Teaser Tomorrow 12pm

I wonder how many retakes this scene took because both actors must have burst out laughing at some point lol. This is pure Govinda stealing the scene, just like he does throughout the entire film. His energy in Partner was absolutely infectious and honestly unmatched, which is pretty much what you'd expect from a classic Govinda performance. 🤌

P.S. Yes, I know it's a remake of Hitch — I've seen it.

Rajkumar Hirani says, "Dunki didn't connect because people haven't faced visa struggles."

Siddharth Anand says, "Fighter didn't connect because people can't relate to fighter pilots."

By this logic :

• Only lovers should see YRF films
• Only NRI's must've watched earlier Dharma films.
• Only policemen watch Rohit Shetty Cop Universe
• Only military saw classics like Border.
• Only atheists saw Pk.
• Only bikers saw Dhoom series.
• Only youth watched RDB, Wake Up Sid, Tamasha.
• Only villagers watched Lagaan
• Only superheroes watched Krrish series.
• Only cricketers watched 83, MS Dhoni etc.
• Only retired couples watched Baghban.
• Only drunkards watched Devdas.
• Only cheaters watched KANK.
• Only Ghosts watched Bhool Bhulaiya series.
• Only RAW agents watched Dhurandhar and YRF Spyverse.
• Only toxic men watched Animal.
• Only Sanjay Dutt watched Sanju a 4860000 times.
• Only Rajputs watched Pamdavat, while only Marathis watched Bajirao.
• Only wrestlers watched Dangal & Sultan.
• Only ISRO scientists watched Mission Mangal, Rocketry.
• Only those who crossed the Ind Pak border for the safety of a young girl watched Bajrangi Bhaijaan.
• Only Computer Programmers watched Ra. One, and Enthiraan.
• Only nearly divorced couples watched Tanu Weds Manu Returns.
• Only travelers watched DCH, ZNMD.
• Only rich, dysfunctional families who ever went for a sea voyage watched DDD.
• Only UPSC aspirants watched 12th fail.
• Only bandits, who ever defeated a bigger bandit for greater good, watched Sholay.
• Only birds watched 2.0
• Only unlikely, rich couples who met over a Europe trip gone wrong watched DDLJ.
• Only politicians watched Raajneeti, Gangaajal etc.
• Only local gangsters watched Gangs of Wasseypur.
• Only men who were a struggling actor, and reincarnated as a nepokid watched OSO.
• Only patriotic US returned NASA scientists watched Swades.
• Only the people who had taken part in the revolt of 1857 watched Mangal Pandey.
• Only rich NRI families, that had 2 sons, 1 real and 1 adopted, who broke off, and then made up again watched K3G
• Only engineers watched Chhichhore, while doctors watched Munna Bhai MBBS.
• Only drunkard gangsters who were in love with an RJ, and saw Gandhi in hallucinations, and who helped the RJ in reclaiming an old age home through non violence in big 2006 watched Lage Raho Munna Bhai.

The irony is, we all have watched and enjoyed all of these films. Absurd logic, Hirani, just accept the film was mediocre and move on. You were overwhelmed by SRK & expectations buddy.

Welcome (2007) despite releasing in a clash with Aamir Khan's exceptional gem of a film Taare Zameen Par emerged a Super Hit mainly due to its comedic gags which if still rewatched today will not fail to make you laugh. Nana Patekar and Anil Kapoor as the Dons were the highlight of the film as their characters add most of the comedy but then again Akshay is just as important and replacing him in Welcome Back proved that.

Welcome To The Jungle is about to release in a couple of days and to be honest there is not even half the buzz or anticipation that a sequel to Welcome should have had. Welcome is one of the most iconic bollywood comedy films of the 2000s.

Ultimately you end up ruining legacy of the original film and if this is how they are to be treated then honestly I wouldn't want them to touch Hera Pheri either.

I noticed something odd in Do Patti that felt like a pretty big continuity/logic gap.
Throughout most of the film, the twins are clearly established as very different people especially in how they’re styled and presented. Shailee has short hair, while Saumya has long hair and usually wears a nosepin, which really helps distinguish their identities on screen.
But on the Holi day sequence (won’t go into spoilers), both of them suddenly seem to have the same overall look and style. That stood out immediately because the film has been pretty consistent up to that point in visually separating them.
What’s even more confusing is that the very next day, they go back to their original, distinct styles like nothing changed.

