Bollywood Gupshup

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teunkens/Ansari/arjun_m,

Hey this is a coincidence! I am linked closely with Yukta Mookhey too!

Remember the time her Suzuki Baleno was stolen? Well, there were reports of it being seen zipping along Aeroli bridge.
heck, I used to take that bridge to work almost every day!!!

(Sorry guys it`s just that kind of weekend)

Teunkens, I`m in Karachi these days. And yes, the world seems to be getting smaller as we speak!

Hey Ansari, it indeed is a small world. You will be suprised to know that Yookta Mookhey is related to me. Her cousin sister is married to my cousin. I know it is not the closest relation you could get, but still. BTW, where are u located now?????

arjun_m, Teunkens; did I ever tell you I went to school with Yukta Mukhey? Yup we were in kindergarten together as well as first grade. Imagine my surprise then when I found out she`d made Miss World! We used to be two of three desi kids in a class full of otherwise English children and would take special pride in swearing at each other in Urdu/Hindi without anyone ever figuring out.

It`s a small world, I tell you.

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``Aamir played a Hyderabadi paan-coke wallah in the first one, but it is the second ad in the series, which features Aamir as a Punjabi farmer, that has become hot these days. ``

Not true--- he played a Bambaiyya tapori in the first one--- ``abey bina terrace ki building, phodoon kya N-bomb?``
Love the series though. And the Punj one is especially good... ``oh yaaran da tushun dekh lo....``

arjun_m; hehe. . .

teunkens; haan, thought dil se was a litte confused but the songs were great. alai payuthe has some great songs too. there`s one killer called yaro yarodi in the orginal version.

aicha; it`s saathiya we`re talking about. satya, with chakraborty and manoj bajpai, is a different film.

brat; drop me a line? pediatrishun@yahoo.com

aamir

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Are we talking about Satya or another movie here?? Sathiya - pls get your sps right : ) when it comes to such imp matters

arjun_m: ...on the flip side, now every girl in rachana thinks she is aishwarya.

You could say the same about her ex-school (Arya Vidya Mandir) girls as well.

Ansari: Yes, Saathiya is a remake of ALAI PAYUTHE. It was supposed to be a biiiiig hit down south and made Madhavan almost a Hrithik Roshan of the south. Lets hope this one is as good. BTW, Shaad Ali is the son of Mussafar Umaro Jaan Ali and he has been working with Mani Ratnam since Dil Se and only now branching out on his own. About Dil Se I will agree with nooralain. It seemed to me a bit confused movie except of course for the songs. Thankfully, Saathiya has the same musical team.

Brat...did you really like Dil Se?...other than the songs, `specially Shahrukh doing `chaiyyaN chaiyyaN` on top of the train, i really didn`t care for it all that much. I haven`t seen Zanjeer in years, myself. Almost got it last time I was at the indian store, but got a newer movie instead...oh yeah..another Shahrukh movie!

Ansari: I need to see Zanjeer again, it`s been a long time.
Teunkens: Thanks for the update ;) Watched Dil Se again last night, what a movie! Will definitely wait for Saathiya to come out. It`s refreshing to see new directors, and people experimenting with different kinds of movies.

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Isn`t Saathiya a remake of one of Ratnam`s films? I forget which one. . .Alai Payuthe maybe. . .

can we have a review on the Punjabi movie scene next?
i`ve heard it`s pretty explosive too.

Ansari there are lots of exciting movies lined up for December. The Eid weekend itself (December 6) there are three big movies releasing. First is the long delayed movie Kaante, then Sunny Deol and Sunil Shetty starrer Karz, and Akshay-Kareen starrer Talash. And then the rest of the month there are lots of other movies releasing as well like Saathiya and Makdee. But I am really looking forward to Saathiya, directed by Shaad Ali. He is Mussafar Ali`s son and had assisted Mani Ratnam in Dil Se. Saathiya has great music as well (by AR Rehman) and I think the best Adnan Sami song till date in Hindi movies, Aye Udi Udi.

Teunkens; didn`t know that. . .hmm. . .i guess that changes things now. . .:)
why is december promising?

Ansari: Aishwarya is neither. She was on her way to become an architect, but couldnt complete the course. She got into modelling, and I dont think anybody is complaining.

This has been a particularly bad year for Bollywood, one of the worst I think, but December seems promising.

apparently Madhuri Dixit`s brother is a scholar of the German language. . .and Aishwarya Rai is a civil engineer, or an architect (I forget). . .remarkable isn`t it. . .

Why is it that so many of the new actors and actresses are relatives of previous actors and actresses, directors, writers etc.? Seems like a lot of nepotism. One would think that there is other acting talent in India, outside the children of Amitabh, Sunil Dutt, Rajesh Khanna, Jateendra, Dharmendra, Kapoors. I believe even Salman Khan, Amir Khan were launched by relatives in the industry.

The only ones that seem like self-made performers (though I don`t know the details) are Shah Rukh, Madhuri, Ashwariya, and a few others. And they are probably the best performers amongst the lot. It must be very difficult to make it in the industry if one is not related to someone, and it seems very easy to get a few movies if one is related to someone.

Brat; dude i saw ``zanjeer`` last night, for the first time. what a picchur! too bad they don`t make them like that any more.

Ansari, I second your opinion. I admit that I went and read up on Salman Khan`s incident and do once in a while indulge in this gupshup.

Thanks Anil Saari, for an update on what`s happening in fantasy land, where the hero always beats up the bad guys and gets the beautiful girl in the end....it makes it easier to sleep on some days ;) just kidding.

I think people are tiring of the Bollywood song and dance formula. As long as Bollywood catered to the escapist in us all and there was no alternative it was fine but now people in India can escape to other forms of entertainment like TV, cricket (now there`s another over-exposed formula) and the like. That is the problem with Bollywood and the sooner it wakes up to that fact, the better it is for it`s future.

I for one enjoyed reading this.

I guess that CHOWK is not exempt from this Bollywood kind of
exposure, painful as it is to accept.

Ras

I think gupshup about people in our own circles is definitely much more entertaining than Bollywood gupshup.
signed
a guilty gupshup listener.

re: punjaban

{I`d hazard a guess that obviously millions of people do. }

...they are misguided and need better forms of entertainment...millions of fat people love to eat, even though they should stop eating and exercise...same idea....

I certainly don`t give a toss, but due to the size of the industry, I`d hazard a guess that obviously millions of people do.

...oh god...who gives a $hit about these bollywood ditzes and dumbasses...