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jeremyknoxs · 5 months

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for @moirainesedai ♡

the lover's fatal identity is precisely this: i am the one who waits. —roland barthes, a lover's discourse: fragments

#*#flashing tw #rocky aur rani ki prem kahani #rocky aur rani kii prem kahani #bollywood #bollywoodedit #shabana azmi #dharmendra #asiancentral #userdramas #useraish #usershreyu #tuserzee #usersunny #udeokmis #uservid #usersandrayy #usernanda #userdosa

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srkgirlblogger · 1 year

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#barbie 2023 #sholay #desiblr #i have again spend an obsene amount of time making a barbie meme #sholay 1975 #amitabh bachchan #dharmendra #yeh dosti hum nahin

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anotherfanaccount · 7 months

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Rocky aur Rani ki Prem kahani....is pure bollywood.

As Rani said swad wahi soch nayi.

This is a movie for this generation and actually every generation. KJo trumped himself with this one.

Because this is quintessential bollywood. Songs and dances and grand sets. And actors who act.

Ranveer Singh 🔥

No-one could have done Rocky better justice. He was perfect. The feminine masculine energy that he brings on the table, with beautiful dancing talent. He was perfect.

Everyone else was really good but special mention to Chandan Chatterjee. That was so graceful and so beautiful.

Dharmendra and Shabana. Their love story 😭.

Jaya Bachchan playing a better villain than Amitabh from k3g. This lady is way too talented for this industry.

Damn it. This movie made me cry so bad.

#Rocky aur Rani ki Prem kahani #bollywood #yes this is bollywood #kjo #karan johar #his movies will always be a guilty pleasure #and this one was so beautiful #Ranveer Singh #alia Bhatt #jaya Bachchan #Dharmendra #shabana azmi #all the other actors too #the songs #using the old songs #so well #and honestly there should have been a srk kajol cameo #I mean they could have fitted so well anywhere in the movie

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mirambles · 8 months

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Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani - An honest review

I watched Rocky aur Rani ki Prem Kahaani because everyone I know on social media and few close folks in my real life said it was very entertaining - funny, progressive, feminist , and it showed gender equality.

So I was taken aback, because the general sentiment for KJo movies should be ‘It’s so shit, but I love it’ - that is a sentiment I can live with because we all have our guilty pleasures.

KJo has his audience who love the shit he pulls off every time he ‘directs’ a film with toxic masculinity, regressive female leads , justifying infidelity (always the answer to unhappy marriages) , glorifying Indian culture, where he adds 30 mins of melodrama and lectures to make the characters redeem themselves. Kjo’s movies are as lame as they can be, but people love them. I get it - ‘this shit is so bad, it’s so good’ category of films. Guilty pleasures are exactly this!

So sell me his new offering in exactly this manner - but all reviews and social media comments were glowing words of praise of how he has addressed today’s issues and it’s a progressive film. Are people suffering from amnesia or have they not watched better Bollywood films? Because I have a whole list of films you should watch that actually deal with ‘progressive’ mindsets - way before Kjo’s time!

Rani is a feminist. A FL as feisty news anchor who gives a 5 min lecture on men’s gaze, objectification of women and rape culture, but does an absolute U-turn 5 mins later by objectifying a handsome man in front of her. This is gender equality. Tit for Tat.

Wearing open back blouses to work is sign of new age feminism (Will I get trolled for sounding old school - has KJo ever stepped inside a corporate workspace - who dresses like Rani does?) What’s next? Women CEOs wearing bikinis? And why not get all men to dress like Rocky Randhawa - that would be peak gender equality in dress code at workplace.

Infidelity is the answer to all unhappy marriages. Remember KANK? Yes, let’s repeat that here, but let’s twist it into unrequited love between the senior citizens. Then add memory loss and illness excuse to get the 80yr old grandpa smooch his 75yr old ex-lover in front of his wife and entire family. The issue is not old age love, age is never a restriction to fall in love, the issue here is infidelity. But if this isn’t cringe enough, let’s completely destroy the most beautiful romantic number in Bollywood by playing it in the background to immortalise infidelity and later lust under the garb of love.

