Tag Archives: Puneet Issar

Hindi Film 101: One-Off, The Coolie Accident

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Once again, I ended a series on a Tuesday!  So I am going to give you a little longer to decide what you want to read about next, and do just a little one-off for Thursday.  And, for the first time, I am going to attempt to cover Amitabh.  Except he is so big, I think I will try to do it piecemeal.  Starting with The Coolie Accident, mentioned in my Rekha coverage.

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Garv: Pride and Honor is the Platonic Ideal of an Indian Action Movie and I Hope Sultan is Nothing Like It

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Thanks to a commentator’s recommendations of important Salman movies, I just watched Garv: Pride and Honor.  I am so glad I did!  Because it is important not just as a Salman movie (I am thinking this was a big turning point as he went from romantic hero to action hero?), but as a perfect example of the modern Indian action movie.  Which is why it is good to see before Sultan, since this is the standard that Sultan will be breaking away from.

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