Bollywood posts

History Rewritten - Lollywood Style

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

What’s this? The Japanese weren’t bombed by the US at Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Hitler or rather his son HitlAR did it? What’s the proof you ask?
Watch and learn a history lesson informing the world that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed NOT by the Americans but by Hitlar! Now the world knows the […]

Everyone Has Trouble Pronouncing Dubya

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

From the 1986 B. Subhash (Disco Dancer) film Tarzan in which the Edgar Rice Burroughs story is reimagined taking place in India. The stilted acting and song and dance numbers are only topped by the awfully bad production values. The pot-bellied extras look like they were taken from the streets, promised some samosas […]

Some Special Sauce

Friday, April 4th, 2008

We’ve been giggling like schoolgirls here after watching this clip. What’s not to love about an effeminate waiter bringing sherbet and gesturing that he’s put a little something special in it.

Elections 2008: Endorsement - The Republican Party

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

We at turbanhead.com officially endorse the Republican Party nominee for President of the United States. The RNC convinced us to vote GOP after this video.

Assassination Attempt, How to React

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Now that the requisite period of mourning is over for Bhutto’s assassination, we thought it would be interesting to watch one of the assassination attempts on Indira Gandhi caught on film. Note the bravery of security detail (seated in the front row). Note the lack of security on stage left. Note the cat-like […]

The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

From the New York Times:
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 6 — In a telephone address to lawyers in Pakistan’s capital, the ousted chief justice of the Supreme Court urged them today to continue to defy the state of emergency imposed by the president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
“The lawyers should convey my message to the people to rise up […]

The Darjeeling Limited - 1975

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Before Wes Anderson’s Darjeeling Limited came out, Rishi Kapoor was in drag on a train in Rafoo Chakkar a blatant ripoff of Some Like It Hot.

Anurag Kashyap’s No Smoking and Tarsem Singh’s The Cell: some notes

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

I watched Anurag Kashyap ’s No Smoking late on Friday, just before going out of town for the weekend, and was very impressed by it. Though I had to review it for Tehelka, it wasn’t on a very pressing deadline and this meant I had time to think abou…