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mayapurimagazine · 2 years

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thoi2020 · 2 years

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god i miss when bollywood movies designed to bring out the patriot in people were actually good and held meaning and resounded the values that are this country's biggest strength... and now all we get are akshay kumar hindutva propaganda movies

#thinking about chak de india........................... so good so CLEVER so much commentary on both inter-state relations #AND the hypocrisy of the media and public and tbh even govts in how they talk about both indian muslims and women #at this point im not just annoyed by akshay kumar i think hes the right wing poster boy and i hope he dies today. as a treat for me.#also the way all the hindutva and islamophobia isnt even in dogwhistles anymore its OUTRIGHT... like it could still be argued until like.#idk padmaavat maybe????? but now its just SO blatant... that new akshay kumar period movie trailer was str8 up like 'the last HINDU king'#like girl................... anyways end the bollywood hindutva industrial complex... u know the bollywood that u OWE to muslims???#just saying. if chak de india released in 2022 it would have to be a very different (read: worse. hindu favouring.) film to be accepted lol

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cosmicrhetoric · 1 year

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why does no one know about the sylvester stallone bollywood movie. no one i have ever met remembers/knew about the sylvester stallone bollywood movie despite it's popular soundtrack and a-list actors to the point where i am genuinely convinced that i am the only person in the whole world who has watched it and this is a personal curse i have live under for the rest of my life

#like. bebo is a 2000s brown girl ANTHEM but you guys dont know about the movie it came from.......#it was SO BAD like genuinely some of the worst i have ever seen. i think akshay kumar does blackface #and i say these sentences and everyone is like what are you talking about ive never heard of that #the???? the title track was trending as a sound last year and no one LOOKED UP THE MOVIE #ok idr if it was the title track but om mangalam who remembers om mangalam. kinda fire ngl but from the stallone bollywood movie

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inaam60 · 2 years

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#Name change of Akshay Kumar's much talked about movie 'Prithviraj

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copperbadge · 9 months

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[ID: A photograph of a television showing a YouTube search screen; previous searches are displayed, including world cup soccer highlights, cruel summer, president trump, spa music sleep, mw2 warzone season 5, barbie girl, boxing jake paul vs nate diaz, prince harry meghan markle, apex legends revenant reborn, and akshay kumar omg.]

It's time for my favorite hotel room game: Youtube Search History Roulette!

Most internet TVs in hotels automatically log you out and eliminate your login information when they turn the room over, but if people don't log in -- and most don't, when it's just YouTube -- the app remembers their search history and you can call it up by opening the app and just going to the search function. So you go into history and just start opening stuff.

Notes: TSwift's Cool Summer is almost parodically a "Taylor Swift" sound but it's still a bop. I'd never heard it before because I don't get out much. Aqua's Barbie World is also still a bop. I'm less enthused about Nicki Minaj's Barbie World but I think it's just an aesthetic I'm not into. She seems like she'd be real intense to know.

MW2 Warzone is a video game, I guess. I feel like an eight year old shouldn't be playing it but apparently there's an eight year old who makes videos about it. It took me genuinely clicking on one of the videos to figure out Apex Legends was also a video game. It looks deeply uninspired, like Doom fucked Five Nights At Freddy's, but I'm not a gamer.

Akshay Kumar is apparently a Bollywood star, and while I couldn't watch the film OMG without paying for it, I did get to watch the OMG2 trailer, and it looks like a trip, I want to see it now.

#youtube #hotel #travel

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mohabbaat · 5 months

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[BECAUSE it's sth i've been thinking about a LOT lately.] bollywood started out very misogynistic. every time i watch an old movie, while i acknowledge the exceptions, most of them either show a woman who'd sleep with anyone for money or show a woman who's literally just a slave, that's IT. it took YEARS for it to make movies that don't show women in a bad light, that actually appreciate us. and apparently that lasted like, 10 years? (on and off, yk, in total) because now, everyone seems more interested in movies that have women as an accessory, looking pretty, not playing any active role, while her man does his job. *hearts and fire* while good, unproblematic movies get criticised for having "unrealistic expectations" or "too much feminism". they're so obsessed with all that "alpha" "sigma" "masculine" bullshit. it's so. pathetic. so fucking infuriating. yeah-

hard agree. like the english vinglish, queen, kahaani era was truly the peak of women centric bollywood movies. after that even though such movies were still being made, they shifted from being empowering to being condescending. like if you are a strong independent woman, then you must drink and hook up with random men and wear revealing clothes and whatnot. the feminism became too focused on the urban young woman and lost its essence in my opinion. like i can name so many popular recent film/series (4 more shots, thank you for coming, veere di wedding) which are just trying so hard to be relatable that they end up feeling tone deaf and people start hating them and going back to the same old bullshit heroine is an accessory movies (this also means that the actual good movies (qala, bulbull, etc) just go under the radar which is equally irritating 🙄).

