Round-up for January 2012

Monthly Prakash Raj Movie Total (January, 2012): 10
Overall Prakash Raj Movie Total (as of January 31, 2012): 155
Villu, Yaare Neenu Cheluve, Business Man, Magizchi, Engeyum Kadhal, Solla Solla Innikum, Sollamale, Senthooram, Mambattiyan, Guruparvai

My head hurts from all the movies without subtitles.

I made it through a few more of the older Tamil and Telugu films that were up on the streaming sites before they were shut down in late January. I'm bummed out by this development, since there are a lot of movies that were posted to Megavideo and Videobb that I really can't find for sale in the US. On the other hand, I do get that those sites made most of their money from people uploading films and music that are widely available for sale. Ah well, it was good while it lasted, and perhaps at some point I'll have access to a legal copy of the 1995 Telugu movie Gunshot, starring Ali. (I really, really hope so!)

Round-up for December 2011

Monthly Prakash Raj Movie Total (December, 2011): 12
Overall Prakash Raj Movie Total (as of December 31, 2011): 145
Suswagatham, Konchem Touchlo Vunte Cheputanu, Rajasthan, Sandhippoma, Poomani, Vinodam, M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi, Dongala Mutha, Aravindhan, Oru Yatramozhi, Raasi, Vidukathai

I decided to try and knock out some of the 1990's movies that are out in internet-land, so December had lots of subtitle-free films. I was struck, particularly with the Telugu film, with the range of types of stories and characters vs. the current films. I watched films in which the hero didn't end up with the heroine, and movies that were a straight comedies. It could be that there are more types of Telugu films being made, but I'm just catching the big, tent-pole, hero movies where problems are solved with fists, not pratfalls, and the hero ends up with the heroine, if not two.

Cheers to the New Year!

To ring in 2012*, here are my favorite screencaps of Prakash Raj raising a glass:

*aka the 4th annual "Year of Prakash Raj

Cheers!

Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtem

Mozhi

Round-up for November 2011

Monthly Prakash Raj Movie Total (November, 2011): 133
Overall Prakash Raj Movie Total (as of November 30, 2011): 5

Priyam, Venghai, Bhagareetha, V.I.P., Vastadu Naa Raju
A variety of villains, and one nice guy. Read to the end for pirates!


I was looking at my master list of all of the Indian movies I've seen, and decided to run a little formula:
Prakash Raj has been in 21% (1 in 5) of all Indian film I've seen , and in 38% (2 in 5) of all of the South Indian films I've seen.

This alleged likeness of Prakash Raj makes me sad, too.