SFR: Asin and Vijay Kaavalkaran working stills

Even though I know it's going to be the same old shit from Vijay, I will watch this just to see Asin's return--I hope--to Kollywood.

SFR: Shriya Saran in Cooking With Stella

Synopsis is here. Pics were swiped from here.





Five more behind the cut:

TPP: I like Hansika Motwani

I don't know how or why it happened, but I now like her. I'm not a fan, she's not quite SLO material, but I like her enough to have ordered Bindaas and Maska. I watched some of the former earlier today. I wished she'd had a better-looking co-star. Puneet is not pleasing to my eyes, and the frequent close-ups of his face were not helping. As for Maska, Ram gives me a headache, and I have a feeling that Suniel will get on my nerves, but hopefully the movie will have some redeeming qualities.

Aside: I have a bunch of movies waiting to be watched, but lately, I haven't been in the mood to view them, let alone blog about them. Apparently, watching and blogging about movies isn't what's hot in 2010. If there were a such thing as Flutter, I'd hang out there, since Twitter has become as passé to me as LiveJournal and Myspace. I don't have any immediate plans to delete this blog, but I don't think I will update as often as I did in the past.

Madurey(2004)

I wish I hadn't bought this. I mean, I knew better than to have high expectations--or any expectations, really, seeing how it IS a Vijay movie. Even with that in mind, each of the three times I tried to watch it, I couldn't make it past the first twenty minutes or so. I don't know whether to try to give away the DVD or use it as a (very expensive) drink coaster.

I need to go back to my "try before buying" routine--i.e. watching movies online instead of purchasing sight unseen.

SFR: Hazel

At the premiere of Mittal vs Mittal. She has an item number in the film.



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NFR: Madhubala

I was looking at someone's ElJay "Friends" page and came across these images of Madhubala posted in deathly-smirk's journal. They were so pretty, I felt the need to repost them here. The 3rd and 4th pics are my faves.

TPP: Sana Khan

Thambikku Indha Ooru opens today. I hope it does well enough for her to fetch even more Kollywood offers. I might wait for the Ayngaran release rather than order the 2-in-1 DVD first, like I normally do.

About a week ago, I was reading some articles where she was praising Simbu to the skies, calling him her "mentor" and whatnot. Filthy mind that I have, I thought, "Wow, he must be REALLY good in bed!" She could be totally sincere, but I wouldn't be suprised to discover that they had a little sumthin-sumthin going on while they were filming Silambattam.

I like the top and the jeans, but not the belt. She's not fat, but she should've sucked in her gut, or waited until after she lost a few kilos to wear that top. [/catty-but-oh-so-loving-tone]

TPP: Shobana in Siva

Some of her facial expressions and mannerisms in this movie make me think of Madhuri Dixit. I don't know why, I just "see" Madz whenever Shobana moves or looks a certain way.





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TPP: Jennifer Kotwal

She appears to be aging backwards. I checked her Wiki page and her birth year is now listed as 1983. The original year was 1981, then it was changed to 1982. In a couple of years, her DOB will probably get bumped up to 1985. I'm not hating, though. I'm just my father's daughter in the sense that I'm age-obsessed. Man, if only I'd known how good I had it when I was in my teens. Anyway...

So far, I've watched only 3 of her films--Yogi, Sree, Sathyavan Savithri--but I love her almost as much as I love Ileana. Ugadi, E Bandana, and--I think--Mast Maja Maadi are available at Bhavani, but Ravichandran gives me the creeps, I'm not sure if she gets enough screen time in E Bandana, and I'm waiting for Mast Maja Maadi to get marked down to $7.99 before I buy it. She was also in the Telugu film Naaga with Sada and NTR Jr., and while it's only $2.99(or it was when I last checked), she's more than likely relegated to the sidelines. Oh, well.

I forget where and why these pics were taken. I think it was for a clothing store opening, or the launch of a clothing line.



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NFR: Sridevi

Filmfare nominations red carpet.

I don't like the outfit as a whole, but I do like the top and that shade of lavender. Besides, it's SRIDEVI, and seeing her makes me happy.




Pics of Sri at an art gallery behind the cut:

SFR: Sana Khan in Thambikku Indha Ooru

The oh-so annoying Vivek **gag** is also in this, but I hope there's enough footage of Sana to make up for his presence.