as far as the sigma male thing goes, i am so so tired of these directors and actors showing toxic behaviour on screen without showing its fucking consequences. like the man can do anything and the director will make sure that he has a happy ending cause true love is obviously all about forgiveness and accepting everything even if it hurts you. salman khan, akshay kumar, srk, ranbir kapoor, literally every hero rn is guilty of accepting and promoting such scripts. like even in jawaan, there were 5-6 actresses yet srk had all the fkn screentime. i get he's a big actor but god?? give the actresses something other than a song???? maybe a few emotions??? don't even get me started on kabir singh and animal and even pushpa. 🙄

#asks

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shut-up-rabert · 1 year

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Call me Savlon, asli naam ab m disclose ni krungi ;-;

(Edit: Zoé bula lo bhai, thats what my friends call me)

Silhoutte of the lady:

Old enough to run away with Kamles, not old enough to drink. Pronouns are Her-her (Mahadev).

Hindu since Ramayan.

Into Men since Bhool Bhulaiya

Into Women since Charlie’s Angels.

Into family’s bad books since janam.

Likes: Summer, Stars, Space, Rainy nights, Rainbows, Swim, astrophysics, Mathematics, Ice cream, pizza w/o extra cheese, kurkure, sprite, perry the platypus, Akshay Kumar, Tom cruise, Cameron Diaz, Rabbit season, Money- K I’ll stop…

Dislikes: Liars, ego maniacs, pedos, Bhoot, Pret, Pishach, rakshas, other dispeccable things

Believes in: Shree Raghuvar ❤️

Scorpio, Water elemental, deeply fixated with the colour blue.

Politically speaking, I lean right but am a centrist. Like yeah go human rights but I’m not going to be rallying about only one group of people. Women’s rights, Men’s rights. Abrahamic rights, Dharmic rights. Palestinian rights, Israeli rights. All lives matter, as does everyone’s right to dignity. Capitalist but not supportive of the extreme ones (like I support the India or Nordic models, not the US one)

The inbox is open for all kinds of opinions. Anyone who wants a rational discussion/opinion is welcome, irrespective of concurrence of our political matters.

K, that’s it for now. C ya!

Like my pfp? Make one for urself!

#personal ramblings

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androgynous-bhajipav · 4 months

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Short story for the Desi Secret Santa Exchange

Blue and lilac melded into a different colour entirely to signal the onset of dusk. Cars, trucks, and motorcycles whooshed past her on the street. The air was light with the sounds of chatter and laughter over a cup of coffee from the adjoining café. Anuja stood in front of the bookshop with a frown, left foot tapping against the pavement in an uncertain manner.

Odd. Their bookshop meets were sacred! Tarun never arrived late to these before. Anuja stared at her surroundings, stared at her white shoes, at her blank phone screen - everywhere. She tried calling a few times to no response.

It had been Anuja's dream to study fashion design in Paris for so long and she was finally here. The first couple of months were like a passing storm cloud. Everything happened all at once- welcome parties, assignment deadlines, one night stands, a life-altering realisation. And she was alone through it all.

Well, not exactly. She'd video-call Naani over Skype every week. Naani would rant about whatever Nanaji's newest peculiar obsession was (dal fry, that one political party, that one sceen from that one Akshay Kumar movie) and Anuja would rant about the latest event of her life (Mireille and Daisy's party, finally visiting the Louvre, finally making a friend). Naani, the badass woman that she was, had been to Paris for studying herself in the early sixties. She'd met Edith Piaf too! And that made it a bit more tolerable, her anecdotes. Anuja would try to do the things her Naani had done decades ago and feel amazing.

But right now, Anuja wasn't thinking about her grandmother. She was thinking about how damn LATE Tarun was! A quick glance at her wrist-watch told her it was almost seven and the probability of Tarun finally showing up, all windswept hair and flushed cheeks, dwindled by the minute.

