not the official policy of Beth Loves Bollywood

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...but a great subtitle nonetheless.

Dharmatma, 1975

All of the subtitles in this film look like this. Translucent subtitles might be aesthetically delightful, but they sure are hard to read.

Comments

memsaab said…
Yikes!!! I don't think my subtitles were that...um...subtle! :)
January 02, 2010 11:57 AM
Rum said…
LOLOL a subtitle just for me! Hell yeah though Imtiaz's beard has no sex appeal but a Anil mush is great! Hahaha love Dharmatma!
January 02, 2010 2:27 PM
Shweta Mehrotra Gahlawat said…
Such a risque dialogue/subtitle- maybe they made it translucent in a weird aspiration towards propriety :D
thanks for the chandelier Beth!
January 02, 2010 8:42 PM
Louella said…
Just like yellow-bordered tottaly transparent ones when I was watching CD!I in cinema xD
God, sometimes I think they give subtitles without any care. It's annoying.
January 03, 2010 4:39 AM
Beth Loves Bollywood said…
memsaab - Based on your screen caps in your review, I'd agree! I'm jealous. Mine didn't do songs either.

Rum - YES! That one is just for you! And you will be happy to know that one of the next lines is Farida saying "but it pokes me." Not at the level of all the cock jokes in Janbaaz, but still....

Shweta - Hee! I wish the translucency were only for the saucy lines! And glad you liked the chandelier and weird camera angle :)

Louella - Oh dear! Yellow does not sound helpful!
January 03, 2010 11:16 AM
Anonymous said…
Yes, my subtitles were not translucent, lekin, I also don't remember this fantastic one regarding the man's sex appeal lying in his beard, something we all have long know to be true, hai na?

All the best!
Sita-ji
January 03, 2010 11:17 PM
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