{"id":1196,"date":"2008-12-20T21:45:11","date_gmt":"2008-12-20T16:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=1196"},"modified":"2008-12-20T21:45:11","modified_gmt":"2008-12-20T16:45:11","slug":"the-a-to-z-meme-films-as-soul-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2008\/12\/20\/the-a-to-z-meme-films-as-soul-food\/","title":{"rendered":"The A to Z meme – films as soul food !"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shefaly has a meme up here<\/a>, on the A to Z of films that she liked, and has very generously asked readers to ‘steal it’ – and i needed something light to blog about — i have overdosed on ‘soapbox’. in fact at times i feel like a soapbox standing on a soapbox giving a lecture \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

when i began this meme, i thought it would be easy. I have watched zillions of films. And, then the debate began. Is it movies that you enjoyed technically, is it movies that you enjoyed cinematically, are they movies that i enjoyed intellectually … for example should it be A for Apu Sansar or A for Amar Akbar Anthony?<\/p>\n

So finally i decided, that these are the equivalent of soul movies – just as dark chocoate, or playing with the dog, or getting a massage makes the world seem better, so do these films. These are movies that make me laugh even now. Movies that wave their magic wand and transport me for 3 hours into a world that is entertainment !<\/p>\n

Here goes:<\/p>\n

Amar Akbar Anthony<\/a> – <\/strong>I love this film. Despite all its illogical inconsitencies. The opening sequence where [tag]Amar, Akbar Anthony[\/tag] are hooked up directly via tubes to Nirupa Roy, donating blood simultaneously right into the receipient; the classic inebriated [tag]Amitabh Bachchan[\/tag] having a conversation with his mirror image, [tag]Nirupa Roy[\/tag] as mother getting her sight back after a Sai Baba bhajan; and of course Anthony Gonzaves \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n