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MAST SE REHNE KA

One of the best movies of 2023 is… 🥁

Mast Se Rehne Ka.

This movie is such a whiff of fresh air in the suffocating chock hold of typical Bollywood rom-com, murder mysteries and mediocre plot lines.

This movie revolves around three characters.

Neena gupta. A widow woman who’s son lives abroad and does not give a single flying fuck to what his mother feels and wants. But she is a carefree woman who is independent and enjoys her freedom in India khulke (openly, completely).

Next comes Jacky Shroff. A old man who has remained healthy throughout his life. But slowly he’s lost the will to live after his wife died.

Then comes. Nanhe. He’s a poverty stricken young man who wishes to earn some money and maybe a little fame by tailoring dresses. He’s completely drowning in debts and has no other choice but to steal.

The story is basically revolving around how the thief tries to rob them but he also has a kind heart. How Neena gives Jacky a hope to live. And how jacky and Neena bond together in what people call the “second innings of life”.

All in all. It is a bittersweet and funny movie which teaches us many lessons as it moves ahead. :)

A must watch!

[leescheyenne]

Literally all that was needed was another season for My Lady Jane. Just one more season to give the show a good conclusion. It's not like we're asking for multiple seasons of it (although that would be great) but one more would have been enough..

How did Prime get so much power to decide to cancel it when the show has barely been out for 2 months, and people haven't had a chance to discover it yet??

I feel everything is so fast-paced now. If something new doesn't immediately get the reception that they wanted, then any chance of it being renewed gets wiped out completely.

In a world where likes, clicks, views, follower counts are given too much importance, is there any hope left at all?...😞

[dilemmism]

I love my friends

[phuvioqhile]

bhakts think modi and bjp care about them. what a joke. aur gand chatlo unki bc.

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Bajirao Mastani (2015)

[petekaos]

As they say, you can choose your friends, not your family. Firoz is my friend.

Shahid Kapoor as Sunny and Bhuvan Arora as Firoz in

FARZI (2023), dir. Raj & DK Episode 1: Artist

[bollywoodisforlovers]

Netflix and Dil: Angry Young Men, Angrier Young Viewers

We checked out the latest talking heads documentary about Bollywood cinema, Namrata Rao's Angry Young Men. Did we learn anything?

Show notes:

De Palma

Friedkin Uncut

Netflix and Dil: High and Low - Cinema Marte Dum Tak and The Romantics

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Angry Young Men

NEXT TIME: Nineties Bachchan

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James May: Our Man in India (2024)

James May takes on his greatest adventure yet: a 3,000 mile coast-to-coast epic across India, the most populous – and perhaps most extraordinary – country in the world.

A really enjoyable and different kind of travel show. This is the first time I have seen this series, and I loved it. I also learnt a few new things about India. My only issue is that it was a bit too short, I wish he had made more than three episodes.

If you are someone who is interested in India and likes travel shows then this is very enjoyable. It made me smile and also had me looking at flights to India.

[trashhmuffinn]

Kanchan komdi and Mendoza Bhai are my definition of a power couple

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Look what has arrived in my house today...

Trust me this is a limited edition thing in my country...like seriously only 3 pieces were available.. when I first found it...and within that day it sold out... thank god i bought it .. it's hard to find Optimus merch let alone decent transformer merch

[bolllywoodhungama]

In The Boys spin-off Gen V, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Asa Germann discuss their superpowers and jaw-dropping antics.

The first four episodes of the spinoff are now available exclusively on Amazon Prime Video, with new episodes launching every Friday until the series finale on November 3.

