Okay, pretend the mullets don’t exist. This is a really good movie! And it gives Shahrukh way more action and excitement and kind of classic “hero” stuff than any other film. All without losing his essential feminism.
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Happy Birthday Rakesh Roshan! For Your Birthday, a Song Fest!
It’s Rakesh Roshan’s birthday, yaaaaaaaaaaaay! He made some fun movies, and some bad movies, but overall I am glad he is around.
Continue readingHindi Film 101: Hrithik Roshan, the Cursed Golden Child, Part 2
Hrithik has had an oddly eventful life. Besides the movie-star thing, there’s just a lot of stuff that happened! And so I have to do a Part 2, even though he is only 45.
Continue readingHindi Film 101: Hrithik, the Cursed Golden Boy, Part 1
I’m breaking my own rule because Hrithik is still in his career, things could still happen in his life, so it is a bit early for a 101 post. But he also has had such a fascinating unexpected life so far, I feel like he deserves a post. Or two posts, because there is SO MUCH.
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk: What Do We All Want to Talk About Today?
Happy Saturday! And (hopefully) the day I finally see Simmba! And also get enough sleep, that would be good too.
Continue readingFathers in Public and Private
So interesting what is considered “good” public image for fathers versus what they might do in private. And how, sometimes, they just don’t care about public image. And sometimes they have to care. And sometimes they pretend they don’t, but really do, which bothers me.
Kangana-Hrithik Update!!!
Yaaay! The biggest scandal of the year keeps rolling on! This makes me so happy. News about UTV going bankrupt and casting announcements are fun, but I need the nice juicy gossip every once in awhile to keep me going.
Rakesh Roshan Gives Shahrukh a Christmas Present
A news item from Times of India! I am shocked! Usually they are far behind on the news, or far ahead (a nice way of saying “reporting unverified gossip”). But this time they scooped Bollywoodhungama on a big story!
News Round-Up: Shahrukh and Soap, Shahrukh and Christmas, and the Roshans and the Police
Not the biggest collection of news stories today, but still worth posting because of the bigger stories they are teasing out for the future.