That was the first time I thought of becoming a dad one day. Thoroughly uncomfortable experience watching this with dad, not knowing what a eunuch was, what brothels were for but having a feeling that I can’t ask this to dad and there will be no discussion about this film after we went home.įirst back to back films, and coming of age (me, not Hugh Grant) experiencing childbirth. I insisted to go and watch this film so my dad took me, completely unaware of the story. Little that I knew that a decade later I would become obsessed with Phantom, and I am still a crazy fan today.
Went to watch this as cinemas those days used to put in softcore porn clips in the middle of these B-graded films. Also the introduction to martial art films. Operation Condor: Armour of god II (1991)įirst boob on screen. Also the first time I fell in love with Shilpa Shetty.Ħ. Already a familiar face through Doordarshan, Shakrukh didn’t disappoint on the silver screen and would become the highest-paid actor in Bollywood. Remember buying the tickets in the black market for the first day first show on an extremely rainy day and entering the cinema halfway through the film. Keen to watch it, I persuaded my parents, only to watch Tum mere ho, a super-flop film as Maine pyaar kiya had its last screening on the day before. Bhagyashree did not follow the same career path, but again, the birth of a superstar paired with an unforgettable OST. Like Amarsangi, the arrival of a superstar with a bang that would continue for decades to come. I made my dad standing outside the cinema throughout the climax scenes because I wouldn’t stop screaming. It was the phase when I hated films and my earliest memory of being a spoilsport.
It was not just the birth of a new superstar, but also for the first time, Bappi Lahiri gave music to a Bengali film, the soundtrack that would become an instant hit. Please avoid reading this in presence of minors, or anyone who you deem unsuitable to watch this content! Childhood and adolescenceĪ game-changer in Tollywood after Bengali film industry was desperately in search for fresh blood, especially to fill the vacuum left by the demise of Uttamkumar. The last image on this blog can be classed as containing graphically violent content. I save you the trouble of searching or asking the reason, and list down the name of the films as well as a brief description how it’s linked to me. So here I tone it down, to ten films that impacted me during my adolescence, and another ten after reaching adulthood. I thought of the films and the list went on and on. I noticed that a recent trend going on in social media to share an image from ten films that impacted me, with no posters, no title, no explanation.