Bollywood lost this simplicity - Page 3

Originally posted by: AwaamKiJaan

Emraan Hashmi ka naam suna hai?

Also you would still find plenty of songs today where there's no smooching or anything like that.

Emran Hashmi look innocent in front of today songs videos , he be like hum shariff kya huwe sari duniya he sexy hogaye

I know aaj kal sarkai lo kathiya zada lage ,

Chad gaya upadr re , chat pe soya tha behnoi

Aisi soulfull gaane kaha bante hai?

Originally posted by: Hello_kitta

I know aaj kal sarkai lo kathiya zada lage ,

Chad gaya upadr re , chat pe soya tha behnoi

Aisi soulfull gaane kaha bante hai?

Behen, aaj kal haal yeh hai ki the great A R Rahman ke gaano mein bhi 'Chakachak' aur 'palang tootta pehli raat' jaise gems hain. Toh kya hi keh saktey hain

True

missing them badly😳😆

Rekha_ji has entered the chat...

Some of y'all be tripping' UP!

FACTS:

1. There were KISSES ON SCREEN in Indian cinema in the 1930s (keep in mind, the first film with sound was released in 1931, so it's literally right from the beginning)

2. They spoke "Hinglish" in the early years too, even song lyrics had English words way way back then... (I need to check when exactly but I think it's also 1930s)

3. Regarding "foreign nationals" - many of the early popular stars and technicians were in fact from outside of India. It's not a new phenomenon.

Also, we have to remember that films are a reflection of the times. Today for example, it's super duper super common to speak/hear "Hinglish", therefore you'll see it in films too.

I find it quite odd to see the 90s being an indication of a "lost simplicity"... as if something crude or unnatural happened in the 21st century...

Because if you compare 90s to the films in the 60s, and compare the films in the 60s to the films in the 30s, you'll see that... that's just the way the cookie crumbles.. 😊

Another note: You can EASILY find films and songs that have that simplicity that some of you seem to be looking for. It's still there.

Resources:

1. A clip from the 1930s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpZ4ByGraog

2. A kiss from the 1930s:

Originally posted by: Rekha_ji

Rekha_ji has entered the chat...

Some of y'all be tripping' UP!

FACTS:

1. There were KISSES ON SCREEN in Indian cinema in the 1930s (keep in mind, the first film with sound was released in 1931, so it's literally right from the beginning)

2. They spoke "Hinglish" in the early years too, even song lyrics had English words way way back then... (I need to check when exactly but I think it's also 1930s)

3. Regarding "foreign nationals" - many of the early popular stars and technicians were in fact from outside of India. It's not a new phenomenon.

Also, we have to remember that films are a reflection of the times. Today for example, it's super duper super common to speak/hear "Hinglish", therefore you'll see it in films too.

I find it quite odd to see the 90s being an indication of a "lost simplicity"... as if something crude or unnatural happened in the 21st century...

Because if you compare 90s to the films in the 60s, and compare the films in the 60s to the films in the 30s, you'll see that... that's just the way the cookie crumbles.. 😊

Another note: You can EASILY find films and songs that have that simplicity that some of you seem to be looking for. It's still there.

Resources:

1. A clip from the 1930s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpZ4ByGraog

2. A kiss from the 1930s:

Well, to your point of Hinglish- may have been used but now this is the idiom in which our love stories are almost exclusively written. Really awkward and clunky and with none of the movie magic

The frank depictions of sex are welcome of course, as I said in my post but the rest of it seems weird, tacked on and inauthentic- from the shitty music to the weird jarring dialogues (for some reason thinking of DP saying 'Dekho tum freak out mat hona!" in a very key scene in Tamasha. Errr, what? Takes you out of the scene entirely)

Originally posted by: FingerFetish

I love love love this song 💕

The cutest SRK has ever looked by far.

Me too! I love this song, I love this entire soundtrack, I love this movie.

I think he was at his most adorable here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRhCWyI5_jw

Originally posted by: canuck-umz

Me too! I love this song, I love this entire soundtrack, I love this movie.

I think he was at his most adorable here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRhCWyI5_jw

I almost died in the first few seconds of playing this video. Omg 🥺

Originally posted by: Rekha_ji

Rekha_ji has entered the chat...

Some of y'all be tripping' UP!

FACTS:

1. There were KISSES ON SCREEN in Indian cinema in the 1930s (keep in mind, the first film with sound was released in 1931, so it's literally right from the beginning)

2. They spoke "Hinglish" in the early years too, even song lyrics had English words way way back then... (I need to check when exactly but I think it's also 1930s)

3. Regarding "foreign nationals" - many of the early popular stars and technicians were in fact from outside of India. It's not a new phenomenon.

Also, we have to remember that films are a reflection of the times. Today for example, it's super duper super common to speak/hear "Hinglish", therefore you'll see it in films too.

I find it quite odd to see the 90s being an indication of a "lost simplicity"... as if something crude or unnatural happened in the 21st century...

Because if you compare 90s to the films in the 60s, and compare the films in the 60s to the films in the 30s, you'll see that... that's just the way the cookie crumbles.. 😊

Another note: You can EASILY find films and songs that have that simplicity that some of you seem to be looking for. It's still there.

Resources:

1. A clip from the 1930s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpZ4ByGraog

2. A kiss from the 1930s:

Trust Rekhaji to always set the record straight with his armamentarium of vintage magazine collection

Another sweet romantic song ☺️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF67RrYHBmI