Desi phillum, Hinglish title

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Posted: 17 years ago
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English it seems is becoming the lingua franca for our Bollywood producers with the usage extending to movie titles. More accurately, the titles are becoming as Hinglish as the movies themselves. Take the upcoming Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapur starrer Jab We Met for example. Apprarently Shahid's father Pankaj Kapur came up with the alternative for the earlier two names which were Punjab Mail and Ishq Via Bhatinda. There was a vote and Jab We Met won

Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega.

It is only Ram Gopal Varma who can come up with such ideas. Directed by E Niwas, the RGV produced film was loosely based on the American flick Fargo, and starred Saif Ali Khan, Fardeen Khan, Aftab Shvidasani, Sonali Bendre and Twinkle Khanna.

English Babu Desi Mem.

Shah Rukh Khan would not want to remember this disaster even though the title was a catchy one. This was his first film with Sonali Bendre. The duo again starred in Duplicate and Kal Ho Naa Ho where Sonali had a special appearance.


Oh Darling Yeh Hai India.

The film was a torture to watch. Even Shah Rukh Khan could not do anything to save the film which had no storyline. It's hard to believe director Ketan Mehta who gave us Mirch Masala could go so wrong with this one

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Taxi No. 9211.

A very odd title but the film clicked with the audiences. The whole movie revolves around a taxi, hence the name. Nana Patekar and John Abraham were the unlikely pairing for this average earner.






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Posted: 17 years ago
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intresting articla with lovely title thanks for sharing
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Posted: 17 years ago
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Interesting.
The two films mentioned starring SRK were definitely bad films! But the titles were catchy.
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Posted: 17 years ago
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I absolutely loved Taxi Number 9211=] I've watched the movie so many times,it's such a nice light comedy.It was also very witty.The amount of sarcasm in Nana's character was hilarious.Nana is a brillant actor.And I think John's performances was one of his best performances as Jai Mittal.I loved him in it!The music was also FANTASTIC.One of Vishal and Shekhar's underrated albums.I especially loved the song Azmale Azmale.I'm so glad the movie clicked with audiences,
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Posted: 17 years ago
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Originally posted by: ms_naughty_devi

I absolutely loved Taxi Number 9211=] I've watched the movie so many times,it's such a nice light comedy.It was also very witty.The amount of sarcasm in Nana's character was hilarious.Nana is a brillant actor.And I think John's performances was one of his best performances as Jai Mittal.I loved him in it!The music was also FANTASTIC.One of Vishal and Shekhar's underrated albums.I especially loved the song Azmale Azmale.I'm so glad the movie clicked with audiences,


yeh u r right i like this movie too diff story with diff cast
i like john too
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Posted: 17 years ago
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Yeh it is interesting the combo of the two languages the titles stick out..

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