I recently acquired an original 1951 movie poster for Awara (1951). I was unfamiliar with the film, having only just dipped my toes into pre-1960 Hindi cinema. Upon hitting Wikipedia, I was delighted to learn that the title translates to “The Tramp”. I queued it up on Netflix, and I was completely blown away by the cinematography, the imagery, the pacing, dialogue, sets, everything! Raj Kapoor portrays a character inspired by Charlie Chaplin, fleshed out with a compelling origin story which leaves the viewer with some intense moral questions to ponder.
But my favorite bit was the surreal dream sequence above, which starts with ladies dancing through a dazzling amount of dry ice and ends with a herd of demons prancing about in a lake of fire. Ancient imagery portrayed with ambitious originality and iconic style. I’ll be buying this one for sure.
I’m glad there are enough giant paintbrushes for all the dancing pirates. They need to express their arrrrrtistic vision!
[clip from “Junglee” (1961)]
There’s a Bollywood film in the works titled “WTF!” (What the Fish). Although my Tumblr is not affiliated, here’s hoping it might lead to some unintentional web traffic!
[caps from “Aaja Nachle” (2007)]
![Seems like Ashton Kutcher’s new Popchips ad didn’t just pop—it blew up into a controversy.The actor’s head-turning spot, which debuted online yesterday and shows a brownfaced Kutcher sending up a Bollywood producer, has been yanked following a public uproar over its alleged racist overtones.In his cheeky campaign for the snack, Kutcher can be seen playing a roulette of colorful characters looking for love on a fictitious dating service.Viewers, however, have taken offense with one of the actor’s personas: a brownfaced, Indian-accented Bollywood producer named Raj.
[article from E! Online]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3gmoqTHqb1qkr0a2o1_500.jpg)
Seems like Ashton Kutcher’s new Popchips ad didn’t just pop—it blew up into a controversy.
The actor’s head-turning spot, which debuted online yesterday and shows a brownfaced Kutcher sending up a Bollywood producer, has been yanked following a public uproar over its alleged racist overtones.
In his cheeky campaign for the snack, Kutcher can be seen playing a roulette of colorful characters looking for love on a fictitious dating service.
Viewers, however, have taken offense with one of the actor’s personas: a brownfaced, Indian-accented Bollywood producer named Raj.
[article from E! Online]
The Russian animated series Smeshariki (GoGoRiki) did a Bollywood-inspired sketch, presumably about the awesomeness of chai? Don’t get me wrong, chai is amazing, but I’m pretty sure it won’t cause you to grow extra arms, even if you are a dancing pig… thing. (Skip to 3:40 for the song)
![I don’t recommend referring to a lady as a “heap of sweetmeat”, even if she did just throw your tax paperwork over a balcony.
[cap from “Bachna ae Haseeno” (2008)]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2gjonknEG1qkr0a2o1_1280.png)
I don’t recommend referring to a lady as a “heap of sweetmeat”, even if she did just throw your tax paperwork over a balcony.
[cap from “Bachna ae Haseeno” (2008)]
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In my free time, I make little magnets of Bollywood film posters. Go check them out!Let’s be friends.
if you don’t like this song, we can’t be friends. I mean seriously, LOOK AT IT. SO MANY COLORS AND SUCH AN INTENSE STORY. IT’S PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE MOVIE CONDENSED INTO SEVEN MINUTES WITH FALLING CHANDELIERS, GHOSTS, AND BALL GOWNS.
(Source: benditlikebolin)
So apparently some time in the 80’s, Boy George sang a duet with legendary Bollywood singer Asha Bhosle. I admire his desire to expand his musical horizons and branch out into world music… but not so much for the fact that he feels it appropriate to rhyme “Krishna” with “mister”.
