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dangermousie

Bollywood thoughts

Jun 07, 2006 21:35

I've been thinking more about Fanaa. I'd realized that usually there is one Bolly movie a year that I go insane for. This year it's Fanaa, last year it was Parineeta, the year before that, Veer-Zaara. It seems that for me to go crazy over a movie, it has to be an epic and very beautifully filmed uber-angsty love story. Not a suprise. Frex, I think ( Read more... )

fanaa, srk, bollywood, kajol

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plazmah June 8 2006, 01:59:19 UTC

That little bit before the first lyrics in "Chand Sirfarish," the one with clapping overlaid with a heavy beat

Subhan allaaaaaaaaaah, subhan allaaaaaaaaaah, subhan allaaaaaaaaaah, subhan allaaaaaaaaaah!

I love that part too. It makes my heart do a crazy little flip.

SRK always comes across as opening his heart like a carpet for you to walk on. Aamir has a certain darkness and SRK's vibe is nicer.

Wow, I can agree with that. I think one of SRK's major selling points is his stripped bare vulnerability, it's his USP and no one can do it like he does. But Aamir just brings something else to the screen, an unflappable strength of sorts.

dangermousie June 8 2006, 16:57:27 UTC

I love that part too. It makes my heart do a crazy little flip.

I keep listening to it and I think it's permanently taken residence in my head.

Wow, I can agree with that. I think one of SRK's major selling points is his stripped bare vulnerability, it's his USP and no one can do it like he does. But Aamir just brings something else to the screen, an unflappable strength of sorts.

Wouldn't it be fun to see a movie with them together? Not that is would ever happen but...

srkfanatic June 8 2006, 02:04:23 UTC

I have to say, I love this string of Bollywood-related posts. :D

And I just love that last paragraph you've written. I've read it over about 5 times now. Bollywood certainly does portray love like nothing else.

dangermousie June 8 2006, 16:56:33 UTC

Thank you so much!

And yes, it's portrayal of love and caring is Bollywood's USP, for sure.

aliterati June 8 2006, 02:41:26 UTC

The link. Really, spend some time browsing through the pages. There's a lot of art, and a lot sucks, but a lot is absolutely worth it.

http://www.saint-just.net/

dangermousie June 8 2006, 16:55:45 UTC

As I said on the phone, this site makes life worth living :)

autumn_yaar June 8 2006, 05:02:05 UTC

haha BOLLYWHAT WORLD WAR. SRK lowers vs. everyone else.

Sadly, I could see that happening, ROFL.

dangermousie June 8 2006, 16:56:01 UTC

And what a crazy pile-up it would be!

fivil June 8 2006, 07:02:45 UTC

(Kajol spinning in Des Rangeela, or that Amitabh/SRK/Hema/Preity number in Veer-Zaara being good examples).
I agree. VZ on the whole for me isn't exactly my favourite movie ever, but the Lodi song is just a pleasure to the eye and the ear. It's so catchy, too!

I was also thinking about how Bollywood treats the idea of love as paramount, larger than life, something Hollywood movies after 1940s don't do any more.I was also thinking about this a few days ago and tried to form a Bollywhat topic on it but couldn't get it phrase it. I can't remember who but when I first got into BW, someone wrote somewhere that where Hollywood's romantic films aren't stories about love but relationships. I think it's true in many ways. The focus is definitely on man-woman relationships in general or two characters, not so much love in general as this great big concept that can both break and make. Which is probably why romantic HW films no longer work for me ( ... )

dangermousie June 8 2006, 17:03:33 UTC

Heh, yeah, better not to post the SRK/Aamir comparison thoughts on BW?.. I feel like every criticism directed at SRK there needs to come with a disclaimer. Like, "PS. I like him, really!" I don't really see other fan groups jump on things like that. Then again, SRK does get the most flag so at times it makes sense that his fans are hypersensitive. Oh, I didn't mean that I was worried about SRK fans. If I did bring something like this up at Bollywood, the thread would simply become a battleground by people who are overly defensive about SRK and people who would use it as an excuse to bash him and say he has no acting ability blah blah blah (and I don't think they'd be Aamir fans, but they would definitely use Aamir or anyone as an example of SRK sucking). And the initial point which is that they are both good and different would get lost because people would be determinted to prove either that SRK is the bestest or he is the worst waste of space ever. People have really strong feelings about SRK one way or another (I guess it comes ( ... )