tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post7069318911026388067..comments2023-11-10T08:26:51.182-06:00Comments on Beth Loves Bollywood: 21st-century girl: BobbyBeth Loves Bollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540154833326987567noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-38217382315678149842009-01-12T05:07:00.000-06:002009-01-12T05:07:00.000-06:00This is an old post but here goes on some of your ...This is an old post but here goes on some of your "historical" queries...<BR/><BR/>I was about 10 at the time, to give you the context:<BR/>First it was HIT like you hadn't seen before; OK there were hits all the time, but this must have been the First Hindi film to generate spontaneous merchandising (Sandhna's cut = bangs notwithstanding): the bazaar was flooded with Bobby pins (decorative hair pins) still called like that, mothers were asked to and made Bobby hairdoes = two "ensaimadas (please google for photos)" on each side of your head, like some alien radars, Bobby skirts, Bobby blouses, Bobby what-nots, etc. etc.<BR/><BR/>2: The first truly teenage Hindi film hero. Before they had all been "Bhais", Rishi was actually a "Munda" as they would say in Punjabi, and thus all the teenagers, and others not so teenagey, went ga-ga over him.<BR/><BR/>The music was brilliant, and was played to the point of no-return: every single song was a hit.<BR/><BR/>I don't remember all that high-low caste stuff being anything new, or talked about,it was just the usual story of so many Hindi films (the poster who says this was new, where had he been living?).<BR/><BR/>What I do remember that it just about escaped parent's censorship: if you just hear the number Hum Tum, that was very dangerous ground, although the comic picturisation took some of the effect away, very clever of RK. Some very very mini Dimple clothes, again far from what was conventionally decent wear for a heroine, but by making Bobby into a teenage girl, so perhaps still on the borderline of "frocks" age, RK again got away with it.<BR/>Of course films afterwards all demanded it, and people like Neetu Singh etc. came up: for can you imagine Hema in one of those?bawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14772313690591638108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-55483534345309575202007-07-17T07:07:00.000-05:002007-07-17T07:07:00.000-05:00ah, one of my all-time faves :o)that last pic of r...ah, one of my all-time faves :o)<BR/><BR/>that last pic of rishi had me choking on my lunch..hehe...<BR/><BR/>in all honesty, it's the songs that make it for me...*~mad munky~*https://www.blogger.com/profile/16496367615568455286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-51278735638190471022007-01-07T15:10:00.000-06:002007-01-07T15:10:00.000-06:00Beth, having now seen and reviewed this film I do ...Beth, having now seen and reviewed this film I do think your review was more insightful than mine. But your comment prodded some thoughts loose so I've responded on my my blog. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-20137770949521131932006-12-30T17:43:00.000-06:002006-12-30T17:43:00.000-06:00Bobby was pretty radical for its time because of t...Bobby was pretty radical for its time because of the whole caste/class/religion issue. It's worth remembering that non-Hindus are untouchable in conservative terms, so for Rishi Kapoor to fall in love with one, let alone marry one, was a fairly strong message for the time. <br /><br />Glad you saw that one, though - don't know about the big living rooms. I guess its desirable coz our families and friends are like, so, well, HUGE!! :)The Buddha Smiledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13472786899198595245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-45366540787569981902006-12-27T10:38:00.000-06:002006-12-27T10:38:00.000-06:00I just bought Bobby at Rhythm House in Mumbai. I ...I just bought Bobby at Rhythm House in Mumbai. I can sing the entire song, so I knew I had to see the film. I could never find it in Austin, Texas. None of the local Indian grocery stores had it in stock.<br /><br />I hope to have time to watch it soon!Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03625984938283037038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-25638065071268183462006-12-18T22:21:00.000-06:002006-12-18T22:21:00.000-06:00LOL, I can totally see Rishi and joey getting alon...LOL, I can totally see Rishi and joey getting along fine. I love those staircases, they are like a warm blanket. If I didn't see them in a movie, I was suspicious to whether the people were really "Rich" or not. <br /><br />Great website though. Excellent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-41729928884243328672006-12-18T15:46:00.000-06:002006-12-18T15:46:00.000-06:00I can't think of what they are now, but I have see...I can't think of what they are now, but I have seen at least two other films that used the same exact cavernous-room-with-staircase set that you posted two screenies of. I think it just sat on some Bombay studio lot for half a decade and many ,many films were shot on it. <br /><br />If I stumble across the set again I'll come back and tell you which movie it was in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com