tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:17:29 +0000I'm in the sunshine, arms outstretched, spinning around, driving off with Shashi Kapoor in a convertible - because I love Bollywood. It's the time to disco - for ours are crazy hearts!http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/bethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)Blogger605125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-3250769748493330182Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:56:00 +00002009-07-08T16:16:24.208-05:00Bollywood resources (books articles websites etc)Outlook has published a set of interesting articles on various filmi topics. My favorites:Dibakar Banerjee, the director of my favorite film of 2008, wonders whether non-filmi love could ever make it on to the big screen.Nandini Ramnath summarizes and ranks heroes from the last 40 years. (No Shashi. BOOOO. But Vinod! Yaaaay!) Naman Ramahcandran lists some of the other kinds of love to hit the bighttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/gIIA_-c_AJE/outlook-s-bollywood-special.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)12http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/07/outlook-s-bollywood-special.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-6396095034452163851Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:54:00 +00002009-07-08T08:35:54.061-05:00thoughts on moviesWho loves ya, baby?Feroz Khan does! But only if you're wearing a neckerchief, a lace-up shirt, or both. Seriously. Look how many scarves and lace-up shirts there are in this movie! I lost track after I realized Feroz had at least four of the shirts. His 'n' hers shirt/accessory combos: lace-up shirt and big orange-y scarf.His 'n' hers entire outfits: lace-up belted tunic-length sweater!Or just http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/KOtOfwPjGSo/apradh.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)8http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/07/apradh.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-5379532942363417575Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:50:00 +00002009-07-01T21:59:31.329-05:00thoughts on moviesFresh from my ever-growing stash of mostly-oldie gems sent from the wonderful Si and her travels hither and yon in India, I give you Man-Mauji, a very very cute movie starring Sadhana, Kumari Naaz, Kishore Kumar, Pran, Om Prakash, Durga Khote, and a ton of other people, including someone named Jhony Whisky. The drama, action, and emphasis of the plot were nicely distributed among the leads and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/gGc3obhq0G0/man-mauji.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)8http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/07/man-mauji.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-61483487100860938Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:42:00 +00002009-06-29T11:17:40.857-05:00thoughts on moviesmasala zindabad | R(ecommended) M(asala) A(llowance)When you're relatively new to Dilip Kumar, it's kind of hard to imagine that a movie with a grand, dramatic name like Kohinoor will be anything other than be trauma-drama-o-rama. Oh happy surprise that this film turned out to be a textile lover's blinged-out swashbuckling delight! It reminded me far less of Mughal-e-Azam (released the same year) and much more of Dharam Veer. Granted it's in a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/Wm9lngOWflY/dilip-kumar-and-sheroo-wonder-mongoose.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)12http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/06/dilip-kumar-and-sheroo-wonder-mongoose.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-787445960043460712Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:30:00 +00002009-07-05T16:20:18.654-05:00thoughts on movies[There's a spoiler in the first paragraph.]I have one issue with Sai Paranjape's Kathaa (1983), and I'm going to get it out of the way up front. If the subtitles are to be believed, Deepti Naval's Sandhya is styled as a modern girl, yet while discussing a potential marriage with Rajaram (Naseeruddin Shah), she puts herself down, saying that it's too late, that she's slept with the first boy she http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/QXelufak4iw/kathaa.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)9http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/06/kathaa.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-6544482791310110935Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:00:00 +00002009-06-26T20:51:52.686-05:00house favorite:Shashi KapoorThe credits in the opening of Katha (1983) are all in Hindi, so I'm not sure whom to thank for this cute exchange between spunky Jojo (Veeni Paranjape Joglekar) and shifty Bashu (Farooq Shaikh).She continues (in English) "Sooo handsome, sooo mature."This is at least the third film I've seen that uses Shashi as a benchmark for handsome (Ganga aur Suraj, Pyaar Ka Mausam), and I think the only star http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/2tPquIxuA7g/tracing-historical-roots-of-shashi.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)8http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/06/tracing-historical-roots-of-shashi.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-8786922198784845873Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:29:00 +00002009-06-23T09:00:48.563-05:00thoughts on moviesThis post is chock-full of spoilers. The end was the most compelling part of this film - instead of the Curse of the Second Half, it ramped up in action and interestingness as it went along - so I'm gonna talk about it. You've been warned.It's that kind of movie, but I enjoyed it anyway. It's well-paced, the acting is solid, the songs are appropriate, and even the worst comic relief is relieved http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/9Q7Cou8J3xk/its-mans-world-or-fine-bromance-qurbani.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)9http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/06/its-mans-world-or-fine-bromance-qurbani.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-1802223884528105399Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:25:00 +00002009-06-21T09:09:43.309-05:00thoughts on movieshouse favorite:Shashi Kapoor"'No' means 'no,'" unless, of course, you're watching one of these unfortunate movies in which "'No' means 'please chase after me day after day and grope me in the woods even after I tell you repeatedly to stop and that I have a boyfriend.'"Pritam (Shashi) is as cute a 60s hero as you could dream up, but he really, really needs to stop stalking Dipali (Babita).It doesn't help that her uncle (Om http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/Wkac33xG9q8/stalking-shooting-style-sheer-shirts.