2 States (2014)

2 States     Family Drama 8/10

So I have this coworker friend who I introduced Bollywood to, around the time I watched Bang Bang!  Now she is watching them more often than me, and so recommends them to me all the time.  She bought Diwale, so we could watch it together, and now has me watching 2 States.  She even read the book first, so basically she is amazing.  This film is pretty good too.  It's that real, awkward, wedding and family drama, especially poignant to India, but everyone can relate to it.  It's about how marriage is not just about two people in love, but about the uniting of two families and two cultures.

Dilwale (2015)

Diwale     Romance Action Comedy 7/10

This was maybe not the most cohesively put together film, but it made up for it in the special effects and definitely in the music and visuals.  There was a lot going on with this film story-wise, but since it was an action film it was on the shorter side, leaving only the bare minimum for story telling.  So this is not about the couples falling in love, its about what happened after, and history repeating itself, and then fates crossing again.

PK (2015)

Comedy 8/10

Like all Aamir Khan movies, this one is socially charge and full of meaning while still being cute, funny, and full of the feels.  In this story it takes an alien, with all sincerity and taking things literal to question why so much crap happens in the name of religion.  His earnest, sincere heart teaching everyone a lesson in love and the nature of God.

Gori Tere Pyaar Mein (2013)

Romantic Comedy: 7/10

So we have a playboy and a human rights activist who are in love.  Sounds like an amazing opposites attract type deal.  And it is.  What is better is that it is more than just her teaching him to be less of a loser, she learns too.  It is about learning, growing, and giving a shiz, and we have two great actors to portray all this character development, Imran Khan and Kareena Kapoor.

Pardes (1997)

Drama 4/10

I love my India.  Let's sing that song a million and one times.  I love my India.  Let's brainwash us all by singing this 10 minute song at least 5 times in the movie!  Haha, well, this was made to celebrate the independence day or whatever it's called there and it is ridiculous.  It is clearly meant to promote patriotism and all that, but they do it by demonizing America a bit, which is sad.  It is interesting though, because it is like the opposite of DDLJ, as it is the Indian girl goes to America instead of the London girl goes to India, and the jerk fiance is American instead of Indian.  Shahrukh still gets beat up again before the same dad decides that he is the right one for the girl.

Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (2011)

Romantic Comedy: 7/10

So after figuring out that Katrina Kaif wasn't that bad (I hated her in Jab Tak Hai Jaan) and wanting to give Imran Khan another chance she I knew he had to be better than I Hate Love Stories, I finally decided to watch Mere Brother Ki Dulhan.  It was exactly what a needed.  A good, actually funny romantic comedy.  I mean, it had good relationship development and angsty love triangle without it being dumb, awkward, or bad, and that is hard to find.

Bang Bang! (2014)

Action Comedy: 8/10

This is Knight and Day, Bollywood style.  I liked it better than Knight and Day (which I liked okay) but maybe that is because Hrithik Roshan is a million times sexier than Tom Cruise.  Just saying.  I also liked the adaptations that made it more pertinent to a Bollywood, such as the Hope Diamond being stolen and the importance of family, etc.  I mean there was a little of that in the original, but not as much as this one.  Not Bollywood cry style anyway.