On August 14, 1981 Yash Chopra’s romantic drama Silsila was released, and ran a disappointing 16 weeks in Bombay. In spite of a star line-up to die for – Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Badhuri (who came out of retirement for the film) and Rekha – as well as stylish wardrobes, picturesque locales and on […]
Month: August 2006
AB 2.0 – The Rising Son
Long interview on CNN-IBN with Abhishek Bachchan post-Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna and pre-Dhoom 2. Interesting design on the shirt. Those cuffs are just never closed, are they?
2nd viewing: Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
After now having seen Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna a second time, a few additional observations: In the scene where Dev tries to give Rhea a massage and ends up with her blue cold cream all over his hands, I previously hadn’t heard SRK say “Jadoo?” to Priety as she rushes away from the bed, […]
Put THIS in your panier and proceed to the checkout
With all the abuse Shahrukh Khan has been getting for his performance in Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, how does he manage to still come up smelling like a roja? Because he has his own perfume, Tiger Eyes for men and women, launched last year. Lisa Tsering reveals in a current India West article that […]
KANK: Looking at Bombay Looking at Us
NYC-based Aseem Chhabra’s weekly Sunday column in the Mumbai Mirror today is all about the expectation that had built up in the U.S. prior to the Friday release of Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, among the many people who worked as extras in the film. (And also on this blog.) UPDATE (Monday a.m.): The […]
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
Infidelity and divorce are ok, if it’s all for love (not merely sex). Contrast that with the “Family is family” mantra that Dev (Shahrukh Khan) and Maya (Rani Mukherjee Mukherji), the emotionally unfaithful spouses, repeat half-heartedly to each other, as if aware that they’re mouthing a bad knock-off of a Karan Johar film tagline. […]