The first four episodes of The Boys spin-off drama, Gen V, premiered on Prime Video to fantastic reviews from critics, viewers, and fans of The Boys series, who are enthralled by Gen V's wicked badassery. The universe is expanded to Godolkin University, where the ensemble cast encounters dramatic events amid their supe-style power struggles and never-ending partying. With the race to join The Seven looming over their heads, the stakes are higher as the kids compete for popularity and excellent grades. Gen V has increased the blood, gore, and exhilarating action to match the intensity of its predecessor! The major performers have spoken up about their characters' diverse abilities and the training that went into them. "Sam is really, really strong," said actor Asa Germann, who plays the character. Basically, if a regular Supe punches someone and breaks their arm, when Sam punches someone, they explode. He can also jump very high and become quite agitated. The show has a lot of amazing scenes." Despite having a decent heart, Germann is troubled by hallucinations, which make it difficult for him to distinguish between what is and is not reality. "Stunt training is insane," he continues. I'm not athletic; in fact, I'm the most uncoordinated person on the earth. It's been quite difficult. We have a fantastic stunt team here that are training us. I've never worked on a project where you truly play as a badass superhero who needs to know how to screw up a number of people in a short amount of time!" Patrick Schwarzenegger also explains why his superpower figure is ranked first: "Golden Boy's power is that he can light on fire." He has flames, but he's also tremendously strong, and I believe he's stronger than almost everyone at the school, as evidenced by some of his combat talents. He's powerful. He sets himself on fire. He's simply capable of kicking everyone else's ass, which is why he's number one." Jaz Sinclair, Chance Perdomo, Lizze Broadway, Shelley Conn, Maddie Phillips, London Thor, Derek Luh, Asa Germann, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sean Patrick Thomas, and Marco Pigossi star in the series. Clancy Brown and Jason Ritter make appearances, as do Jessie T. Usher, Colby Minifie, Claudia Doumit, and P.J. Byrne, who reprise their roles from The Boys. The first four episodes of the spinoff are now available exclusively on Prime Video, with new episodes launching every Friday until the series finale on November 3.

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Web Series Review: Panchayat Season 3

Star Cast: Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Neena Gupta, Chandan Roy, Faisal Malik, Sanvikaa, Pankaj Jha

Director: Deepak Kumar Mishra

Synopsis: PANCHAYAT SEASON 3 is the story of the feud between a villager and an egoistic MLA. After the events of the second season, a new 'Sachiv' (Vinod Suryavanshi) arrives in Phulera. Brij Bhushan Dubey (Raghubir Yadav), the Pradhan Pati, devises a plan. He keeps the Panchayat office locked on the day of the new Sachin's joining. Brij even doesn't pick up his call and so does Vikas (Chandan Roy). The new Sachiv complains to the MLA Chandrakishore Singh (Pankaj Jha), who in turn, complains to the DM (Kusum Shastri). The DM urgently calls Manju Devi (Neena Gupta), the Pradhan, to her office. Manju and Prahlad (Faisal Malik), the Up-Pradhan, make it clear that they want Abhishek Tripathi (Jitendra Kumar) back as the Sachiv. As luck would have it, the same day, the MLA is jailed for killing a dog. The DM cancels Abhishek's transfer and asks him to join Phulera Gram Panchayat. Brij, Manju, Vikas and Prahlad are overjoyed to have Abhishek back with them. But there are certain problems in front of the village. Prahlad is depressed over the death of his son, Rahul (Shiv Swaroop) and has turned an alcoholic as well. Meanwhile, the Gram Panchayat elections are around the corner and Bhushan (Durgesh Kumar) is determined to win at any cost. As part of his strategy, he decides to send an olive branch to the MLA. Soon, this leads to utter chaos and madness in Phulera. What happens next forms the rest of the show.

Panchayat Season 3 Story Review: Chandan Kumar's story is terrific and the writer manages to neatly take the story forward. Chandan Kumar's screenplay is very effective and is peppered with lots of entertaining and dramatic moments. But the surprise this season is that the show scores big time with the emotional scenes as well. Chandan Kumar's dialogues are sharp and hilarious as required. Some dialogues are bound to become memes, just like it happened in the previous season. A few one-liners, however, do give a feeling that they were written keeping in mind that it'll become meme-worthy.

Deepak Kumar Mishra's direction is praiseworthy. Like the previous seasons, the execution is neat and uncomplicated. Often, several cult shows tend to disappoint in the subsequent seasons. But PANCHAYAT has proved to be an exception. The writer and director have taken care that nothing is added for the heck of it and at the same time, the new developments carry the essence of the show. This time, the stakes are higher and hence, even the tension levels go high in some scenes.

