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lairreparablefugadeltiempo · 1 year

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Ko: Yad (Manju Borah, 2012)

#ko: yad #manju borah #a silent way #2012 #indian cinema #indian movies #indian films #assamese culture

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inmyworldblr · 1 month

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Madhubala in Mr. & Mrs. '55 (1955)

[ dir. Guru Dutt ]

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honeygleam · 1 year

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happy women's day.

gangubai kathiawadi (2022) dir. sanjay leela bhansali

#gangubai kathiawadi #sanjay leela bhansali #alia bhatt #shantanu maheshwari #jim sarbh #indira tiwari #film aesthetic #film stills #film #film quotes #20s movies #indian cinema #indian films #historical drama #inspirational quotes #women empowerment #feminism

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alezangona · 2 months

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Every time I scroll through the Salaar tag, I start to wonder if Prashanth, Prabhas, and Prithvi know about the existence of this app.

Like I don’t know if they’ll ever realize the true impact of this little movie they created because we are wildin over here, thoroughly fixated on all these bitches.

#salaar #varadeva #devaradha #devaratha raisaar #varadha rajamannar #khansar #prashanthneel #prithviraj sukumaran #prabhas #telugu film #indian films

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celluloidrainbow · 7 months

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मजा मा | MAJA MA (2022) dir. Anand Tiwari Pallavi Patel is the quintessential, middle aged, devoted housewife who is equally famous for her dance as she is for her cooking. Her husband, Manohar Patel, is the chairman of the local society, her daughter Tara is getting her PhD in sexuality and gender identity, and her son Tejas, who lives in America, is about to marry into a rich but very strict family. But when Tejas' future in-laws come to visit, the accidental revelation of Pallavi's 30-year-old secret puts both the marriage and the Patel's reputation in danger.

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hollogramhallucination · 1 year

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"To forget her, I must first cut my heart out. She was mine since childhood."

sara arjun as nandini and santhosh sreeram as aditha karikalan in ponniyin selvan: II (2023) dir. mani ratnam

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busraspostsblog · 1 month

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🎬 Gangubai Kathiawadi

#my post #postlarım #quotes #alıntı #alıntılar #gangubai kathiawadi #bollywood #alia bhatt #film quotes #filmedit #filmgifs #movieedit #moviegifs #movies #sanjay leela bhansali #indian movies #indian films

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twosquareroti · 1 year

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Qala (2022) | Tripti Dimri | Babil Khan | Swastika Mukherjee | Amit Sial

मेरे लिए सांस लेने जैसा है

इसीलिए गाता हूँ मैं

कभी अपने लिए गाकर देखा है तूने ?

It’s like breathing for me,

that’s why I sing.

Have you ever tried singing for yourself?

#Qala #Hindi cinema #Indian cinema #Hindi films #Indian films #Hindi movies #Indian movies #bollywood #Netflix India #movie photosets #cinematography

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rrcraft-and-lore · 10 days

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Monkey Man and why I loved the heck out of it

At it's core, it's a Bollywood flick presented to the West with familiar nods to previous action films - I definitely picked up hints of Tony Jaa's influence on Asian action flicks throughout.

It's heavily focused on police corruption, something commented a lot about in India, and here, more importantly, Indian films. Just like America has its love affair with mobster flicks, Bollywood has a long history featuring films that showcase police corruption, sometimes tied into political extremism, fanatical or greedy religious leaders, and Monkey Man comments on all this as well and pays nods to that commonality. We've got televangelists and religious leaders in the states funnelling money, preaching prosperity gospel, and using it to influence politics and fund lavish lifestyles here.

Monkey Man shows this happening in India, and is filled with Indian culture and symbolism through out. The focus on Hanuman, the god and one worshiped by the strong, chaste, wrestlers, champions, and fighters. It's a common thing to have a household deity if you will. Some families might choose to focus worship on Ganesh, others Hanuman, some might do Mata Rani or Lakshmi. Here, it's the divine Vanara (monkey people race) - one of the Chiranjivi - immortals/forever-lived.

