My favorite Yashji and Amitji’s film! Not the best one, that I know, but my personal favorite.
Friday Classics: Trishul! Yashji and Amitabh Create Magic Again
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Happy Birthday Lataji! 88 Reasons I Love You, Part 2
Should I have been counting down, 88 to 1? Oh well, too late now, and anyway that would have been confusing. I’ll stick with straight 1 through 88. Or, for this post, 31-60 (first post here)
Happy Birthday Yashji! 85 Reasons I Love You
Okay, let’s do this! A full 85! I broke it into 3 parts last year, but this year I think I will just do one massive post. (this is an updated and reposted post from last year)
Hindi Film 101: The Chopras Part 2, Yash Raj Films and The Mahabharata
Less scandalous than usual, the Chopras are a super nice family who worked hard and did good work. But still interesting! To learn how they are all related to each other and their own particular talents and so on. (part 1 here)
Hindi Film 101: BR Chopra and Yash Chopra (Part 1)
Okay, Chopra time! This isn’t a very flashy family. Or a very scandalous one. But it is an uber-talented one, with a huge impact on the development of Hindi film. (for all of my Hindi Film 101 posts, go here)
Happy Birthday Yash Chopra! Part 3, my final reasons to love you (plus Ravi’s Birthday too): 55-84
Happy Birthday Yash Chopra Part 2! 32 through 55!
Okay, let’s do this! Possibly nobody but me cares as much about Yashji, but come on! The man invented a whole genre of film! Founded the only studio still on firm financial ground! Created generations of stars! He deserves 84 reasons to love him on his birthday. Even if they are mostly songs. Part 1 here and Part 3 here.
Happy Birthday Yashji!!! (And Ravi) Part 1! 1-32 Reasons!
Shahid Gives Vidya Balan the Disease That Killed Yashji!!!
Was that headline sufficiently exciting for you? It’s a pretty exciting story, I have to say! Or at the very least, odd!
Parampara: A Movie About Tradition in the Long Tradition of Movies About Tradition
Parampara! Or, Tradition! (and now I have that Fiddler on the Roof song in my head) Anyway, this was a terrible terrible movie. And it was a Yash Chopra film! He must have run out of either money or interest at some point in the middle, because it is just confused and dull in a way that Yashji doesn’t usually let happen. In fact, I feel fairly comfortable saying this is probably the worst film Yash Chopra ever made.
Chandni: Oh Mere Chandni! How Yash Chopra Made a Heroine the Hero
Lamhe: I Don’t Know Why, But I Am Suddenly Remembering “Moments” of Lamhe (Ha!)
Yash Chopra is so good! Even in Aaina, one of his weaker films, his brilliance stood out. And then Darr was just fantastic. But I honestly think Lamhe might be his greatest triumph.
(if you like Sridevi movies, I also did a post on English/Vinglish and Chandni went up today)
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Aaina: Why Would Anyone Ever Pick Amrita Singh Over Juhi Chawla?
It makes no sense! I can barely get over the idea that Amrita Singh and Juhi Chawla would be fighting over Jackie Shroff (Even I have to admit that he does look good in a mustache), but why would Jackie Shroff ever be interested in Amrita Singh if he could get Juhi Chawla? She is so clearly superior!
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