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)4http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/06/stalking-shooting-style-sheer-shirts.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-5110080402163950017Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:12:00 +00002009-06-14T00:28:46.305-05:00thoughts on movieshouse favorite:Shahrukh KhanRani Mukherji playing Neetu Singh - now that is a match made in heaven.*The rest of this movie seemed to require me to buy into a concept I just flat-out refuse to accept: the god who brings particular people together is equally willing to make them suffer - and this is the same god that characters say they are motivated to find and want to see in each other. You want to unite with the qualities http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/V6ghxtbe8zE/rab-ne-bana-di-jodi.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)16http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/06/rab-ne-bana-di-jodi.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-8861500334604458827Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:26:00 +00002009-06-11T11:28:03.134-05:00Next Level Bollywood Concert and Show in Indianapolis, Friday, July 3. Gulshan Grover is the midwest's new best friend! Please note there is audition information on this website...ooooh! (Not for me, obviously, but I know some of you can dance.)http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/ioIszkjiXnk/another-area-show.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)3http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/06/another-area-show.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-276069293262378710Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:38:00 +00002009-06-10T13:42:43.267-05:00Bollywood resources (books articles websites etc)I just discovered a new (to me) blog full of podcasts: Totally Filmi! Currently I'm listening to the Hitch/Partner episode and hoping the author does some more investigation of originals and remakes (in any direction).http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/h5Ei3ALwdnI/filmi-podcast-blog.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)0http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/06/filmi-podcast-blog.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-6231082990298598709Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:37:00 +00002009-06-08T16:48:43.613-05:00thoughts on moviesDil Kabaddi was already reminding me of a Woody Allen film - rich, urban, bookish couples prattle on about their relationships - when Rahul Bose's film professor character Rishi compliments a young student on her writing by saying "That line in your script was wonderful. What was it...? Ah, 'Life is not a dream but a bad saas-bahu serial.'"A nice contemporary Indian twist on "Life doesn't imitatehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/vNnXBsdNxL8/mumbai-talky-dil-kabaddi.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)13http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/06/mumbai-talky-dil-kabaddi.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-4427515284679573153Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:44:00 +00002009-06-05T08:46:41.280-05:00Anyone who's been to one of these things before: are they worth it? And more to the point, how long will the SRK line be?Aspi, Abby, Nida, shall we block it off on our calendars?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/yoFlLj8_GVM/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)12http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/06/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-8016954988167444795Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:41:00 +00002009-06-04T13:17:44.593-05:00alert readers Temple, Red, and their eagle-eyed friends for this 1985 find featuring Kamal Hassan and Madhavi.(from Mangamma Sabatham, 1985)I like learning about major stars of whom I am largely ignorant. I like interesting concrete architecture. I like the 80s. I love escalators. Voilà!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/_XyZbPSY2kM/this-weeks-cha-cha-cha-bahut-achcha.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)8http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/06/this-weeks-cha-cha-cha-bahut-achcha.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-3540768956715839866Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:47:00 +00002009-06-02T13:19:14.835-05:00thoughts on moviesOver the course of a nine-day trip to Boston, I managed to squeeze in as many movies. Yowza. Before they disappear in a blur, I'll share a few quick thoughts on each.Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)I've rewatched this twice in the last month, and while I still love Parvarish more for its effortless, gleeful fun and dil-squish (and Vinod Khanna displaying energy and smiles as opposed to being just a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/9WOrtWnRxCU/boston-bollywood-blitz.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)10http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/05/boston-bollywood-blitz.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-4868297854071724642Sat, 30 May 2009 16:45:00 +00002009-05-30T11:58:53.091-05:00Bollywood resources (books articles websites etc)This morning's wanderings brought me to Goonda, and while I know nothing about mixing music, I do know that this is one of the best movie mash-up graphics I've seen.An excellent find for some Saturday listening!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/gCFdCvjOOd4/best-graphic-ever.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)6http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/05/best-graphic-ever.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-1575482488807523121Mon, 18 May 2009 02:58:00 +00002009-05-17T22:37:22.492-05:00I had a jolly watchalong of Bombay to Goa with Memsaab today, and it's a wonderful, funny film - and a perfect stress release after four days of fretting about a rain-soaked basement. However, "O Mehki Mehki Thandi Hawa" tossed me a nasty surprise.I don't know why I'm shocked anymore, after examples ranging from Pritam's "Yeh Ishq Hai" from Jab We Met/Angggun's "Être Une Femme" and Bappi http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/jwkDwhKy-DE/bombay-to-goa-to-los-angeles-county.