The Weekual Thursday PP: It's time for muscles and gangsters

Did anyone read an absolutely positive review on Mausam yet? It ran at the Hamburg cinema this monday, but I a) didn't have the money to go that far and b) wasn't very convinced about the film yet.

I'm sorry to tell you that I'm not able to watch the trailers of this week's releases - I'm sitting at the library right now -, I hope you don't mind.
Releasing this week, we have:

Chargesheet
Director: Dev Anand (Love at Times Square, Mr Prime Minister)

I... also wasn't able to include a picture, because there are none on google... Doesn't look to good, this one. Never knew that Dev Anand directed films, too, and a look at his directography made me realize I'd never heard of any of those films either. Well, well. Not even a wikipedia-article?

That's it, then.

Hum Tum Shabana
Director: Sagar Ballary (Bheja Fry)

THEATRICAL TRAILER

Bheja Fry was amusing, but not comletely thought-through, also reminding of "Dinner for Schmocks" very much.
This one reminds me of "Dostana"... they're not acting gay, all right, but still... "Two guys, one girl... fighting over her"?

Yeah, I've never heard that before.

I like the idea of the poster, however, it's a bit too colourful, cheap somehow.

Verdict: Dunno.

Who Wears Prada? – Shaitan (2011)

Directed by Bejoy Nambiar

Rajit Kapoor - Rajeev Khandelwal - Kalki Koechlin - Pawan Malhotra

Shaitan means devil, and the film itself is as fire-spitting, thunderous and capricious as only the devil hidden inside us humans can be. 

It tells the story of a group of more or less rich, chronically bored, rebellious young adults who slowly get absorbed in a slough of drugs and, eventually, violence and murder. 

Okay, that's my name

Hi guys,

maybe you've noticed there was some confusion about the title of this blog, but my quest has
come to an end, and this is the final decision.
There also a new page called "About" - I know there's been one before, but I didn't like it so I deleted it. Whatever, there's a new one, so if you wonder what the title means or well... if you have some questions or if you're just nosy, then I recommend reading it. Btw, that "Hello"-picture took me hours.

There are two other changes: the post slider at the top of the page and the You Might Also Like widget. Oh, and if anyone knows how I can hide the post slider on post pages then please tell me.
I think that's about it. I've made some very small changes, too, but that's not really important to you.

Okay, if you have any thoughts on this be free to tell me :).

The Weekual Thursday PP: Biggie, maybe, nay

Hello my fellow bloggers and readers,
I'd like to have some more films to put on the list of what I've seen this month, but times are stressful. Well, they're quite good however, and I'm having a lot of fun at the time. Whatever.
Tonight I'll be watching The Infidel (2010) at the indie cinema, I'm a little excited... It doesn't sound like the best film ever, but it still might be a lot of fun.

New Hindi releases of the week:

Mausam
Director: Pankaj Kapoor (debuting as director)

THEATRICAL TRAILER

This is the second time I watched the trailer, and I must say I'm not as impressed as the first time.
It's just this feeling, you know, as if the trailer is supposed to blow us away, and like, really impress us.

Reminds of the times I watched the Avatar trailer (which was every time I went to the cinemas half a year before the release) - I hated the trailer. It was so in love with itself, do you know what I mean?
Well, I still like Avatar (though not as much as those people who watch nothing else but big blockbuster), so yes, I think I'll like Mausam, too.
It's also cool that the girl is a ballet dancer, though on the other hand, I hope they made something new out of it, and don't just copy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button or maybe parts of Black Swan.

Verdict: No one should miss this - but make sure not to have too high expectations.

Rain according to Bollywood

„ Sullen clouds are gathering fast over the black fringe of the

forest.

O child, do not go out!

The palm trees in a row by the lake are smiting their heads

against the dismal sky; the crows with their dragged wings are

silent on the tamarind branches, and the eastern bank of the river

is haunted by a deepening gloom.

Our cow is lowing loud, ties at the fence.

O child, wait here till I bring her into the stall.

Men have crowded into the flooded field to catch the fishes

as they escape from the overflowing ponds; the rain-water is

running in rills through the narrow lanes like a laughing boy who

has run away from his mother to tease her.

Listen, someone is shouting for the boatman at the ford.

O child, the daylight is dim, and the crossing at the ferry

is closed.

The sky seems to ride fast upon the madly rushing rain; the

water in the river is loud and impatient; women have hastened home

early from the Ganges with their filled pitchers.

The evening lamps must be made ready.

O child, do not go out!

The road to the market is desolate, the lane to the river is

slippery. The wind is roaring and struggling among the bamboo

branches like a wild beast tangled in a net.  “


- The Rainy Day
Rabindranath Tagore

~ ~ ~

If this was the way Indian people experienced rain in the time of Tagore, that view has certainly changed under the influence of not only Bollywood, but surely also the South Indian film industries.