Welcome to part 2! Episodes 3 and 4, one of which is the best episode of the series (I think). (part 1 here and part 3 here)
Breathe Recap/Review (SPOILERS), Episode 3 and 4, the Hero Becomes Demon and Drunkard Becomes Hero
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Wednesday Watching: What Are You Reading and Watching and Thinking This Week, and What is the Filmi Couple You ‘Ship?
Happy Wednesday! I am halfway through my tedious tedious work week. Thank goodness I have my awesome playlist to get me through. Oh, and I also have a question for you all that will be super fun for us to discuss!
Upcoming Movies! Songs and Posters
There’ve been a few songs released while I wasn’t looking, none of them super exciting, but I might as well combine them all onto one post. So we can all talk about how excited, angry, or “meh” they make us feel.
Box Office: Aiyaary and Australia, a Match Made in Heaven
Box office day! Yaaaaay! And there is a lot in the mix this week, Padman still playing and Aiyaary came out and Padmavat is limping to a conclusion. (numbers as always from rentrack by way of bollywoodhungama)
Songs to Reward Me During a Tedious Task
My company is switching payment systems blah blah blah, the end result is that I have to reenter and check data for 400 separate accounts. It’s very dull, but at the same time I have to stay focused and make sure I am accurate. So I am pulling out the super super good extra best songs play list that will keep me happy and energized. The songs I save as a special treat for when I really need a mood lifter.
Monday Morning Questions, With a Question for You! What Couple Do You Want to See?
Happy Monday! Time to ask questions. You to me, and me to you. Because I’m doing an incredibly tedious job at work and I want a distraction.
Hindi Film 101: Marriage and Movie Stars
On Friday I did a “TGIF” of happy couples, and then I realized that I was kind of skipping to the end, posting the couples without defining “happy” before. And I also find it legitimately fascinating how tricky the public versus private requirements of Hindi film industry marriages are.
Bonus Silly Sunday: The Woman Who is Dumped, What Happens to Her?
I just wrote about Dil To Pagal Hai, and the general consensus in the comments was that we don’t want Karisma and Shahrukh to get together, because she deserves better, someone who really truly loves her as much as she loves him. And then I started thinking about the other strong interesting women who got dumped by the hero just because they weren’t his “true love”.
Silly Sunday: Stories for Maddy!
Angie in the comments, my dedicated Madhavan corespondent, said that Maddy has been talking about how he wants to do another love story but no one is offering him a good script. That is so sad!!!! Surely we, as a blog community, can come up with something for him. Or many somethings.
TGIF: For Valentine’s Day, Cutest Couple Photos
First, if you are in a grumpy “I hate romance and love and couples!” mood, that is your right, and you should go watch Anjaam and look at yesterday’s “men in wet shirts” post. But if your mood is more “falala, happiness and flowers and my boyfriend/husband is so awesome!”, then this will just serve to increase that feeling. Or, alternatively, if you are in a sort of miserable “there are no happy couples or true love in the world” vibe, this will convince you that is false. Also, I have a clear and declared winner for the Best Couple Award, you will have to convince me out of it.
Here’s The Only Way My Blog Will Grow, and You Are the Only Ones Who Can Do It
I actually ran the numbers for 2017. Claudia, my German reader, by posting 9 times in a German language fan forum, gained me 506 new readers. Not all of them stayed, but 506 separate people clicked through from her comments to my blog.
Someone else who I don’t know posted twice in the comments on a Bhawadraj Rangan review and gained me 177 click throughs. In contrast, I wrote a guest post for srkuniverse, a massive fan community, and that post with their official stamp of approval got me only 66 views.
So when I say to you that the best way to gain me new views is to put a link in the comments of another site, or in another forum, I’m not kidding! It’s practically the only way. And it isn’t something I can do for myself, no one clicks through links posted by the author.
So, here’s your monthly request to please help by posting links to my related content on other sites.
Oh, and also, COMMENT!!!! My view count goes up with each comment, and down with each non-comment. That is, during times when people have been busy elsewhere, not commenting here, my view count takes a drastic hit. Which means I drop lower in search engines, lower in the WordPress priorities, lower in all kinds of ways besides just the 0.000000000000000000001 of a cent I get per view.
New Youtube Video! SO MUCH DOG!!!! Also, all about money money money
I managed to work my dog’s obedience issues into the discussion of Abhishek Kapoor and KriArj. I have to admit, that was not the plan, it just felt like I had to acknowledge her popping in and out of the video somehow. (based on original post here)
Happy Birthday to My First Commentator!!!!
