Another year’s gone by, faster than a speeding rocket! It was a very eventful and busy year for me, personally and professionally, and I didn’t have much time for Bollywood. I did keep tabs on news and events in the industry, and my favourite Bollywood blogs and websites. It wasn’t a great year for Bollywood in my opinion, it didn’t seem to me that there were a lot of fantastic movies or fresh, creative ideas… but that being said, I really haven’t seen enough of the year’s movies to really have a strong opinion on the overall quality of the industry’s output in 2012.
Because I didn’t have much time to watch films this year, I didn’t do much blogging at all this year… hopefully that will change next year when I get a chance to catch up on my sadly neglected DVD collection! Anyway, this post is basically just to wish anyone who still wanders here by accident Happy Holidays and a very happy, peaceful, successful and prosperous 2013! Here’s hoping it goes well for us all!
A blog dedicated to a man I love... I don't know what it is about Dharmendra, but I just think he's the bomb. I started this blog to express my love for him. Since then, it's become my space to talk about movies, and especially movies made in India and/or by Indians. I still have nothing but love for Dharam though - he could quite easily be my grandfather, but I still think he's the bomb...
My favourite Bollywood-related places
- Aparna's Musings
- Apni East India Company
- Apurv's Reviews
- Army of Monkeys - Great reviews
- Baba aur Bollywood
- Beliefs, Blackness and Bollywood
- Beth Loves Bollywood
- Bitten By Bollywood
- BollyBob: Sadly missed!
- Bollywood 501- great site, lots of vintage stuff
- Bollywood Deewana
- Chakpak.com - nice Bollywood site
- Desi Music 4Ever!
- Desicritics
- DJ's Fabulous Hindi Songs Site
- Dustedoff
- Filmi Geek - a wonderful site
- Filmi Girl
- Filmiholic
- Fropper - Celebrity Stuff
- Great Bollywood Reviews Here
- Hindi Movie Reviews
- Jhaji's Blog - a great resource
- Loves Movies and Music
- Maja's Awesome Reviews may be found here...
- Memsaab Story
- Nicki knows her stuff!
- Nirvana's Spot
- Old is Gold
- Polka Stripes, Zebra Dots
- Salaam Namaste's Reviews
- Shahid Khan's Reviews
- Shell's Bollyworld
- Shilpa's Reviews
- Square Cut - Atul ji's wonderful blog
- Tenderoni's Bollyblog
- The Bollywood Bitch
- The Bollywood Scribe
- The Bollywood Watch (with the Tse Tungs)
- The Gorilla's Lament (love the 'Bhooty Calls')
- The Wonderful World of Veracious
- This Jackie Shroff Lookalike Rocks!
- Through Sheetal's Eyes
- Totally Basmatic - Love that name!
- Vijayeta is Back!
- You can't beat good ol' IMDb
My Favourite Contemporary Bollywood Stars (Female)
- Juhi Chawla
- Kajol
- Konkona Sen Sharma
- Madhuri Dixit
- Rani Mukherjee
- Tabu
- Vidya Balan
My Favourite Bollywood Stars from the Past (Female)
- Hema Malini
- Jaya Bhaduri
- Mumtaz
- Nargis
- Neetu Singh
- Nutan Behl
- Sharmila Tagore
- Zeenat Aman
My Favourite Contemporary Bollywood Stars (Male)
- Aamir Khan
- Abhishek Bachchan
- Ajay Devgan
- Mohnish Behl
- Saif Ali Khan
- Shah Rukh Khan
- Vivek Oberoi
My Favourite Bollywood Stars from the Past (Male)
- Amitabh Bachchan
- Ashok Kumar
- Dharmendra
- Dilip Kumar
- Pran!!!
- Rajesh Khanna
- Rishi Kapoor
- Vinod Khanna
Which of these 12 female directors is your personal favourite?
Which of these 11 female actors do you think has shared the best onscreen chemistry with Shahrukh Khan?
Which of these 10 female actresses do you think has shared the best onscreen chemistry with Amitabh Bachchan?
Dharmendra Movies I've Seen (I know, you'd think there'd be more!)
- Aaye Din Bahar Ke (1966)
- Anpadh (1962)
- Anupama (1966)
- Apne (2007)
- Aya Sawan Jhoom Ke (1969)
- Ayee Milan Ki Bela (1964)
- Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi (1966)
- Blackmail (1973)
- Chupke Chupke (1975)
- Devar (1966)
- Dillagi (1978)
- Dost (1974)
- Ghazab (1982)
- Guddi (1971)
- Izzat (1968)
- Jeevan Mrityu (1970)
- Jugnu (1973)
- Khamoshi (1969) - Special Appearance
- Life... in a Metro (2007)
- Mera Gaon Mera Desh (1971)
- Mere Hamdam Mere Dost (1968)
- Naseeb (1981) - Special Appearance
- Naukar Biwi Ka (1983)
- Om Shanti Om (2007) - Special Appearance
- Phool Aur Patthar (1966)
- Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998)
- Rakhwala (1971)
- Ram Balram (1980)
- Satyakam (1969)
- Seeta Aur Geeta (1972)
- Sholay (1975)
- The Burning Train (1980)
- Yamla Pagla Deewana (2011)
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7 comments:
You probably know which films to check out when you have the time again.. I was going to say I've found 2012 quite interesting, actually, but when it really comes down to it, there aren't that many films I really liked. Kahaani, English Vinglish, Shanghai and Aiyyaa.. But that's about it, unless I'm forgetting something very important. (And there's a ton I've not seen yet, like Talaash.)
And a happy New Year to you too! I hope each film you watch in 2013 turns out to be at least good. :-)
I'll echo veracious for Kahaani and English - both enjoyable. I also liked Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana, but felt a little let down by Talaash - though the acting was all-around good, and the story had its merits.
Hey Daddy's Girl! I really like your blog, but do you have a link to all your movie reviews? Because I can't seem to find it anywhere on you page and would appreciate you pointing it out to me. Thanks, and have a good New Year!
Veracious and Dustedoff, thanks so much for the recommendations - I will definitely check those ones out. Happy New Year!!
Anon, thanks so much... you're right, I don't have an index of my movie reviews yet, but it's a great idea, and I'm definitely going to work on one, it should be up in a week or so. I need to tidy up the blog quite a bit actually, get rid of some dead links, etc, so thanks for the kick in the pants! Happy New Year!
Happy new year 2013. Hope to see you blogging again soon. I second earlier recos about Kahani, English Vinglish. I would also recommend Vicky Donor, Paan Singh Tomar, Lanka and Barfi. All these films were good in 2012. Rani's role in Taalash did not do justice to her acting talent - she had nothing much to do
Hi DG,
just wanted to make sure you knew about this one!
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZQmkd2h5-LE/T71AAAS9OXI/AAAAAAAAQ3Y/WryUhde7sr0/s1600/Portrait+of+Hindi+Movie+Star+Dharmendra+in+His+Young+Age.jpg
cheers!
yves
I do not know why so over reaction on it.
http://memyworlds.wordpress.com/2015/01/05/gadar-ek-prem-katha-an-epic-movie/
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