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My favourite hero.

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Jailer Tamil Movie Day 6 Box Office Collection

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Superstar To Darling, Popular Tags Given To South Actors! Check List Of These 6 Stars!

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"Futuristic private jet"

Courtesy: Rajnikant Shinde

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An important decision has come up for the government employees of Gujarat. The dearness allowance of government employees has been increased by 4 percent. A 4 percent increase in allowance will be paid from January 2024. 4.71 lakh employees of the state will get benefit. Also 4.73 lakh pensioners of the state will get benefit. ગુજરાતના સરકારી કર્મચારીઓ માટે મહત્વનો નિર્ણય સામે આવ્યો છે. સરકારી કર્મીના મોંઘવારી ભથ્થામાં 4 ટકાનો વધારો થયો છે. જાન્યુઆરી 2024થી ભથ્થામાં 4 ટકાનો વધારો ચૂકવાશે. રાજ્યના 4.71 લાખ કર્મચારીઓને લાભ મળશે. તેમજ રાજ્યના 4.73 લાખ પેન્શનર્સને લાભ મળશે.

[srbachchan]

DAY 5920

StX, work Mumbai May 3, 2024 Fri 12 : 13 PM

early again .. a short break at work .. and the drive as beautiful and calming as ever .. the Sea Link at 9:08 and Marine Drive 9:28 .. and straight on set on time ..

the coastal, the Tunnel and there we are .. and as you drive you pass by the final constructs of the Coastal .. never believed earlier to happen but happening now .. with a speed that brings joy ..

but the greater joy in being in the company of the Great RajniKant at work .. no change in him at all .. the same humble, simple, down to earth dynamic star .. what a privilege and honour ..

❤️

And .. in the daily read a most revealing and knowledge driven issue re., 'chandan' चंदन, that adorns the forehead of the saintly and us during prayers as a blessing .. and an axe !

of that later some day .. if the need is expressed by the readers of this Blog ..

till then in contemplation ..

with my love and more .. 🌹

Amitabh Bachchan

[phuljari]

incoming rant: the robotification of women

teri baaton mein aisa uljha jiya (2024) is among the latest movies in the genre of science fiction romance. it reminded me of an old itv show bahu hamari rajnikant (2016) , while i wasn't an avid watcher of the latter, i knew of it's existence. why did it remind of that particular sitcom? well, mainly because of the comedy. but it also reminded me of similar themes in english movies like ex machina (2015), wifelike (2022), archive (2020) and her (2013), which is surely a bit far fetched considering that in her, the ai never had a body. only a voice.

here, i think it's impertinent to also acknowledge male robots in indian cinema, like chitti from robot/enthiran (2010) and g.one from ra.one (2011) even though he wasn't an actual robot? i don't know if he classifies as one. so let's say, non-human, programming-based male entity (nhpbme). similar to samantha in her, a non-human, programming-based female entity (nhpbfe).

so yes, while male robots and nhpbme do exist in the sci-fi romance genre, it's the comparatively larger robotification of women that feeds the male gaze, and the patriarchy by an extention— which is ultimately problematic.

coming to the movie that i actually want to discuss, kriti sanon's sifra, in tbmauj, is the perfect lover, perfect bahu. why? she knows everything aaru (shahid kapoor) likes and wants. she has no chik-chik or tantrums like other girls. she can make cuisines from all around the world, can access everything on the internet quickly. she has perfect skin, perfect hair. probably doesn't age too. she is the dream girl of a typical man. she doesn't have her own opinions or problems, she serves him and him alone. no family of hers to care about, she can care about his family and their needs. the female gendering here acts like objectification.

the worst part of this movie was that it didn't do anything? since it was a comedy, it didn't delve deeper into the nuances of increasing technological reliance that humans have. i think it was probably meant as a warning— when sifra malfunctions and starts executing tasks that were deleted. but even at that, it fails because urmila's (dimple kapadia) company (so intelligently named) e-robots/robotex (something stupid like that), ends up launching her along with few other robots. only adds a dialogue which meant that you need to handle these robots responsibly. then, what was the point of all the testing they tried to do? placing her in different environments like india, when they don't really end up rethinking the whole idea or putting in more safety features? of course, there's no deeper meaning here. indian comedies don't really have subtext.

but it's perpetuates the same old concept of subservient women. rule-followers and caregivers. an image etched in stone. why do women ask– what do men want? men want this, an ideal version. have always wanted. fuelled by the unrealistic p*rn depictions. do they ever think what women want? aaru so casually tells off his friend who has a wife to look at how pathetic his own life is. he defends sifra's un-emotional response to a situation by attacking his friend's relationship asking if human women are any better?

