Anjali Menon, A Woman Who Knows the Vulnerabilities of Men

Yaaaay, the first post on a woman director in honor of women directors week! I really love Anjali Menon and I have lots and lots of thoughts, so hopefully this will be a good start. And I really hope it will achieve my main goal, which is to alert new viewers to the awesomeness of these talented woman.

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Eid Mubarak! My Favorite Hymns in Honor of the Occasion!

Although it is Salman Day, and Ranveer’s Birthday, I thought I should acknowledge the “real” holiday with a post of my favorite religious songs.  (Also, I am 95% sure all these songs are appropriate.  But if a miss-translated a lyric or something, and one of them is more secular than religious, let me know right away so I can pull it out of a post where it doesn’t belong)

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Ustadh Hotel: Second watch, First Review, Boy I Missed a Lot the First Time Around!

Ustad Hotel was like the second Malayalam film I saw.  First Bangalore Days, then Ustad Hotel, then Ohm Shaanti Oshana.  At the time I saw it first, I had nooooooooooo idea what was going on for long stretches of the film.  But now I have seen like 30 Malayalam films in 6 months, so I know everything!

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