On the flipside, some developments are silly. For instance, the idea of the Pradhan to not pick up the call of the new Sachiv is childish. But since it leads to LOL-worthy moments, one won't mind. The same happens with the scene where a family is given a house under the PM Awas Yojana scheme though they don't qualify for it. The reason behind it is far-fetched. However, it makes for a nice watch. Secondly, the romance between Abhishek and Rinki (Sanvikaa) doesn't progress much and it's a bit of a downer.

PANCHAYAT SEASON 3 begins on a very entertaining note and the first episode sets the mood. The sequence between Prahlad and Damyanti Devi (Abha Sharma) is lovely and the most emotional sequence of the show. The real fun begins once the MLA arrives in the village for a truce meeting. The scene starts ordinarily but ends on a high and is sure to bring the house down. From here, the show is highly entertaining. This time, there's also action and the final episode is very nail-biting. The last 10 minutes give a 'Katappa ne Baahubali ko kyun maara' or 'Lonavala mein kya hua' (THE FAMILY MAN) vibe and enhance the excitement for Season 4.

Panchayat Season 3 Performances: Jitendra Kumar doesn’t have much to do initially but later on, dominates the show. He’s totally gotten into the skin of the character by now and is very impressive. Raghubir Yadav, too, puts his best foot forward. Neena Gupta is first-rate and this time, her character gets a deeper understanding of politics. This adds a lot to her role and also her performance. Chandan Roy lends able support, as always. Faisal Malik has a difficult role this time but comes out with flying colours. Sanvikaa is a fine talent and her mere presence instantly lifts the impact of a scene. Pankaj Jha is outstanding as the antagonist. The same goes for Durgesh Kumar. Sunita Rajwar (Kranti Devi; Bhushan's wife) leaves a huge mark. Ashok Pathak (Binod) this time has a longer role, considering the popularity of his memes perhaps, and does very well. Asif Khan (Ganesh) is highly entertaining while Aanchal Tiwari (Raveena) is sweet. Abha Sharma is adorable and Vishal Yadav (Jagmohan) makes his presence felt. Prateek Pachauri (Babloo) and Ebaabdullah Khan (Dabloo) are funny. The others who do well are Tript Sahu (Khushu; Vikas's wife), Bulloo Kumar (Madhav; who sides with Bhushan), Gaurav Singh (Chottan Singh; MLA's PA), Amit Kumar Maurya (Bam Bahadur), Kusum Shastri, Vinod Suryavanshi, Shrikant Verma (Parmeshwar), Vishwanath Chatterjee (Sanjay Yadav; cop) and Diwakar Dhayani (BDO). Kirandeep Kaur (Chitra; MLA's daughter) doesn’t have much to do and hopefully, will have a stronger part in Season 4. Lastly, Swananad Kirkire (MP) has a promising cameo.

Panchayat Season 3 music and other technical aspects: Anurag Saikia's music enhances the impact. As for the songs, the Manoj Tiwari track is damn good. But watch out for 'Thame Dil Ko', sung by Abhijeet Bhattacharya. Amitabha Singh's cinematography is satisfactory. The bird's eye view shots of the village, especially, are memorable. Karishma Vyas' costumes and Naveen Lohara and Sayali Naikwadi Singh's production design are straight out of life. The action is realistic. Amit Kulkarni's editing is smooth.

Panchayat Season 3 Conclusion: On the whole, PANCHAYAT SEASON 3 fulfils all the humongous expectations and rests on bravura performances, some funny and dramatic sequences, nail-biting climax and meme-worthy dialogues. This time, the show also scores on the emotional front and also boasts of action scenes. Thanks to the insane popularity and word of mouth, the third season is bound to emerge as one of the most most-watched or maybe the most most-watched show for Amazon Prime Video this year. Recommended!

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Indian Prime Minister: Narendra Modi is a fraud (essay)

Indians have little wisdom and low civility. Narendra Modi is taking full advantage of this and staying as Prime Minister of India. He is good at deceiving people. In the past, during a forced currency exchange that he orchestrated, he made a baseless verbal promise to the anxious farmers that he would ``drive away those who would harm you,'' and the farmers believed him. His party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, received an avalanche of votes and won in a landslide.

