I don't like musicals
I don't like musicals.
I did like Moulin Rouge.
And Chicago.
I suppose The Happiness of the Katakuris and Beyond The Sea are technically musicals and I liked them too.
But still I say that I don't like musicals.
So why do I love Bollywood films?
It all started with Lagaan. Three and three-quarter hours later I was hooked. And it's about cricket!
Since then I have seen quite a few more, some old, like Mother India (I was the only person in the cinema for that one) some new like Water. (yeah, I know it's not a 'Bollywood' film, in fact it's Canadian....)
I have also got quite a few on DVD including some I didn't get a chance to watch before we moved here. The new DVD player (a total bargain for $38) plays all of my discs and I settled down to watch one of Shahrukh Khan's earlier films, Darr.
I have had a few problems with Bollywood films on DVD in the past, even when there is a big sticker on the front delaring 'English subtitles' sometimes the subtitles are missing.
All was well with Darr, until well past the 2 hour mark. Then, the person doing the subtitles must have gone home early, thinking 'well, that will do, I'm sure they can figure out how the bad-guy-stalker gets found out without the dialogue'.
I mostly sort of did but still....
Labels: bollywood
posted by Amanda @ 6:52 a.m.
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when I was a student I used to borrow a car now and then from the Indian shopkeeper across the street, in return for driving his relatives on errands.
There would be me and 4 old Indians packed into the Nissan going to the Indian deli and the Indian tailor's and the Indian video shop...all with the tapedeck blaring either Bollywood tunes or muslim religious jingles.
I can just picture you all doing the "pat the dog with one hand screw in a lighbulb with the other" dance.
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