Mera Gaon Mera Desh (1971) or Sholay Lite

As part of Beth Loves Bollywood‘s international mandate,  7 days of 70′s, a week-long festival of any and all things 70′s from Bollywood, I offer to you my readers, Mera Gaon Mera Desh (1970) somehing I like to call Sholay Lite!     This film is a delightful mix of  some of the 70′s most delicious masala [...]

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Aaina (1977)

I had originally tried to order Aaina (1977) from Netflix, but got the 1993 version of Aaina instead, which I reviewed HERE.  I eventually did get the 1977 version of Aaina that stars Mumtaz and Rajesh Khanna.  I would not be tricked by Bollywood’s duplicate titles and miss out on my original plan to see [...]

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Izzat (1968) featuring Jayalalitha

Izzat (1968) stars  Dharmendrain a double role playing brothers who don’t know they’re brothers until late in life. One is rich, the other poor; one dark, the other fair; one a land owner’s privileged son, the other an illegitimate  hard working student who’s just been orphaned.  There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents!..doesn’t Amitabh or SRK scream that out in [...]

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I am of your caste and a spinster too!

I often order the Hindi movies at my local library. If it’s Hindi, I order it! Sometimes I end up with rather odd things as was the case with Sabse Badi Ganga Ki Saugandh. Is this maybe a TV movie remake version of Ganga Ki Saugandh (1978)? Maybe the library thought it was ordering the [...]

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Bob Dylan does Bollywood? “I Want You” from Life…in a Metro (2007)

I love life with all its crazy twists and turns and surprises, just like Bollywood. And I love Life… in a Metro (2007). Within this movie there was such a surprise: hearing Minnesota’s own musical legend Bob Dylan. Minnesota is BFC headquarters, yet even sitting here in Minnesota I was blindsided by hearing Dylan in [...]

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Video of the Day: “Haan Ji Haan Maine Sharaab Pi Hai” from Seeta Aur Geeta (1972)

Like Nandini described in yesterday’s post, I’ve also had a blockbuster week of watching Bollywood movies. In the past week I’ve seen, Debshishu, King Uncle, Haathi Mere Saathi, Amar Akbar Anthony, Cheeni Kum, Guide, Seeta aur Geeta, and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander. It’s a rather bizarre mix of flicks. I’m drunk on this Bollywood binge, [...]

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Video of the Day: “Yeh Dosti” from Sholay (1975) in honor of veteran Bollywood filmmaker G.P. Sippy, dead at age 93

Veteran Bollywood filmmaker G.P. Sippy dies at age 93. Here’s a video about his life and his passing. G.P. Sippy cremated Mumbai (PTI): Veteran Bollywood producer-director G P Sippy, who had become a household name with his 1975 blockbuster “Sholay”, was cremated here on wednesday. Sippy, who died on Tuesday night, was cremated at 11.45 [...]

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Video of the Day: “Mehbooba O Mehbooba” from Sholay, 1975

Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving with today’s video starring Helen dancing to “Mehbooba Mehbooba,” sung by R. D. Burman from Sholay. Here are the LYRICS. Sholay (Hindi: शोले, Urdu: شعلے) (advertised in English as fire is the biggest blockbuster in the history of Bollywood, India’s Hindi film industry. It was released in 1975 and starred [...]

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Video of the Day: “Dream Girl” with Hema Malini & Dharmendra

 Hema Malini   & Dharmendra, in “Dream Girl” Hema Malini: Bollywood’s dreamgirl   Thanks  uloo09  for the youtube video.

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Video of the Day: “Om Shanti Om” from KARZ, 1980

I’ve never seen Karz (1980), but I have seen the cool video clip here, “Om Shanti Om,” with Rishi Kapoor  (playback singer Kishore Kumar) and remember thinking the first time I saw it, “Hey, those are the WRONG kind of Indians in this video!” I was delighted to see this same tune picturized in the [...]

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