happy (belated) birthday to me

I was just a wee bit disappointed to discover that Abhishek Chaubey's directorial debut film "Ishqiya" was not going to be shown in either of the theatre chains for which I was given gift cards at Christmas. Yes, we're still pretty unemployed around here, so those gift cards are our chances to see films in the cinema right now.

But "Ishqiya", nope, only a very limited run at the cinema specializing in Bollywood cinema.

However, the Tech Guy suggested that $20 would not break us, and that we really needed to go see "Ishqiya".  (Someone, hire this guy, because see how nice he is?  And he's talented, I swear to it -- you might say I'm biased, but I do have to work with him in my little knitting business, and if he weren't good at what he does, I'd have fired him long ago.  Seriously.)

So we're off to see the film tomorrow night -- and happily, they needed someone to review it over at Bollyspice.com, and since I haven't been able to write a review for them in a while, I'm also happy that it worked out that it'll be me writing the review!

I've been listening to the soundtrack, and am just in love with this song, "Ibn-e-Batuta":

Comments

[BollyThoughts]

Hi, there, just discovered your blog! It's good fun! I love Vidya, Arshad and Naseer, but even this could not convince me to go see this movie (even though I love that song!) I've heard the movie is a little left of center, so it'll definitely be a Netflix rental for me. The song, however, is beautiful!

Also, I love your unhealthy fascination with David Dhawan/Govinda. I've only seen Govinda in Partner (he was adorable but that movie was blah). I almost watched him in Salaam-e-Ishq but had to turn it off after a half hour because it was just... dragging... on.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the movie! :) Please link to your review once it's published.

[katherine]

Thanks so much!

The film *is* definitely not mainstream -- and the song doesn't actually appear anywhere in the film. This is a good thing, however, as it really wouldn't have fit anywhere without completely spoiling the mood and tone of the film.

The audience in the theatre the night we went was almost all very young, urban and (not surprisingly) Desi. And they seemed to be enjoying it very much.

Will link to the review once I have a quick moment to blog-- very busy week around here :-) But thanks again for leaving a comment, I really appreciated it!