this movie is the first female lead hindi movie to reach 20.7 cror in one day!! the trailer had me hooked on to the storyline. I absolutely enjoyed the movie.
The scion of a wealthy landowner family turns to alcohol and self-pity and slowly self-destructs after class differences force him to break off his relationship.
South Asian Vinyl Listening Party tonight on WFMU's Drummerstream! Bodega Pop presents three hours of vintage Bollywood, Lollywood, classical, qawwali, and more -- all on wax. 7-10 PM. Listen // Playlist // Live Chat here: https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138762
#Canadian friends, #queer friends, #film friends – you have to go see "The Queen of My Dreams" while it's in theatres. Playing at the Bytowne in #Ottawa and bigger screens too, and elsewhere in Canada - I saw it Monday and it was absolutely glorious. A hilarious, touching, queer Canadian "Lady Bird," with a touch of time travel and lots of #Bollywood. I'm getting choked up writing this post, it was that moving. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21876438/ and https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/the-queen-of-my-dreams-1.7152878 if you need some waypoints!
Note: when a Bollywood "film" is featured in a #HallOfShame post, it is automatically implied that besides plot elements, the “film” has also copied scenes and sequences from the original. 😀
Rewind to 2006:
Today’s “film”, a pioneer of sorts, 😀 plagiarized/cloned a popular Korean movie, becoming one of the earliest Bollywood “films” to do so.
‘Bantering with Bandits’: Annie Zaidi’s searing truths about Indian preoccupations and peculiarities
This book of essays by @anniezaidi creates a space where the personal and the political fuse to paint an often uncomfortable picture of our sociopolitical reality.
Today I discovered something interesting — YouTube has fairly good versions of Hindi movies from back in the 80s and 90s!
Well, I think I actually discovered this yesterday when I found “Betaab” but I didn’t actually realize this till today when I searched for “EK Ladka Ek Ladki” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0291883)
Back in the 90s, Hindi movies blatantly copied Hollywood movies (with no attribution or permission, mind you) and made their own versions. “Ek Ladka Ek Ladki” is one such movie which copies Kurt Russel & Goldie Hawn’s “Overboard” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093693).
This movie is probably responsible for getting me into Hindi movies again and for learning Hindi just so I could watch the movies 🙂
I generally never watch a movie twice (with a few exceptions) but I think I must have watched this one at least 5 times …
The last time I looked for “Ek Ladka Ek Ladki” on YouTube, the only copy I could find was a really dark and hard to watch version. So this version is certainly a find for me 🙂
This gives me an idea! Maybe I should look for other movies from the 90s that copied Hollywood movies and post about them every once in a while?
I generally love the Bollywood version to the Hollywood version of these “re-makes”. So it might be interesting to introduce more people to these versions …
Interview: ‘Big filmmakers are being mobilised by the state to further the majoritarian project’
Many movies slated for release in the run-up to 2024 have a definite purpose – to generate hatred of Muslims, says Ira Bhaskar, a professor of cinema studies.
Sonnalli Seygall Soaks In Sun At Her Honeymoon In Maldives, Flaunts Her Curves In A Sexy Bikini (www.bollywoodshaadis.com)
Bollywood actress, Sonnalli Seygall looked beautiful as she flaunted her toned body in a sultry bikini on her honeymoon in the Maldives.