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Maine Pyar Kiya
Maine Pyar Kiya
Maine Pyar Kiya
By luria in luria Blog
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 "One of my favorite Bollywood movies of all time... it's my Dirty Dancing: a deliciously melodramatic (even for Bollywood) movie that I should be ashamed of loving as much as I do... but am not.Basic premise: Karan, from the country side, leaves his pretty young daughter Suman at the house of his old friend Kishen, who Karan hasn't seen in ages and lives in the city, while he goes away for a job. Suman and Prem, Kishen's son just back from America, fall in love. Kishen, under the influence of his evil business partner, condemns the match. Karan comes back for Suman, is horribly insulted by Kishen's condemnation and tears the young lovers apart, taking Suman back to the country. Prem follows against his father's wishes, but Karan can't forgive the pain Kishen caused him and won't give Prem his blessings. Prem then works in a mine for a month and lives in a hovel to prove his love. Just as Karan agrees to the match, all the city folks charge in. A more than ... " [More]
Super High Me
Super High Me
Super High Me
By luria in luria Blog
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 "So I'd never seen any of Doug Benson before and I'm really not a pot person, but some co-workers were going to see Super High Me at SXSW this year and it looked fun so I tagged along.I really liked it... basic premise: Doug Benson, comedian, off pot and alcohol for 30 days, on for 30 days. Hilarity on tour and at home ensues. There are a bunch of pop-up video style graphics visually depicting Doug's progress that I thought were going to get really old but never really bothered me. And I've never been able to sit though those DVD of live concerts and I was worried Super High Me would be a standup comedian version of those, but no worries there. The pot experiment was well blended with the actual gigs he had during the 60 days.I wish there had been more of the tests - medical, psychological, etc. for the 30 days on pot. A lot of time is devoted to the tests while he's not on pot, but then the results for while he's on pot are just kind of hurriedly tossed on s ... " [More]

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