You know when you discover something on the internet that just blows you away and you think, why doesn't everyone know about this? That's how I felt watching the impossibly hot, talented and mesmerizing, Ranveer Singh, for the first time in this clip from the Bollywood smash, Ram … [Read more...]
Bollywood Lip Sync: This Indian Bear Does A KILLER Pinki Dance!
What's a pinki dance? I'm not THAT familiar with Bollywood dances and all the moves but it doesn't take an expert to see this guy's got them DOWN. Maybe he needs to be an advisor on a future RuPaul's Drag Race challenge... can't you see it? What's more over the top than Bollywood … [Read more...]
Must Watch: The United Nations Gay Equality Bollywood Campaign
Today, at a press conference in Mumbai, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) launched the first ever United Nations music video promoting its Free & Equal campaign for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality. It's a breathtaking reworking of … [Read more...]
Tune for Today/Hot Look for Today: “Super Hit Party Song” from the 1973 Movie Loafer
Loafer was billed as a "musical crime thriller," which is a completely normal genre for Bollywood, of course. In this scene Asha Bosely and her backup dancers appear onstage in the most fabulously insane balloon outfits I've ever seen. So simple and yet so visually arresting. Why … [Read more...]
The Bollywood Beatles and the Hindi Elvis Calcutta Rug
From the 1965 Bollywood film Janwar, legendary Indian movie star Shammi Kapoor, a quartet of Mumbai moptops, and a cast(e) of dozens get down to "Dekho Ab Tu," a lively number written by Shankar Jaikishan, Hasrat Jaipuri, and Shailendra, but which sounds more than just a few bars … [Read more...]
My prediction is coming true
Before the new year I made a couple of predictions about those X-ray scanners that airports were using. I said that leaked … [Read more...]
Film Directors Honored in Bollywood Dance Number
In the Bollywood comedy Chintu Ji, the lyrics to the elaborate and colorful non sequitur "item number" coming at the end of the film are simply a list of famous international movie directors. Sing along: Tarantino, Wilder, CapraOzu, Bertolucci, … [Read more...]
