Happy Saturday! Started the day by doing a Bang Bang watchalong, and now I can read my book, eat snacks, be lazy and do nothing. So happy! WEEKENDS!
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Hair Discussion Post: Natural or Styled Hair, Which is Less Maintenance (in your experience)?
The vital topics continue! If you have more thoughts on curly hair, jump to the previous post. But when we talk style, this is the place to be.
Continue readingHappy Birthday Dimple! Your Family Saga, Part 2, Appearance of Akshay
Part 1 was all Dimple, and her love story with Rajesh and so on. This brings in the next generation, but I think that is fair, you can’t really understand or appreciate Dimple without understanding her daughter.
Continue readingHindi Film 101: Jaya Bachchan, Young Wife and Mother, the Wedding to Coolie Incident
Part 2! Jaya post-marriage, the sticky years between 1973 and 1983. The affair rumors, Silsila, and finally almost losing her husband.
Continue readingBad Girls Month: Why Bad Girls Are Sexy, and Item Songs are Good
Well, my Bad Girls posts have so far gotten very little traffic. Let’s see if I can sprinkle some sex on top and get some eyeballs turning my way!
Continue readingBad Girls Month! Rekha Part 3, The Gay Stuff
Part 3! I am so glad I decided to do this in multiple parts. I probably could have squeezed it all into one, but Rekha has really lived many lives, it is only fair to give her many posts. Oh, and again, almost all this information comes from This Book. Buy it if you like these posts and want to learn more! (post 1 here and post 2 here)
Continue readingBad Girls Month! Rekha 2.0, the Devoted Other Woman
This is such a fun one to write! Mostly because it is so fake. Rekha is brilliant at manipulating the press and crafting an image for herself, so her whole life story (as presented to the public) sounds like something out of a bad melodrama. Oh, and almost all of this is based on This Book, which is a super fun read and if you like this post, you should go buy it and read it.
Continue readingBad Girls Month Biography! Rekha, Part 1, the Scandalous Girl from Down South
Oh, this is gonna be a fun one! And I am sure it will only be able to scratch the surface, so please add on nifty details in the comments. And I should also acknowledge, it is almost entirely taken from This Book. If you like this post, Buy It! And if you disagree with this post, Blame It! (not really, I’m the one who bought the book and chose which parts to believe and repeat)
Continue readingBad Girls Month: The Tawaif! Who Is She in Life and on Film?
This is a repost, but a repost of a really interesting important topic, so you should all read it and enjoy it.
Continue readingRamesh Sippy Week: Battle of the FanVids! Which of These Two Hyperspecific 1970s Hindi Film FanVids is the BEST Hyperspecific 1970s Hindi Film FanVid?
This is going to be Very Very Hard. Prepare yourself. For one thing, Shashi is in both of them! So the rule of “Shashi wins all” doesn’t even work. Oh, and yes, neither of these is a particularly Ramesh Sippy-y fanvid, but they are in his general 70s era, so I figured it is close enough.
Continue readingFanVid Post! Because I am Traveling!
Well, this is just me being lazy! I’m traveling (driving for 6 hours, then walking around and visiting places with my Mom), so I threw this together and scheduled it in advance.
Continue readingSunday ReRun: Silsila, for Directors Week
I was getting ready for bed and suddenly remembered I hadn’t done a Sunday ReRun. I’ve got a Yash Chopra post going up tomorrow, so seemed like a good time to go back to Silsila again.
Continue readingHindi Film 101: The Tawaif, Who Was She in Life and on Film?
I finally watched Umrao Jaan, and now I am all interested in Tawaif’s. Hopefully you are too!
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 readingTGIF: Hair! I’m Getting Mine Trimmed Today, So Let’s Look at Gorgeous Hair on Women
This sounds really egotistical, but I have the most amazing hair you will ever see in your life. Like I said, egotistical. But actually, it’s just saying a fact. It’s amazing. I love going in for my annual trim, because everyone takes photos and applauds and it is generally good for the ego. Anyway, I am getting my semi-annual cut tonight and it seemed like a good theme for a TGIF post, women with awesome hair.
Continue readingTGIF: April Fools Themed! The Photos That Seem Like They Must be Faked, but Aren’t
Most of the photos of Indian film stars are very posed and styled and lovely. And then some of them are just “WTF???” This is the week for WTF.
Continue readingSaturday ReRun: Silsila! In Honor of Lent, a Reminder to Avoid Lust, and Cheating on Jaya
Happy Sunday! And let me remind you of one of the all time greatest Hindi films, and definitely the best exploration of how “true love” is bad and selfish.
Continue readingDiwali Repost! Lajja, Telling Sita’s Story From Multiple Directions
This movie is just barely a classic. It’s not the best, it’s got quite a few massive flaws in fact, but it’s still really interesting and worthy of discussion. And the best part is how well it shows women rescuing themselves, very appropriate for today’s discussion.
TGIF: Inspired By Suhana, Best/Worst Magazine Covers
Kind of surprised I haven’t done this already. Oh well, we are here now! I don’t promise a comprehensive overview, but I am going to pick out the most strikingly different covers I can find.
Hindi Film 101: Amitabh and Rekha
This is the middle part of my Rekha series, the one most directly related to Amitabh. Almost all of this is based on This Book, which is a super fun read and if you like this post, you should go buy it and read it.
Gossip Cliff Notes: Biggest Stories of Hindi Film, Speaking Them Kills Their Power
We’ve been talking about gossip back and forth for the past few weeks, and I’ve been thinking about all those stories that are just sort of in the air around us with no one ever actually saying them straight out. They are more poisonness that way, I think, floating around powerful and unspoken. So, let’s speak them! I’ll start with a list of every gossip story I have heard, and you can add on whatever I have missed.
Telugu Film 101: Savitri, the Basics
I just ordered possibly the last copy in America of the only English language full biography of Savitri. But it’s shipping from a million miles away, and it looks dauntingly thick, so I have no idea when I will finish reading it. In the meantime, I wanted to put up a post based on the very superficial information I have gathered by reading every single English language article I could find on The Internet about Savitri and her associates.
Sonam Report on Instagram
Well, this is going to be a multi-day thing. I’m exhausted and I’m not even invited. But I do have to do the very important job of judging everyone’s outfits, which is very tiring. Perhaps you all can help me? (oh, and Monday Malayalam is delayed because I had to do this instead. Sorry!)
TGIF: Star Wars Themed! Strange Braids
Happy Friday! And Star Wars Day! Maybe no one else cares, but I think the whole Princess Leia look is a good start for a post, Best Braids!
TGIF: For International Women’s Day! The SARI!!!!
Oh boy, this is a fun one! I’ve been saving it for a special occasion. Indian women looking fabulous in saris.
