What's really sad, in the last national election, 31% of elected officials had criminal cases pending against them, 641 of those for "serious" charges like rape, murder, kidnapping, etc. Here's the link: http://timesofindia.indiati…

I should say, that's all based on wikipedia and vague memories of the news stories at the time, so I only guarantee maybe 75% accuracy.

Jessica Lal was a model who moonlighted as a bartender at fancy parties. One night at the end of a party, a powerful politician's son came up and asked her for a drink. They were out of liquor, so she didn't have anything to give him, he kept pushing, she kept saying no, so he shot her in the head. They were…

Oh, that would be wonderful! Fingers crossed!

She got married last year, which is always a bad sign for a Bollywood actress's career because aren't usually considered for mainstream love stories after marriage. But on the other hand, it did free her up to do a lot more interesting artsy stuff, like Mardaani. Especially since her husband is the most powerful man…

I was working at a movie theater when the Twilight movies came out, and the last line of either the second or third one is Edward saying "Marry Me." Every single showing, that got a laugh. Even the crazed fangirl opening night audience. It was just so stupid and out of nowhere and such a dumb cliffhanger to end on.

I've had the same problem. I have managed Sholay a few times, but I can't get my friends to try Don even though they looooooooove the new ones.

I just realized, like none of these comments are actually about the film being reviewed. It is an interesting one, definitely the best pick for a 19th century movie (Devdas is too late, Jodha-Akbar and Mughal-E-Azam are too early, Mangal Panday and Kisna suuuuuuuck).

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Aditya Chopra is a freaking genius. He assistant directed Lamhe when he was still in college and wrote and directed DDLJ when he was like 23. Then his Dad let him start running Yash Raj and he turned it into the massive powerhouse it is today by the time he was 30. Plus, he saved Amitabh's career by re-inventing…

Oops. looks like that link just has stills, here is another one with all the sex scenes edited together for your convenience: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

Some versions of the DVD censor out the "good" scene. Just in case, here is a very classily named youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

I just noticed you said above thread that you mixed up Darr and Dil Se. Dil Se is actually really interesting, it is by the same director as Bombay, which has the first inter-religious romance, and of course it is another one with inter-religious stuff. Plus, there is the female suicide bomber thing, which could be…

Swades is awesome. And surprisingly romantic, so it isn't all socio-political discussion about the role of the diaspora. Plus, it is usually listed with Chak De and Kabhi Haa Kabhi Naa as SRK's best actual "acting" performance.

The first Muslim-Hindu mixed relationship in Indian film was Bombay in 1994 (discounting Henna which involved amnesia), so Veer-Zaara would have been pretty controversial if it had come out a few years earlier. By the time it came out Male Hindu-Female Muslim romances had become fairly common. The first Male…

Going through in reverse chronological order of what is currently available on Netflix: Holiday is a fun action movie with decent songs, Gunday has the gayest song ever, Makkhi has the craziest plot, Don 2 and Don are both awesome sexy SRK films, Rab Ne Bana di Jodi is really really good, so is Jab We Met, Mohabatein…

You are welcome! Any other movies you want background on? I have wasted a decade of my life learning about these things, any time I can pass on info it makes me feel like I have a purpose.

We can only hope! Although there seems to be a large younger generation cast too, so it might be more like the second half of K3G where they just help the young folks get together.

Actually story about the movie they are filming now, they were going to use the outside of his house to film a scene in which crowds swarm the "in the movie" character of Shahrukh. Only the actual crowds that are always outside his house were so rambunctious that they ended up having to build a fake house and hire…

If you are curious, here are my very preliminary results: