tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post3296207526218127715..comments2024-03-22T12:27:50.002-07:00Comments on Die, Danger, Die, Die, Kill!: Faulad (India, 1963)Toddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890338576052689861noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-63560203369277447012008-12-11T11:55:00.000-08:002008-12-11T11:55:00.000-08:00Not all of them, though. In her review, Pauline Ka...Not all of them, though. In her review, Pauline Kael stated: "As usual, Dara Singh challenges our notion of what constitutes male and female, right and wrong, and even the fabric of reality itself. It is a stirring performance, one that the Academy would be well advised not to overlook come awards season."Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890338576052689861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-74859586979346264082008-12-11T11:19:00.000-08:002008-12-11T11:19:00.000-08:00I heard about that role; some critics were skeptic...I heard about that role; some critics were skeptical about his gender-ambiguous portrayal of Dara Singh.houseinrlyeh aka Denishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04548069611516508274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-85980119683063639892008-12-11T10:14:00.000-08:002008-12-11T10:14:00.000-08:00After seeing Samson, I wouldn't be surprised if he...After seeing <I>Samson</I>, I wouldn't be surprised if he did. Next up from him I've got <I>Rustom E Rome</I>, which looks very promising in that regard. And then, after that, Dara takes on his most challenging role in a movie called <I>Dara Singh</I>!Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890338576052689861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-12406742829750540412008-12-11T09:34:00.000-08:002008-12-11T09:34:00.000-08:00Looks like I have to add a whole chapter to my pro...Looks like I have to add a whole chapter to my probably-never-will-be-finished book on peplum movies, because these are classic Ialian style sword and sandal films. Did Dara Singh ever appear in a movie as Maciste?Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17887643336475509672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-35767036888379255472008-12-10T11:30:00.000-08:002008-12-10T11:30:00.000-08:00Yes, you need to leaven these things with other ty...Yes, you need to leaven these things with other types of entertainment. All Dara Singh all the time---even (dare I say it) all Shammi all the time, takes the gloss off a bit.<BR/><BR/>Yes, it surprised me too (re MD)...he's so defiantly proud of being lowbrow, but perhaps when you are up-and-coming you have to be more careful where you slot yourself. Who knows?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-67259975034607500682008-12-10T10:53:00.000-08:002008-12-10T10:53:00.000-08:00Yeah, and Blue Paradise is the most important docu...Yeah, and <I>Blue Paradise</I> is the most important documentary ever produced.houseinrlyeh aka Denishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04548069611516508274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-53071948610252444612008-12-10T08:58:00.000-08:002008-12-10T08:58:00.000-08:00House: So maybe it was something in the air in 196...House: So maybe it was something in the air in 1963. It occurred to me that, if I was a Christian fundamentalist, these movies would make perfect sense, because, in order for the dinosaurs to have walked the earth only two thousand years ago or whatever, you'd have to sandwich these eras together like that. I only wish they'd continued the trend and made movies where Abraham Lincoln fought Hitler. Oh, wait, I kind of just described the plot of <I>Fantasy Mission Force</I>. See, all these years we were thinking these filmmakers were crazy, when really they were just strict interpreters of the Bible!<BR/><BR/>Memsaab: I'm kind of surprised Desai passed up the opportunity, because, based on quotes of his I've read, he was a fan of Dara Singh. At least enough so to pay him the high compliment of casting him in <I>Mard</I>. Plus, the more of these old Dara movies I see, the more it seems to me that <I>Dharam-Veer</I> was intended as a direct homage to them.<BR/><BR/>Of course you should see this one. It's perfectly entertaining. I think I'm just beginning to buckle under the weight of how very similar a lot of these Dara movies are.Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890338576052689861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-35881001692231616832008-12-10T06:21:00.000-08:002008-12-10T06:21:00.000-08:00I was reading Manmohan Desai's bio again last even...I was reading Manmohan Desai's bio again last evening, and he says that in his lean years from 1960 to 1970 he was offered a Dara Singh film to direct but turned it down (his wife said: something better will turn up). Can you imagine????<BR/><BR/>Sigh. Lost opportunities. But I will probably need to see this one, even if you wouldn't take a bullet for it.<BR/><BR/>I do love the combo b/w and color thing. Poor Mohd Hussain, he needed a sugar daddy (or momma).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-70972816889821501032008-12-10T04:58:00.000-08:002008-12-10T04:58:00.000-08:00Sounds fun, and rather like Samurai Pirate with To...Sounds fun, and rather like <I>Samurai Pirate</I> with Toshiro Mifune, incidentally also made in 1963...houseinrlyeh aka Denishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04548069611516508274noreply@blogger.com