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Happy Jab Harry Met Sejal Week! Shahrukh and Anushka Over 3 Films (so far)

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Happy 3 (or 2?) days until Jab Harry Met Sejal!  It’s getting so close!  And I really really hope it is even closer, not because I want to watch it 24 hours sooner, but because if it comes out Thursday that means I don’t have to write the review Friday night which means I might actually be able to get some sleep Friday night before I get up at dawn the next day to help my parents host 26 people.  Although, I had a similar problem with the last Anushka/Shahrukh release and that turned out to be a MASSIVE disappointment, so maybe I shouldn’t worry so much.  But on the other hand, their first movie together I loved.  So it’s a mixed bag.

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Box Office: Mubarakan Money, Vikram Vedha Volume, Fidaa Phenomenal

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Yeah, nothing is ever going to be as pun friendly as Tubelight.  Even Toilet, when it comes, will be just too obvious, no scope for invention.  And this week I have to make do with alliteration. (background on box office available in my big discussion post here, as always, full figures available at bollywoodhungama here)

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Random Fun Photo Post Thanks to Hrithik’s Facebook

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Be aware, there is almost no content to this post.  It’s just a funny photo that my friend showed me, and another photo I found for myself as a bonus.  And a third thing that looks like news, but actually isn’t. (if you want content, check out my Jab Harry Met Sejal series)

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Happy Jab Harry Met Sejal Week! Patiala House, Anushka Wakes Up a Sad Man

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Happy 4 (or 3?  Please please?) days until the Jab Harry Met Sejal release!  Time to talk about another film that I think might make an interesting background watch, Patiala House!  Plus, I just love Patiala House and think more people should watch it.

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Happy Jab Harry Met Sejal Week! Chaahat, Shahrukh the Gigolo

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Happy Jab Harry Met Sejal calendar week!  Only 5 more days (or 4, please please please release a day early in the US!  It will make my life SO MUCH EASIER!).  I did a very comprehensive discussion of Imtiaz’s filmography yesterday, so today an easy small post, on Chaahat and Shahrukh as the hired lover type.

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Mubarakan Review (SPOILERS): Good But Not Quite Good Enough

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I already put up my No Spoilers review, which should answer the question “should I see this movie?” for you.  This review is for “I don’t want to see this movie but I am mildly curious what it is about” or “I have just seen this movie and I’m not sure what to think about it” kind of people.

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Mubarakan Podcast! On Multiple Services!

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My podcast adventures continue!  I am still signed up with the funky system that lets me load to itunes, but they have a monthly limit so I couldn’t load the newest one there.  It will go up on Tuesday, when a new month starts.  So you can listen to it now if you JUST CAN’T WAIT on Soundcloud, or wait until next week/month and hear it on itunes.

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Happy Birthday Sanjay! 58 Years Old and Better Every Year!

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Yaaaaaaaay, Sanjay!  Your second birthday out of jail with no court case hanging over you!  That must feel so good!  Here are 25 reasons I love you, one for every year between your debut in Rocky and your re-debut in Lago Raho Munna Bhai. (this is an updated and reposted post from last year)

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Friday Classics: Andaz, a Post-Independence Love Triangle

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Well, I watched this movie almost two weeks ago, and then I had to think about it for a long time before I was ready to write about it.  Which is a good sign.  On the other hand, I watched Dil Hai Tumhaare and then scribbled something off the very next day, because not a lot to think about there! (also, my schedule is totally messed up this week, so it’s Friday classics on Thursday night.  There’s something else going up tomorrow morning)

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Tuesday Tamil (on Wednesday): Vikram Vedha (NO SPOILERS) in Theaters, So Good It Cures Sickness

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I did it!  I went to see Vikram Vedha!  On a weeknight when I had to go to work the next day.  I have had very very little sleep this week.  Oh well, I’ll sleep in January when the new releases stop.  Oh, and that’s why this review is going up on Wednesday instead of Tuesday, because I got home around midnight and did not feel like staying up for another 2 hours writing a review.  And this was a gooooooooooooood movie, it deserves a 2 hour review, not a twenty minute one (Munna Michael, dashed that thing off in no time).  And also two reviews, I realized halfway through this one that there are a fair number of you who won’t be able to see the film and will want spoilers, and another half who are planning to see the film but want my take in advance.  So this is NO SPOILERS, but SPOILERS will be going up later today.

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Box Office Report: Munna Michael is Not the One

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Does that headline work?  I debated it for quite a bit.  I think it does.  Anyway, Munna Michael isn’t even really the big news this week, because we all kind of knew it would flop, that’s not exactly “news”.  No, the news is over in the Punjabi world!  And a little bit Tamil and Telugu.

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Monday Malayalam Special: I Was Stuck In Traffic Behind Nivin Pauly!!!!

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Last night I went the North American Film Awards, which are essentially the Malayalam IIFAs.  So, the IIFAs without any backup dancers or rehearsals, but with a lot of really detailed eloquent speeches and as much applause for the directors as their was for the stars.  And in a theater which is about the same size as a high school auditorium, and wasn’t even sold out.  But that’s not important, what’s important is I got stuck trying to get out of the parking lot because I was blocked in by NIVIN PAULY!!!!

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Podcast Announcement! I Have Successfully Achieved iTunes!

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I don’t really know how I did it or if I can replicate it, but in some magical fashion I am now listed as an iTunes podcast.  Phew!  However, there is a monthly time limitation to how many minutes I can load, so the newest one is there, and one of the older ones, but the rest of the podcast library will be added slowly as I gain more minutes month by month.

(the new economy is so stupid, I have to pay every month in order to have the privilege of providing free content to iTunes.  But I am going to resist paying even more in order to have the privilege of providing even more free content!  Also, why a lowercase “i” and a capital “T”?  The new world makes no sense!)

 

Anyway, itunes link!

 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-call-it-bollywood/id1262714482

Full Jab Harry Met Sejal Trailer! No Subtitles, Shahrukh Is Mad At Me Again

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Mad at me, but still willing to help, having sensed that my blog views were way way down over the past few days, he provided me with content.  See, even when we are in a fight, he still cares.

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Friday Not-So-Classic: Dil Hai Tumhaare, The Puppet! THE PUPPET!!!! WHY?!?!?!?!?

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I did watch a real classic for this week!  Really really!  I watched Andaz and everything!  But I just didn’t feel like writing about it, maybe yesterday’s epic “how to make a film” post exhausted me, maybe something else.  Anyway, that review of a “good” movie will be going up at a some point, probably next Friday.  But in the meantime you will have to make do with this review of a not-so-good movie that my friends badgered me into watching with them on Tuesday night.

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Two More Trailers! A Fun Light Rom-Com, and the Opposite!

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Datablue pointed out in comments on yesterday’s trailer post that I ignored Arjun Rampal’s Daddy, once again.  And I made a mental note that the next time I had an excuse for a trailer post, I would talk about it.  And then I open up twitter, and poof!  Trailer!  So now I get to combine two very very different films in one post.

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Tuesday Telugu: Ninnu Kori, First Half Great, Second Half Bleak

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Maybe it’s because I saw 3 movies in one weekend, but I came out of this one (the last one) feeling really grumpy about the ending.  Like, really really grumpy.  Which is oddly kind of a testament to how invested it managed to make me in the characters (unlike Jagga Jasoos where I didn’t care how it ended, so long as I was freed from the torture)

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New Yash Raj Trailer! Way More Interesting Than the Stupid Star Launch Thing

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Thanks to you nice commentators (Niki in particular), I was alerted to this trailer.  And it is really interesting!  Although the new “Kapoor” kid still isn’t blowing me away, the new actress is great.  And then I thought I might as well do a quick look at any other new trailers that our out there, so this also has a song from Baadshaho, Indu Sarkar, and Haseena Parker.

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Box Office Report: Jagga Jasoos Lays an Ostrich Sized Egg

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I miss Tubelight!  There are no good Jagga Jasoos puns.  I had to full back on jokes related to actual content.  Blech!  At least if Munna Michael fails next week I have that whole rich thread of Michael Jackson song titles to play with.  Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, that’s going to be just the best week!  (as always, figures courtesy of rentrack by way of bollywoodhungama)

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