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Episode 142 - 2022 Year End Review
Well we are a month into the new year, but before we see if SRK can save Bollywood, we are looking back at the last six months of 2022.
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2022 Midyear Review
Jugjugg Jeeyo
Ek Villain Returns
Good Luck Jerry (Episode 136)
Darlings (Episode 136)
Laal Singh Chaddha
Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva
(INTERVAL (“Piya Tu Ab To Aja” from Monica, O My Darling)
Chup: Revenge of the Artist
Doctor G
Phone Bhoot
Uunchai
Monica, O My Darling
Drishyam 2
Cirkus
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#Bollywood#Bollywood 2022#Jugjugg Jeeyo#Ek Villain Returns#Good Luck Jerry#Darlings#Laal Singh Chaddha#Brahmastra#Brahmastra Part One Shiva#Chup#Chup Revenge of the Artist#Doctor G#Uunchai#Monica O My Darling#Drishyam 2#Cirkus
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10 Favourite Series/Movies I watched in 2022 (Fave Movie for @asianlgbtnetwork 2022 Recap)
Badhaai Do (dir. Harshavardhan Kulkarni) Genre: Comedy, Drama Starring: Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar, Chum Darang Language: Hindi
Shardul Thakur is a police officer, who is under constant pressure from his family to get married, but he isn't too keen on the idea because he's gay. Sumi works as a PE teacher and is also being pressured by her family to get married but she is lesbian. She goes to the police to make a harrassment case and meets Shardul. When he guesses that Sumi is lesbian, he proposes a plan: they will get married to get their families off their back. Problems arise, though, when their families continue to meddle in their lives and pressure them to have children.
I love a movie that talks about acceptance and realisation and the whole journey that comes with a queer character. So having not 1 but multiple such characters, especially in a desi setting, was really fun to watch. As with bollywood, this had a mix of everything; drama, humour, annoyingly invasive family members and a happy ending. It made me laugh so much, it also made me cry. It was perfect. Enjoyed watching this so much.
#badhaai do#bollywood#userdramas#asiandramasource#southasiansource#southasianedit#smudgedhenna#uservid#userkareena#usergooseras#userko#annablr#baawri#userpavi#usershreyu#roserayne#udeokmis#2022 recap#my gifs#mine
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Qala (2022) | dir. Anvita Dutt
#qala#qala 2022#anvita dutt#tripti dimri#indian cinema#hindi cinema#bollywood#cinema#movies#films#world cinema#cinematography#south asian cinema#2020s#asian cinema#indian movies#hindi movies#bollywood movies#indian films#hindi films#bollywood films#2022#cinephile#aesthetics#aesthetic#film scenes#movie scenes
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Vikram Vedha (2022)
#fav ship dynamics: whatever these two have going on#vikram vedha#vikram vedha 2022#hrithik roshan#saif ali khan#bollywood#whump#bollywood whump#pls make this a thing#my posts#thefeelings last gif give me....#whumpedit
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no but the moment shardul (Rajkumar Rao's character) puts on the rainbow mask at the end of the movie is such an instrumental moment of just growth and acceptance within and of himself,,, because since the beginning of the movie it's easy to see how hard it is for him to even define/identify himself as a homosexual man and throughout the movie there's a constant conflict of him wanting to live as his most authentic self vs vying for social acceptance both in the contexts of family and career. As a cop he often comes across queer people who are ridiculed and punished and forced to run away,,, but he has to stay there and watch what could happen to him if he ever comes out through the words of the people he's surrounded by and even feels kinship with,,,
the first time he meets guru then,, guru is wearing a rainbow mask at a gay wedding and creating a "ruckus" and "disturbing peace". Shardul on the other hand is there in a professional capacity with his colleagues and is tasked with stopping him from making more of a nuisance out if himself,,, In their first interaction with each other shardul asks him about his masks and whether he's ashamed of himself and that's the reason he's wearing it, to hide which is then followed by him removing his mask.
This marks the way we're supposed to see the mask as not hiding away but accepting a part of oneself and being proud and just accepting of whoever and whatever you identify as,,, moving to the last part of the movie when invited shardul instead chooses to wear the mask as an acknowledgement of himself and his identity and just as a callback to the idea of not being ashamed and just,,, it marks such a big change and growth arc for his character who's seen to be so repressed when concerning his sexuality among family and colleagues
and the fact that he then chooses to click pictures with the aforementioned colleagues is just- cherry on top 🫶🏽🤌🏼 and i just love how he goes from being unable to voice it out loud, to coming out to his family (willingly mind you), to accepting and acknowledging it infront of the people he craves acceptance and respect from (his colleagues but also the society as a whole) and yeah.
