(Ugh, sorry, I'm completely stalking everyone today, but I'm so bored! I had nothing at all to do today, so I keep visiting all my bookmarked blogs and hoping for new posts or comments. Am I the only person online today?? Eesh.)
Anyway, I saw the title of this post and I just wanted to say that whenever I see something shiny, I always go "oooh, shiny!" too. Except with this picture, I just laughed.
You know what the best part of this photo is, though? His facial expression. It's as though he's acknowledging how ridiculous he looks while simultaneously letting us know that he doesn't particularly care.
Agreed. I think he's laughing under the shiny. His mouth is ever so slightly upturned, like he can just barely contain his amusement at being asked to pose in such a thing. I like to think it's proof he can take a joke. Which would be really handy if he ever stumbled across this website.
On my trip this summer, I was struck by the resemblance of one the staff of the Fulbright office in Delhi to what I imagine Akshaye will look like when he's 40. Or at least what he would look like if he quit the film industry, got a PhD, and started working for an educational foundation in Delhi. It was that little lurking smile under an otherwise unamused facial expression that made me realize it. I loved seeing that expression, and I could always tell when this guy thought something was ridiculous because you'd see the tiny smile creep in when he was trying to be polite.
(I will be totally amused if anyone from the Delhi Fulbright office knows what I'm talking about. I think at least one of them reads this. I don't want to name names, in case anyone takes offense; of course, no offense is meant by a comparison, by me, to Akshaye Khanna.)
Michael, I would pay good money to see you in that outfit. In fact, if we ever get to have a Bollyblogger meetup, I will bring you this outfit myself. And then demand a dance.
MD - of course, absolutely, and how, etc. And I am v glad you posted; I've read your blog off and on for ages and have wanted to meet you. So hi! I like your post mentioning the small midwest college town; I'm from one too (and live in one), and I know what you mean. Huh, I should probably leave this post on your website.
Beth, I'm sorry to tell you that the place in my heart reserved for Akshaye Khanna has been replaced by Kunal Kapoor from Rang de Basanti. He is a good actor and sooo good-looking.
For all your Kapoor Khazana reference needs (and beyond), here is a Kapoor family tree. This image is courtesy of Madhu Jain's book The Kapoors: The First Family of Indian Cinema (Penguin Books India, 2005). Click the picture to enlarge to legible size. The dates and underlining are my own. My notations indicate who is of what generation: double underlines are for Prithviraj's children; single underlines are for their children; dashed lines for their children; etc. If you'd rather read, the family tree goes like this, color-coded by major branch and with the names you probably recognize in bold: first and second generations: Prithviraj Kapoor (born 1906) is the father of Raj (Ranbir Raj, born 1924), Shammi (Shamsher Raj, 1931), and Shashi (Balbir Raj, 1938). Prithviraj and his wife Ramsarni (Rama) also had a daughter, Urmi (between Shammi and Shashi), and two children who died, Ravinder and Devinder. Prithviraj has a brother named Trilok Kapoor , who is a
Hey, everyone - hi. This is Beth. I am absolutely fascinated with the question of who is reading this, and my curiosity is further piqued by the growth of the happy little dots on my ClustrMap . Either there is some creative ISPing going on here, or I see people visiting from India, Singapore, Mauritius, South Africa, Europe, South America, Canada, and the US. (Special shout-out to Canada! I'm an honourary Canadian! I love you guys!) Anyway, hello to you all! I don't like how most guestbook thingies on websites seem to work, so instead I invite everyone who stops by to leave a little comment on this post (this will also be linked from the nav bar) and say hi and share why you like or are interested in Bollywood - and what brought you here. Thanks! And don't forget to have a snack before you go - they're on the table over there. Punch, too.
Alternate title: by far the least of the movies starting with "D" released in fall 2006. My favorite part of this movie is from about 7:40 to 8:10 in, during the title song, when Hrithik is dancing under the rafters and in front of the round window. In my opinion, the best bits of this song, when he's by himself doing his rubber-limbed tap-dance-y moves, are almost as good as Lakshya 's "Main Aise Kyon Hoon" and I watched them over and over. After that, I think my favorite moment was Uday's Baywatch -esque reverie. And how sad is that? This could have been so much fun, and it just wasn't. (As with the first Dhoom , I'm willing to give it some points for "good to watch with a bunch of other people in the theater," which I didn't get to do.) What went wrong? For starters, four of the six main characters are stupid and annoying beyond a level I could forgive. We've got the opportunity for a cool girl baddie, but no, Sunehri ch
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Anyway, I saw the title of this post and I just wanted to say that whenever I see something shiny, I always go "oooh, shiny!" too. Except with this picture, I just laughed.
akshaye baby, kya kare tum?
On my trip this summer, I was struck by the resemblance of one the staff of the Fulbright office in Delhi to what I imagine Akshaye will look like when he's 40. Or at least what he would look like if he quit the film industry, got a PhD, and started working for an educational foundation in Delhi. It was that little lurking smile under an otherwise unamused facial expression that made me realize it. I loved seeing that expression, and I could always tell when this guy thought something was ridiculous because you'd see the tiny smile creep in when he was trying to be polite.
(I will be totally amused if anyone from the Delhi Fulbright office knows what I'm talking about. I think at least one of them reads this. I don't want to name names, in case anyone takes offense; of course, no offense is meant by a comparison, by me, to Akshaye Khanna.)
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