Hanuman. Themes of rebirth, common in South Asian history and mythology are present from Kid being a ringer, beat up fighter getting whooped for money to being reborn and facing his trauma through a ritual/meditate process that I don't want to get too much into to not spoil the movie. Post that, he begins his own self alchemy to really become the true Monkey Man. Nods to Ramayama, and an unapologetically Indian story featuring dialogues throughout in Hindi - don't worry, there are subtitles.

And of course a love for action flicks before it, all the way back to Bruce Lee. A beautiful use tbh of an autorickshaw (and you might know them as tuk-tuks in Thailand) which are popular in India with an added kick...I swear, that thing had to be modified with a hayabusa motor. Which is an actual thing people do - modding those dinky rickshaws with motorcycle engines, and considering they weigh nothing at all, they can REALLY FLY once you do that.

Monkey Man brings to the big screen other elements of India people might not know about, such as the gender non conforming and trans community that has a long history in India, presenting them as action stars as they go up against a system of corrupt elites oppressing part of the city, marginalized communities, and minority voices as depicted in the film. I'm not sure if people are going to get all of that without having the context, but I love that it does it without holding anyone's hands.

It's a fun action flick to see in the age of superhero films, and I say that as an obvious superhero/sff nerd. Also loved that Dev included a little bit about Hanuman's own story in the film, and the loss of his powers - almost mirrored by Kid's own loss of self/skills, strength until he confronts his trauma and is reborn, and in fact, remade (not necessarily the same). Also, the use of music was brilliant, including one scene with a tabla (the paired hand drums of south asia) - and Indian music is central to Indian stories.

This is a culture with evidence going back to the Paleolithic with cave murals showing art of Indian dance nearly 30,000 years ago. Yeah, that far back. As well as Mesolithic period art depicting musical instruments such as gongs, lyres, and more.

Indian music is some of the earliest we can find that has high developed beat and rhythm structures such as 5, 7, 9 and now the extremely common and known 4/4 and 3/4 - which so much of Western music is built upon. The foundations and experimentation of/in Jazz. John Coltrane and John Cage were heavily inspired by Indian music and incorporated a lot from it into their works. And Monkey Man blends Eastern and Western music through the narrative as comfortably as it does an Indian story in a very familiar Western accessible structure.

Dev did a wonderful job. And thanks to Jordan Peele for bringing it to screens.

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ishq4jhumkas · 2 months

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Madhubala (1933-1969) as Anarkali in blockbuster Mughal-E-Azam (1960)

fun fact : Maduhbala was an active philanthropist ! She donated to relief services for refugees from what was then East Bengal ( and is now known as Bangladesh ). She also donated to relief funds for the Jammu and Kashmir conflicts as well as children suffering from polio, earning her the nickname "the queen of charity" as she was called that by editor Baburao Patel.

#old bollywood #mughal e azam #madhubala #indian films #60s film #bollywood #dilip kumar #indian cinema #indian actress #indian actor

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sadgirlroo · 3 months

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Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022) dir. Sanjay Leela Bhansali

#gangubai kathiawadi #alia bhatt #sanjay leela bhansali #indian film #bollywood #indian films #indian cinema #film #cinema

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cloudtinn · 7 months

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Bulbul (2020), dir. Anvita Dutt Guptan.

#movies #bulbul #bulbul 2020 #anvita dutt #cinematography #cineshots #film stills #films #horror #south asian cinema #indian cinema #indian films #tripti dimri #cloud_tinn

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inmyworldblr · 9 days

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Devika Rani

@hotvintagepoll

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honeygleam · 8 months

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pather panchali (1955) dir. satyajit ray

#pather panchali #satyajit ray #film aesthetic #film stills #film #vintage films #film quotes #50s vintage #50s films #50s aesthetic #black and white aesthetic #black and white film #indian cinema #indian films #film quotations #film quote

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toyezu-fanart · 6 months

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#indian films #fanart #tamil movies #hindi movies #telugu movies

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celluloidrainbow · 7 months

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PIXELIA (2018) dir. Ratheesh Ravindran Kumar, a bachelor in his thirties leaves his corporate job in Kochi to become a graphic novelist. He embarks on a new life as an Uber driver in Kochi while working on his graphic novel titled Pixelia. One day a trans woman named Mandakini gets into his cab. They keep meeting, gradually bonding and building a relationship as Mandakini helps Kumar come to terms with his identity and future. (link in title)

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