tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36123519.post8959820344145779316..comments2023-10-09T10:40:10.116+01:00Comments on In praise of all things Dharmendra-related: BRING ON THE WOMEN!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36123519.post-5185256992006385732011-01-04T14:48:47.231+01:002011-01-04T14:48:47.231+01:00@dustedoff: Thanks for the link to Sharmi's re...@dustedoff: Thanks for the link to Sharmi's review - I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and look forward to seeing the movie soon.<br /><br />@bollywooddeewana: I love that story about Sri and Jayaprada... although it is sort of sad that it plays right into all those negative stereotypes of women being ultra-competitive and never getting along with one another. I hope you had a very happy festive season, and I wish you a very prosperous 2011 too!!Daddy's Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14679564351145843434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36123519.post-76535939025570241322010-12-24T17:01:53.827+01:002010-12-24T17:01:53.827+01:00@ Daddy's Girl This is a wonderful post and yo...@ Daddy's Girl This is a wonderful post and you're definitely right there is such a scarcity of women friendships perhaps for the exact reason you've stated about box office collections, the closest perhaps is sisterly love. <br /><br />And even when i think of popular female duo's like Sridevi and Jaya who did loads of films together they had very little interaction with each other hence that rumour about them both being locked up in a room only for them to turn their backs on each other.<br /><br />Let's hope that changes soon and there are films that will explore female friendships till then Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year from me.........xxbollywooddeewanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04916533314639410268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36123519.post-20585126122118410702010-12-14T05:36:09.546+01:002010-12-14T05:36:09.546+01:00@DG: Sharmi did a review of Mirch Masala sometime....@DG: Sharmi did a review of <i>Mirch Masala</i> sometime. It's a very good film, with superb acting, a good story, and great cinematography. Here's her review:<br /><br />http://oldfilmsgoingthreadbare.blogspot.com/2010/08/red-hot-mirch-masala.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36123519.post-90864019901273436522010-12-13T12:29:57.954+01:002010-12-13T12:29:57.954+01:00@dustedoff: Thanks - I have heard about Mirch Masa...@dustedoff: Thanks - I have heard about Mirch Masala but didn't know what it was about - will look for it.<br /><br />@amaluu: I've never heard of 'Raadha aur Seeta' - will have to find out more... I did like how protective the girls were of Seemsa in 'Satte Pe Satta'... lots of girl power - there was some of that in 'Naseeb' as well, I recall... I haven't seen 'Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega' - must remedy that soon.<br /><br />@bollyviewer: Too true - alas, the women's lives are often so wrapped up in taking care of the family and being self-sacrificing lambs that they don't have time for their girlfriends... I just thought of Hum Saath Saath Hain whre the mother's friends were all evil influences that made her act selfishly and foolishly. Oh dear. Thanks for the link to dustedoff's review of 'Dekh Kabira Roya'... I remember thinking it looked like fun....Daddy's Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14679564351145843434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36123519.post-87240584459681708602010-12-13T06:41:29.718+01:002010-12-13T06:41:29.718+01:00Female buddy-pyaar, if ever allowed onscreen, usua...Female buddy-<i>pyaar</i>, if ever allowed onscreen, usually breaks down over one man! :( Considering that filmi women have to spend all their time making <i>gajar-ka-halwa</i> for their kids (it takes hours!) and atone for the sins of all their menfolk, I am not surprised that women have no time to bond with each other!<br /><br />There were the three girl friends in <i><a href="http://dustedoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/dekh-kabira-roya-1957/" rel="nofollow">Dekh Kabira Roya</a></i>, but for the rest, women teams seem to be confined to sister-sister pairs.bollyviewerhttp://bollyviewer-oldisgold.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36123519.post-17291587911092238372010-12-12T06:16:41.063+01:002010-12-12T06:16:41.063+01:00Oh, one good one I just remembered, which is all a...Oh, one good one I just remembered, which is all about women power, though I don't recall if a friendship is part of the film. More like empathy. <i>Mirch Masala</i>, starring Smita Patil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36123519.post-21465438014205257652010-12-11T21:21:36.087+01:002010-12-11T21:21:36.087+01:00One of my favorite old movies is the Rajshri flop ...One of my favorite old movies is the Rajshri flop film 'Raadha aur Seeta' starring Reeta Bhadhuri and Abha Dhulia - they play best friends who of course fall in love with the same man. It's a totally cheesy film, but I love it. And it is primarily about their friendship! :-)<br /><br />Otherwise it's very hard to find female friendships in films isn't it? I love all the girls in Satte Pe Satta and how they rally to protect Seema, but they certainly aren't the focus of the film.<br /><br />There's Rani & Preity in Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega (Piya Piya is one of my favorite girl friendship songs), and Rani & Kareena in Mujhse Dosti Karoge, I suppose. The guy and love is always the main focus, unfortunately.<br /><br />I hope you do a follow-up post on this!!!<br /><br />Would love to hear some suggestions from others.Amaluuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02380614143900866533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36123519.post-75174849464151174752010-12-11T06:29:38.093+01:002010-12-11T06:29:38.093+01:00I watched a film called Saheli the other day - Kal...I watched a film called <i>Saheli</i> the other day - Kalpana, Vijaya Choudhary and Pradeep Kumar, in which the focus was the friendship between the two women. They fell in love with the same man, unfortunately, and that sent their relationship into a downward spiral. In any case, it was a badly made film, pretty ho-hum most of the way, and with no really good girl-bonding scenes. But just for the record...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com