Video of the day: “Dum Maro Dum” from Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971) and my thoughts on those glasses

Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971) tackles lots of evils floating over from Montreal to Kathmandu: drugs, short skirts, hippies, smoking, drinking and the effects of divorce. I prefer the Hindi word for divorce: talak! Sounds so much more harsh and final than the word divorce. Say it: Talak! Doesn’t that sound more like divorce than [...]

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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: “Main To Hoon Sab Ka” from Hatya (1988)

To honor Nandini’s commitment to more Govinda in 2008, today’s video is “Main To Hoon Sab Ka,” from Hatya (1988). Hatya is a 1988 Bollywood thriller film directed by Kirti Kumar and starring Govinda, Neelam, and Anupam Kher. Govinda stars as Sagar, a wealthy but idle young man. Following a night of consuming much alcohol [...]

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Video of the Day: “Intehaan Ho Gayi Intezaar Ki” from Sharaabi (1984)

Happy New Year’s Eve!  Just think, It’s already 2008 in Bollywood! Sita-ji will be rockin’ in New Year’s Eve doing a jigsaw puzzle and listening to a book on tape because she doesn’t have a Bollywood movie on hand. Tomorrow she will head south of the border to look for signs of Bollywood in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.  [...]

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Video of the Day: “Tere Ishq Mein Nachenge” from Raja Hindustani (1996)

Just like yesterday’s video, here’s another from Raja Hindustani (1996): “Tere Ishq Mein Nachenge” The song is set at a party where Raj (Aamir Khan) is feeling mighty low and drinks away his shame of being from the wrong side of the tracks. Eventually after consuming some J&B whiskey, he starts drinking Johnnie Walker, Red [...]

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Video of the Day: “Pardesi Pardesi” from Raja Hindustani (1996)

Today’s video is the song,“Pardesi Pardesi” from Raja Hindustani (1996). First off here’s a bit about the movie: Raja Hindustani (1996). (Hindi: राजा हिंदुस्तानी, Urdu: راجا ہندوستانی) is a 1996 Bollywood film directed by Dharmesh Darshan. It is a tale of cab driver from a small town who falls in love with a rich girl. [...]

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Video of the Day: “Chalak Chalak” from Devdas, 2002, Sharabi!

Minnesota, our blog’s headquarters, has been ranked the “healthiest state” in the USA for the past several years in a row, but now Vermont tops Minnesota as healthiest in the nation. Minnesota lost its top place as the #1 healthiest state in the USA this week because of binge drinking! So let this video from [...]

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Video of the Day: Vyjayanthimala in Devdas, 1955 vs. Madhuri Dixit in Devdas, 2002

Let’s look at the Chandramukhi character from Devdas, 1955, and Devdas , 2002. The 1955 version stars: Dilip Kumar as Devdas Vyjayanthimala as Chandramukhi Motilal as Chunni Babu Suchitra Sen as Parvati (Paro) The 2002 version stars: Shahrukh Khan: Devdas Mukherjee Aishwarya Rai: Parvati “Paro” Madhuri Dixit: Chandramukhi Jackie Shroff: Chunnilal (“Chunnibabu”) Childhood sweethearts, Devdas [...]

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Video of the Day- “Salaam-e-Ishq Meri Jaan” from Muqaddar Ka Sikander, 1978

Muqaddar Ka Sikander Starring Amitabh Bachchan Vinod Khanna Raakhee Rekha Amjad Khan Music by Kalyanji Anandji Orphaned and abused at a very young age, a young boy faces the harsh side of life as he struggles to make a living by slaving day and night. He gets empathy from a little girl, Kaamna, in whose [...]

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Video of the Day: from “Dance Dance” (1987)

Have you ever seen Dance Dance (1987) ?  I was inspired by this movie to choose the name “Sita” for myself after watching how his mother survived after being banished into the forest. Radha (Smita Patil) and Ramu (Mithun Chakraborty) are siblings. Their parents Shyam and Sita (Sarla Yeolekar) are singers. Once, Shyam and Sita go to perform [...]

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