Let’s get back to our feminism torch bearer Rani, who has now jumped from knowing the guy for two meetings to lusting over him. She is honest with herself (not with Rocky mind you, because at no point have they had any conversation about themselves) that she is in it purely for the physical attraction, it’s just a fling for her. She is an elitist , feminist, Colombian grad, Bengali Girl (who has a terrible Bengali accent) and the crude, can’t speak English well, Gucci/Fendi wearing, Ferrari driving, protein shake drinking, loud Punjabi boy doesn’t match up to her standards. Kjo’s new level of feminism - make women pull the exact shit on men that men have put women through for decades. Tit for Tat! Gender Equality.

Btw at this point I still don’t know why Rocky loves Rani - love at first sight is always about the looks and physical attraction, so convince me why he loves her - because isn’t he this walking-talking green flag just by being understanding of his grandpa’s feelings and calling out Rani checking him out. A walking green flag who gets his grandpa’s ex-lover and his grandpa together to help his grandpa get better - because love is the cure for all illnesses. All doctors and medical researchers have been wasting their time on getting degrees and super specialisations - please enter Kjo’s school of love.

So now Rani realises she is in love - when and why and what changed her feelings from lust to love - I do not know. She drives on a 4-lane highway in the opposite direction - woman should have died there for her reckless driving, but she lives to propose to Rocky on a f&*king Highway! Bollywood I love you for pulling off this shit.

This is supposed to be the pivotal point in their relationship where she professes her love to him, going down on one knee (because hey you see role reversal - she is the feminist, the alpha female) and telling Rocky everything that HE IS NOT , listing her resume and her exes’. Therefore implying he doesn’t deserve her, but she is taking the high road and still falling for him. All the reasons she lists that she loves about him are actually about his physical aspects = Lust. She doesn’t list one meaningful quality that she actually ‘loves’ about him.

It is at this point that I gave up on the film, because after this RRKPK became a collation of scenes dedicated to social media trending topics:

1. Women burdened with household work

2. Women not liberated enough to pursue their dreams

3. Women being fat shamed

4. Cancel culture

5. Men being shamed for pursuing classical dancing (KJo research FFS - 50% of India’s top kathak dancers are males right from 1940s! )

Each topic got 1-2 scenes, tweets converted to preachy dialogues uttered by our ‘feminist’ queen and zero closures or character growth.

The only thing that works in this movie - is Ranveer , not his character, but him! He is effortless in this role, his comic timing is superb, needs some work on emotions.

Alia is a shadow of her awesome self on screen post her marriage to Ranbir. It hurts to say this, cause I have loved her in all her movies except SOTY.

Can people age gracefully, I couldn’t bear to look at Shabana Azmi and Jaya B - former was gorgeous as hell in her younger days, now is swollen with all the Botox fillers! Jaya has forgotten to act completely. Dharmendra should not even be acting anymore.

What was the point of rest of the cast? Only Alia’s dad was a decent act.

The one thing I absolutely love in KJo movies is the music and songs! These were crap too. What Jhumka? Because ruining all the songs from ‘The Golden’ decade of Bollywood was not enough, so they made a terrible mashup of Badtameez Dil & Jhumka Gira Re and killed both the songs in one go! Takes some skill doing this - well done!

Why this long rant if I disliked the movie so much, that too KJo movies? I wouldn’t have written one, if the reviews and comments were honest about the movie being average, typical entertainment; but the moment people praised it to nth level of being socially relevant with feminist heroine and gender equality - they deserved to be called out for their shallow thought process thinking that KJo actually cares about any of this stuff.

Worst people think this is ‘quintessential’ Bollywood. Please watch better films - like Amitabh’s roaring 70s, the romance films of 90s, the fun comedies, the glorious slice of life films from Hrishida, the Yash Chopra multistarrers - that’s quintessential, genuine, charm of Bollywood.

