It is currently Sun Dec 28, 2025 8:42 pm

View unanswered posts | View active topics


Board index » Indian Media Forums » General

All times are UTC




Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 2
  [ 16 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next
  Previous topic | Next topic 
Author Message
bermuda
 Post subject: "Hinglish" movies
PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 12:33 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jul 25, 2002 4:51 pm
Posts: 21
Just watched American Desi, Bend it like Beckham, East is East........Prety good....at any rate better than movies like Yadein,Talash.......:)

Can you guys suggest any others that I may have missed?

ps: I saw a dvd for a movie called ABCD at cdstore.com.pk...but am not sure if that is the same as American Desi???
Top
 Profile  
 
Mr_Khiladi
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 1:39 am 
Offline

Joined: Thu Jun 20, 2002 2:39 am
Posts: 873
Bombay Boys
Monsoon Wedding (1/2 Punjabi/Hindi)
Split Wide Open
Everybody says I'm fine
The Mystic Masseur
Bhaji on the Beach
English, August
Snip
Bollywood Hollywood
Bollywood Calling

ABCD is different from American Desi and from what I hear it's quite a let down.
Top
 Profile  
 
mrig
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 3:24 pm 
Offline

Joined: Sat Jun 22, 2002 3:05 am
Posts: 176
Also, Hyderabad Blues.
Top
 Profile  
 
filmibuff
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 3:52 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Mon Dec 03, 2001 7:30 pm
Posts: 756
Location: canada
Mr and Mrs Iyer is another one..... a very nice and well made film...... great performances.....
Top
 Profile  
 
Babelover
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 5:01 pm 
Offline

Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2002 6:16 am
Posts: 49
Theres another one its pretty old, something the launderette, its about an asian lad whos gay and in love with a gora. Its got syed jaffrey and om puri i think.
Top
 Profile  
 
DragunR2
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 6:14 pm 
Offline

Joined: Wed Dec 05, 2001 3:16 am
Posts: 4259
My Son the Fanatic?
Top
 Profile  
 
Aarkayne
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 6:19 pm 
Offline

Joined: Fri Feb 08, 2002 3:20 pm
Posts: 886
Babelover wrote:
Theres another one its pretty old, something the launderette, its about an asian lad whos gay and in love with a gora. Its got syed jaffrey and om puri i think.

Hanif Qureshi's 'My Beautiful Launderette'

Can these Brit films be termed as Hinglish though, I wonder. There's a stray line of Urdu/Hindi used here and there, but that's all.....



Edited By Aarkayne on 1043951135
Top
 Profile  
 
gpzippy
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 9:25 pm 
Offline

Joined: Sat Apr 13, 2002 1:24 pm
Posts: 37
I agree with Khiladi's suggestions, but I have to say that Bollywood Calling has to be one my my favourite films of last year. Its simply one of the best black comedy's made, the standard of acting is superb, Om Puri is electrifying and the American in the lead role is also superb. Simply, this film rocks.

gpzippy
Top
 Profile  
 
Mr_Khiladi
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Fri Jan 31, 2003 4:31 pm 
Offline

Joined: Thu Jun 20, 2002 2:39 am
Posts: 873
gpzippy wrote:
I have to say that Bollywood Calling has to be one my my favourite films of last year. Its simply one of the best black comedy's made, the standard of acting is superb, Om Puri is electrifying and the American in the lead role is also superb. Simply, this film rocks.

Bollywood Calling was OK. Om Puri was great as usual, but I didn't think much about the American and the low-budget showed throughout the film. I especially like the female lead, not for her acting ability, but purely for her looks, and her soft voice (which may be dubbed) unfortunately she hasn't been in many other films.

I forgot to mention another film Rockford, directed by the same guy who did Bollywood Calling, Sam & Me by Deepa Mehta and also there were some Merchant-ivory films with Shashi Kapoor such as Heat & Dust, The Householder, Bombay Talkie, In Custody, etc, but these films could be quite boring to some people.