I opened Facebook when I woke up and discovered I had missed a birthday! Or maybe not. I’m not sure. Timezones confuse me. Anyway, better late than never, Happy Birthday!!!! To my very first “real” non-friend or relative commentator!
Please Give Me Money! Or Purchase My Book! Or At Least, Turn Off Addblocker
This is your general reminder that the internet economy has gotten us used to receiving something for nothing, but that isn’t necessarily fair to the creators of that “something”. If you have the money and are able to, I would appreciate a donation of whatever you feel is fair (donate here). Or at least, a purchase of my book (purchase here)! It’s really good, and I want more people to read it.
One other request that costs you nothing. Please “whitelist” my site. That is, turn off your adblocker when you are here. I know ads are irritating and all that, but it’s part of what helps me pay for movie tickets and my domain name and everything else. Well, not really pay for it, but it helps me not lose quite as much money. So if you have adblocker going all the time and don’t even think about it (as I do myself), this is a reminder to turn it off on my website because you like me so much.
There is a little button on the menu at the top, if you enjoy my writing and want me to keep going, you can always click there to give me a donation. If you don’t have the money, or don’t feel my content is worth paying for, that’s okay too.
Additionally, you can always buy my book, click HERE to purchase.
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Hindi Film 101: Stars as Commodities, Directors as Parents, Money Money Money
There were 3 interesting industrial news stories in one day, which I want to use as jumping off point to discuss how money and art intersect in Hindi film. The first two are short and kind of set the stage, the last one is the very interesting one that relates to the whole history of how film finances work. (this was originally posted as a news round-up, but it really makes more sense as a Hindi Film 101)
TGIT: Post-Valentine’s Blues, We Get a Bonus Photo Post This Week!!!!
I was going to do a bonus fanfic, but judging by view count, the TGIF posts are more popular, so I’m doing that instead. And a nice Valentine’s one, for us to recover from all the romance and coupliness of yesterday.
News Round-Up: Industrial Stories! Money Money Money Money
Oh boy! My favorite juicy scandalous fascinating addictive news items! That’s right, INSIDE INDUSTRY BUSINESS STORIES! Let’s get into contracts and star rates and all kinds of fun stuff like that! No joke, I really do find these stories way way way more fun to talk about than, like Anushka-Virat wedding news. Maybe you do to! And even if you don’t, you can just not read this! That works too.
Valentine’s Day Announcements! Upcoming Films And More
Well, everyone wants to release first looks on Valentine’s Day. So there are soooooooooooo many. And also, bonus, a reminder that once upon a time Jaya and Amitabh were so in love you could die.
Starter Kit: Hindi Film Romance Through the Decades
I forgot about this post until reflects on life reminded me of it! And now I think I will make it an annual tradition, to update and repost it on Valentine’s day.
Valentine’s Day! Day of love! And for that reason, a good day for a one of post just about love stories. The two kinds of them, the socially relevant ones in which the romance is just a jumping off point for a broader social issue, and the fun fun fun ones that just make you smile.
Wednesday Watching Post: What Are You Watching and Thinking and Reading on Valentine’s Day? And What is Your Favorite Valentine’s Day Romance Film?
Happy Wednesday! And Happy Valentine’s Day! I am going to celebrate by buying a special fancy flavored coffee instead of making my own at home and being cheap.
Hindi Film 101: Happy Birthday Madhubala! Beautifully Inhumanly Human
Madhubala! One of the great actresses of Hindi film history, The Most Beautiful Woman, with the most ridiculously dramatic and tragic life story. Appropriately for someone so full of love and so loved, her birthday is Valentine’s Day. And so I thought it would finally be time to do a Hindi Film 101 of her life.
Box Office Youtube Video: I Complain About Screen Counts
Youtube video! Of the same post I put up already. But with my face and hand gestures and Josh poster.
Happy Fat Tuesday! Songs for Bodily Indulgences, Food and Otherwise
Happy Fat Tuesday! I just waited in line for 20 minutes to buy Pazckis and by the time I got to the front, I decided to just get a full dozen because I had earned them. This is supposed to be the day we gorge ourselves after all. And to help us all get into that mood, FOOD SONGS! And also other songs, but they are hiding under the respectable food ones.
Box Office: Padman Floods Theaters
This is an interesting week! Two movies on way more screens than I expected, and one on way less. Although the per screen total is about what I expected for all of them. (as always, figures from rentrack by way of bollywoodhungama)
News Round-Up: Everyone Has Jobs, Amitabh to Anupam to Imraan!
Happy Monday! So much news to catch up on! For instance, Amitabh went to the hospital, which is always an exciting experience for the international news media. Poor Amitabh, can you imagine if every time you went in for a routine procedure, your picture was headlines everywhere in the world? So stressful!
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