Saturday, May 2, 2009

Quick blip on "Salaam-e-Ishq"

At the halfway mark, things I like best about Salaam-e-Ishq:

-- Bagpipes! Okay, that's cheating. I liked the bagpipes in the title tune long before I saw the movie. They're still really fun to hear.

-- A mellower Govinda, singing the "Dream Girl" theme.

-- The American girl he meets up with loses all her belongings except her Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary. It looks like the same edition as mine, which made me go "squee!"

-- When Priyanka creates a fake boyfriend, she names him "Rahul." (Hmm...naam to suna hoga).

-- So far, I actually think Salman Khan is funny.

Speaking of the Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, I don't really see how they get "Love's Sweet Salute" out of "Salaam-e-Ishq." Admittedly, I'm no expert, but turning the "e" into the adjective "sweet" seems like a real stretch, and the result sounds like either a body spray from the 1970s, or one of those inspirational romance novels about pioneer life. As Morrissey once said, "And neither one particularly appeals to me."

P.S.: And I had to check the IMDB, but I really love that I was right, and it's Tinnu Anand playing Priyanka's manager, Babu. I was like, isn't that one of the guys who was boogying in the audience during the "Bump Up the Bhang-ee-la" number from Ram Jaane? (Okay, the title is really "Pump Up the Bhangra," but that's how I hear it). Definitely one of my top favorite Shah Rukh picturizations! In addition, I say to the IMDB: WTF? He directed Duniya Meri Jeb Mein? One of the most delirously, deliciously nutty masala films I've ever seen? Who IS this mystery man?

13 comments:

a ppcc representative said...

Ah! You are just beginning on the glories of Tinnu Anand! He really is a multi-talented man. I love him! (And yes, the glories of Duniya Meri Jab Mein... be still, my heart!)

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