A couple months ago Anuja had been terribly homesick. The aroma of dum biryani would creep into her dreams unprecedented only for her to absently munched on a random sandwich from her refrigerator the next morning. The yearning to dance manically to Diljit Dosaanjh's new song playing from crappy speakers until her feet gave way was ever-present. Maybe she should've listened to her father and started preparing for NEET. Maybe she should've run away with her friends from Mumbai and started a rock band. And that's when she met Tarun.

God, she was going to lose it whenever Tarun showed up next! He'd stood her up thrice now. Anuja understood when he canceled movie night, and forgot about the study date in the library. But this was the last straw.

Sighing, she retraced her steps and called Naani first thing on reaching her flat. It took a second for the connection to get established, but as soon as she heard the "what's wrong, beta?" all thoughts came tumbling out.

Turns out, every assignment wasn't interesting. But you still had to meet every deadline and hell, Anuja was a scholarship student. She Could. Not. Afford. To get a bad remark. She'd succeeded so far but only barely, spending the night before completing it from start to finish, fuelled by caffeine. There were plenty who got better remarks, wider smiles and more approving nods than her. It was a long road.

"What's wrong, beta?" Naani asked again, once she was done ranting. Damn.

Everything. Okay, maybe that was a bit dramatic. Maybe she should maje coffee. Maybe she should hunt all over for Tarun, hold him at gunpoint and ask him why he was canceling stuff. And while she was at it, just ki-

Maybe she could catch the next flight and return to India. Yeah, maybe that'd make things so much better!

"EVERYTHING!" She groaned and her Naani laughed heartily.

"Acquired a flair for the dramatics already, meri choti si jaan has already morphed into a true Parisienne!" Naani exclaimed and Anuja rolled her eyes. (Spoiler alert: she was also smiling wide)

Her grandmother looked above the screen for a second, probably to check on Nanaji, before meeting her eyes. There was an uncertain silence before Naani broke it by asking, "Who's the boy?"

What boy?

"Naani, chalo bhi! I'm not interested in dating. This is a crisis. I kind of want to return to India. Aapka aloo paratha yaad aa raha hai, bhaad mein gaye bell bottoms!"

She meant it as a light comment. But tears had made their way across her cheeks. She had no real friends here, except for Tarun but well that depends. Mireille and Daisy invited her to ONE party and never looked her in the eye again. Same with everyone else. Anuja was alone here, polar opposite of how she was in Mumbai. And she was losing interest in stuff anyway.

"Louvre aur Eiffel Tower toh roj dikh jaata hai, Naani Maa, but there's nothing left for me here. Maybe there never was-"

"Chup kar," Naani said abruptly, crossing her arms. "Ever since you were little, beta, you were obsessed with clothes. I'd take you to the Growels Mall and you'd stare at those mannequins for hours, poetry spinning away in your head. Your arms itching to hold the dresses, to feel its fabrics and study it carefully."

Anuja had stopped crying. She longed to tell Naani that people change, feelings fade, but she remained quiet. Naani had a strange expression on her face, inscrutable.

"I want to you to know that humaare darwaazein hamesha khule hai, Anu, but I want you to think over thus for a week. Don't make any rash decisions you'll regret later-"

She stared at a point above the screen again, eyebrows raised. "Jevaayla vaadhlay, Pakya," she said with barely concealed exasperation.

Anuja laughed. This wad golden- Naani almost never called Nanaji by his name unless she was super irritated and even then, she'd use this nickname his siblings addressed him with!

That's when she decided. She'd been through four months of overwhelming stuff; a week was shorter than the time it took to convince Naani once that there was no lizard in the house. Anuja could manage. Someone chose that moment to ring the doorbell and Anuja greeted her grandmother goodbye.

It was Tarun, with windswept hair and flushed cheeks. About fucking time.

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Seven days later.

Tarun was cooking a rather nice-smelling dum biryani in their little flat kitchen using the groceries they'd brought in last night. Anuja was pacing back and forth in the passage, overthinking every little thought she'd been so sure of last night. She was going to tell Naani today. She was going to tell Naani that-

"I want to stay in Paris and complete my education! And then, I want to go to Mumbai to start something of my own," she blurted out, all in one breath.

And the other thing. Well, Anuja had listened to numerous Lata Mangeshkar songs this week and everything else on their Spotify Blend to try and find the right words for this moment. Tarun walked out of the kitchen looking like a greek god and sat next to her on the couch. He and Naani exchanged greetings.