On a less serious note there's also Kama Sutra : A tale of love, which you may have missed but I won't recommend as it was a dreadful film!
Top
 Profile  
 
Aarkayne
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Fri Jan 31, 2003 4:34 pm 
Offline

Joined: Fri Feb 08, 2002 3:20 pm
Posts: 886
Mr_Khiladi wrote:
showed throughout the film. I especially like the female lead, not for her acting ability, but purely for her looks, and her soft voice (which may be dubbed) unfortunately she hasn't been in many other films.

Perizaad Zorabian is the actress....she's acted in "NAMASTE" in case you are interested and in the tele serial 'HUM PARDESI HO GAYE' on SONY (I think). She also appears frequently on a MAZAA ad on TV Asia....she studied acting in New York and is starring as Indira Gandhi in a Beijing production.....search Rediff for relevant article.....
Top
 Profile  
 
oblix
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Sat Feb 01, 2003 12:21 am 
Offline

Joined: Fri Jan 24, 2003 4:15 pm
Posts: 17
Mr_Khiladi wrote:
I forgot to mention another film Rockford, directed by the same guy who did Bollywood Calling,

Rockford is certainly very good movie, not great but well made with decent laughs directed by Nagesh Kukunoor. He also did Hyderabad Blues.


Bombay Boys is one of the worst movies I have ever seen ( not entirely true since I did not finish the movie :D ). I can probably make better movie with camcorder ! I don't know how N. Shah made it in this bomb. Bad Acting (except N. Shah) , Worse Script and worst direction! Cameraman was I think 16 yr old amateur. There are so many Indian movies with bad script and bad story etc. etc. - but this one has very low production values too.
Ironically the movie is about making B movies !



Edited By oblix on 1044058942
Top
 Profile  
 
ali
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Sat Feb 01, 2003 12:37 am 
Offline
Site Admin
User avatar

Joined: Wed Nov 14, 2001 2:06 pm
Posts: 4944
Location: UK
oblix wrote:
Bombay Boys is one of the worst movies I have ever seen ( not entirely true since I did not finish the movie :D ). I can probably make better movie with camcorder ! I don't know how N. Shah made it in this bomb. Bad Acting (except N. Shah) , Worse Script and worst direction! Cameraman was I think 16 yr old amateur. There are so many Indian movies with bad script and bad story etc. etc. - but this one has very low production values too.
Ironically the movie is about making B movies !

I've only ever seen Bombay Boys on the Eros DVD - and it seems a poor film when you watch it like this. Much of the wit and charm is lost in the poor dub done on this DVD. Original English language version is suppose to be much better. Orginal Bombay Boys thread;

http://www.zulm.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.c ... ;f=1;t=237

Bollywood Calling on the other hand is very much under rated and panned unfairly - I thought this movie was in a class of its own. Pity muppets at Eros ruined the DVD.

Ali
Top
 Profile  
 
DragunR2
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Feb 24, 2003 6:06 pm 
Offline

Joined: Wed Dec 05, 2001 3:16 am
Posts: 4259
DVDfile.com says My Beautiful Laundrette is coming on DVD from MGM in June.
Top
 Profile  
 
hutbay
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 2:33 am 
Offline

Joined: Sat Nov 02, 2002 6:54 pm
Posts: 95
Quote:
Mr_Khiladi,Jan. 29 2003,20:39

Split Wide Open



Anyone know anything about the DVD?
Top
 Profile  
 
izzy
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 7:45 am 
Offline

Joined: Tue Jul 30, 2002 10:11 pm
Posts: 1203
Location: vancouver, canada
the split wide open dvd i saw was a pirate and the print was dark and the sound was ok. i dont think there is a original release by eros yet and if there is it wont be such an improvment like chalte chalte.
btw, what is bombay boys about.
Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 2
  [ 16 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next

Board index » Indian Media Forums » General

All times are UTC


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 19 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group