tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post2592220056551834926..comments2023-11-10T08:26:51.182-06:00Comments on Beth Loves Bollywood: Raja SaabBeth Loves Bollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540154833326987567noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-10862458134177478082008-12-08T14:27:00.000-06:002008-12-08T14:27:00.000-06:00I agree; not a great film, annoying in parts femin...I agree; not a great film, annoying in parts feminist-wise, but not as bad as JJPK...and plenty of other cuteness and style to make it enjoyable.<BR/><BR/>And Shashi's hair at the beginning...gave me the heebie-jeebies too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-35092505338393722802008-12-07T15:09:00.000-06:002008-12-07T15:09:00.000-06:00Apart from romanticising and ennobling poverty, I ...Apart from romanticising and ennobling poverty, I think the movie is also conveying that though socio-economic gaps can be bridged, its the job of the woman to do so in any relationship. Nanda's character in <I>Jab Jab Phool Khile</I> was bad because she *gasp* expected her man to adjust to <I>her</I> life while here, she knows from the beginning that its she who needs to embrace his life and does everything possible for it. That a woman must sacrifice and enter her husband's world is a recurring theme in Indian movies and even mythology - <I>Mahabharata</I>'s Gandhari permanently covers her eyes when she marries a blind man, <I>Ramayana</I>'s Sita leaves royal comforts to accompany her husband in his exile. There were a lot of 60s and 70s movies where the rich girl marries a poor guy and the marriage runs into trouble because rich girl (or her family) cannot adjust with her marital poverty (Jaya Bhaduri's <I>Kora Kaagaz</I>, for example). However, everything ends "happily-ever-after" once the woman realizes her *error*.<BR/><BR/>Re: Shashi's dancing, I propose that you and I form a fan-club to his dancing with our theme song being "<I>Shashi can dance saala</I>"! :-DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-79744466879006901692008-12-07T06:59:00.000-06:002008-12-07T06:59:00.000-06:00This sounds rather nightmarish to me. I abhor good...This sounds rather nightmarish to me. I abhor good-hearted fool characters and even more films about someone finally taking his responsible position in society. The "become a well-functioning cog in the machine" genre was not made for me.houseinrlyeh aka Denishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04548069611516508274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-5579025122681525802008-12-07T02:15:00.000-06:002008-12-07T02:15:00.000-06:00Me toooooo!!! And I am a terrible talker during fi...Me toooooo!!! And I am a terrible talker during films - good thing I don't have anyone in town to watch Bollywood with me, I guess, or I would drive them crazy. "Chat cinema" works well though because the discussion is built into the name.<BR/><BR/>Thank goodness for conversations, in whatever medium they may be - and the conversationalists too!Beth Loves Bollywoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540154833326987567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-41295762640730938642008-12-07T02:08:00.000-06:002008-12-07T02:08:00.000-06:00I hated 'Jab Jab Phool Khile' too and the Aamir Kh...I hated 'Jab Jab Phool Khile' too and the Aamir Khan- Karisma Kapoor version 'Raja Hindustani' too though that's the film that pushed Karisma into the big league. I guess Indian audiences still LOVE the subservient female. <BR/><BR/>Yes, yes, half the fun of seeing the film is to think and talk about it, and read all kinds of meaning into it. That's why I don't much like enjoy watching films on my own.Bannohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03855784743978203037noreply@blogger.com