What if Naani thought she wasn't following her heart and only staying in Paris for Tarun? Well, Tarun was certainly a part of it. They made each other better. And maybe getting him to model all the outfits Anuja made was another plus point.

"Something else you'd like to tell me, chhakuli?"

Wait, did she know? Was it that obvious? And most importantly, why was she smiling? Was she seriously okay with it?

Ah, right. She'd been absently holding Tarun's hand the whole time. Naani narrowed her eyes and Anuja's blood ran cold. "You break my granddaughter's heart, you break my heart, clear? And I'd prefer to keep it intact for now."

"Of course, Aunty!"

Anuja was in Paris, living a dream, seeing another one - Mumbai - at midnight. She was certain she'd go far in life. She was certain she'd be okay. Well, home is where the heart is and sometimes that home is a person.

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Hope you liked your Secret Santa @vellhighbandi ! I hope there aren't too many grammatical errors here haha. And I swear the story was MUCH longer than this so if you like, I could send you the deleted scenes separately. And if you hate this, I'll write something else. Wish you a belated Merry Christmas!

#dss2k23 #desisecretsanta2023

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maester-of-spreadsheets · 10 months

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This weekend @watertightvines reminded of that time a Saif Ali Khan and Akshay Kumar* movie interpolated Cotton Eyed Joe and the memories this is unearthing oh my god.

*this actor duo was like a whole genre of movie back then. Like how Tobias Menzies and Ciaran Hinds in the same thing tends to mean shits about to get historical and violent. Except in the case of Sakshay it means things are going to get goofy and homoerotic

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This shit went double platinum in our dorm rooms. (Little sad this one doesn’t have the translated lyrics.) (wait google exists)

There’s something very funny how a decade after what trope Saif Ali Khan was regularly playing here, he would go on a decade later to play the best take on Shakespeare’s Iago out there

#Youtube

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ssj2hindudude · 1 year

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Headcanon: Brynne is afraid of what her uncles would think if she was bi so she disguises Hira as a boy

Brynne: Ok, Gunky, Funky, this is my boyfriend...Hari.

Gunky: Nice to meet you Hari.

Funky: I like your hair. It's falling out of your cap tho.

Hira *panicking*: Wait, I can explain-

Gunky: No need, boy. I remember my long-locks phase. They say I'm the real reason Akshay Kumar decided to change to his flat top.

Funky: No one said that...anyway, we've just made some Honey Cakes if you're hungry!

Hira: Of course! Thank you!

Gunky: And while we do that, we can show you some of Rinnie's baby pictures! We have a whole album of her messy little face learning to cook alone-

Brynne: ALRIGHT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TORTURE ME! HARI ISN'T A BOY! SHE'S A GIRL, AN AMAZING WOMAN, AND HER NAME IS HIRA!

G&F: ...

Funky: Wait, you thought we didn't know?

Hira: You knew?!?

Gunky: Beti, we thought you were transitioning!

Brynne: So you don't care that I'm dating a girl?

Funky: All we care about is if she makes you happy.

Gunky: And if we can stuff her with cake while showing her your baby pictures.

Brynne: ...

Hira: Show me the pics.

Brynne: Give me some damn cake...

BONUS:

Brynne: Mom, Dad, this is Hari, my boyfriend-

Anila: I didn't ask.

Vayu: And I knew about her already, beti. Why were you even scared? I'm just glad you weren't a deadbeat parent like some of my children.

Hanuman: I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW MAKARDHWAJA EXISTED! ALL I DID WAS DIP MY TAIL IN THE SEA AFTER BURNING LANKA! HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW I GOT AL GHOUL'D?!? I THOUGHT YOU COULDN'T HAVE A KID IF YOU NEVER FU-

#aru shah headcanon #aru shah headcanons #aru shah incorrect quotes #aru shah #hira x brynne #brynne tvarika lakshmi balamuralikrishna rao #brynne x hira

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mayapurimagazine · 2 years

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#The Kapil Sharma Show #Cuttputlli #Akshay Kumar #About Akshay Kumar #Akshay And Rakul #Sargun Mehta #Chandrachur Singh #Rakul Preet Singh #Bollywood Latest News #Bollywood Latest News In Hindi #Bollywood Latest News In Hindi Mayapuri #Bollywood Latest News Update #Bollywood Latest News Updates

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desi-lgbt-fest · 2 years

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queer desi culture is wondering if the actors & directors of rrr & soty know that their movie has queer subtext (that is on the verge of becoming text) in it. like they HAVE to know, right? they acted in it?