it reminded me of wifelike (2022) where female robots are curated according to a person's need, a replication of their dead spouse. to love them, to serve them, to help them come out of grief. it's so funny to me how in tbmauj, sifra is shown to retain her feelings, getting jealous when aaru interacts with another woman despite getting reprogrammed; compared to how in wifelike, the robotic version of the human it was based on, always ended up leaving the husband because the human version never loved him.

isn't it interesting how female robots instantly get sexualised, and are depicted doing things that one would never ask their girlfriend or wife to do? these robots happily perform roles that are stereotypically feminine, wife-like. they're invented to put aside their feelings (if they have them) to take care of their human partners'. sifra cooks perfect food, emphasized by how many time aaru fired his maid for not cooking things the way he likes it. she probably doesn't have mood swings from periods because she's a robot. she doesn't eat, doesn't get out of shape. and most importantly, she doesn't age (cue: i'll get old but your lovers stay my age). as if the expectations from women aren't enough, that they're required to age gracefully, or best option— not age at all.

if you still don't get it, let me remind you how siri and alexa also end up on the same side of gender spectrum— female.

so the message is, guys, don't give up on your dream girl! you'll surely find a robot that satisfies all your needs! 🙄

men want perfect women, but women can't be robots. let's stop perpetuating the same image and setting unrealistic standards. real humans have real problems, deal with them.

[someweirdassnamee]

Anyone watching Olympics?? Coz damn first Sindu and Lakshya Sen is on some rajnikant shit rn. They're absolutely smashing hard!

[theknitpotato]

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artwork provided to us by Rajnik Patel

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Giving another shot at watching a Bollywood movie in a theatre. This time, it's Phone Bhoot

Spoilers! Spoilers! Spoilers!

The meme in the beginning and the random jump scare is delightful

Yay we still haven't graduated from casual sexism

Katrina the ghost has just discovered these boys ain't dead

So obviously she gotta doing a crappy pseudo romantic song

Why the fuck would you take drugs while driving

I'm not used to Bollywood movies with pop culture references

I'm loving it though

Calling the chudail vidhva ji is gold

Sitting product placement 1 amul

Ghost busting only for north Indians

Sonu Sood samit is fucking hilarious

Hahahaha mehnat montage

I love that she's a bhatakti aatma (wandering spirit) who has no choice but to wander

Promotion of scenic local tourism. I appreciate and approve

I love the creepy childhood games incorporation

Bohot hard (fucking sick references I love love love)

Rajnikant is always a winner

Product placement 2 vicks

Madat montage

Product placement 3 olx

While going to the theatre I was thinking of how much I missed clearly defined movie sections and then they bust out this gorgeous interval definer reminding people to stop screaming/laughing and pee and telling all lovers to stop sucking face and feed each other popcorn instead

HEAD of security had me rolling

Product placement 4 parachute hair oil

Hamse freelance kaj hobe na

Aaaaahhhhh chidiya uddddddd

Jackie Shroff is the true successor to Hercules' Hades

Such tru millennials these two are. Doing drugs at inconvenient moments

Wow what is this chudail flash collab

Chudail hai work from home bhi nahi kar sakte

Product placement 5 vasmol kesh kanti

The songs are so unnecessary

Truly en-laltai-ned hahahahahahha

Bottle me genie, ra-genie

Such smart dialogue

Finally, a Bollywood movie that got great slapstick humour

So many childhood games referenced in this movie I love ittttt

This movie definitely belongs to the Makdee hall of fame. An honour only given to damn fun horror related movies

I gotta see this movie again. I'm sure I've missed out on references that kept popping up throughout the movie

T'was damn fun, wish there were more

[tellywoodtrash]

hey TT, long time. Wanted to ask if you have watched bahu hamari rajnikant?

Only through the excellent gifs of @ambar-pe-milte-hain!

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Gujarati traditions followed at Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant wedding and Shubh Aashirwad

The groom’s baraat– consisting of the groom, his family, and friends– then proceed to the wedding venue. While the groom is riding on a mare, his baraatis sing and dance to the wedding venue. At Anant Ambani’s wedding, the baraatis included major stars including Rajnikant, Anil Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas, Ranveer Singh, Hardik Pandya, and many more who danced their hearts out. On…

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भारतीय वैदिक संस्कृति से खुश हुए सुपरस्टार रजनीकांत, अंबानी परिवार की करी तारीफ

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वैदिक संस्कृति से अनंत-राधिका की प्री-वेडिंग होने पर खुश हुए सुपरस्टार रजनीकांत, करी तारीफ

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Birthday of a Superstar

12th December marks the superstar Rajnikant