Lastly before I wrap this up - RRKPK when literally translated is Love Story of Rocky and Rani. I spent 2.5 hours on this shit show and I still don’t know the answer to why and how they fell in love! They didn’t have one decent conversation about themselves! The latter half is about them wooing their families. The film should have been aptly titled ‘Randhawa and Chatterjee Ki Prem Kahaani’ - It’s all about loving your family - K3G Part 2!

#rocky aur rani ki prem kahani #rrkpk #karan johar #ranveer singh #alia bhatt #shabana azmi #Jaya Bhaduri #dharmendra #film review #honest review #Bollywood #kabhi khushi kabhie gham #hindi films

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inmyworldblr · 1 month

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Anupama (1966) | dir. Hrishikesh Mukherjee

[ Dharmendra and Sharmila Tagore ]

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bollywoodirect · 21 days

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On the set of the 1975 movie 'Sholay', from left to right: Kewal Kishan Singh Deol (Dharmendra's father), Dharmendra, director Ramesh Sippy, Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, and Amjad Khan.

#bollywoodirect #bollywood #sholay #amitabh bachchan #dharmendra #ramesh sippy #amjad khan #Kewal Kishan Singh Deol #sanjeev kumar

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lastofthe20thcenturygirls · 5 months

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just had one problem from rocky and rani they couldn't use dharmendra's older pictures wasn't he pretty enough wasn't he actually famous for being the most handsome hero during his era like

#like i grew up watching his movies too and then in those old pictures it was some stranger #they could have just used the great technology of our times to fake a picture of young dharmendra with young shabana azmi #not like those pictures were even clear enough #the flashbacks could still be played by the actor who did and nobody would have noticed #rocky aur rani ki prem kahani #dharmendra #bollywood

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salmankhanholics · 8 months

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★ FABULOUS…Salman Khan at Gadar 2 Success Party!

-September 2, 2023

#salman khan #video #picture #gadar 2 #sunny deol #dharmendra #success party

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kajra-re · 1 year

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Swami, 1977.

#70s #x #Swami #Dharmendra #Hema Malini #bollywood #hindi cinema #indian cinema #india #desi #movie #screencaps #poc #woc #Retro Bollywood

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madhoshiyaan · 2 years

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DHARMENDRA in Aap Ki Parchhaiyan (1964)

#Dharmendra #Aap Ki Parchhaiyan #bollywood #bollywood2 #bollywood edits #astra #desimensource #goldenbollywood #southasiansource #dailyworldcinema #smudgedhenna

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bishh-kanya · 2 years

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skyasma · 5 months

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Just watched Rocky-Rani and whatever it goes like.

Seems a bit dripped in elitism when Karan badly wanted to market it as a 'massy' film. 🙄

Apart from missing the unusual antics of Rocky, in one entire song, there was nothing shown that made Rani propose to him in a condescending way. Girl! What makes you love him, despite having Exes who are looking for the cure for cancer...!!??

...and who was supposed to heal the Dadi Maa!! She witnessed her husband slipping away in a hobby and cheating on her. The lady had no choice but to be a rock that she was. Surely could have been progressive and may be not that rock-solid.

Karan made her the villain because she was easy to hate on...all the while she was seeking for a closure and an apology. Cheating is never okay. Being irresponsible to your wife and kid is never okay.

#Rocky and Rani ki prem kahani #karan johar #ranveer singh #alia bhatt #jaya bachchan #shabana azmi #dharmendra #bollywood movies #bollywood

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anotherfanaccount · 7 months

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The trailer and pre-release songs did this movie dirty really.

Dharmendra is so adorable here. I'm loving the characters so much.

Jaya Bachchan 😂. Only kjo could have done this.

#rocky aur rani ki prem kahani #Dharmendra #Shabana Azmi #Jaya Bachchan #veteran actors really know their game #alia bhatt #she sure is Rani Chatterjee #Ranveer Singh #only he could have played Rocky #he was done dirtier with the promos #he's so wholesome #kjo #kjo making movies again #bollywood is back #this is bollywood

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chameli · 1 year

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