(like no way in hell did sidharth & varun film the scenes where they give long sappy looks at each other & thought 'yep, this is 100% straight', right? or rajamouli was like 'yep, this is all hetero bromance' while directing rrr, right? RIGHT???)

(also, i love how soty & rrr have become a fodder for the queer desi fandom lmao!!)

Well it has been traditional for desi movies to have a strong male bond. SOTY or RRR are not the first movies to be about tenuously formed male friendship that slowly takes over their previous priorities. The 80s and 90s were rife with them. Iconic pairs like Amitabh- Dharmendra, Akshay Kumar- Saif Ali Khan etc made a lot of movies like that. Coincidentally that was the time when first winds of Queer Activism were blowing.

Actors are not oblivious. They probably know. But the story demands that. If I make a friend for whom i give up my dream in third act, i need to look at him like I will give up anything for him in second act. You cannot sell your story otherwise. So they know.

Most of the time they hope general audience doesn't pick up on it and they don't care if queer or queer aware people do, as they are a tiny minority. And majority audience doesn't really pick up on it.

I just read an article the other day about all the movies that had friendship based love expressed through songs, hope you find it interesting.

In fact, check the author out, he has other such articles too

#asks #sorry for the mini rant #queer bollywood #soty #rrr #anonymous #og mod

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salmankhanholics · 6 months

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★ Trade experts explain why no Hindi or Pan-Indian film clashes with Salman Khan’s films at the box office: “He’s 100% an ORGANIC star; clashing with him can prove SUICIDAL”!

Nov 7, 2023

Salman Khan’s Diwali release Tiger 3 is nearly a week away and the excitement is tremendous. What’s interesting is that it’ll have a solo release of sorts, as no other Hindi or Pan-India South film is clashing on the same day. In fact, Salman Khan has not faced a clash since 2010. The last time that happened was when his 2009 action super-hit film Wanted was released on the same day as Rani Mukerji-starrer Dil Bole Hadippa.

Dabangg (2010), Ready (2011), Bodyguard (2011), Ek Tha Tiger (2012), Dabangg 2 (2012), Jai Ho (2014), Kick (2014), Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015), Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015), Sultan (2016), Tubelight (2017), Race 3 (2018), Bharat (2019), Dabangg 3 (2019) and Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan (2023) released with no competition. Antim (2021) faced a collision with Satyameva Jayate 2 (2021) but then it didn’t feature the superstar in the lead.

Other stars haven’t been that fortunate. Shah Rukh Khan’s Dilwale (2015) and Raees (2017) were released alongside Bajirao Mastani (2015) and Kaabil (2017) respectively. SRK is at his best position arguably right now and yet, his next film Dunki will have to share screens with Salaar on Christmas 2023. Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha clashed with Akshay Kumar’s Raksha Bandhan last year. Salman’s last few films have not done well and yet, no one is ready to come on the same Friday as him.

We asked trade experts about this rare phenomenon. Trade veteran Taran Adarsh said, “He has a huge following and is a darling of the masses. The business he has generated over a period of time in mass pockets is phenomenal. Though he has had a rough patch, he's the pied piper of Bollywood.”

Trade analyst Atul Mohan, in agreement, exulted, “Salman is a very big hero of the masses. He has always had such a huge fan following; Shah Rukh Khan ka aisa following ab bana hai. Aamir Khan never had such a mass pull. Salman’s craze is one of a kind. Hence, filmmakers are wary of clashing their films with him. Itna bada hero hai, kaun takkar lega iske saath?”

Girish Johar, producer and film business analyst, remarked, “Salman is the only superstar who people want to see on screen. He has the maximum on-screen superstardom out of all the actors. It’s a very critical factor. He’s also not on our social media every time, going to malls, opening ribbons, dancing, etc.”

He continued, “Unfortunately his films have not worked as he hasn’t paid much attention to the storytelling, packaging, direction, etc. He has that power that if he gets these things right, then there’s no stopping him. That’s why many are wary of clashing with him as they know that at least in the opening weekend, their film will get butchered.”

