I've become borderline obsessed with Hindi/ film. I've decided to comment on each film that I see.
Dostana - Very funny, romantic, sweet, popular music. Took a very LIBERAL approach to film and discussed some of the major disparities in conventional India life/tradition. The music made the movie.
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi - My favorite so far. Shahrukh Khan can play ANY role SO convincingly! This movie was so creative and the music was phenomenal.
Jab We Met Took me awhile to get into it, but once I did, I was hooked. Super acting and wonderful music.
Billu Barber - Shahrukh Khan plays an actor, how difficult for him! :p Great story with a good lesson, great acting, good music.
Welcome - very humorous, good dancing, lame plot. That's all.
Taare Zameen Par Meaning "Every Child is Special" - Aamir Khan produced and directed. So sad, so well made. Examined the problems with the Indian school systems and how they can be changed to make a huge difference in the lives of many children. Cried throughout the whole film.
Bride & Prejudice - Hollywood's attempt at Bollywood, terrible music/choreography.
Hollywood/Bollywood A pretty decent movie that connects the finer points of a bollywood film to an American chick-flick. The music was generally pretty bad, ok, terrible, but I enjoyed the larger lessons from the movie.
Hera Pheri This is a HYSTERICAL film that is essentially a comedy of errors. It looked like it was made in the 80's although I heard it was recently made, but it seems pretty timeless because it talks about age old issues like poverty and it encapsulates the current global unemployment pandemic.
Veer-Zaara This is the best SRK film that I've seen, it's plot is the most beautiful tale of love and courage with Preity Zinta and Rani Mukerji
Chak De! India Another amazing Shahrukh Khan film. In this he must make up for his incredible, unjust mistake of losing the Hindustani-Pakistani Men's World Cup Field Hockey Match - by coaching the Women's Team 7 years later and changing the widespread opinion that women cannot play hockey and are inferior to men. Touching and inspiring film. I give a 5/10 for the music as there was really only 1 great song.
Salaam Namaste Another Yash Chopra film with Preity Zinta and Saif Ali Khan who have a crazy mix up of love and marriage and pregnancy. This was the first film that took a decently realistic view of modern Indian life.
Jaan-E-Mann Starring Akshay Kumar, Salman Khan and Preity Zinta. Eh....not very exciting. But I love Preity. <3
Hum-Tum Another Yash Chopra film, so so great. Starring Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji - it's witty, romantic and pretty decent music. Animated scenes, but mostly a beautiful story of people who keep re-meeting and fall in love. At least 3times I wanted to jump out of my seat with emotion so I give it a good rating.
Om Shanti Om featuring Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone. This told a story which continued into another that would make a non believer be convinced by reincarnation. I was impressed with the plot, the acting, the music the dancing the whole thing really.
Chalte Chalte With Shahrukh Khan and Rani Mukerji in a story within a story. So romantic in a very non traditional, modernist way. <3 it.
Bachna Ae Haseeno Ranbir Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, and Minissha Lamba. Such Fantastic music! Sweet.
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai This was the most beautiful story with a young SRK and Kojol and Rani...they are fresh and cute and the romance was painful and I criiiiiiied but what a classic!
Chance Pe Dance Shahid Kapoor, Genelia D' Souza, Mohnish Behl. All that we need to know about the life of the Bollywood struggler. Great, although the music was lacking.
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Monday, October 12, 2009
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