Category: Misc.

  • Finding Riches: Tabu vs. Tabu

    Not gonna lie and say I haven’t been obsessing over the trailer for Crew since it dropped, and looking at the clips for Ghagra [1] and kinda giddy at the cover remix of Choli Ke Peeche [1].

    I even finally re-watched Idhi Sangathi (with synced subs!) because of it.

    Tabu finding riches in highly unusual places!

    My only grip with the film, currently, is that my suspense of disbelief is dropped when I see them carrying kilos of gold. Autistic.

    Other than that, I’m a super fan of potty-mouthed Tabu (I hope the announcement that theatrical was edited only means we get the potty-mouthed version on Netflix), and I want someone to ask them how much of the funny bits were ad-lib and improv, because that scene where they tell Kriti to sell her assets and the reaction to it was hilarious.

  • The Film Library Is Shaping Up~

    Buying physical media has been a chore lately, you gotta keep an eye out so you make sure you don’t miss your delivery because, for some reason, people cannot just leave your package any longer.

    Plus, distributors are doing physical media less and less. The whole of the Indian Cinema industry has decided to phase out physical media in favor of going all in on OTT and VOD. Even enormous hits like RRR are left with no physical release, even in the West. Even Disney is letting Sony handle its physical media, which seems like the end of an era. Then there’s the whole thing about editing and disappearing media from libraries.

    So these are some of the most recent -and not so recent- films that have been added to the physical library. I wish I had more disposable income because there are a bunch of titles (and upgrades) that had been added to the wishlist.

    These on top of some Bluray upgrades like Sion Sono’s Love Exposure, Kalatozov’s The Cranes Are Flying, brand new Criterion’s for Los Otros and Laberinto del Fauno. Some random BR UK release for Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

    Also, this post makes it so that this year is the most I’ve blogged since 2020. I’m coming for you 2019. Four posts in Feb’24 is the most continuous blogging since Aug’18.

  • The Clown Who’s Not Watching TV

    That’s me. People will ask me if I’m watching which and what show, and I would usually say that I really don’t have time to watch much television. However, the past week I’ve been catching up with my “to watch” list and inundated.

    I watched one single episode of Prime India’s Jubilee, which I’m looking forward to finishing. And I just binged through Apple’s Pachinko. I’m usually hit or miss with Kogonada (After Yang was excellent), but my only complaint about Pachinko is that I really wish American series would do their just one off series and not make me wait for two or three seasons.

    I’ve also just started Nicole Kidman’s Nine Perfect Strangers (after going through Hulu’s Tiny Beautiful Things with Kathryn Hahn). Going though Showtime’s The Good Lord Bird, and have been catching Demon Slayer episodes, as well as rewatching shows like Cowboy Bebop and Orange Days (went through Tiger & Dragon, as well as Quartet a while back). Picking up old school Trigun, and planning to finally go through Emily Blunt’s The English and FINALLY trying to get through McQueen’s Small Axe.

    Not even counting that I really wanted to watch that Prime The Underground Railroad series.

  • Na Hosh Chale (Arijit Signh Version) Lyrics

    So I did this.

    Na hosh chale
    Na junoon chale
    Dil par kiska qanoon chale

    Tu jaan meri
    Meri jaan hai tu
    Chal jaise ragon mein khoon chale

    Tu kya hai
    Kya ehsas hai tu
    Ehsas ka koi wajood nahi

    Main kaise tujhe chhu leta hu
    Jab samne tu maujuud nahi

    Ae jaan meri
    Meri jaan hai tu
    Chal jaise ragon mein khoon chale

    Palko ki chhaon dhundta hu
    Main teri nazar ki dhoop tale
    Uss pyaase ka kya hoga bataa
    Jo sabnam ke paataal pai palin

    Ae jaan meri
    Meri jaan hai tu
    Chal jaise ragon mein khoon chale

    Full version of the audio is available here.

    Vishal’s version (labeled as “Film Version”) is slightly different after the first chorus, so might share in separate post.

    Translations to English would be appreciated.

    (more…)

  • Happy 1000th Top Flicks Fans

    It took a while, but

    Happy 1000th fan!

    If you aren’t following the list yet, you might discover a gem or two!

  • My 2020 Letterboxd Year in Review + More!

    My only Letterboxd anticipated message came in the other day, but I took a little bit longer to post because the better side of my OCD got to me.

    But here it is!

    I went on a Stephen Chow binge, and got to watch a bunch of Hrishikesh Mukherjee films for MUBI. Not to be the Debbie Downer of the terrible 2020, but I hope 2021 picks up. This is the first time in my movie-watching history that I only have one single 4-star rating in my Year Films Ranked list. Two titles if you consider Marona’s Fantastic Tale.

    This 2021, I have decided to shut off social media and restart blogging once again. It doesn’t matter if it’s into a blackhole of information. I’ve started with this Spanish translation of a review for Zoya Akhtar’s Dil Dhadakne Do, since the film is in rotation at the Indian entertainment channel ZeeMundo. We also have a proper Spanish title for Haider (!).

  • Exodus Artistry – Khalibali x Malhari

    Well, it’s been a long time. But I’m not letting October be the month of no posts, so here’s a little something~

    Since my return to Kpop, I’ve become a lot more lethargic (plus, working overnight), so I’ve been trying to find that time again to run and exercise. Ranveer Singh, been the Master of Hype, has the two best songs to get ya pumping; and the crew at Exodus Artistry have a mix of both songs that’s the perfect workout!

  • Amrita Bagchi by Shivaji Storm Sen

    I’m about to finish watching Stories By Rabindranath Tagore, which has some episodes directed by Anurag Basu— an anthology of some of Tagore’s short stories. One of my favorite episodes has been Mrinal ki Chitthi (ep19), which stars Amrita Bagchi. I’m usually really good with faces that I see in other movies, but I honestly just vaguely remember her face in Phobia and Meri Pyaari Bindu. I must be getting old.

    There’s a series of photos by Shivaji Storm Sen. This is my favorite, tho~

  • And my Fave 50 Songs of 2017 Are~

    goran kudasai, dozo~

  • Dave Tynan’s Heartbreak featuring Emmet Kirwan

    Sometimes I forget to share some of the short films I find online that I love. I was working on some of the MUBI film submissions and this came, which has just won the Irish Film & Television Academy Award for Best Short Film, which shows Emmet Kirwan doing some slam poetry to tell the story of a teenager who gets pregnant and raises her child, struggling to be an unwed Irish mother from a poor household in modern day Ireland.

    I came to know about slam poetry via Shane Koyczan and his sequence at the 2010 Winter Olympics [1]. xD