tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024917739289201446.post8036846878749723385..comments2023-08-23T18:50:15.376-07:00Comments on From Puppets to The Moon: Bollywood Movie of the Week: Kabhi Alvida Naa KehnaMandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12400677580240397552noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024917739289201446.post-3948433474074435392011-02-26T07:42:17.925-08:002011-02-26T07:42:17.925-08:00I was searching for some trivia on Spaghetti Weste...I was searching for some trivia on Spaghetti Westerns when I landed up on your Sholay review. I've since ended up reading nearly half-a-dozen reviews, and loved them!<br /><br />While there's been this vague awareness that Indian movies are being seen more in the West, I just assumed it was due to the expatriate Indians. Didn't expect such dedicated white viewers!<br />Love the analytical yet affectionate way in which you treat the subject.<br /><br />Like many other urban Indians of my generation (am in my 20s), I grew up watching Seinfeld and Friends. In the street-cred-crazy world of teenage, it was cooler to be associated with Hollywood than Bollywood. But Bollywood has drastically improved over the past few years. In both form and content, there are a few movies every year that can give any film worldwide a run for its money. Try Dhobi Ghat if you haven't seen it yet. It's not as over-the-top Bollywoody as you would've come to expect, but it's very well made.<br /><br />If you continue on your Bollywood journey, you'll eventually start to like the Golden-era late 50s-early 70s movies, that were grand spectacles (e.g. Pakeezah, Mughal-e-Azam). But getting subtitles could be a problem.<br /><br />Excellent blog :)VishalBnoreply@blogger.com