#badhaai do#badhaai do 2022#shardul#guru#rajkummar rao#gulshan devaiah#queer portrayal surprisingly nicely done#queer media#queer#desi queer#lgbtqia#i love them so much#this makes me want to cry and die#simultaneously#bollywood
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reblog and put in tags the prominent musical artists phases in your life
#im just intrigued what music would consume you beyond repairrrrrr#if you're not acting a little crazy while consuming music are you really doing it right????#bon's queen gifset of sand made me think of this so bon if u see thissss#prior to 2013 i was a bollywood girlieeee and bollywood is almost entirely playback singing which an entire different thinggggh#2013 - enrique iglesias#2014 - maroon 5#2015 - coldplay#2016 - sam smith#2017 - ed sheeran & calvin harris#2018 - Queen & george ezra#2019 - p!atd (i KNOW) & khalid#2020 - harry styles & idkhbtfm & troye sivan#2021 - billie eilish & conan gray & hozier#2022 to present - taylor swift#vi.txt#the embarrassment i feel when i remember some of the absolute unhinged stuff i have done in some of then phases AAAAAAAA#i have never truly been a normal fangirl smh especially as a fucking teenager#in class 9 my friends and i LEGITIMATELY CUT A BIRTHDAY CAKE for shahid kapoor IN THE CLASSROOM during recess infront of all#he wasn't even really that popular at the time WHICH IS EVEN MORE STUPID GOD THE THINGS I HAVE DONE#and like i wasn't even that big of a fan but my closest best friend at the time was into him hence so was i#although in hindsight it was just because i had started exhibiting gay feelings subconsciously but wE wErE jUsT tHe bEsTeSt oF fRiEnDs ufff#im not wiser of course i can be tempted to be that unhinged again#the reblog game is just an excuse for shitposting this in the tags tbh#idk why i am even making this post tho#only friends has rotted my brain tbh#ALSO in 2015-2017 the internet stand up comedy scene was booming in india and that phase was truly even more embarrassing for me#it was the reason i joined instagram and the CRINGE i feel when i sort my likes and comments from oldest to newest GOODNESSS#truly an insufferable fan rip my mom and my friends#such a core teenage girlhood (genderneutral) experience methinks#if this flops.....you never saw it heheh
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Unpopular opinion: the best song in Qala was the unlisted last one where her mom was crying
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RRR (Rise Roar Revolt) S.S. Rajamouli. 2022
Palace Mariinskyi Palace, 5A, vulytsya Mykhaila Нrushevs'kogo, Kyiv, 02000 Ukraine See in map
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#ss rajamouli#rrr#rise roar revolt#kyiv#ukraine#mariinskyi palace#olivia morris#n.t. rama rao jr.#ram charan teja#ajay devgn#bollywood#musical#movie#cinema#film#location#google maps#street view#2022
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#Qala#2022#swastika mukherjee#babil khan#tripti dimri#mental health#toxic parenting#masterpiece#the best acting#the best storyline#the best cinematography#just hand them the f*cking Oscar already#desiblr#desi#bollywood
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Qala (2022) | dir. Anvita Dutt
#qala#qala 2022#tripti dimri#Swastika Mukherjee#anvita dutt#indian cinema#hindi cinema#bollywood#cinema#movies#films#world cinema#cinematography#2020s#bollywood films#bollywood movies#south asian cinema#asian cinema#aesthetic#indian films#indian movies#film scenes#movie scenes#film screencaps#movie screencaps#screencaps#film#movie#period film#period movie
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It honestly makes so much sense that half of Mohabbatein was shot in the UK. The weather basically confirmed it.
#from the drafts#draft#from oct 10 2022#mohabbatein#shahrukh#shahrukh khan#shah rukh khan#srk#aishwarya rai#aish#aishwarya#aishwariya rai bachchan#jugal hansraj#uday chopra#jimmy shergill#kim sharma#shamita shetty#bollywood movies#bollywood2#bollywood#desi#south asian#south asia#indian#weather
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Good, evil. Police, criminal. Truth, lies. You love drawing lines, right? Now which side are you on? On that side, or this? Or is the line no longer visible? It's turned into a circle. Vikram Vedha (2022)
#vikram vedha#vikram vedha 2022#hrithik roshan#saif ali khan#bollywood#whump#bollywood whump#my posts#had to rewatch multiple times bc i was too distracted by vikram's chest!#damn#whumpedit
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badhaai do is genuinely such a good fucking film because all of the characters feel real and lived rather than caricatures or imitations of people. The queerness of the main characters is central to their identity and the conflict they have within themselves due to the environment they are placed in and it feels right because while they're queer that's not all they're limited to. Not everything in their life can be attributed to their queerness which is something that I feel most queer media are unable to portray well.
There's something about the inherent sweetness and innocence in their queerness which is not because they're not shown having sex or kissing or doing anything vulgar,, rather because they're just normal people living their normal lives and trying to survive in their environments
there is something really cool about all the queer relationships having started "ugly" in a manner of speaking (because spitting, talking and joking about poop, or in a work environment talking with an "inebriated" disturber/trespasser with the intention of running them off or punishing them are not really considered respectable) and evolving into something rather sweet and strong and persisting. It's a reflection of queer experiences that take place even in the ugliest of circumstances to create something so beautiful because it's inherent and being queer is not really a choice. There's also the idea of all of the relationships having occurred in daily life without it being a conscious chasing of that experience which again reflects on the inherent normality of queerness.
This is perhaps the first time I've felt so enriched and nurtured and held by a queer portrayal in Bollywood and I think it should be talked about so much more than it is
#badhaai do#badhaai do 2022#shardul#sumi#rimjhim#guru#queer#desi queer#queer media#bollywood#so fucking good#makes me want to come back again and again and again#lgbtqia#queer portrayal surprisingly nicely done#i wanna die with this movie#but i've had this movie for 2 hrs and 30 mins and im ready to fight for it#these characters have my life fr
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vogue india november 2022 issue
#kareena kapoor#kareena kapoor khan#tabu#kriti sanon#vogue india#november 2022#magazine scans#bollywood
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