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Post by MrB on Jan 13, 2014 18:00:36 GMT
I wonder if Dedh Ishqiya will do better overseas? The showing we saw on Sunday was almost completely full. It only has three showings per day, compared with at least a dozen for Dhoom 3 when that opened, but I was still pleasantly surprised at the turnout; and the audience all seemed to be really enjoying it.
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Post by MrB on Jan 12, 2014 16:54:40 GMT
What a wonderful film. Full of brilliant actors, given the opportunity to put in brilliant performances. No point in wasting time repeating all the reviews; I'll just make the obvious pun and say: go and see it, it's dedh good.
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Post by MrB on Jan 12, 2014 8:46:55 GMT
According to the website for my local theater, there are no subtitles with this movie. I was really looking forward to seeing it, but I need subtitles. Sometimes there are mistakes on their website, but only rarely. Does anyone here know it the US copies of this film are subbed? Several reviews mentioned that it has subtitles in most parts of India, so it would be surprising if they're not there on overseas prints. That said, I can't find any proof.
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Post by MrB on Jan 8, 2014 12:33:21 GMT
Lara Dutta co-hosted the IIFA awards one year. I can't remember if she was good though.
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Post by MrB on Jan 7, 2014 8:26:37 GMT
Has anyone seen Death Comes to Pemberley? Some new BBC 3 episode drama that has come out. Seems more like Sherlock than what we might expect from Jane Austen. Watched it over Christmas, and couldn't really get into it. They spread the book over three one-hour episodes, and it wasn't justified in my opinion. And there were far too many anachronisms in dialogue and topics of discussion to maintain a proper period feel. But I only half-liked the book, so maybe I was prejudiced. Or too proud, or something.
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Post by MrB on Jan 7, 2014 8:19:36 GMT
Still haven't seen MSK, but Akshay and Salman play well together in Jaan-e-mann as well. Really, though, Akki can "bromance" almost anyone-Bobby Deol, Paresh Rawal, Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham, Riteish Deshmukh, etc... I hadn't really thought about it before, and it's OT, but maybe Akki is the best jodi partner around at the moment. He's great with all the men you mention, but has also had great chemistry with, off the top of my head, Priyanka, Kat and Kareena.
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Post by MrB on Jan 4, 2014 13:51:48 GMT
Very impressive, MrB. That must make for a fascinating pursuit, with many facets to explore. Definitely: I've met people I would never have met, and travelled to places I would never have seen as a result; and it's a very different sort of challenge from my day job.
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Post by MrB on Jan 3, 2014 13:10:08 GMT
My particular thing is Arabic calligraphy. It takes years to master, so it's a very long haul that you have to take a day at a time, and make sure you never miss one. Fortunately practice is structured around repetition of lines like the ones below, which lend themselves to odd half hours wrested from the day. It's rewarding to date and keep old practice sheets, as you can see measurable improvement over days, weeks and months. But as you understand more, you also understand just much more you have yet to learn.
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Post by MrB on Jan 3, 2014 8:32:07 GMT
Does anyone know who is going to be the next Doctor? I started watching Dr.Who when it was Christopher Eccleston but never really liked David Tennant nor Matt Stone for that matter. So if the new guy is someone I like I'm thinking of returning to it. Peter Capaldi, best known for The Thick Of It where he played a brilliantly funny but very foul-mouthed spin doctor. He was also very good many years ago in The Crow Road, which the BBC recently repeated.
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Post by MrB on Dec 29, 2013 21:56:43 GMT
This was the least of the Dhoom films by quite some distance, but still quite enjoyable nonsense. It's entirely Aamir Khan's show - no-one else, Abhishek included, gets more than a brief look-in. Probably just as well in Uday's case, but a bit hard on Katrina. There's not a fragment of logic to the plot - the Vigil Idiot points out quite a few of the plot holes, and he barely scratches the surface. And the pace is uneven: too many bike chases and songs in the first half, and a bit too slow in the second. But, if you're feeling tolerant, it's fairly good fun, and it ends well (though the very end is preceded by yet another bike chase that is beyond stupid).
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Post by MrB on Dec 4, 2013 8:24:59 GMT
Thanks for the Recent Threads link - it has made using the board much easier. There is one small anomaly which I thought I'd mention, though it's not causing any real problems. If you go to the Recent Threads page, select everything, mark them all as read, and then go to the Home page, then folders there will still be marked as having new messages even though you've marked everything as read. If you go into one of those folders then all the individual messages are marked as read, so somehow the "readness" information is not propagating up to the folders. As I say - it's not a problem as I don't go to the Home page anymore, but it is odd.
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Post by MrB on Nov 27, 2013 8:34:24 GMT
The Vigil Idiot's view: Gori Tere Pyaar Mein. As usual the criticisms are spot on and, if they were a real-life couple, I'd give the relationship 6 months. But none of that stopped me enjoying it.
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Post by MrB on Nov 26, 2013 11:34:41 GMT
The auction company is founded by an art consultant and an "art, luxury and lifestyle" consultant, so this looks like an attempt to persuade very rich people that they should be collecting this stuff, and paying sky-high prices for it. I should have picked up a few old posters from Chor Bazaar last time I was in Mumbai...
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Post by MrB on Nov 25, 2013 17:46:03 GMT
I will be seeing this one either Thursday or next Sunday. Depends on if Thursday is the last day. We saw RamLeela and it was crowded on the second week and this one had almost no one. Interesting - that was the opposite of our experience: Ram Leela was fairly empty and GTPM was packed out. And rightly so - GTPM is a worthwhile timepass. There is no great chemistry between the leads, but the film has most of the right ingredients, is competently put together, looks good, and pulls all the right strings. It's entertaining and undemanding, which is damning with faint praise, but the standard of competition has not been high this year so I am feeling well-inclined to it.
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Post by MrB on Nov 25, 2013 8:22:48 GMT
There's an auction of Bollywood memorabilia to be held in London on 29 Nov, with public viewings on 28th and 29th. More about the auction here and here, and the catalogue can be downloaded here. Price estimates are optimistic/outrageous, but the catalogue has some classic film posters that make it worth a look.
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