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Today's movie push of the day?

One of my favorite Bollywood movies of all times, Salaam-e-Ishq, which came out a couple of years ago. SeI is a movie that can cheer me up when I am in a bad mood or tired, which makes me sigh, and get girly, and grin ear to ear.

Very loosely inspired by Love Actually, SeI follows six interconnecting stories about six very different couples. Each story has a very different vibe: from angsty star-crossed love, to sexy screwball, to a farce, to a fairytale to a midlife crisis etc.

First, there are Kkamini and Rahul (Priyanka Chopra and Salman Khan), in what is my favorite story of the bunch.



Kkamini is a scheming 'item girl' (woman who does sexy dances in movies), over-the-top and every inch a diva. In order to further her career, she decides a change of image in order, and she 'renounces' her scandalous ways and invents an imaginary faithful fiance named Rahul. Only to be confronted by a mysterious, cheeky stanger who claims he is that very same Rahul. Will Kkamini decide to use him in her plans? Who is he? Will she fall for him instead? Oh, this story is such a delight...

Favorite scene: Kkamini's proposal at the end...

Then there are Ashutosh and Tehzeeb (John Abraham and Vidya Balan), in my other favorite story.



They are an inter-religious married couple, happy together, despite the fact that they have been disowned by their family. But then tragedy strikes, and Ashutosh must find out if his wife is even still alive. And if she is, will she still want him?

Favorite scene: Ashu climbing into unconscious Tehzeeb's hospital bed and holding her...

And there are Raju and Stephanie (Govinda and Shannon), surely the most adorable couple ever...



Raju is an idealistic, unworldly taxi driver. Stephanie is a Westerner who came to India to look for her scummy boyfriend who ditched her to marry a 'proper Indian girl.' She speaks no Hindi. Raju speaks no English. But can they fall in love with each other anyway? if you don't like their story, you have no heart, I mean it.

Favorite scene: When she tells him at the end...You know.

There are three other couples. I like them, but not as much as the first three which I adore. There are Shiven and Gia (Akshaye Khanna and Ayesha Takia). Both upper-class yuppies, they are engaged, but will Shiven's cold feet make him realize how much he loves Gia too late? There are Vinay and his wife (Anil Kapoor and Juhi Chawla), whose marriage goes on the rocks because of his midlife crisis. And there are the new Mr. and Mrs. Ramdayal, two newlywed bumpkins who are there for a comedy track. The poor things simply can't consummate their marriage :)

This movie has great stories, funniness and angst, awesome sountrack, more eyecandy you can shake a stick at and basically, how can you not love it?

Here is the title song:



I did a lot of long posts on SeI when I first watched it.

To start with, if you are interested in potentially checking it out, and want to know more but not to be spoiled, I did a little unspoilery, dreadfully-rhyming, picture summary of the movie. It's here. I also did spoilery write-ups on it here and here. Oh, and even though I write fic very rarely, I even wrote a fic for it (it's Ashu/Tehzeeb) here.

Go watch!!!

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In other news, I have watched a variety of things on the trip.

First off, BOLLYWOOD. On the flight to Singapore (on Emirates) which had TONS of Bollywood/Tamil/Bengali etc movies (I even watched a Philippine one, 'I have fallen for you'), I have ended up watching the oldie-but-goodie Jab Jab Phool Khile, a 1965 movie starring Shashi Kapoor (YUM) and Nanda. The movie is basically a romance/travelogue/comedy with a bit of a socialist message about equality thrown in. It has a gorgeous soundtrack, Kashmiri scenery and Shashi looking gorgeous. In addition, this is the first movie in which I've seen Nanda and she is adorable: charming and fun and looking like a real girl (i.e. hideously fat by modern standards).

The story: Nanda is a daughter of a rich family who hires a houseboat owned by the eccentric Shashi Kapoor in Kashmir. After a few adorable, hilarious misunderstandings, the two fall in love, but will class differences and Nanda's scheming family keep them apart?

This movie is basically why I love Bollywood. It just feels happy to be watching this, you know?

