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Rustom Sohrab (1963)
Oh, how I loved this film—right up to the sad, sad end. It’s a tragedy drawn from a story in the Shahnameh epic of Persia, and it vividly portrays the disastrous consequences that lies and… more →
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Rustom Sohrab (1963)
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memsaab wrote 2 months ago: Oh, how I loved this film—right up to the sad, sad end. It’s a tragedy drawn from a stor … more →
Feel the love! Asha Parekh
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memsaab wrote 4 months ago: Asha Parekh is my favorite heroine in Hindi cinema. There, I’ve said it, and I’m carving … more →
Sita Sings The Blues (2008)
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memsaab wrote 4 months ago: Reviews of this masterpiece abound on the world wide web, almost universally in a chorus along the l … more →
Solva Saal (1958)
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memsaab wrote 5 months ago: Frank Capra’s It Happened One Night has inspired more than a few Hindi remakes, three of which … more →
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)
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memsaab wrote 7 months ago: Ah, the ’90s: swelling orchestral music, wind machines, flowing chiffons, campy sound effects, … more →
Waqt (1965)
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memsaab wrote 9 months ago: Beth and I rewatched this the other night in honor of her Shashi Week 2009 (everyone should have his … more →
Char Dervesh (1964)
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memsaab wrote 9 months ago: When a film’s credits list Homi Wadia as director and producer; JBH Wadia as screenplay writer … more →
Desh Premee (1982)
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memsaab wrote 10 months ago: I would be hard-pressed to choose my favorite Manmohan Desai film were I ever forced to. But Desh Pr … more →
My fifteen favorite AR Rahman songs
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memsaab wrote 11 months ago: In honor of India’s own Golden Globe winner Allah Rakha Rahman! Since Slumdog Millionaire has … more →
My ten favorite Rajesh Khanna songs
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memsaab wrote 11 months ago: Tomorrow (today already in India) is Rajesh Khanna’s birthday. The PR fiasco that his latest f … more →
Ranjeet: the hot villain
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memsaab wrote 12 months ago: When I drool over Ranjeet, most people say: “Are you out of your mind?” He is, after all … more →
Apradh (1972)
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memsaab wrote 12 months ago: So much fun and stylish goodness packed into one movie, it is beyond belief. Mumtaz is gorgeous, Fer … more →
Trivia time #33
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memsaab wrote 1 year ago: The 2001 Hollywood film Ghost World made this song and dance number from Gumnaam famous in the non-H … more →
I am proximate
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memsaab wrote 1 year ago: “This award is given to a blog that invests and believes in PROXIMITY – nearness in space, … more →
Movie Mahal: Manmohan Desai
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memsaab wrote 1 year ago: My friend Asli Jat has done it again! He has sent me this episode of a 1987 series aired on Channel … more →
My ten favorite rain songs
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memsaab wrote 1 year ago: The title of this post really should be “My nine favorite rain songs and one rain scene” … more →
Mard (1985)
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memsaab wrote 1 year ago: I sometimes have very vivid and detailed but thoroughly crazy dreams; I wake up and think: “Wh … more →
Munna Bhai MBBS (2003)
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memsaab wrote 1 year ago: Here’s another favorite! I remember waiting for this to come out on DVD. I’d read how we … more →
Sadhna (1958)
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memsaab wrote 1 year ago: I learned about two important things when I first saw this BR Chopra classic a while ago: Sahir Ludh … more →
