Ugh! Grandpa’s in the hospital, the roofer has to do a lot more work than anticipated, I didn’t get enough sleep because the dog kept crawling on me all night because I forgot to fill his water dish, and WORST OF ALL because of Grandpa, we may have to cancel on the small children on Saturday and I CAN’T HANDLE DISAPPOINTING SMALL CHILDREN!!! Their little eyes get big and they try not to cry and they are embarrassed because they are so sad. It’s HORRIBLE. Babies just cry and cry, and adults are tough, but that in between age when they want to cry but know they aren’t supposed to cry, that just rips out your heart. I CAN’T TAKE IT! Anyway, sexy photos to distract me.
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Wednesday Watching Post: What Are You Watching and Reading and Thinking and Listening to the Week Before I Move?
Happy Wednesday!!! I am still up at the lake house, but being lazy. So all I am doing is sitting on the couch/porch watching the lake. Still better than being in the city!
Continue readingWhat Naseerji Movie Should We Watch This Friday?
I am still in an exhausted state, so I want SHORT. Among his short options, quite a variety, because Naseerji does everything different always.
Continue readingShahrukh Birthday Countdown: Chamatkar, Shahrukh as the Adorable Innocent
Okay, let’s do this! I’ve only seen this movie straight through twice, and the last time was over two years ago. But I have faith I can still remember and review this!
Continue readingMonsoon Wedding: Humanist Film Making
I’m doing it, I’m reviewing that Indian movie that isn’t technically an Indian movie! Which means I am moving outside my area of expertise and can’t give the same level of analysis and context and stuff as usual. Or not the same way as usual?
Continue readingHappy Birthday Naseeruddin Shah! That Time You Made in Impression in One Scene, Zindagi Na Milagi Dobara
All around good performances in this movie, especially Hrithik. But Naseeruddin is something special, giving us a whole character in just a few minutes of screentime.
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me on Naseeruddin Shah’s Birthday?
Happy Monday! I spent the weekend in bed, but then there was a lot of rain last night, and now the world is much less sickness inducing hot and heavy. So I am ready to think and be smart and original and stuff again!
Continue readingDiscussion Post: Who Do You Have a Couple Crush On?
Follow up to the “girl crush” post! By the way, these posts are getting more traffic than anything else I am putting up (why does no one want to play Antakshari???) so if you have more general ideas for questions, lay them on me!
Continue readingDiscussion Post: What Actor Do You Find NOT Physically Attractive But SUPER Personality Attractive?
The reverse of the morning’s discussion post! Who are the people you have a crush on purely because their personality is so awesome even if you don’t like their looks?
Continue readingImportant Question For Us to Answer! Is Jackie Shroff More or Less Appealing Naked Than Other Stars of His Age?
Popka Superstar claims that Jackie is not stomach turning when naked. I claim that he is. Now, for a fair and objective decision if this is ageism or Jackie-ism, I am going to list out the other actors of Indian film of the same age so we can compare bodies.
Continue readingFemale Films Week: Umrao Jaan, the Homelessness of the Courtesan
I finally watched it! And it was sad, as expected, but also mesmerizing in a way I didn’t anticipate. Such a careful world that is created.
Continue readingSilly Sunday: Love Stories By way of 1930s Hollywood (Including a Divorce Romance for Shahrukh and Juhi!)
I left work early on Friday and just came home and spent the weekend watching TCM. So many fun obscure movies that we could remake!
Continue readingThe Funnest Madhuri Movie! Rajkumar!
I absolutely love this movie and I can’t believe it isn’t talked about more. There’s like 5 classic Madhuri dance numbers, Naseeruddin Shah plays a double role, and Aruna Irani is a witch. How is this not the most popular Madhuri movie ever????
Continue readingFriday Classic (Bonus, on Saturday): Masoom, the Inescapable Pull of Motherhood
Mother’s Day week, obviously I was inspired to watch Masoom. One of the greatest explorations of what it means to be a mother of all time. You can run from it, but it will always catch you.
Tom Alter Dies, Hindi Cinema Has Lost One of Its Outstanding Actors
Asmita just alerted me in the comments that Tom Alter has passed away. Which immediately brought up his face in my head. He has been in sooooooo many movies. And he did such a good job in them! (If you are interested in seeing a recent performance, he was in M Cream which is now on Netflix)
Friday Classics: Rajkumar, How Am I the Only Person Who Has Seen This Movie?
Wicked witches, evil uncles, twins, love potions, Madhuri Dixit, horses, fairy tale kingdoms, Danny Denzongpa, bungee cord fight scenes, geese, have I said anything bad so far? No! There is nothing bad in this movie! It’s all goodness, goodness so rich that maybe it was hard for people to stomach, and thus its massive flop at the box office on release. And, I was surprised to learn from the comments on my sexy songs post, not something that the readers here might even be aware of.
News Round-Up: Family Feud Starting, New Teaser with Siddharth and Katrina, and Dishoom continues to puzzle me
Finally! A juicy story involving family connections and possible repercussions through out the industry! I mean, most likely it will all blow over in a couple of days, but at least it is exciting while it lasts!
Happy Birthday Naseeruddin Shah!!!!
It’s Naseerji’s birthday! How wonderful! His career is so long and so impressive, I don’t think I can possibly hope to do justice to it in one post. So I am going to do the best I can and if I miss something, just mention it in the comments and maybe I will put it in for next years post! Anyway, here are 26 reasons for now, for the age he was in his first movie.
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro: Definitely Going to Need a Re-Watch!
I watched Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro! FINALLY! After years and years of people telling me I should. Of course, I didn’t have a copy with subtitles available to me until just a year ago, but that’s still 12 months when I could have watched Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, and I did not.