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)12http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/05/bombay-to-goa-to-los-angeles-county.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-4328250821940294673Sat, 16 May 2009 21:34:00 +00002009-05-17T10:41:01.391-05:00house indulgence:Kareena Kapoorhouse favorite:Neetu SinghBollywood resources (books articles websites etc)house favorite:Shashi Kapoor(New Delhi: Penguin/Viking, 2005.)Part of me loves this "bio lite" look at the Kapoor family. Author Madhu Jain is clearly a Shashi pagali of the highest order; her fondness for the baby of the second generation is evident from the very first page of the introduction, and, based on the frequency of his stories in the profiles of other family members, he seems to have enjoyed sharing stories with http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/tBAlXM1ysS0/kapoors-first-family-of-indian-cinema.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)8http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/05/kapoors-first-family-of-indian-cinema.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-1212632704589845136Mon, 11 May 2009 19:53:00 +00002009-05-11T15:08:58.455-05:00"What did you expect?" A plot, maybe, not just some Raj-y styled mystical eastern carbonated wisdom? This reminds me of the cringingly bad bits of the song in Lagaan that I call "Memsaab's Love Theme" (properly, the English parts of "O Rey Chhori," sung by my beloved Vasundhara Das) gone horribly, horribly wrong (-er).http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/yh-5OhMlQYM/is-arjun-coming-round-next-time-i-drink.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)20http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/05/is-arjun-coming-round-next-time-i-drink.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-7752810178357271607Sat, 09 May 2009 23:32:00 +00002009-05-09T18:44:36.334-05:00This might be old news, but I've had a houseguest since Monday and am way behind on the internet in general: looking to see if I missed a new episode of Bones last week, I noticed that Deewana is now available on hulu.com. So are Hera Pheri, Sarkar, Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke (which I've never even heard of), and Hulchul (a movie whose number one fan might well be me). Wow! Or do I mean "Huh?" It http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/XDWQHuDhAGc/bollywood-on-hulu.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)13http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/05/bollywood-on-hulu.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-8891548624223425246Fri, 01 May 2009 23:58:00 +00002009-05-04T10:42:04.199-05:00thoughts on movieshouse favorite:Shashi KapoorBring the noise!I've seen this movie twice in the last six months and I can hardly remember a thing about it. Maybe Nanda (Nishad) and Shashi Kapoor (Anwar) are from different social groups but fall in love anyway? Maybe somebody's parents don't like it? Maybe there's a wacky friend with relationship troubles of his own? (Yes; see above.) I have vaguely pleasant recollections of some mid-60s http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/NrbiI4N2E9c/neend-hamari-khwab-tumhare-madlib.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)8http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/04/neend-hamari-khwab-tumhare-madlib.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-8532306320892917933Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:38:00 +00002009-04-29T18:57:27.430-05:00house favorite:Shashi KapoorWho wants to take a crack at this gem from Neend Hamari Khwab Tumhare?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/6RADpvw5TMI/subtitle-contest.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)21http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/04/subtitle-contest.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-3582661335010098860Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:55:00 +00002009-04-26T22:21:28.887-05:00thoughts on movieshouse favorite:Shashi Kapoor[Spoilers.]A sculpture in a hospital shows my mood while watching this stereotype-indulging, slow movie about clueless, unthinking people. Bored and in pain, though at least Memsaab kept me company.Only the too-brief apperance of Shashi - who magically burst through a door just as I was saying "Where iiiiiiiiiiiis he?!?" -and two scenes of Shammi provided any relief. And I include in that R. D. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/gvRkYaJqgEw/parallel-cinema-avoid-yaar-ijaazat.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)18http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/04/parallel-cinema-avoid-yaar-ijaazat.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-7233248722828257492Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:39:00 +00002009-05-13T09:03:46.436-05:00thoughts on moviesmasala zindabad | R(ecommended) M(asala) A(llowance)house favorite:Neetu Singhhouse favorite:Shashi KapoorDon't be confused by the titles. Babita is not in this movie, but Bindu, whose item-number headwear you see under the image of Babita, is.This has got to be one of the cheapest movies ever made to star such big names. The sound is spotty and the color leaps all over the place (and not in the "illustrating disturbing emotions" sort of way just seen in Salaakhen) (as in these two pairs of images, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/XpFr1kwnTKQ/fun-on-shoestring-kaala-pani-or-kala.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)5http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/04/fun-on-shoestring-kaala-pani-or-kala.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-306349614252866631Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:54:00 +00002009-04-27T14:34:35.874-05:00thoughts on movieshouse favorite:Shashi KapoorWhenever PPCC loves a movie, particularly a Shashi movie, and I don't, I start to wonder if either I've missed something important and/or meaningful or I've just inexplicably and momentarily turned to stone, unmoved by Shashilicious powers and masala dil-squish. I don't know exactly what happened with Salaakhen and me, but in thinking about it, I've realized something: I think I expected this to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kKej/~3/kAG2kIzZdlw/salaakhen.htmlbethlovesbollywood@gmail.com (Beth)9http://bethlovesbollywood.blogspot.com/2009/04/salaakhen.html