Monika’s Pensieve

I’ve been looking through lots of best kiss movie lists and once again have come to the conclusion that there is something wrong with me :] I think I’m even more out of touch with other human beings in my kissing scene preferences than in nude scene preferences…
The Criteria:

Two or more beings of some sort [...]

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Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (India, 2006)
Seen: Saturday, 1st May 2010 (DVD, repeat viewing)
Runtime: 193′
Director: Karan Johar
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta, Abhishek Bachchan, Kiron Kher, Arjun Rampal, John Abraham (cameo)
Production House: Dharma Productions
Plot: The story of two people, who fall in love with each other even though they are married to [...]

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Dhoom:2 (India, 2006)
Seen: Thursday, 7th May 2009 (DVD)
Runtime: 152′
Director: Sanjay Gadhvi
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Uday Chopra
Production House: Yash Raj Films
Plot: (from imdb)
ACP Jai Dixit and his best friend Ali takes on an international thief known only as Mr. A. Will they be able to catch him?
Trailer
I think the trailers [...]

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Dhoom (India, 2004)
Seen: Monday, 30th March 2009 (DVD)
Runtime: 129′
Director: Sanjay Gadhvi
Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Uday Chopra, John Abraham, Esha Deol
Production House: Yash Raj Films
Plot: A gang of bikers is on a large scale robbing spree and a policeman is trying to crack their case.
Trailer

Impressions In Short
I like Abhishek and John together *grin* But the film [...]

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Dostana (India, 2008)
Seen: Thursday, 26th March 2009 (cinema, special screening)
Director: Tarun Mansukhani
Cast: John Abraham, Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Bobby Deol, Kiron Kher, Shilpa Shetty (cameo), Boman Irani
Production House: Dharma Productions
Plot: (from imdb)
Kunal and Sameer, two straight guys who pretend to be a gay couple to secure an posh Miami apartment, but both of them [...]

So yeah - I think I’ll spend most of March sitting in dark cinema halls :]
I’m putting the schedule of the festival below - I’ve marked the films I cannot possibly miss with red. The festival takes place in all cinemas in the Multikino and SilverScreen chains.
Monday, 23rd March 2009
18:30 Water
Tuesday, 24th March 2009
18:30 Hello
Wednesday, [...]

I’ve been following Dostana for a while now. It’s done quite well for itself at the Indian box office, so I hope that means we’ll be seeing it in Poland eventually :)
Anyway, this is a longish interview with the main cast of Dostana - Karan Johar (the producer) is asking the questions. And basically the [...]

Anyone who followed my old blog knows I am not a fan of Apple computers ;) So it is with great satisfaction that I announce that at least when it comes to iPhones, India agrees.
India is second only to China as far as amount of mobile phone users is concerned (interestingly enough, in India they [...]

One of the things that I find most mind-boggling about India (or what I think I know about it anyway) is that every opinion or stance you could possibly conceive of seems to be somehow represented if you look for it hard enough. Things that seemingly contradict will mysteriously manage to function side by side.
Mumbai, [...]

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Film: Dostana (India, 2008)
Release Date: 14th November 2008 in India, no release date for Poland
Director: Tarun Mansukhani
Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra, Shilpa Shetty, Bobby Deol, Kiron Kher
Production House: Dharma Productions
Plot: A comedy about two guys who pretend to be gay.
Trailer

Why I’m excited about it
Something I really want to see is a mainstream [...]