shah rukh khan

Ye junta hain sab jaanti hain

Mar 7

http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/cinema/my-name-is-khan

http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/art-culture/balasaheb-you-are-a-lucky-man

I recently read two reviews of my name is khan on open magazine that filled my heart with joy (links above). I wrote on this blog, about main hoon na khan the day after it was released. Next day when all the critics in the media were heaping praises on this sorry piece of I don’t know what , I was left wondering, is it possible for Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar to bribe all the “critics” in the national dailies ?! But later, I was thinking if millions of people enjoy bollywood melodrama – what right do I have to crtiticize it. Who the fuck do I think I am ??

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My Name is Khan: Movie Review

Feb 13

Movies

I have to be fair to Shah Rukh Khan. After all he is trying to make a good movie with good intentions and a social message. Or is he really???.The only agenda of this movie is capitalism. They have on purpose picked up a theme which is a global issue and can resonate with all pockets of audience. You can imagine Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar contemplating on this movie with Rupee signs flashing in one eye and dollar signs in the other. What is on their minds is target segment and hit marketing and not making any sort of art or a movie on some theme that is close to their heart. continue reading…

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Aamir Khan on Aap Ki Adalat

Feb 8

Movies

Or maybe it was Janta Ki Adalat. Anyways it was the one with Rajat Sharma as the host. Or janata’s lawyer. Aamir Khan has all the qualities that I would usually admire. For on, he makes good movies. The questions thrown at Aamir were that he is arrogant, crazy, control freak , doesn’t like other movies of bollywood and Aamir Khan handled them with aplomb. He was poked on his tiff with Shahrukh Khan and if he has ghost directed many movies. He was mostly tactful and sometimes blunt. continue reading…

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Oye lucky!lucky Oye

Jan 24

Movies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPuqfgOPruw

Oyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!!

Due to my Delhi upbringing, I was pretty liberal with the use of the word oye when I initially landed in Kharagpur, Bengal. But soon I realized that oye is somewhat offensive to Bengalis. So I started using Dada for the rickshaw wallas and chai wallas.There is quite a cultural gap between Punjab and Bengal. So I was surprised that the director of this movie which has the Punjabi underbelly of West delhi as one of its inspiration – is a Bengali.