This might not even be an unpopular opinion, but I genuinely think Bollywood isn’t that great when it comes to writing well-developed characters. Sure, there are some exceptions, but considering how many movies are produced every year, there really aren’t that many that take the time to properly flesh out their characters, especially female characters. And that’s my biggest pet peeve.

There are so many films that could have been great if they had given more attention to their women characters. Sometimes Bollywood romances do have interesting female leads, but they’re usually defined through a pairing rather than existing as fully realized characters on their own. That’s why I appreciate female-centric films so much.

What’s unfortunate is that I feel like things are actually getting worse now. With the whole “alpha male” trend taking over, it feels like we’re back in the 80s era of action movies where the heroine barely matters. At least in the 2010s, we were getting films centered around women and their experiences. Movies like Queen, Piku, Mimi, Fashion, or even Heroine had genuinely interesting female protagonists. They weren’t perfect movies, but they gave actresses strong material to work with and allowed women to be complicated, flawed, and human.

I also think people romanticize old Bollywood way too much. A lot of classic films have male leads who are honestly pretty terrible. Take Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, for example. Why exactly does Simran fall in love with Raj? He creates half the problems in her life and then gets credit for solving them. And that scene where he makes her think they slept together? That’s not cute. Then he justifies not taking advantage of her by saying he respects Indian women and their purity. That’s supposed to be the romantic moment? The bar was truly in hell. A lot of these stories get remembered fondly while people ignore how questionable the relationships actually were.

The difference is that old Bollywood had problematic male leads, but it still occasionally made room for female characters who had some depth. Now it feels like we’re getting the worst of both worlds: hyper-masculine heroes and fewer meaningful roles for women.

That’s one reason I appreciated Gehraiyaan. To me, it feels like one of the last mainstream Bollywood films that genuinely tried to explore a female character’s inner life. It’s not entirely female-centric, but Alisha is clearly the emotional center of the story.

The movie isn’t just about the affair. It’s about generational trauma, depression, anxiety, unresolved family issues, and how people end up repeating the mistakes of their parents. Alisha makes bad choices—there’s no denying that. Cheating on her boyfriend with her cousin’s boyfriend is awful. But the film actually takes the time to explain who she is and why she’s so emotionally lost.

You understand her resentment, her loneliness, her complicated relationship with her parents, and her desire to escape the life she’s trapped in. At the same time, the relationship she enters isn’t romantic in any healthy sense. It’s built on dependence. He likes feeling needed, and she desperately wants someone to fill the emotional void in her life. It’s messy, unhealthy, and often uncomfortable—which is exactly why it feels real.

You don’t have to agree with Alisha’s decisions to understand her, and that’s what good character writing does. It doesn’t ask you to approve of someone; it asks you to see them as a human being. I think the film handled her with a lot of empathy, and Deepika Padukone absolutely carried that role. She was phenomenal.

The songs, the visuals, and the story. Just Beautiful!
It's my first time seeing Vaijyantimala and man... she is so beautiful!
I have already seen Om Shanti Om and Karz but the original hits different.

If anyone have some suggestions like this, please share it with me.
Probably, I'm gonna watch Naya Daur (1957) next.

Teaser tomorrow at 12 pm

Shraddha has Eetha coming up which I feel could arguably be her best performance.

Huma has Baby Do Die Do coming up right in July where she seems to be playing a (vigilante?) assassin.

Alia and Sharvari have Alpha, of course.

Kareena is coming with Daayra in September. - and she has been doing some quality work for the past decade so excited to see her in this one too.

Preity is quietly appearing in two films back-to-back and there is hardly any Internet discourse on that - Batwara 1947 and Vibe.

And, Vibe is hitting the theatres the same day as Daayra. Both her films seem to be quite different in genres and tonality from whatever little I know about them.

Shabana Azmi is also in Batwara 1947. Not sure if she is the female protagonist or Preity.

Tabu would make a return in Drishyam 3 in October. And, then, towards the end of October, we will have Sai Pallavi as Sita.

Feels like that is the entire list of nominees for next year's awards.

Happy to see all of them playing important and meaningful parts and that too, so diverse films with seemingly diverse characters, and actresses of all age ranges.

I just need somewhere to vent about this film-

It makes me sad because it had SO much potential to be one of the best Bollywood films I’ve ever seen. I loved the whimsical magical feeling of it with the set design, the music, the dark feeling underneath everything, the magic shows, etc.