Raj Bansal, the owner of Entertainment Paradise cinema hall in Jaipur, explained, “Salman Khan is an action hero. When no one was doing action, he was the only action excelling in this genre. Somewhere, his confidence shook and he also did non-action films like Tubelight (2017), Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015), etc. Only Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) worked in this regard. But even when his films were gadbad, they still made Rs. 100 crores plus. There was a time when the hit films of Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn did Rs. 100 crores. But Salman’s flop films do Rs. 100 crores even today! And his hit films have done more than Rs. 300 crores. It’s thanks to him that the industry realized the true potential of a Hindi film. Hence, clashing with him can prove suicidal.”

He also said, “He’s 100% an organic star. Even Sunny Deol is.”

Girish Johar added, “If he moulds himself to the sensibilities that cater to his fans and also provides intelligent content, then sky is the limit. I think Tiger 3 will do well. It ticks all the right boxes.”

Taran Adarsh also said along the same lines, “Tiger 3 being a brand and essaying a role that is much-loved, I am sure it’ll have a great run and a huge opener.”

#salman khan #Trade Analyst #Taran Adarsh #Atul Mohan #raj Bansal #tiger 3 #organic hero #salman Khan is organic hero #masses #t3

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reya12 · 9 months

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Controversy Surrounding the Release of "OMG 2" Film

As the release date of the film "OMG 2" approaches, it has been met with strong opposition following its A certificate approval. Scheduled for release on August 11, 2023, the film's producers are trying to attract audiences through new trailers. How ever, this has not stopped the protests from the priests of the Mahakal Temple and sadhus (holy men) from Ujjain. They have blown the trumpet of opposition, demanding the removal of shots featuring the Mahakal Temple from the film. They assert that unless these scenes are removed, they will continue to protest the film's release and may even resort to legal action, filing an FIR if necessary.

The film stars Akshay Kumar as Lord Shiva and Pankaj Tripathi as a devoted follower. While various preparations are being made for its release, the opposition from Mahakal Temple's priest, Pandit Mahesh Guru, is rooted in his belief that the film is inappro priate due to its A certification. He argues that films with an A certificate are often deemed objectionable and the film's association with the Mahakaleshwar Temple only fuels their protest. They demand the removal of any controversial scenes involving the temple.

Swastik Peeth's head, Paramahamsa Avadheshpuri Maharaj, also voiced his concerns about the film, suggesting that with an A certificate, it should not be suitable for audiences under 18. He believes that the film delves into sex education, leading to several cuts by the censor board, including visuals of Naga sadhus and renaming the school in the film.

Paramahamsa Avadheshpuri Maharaj points out that the film revolves around a devotee, Kantisharan Mudgal, in Ujjain, and was shot in the Mahakal Temple's vicinity. During the shooting, he expressed objections to various aspects, stating that such religious places should not be used for making such films. However, the current protest is based on the censor board's decision.If the film's producers fail to make the requested changes and release the film as scheduled, the opposition vows to take legal recourse by filing an FIR, ensuring that the film will not see the light of day in their city.As the release date draws near, the controversy surrounding "OMG 2" remains unresolved, and the fate of the film in Ujjain hangs in the

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thedramanotes · 2 years

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My friend's mother-in-law recently started watching EXTRAORDINARY ATTORNEY WOO.

She had never watched a kdrama before.

Today she watched the newly released Indian movie, Lal Singh Chaddha (an official adaptation of Forrest Gump) and then came home and told my friend:

"The woman playing Attorney Woo is a better actor than Amir Khan."

LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW MOMENTUS THIS IS!

Indians universally believe that Amir Khan is the pinnacle of a "thinking actor" and before Aunty watched EAW, she may have come out of the theatre dissatisfied with his performance but unable to pinpoint EXACTLY why it didn't work for her.

But now she's seen a BETTER ACTOR in a MUCH BETTER STORY* bring to life a neurodiverse character as a FULL HUMAN BEING.

And so now the pinnacle of bollywood is being held to a HIGHER STANDARD.

AN ACTUAL HIGHER STANDARD.

And this is why more Indians need to watch kdramas damnit. So they stop letting overpaid Indian actors** throw subpar movies at us.

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* Yes, yes, fine I know the story has been shaky after ep 8, but it's STILL better than 99% of what comes out of the Hindi film industry

** I'm mostly talking about Hindi film actors here (like Akshay Kumar, who's one of the highest paid actors in the world). They need to up the calibre of their storytelling or take a huge pay cut.

