tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post50767055247596134..comments2024-03-22T12:27:50.002-07:00Comments on Die, Danger, Die, Die, Kill!: Doodh Ka Karz (India, 1990)Toddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890338576052689861noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-1952832689084314732010-01-15T10:54:05.090-08:002010-01-15T10:54:05.090-08:00I'll have to give it another look. I don't...I'll have to give it another look. I don't think I got as far as the peeing part. I do remember that it had a pretty exceptional Zeenat Aman bathing scene it it, though.Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890338576052689861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-43121137704165785342010-01-15T09:54:02.040-08:002010-01-15T09:54:02.040-08:00Abdullah! "Maine Pucha Chand Se" is one ...Abdullah! "Maine Pucha Chand Se" is one of the great (and one of the last) Md Rafi numbers.<br /><br />But what REALLY matters is that <br />it has some villains doing pee pee when confronted with the coolness that is Sanjay Khan. :)<br /><br />They screened it in a free to air open-air screen at the park next to my flats when I was three(probably was connected to some politician pleasing his constiuency), and THAT is all I remembered. :)sunilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-45227706839507039872010-01-15T09:08:02.026-08:002010-01-15T09:08:02.026-08:00I've been meaning to write up Bob's debut ...I've been meaning to write up Bob's debut film <i>Abdullah</i> forever, but I've never gotten around to finishing watching it.Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890338576052689861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-89420396996175830582010-01-15T07:43:14.860-08:002010-01-15T07:43:14.860-08:00The fact that Bob Christo moved to India and joine...The fact that Bob Christo moved to India and joined the film industry there just to meet Parveen Babi is enough to make me love him :Dmemsaabhttp://memsaabstory.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-43672013611354237572010-01-14T12:11:44.529-08:002010-01-14T12:11:44.529-08:00Part of the appeal of Bob for me is that his prese...Part of the appeal of Bob for me is that his presence is a guarantee of a very particular kind of goodness - like this film's grouping of Prem Chopra and Amrish Puri. Even when he showed up in <i>Commando</i> partially disguised in an Op cap. Tom Alter just does not carry the same delicious WTF baggage.Beth Loves Bollywoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540154833326987567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-85160952379441571742010-01-14T09:11:29.478-08:002010-01-14T09:11:29.478-08:00Ah, where to start? So much love for Charles and h...Ah, where to start? So much love for Charles and his serpentine vigilantism. I must say that, even if I were run from my home and beaten in the streets for describing Amrish Puri as an "internet sex god", writing this post still would have been worth it for getting to see the clip of that song alone. Thanks Beth and Vinayak! I think I'm gonna have to post that one (with thanks, of course), if you all don't mind.<br /><br />And Beth, you're right, there's a certain inevitability that hangs over <i>Doodh Ka Karz</i>. It's like the de facto insane 1990s Bollywood masala. And so early in the decade!<br /><br />Sunil: Indeed, abusing Bob Christo in some manner should be part of the initiation ritual for joining the anipal club. And thinking about it, that is the only thing that <i>Teri Meherbaniyan</i> is lacking. If it had had a scene of Moti tossing Bob Christo into a wood chipper or something, then it would truly be the only Bollywood movie that matters.<br /><br />Rum: From what I'd heard about it, I actually thought that this was going to be a <i>Nagin</i> type of movie, and that Jackie Shroff was at some point going to turn into a snake. Fortunately, it turned out to be something way more effed up than that.<br /><br />Memsaab: I can't wait to read your take on this. As you'll see, there is a LOT in the film that I didn't cover, and plenty for you to sink your filmi scribe teeth into, so to speak.<br /><br />Michael: What is it about Bob Christo? I was just so happy when I saw his name in the opening credits. On my part, I expect there's a bit of white male guilt based masochism, as in "Oh boy, I'm going to get to see a white guy humiliated and abused by precocious animals in this movie made by brown people. Yes! Yess!!"<br /><br />On the other hand, the appeal of a band of instrument playing cobras needs no explanationToddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890338576052689861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-44306766834646798372010-01-14T08:35:19.289-08:002010-01-14T08:35:19.289-08:00Oh Beth, that snake band is awesome!
And Bob Chr...Oh Beth, that snake band is awesome! <br /><br />And Bob Christo is awesome.<br /><br />And so this is just an awesome page of posts!Michael Barnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02247883921888068755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-35628004170138150952010-01-14T06:58:32.551-08:002010-01-14T06:58:32.551-08:00Sunil inspired me to buy this too (I'm with yo...Sunil inspired me to buy this too (I'm with you on him writing a blog too although you will never be redundant), and it's next to my television. I think I will enjoy it :)<br /><br />Your writing is sheer genius, BTW.memsaabhttp://memsaabstory.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-83663813803465387532010-01-14T06:47:10.273-08:002010-01-14T06:47:10.273-08:00Vinayak, I just spent 15 minutes rummaging through...Vinayak, I just spent 15 minutes rummaging through my email and old facebook statuses because I KNOW I have seen that song, and I also knew Todd would like it, so here is a clip: <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y8koVtDarE&NR=1<br /><br />Todd, I had clever things to say about your review and this film but I don't remember them now. They might have been along the lines of how this film almost seems like a tautology - that, given the era and the ingredients, this film could have emerged no other way. Which does not in any way mean that it should not be written about in full, because there is much beauty in the discovery of ingredients and their rightful use.Beth Loves Bollywoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540154833326987567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-27686167332824053382010-01-14T04:32:41.231-08:002010-01-14T04:32:41.231-08:00Yes, I have seem this sad sad film.
And I remembe...Yes, I have seem this sad sad film. <br />And I remember seeing an Old film...forgot the name...that had an entire song in which snakes play various musical instruments like flute, veena, tabla, sitar and all.Vinayak Razdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01643747755690367960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-17678446069072752162010-01-14T04:06:54.886-08:002010-01-14T04:06:54.886-08:00standard Bollywood anipal antics like terrorizing ...<i>standard Bollywood anipal antics like terrorizing Bob Christo</i><br />Line of the review! You are not a true anipal till you terrorize poor Bob Christo. Which makes me wonder, is Mr India Anil Kapoor bear enough to qualify as an anipal? :)<br /><br />Aww, at the blog starting: my talent is in reading, not writing. :)sunilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-38886934387763858602010-01-13T21:52:20.025-08:002010-01-13T21:52:20.025-08:00Oh my goodness, i think I have seen a filmi pet th...Oh my goodness, i think I have seen a filmi pet that vigilanteism rivals Brownie Moti! I was almost hoping Charles might just turn into a dancing squiggling Jeetendra like Naagin. But that would be putting down a snake's ability to act, which looks like he does well especially gaining strength from the breast-milk(MADNESS!)<br />I think i'll lose all respect from my aunty dvdwallah if i ask for this but i lost that when I ran out to get Teri Meherbaniyan!Rumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10104185865100510017noreply@blogger.com