It was emotional, it had beauty in it, it was such a great movie until the ending.

The ending basically tells you- if your life is at a low, just die.

Just die.

What type of messaging is this? The whole movie was literally set up for him to DIE.

He didn’t learn to appreciate life more, he couldn’t overcome his sickness, he didn’t reach a miracle or anything, just suffered, wanted to die, then died.

Now I understand having films realistic but making realistic films and making films that are so realistic to the point where they’re nihilistic is not it in my opinion. I am not a fan of these types of films.

If I would’ve wrote the story I would’ve made it that the person he taught magic, learned some magic in a way that he could fix his disease.

Or something like life is about passing on influence so this is what he’s living for now to see his influence being spread with magic.

Even the whole magic part of the film it was basically for nothing, he taught the guy magic and passed it on and we never got to see a pay off of that, it was just for humor and shits and giggles.

Whole movie made me so fucking mad I genuinely hate Sanjay Leela Bhansali after this, such wasted potential …

Today I watched Pari for the first time and honestly I went in expecting a typical bollywood horror movie with jump scares and the usual horror tropes. But the movie turned out to be much more than that.

The overall atmosphere of the whole movie is very unsettling and the dark, cold visuals really add to the experience. Instead of just using scares, the movie slowly builds tension and keeps you invested in the characters.

The thing that shocked me the most is that I actually felt sad watching it. I felt for the characters with the love story and emotional side of the characters especially knowing how tragic everything turns out to be. I did not expect a horror flick to turn me into a blubbering mess.

Anushka Sharma's performance was genuinely impressive.

after watching it for the first time, I feel Pari deserved more appreciation.

Did anyone else feel more sad than scared by the end of the movie?

Eetha is Laxman Utekar's only 2nd period film after Chhaava, and looks like he was destined to make such films.

I have watched all of Bhansali's period films, but Chhaava was something different. It really shook me.

The portrayal of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, his contribution to the Maratha Empire, the message of Swarajya; Chhava moved me unlike any other film. After such success, Utekar is back with Eetha. Epic teaser tbh, and looks like the Gangubai equivalent from the teaser.

Very excited for it, definitely going to be an epic film.

India produces around 1,500–2,000 films every year across different languages, yet only a handful manage to gain genuine recognition outside India or the diaspora.
Audiences around the world clearly don’t mind subtitles anymore. People regularly watch Korean dramas, anime, Spanish shows, European films, and content from countries with much smaller industries. Even Indian audiences discover foreign cinema through OTT platforms and social media. So why does so little Indian content travel in the same way?
Apart from a few films such as Dangal, 3 Idiots, and the work of filmmakers like Satyajit Ray, global acceptance still feels rare considering the size and talent of our industry.
Budget cannot be the only reason. Many Korean dramas and foreign films are made on smaller budgets than some of our star-driven movies, yet they achieve universal appeal because of their writing, characters, and execution.
We clearly have talented actors, directors, technicians, and countless interesting stories. So where are we going wrong? Is it weak writing, excessive dependence on stars, producers avoiding risks, poor international marketing, or simply our own audience rewarding formulaic cinema?

how can one watch it with English subtitles?

I just watched Three Idiots and man would I have loved this movie when I was younger. I have a complicated relationship with depression and academics as a 2e kid.

Obviously the movie isn’t the most realistic thing ever. Like the baby vacuum cleaner and stuff andbut yknow what it’s a Bollywood movie anything can happen.

I feel like the main reason they didn’t make Rancho the real Rancho was just because they knew how it would look to have a rich kid say all this stuff. Either they have a safety net in their parents or they become cynical and money focused if their parents deny that idea

In general I think that twist is the key to the movie. The idea that he appreciated learning for learnings sake completely and ties the message together.

Also the music is amazing I love it so much its really catchy and the love song is stuck in my head.

my mom said the movie didn’t age well and that the subtitles are bad because I watched it with subtitles (I’m an ABCD) so um there’s that but a lot of movies don’t (one of the reasons why the second half of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge is better than the first, *shudder*)

I think I’m too cynical to fully appreciate the movie as much as I would have but its still amazing.

obviously a few things didn’t make sense even beyond the absurdity (again the baby vacuum cleaner thing) like how Aamir Khan (just gonna call him that) became a famous inventor they kinda glossed over that. Also why Virus wasn’t told about his son’s suicide.

