Bollywood Gandu

Bollywood Gandu Podcast Episode 1 - Sonam Kapoor

2013-02-08T03:17:00.001+05:30

BollywoodGandu meets actress Sonam Kapoor to talk about twitter, schools, the Forbes 100 list and much more!

Podcast Episode 1 - Sonam Kapoor

2013-02-08T02:39:00.002+05:30

Indian protest fail.

2012-11-26T17:20:00.000+05:30

Bollywood Fail: Race 2 trailer with Saif Ali Khan

2012-11-22T15:46:00.003+05:30

Only in India

2012-11-22T12:30:00.001+05:30

Guns N Roses comes to India

2012-11-22T12:28:00.001+05:30

Jab Tak Hain Jaan. Literally.

2012-11-06T17:21:00.002+05:30

Robert Vadra on Modi-Tharoor spat

2012-10-31T14:36:00.000+05:30

Dia Mirza explains why condoms have a high fail rate

2012-10-31T14:34:00.001+05:30

I would watch this TV show

2012-10-17T16:33:00.000+05:30

Mac v/s PC Bollywood Edition

2012-09-20T18:59:00.001+05:30

Shahid Kapoor: Forever confused

2012-09-10T15:58:00.002+05:30

Priyanka Chopra decides to take up singing.

2012-09-10T15:51:00.001+05:30

What we all thought when we saw this poster.

2012-09-04T17:28:00.000+05:30

How Taran Adarsh rates movies.

2012-09-03T19:33:00.001+05:30

Saif Ali Khan shows his lingerie (pic via @bore_bachchan)

2012-08-10T17:07:00.002+05:30

Bollywood WTF!

2012-07-30T14:51:00.000+05:30

Worst Indian Female Celebrity Tweeters

2012-07-09T17:24:00.000+05:30

Twitter is a way for fans to connect to their cherished stars and other such drivel. However, some of these "stars" are such terrible tweeters I get heartburn every time I read some nonsense on their timelines. I've made a list of serial offenders. These are my opinions so if you don't agree with it you can leave a complaint in the suggestion box.

#5 Madhuri Dixit

Mrs. Nene-Dixit may be fairly new to twitter (and technology in general), but I’m sure she has an idea what twitter is all about. Right? RIGHT? Madhuri is like the building watchman of old, wishing everyone a good morning and asking how they are. Everyday. Her timeline looks like she’s having a conversation with herself. Welcome to Monsoon! Awesome!

#4 Raima Sen

I’m not sure how many Sen sisters are around, or how to even tell them apart, but Raima Sen’s timeline will unleash a host of links to pictures of her in a car, lazing in a chair and eating food that someone else is paying for. She is so lazy she doesn’t even bother tagging the pics.

#3 Shilpa Shetty

Going by her tweets, the Shilpa only has one “thot” per day that she copy pastes from a either a BBM forward or a random google search. Also she calls her followers “tweetos” which sounds like a mash of twitter and cheetos. I am waiting for the day her "thot" is to spell correctly.

#2 Ayesha Takia

Ayesha tweets more clichéd motivational tweets than a Deepak Chopra on cocaine. And she uses more emoticons than a 13 year old Orkutiya in the middle of a breakup. Going through her timeline is like experiencing a brain hemorrhage first hand. Love. Peace. Freedom. Respect. Happiness. And dead.

#1 Deepika Padukone

Deepika maybe on the ‘A-list’ in Bollywood, but she is by far the worst tweeter on this list. A quick scroll down her timeline reads re-tweets of on forthcoming releases, plugs for endorsed brands and a whole lot of re-tweets on complements from hair dressers, movie critics (seriously?) and various randoms. People say DePad has no expressions on screen; well she has no expression in her words either. Easily one of the most boring personalities on twitter.

Gangs Of Wasseypur. Meh.

2012-07-02T15:58:00.000+05:30

Pros: Gangs of Wasseypur is the kind of film that was much needed in mainstream Hindi cinema simply because it spoke of an Indian story without lip synching and ridiculous dancing – unlike most of the drivel that Bollywood delivers. A story whose roots sprung as newly independent India moved towards industrialization and consequently, corruption. The effort made to make the environment fit the era being shown has to be lauded. Manoj Bajpai plays his character to a tee.

Cons: Having a good premise provides potential – however most of that is lost in several “who was that” moments. The movie spans several decades, which leads to a small number of memorable moments in the movie that are way too few and placed too far apart.

“Gangs of Wasseypur” has way too many tortuous characters and Kashyap keeps jumping from one to the next. At the end you’re left with a mish mash of curses, gun shots and Manoj Bajpai.

As the numerous faces moved in and out of the scenes the audience may get lost in the detail. It was like reading the ‘Terms of Service’ agreement for the latest iOS update. A rare complaint with Indian movies.

By the 3^rd hour, when our protagonist’s sons start their own “meet-cutes” with various ladies – the audience, and I, had been spent. We had been through three generations of families and barely connected with one or two characters and there was still more to come.

Bottom-line: Saying Anurag Kashyap is an indulgent filmmaker is like saying the sky is blue. Taking complicated stories and re-telling them in a manner that’s digestible is crucial and that's where this movie misses the mark.

Kashyap is clearly challenging himself and trying to tell a story so unnecessarily convoluted that you need a stack of notes to remember who did what and is related to whom. Perhaps if I had these stack of notes I would have enjoyed the movie more

What do you get when you mix shit and fart?

2012-04-13T16:12:00.000+05:30

DDLJ on Gas

2012-04-12T16:36:00.000+05:30

Sajid Khan comments on earthquake

2012-04-11T16:06:00.000+05:30

Only In India

2012-04-04T17:04:00.000+05:30

Tusshar Kapoor has a question

2012-04-03T14:33:00.001+05:30

Jackie Chan meets Mallika Sherawat

2012-03-28T15:23:00.002+05:30