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Frank Longo
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"Anyone still here into Indian cinema?"


  

          

I'm always woefully behind on foreign language cinema, but after RRR, I started making it a point to check out new Indian releases that make their way stateside. After all, I love action movies with style, I love musicals, I love an earnest tone-- so really, I'm surprised I didn't start checking Indian cinema (especially Indian action cinema) out sooner.

New release movies I've seen this year:

Fighter: if you watched Top Gun and thought "not remotely jingoistic enough!" then this is for you! Look, I love plenty of problematic action, and this is... absolutely that. It was a blast to see with a packed house. Siddharth Anand kinda just has the goods when it comes to movies like this, and it helps that your top three leads are among the best out there doing it. Definitely silly, fascist, melodramatic-- but very much for me.

Bade Miyan Chote Miyan: first half is a pretty tough sit-- very clearly emulating American Ryan Reynolds-style tongue-firmly-in-cheek banter. Second half is a lot better because Prithviraj (also great in Salaar last year) is the only guy given a real character to play. My least favorite that I've seen in theaters in the last couple years.

Kalki 2898 AD: ... kinda loved this? The first 15 minutes is an INSANE exposition dump, but once they get through it, you get all the big stars doing their thing, you get massive ambitious sprawling stuff that alternates between Star Wars and a SyFy Channel original (complimentary!), you get all this religious imagery that I'm not sure adds up but I dig, and you get this deeply committed tone that ultimately made some of the beats here emotionally affecting. Is this "good"? I don't know! Was it a terrific time? Absolutely. Gave me "if Zack Snyder was good" vibes.

Kill: this comes out next week, but I saw it end of last year at an action movie film fest. It fucking rocks. Picture "The Raid on a train," and you're there. Love what they did with the villains here too. Anyone who digs action movies owes it to themselves to check this one out.

Anyone else seen any Indian movies in the last couple years they've really dug?

11/13: Hot Frosty (on Netflix)
11/23: Three Wiser Men & A Boy (on Hallmark)
11/27: Christmas Under the Lights (on Hallmark Mysteries)
12/14: The Santa Class (on Hallmark)

  

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Defintely checking out KILL
Jul 01st 2024
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got any recommendations that aren't action/musicals?
Jul 01st 2024
2
      try to look for 'Joyland' if you can
Jul 02nd 2024
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           thanks, I remember hearing about it
Jul 02nd 2024
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One of my least explored genres
Jul 01st 2024
3
saw Kill last night, it ruled
Jul 04th 2024
6
Have you seen the Baahubali movies?
Jul 06th 2024
7
I have-- they're outstanding. Rajamouli is a beast.
Jul 06th 2024
8

bwood
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Mon Jul-01-24 06:34 AM

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1. "Defintely checking out KILL"
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Been seeing that trailer and it looks dope, so I'm glad to hear it is dope.

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wrecknoble
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Mon Jul-01-24 10:51 AM

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2. "got any recommendations that aren't action/musicals?"
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I'm thinking along the lines of:

- The Lunchbox
- Such A Long Journey
- Photograph

I'm of South Asian descent and I find I relate more to the slow burn dramas / character studies when it comes to Indian/Pakistani films

over-the-top action movies and musicals just don't do it for me

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upUPNorth
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Tue Jul-02-24 08:29 AM

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4. "try to look for 'Joyland' if you can"
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a film from Pakistan that might not ever play in Pakistan.
I saw it at the Toronto Film Fest a couple years ago and really liked it.
Looks like it might be on youtube or something, however that works.

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wrecknoble
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5. "thanks, I remember hearing about it"
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and will definitely check it out now that you've suggested it

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stylez dainty
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Mon Jul-01-24 02:21 PM

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3. "One of my least explored genres"
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Like someone said above, the action musical stuff, even though it sounds awesome on paper, loses my attention really fast. But I know there's a whole other side to it I'm probably missing.

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6. "saw Kill last night, it ruled"
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>Kill: this comes out next week, but I saw it end of last year
>at an action movie film fest. It fucking rocks. Picture "The
>Raid on a train," and you're there. Love what they did with
>the villains here too. Anyone who digs action movies owes it
>to themselves to check this one out.
>

All-time great title card drop. The audience gasped.

  

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IslaSoul
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Sat Jul-06-24 02:00 AM

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7. "Have you seen the Baahubali movies?"
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If not you should; seeing what you've enjoyed

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Frank Longo
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Sat Jul-06-24 01:45 PM

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8. "I have-- they're outstanding. Rajamouli is a beast. "
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Eega was extraordinary, and I really liked Magadheera as well. He just gets how to make a movie of that size and scale.

11/13: Hot Frosty (on Netflix)
11/23: Three Wiser Men & A Boy (on Hallmark)
11/27: Christmas Under the Lights (on Hallmark Mysteries)
12/14: The Santa Class (on Hallmark)

  

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