tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post2818258287080799146..comments2023-12-19T08:12:59.428-08:00Comments on Post-Punk Cinema Club: Ghungroo (1983)a ppcc representativehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03533616493105736109noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-27057150221719585532010-08-04T05:36:52.933-07:002010-08-04T05:36:52.933-07:00hi
just came across ur blog looking for a review ...hi<br /><br />just came across ur blog looking for a review for naina.<br /><br />what an awesome blog u have! and a great review for ghungroo. some of the things u wrote made me ROFL. Thanks a lot for the great reviews and ur sense of humor.<br /><br />looking forward to seeing a lot of films with the help of ur reviews of course.Sanguhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323704251331735332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-56019187996008178372008-06-04T14:58:00.000-07:002008-06-04T14:58:00.000-07:00Watchalong sounds like great fun! Lets do it...Watchalong sounds like great fun! Lets do it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-56112248931085512182008-06-03T13:04:00.000-07:002008-06-03T13:04:00.000-07:00Beth - Aww, I LOVE the tragic courtesan genre, so ...Beth - Aww, I LOVE the tragic courtesan genre, so this film was just a triple whammy: tragic courtesans, Shashi with greying temples, AND a progressive message! As I said to Greta, if you get your hands on, can we pliiiz do a watchalong? I must share!<BR/><BR/>There was another really blunt, funny symbol in the film, but I've since forgotten. Yeah, that fight scene is a bit embarrassing to watch!<BR/><BR/>Memsaab - 1. No prob! It is a great interview, na? Naseer is so adorably grumpy in his defensive "What's wrong with loving Shammi?!"-ness. 2. OMG watchalong. Will e-mail. 3. Completely agreed! Someone else was saying that too, I think (on the review for Kalyug perhaps?). He looks so classy!<BR/><BR/>Ajnabi - I was wondering when someone would comment on the hatchet! He's actually about to hatchet Suraj to death, but Smita stops him. The scene was really surprising because Shashi looked like he really was going to start crying. Or possibly laughing. It was INTENSE.<BR/><BR/>Bollyviewer - GASP! Do you have this movie? OMG join the watchalong! I agree that the age difference between Shashi and Smita was initially a bit jarring... I was actually a bit confused at times whether Shashi was supposed to be playing his age or not. Also, Smita was so young in this! <BR/><BR/>Shweta - Gasp, that's mini-Manoj?! Awesome!! He was quite adorable in this, though he was a lot more convincing when he was doing his Prince Nice Guy rather than his "I'm a bad-ass" scenes, which felt a bit like adolescent imitations of Amitabh.<BR/><BR/>You're in the greying temple brigade, as well! Wait til I finally get Vijeta and cap THAT. Aww yeah.the PPCC is a big fat idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16288839284512965083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-23731063468399139642008-06-03T10:07:00.000-07:002008-06-03T10:07:00.000-07:00Did you notice Kunal is Manoj Kumar's son? He did ...Did you notice Kunal is Manoj Kumar's son? He did make some horrible movies, but I find nothing bad about this one at all. <BR/><BR/>Like Greta, I love Shashi's greying temples (rofl) and I am certain they overshadowed every shortcoming this movie may have had.Shweta Mehrotra Gahlawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13543438271055378809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-61775752364109788722008-06-02T22:26:00.000-07:002008-06-02T22:26:00.000-07:00Echoing memsaab - Shashi+graying temples=super fab...Echoing memsaab - Shashi+graying temples=super fab! :-)<BR/><BR/>PPCC I too, remember scenes where Shashi in the background is rolling his eyes and trying to muffle his smile - showed what an experienced actor can do against a newbie! Have to rewatch the re-union scene - dont remember it so well! :-) <BR/><BR/>Felt the first half of the movie had Shashi looking too old for Smita - it was worse than the May-December thing in Bezubaan! And, I think it was fairly typical of the sad courtesan stories of 80s and 90s (Umrao Jaan was a bit different) with all the emphasis on taking off/putting on ghungroos and the ultimate wish of the courtesan being marriage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-69486423999544949942008-06-02T10:42:00.000-07:002008-06-02T10:42:00.000-07:00Beth and memsaab already said what I was gonna, so...Beth and memsaab already said what I was gonna, so I'm just left with a question: dude, what's up with the hatchet in the last screencap? Fun review! Thank you!ajnabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08296593338690811213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-84938483396940812722008-06-01T14:43:00.000-07:002008-06-01T14:43:00.000-07:00Two---no three!---things:One: I knew Naseeruddin S...Two---no three!---things:<BR/><BR/>One: I knew Naseeruddin Shah was a Shammi fan too, but what a great great interview with him about it!!! Had never seen it, thank you for the link!<BR/><BR/>Two: Must...see...Ghungroo...NOW<BR/><BR/>Three: Shashi+graying temples=sexxxxxxxxy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-89049710058673226692008-06-01T11:16:00.000-07:002008-06-01T11:16:00.000-07:00As I was reading, at first I thought "Oh no, anoth...As I was reading, at first I thought "Oh no, another tragic courtesan story, no thanks" and then I kept reading and then thought "Oh! It's actually NOT just another tragic courtesan story!" And therefore I am down with watching it. <BR/><BR/>Pole in the pants that falls upon facing potentially disapproving and decidedly unsexy idea that love interest hash a parent? Seriously? Ha. That doesn't sound like it fits with the classy, non-slapstick, tone of this movie at all!Beth Loves Bollywoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540154833326987567noreply@blogger.com