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2023 thread.

Master on Bollywood box office rut and stardoms

Folks easily missing the point with Akshay Kumar. Yes, most of them struggling but there’s a huge difference. Salman Khan has 2 releases and even with lazy 10 yr remake and hideous promotions and with a horrible director, Kisi ka Bhai, Kisi ji Jaan did over 26+ cr on Eid and Tiger 3 did over 42 crs on Diwali. That’s what the stars can do and if the content is bad, it’ll flop and that’s fine as long as you have pull.

Krish on Bollywood and lack of appeal in South India

BW is always struggle hard to penetrate interior Telugu and Tamil market without a face. Jawan doing 60cr with 40L footfalls is a good start. But they probably never gave it a release like a normal Tamil movie no idea why. 100cr would have been excellent. The kind of movies that does really well in whole Telugu and Tamil State

A Brief History of South Indian Kuthu and Teenmaar Music in 10 Songs

From Deva to M.I.A. to A. R. Rahman, we trace the evolution of the dance-folk genre at the heart of RRR hit “Naatu Naatu”

Excerpt: “In truth, “Naatu Naatu” is just one example of what is called “dappankuthu” (literally “drum punch”) in Tamil or “teenmaar” (literally “three sounds”) in Telugu, a percussive, aggressive and raunchy form of pop music with roots in both Chennai and Hyderabad, the respective homes of the Tamil and Telugu-language film industries. The genre has its origins in street music, when Dalit musicians in both cities played the frame drum at a fast pace to accompany festivals, funerals, or weddings. While initially marginal in mainstream Indian film music, where a light classical, tabla-focused style of pop dominated, by the turn of the millennium the genre had established itself in the industry, setting the scene for every wannabe blockbuster’s most lavish musical number.”

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Screen Test (The New Yorker Oct. 17, 2022 issue)

When the Hindu Right came for Bollywood

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How a septuagenarian American man keeps classic Indian films alive (THE CARAVAN)

Excerpt: “A YouTube channel with almost eighty thousand subscribers, tommydan55, is particularly popular among connoisseurs of Indian films. Thomas Daniel, a 74-year-old living in Hawaii, owns it, along with a couple of other channels, all dedicated to classic cinema of the Indian subcontinent. There are mostly Hindi and Urdu films from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s on his channel, but Bengali films have recently appeared as well. Daniel does not speak any of these languages. …Daniel, who developed an interest in film restoration while approaching retirement as a commercial fisherman, procures these films from varied sources and restores them to bring them as close as possible to their original print. … Daniel has no connection with India beyond two visits in his youth, in the 1970s.”

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Jhund Review: Nagraj Manjule’s social drama packs a powerful message despite some roadblocks in the second half

Gangubai Kathiawadi Review: Alia Bhatt Shines in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Old-School, Dialogue-heavy Biopic.

Looop Lapeta’s Movie Plot Explained!

Instead of a movie review, this time I’ve tried to analyze the plot of the Run Lola Run remake, which has a strong Desi flavour and an open ending.

There are MAJOR SPOILERS in the video, so only proceed if you have seen the film!

Top 10 Bollywood Performances of 2021!

Top 10 Bollywood Films of 2021

My yearend list of Top 10 Bollywood films of 2021!

State the Numbers, Box Office India and Get Rid of Your Outdated Opinions – They Are Worthless!

2021 is the time to rejoice for Indians, at least people who are into technology, because the CEOs of Google, Microsoft and Twitter are all Indian. It’s a fantastic achievement for India and its talent. But on the flip side, even with advancements in technology, the Indian Box Office reporting is still dominated by parochial uncles, the ones who embarrass themselves at parties and have nothing better to do than crib and cry every Friday. One such box office site is Box Office India, which has been at the forefront when it comes to misreporting and spreading misinformation. People who bemoan the faux and biased reporting on news outlets like Fox News and some Indian channels have seen nothing if they’ve not encountered the bile and venom that’s spewed on BOI.

Top 10 Moments from India’s 1983 World Cup Victory | 83 The Film | Ranveer Singh | Deepika Padukone

Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui Movie Review: Ayushman Khurrana is Superb in this Rom-Com with a Social Message!

Bob Biswas’ Ending Explained + Some Unanswered Questions