Miss Braganza!
Junior artiste
Posts: 60
Favorite actor: Rahul Bose, Irrfan, Ranveer Singh, Rajesh Khanna
Favorite actress: Konkona Sen Sharma, Vidya Balan, Sharmila Tagore
Upcoming release you're most excited about: Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Dear Zindagi, Befikre
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Post by Miss Braganza! on Apr 15, 2016 12:00:46 GMT
Well, no, but they just need to cut out the "was": You know the inspector for whose murder his father was booked. Not something one hears everyday, but grammatically correct. (Source: am linguistics professor in real life).
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Miss Braganza!
Junior artiste
Posts: 60
Favorite actor: Rahul Bose, Irrfan, Ranveer Singh, Rajesh Khanna
Favorite actress: Konkona Sen Sharma, Vidya Balan, Sharmila Tagore
Upcoming release you're most excited about: Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Dear Zindagi, Befikre
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Post by Miss Braganza! on Apr 18, 2016 8:51:57 GMT
I don't know if you have been keeping up with the news from southern Japan, but we've had quite the week, seismically. I live near enough to Fukuoka that I was feeling those earthquakes, in a milder form, and the weekend was spent watching movies and diving under the desk whenever the siren blared. Very nerve-wracking but it has settled down now and I saw a bunch of movies.
Haider is, unsurprisingly, great. I think I'm putting it on the favorites list. Performances are wonderful (except my boo Irrfan, who seems to be phoning it in a bit) and it was a stroke of genius to set Hamlet in Kashmir--as bleak and cold as Denmark in this movie. Tabu was fantastic. I can't decide if Shradda was wooden and shallow or if I'm still mad at her for Ek Villain.
And after that I wanted a feel-good movie, so I watched Queen again, and this time I noticed the role of luggage, and to a lesser extent clothes. Rani's big awkward purse has a really important role in the characterization. We are shown repeatedly how anxious she is about it--she puts it in an overhead luggage compartment before deciding she'll keep it with her, she clutches it next to her while being chased by the Eiffel Tower. Of course, she conquers one of her fears by holding on to it when the thief attacks her, and after that she's ready to let Vijaylaxmi hold it while she dances on a counter. Finally at the last scene we see her with a little cross-body bag and a backpack instead of her giant luggage, and she's wearing a sophisticated dress from Paris that turns out to be Indian--even as she changes she holds on to her essential self.
Then there were a bunch of Bengali movies, thanks to the Bengali HD Movies youtube channel which has suddenly put up digitally restored versions of a bunch of classic movies, with English subtitles. Digitally restored is good because the only thing better than Uttam Kumar is a clearer Uttam Kumar. I watched two of these, Kokhono Megh and Agni Parishka. Kokhono Megh involves missing diamonds and a bunch of unsavory types looking for them. I enjoyed it except that Anjana Bhoumik, whom I enjoyed a great deal in Chowringhee, seems to be sleepwalking. (Maybe she's supposed to be dazed with fear? Didn't work for me). Agni Parishka is an early movie of the famous Bengali jodi of Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen (possibly their first big hit together). You'd need a forklift for the amount of suspension of disbelief required to buy into this movie. It's about two people who are married as children by the girl's grandmother against the wishes of her mother who keeps the bride and groom apart. Years later the bride falls in love and things are going swimmingly until they pass a wedding party and all of a sudden she remembers she's already married, which for some reason had slipped her mind although she was around twelve when it happened and not an infant, and the wedding was made more memorable by the fact that the groom's grandfather dies during it and the bride's father immediately afterwards. Also, I won't spoil the identity of her new suitor, but let's just say he's got the same last name as the groom and no one notices. So, not super worth watching for the plot, but maybe for Suchitra's acting which is full-on wackjob (flinging her head back, widening her eyes and pressing her fist to her mouth. In response to a ringing telephone.) She toned it down considerably later in her career, but she really goes to town in this.
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Post by patapin on Apr 20, 2016 8:35:59 GMT
Well, no, but they just need to cut out the "was": You know the inspector for whose murder his father was booked. Not something one hears everyday, but grammatically correct. (Source: am linguistics professor in real life). Thank you, Miss Braganza! Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United (1999): what a flop for me, I got disappointed. I wanted to watch a romantic comedy, and I falled into syrup (I don't know if this is correct in English). Boring during two hours, each character smiling as the camera approaches for a close-up, every minute. Then, at last, a semblance of drama, when the family begins to split. Too many cheap sentiments, it didn't work on me. When will someone recreate the magic of KKHH?
