I visited sassiefin tonight to watch Kandukondain Kandukondain (or I Have Found It in English) together with her. Since we both like Jane Austen's works, both of us had been dying to see this film ever since we became Bollywood fans a few years back, but for the longest time, it was impossible to find a DVD copy of it with English subtitles ( Read more... )

I just watched most of this fascinating DVD about the making of the Bombay Dreams musical. The "Making of" (1,5 h) itself is a fascinating look on the way A.R. Rahman, Farah Khan, Andrew Lloyd Webber, etc. work. There are interviews, bits of Rahman working, and both the Western & Indian people's reactions to his working methods (perfectionist, i.e ( Read more... )

It was beautiful, colourful, moving film that had very good music and lots of catchy tunes, BUT... Despite my liking for A.R. Rahman's music, I must say that this film felt like a veeerrry long compilation of music videos interspersed with very brief snippets of story :/. The music was great, but I would have preferred the story to be a bit ( Read more... )

Phir Milenge
Loosely based Philadelphia, Phir Milenge was advertised as India's first AIDS drama. The main character Tamanna (Shilpa Shetty) is a successful ad executive who meets a guy (special appearance by Salman Khan) who she's loved since school during a holiday trip. They hit it off and spend the holiday together much in love and make ( Read more... )