1. Added this to the Bollywood post:

In case I wasn't clear on this: Bollywood is not the only face of Indian cinema. There's pararrel cinema, art cinema, regional commercial cinema (Telugu, Tamil, Malayam, Kannada, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengal..), regional art cinema.. There is A LOT of different types of films out there. I myself know a bit about ( Read more... )

( it's like oscars, just for bollywood. )

So apparently being ill is inspiring.

Disclaimer: So obviously I don't own any of these characters, nor where they created by me. And I'm not making any money by writing these.

wednesdays
kuch kuch hota hai, rahul/anjali, pre-film, pg, ~700 words.

( It was Wednesday and Rahul found her in the school gym. )

In dealing with the topic of Indian-Pakistan relations, Veer-Zaara shuns the jingoistic message of so many Bollywood films. By focusing on people rather than politics, it sidesteps stereotypes and broadcasts a clear message of peace.

This indeed was the perfect day to see Veer-Zaara. Excuse me for my escapism.

This is my land / the same as yours

1. Death Note
53 had me actually gripping my seat. As would 54 be, if it was scanlated by now. But I can wait.

Now, I don't read much DN fanfiction as many times I find it hard to agree with some people's characterizations of the characters, but I absolutely love these two stories:

- Office Politics by rageprufock, R, RaitoxL - This relationship just isn't ( Read more... )

I'm so filled with Bollywood glee after seeing Hum Tum. Song and dance! Lovestory! Song and dance in the rain (wet sari-scene)! Harry Met Sally story in Bollywood-frames! and that one scene omg.

I don't understand how anyone can get enough of these movies.

PS. claibe, what do you mean "Bollywood stands for bunk Hollywood"? You fucked off before I got ( Read more... )

Ordered the Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge DVD from Kukunor. In one to three weeks I'll pick it up from the shop and pay for it. Yay.

In other "news", I'm considering writing some sort of a pairing essay for ship_manifestoI've enjoyed so many manifestos posted there, I figured it'd be fun for me to do one, but I'm having a hard time selecting a pairing/fandom. I' ( Read more... )

New icon. That's the beautiful Indian actress Kajol you see in it.

Nothing particularly interesting going on. There was a strike among public transportation drivers today, so I was late from school. Glad it'll be over by tomorrow.

There's been some talk about motivations for writing fanfiction, because apparently some people consider it the ( Read more... )

Finally saw School of Rock and it ROCKED. The kids were the coolest. And Jack Black, yo! The holy message of rock, my friends. *tear rolling off cheek ( Read more... )

[a small warning; if you don't wish to know anything about the films mentioned in this post, stay away especially from the cuts.]

Spent a cool movie afternoon with sonormalithurts. We "watched" The Winter Guest and by watched I of course mean that we fastforwarded all the boring parts (read: almost every scene with Emma Thompson & her mum, because, I'm sorry, ( Read more... )