Comments | meganbmoore: Actually, I was done in the first time she used the whip.

meganbmoore

Actually, I was done in the first time she used the whip.

Jun 04, 2011 22:12

So, Bollywood fans, is all 70s Bollywood as cheesy and cracky as Tawaif and Seeta Aur Geeta?

Specifically, are there others in which Hema Malini introduces herself to her long lost (abducted) twin sister by swinging through a (closed) window on a rope and announcing "Don't worry, Seeta, God has sent me here to protect you" and then fighting off ( Read more... )

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fivil June 5 2011, 04:06:14 UTC

Hema's other awesome bubbly (though not as kickass) famous character was Basanti in the incredibly popular Sholay (1975), where her co-star is the man she ends up marrying in real life. The film and Hema are really good, I love it a lot. (The film is long and kind of meandering in terms of pace but worth it IMO ( ... )

meganbmoore June 5 2011, 14:12:23 UTC

thanks.

violaswamp June 5 2011, 04:29:43 UTC

I LOVE SEETA AUR GEETA.

As a nine-year-old, I thought Geeta's snark at Chachi were the HEIGHT of hilarity.

Now I know better but I still love it.

violaswamp June 5 2011, 04:30:32 UTC

and, er, no, I don't know of any movies like it. I was disappointed when I found out that Bollywood was mostly very different from it.