This is a case that clearly shows that the common people in India are stupid and have low standards of civility, but something like this happened recently. He alleged that during the Ukraine war, Modi wooed Russia and allowed Indian students to return safely to India. India's Ministry of Foreign Affairs denies this, saying, ``There is no such thing.'' Modi has no problem telling lies like this. Indian university students believed in Modi and praised him on this matter. Indeed, farmers and university students have little wisdom and low civility. They are people easy for politicians to handle. Isn't that enough to be a scammer? Hey, Modi.

Modi knows the situation of the Indian people very well, so he lies without hesitation. This tendency to lie is probably unrelated to the fact that he was from the lower class of the Shudra caste system and grew up with a strong desire to rise.

In addition, during his 10-year reign, he cultivated IT-related industries and engineers, giving preferential treatment to this field and its human resources, but India's industrial structure has become too specialized in IT. However, because other industries are weak, the unemployment rate among young people is an abnormal 30%, which is worse than in China. Modi will be forced to step down at some point, but for India, the sooner the better.

Rei Morishita

2024.04.20

インド首相：Narendra Modiは詐欺師だ（エッセイ）

インド人の知恵は浅く、民度は低い。これを最大限に利用してインドの首相の座に居座っているのがNarendra Modiだ。彼は人を騙すのが上手い。以前、彼は自分自身で策動した強制的通貨交換で、不安になった農民たちに「お前たちに危害を加える奴らを追っ払ってやる」と根拠がない口約束をし、それを信じた農民たちが彼の政党「インド人民党」に雪崩を打って投票し、地滑り的勝利を収めたという。

いかにもインドの一般庶民がバカで民度が低いことを示す事例だが、最近、こんなこともあった。ウクライナ戦争において、Modiがロシアに口を利き、インド人留学生を無事インドに帰還させたと、彼は主張した。インド外務省は、「その事実はない」と否定している。こんな嘘を、Modiは平気でつくのだ。またこの件についてインドの大学生たちはModiを信じ、口々に称えていた。なるほど、農民だけでなく大学生も知恵が浅く、民度が低い。他愛ない国民だ。詐欺師としてはもの足りないのではないか？なあ、Modi。

この辺のインド人の事情をよく知るModiは、だから平気で嘘をつく。この虚言癖はたぶん、カースト制度ではシュードラという下層階級出身の彼が、上昇志向を強く抱いて成長したことと無縁ではあるまい。

また、１０年間の彼の治世において、IT関連の産業、技術者を育て、いやらしいほどこの分野とその人材を優遇してきたが、インドの産業構造はＩＴに特化しすぎたイビツなものになってしまい、他の産業が弱いため若者の失業率は３０％と異常であり、中国より酷い状態である。いずれModiは、退陣を余儀なくされるであろうが、インドにとって、それは早ければ早いほど良い。

[vyorei]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India spoke with Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority

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Former President Obama in an upcoming interview with CNN says it is “appropriate” for President Biden to challenge foreign leaders on issues in their country that are “troubling.”

Obama gave his comments ahead of the official state visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has been criticized for his government’s treatment of Muslims and a weakening of press freedoms.

“I do think that it is appropriate for the President of the United States, where he or she can, to uphold those principles and to challenge — whether behind closed doors or in public — trends that are troubling. And so, I’m less concerned about labels than I’m concerned about specific practices,” he told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour.

He added that protecting the rights of minority groups in India is essential.

“Part of my argument would be that if you do not protect the rights of ethnic minorities in India, then there is a strong possibility India at some point starts pulling apart. And we’ve seen what happens when you start getting those kinds of large internal conflicts,” he said.

In the full interview, which will air Thursday night, Obama said that part of the duties as President is to meet with leaders of other countries and their governments, even if they aren’t fully democratic.

“But you have to do business with them — because they’re important for national security reasons — there are a range of economic interests,” he said.

“If the president meets with Prime Minister Modi, then the protection of the Muslim minority in a majority-Hindu India, that’s something worth mentioning,” Obama added.

Biden, Obama’s former Vice President, made joint remarks with Modi at the White House on Thursday. The Indian prime minister did not respond to a question about the treatment of Muslims in India ahead of a bilateral meeting.

Modi, on his first state visit to the United States, will also give a joint address to Congress later Thursday, which will be boycotted by some Democrats.