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TPP: Kamal Hassan

I think he's still a nice-looking man, in spite of his tendency to look bloated and/or aged, but I prefer the late seventies/early eighties version of Kamal sir. Had I been in the movie biz around that time, I'm sure I would've been yet another notch on his stump of a bedpost. **ahem**

The first set of caps are from his "kissing" scenes with Rati Agnihotri in Ullasa Paravaigal, the second set are gratuitous shots of his chest and legs in Tik...Tik...Tik.

Previews:





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Former SLO: Nisha Kothari

Last night, I watched Madhyanam Hatya(later remade in Hindi as My Wife's Murder) and sort of fell in love with her again. I used to be somewhat obsessed with her; not in a stalkerish way, but in a "I wish I were a cute, young plaything 'muse' of a 'maverick' film director obsessed with my legs and butt, too!" way. And she was a Sridevi fan, which automatically added 25 bonus points to her kitty. I've since moved on but I still think she's cute, and maybe someday I'll watch RGV Ki Aag, just to see if it's really as bad as critics have claimed. Raaj the Showman is another possibility, even though I find Puneet Rajkumar rather unappealing.

I found these caps on the internet a while back. They're from the "Chadti Jawani" remix video she did with Negar Khan and another model whose name I don't know.





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TPP: Ileana

Her latest Wiki entry claims that she was born November 1, 1982. I read on another site(don't have the link) that her birth year was 1985, same month and day. Her "official" birthday is August 19, 1987. I think it would be cool if she were actually 27. Plus, she strikes me as more of a Scorpio than a Leo. (Yes, I'm sort of into astrology.) Anyway...

I love this girl but, with the exception of Mahesh Babu, I can't stand most of her co-stars. NTR Jr. is alright, but why did he have to be so fat in Rakhi? Ram and Ravi Teja make my head hurt, Nitin and Tarun are a waste of screen space, and Pawan Kalyan is just "Whatever!" Having said that, I may end up ordering Jalsa and Rechipo, anyway. Saleem, too, if it's no more than $5.99.

Her figure looks best in jeans and crop tops. She has a nice midriff. I wish my stomach were as flat as hers. (It probably would be, if I could give up my fondness for white rice and pasta, but I doubt that will ever happen.)




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TPP: Sridevi in Devatha

It was remade in Hindi as Tohfa.

I like the cones. Really, I do. And I like--no, LOVE Sridevi even more.

SFR: Asin in London Dreams

Screen caps swiped from this thread on zulm.net.

I sort of want to see this just because I like the way Asin looks in these caps and in the stills I've viewed on bollywoodhungama. But, I'm not a fan of either Salman Khan or Ajay Devgan, and I don't know how well I can tolerate them. Maybe if/when Induna lists the DVD for $1.67 I'll take a chance and order it.

Bunny(2005)

Strangely enough, I like this movie better than Paragu. I say "strangely" because 1) I paid only scant attention to whatever scenes I skipped to/through, and 2) somewhere along the line, the plot got lost among a comedy track with a comedian whose name I can't be bothered to look up, a segment or two involving politics, and a child left in the middle of the road during a rainstorm(baby-switching, perhaps?). And then there was Allu dancing, and the heroine...doing something. I wouldn't call it "acting", more like "just being there". I can't recall either her character's name or her real name, but the one thing that stuck with me was how hard she looked, like she spent her childhood drinking and smoking and hanging out until the wee hours of the morning. She was a "MILF" minus the "ILF". I found it laughable how, within the first 7 minutes of the film, the word "beautiful" was used twice in reference to her. I thought, "She ain't cute!" That being said, I will admit to having a weird fascination with her matronly-looking, almost expressionless face. She sorta reminded me of Sonia Aggarwal, but with about 1.3 more facial movements.

Prakash Raj plays another daddy. I wish he were my daddy. I used to poke fun at his ubiquitousness, but now I want to--never mind.

Allu was cute, but I think I prefer the longer hair he sported in Desamuduru. Should I try to watch Arya(which apparently was successful enough to warrant a sequel)? Or Gangotri? I still don't consider myself a "fan" BUT, he does have a certain je ne sais quois that makes me wish--oh, once again, never mind. **sigh**

That's all I have for now. One day, I'll try to watch Bunny in its entirety. Or maybe I should just post some screen caps and call it a day. Yes, I might do that. (Which reminds me, I still need to make caps from Boss.)