaking risky sexy feminist film Paap, today I will review a big dumb fun hit film with a neutral to anti-feminist message. Let’s see which gets more attention!
Continue readingFriday Classics: Love Aaj Kal, A Couple Who Tries to Love Not Too Well but Wisely
Oh boy! A review for a movie that isn’t very good, so I can write it quickly! I hope. I tend to get a bit lost and write too much even about the less good movies.
Continue readingFriday Classics: Bachna Ae Haseeno, Ranbir is a Sociopath
This was one of many movies from my YRF list earlier this week that it was requested I review. I picked it because, well, I can remember it well enough to review without needing a rewatch. And it certainly doesn’t deserve a rewatch.
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk: What Should We Talk About as I Nurse My Swollen Eye?
Happy Saturday! We get to go to doggie training class, and I will do laundry, and other fun stuff. And also, wait to see if my eye unswells itself.
Continue readingNews Round-Up: Kangana Fails to Understand Mental Illness, Kat Lands a Big Role, Varun and Sara in a Comedy
Kangana through Rangoli just said something so shocking I have to point it out and correct it. And on the other hand, two bits of casting that make me happy, Kat and Sara both get good parts.
Continue readingSilly Sunday: Garbo Remakes! Ninotchka with SRK, Marie Walewska in Colonial India
So, TCM (greatest channel EVER) is in the middle of a Garbo fest and I caught a double bill on Friday and it inspired me. Get ready for very VERY specific narrowcasting fanfics. You know, for all those hardcore Garbo/Indian film fans. There must be more of them than just me and Maria Gill, right?
Continue readingNews Round-Up: Actresses Doing Stuff
Ready for a quick news post before I start the long journey towards home? Fun fun! There’s pictures!
Continue readingValentine’s Week Final Review: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani! A Young Couple Who is Too Grown-Up
I promised to write this review for Valentine’s Week and then I missed it, so I am squeezing it in now instead. Oh well, I didn’t have anything else planned for today anyway.
Continue readingFriday Classics: Chennai Express, Come for the Comedy and Stay for the Characters
I always remembered this as a really good movie, but I hadn’t watched it straight through in a few years and thought maybe I was mis-remembering. No, it really is a really good movie!
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