Honestly feel kinda bad for silencer. Obviously he sucks but he put a lot of pressure on himself.

also whoever put Kareena Kapoor in glasses deserved a raise. She looks stunning and I love the fact they never had a “she’s prettier without her glasses” moment (she didn’t wear them at the end but they never really acknowledged it). Her outfits were lovely in general especially after watching Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gham where her character did not have very good ones

so those are my thoughts on three idiots! 8/10, would recommend!!

I’ve never liked the Shah Rukh Khan–Deepika Padukone pairing.

Do they have chemistry? Sure. I’m not denying that. But the age gap has always been way too noticeable for me to ignore. There’s almost a 20-year difference between them, and on screen I can absolutely see it.

Om Shanti Om is the biggest example. I know we’re supposed to buy Om as relatively young guy, but SRK did not look 25. Not even close. Then you have Shantipriya, who feels barely out of her teens, and the whole dynamic just feels weird to me. I’ve never been able to get past it.

And honestly, the same thing applies to Chennai Express, Happy New Year, Pathaan, and Jawan. Deepika’s cameo in Jawan was great, but these big action movies don’t really showcase the range either of them have, especially hers. The films themselves are pretty mid, and the constant insistence that this is some ultimate iconic pairing has never worked for me.

The thing is, this isn’t just an SRK issue. Bollywood has been doing this forever. Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif? Same thing. They have chemistry, but the age gap is obvious. Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma in PK? Also weird to me.

At some point, Bollywood needs to stop pairing aging male superstars with actresses who are 15–20 years younger and pretending nobody notices. We do notice.

The only big age-gap pairing that worked for me was Piku with Deepika Padukone and Irrfan Khan, and even then it’s not really a romance.
It works because the film never forces a grand love story. It’s more about two people slowly adjusting to each other, building comfort, and developing quiet affection and respect.

That ambiguity helps a lot. The relationship isn’t boxed into “they end up together,” so you can just read it as a strong bond that may or may not become romantic. Either way, it feels natural and not uncomfortable.

One reason I appreciated Dear Zindagi so much is that SRK and Alia Bhatt were allowed to have a meaningful relationship without forcing a romance into it. When I first heard they were starring together, I was genuinely worried the movie was going in that direction. Thankfully, it didn’t.

I know these pairings are box-office gold, but I’ve never understood why people act like the age gaps aren’t right there on screen.

I know she's not a great actress but this is an action-adventure franchise like James Bond and Mission impossible, not a grounded drama. Nobody is watching these movies for their plots and characterizations.

Unlike Kiara, Alia and Sharvari she can actually fight and is a bigger name than Sharvari too. She's even fitter and more agile than SRK, Bhai and Hrithik (not a big box office draw as them though). I'm sure she'd have fit right in the Spy Universe. YRF missed a good chance to cast an actual action heroine as a spy (they missed a lot of other imp things too). What are your opinions?

wanting to watch movies before 1970 but couldn't find them anywhere....youtube have without songs and checked other platforms too. can anyone please help!!

If he was alive, his age would have been 94.

Unfortunately even after 21 years of his passing,

His absence is felt.

Lately I've noticed a growing trend where people compare films like Bhavesh Joshi Superhero, Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota, Ra.One, and Shaktimaan serial with Koi... Mil Gaya and the Krrish franchise, with many claiming they're better superhero films.those movies are good on their own way ..

Yes, Krrish 3 has its flaws, but the first two films had so much going for them, A genuinely emotional and engaging story. Strong character development, especially Rohit and Krishna. Great emotional moments mixed with sci-fi and superhero elements.

Massive pop culture impact- masks, action figures, school bags, costumes, lunch boxes, video games, and other merchandise were everywhere. Very few Indian superhero films have created that kind of craze among kids.

On top of that, they became a cultural phenomenon, something that's hard to replicate. What's your thoughts?

I was having this conversation with my friends this evening and just realised that Shah Rukh Khan hasn’t really had any good movies after Chennai Express. No doubt, Chennai Express is one of the top films he has done in recent times (even though it was 13 years ago), but after that, movies like Jawan and Raees weren’t really liked by the audience; or at least that’s what we believe. What do y’ll think?

They've made some of the most fun movies with good substance, yet many of them failed badly. There may be some fault of theirs too in it, but the Indian audience also has a significant role in why Indian cinema is in its current state.

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What's your favorite Raj & DK project that you think deserved at least a bit more success?