tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post5030952363682889609..comments2023-11-10T08:26:51.182-06:00Comments on Beth Loves Bollywood: Konchem Ishtam Konchem KashtamBeth Loves Bollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540154833326987567noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-51906753178272078272011-04-21T09:28:46.762-05:002011-04-21T09:28:46.762-05:00Lim(ette) - Oooh I think young Rishi was very cute...Lim(ette) - Oooh I think young Rishi was very cute and very appealing in the right material.<br /><br />CheeC - This movie made me want to hop in the car and get ice cream and frapuccinos! Not that it takes much instigating for that desire to rise, but still :)<br /><br />I find NTR Jr very meh also, though I've only seen half of one film and a handful of admittedly very energetic and fun songs. So should I see <i>Brindavanam</i>?<br /><br />Heqit - I completely understand your take on this. I have had similar reactions to other films (namely <i>Bommarillu</i>, where I just wanted everyone to STFU immediately and stop bothering me). I agree with you that the dad's objection is irrelevant at best and I have no patience for patriarchal dinosaur characters even though I know they're just fictional. I often watch films in my crankypants :) Let me know what you think if you try it again! I certainly can't put up a spirited defense of its awesomeness but I hope you enjoy the songs (or the shirts?) enough to buoy you through if you do give it another go :)<br /><br />Skoki - I'd watch pretty much anything with Sid in it!Beth Loves Bollywoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540154833326987567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-22119239411095652822011-04-19T04:33:39.489-05:002011-04-19T04:33:39.489-05:00i really like this movie,also i like sid very much...i really like this movie,also i like sid very much & his style,he is great..<br />catch all the <a href="http://www.bollywoodvolume.com/" rel="nofollow">bollywood news</a> hereUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12571683219808742121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-61390970349255172452011-04-18T19:26:10.993-05:002011-04-18T19:26:10.993-05:00I may have to try watching this again with lower e...I may have to try watching this again with lower expectations, or maybe just less grumpiness. I concede all the points you make in its favor, but somehow by the time I got to the end of this movie I was so annoyed by Siddhu's and Tamanna's character's little petty tiffs and deceitful "reunion" antics that I DIDN'T want them to get married. <br /><br />Or maybe it was just her dad's pathetic excuse for an objection that pissed me off. (After all, I watch almost nothing but Indian films, I'm used to the irrational-parental-objection plot, but geez -- give me a GOOD one, at least. Even Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon made more sense than this -- well, the parental objection did. The rest of MPKDH is still mind-boggling and mostly painful.) But I digress!<br /><br />Anyway, it's certainly shiny and light, and I love Siddhu and liked Tamanna, so yeah: I'll have to try this again without crankypants sometime. Thanks for convincing me to give it another try, Beth.Heqitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-83903516058230860882011-04-11T10:42:21.292-05:002011-04-11T10:42:21.292-05:00Check out http://bollyhooha.blogspot.com for a lig...Check out http://bollyhooha.blogspot.com for a light-hearted view on Bollywood!The Bolly Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05314365549163134156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-73430838844541079342011-04-09T16:43:35.919-05:002011-04-09T16:43:35.919-05:00LOL @ "A Whole Mess of Product Placement"...LOL @ "A Whole Mess of Product Placement" ("Original 31" zindabad, btw)! I haven't watched Telugu movies since the NTR and Nageswara Rao B/W films that came on TV during the 80s, but <i>Maghadheera</i> came and changed that. So, when my guy friend at the Namaste (Indian Groceries) counter reco'd <i>Brindavanam</i> ("it has subtitles," he helpfully noted), I was totally up for it. The cover had a pic of NTR Jr (meh, when compared to the likes of Ram Charan whose presence lights up the screen, but functional) flanked by Kajal Aggarwal and samantha, what's not to love?<br /><br />Yup, 'twas the age old tale of girl's "graciously "loaning" her boyfriend to damsel-in-distress bestfriend" game-plan gone awry, but such delicious (gratuitous) scenery some of us have come to miss in Kolly films (that Bolly films are nothing but).<br /><br />Love your line about Sid's "lightweight loutishness" and Tamanna's <i>thinking</i>! One movie where she clearly doesn't, is <i>Thillalangadi</i> in Tamil.CheeCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-31375040484893959112011-04-07T16:43:18.362-05:002011-04-07T16:43:18.362-05:00Siddhart and young Rishi? I don't know... Rish...Siddhart and young Rishi? I don't know... Rishi was funny, but not cute. I think Siddhart is much cuter, and also I find him more sympathetic.Mettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08094234448852441633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-52313808527777308802011-04-07T16:18:26.554-05:002011-04-07T16:18:26.554-05:00Liz - I watched the movie 2.5 times; the first tim...Liz - I watched the movie 2.5 times; the first time, about halfway through, I thought "Waaaaait, didn't he just have that on?" and then started obsessing. The second time through I actually listed them. "Sky blue with white stripes collar. Black with red collar and white moose. Brown collar with tie-dyed pink stripes...or, wait, what is that, a t-shirt OVER a polo shirt?" etc. :) <br /><br />I agree with you about the young/urban thing with the products - and was pleased that at least no one mentioned them by name. The shots were just so carefully set up, like in that first piture, the two leads framing the Oreos. <br /><br />Ramya was AMAZING. However, I will admit that when I looked her up, I fell down a rabbit hole into some youtube clips with extremely disturbing comments. Yech.Beth Loves Bollywoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540154833326987567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15977843.post-32441269682996562842011-04-07T16:07:28.063-05:002011-04-07T16:07:28.063-05:00Wow, I don't know how I missed all of Sid'...Wow, I don't know how I missed all of Sid's AF polo shirts, but now I'll never be able to see it again without totally obsessing on them.<br /><br />The product placement was egregious, but I do think it did play a role in placing the character in that urban consumer milieu.<br /><br />Ramya Krishna was awesome, wasn't she?dustdevil lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03564737263775943203noreply@blogger.com