TGIF: Happy 20 Days to Shahrukh’s Birthday! 20 Best Body Parts

That sounds a bit gruesome, I don’t mean we should chop him up into 20 pieces.  I just mean 20 images of 20 different body parts.  Which is a totally sane thing to collect and consider.  And not at all like a shopping list of Shahrukh parts I need in order to assemble my Frankensteined together Shahrukh doll.

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Sunny Songs for a Rainy Day

(This is an updated and re-written and edited reposted post from last year, because I am lazy and the weather is awful again)  It’s been overcast and raining here for over 24 hours now, and I just want to see the sun!  And also, our discussions have been somewhat heated and excited for the past few days, so I thought it would be good to put up a post that makes you feel light and happy.

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Don’t Forget You Can Contact Me

This is related to the Padmavati post and the discussion following.  There are some ideas that are coming up, some more elaborate discussion topics, which might be confusing for my non-desi readers in particular.  I don’t want to bore my desi readers with this background; however, I feel an obligation to provide that context as desired to others.  Please if you are confused, distressed, conflicted over what you are reading, or merely concerned and wonder how it is affecting the blog/my intent, feel free to reach out and I will provide additional information in a more private forum.

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Happy 22 Days to SRK’s Birthday! 22 Interesting Co-Stars

Happy Amitabh’s birthday again!  And, because it is his birthday, I thought I would do a Shahrukh birthday post that could kind of work for Amitji too.  So, co-stars!!!!  Not in order in any way, just 22 that are interesting to think about.

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Happy Birthday Amitji! 75 Reasons I Love You!

It’s Amitabh’s Birthday!!!!!  The second most glorious day of the filmic year (after November 2nd, I do have my priorities).  And, of course, for Amitabh, I will be doing a full 75 reasons to love him. (this is an updated and reposted post from last year)

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Tuesday Tamil: Solo (SPOILERS Review), More Than the Sum of Its Parts

Okay, let’s do this!  Tuesday Tamil!  Actually on Tuesday!  My box office post is still going to be late this week, but at least everything else will be back on track.  Plus, I am excited to talk about plot details for this movie. (no spoiler review went up earlier today)

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Monday Malayalam: I Saw Solo! What an Interesting Experiment (No Spoilers Review)

Sorry!  Padmavati took all my time yesterday, so we missed Monday Malayalam.  And now I am doubling up on Tuesday, a no spoilers and a spoilers review, both, for Solo.  Because it came out in Malayalam and Tamil, so I have decided it works for both.

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Happy 24 Days to Shahrukh’s Birthday! King of Admen

Happy 24 days to SRK Day!!!!!  Let’s look at 24 of his non-film works, his TV ads.  Such fun for those of us not in India who never get to see them!  Apologies to those in India who are probably tired of them.

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Chef Review (SPOILERS): They Didn’t Know How to End It

No Spoilers review went up last night, and this is a good pleasant enjoyable film, so you shouldn’t necessarily read the spoilers if you haven’t seen it yet.  But on the other hand, most of the plot is kind of given in the trailer, so maybe it doesn’t matter as much?

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News Post: Kangana/Hrithik and Others

Well, I have to dip my toe back into the insanity of the Kangana/Hrithik situation, which has just boiled over again (now I am picturing a pot boiling over and my dipping my toe into it).  And then, as a reward, I get to talk about SK Films restructuring, which is much more exciting.

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Happy 28 Days to SRK’s Birthday! 28 Romances, Part 3

I am finding this fascinating, looking at the slow progression of the Shahrukh Khan romance over the years.  Not every romance, but almost all, the ones I find interesting to talk about. (part 1 here, part 2 here)

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Ittefaq Trailer! And, More Interestingly, Ittefaq Publicity Campaign!

Karan, Shahrukh, and other people all tweeted the trailer at the same time late last night.  Which is interesting on its own.  But also, the trailer is kind of good!

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Happy 28 Days to SRK’s Birthday! 28 SRK Romances, Part 2

I just thought this would be an interesting experiment, to take a brief look at 28 different films in terms of the romance plots.  and then try to come to some conclusions.  I did the first 7 already, now let’s look at another 7.

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Box Office (With Youtube Video Included): Judwaa Turns off the US, Spyder Scares Off the US

Well, this was a bad week!  Overseas, that is.  From what I am seeing, the Indian figures are still good.  But overseas, we did not like things.  Oh, and I’m trying something new, youtube video about all this is embedded in the post, instead of squeezing two posts out of it.

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