Languages & foreign movies

I've discovered that in India they say the musical notes like in Italy and France – I know because suddenly I heard familiar 2/3-letter words in a song of the Darr soundtrack (Likha Hai Yeh)!

Yep, when I studied music in French schools, I learned to say Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si Do. I can still remember the "comptines" (children's poems/songs) about them and a more recent TV show title that played with some notes (Do Mi Si La Do Re which reads "domicile adoré" or "beloved home"). And in Italian you say them the same way (maybe with a slightly different accent… ).

So yay, one more thing in common between India and Italy/France. Of course Italian&French have common (Latin) roots, but is it Greek instead? The Romans copied many things from the Greeks and Alexander the Great did reach India… Wonders never cease. Maybe I should study linguistics instead of history!

While speaking of languages, I'll end this post with a short commentary on the Bollywood movies I watched in the past weeks – I'll order the next batch next year, so I won't bother you with them anymore in 2011!

Great soundtrack or great stories, sometimes both. This time I had a majority of Hritik Roshan's movies (it used to be mostly Shah Rukh Khan – blame it on Dhoom 2, LOL) including his latest – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara – thanks to Amazon because it wasn't on the list but one can't resist that movie poster and blurb so I had to have it and enjoyed it very much, story, songs, everything. I liked Koi Mil Gaya and its sequel Krrish, didn't appreciate sports movie Chak de India (but it has great songs) – mostly because Shah Rukh was unshaven, LOL – and liked Kites's story but not the soundtrack.

So, there you have it, the latest batch from Bollywood NOT reviewed by yours truly, haha. And can someone tell me if ever does dramatic/tragic roles? So far I've seen him only as the Funny Guy (in the Dhoom series but also Mohabbatein) – which he does very well, but I'm wondering…

One more foreign movie to watch, from Japan, then I'm off rediscovering old TV series on DVD… when I'm not busy writing or reading or drawing, that is!