tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252471958376602325.post4785958348674544327..comments2024-03-06T14:00:45.843-08:00Comments on Apni East India Company: More movies I've been watchingShweta Mehrotra Gahlawathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543438271055378809noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252471958376602325.post-33395985329018800942009-12-30T08:40:14.677-08:002009-12-30T08:40:14.677-08:00Hi Memsaab: Happy new yr to you and ur loved ones!...Hi Memsaab: Happy new yr to you and ur loved ones! <br />Shobhna was incredibly graceful and lovely here. <br />My mom DVRd the movie from a channel called TVAsia (Dish), knowing I'd be interested. She tells me that Channel usually plays old movies. I dont beleive the movie is avaialble on DVD yet, though webmallindia does advertise it. Which explains my not going crazy screencapping everyshot of Shobhna :)Shweta Mehrotra Gahlawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13543438271055378809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252471958376602325.post-88784654404114934642009-12-30T06:34:18.894-08:002009-12-30T06:34:18.894-08:00Where did you find Ram Rajya? I would love to see ...Where did you find Ram Rajya? I would love to see a young Shobhana Samarth (even older, in the 50s, she was luminously beautiful...)<br /><br />Happy New Year, and hope you are cozy and warm in your proper house and all's well!memsaabhttp://memsaabstory.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252471958376602325.post-16420195398225405672009-12-21T16:05:14.175-08:002009-12-21T16:05:14.175-08:00Filmi Buff: Yup yp re: Shobhna's family. I und...Filmi Buff: Yup yp re: Shobhna's family. I understand she was really convinced about Nutan being a good actor- when Nutan was rejected by the majority of the film industry as a teenager, she paid no heed- sent her to finishing school abroad and bought her back later! I admire her loads :) Re: the Biswajeet- maybe one day it will dawn on us... but I wouldnt hold my breath :)Shweta Mehrotra Gahlawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13543438271055378809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252471958376602325.post-82698918275102364802009-12-21T15:40:53.094-08:002009-12-21T15:40:53.094-08:00I guess everyone knows that Shobana Samarth is Nut...I guess everyone knows that Shobana Samarth is Nutan and Tanjua's mom and Kajol's grandmother. Apparently she was a really talented actress from what the elders in my family have been sharing about movies yesteryears. Thanks for the write up on these movies shweta. You guys in North America are lucky to get access to such old and rare movies!<br /><br />I too can never understand "Biswajeet"'s popularity - i avoid all his movies - must have missed some good ones coz of that.Filmbuffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252471958376602325.post-65407545788799166252009-12-21T14:15:43.718-08:002009-12-21T14:15:43.718-08:00Beth:
Shobhna-jee is so lovely and natural that t...Beth:<br /><br />Shobhna-jee is so lovely and natural that the movie is worth watching for her alone. I dont think I necessarily agree w/ the Scifi explanation. I beleive that scifi has low presence in Bollywood, because it usually requires more infrastructure to produce, and producers are so scared to invest heavily into it that the successful movies in the genre carry a heavy mix of romance and adventure- with sucessful examples being Mr India/ Koi Mil Gaya/ Krish. Additionally, the mythological genre is extremely successful in non-metros, and has its own market which includes religeous music, so scifi and mythologicals shouldnt be mixed, at least in my opinion. <br />I agree: no clue what wave of insanity made Biswajeet an actor- he is so smarmy. [sorry Biswajeet-lovers]Shweta Mehrotra Gahlawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13543438271055378809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252471958376602325.post-73852931602119081572009-12-21T06:53:02.969-08:002009-12-21T06:53:02.969-08:00Hope all your various real-life stories are turnin...Hope all your various real-life stories are turning out okay!<br /><br />Ooooh! A recommended mythological! Excellent. I see them on the Indian grocery store movie shelves, but they scare me - I mean, I avoid religious films from the tradition I was brought up in and can vaguely follow! :) I'll try to get this one - sounds like a wonderful way to sample something that fascinates but intimidates me.<br /><br />Some site, I forget which (and will send a link if I can find it), talks about the mythological films as a sort of sci-fi and proposes that India has experimented much less with "sci-fi films" because mytholgoical filled some very similar roles. What do you think about that? <br /><br />Biswajeet. Ugh. I've only seen him in half a film and found him to be utterly devoid of charisma or appeal of any kind.Beth Loves Bollywoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540154833326987567noreply@blogger.com