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April 14, 2024

The 1994 Version Of “Raja Harish Chandra”

Raja Harish Chandra is a mythological Hindu story about the fate of an ancient king and his kingdom. "Raja" means king, and according to the […]
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April 14, 2024

Mom Verses The Demons In Jai Maa Vaishnodevi

Polytheism is just demonstrably better than monotheism. The god of Abraham is such an authoritarian prick, but if you’re Hindu, and you’re not a fan […]
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August 20, 2023

Bewaffa Se Waffa Is A Lot More Than Just Another Bollywood Musical

When it was released in 1992, Bewaffa Se Waffa was not a big financial success. It seems audiences didn’t like the actor who played the […]
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November 9, 2022

Shakti Samanta’s Sawan Ki Ghata

I don’t know what happened to the print of this film but it looks wacky. It may have been digitized and the saturation turned up […]
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October 12, 2022

Govindan Aravindan’s Kummatty: The Beauty Is In The Telling

There is nothing you could change or tweak to improve Kummatty. It functions on its own terms and succeeds in producing something simple and beautiful. […]
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July 13, 2022

Rajamouli’s 2022 Big-Budget Blockbuster RRR

RRR is a very silly movie. A very silly and very expensive movie. The most expensive India has ever produced. It cost 72 million dollars. […]
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November 3, 2021

Bollywood’s Devotional Film Bhaktha Prahlada

I don’t believe in reincarnation but in my past life I did. Whoever I was, I was definitely Indian. The food, the music, the mythology […]
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October 31, 2021

Bollywood’s Naag Panchami is a Dazzling Explosion of Color

​What is it about women and snakes? Always lots a trouble with those women and their snakes. In this case it is the story of […]
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October 28, 2021

You Should See Yedu Chepala Katha, But Wear a Helmet.

​It could not have been easy to make a two hour, narrative film that is completely unintelligible. You’d think they might stumble across some continuity […]
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October 14, 2021

Raj Kapoor’s Landmark Opus Awaara

Raj Kapoor’s 1951 Bollywood epic Awaara is 2 hours and 45 minutes long. More than enough time to deliver two plots, ten musical numbers, a Busby Berkley […]
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October 11, 2021

The Cornucopia That Is Aadmi Aur Insaan

There is a sweet spot when it comes to Bollywood musicals and Aadmi Aur Insaan is nestled right in it. It was made in 1969, during […]
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October 9, 2021

Shot/Reverse Shot Madness In Bandhi Darwaza

Bandhi Darwaza is a two-and-half-hour, Bollywood, musical, vampire, movie. It’s campy and over the top but the vampire is actually pretty good. His makeup and movements […]
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September 29, 2021

Zapatlela! A Bollywood Musical Ventriloquist Version of Chucky

Zapatlela is a Bollywood, romcom, musical, horror, comedy. The main character is named Laksha. Picture Jerry Lewis as a lovable (not actually lovable but intended to […]
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