#extraordinary attorney woo #wooyoungwoo #park eun bin #woo young woo #lee joon ho #bollywood #indian cinema #kdramas #amir khan #lal singh chaddha #indian movies #indian fans of kdramas

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shut-up-rabert · 1 year

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Welcome back is the worst sequel ever for several reasons but the one that irks me the most is that they took a movie like welcome, whose charm lied in the fact that these were people in bizzare situation acting just the right mix of normal and weird that seemed appropriate yet funny, to an over the top caricaturish just another watch and forget bad movies that John has lately made a name for.

I mean, firstly they go and replace the MC . Yes, I know the most memorable ones of the movie were Nana and Anil, but I think people forgot that the MC was still Rajeev, the guy who was the link tying the normalcy and fear of Ghungru to the incredible mafia life of his BILs, he was still the normal guy holding his ground perfectly in such a flambouyant situation (and Kudos to Akshay for playing the role so brilliantly that even though he was the underdog of the film, he still made his mark as the MC with what he was given) and while that might have seemed a given at first, when welcome back introduces Ajju bhai (yuck) you realise all over that Rajeev truly was one of the main components of the film, neatly joining the mundane with outlandish. Same with Sanjana tbh. I won't go out and say Katrina is a great actress, but the way she portrayed a sweet and somewhat light headed Sanjana despite the circumstances that surrounded her, that is memorable still. I mean, if Katrina seems like a better actress than Shruti Hassan, you know you doing shit wrong😶‍🌫️

And I mean, this argument can be used overall all the replaced characters. Feroz Khan as a gullible don seemed lot more funny than the tried and repeated formula of an Idiot , dramatic don portrayed by Nasruddin. Shiney Ahuja instead of Lucky was an eyesore tbh. The girl who took over Malika's role seemed to lack the wit and charm with which Ishika duped everyone, her scheming was shown a lot more often to be actually as smooth as Isha's.

All in all, bad character replacement. In case of Rajeev to Ajay, bad actor replacement aswell.

Secondly, its the script itself. It sucks, the scenes suck, the dialogues suck, the idea itself sucks. All the good scenes I remember were all references , fucking references either to welcome 1 or other Nana's and Anil's movies. Imagine making a movie so bad that Nana Patekar, Anil Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Nasruddin Shah, Rajpal Yadav TOGETHER cannot save it and then going ahead and removing Akshay Kumar aswell💀

Just look at the stuff. Lucky’s replacement is more one dimensional than lucky despite having more scenes, Ajay and Anjana’s Chemistry is so bleh when you compare it to how cute and wholesome Rajeev and Sanjana were, Uday and Majnu are stupid enough to fight over the same girl for a second fucking time. Uday and Majnu don’t feel like Uday and Majnu; both were gullible enough and shown powerful, here they are SCARED OF HIDING A DEAD BODY YOU GUYS ARE FUCKING GANGSTERS HELLO?!?!

Thirdly and finally, expanding on the script thingie, the acting that it required from the actors is not what welcome was about.

Like I pointed out, Welcome was a comedy that was absolutely absurd, but what made the charm for me was how rationally everyone was overreacting (how is that any making sense? Lmao). It was how Nana laughed after Majnu got insulted on call, my man looking much less angry than someone who threw someone off a yatch, ready to punch Rajeev after Lucky was presumably killed. Anil Kapoor hogging a road on gunpoint and painting like, idk, a normal person? A don that doesn’t give a fuck? That ek tang nakli guy just being there for plays and it Nana Patekar just keeping him being so funny? Akshay Kumar being rightfully frustrated in situations so, so funky that it feels so wrong yet so right at the same time.

Basically, you get the point, right? The comedic sounds and overracting was limited, they let the comedy sink in and never forced it (example, the ghode gadhe waali painting) The movie was not off the hinges, just barely holding onto them. People acting weird with body language but sane with speaking (mostly), ya must be getting it I hope

Now replace that with a generic off the hinges over acting film, where the comedy is so forced that you just cannot laugh because its that unfunny. The actors are phenomenal, well ‘cept John and Shiney, so and made the last movie so good. Welcome back relied and was banking on Welcome so bad but it lacked the movie’s very essence. Who will like it? What were they thinking making it? Why?

So yeah, tldr: Welcome back sucks and Welcome has no sequel.

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