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filmilibrarian
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Greetings, new to the board but not to Bollywood! Aug 17, 2015 17:25:47 GMT James, odadune, and 1 more like this

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Post by filmilibrarian on Aug 17, 2015 17:25:47 GMT

Hi all,
I don't know how I missed out on this lively Bollywood forum for so long! I'm an American (of English, Irish and German descent) and live in the Northeast US and I started watching Hindi films and Indian cinema in general in 2008 when I watched Jodhaa Akhbar on Netflix after it was recommended on a costume drama blog. I quickly watched Dhoom 2 and Mujhse Dosti Karoge and guess who is my favorite actor still today?

The more melodramatic and romantic the better for me, so, yeah I love me some K3G. Of course, I love masala films and the grittier realistic genres, too. D-Day is one of my top 10 favorites and I think it's highly underrated. Also enjoyed Gangs of Wasseypur and Kahaani. I've also explored other regional cinemas and enjoyed Urumi, Magadheera, Raavanan (Vikram!), and others.

I own over 100 dvds (mostly from 1995-the present) and rewatch often. This weekend I rewatched D-Day, Band Baaja Baarat, Parineeta, I Hate Luv Storys, and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (and, yes, I did leave the house!).

Looking forward to participating in lots of fun conversations!

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Greetings, new to the board but not to Bollywood! Aug 17, 2015 18:56:20 GMT

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Post by dancelover on Aug 17, 2015 18:56:20 GMT

Welcome, filmilibrarian!

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Aug 17, 2015 17:25:47 GMT filmilibrarian said:

mera thodi vidya khatarnik cheese hai

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Greetings, new to the board but not to Bollywood! Aug 18, 2015 1:41:33 GMT

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Post by dreamygirl on Aug 18, 2015 1:41:33 GMT

Welcome Filmilibrarian!! 2008 was my intro year as well! My first film was Devdas. As legend/myth/my lousy memory has it (and it's the story I'm sticking with) I had read in Entertainment Weekly a little blurb that it was the first Bollywood movie that had a million dollar budget, which piqued my curiosity. I ended up having to buy it in order to see it. For unknown reasons, even though I loved it, I didn't explore more Bollywood until months later but after that my interest was unbounded.

Hope you enjoy the forum!

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Greetings, new to the board but not to Bollywood! Aug 18, 2015 8:42:55 GMT

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Post by chrisanthi on Aug 18, 2015 8:42:55 GMT

Hi Filmilibrarian. Welcome to the forum

Jodhaa Akbar was also my first Bollywood movie which I think I saw in 2008 as well. I was zapping tv channels when I came across a segment on South Asian Pacific cinema on CNN. When I landed on the channel, they were talking about Ashutosh Gowariker and Lagaan. I dislike cricket immensely and was about to change the channel when they mentioned the movie he was working on at the time - a historical piece set in the 16th century about a Moghul Emperor and a Hindi Princess. In my family we've always been interested in India and I love historical movies. I figured that even if the movie was rubbish, it would be visually stunning (because of the Moghul architecture and the clothes) and so I bought the dvd. Needless to say I loved the movie and I haven't looked back since.

You're the second person to mention how good D-day is. I'll put it on my to watch list.

Looking forward to reading your comments and observations

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