Silly Sunday: The Godfather with The Three Khans and Shahrukh as the Hero

Raajneeti, Sarkar, and the original film, I have been on a bit of a Godfather binge (I also rewatched 1 and 2 over the past couple days).  So now the inevitable final step, writing my own version.

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Random non-Hindi One-Off: Enough About The Godfather So We Can Better Appreciate Sarkar, Raajneeti, Chekka Chivantha Vaanam and All the Other Remakes

Well, this is awkward.  I have almost no qualifications to write this post.  But on the other hand, I started writing about Sarkar and realized half that post was just a discussion of the film that RGV used as a jumping off point.  And I already dumped paragraphs and paragraphs on it before I could start talking about Raajneeti.  And I can feel the same thing coming with Chekka Chivantha Vaanam.  So, I guess I have to do this.  Write a post just so I have something I can refer back to in all those other posts rather than starting from scratch each time.  Even though I am far from the best person to write about this film.

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Southern Trailers! Mani Ratnam Completes His Crime Trilogy, and Nani and Nagarjuna Unite

I almost never cover southern trailers, because I am never sure what is a big deal and what is a small deal and what I should say about things.  But in this case, I KNOW these two are big deals and I know what I want to say about them, so I am just going for it.

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