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Aishagul
Dancing in the chorus
Posts: 20
Favorite actor: SRK.. I have been disappointed with his movie choices in recent years.
Upcoming release you're most excited about: Bajirao Mastani, Raees
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Post by Aishagul on Apr 20, 2016 14:44:17 GMT
Sanam Teri Kasam - It's a beautiful and intense movie. The title track 'Sanam Teri Kasam' (Himesh Reshamiya) is really good. Both Harshvardhan and Mawra were pretty good. I wonder why the big production houses fail to deliver such good movies of late when they try to portray this kind of romance/family drama. If you haven't watched yet,give it a try. Here is the title track : This video actually made me watch the movie, so thank you! Beautiful music.. also loved loved loved the pairing and the story.. Gets 8 / 10 from me because of its repeat value.
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sady
Hit playback singer
Posts: 1,876
Favorite actor: SRK, Prabhas, Naga Chaitanya, Nivin Pauly
Favorite actress: Kajol, Sonam, A. Shetty, Tamannaah, Kangana
Upcoming release you're most excited about: Simran, Rani of Jhansi, Veere Di Wedding, Padman, Saaho
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Post by sady on Apr 20, 2016 14:59:46 GMT
You're welcome it's indeed a beautiful story.
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Post by dancelover on Apr 20, 2016 19:46:39 GMT
Patapin, here is an English lessson. Ici est un lesson d'Anglais. 1: I *was* disappointed. I got a disappointment. 2: I *fell* into syrup (which is short for "a syrupy performance"). Today I fall. Yesterday I fell. I have fallen, and will fall again. C'est un verb irregulier. Du rien. Amant des dances Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United (1999): what a flop for me, I got disappointed. I wanted to watch a romantic comedy, and I falled into syrup (I don't know if this is correct in English). [snip - d]
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Post by emily on Apr 21, 2016 5:07:45 GMT
Well, no, but they just need to cut out the "was": You know the inspector for whose murder his father was booked. Not something one hears everyday, but grammatically correct. (Source: am linguistics professor in real life). Thank you, Miss Braganza! Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United (1999): what a flop for me, I got disappointed. I wanted to watch a romantic comedy, and I falled into syrup (I don't know if this is correct in English). Boring during two hours, each character smiling as the camera approaches for a close-up, every minute. Then, at last, a semblance of drama, when the family begins to split. Too many cheap sentiments, it didn't work on me. When will someone recreate the magic of KKHH? You're not alone on the HSSH disappointment. I thought it was awful.
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Post by patapin on Apr 22, 2016 10:29:22 GMT
Thank you, dancelover, for the English lesson. How could I forget this irregular verb (To fall), it's astonishing! Your French is not too bad . If you need corrections, just tell me. Rog (2005): I am divided on this movie. The main actors are OK (Irrfan and Ilene) the other ones play too heavy (emphatic?). The story (a police investigation) is good. The inspector Uday (Irrfan) has 72h to find the murderer of the curvaceous Maya (Ilene), assassinated at the very beginning of the film. Uday slowly falls (easy to use at the present tense, dancelover !) in love with the the late woman. This creates a very strange ambiance, rarely seen before. Very soon, the plot bounces back, and you find some surprises. Among the four suspects, who is the murderer ? You want to know. Alas, the movie suffers from a lack of pace. I wish it could have been quickened. The 2 hours picture seems to last 3. And I wish the suspects' characters would have been more elaborated. Their motives are too superficial. That makes an half-accomplished movie, so my grade is 5/10. Now, the English lesson. Here is an extract, find the error! And I would like to watch Safar (1970), unfortunately, once again, my DVD has no subtitles. Has any of you bought the DVD?
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Post by ShantiSal on Apr 26, 2016 5:24:40 GMT
Since Fan I have seen - Tehzeeb Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa Charlie Kay Chakkar Mein
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Post by dancelover on Apr 26, 2016 16:57:57 GMT
Patapin, votre Anglais est plus bon que ma Francais! Dancelover Thank you, dancelover, for the English lesson. How could I forget this irregular verb (To fall), it's astonishing! Your French is not too bad . If you need corrections, just tell me.
