August 2009 - Posts - First Cut

August 2009 - Posts

Bollywood, celebrate the return of Rambhaaaaaa!

Posted by Priya Ramani at 
Rambha's biggest Bollywood connection so far has been David Dhawan. So it was brilliant to see her free of that camp and playing a super sexy bar dancer in Shashanka Ghosh's Quick Gun Murugun . HT Cafe says the wig cost the producers of the film Rs15 lakh. Worth every rupee, I say. In the same publication, Ghosh says Rambha's character Mango...

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Prince dance group wins India's Got Talent

Posted by Priya Ramani at 
So after a finale episode that lasted more than 3 hours, Prince dance group from Orissa were finally declared winners of the first edition of India's Got Talent . The all male group of bodypainted dancers is comprised mainly of daily wage labourers and I for one couldn't stop cheering! They've been the most innovative group since day one...

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My (humble) 8-point reaction to Shah Rukh Khan's detention

Posted by Priya Ramani at 
Now that we've stopped breathing fire and yelling everyone who opposes our point of view on actor Shah Rukh Khan's detention in Newark, here's my take on the matter. 1. Vivek Oberoi may need publicity. SRK certainly doesn't. He's big in India. And he's certainly big overseas. If you look at the last few decades of Bollywood's...

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Kaminey: Is Charlie gay? SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT

Posted by Priya Ramani at 
None of the reviews had even a line about Charlie's sexuality. But I'm convinced that the bad boy avataar of Shahid in Vishal's Kaminey is gay. Maybe Vishal didn't tell Shahid about this. Maybe Charlie's a guy who hasn't figured out his sexuality yet. Maybe it's just Vishal's private angle. But clearly, Charlie has the...

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Love Aaj Kal or Jab We Met?

Posted by Priya Ramani at 
Like all of you, I was dying to see Love Aaj Kal . I couldn't make it for the press preview at Delhi's historic Delite cinema, and finally ended up seeing it one day after it opened at the DT Cinema at Saket's DLF Place. Not many people know of the existence of this new theatre and that's the only reason we got tickets I think. All the...

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Swayamvar finale: Rakhi, Elesh and Jesus

Posted by Priya Ramani at 
So Rakhi got engaged to Elesh. We all knew that would happen. Manas was just a decoy, people. She was hardly going to marry a man several years her junior. The finale opened with Ram Kapoor whose smirk seemed to indicate that he still couldn't believe he was on this show. All three grooms-to-be prayed, completed assorted "wedding" rituals...

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