Random Friday

Okay, today I’ll have a mix of movies and graphic novel – all related to Bollywood, LOL. So, SKYBAND has a virtual cast, and I’m introducing secondary characters taken from Bollywood. was in chapter 2, Hritik is in chapter 12 – my own version, that is. If you can recognize them or not, is another matter altogether! Anyway, I’m posting two pages – one from chapter 2, the other from chapter 12, sorry it’s still unlettered, but Desktop keeps crashing. I guess I’ll have to leave it with Techie Bro for a couple of months before I start chapter 13. Sigh.

The Governor of Gladius and Killius

Agharek’s ambassador and Nadira

Recognizable? Not really, I know. By the way, the second character knows both Killius and Nadira (he is related to Gladius Governor, who is the king’s brother, while the ambassador to the former Black Empire is probably his cousin… small world, I know!). Our heroes had to run away from Gladius and the kingdom of Agharek in chapter 2. But they’re going back soon – as long as they stay away from Gladius, LOL!

Anyway, because there was a national holiday and a weekend, I managed to watch some of my DVDs (2 more movies to go, yay!). KHKN (I’ll go with acronyms when I don’t want to get lost in Hindi spelling, LOL) has nice songs. And yeah, decent story as well. Rom-com, if that’s your thing. And a much younger SRK, haha! By the way, Happy Birthday, Shah Rukh! Still, it’s 20th century Bollywood – and I prefer 21st century Bollywood, hehe!

But they apparently miss their 20th century industry, as shown in Om Shanti Om and Dirty Picture! I already mentioned the latter, so, about the first: starts in the 1970s and ends supposedly 30 years later in 2007 – but the poster of the

Anyway, great songs here too, and a love-story with ghosts and reincarnation. Lots of people playing themselves (I love how Abishek loses the Filmfare Award to Om/SRK! ) and fun to watch. 21st century Bollywood in spite of the revival, LOL! I only hated Arjun’s fake aging, but that’s something I hate in all movies – sorry make-up artists, you’re not good at making a 30something look 60, neither in Hollywood or Bollywood or Cinecittà or wherever!

Then I watched Zanjeer – very ruined film so I’m not sure if some blurry effects were because it’s 30-year-old or because they were like this even back in 1973. Anyway, now I know who Abishek took from. Big B’s Vijay Khanna looks a lot like Dhoom’s Jay Dixit – without the stubble. So please, younger Bollywood, cut that stubble (I know, it’s all Hritik’s fault! From now on I’ll draw him clean-shaven even if he has facial hair on the original pic, ha!)!

I have Sholay and Swades left, plus one that I had sent to London by mistake, so I’ll recover it around the 20th of this month. But the DVD wishlist is very long again, so especially if I find a specialized shop in London, I might keep myself busy until Christmas! I’ll try to make a post of suggestions before the Holidays like I did last year – with this year’s discoveries. Sorry I’m kinda late, but they don’t come out in theaters in Italy, so I’m stuck with DVDs. Which is fine, as they’re available worldwide, LOL!