Before I saw the movie! Now that the cricket season is in a sort of lull, we have invented another match to keep us all occupied – Lal Singh Chadda versus Forrest Gump! There are hundreds of millions of Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Sri Lankans all over the world who may have not seen Forrest Gump,…
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India makes progress on LGBTQ / Transgender issues! Thanks to Bollywood!
I saw the movie Badhai Do yesterday and Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui a few days back. Just some random thoughts based on those movies: I think India is becoming far more progressive and liberal on LGBTQ and Transgender issues than the US, which seems to be regressing on all LGBTQ, Transgender and Abortion issues. The US…
Akshay Kumar movie – Laxmi!
Just saw Akshay Kumar’s Laxmii movie. Do they really think that portraying transgenders in such a horrific, grotesque and frightening way is going to get them more understanding and acceptance in society? This is one of the most offensive, insulting and exploitive movies made on the Kinnar community. There is already a lot of misinformation…
Nothing is personal or private!
How can a TV channel obtain the bank statement of a deceased customer?How can a bank release the statement? How can the channel air and discuss its contents openly? That is how lax India’s privacy laws are. That is the disdain with which we treat personal and private matters – of others. The channel’s anchors…
Bollywood pushing me out!
I dont know anybody in Bwood, leave alone SSR or his family or his girlfriends (I wish) or their families. I feel the whole of Bwood, the movie mafia, insiders and outsiders all together, have conspired to keep me out of Bwood though I was never interested to get into it in the first place.…
Bollywood going nuts!
Nepotism is what we all do! Nepotism is just a fancy word for what we call ‘networking’, ‘having contacts’ and ‘influence’ in our non-Bollywoodian industries. On the streets of Bombay, it’s called ‘vashila’ or just ‘contak’. Tell me, which good job in which industry is available without some goddamn ‘vashila’?! And if the ‘contak’ happens…
Film critics running scared!
Film critics are now scared of giving low ratings / stars and even slightly negative reviews. All newcomers’ movies will be rated very highly by all them in future. So be careful which movie you go to see in theaters. All established star movies especially the Khan movies will be reviewed negatively. That doesn’t mean…
How we insult women!
There are many things offensive in our Bollywood films but here are a couple that I find most obnoxious.One is the scene where a married woman dutifully touches the feet of her husband. I just hate those scenes, the bowed head and the pious look on the woman’s face, the expression of benign magnanimity on…
Nepotism and Bollywood!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-L_9__pqRc&feature=share Why all this fake outrage over nepotism in Bollywood? Nepotism, sycophancy, politics, conspiracy – these are the bane of the Indian psyche and society. It is the dominant factor in our personal, familial and professional lives. So, is it so surprising that it thrives in the environment that Bollywood provides, with all its…