Oh Hey There...

Contrary to what the activity level on this blog might suggest I am in fact still alive.  I've been pretty busy the past few weeks getting ready for some trips and I'll be out of the country for three weeks starting tomorrow, so unfortunately there won't be a whole lot of updating here for a bit.  I'll get back to it soon though, no worries.  :)

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Poster (UPDATED)

I don't think this really needs any explanation. Just try not to drool on your keyboards, k?

I showed this post to my sister, expecting her to be overwhelmed by the Hrithikness (as people tend to do), but instead she says "Oh. That looks exactly like the poster for Lords of Dogtown."

Yeah...she's right.  And after a quick Google search it looks like they're being called out on it.  Good.

 

Sigh.  I guess of all the things Bollywood likes to rip off, a poster is the least obnoxious.  Still disappointing.

India Wins the Cricket World Cup!

BLEED BLUE.

Some more pics and a great vid of the end of the match:

This one from Neil Nitin Mukesh's Twitter feed of the celebrations outside his house:

Abhishek and Big B celebrating India's win:

And for those of you who, like me, had to rely on dodgy internet streams to see the match, and who might have thrown things at the wall when those streams failed in the final minutes, here's the end of the match and a bit of the post-match celebrations:

Deol Dhamaka--Dharmendra in "Aaj Mausam Bada Beimaan Hai"

This is a repost from a couple of months ago--I've been super lazy about doing any posts for Deol Dhamaka but I'm catching up!  Check back tomorrow for a post featuring the delicious Abhay Deol, but for now enjoy this sweetly playful scene of Dharmendra's in the film 'Loafer.'

Mohammad Rafi's "Aaj Mausam Bada Beimaan Hai" came to my attention through the Monsoon Wedding soundtrack, and I listened to it for years before I bothered to seek out the original video.  I'm so glad I finally did though, becuase, well, LOOK at it!  Dharmendra!  Plaid pants!  Big hair!  It's 70s eye candy for sure.  My only quibble is that the film version leaves out my favorite verse:

Kya hua hai, hua kuch nahi hai
Baat kya hai pataa kuch nahi hai
Mujhse koi kataa ho gaye to
Isme mere kataa kuch nahi hai
Kuubasuurat hai tuu rut javaan hai...

I dare you not to have this beautiful tune in your head all day.

Karan Johar Getting Married...

This ought to fool the whopping four people in the world who still believe Karan's a heterosexual.  The rest of us are just eager to know how much this poor girl's getting paid...

From Masala Magazine:


"Thirty-one year old Vandana Melwani is an Economics and English literature graduate and after completing a brief stint as a management consultant, she went on to get her MBA. Currently, she heads her family’s real estate business in New York.


The love-story apparently took flight during the filming of ‘My Name Is Khan’ when Karan was in New York with mum Hiroo who suggested he meet up their old friend’s daughter Vandana. He was dreading it and decided to have a quick dinner.


But everything changed when he saw her walk in and 45 minutes later, Karan was smitten. She was gorgeous, witty and more importantly, not intimidated by his star status."

A few sites have tracked down KJo's bride-to-be...this is allegedly the lucky (or not so much) woman: