Well, we all knew that Govinda Week had to come to an end:
(Hatya, 1988)
(Salaam-e-Ishq, 2007)
I don't even know where to begin to sum up this crazy week. But I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who blogged, podcasted, blipped and tweeted this week -- I learned a lot, and more importantly, I laughed a lot.
On a slightly personal note: life has been fairly challenging around Casa Totally Filmi since last November when my Tech Guy (who supports this obsession in a way I can never thank him enough for) lost his job, and as he's still unemployed, and I work freelance and earn precisely diddly and squat, I went through a period where I was really, really, really depressed, so depressed that not even the movies could cheer me up. I've gradually been clawing my way back up out of the darkness, and Govinda Week has done me more good than maybe even I realize at the moment.
So, from the bottom of my Govinda-loving-dil -- thank you. Thank you for reading my obsessive posts and tweets all week, and for adding your own to the mix. Govinda Week has been the most fun I've had in a very long while. And I truly believe that during Govinda Week, every single one of us?
(Chalo Ishq Ladaaye, 2002)
And a massive thank you to Govinda-ji himself, for films that make me laugh, and cry, and just are filled with so much joy (not to mention, cracktastic awesomeness, which we all could use a little of from time to time). Because Govinda-ji?
(Chalo Ishq Ladaaye, 2002)
BEST. WEEK. EVER.
Now. that project you mentioned...we are SO doing it.
Posted by: Ness | Sunday, 20 June 2010 at 17:03
As they say in my part of the world: Game. On.
If for no other reason, than the man truly deserves it.
Posted by: katherine | Sunday, 20 June 2010 at 21:37
the other reason is that OMG WE WILL ROCK IT AND IT WILL BE AMAZINGLY INTERESTING AND FUN.
But, ahem, yeah. Govinda deserves it. That too.
Posted by: Ness | Sunday, 20 June 2010 at 22:00
Definitely interesting. Because there are some Govinda films that viewed from one perspective are cracktastically BAD, and yet, at the same time, those very same qualities make them cracktastically GOOD.
That is, they lend themselves to a multi-layered, multi-disciplined, meta-analysis....thingee....wotsit....
Posted by: katherine | Sunday, 20 June 2010 at 22:19
....ejjacktly
Posted by: Ness | Sunday, 20 June 2010 at 22:29
I wish more people participated in Govinda week. However, I am just glad that you intitiated it and brought attention to it. Govinda Zindabad!
Posted by: Nicki | Monday, 21 June 2010 at 11:11
Thanks Nicki -- next time, our numbers will increase! We've just got to keep spreading the Govinda love!
Posted by: katherine | Monday, 21 June 2010 at 15:50