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Post by patapin on Apr 27, 2016 13:46:28 GMT
Patapin, votre Anglais est plus bon que ma Francais! Dancelover It's OK, I understand perfectly what you mean. French is so hard (even for us, Frenchmen). And I believe you don't have the opportunity to speak French everyday, do you? Sujata (1959): an untouchable girl is adopted by a family of a higher caste, in spite of many resistances. As she grows up, she discovers so many differences between her and her younger sister (the legitimate child of her new family). But she keeps loving her dad and mom anyway. Will she ever marry Adhir, from another caste? I didn't get bored watching this movie, illuminated by Nutan (Sujata). And now, I'll have a different look at castes in India. I know that it is dangerous to marry someone who is not of the same rank . You'll find the explication in the extract (with some cuts): So logical! And for our English lesson, what do you think of this sentence:
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Post by dancelover on Apr 27, 2016 18:57:02 GMT
Presuming that "18touchable" means "untouchable," then there is nothing else wrong with the sentence. "You'll destroy" is a contraction of "you will destroy" which is turned into a question by the question mark at the end of the sentence. It is an alternate way, used by some people, of saying "will you destroy ..." which is the basic meaning. D Patapin, votre Anglais est plus bon que ma Francais! Dancelover It's OK, I understand perfectly what you mean. French is so hard (even for us, Frenchmen). And I believe you don't have the opportunity to speak French everyday, do you? [snip - d] And for our English lesson, what do you think of this sentence:
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Post by ShantiSal on Apr 29, 2016 1:06:13 GMT
Mentioned I had seen Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa recently. It was OK but didn't leave a huge impression on me (apart from the girls' super frothy, meringue type dresses - and badly fitting at that...). Yesterday I watched Oh Darling Yeh Hai India - completely bizarre but much more entertaining.
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bollylitsa
Dancing in the chorus
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Posts: 30
Favorite actor: Anil Kapoor
Favorite actress: Madhuri Dixit, Sridevi, Nithya Menon
Upcoming release you're most excited about: Baahubali 2
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Post by bollylitsa on May 2, 2016 1:53:26 GMT
Mentioned I had seen Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa recently. It was OK but didn't leave a huge impression on me (apart from the girls' super frothy, meringue type dresses - and badly fitting at that...). Yesterday I watched Oh Darling Yeh Hai India - completely bizarre but much more entertaining. Oh! Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa is my favorite Sharukh Khan movie! And I love the songs! This week I went into a movie spree and watched 5 after a long time. All of them in YouTube, I am so happy movies with english subtitles are increasing! 1) Nagina is a classic with some really haunting scenes in that old palace. 2) Mr. Bechara I watched because of Sridevi and Anil Kapoor, one of my favorite jodis. This movie as well as the following are based in Southern older ones, created by K. Bhagyaraj who used to be a big name in Tamil as I discovered. This one was passable but... 3) Andaz was simply cheesy and bizarre in a bad sense... I found the songs pretty horrible too with some dated sex jokes that tried (?) to be implicit 4) Puli had some really neat computer graphics but overall was badly scripted, rushed and shallow. Such a pitty... I was hopping for an impressive Sridevi queen and a bubbly, cheessy Hansika but wasn't even given this pleasure... 5) Happy !!! How did I miss this movie for so long! Allu Arjun is shining here, the movie has a nice story of a boy doing everything for his girl to study, a bloody climax in true southern style and an amazing, romantic Manoj Bajpai! AAANNNDD a great song about how coold Hyderabad is!
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Post by moviemavengal on May 2, 2016 15:08:11 GMT
Mentioned I had seen Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa recently. It was OK but didn't leave a huge impression on me (apart from the girls' super frothy, meringue type dresses - and badly fitting at that...). Yesterday I watched Oh Darling Yeh Hai India - completely bizarre but much more entertaining. Kabhi Haan Kkhabi Naa is supposed to be one of SRK's favorite roles, and it also didn't leave a huge impression on me either. Definitely not in the top tier SRK films for me.
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