Check out this bit of sweetness and sixties haircuts:

( Vids here )

I have also started the delightful (at least first 15 minutes in) Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal starring John Abraham (mmmmmmm...yum), Arshad Warsi (who is, as always, awesome), and Bipasha Basu (for the ooomph factor). DDDG is about a last-rate football club, Southhall United. While its players and its Captain (Arshad Warsi) are dedicated, the Club is not only not treated seriously and had not won a match in decades, but it also faces disbanding by the city council. Only way out? For the club to win the championship. It might just be possible when an ace player (John Abraham) joins, if he and the Team's Captain don't tear each other apart first...Anyway, it looked awesome but we had to deplane. Luckily, I bought a VCD of it in Little India (in Singapore) and shall continue shortly. (I also bought a formal wear outfit at Sheetal's but that's another story...so pretty!)

Basically, I am back on Bollywood kick.

In drama news, I am through seven episodes of Kou Kou Kyoushi 2003, starring Fujiki Naohito and Ueto Aya.



I love it, even as it makes me want to wash all the grime off, that I get by watching it. It's a very dark story, but I find myself loving it. KKK2003 is about a man who is dying (he recently gave up his elite job as an engineer to teach, part as a reaction to this) and who lets a female student believe she is the one who has the terminal illness so he would have someone to share his loneliness with. And somehow a relationship, based on a huge lie, but with genuine dependence and even love grows out of it. Yeah. It's messed-up and twisted, sure (and the story makes no bones that it is), but it's an amazing drama. It is beautifully filmed, written and acted. I end up involved with all the characters, who are all damaged in some way, from secondary individuals, to Hina and Ikumi, the protagonists. Ueto Aya manages to infuse the heroine with such fragile strength (yes, I know this makes no sense but that is how it is), such freshness and purity, that you cannot help but love her, and not find her tedious or cloying. And Fujiki Naohito? The more I see him, the more I like him. He takes a character who should, by all rights, evoke only disgust and loathing, and makes you also feel deeply for him, makes you understand how a person is driven so far off the edge as to do something like this (and this is before you see his attempted suicide scars, just by the look in his eyes). Your dislike is mixed with pity, and sympathy, and ridiculous, pervasive despire for this impossible couple to work out somehow. You recoil and awwww at the same time. Hina is his salvation, paradoxically. I don't mean she makes him keep on living, but she makes his living worthwhile, not just for himself, but generally: she wakes up his heart and makes him care, care desperately, for something/someone outside his misery. Giant paradox, but there it is...

Here is a MV:



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Code Blue
Episode 4, with no subs yet.
4th week's rating: 13.2%



( the things they don't see coming )

Discussion for Code Blue, episode 4 here!

"The gathered raindrops are like little mirrors. I struggle within them because of the pain"

Artist: Epik High
Featuring: Younha
Song: Umbrella
Nationality: Korean
Genre: Ballad / Rap / Hip-Hop
Summary: A song about how the world seems when the one who's sheltered you leaves
Size: 35 MB

My Opinion: I never thought I would be writing ballad, rap & hip-hop as the genres for the same song. But hey, that's Epik High! Always pushing the boundries of what we think is music and creating something timeless in the process. Younha's voice is breathtaking in this and she was the perfect person to collaborate with for such an emotional song. The lyrics are poetic in the way that they capture the feelings that overtake your way of seeing the world after a heart wrenching break up. And to top off the perfection of this video is the casting of Tablo as the lead actor. He's said himself (on Star King) that he has the ability to look miserable standing next to anyone and he proves his "super power" here. He looks so out of it the whole video but still managed to make me laugh with the little things he did. Like brushing his teeth using the rain water. And I may be alone on this, but I think he looked so freaking sexy drenching in rain. He may not be a conventionally handsome guy and my respect for him as an artist may have blinded my eyesight but he's been looking really hot lately. Especially in this video. Tablo, my heart can't take much more! Please tone down the sexiness!

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This here be scans from Wink Up August 2008

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Scans are, average, 1700x2300px at around 3megs each.


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Arashi - 7
Hiroki Uchi - 2
Kanjani8 - 9
KAT-TUN - 8
NEWS - 8
Takitsuba - 6
Toma Ikuta - 2
Total: 42

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