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Originally Posted by SeeingisBelieving (Post 1880578)

she reminds me of Gong Li.

Not at all. :shrug:

Originally Posted by Mr Minio (Post 1880615)

Not at all. :shrug:

In that photo, and to be fair it's probably the angle and her expression. I'm not saying she's a dead ringer or anything :rolleyes:.

Re: India corner

gorgeous photos! I shall post photos when I get home. A bit difficult when I'm away. They're really lovely.

Originally Posted by Mr Minio (Post 1880615)

Not at all. :shrug:

I can see it. It's the glamour for me. And the exquisite exoticness

Originally Posted by Dani8 (Post 1880737)

I can see it. It's the glamour for me. And the exquisite exoticness

That's it ;).

Originally Posted by Dani8 (Post 1880550)

Oh my goodness my ty[ing is finally getting a bit clearer.

LMAO. Ohhh the ironing. I only just noticed.

Originally Posted by Dani8 (Post 1880737)

I can see it. It's the glamour for me. And the exquisite exoticness

I guess I stared at Li Gong so long, she already looks like no other woman for me.

Re: India corner

@ashdoc so I have a question for you, even though I'm pretty sure I figured it out myself.

In Enthiran (2010) by S. Shankar there is a fire scene and the eponymous robot saves a girl from burning alive. However, she was just taking a bath and is naked. The TV cameras record the robot carrying the naked girl on his hands. After he releases the girl and the crowd is cheering for him, the girl's family is shocked and flabbergasted, and the girl herself bewilderedly runs towards the road to be run over by a car. It is made in a way to suggest the girl commited suicide out of shame. I'm pretty sure this is connected with a culture, or religion, as there are so many in India, you can't talk about Indians as one, but why would the girl be still ashamed if her being naked was justifiable given the circumstances. It's not like she was caught with her lover in some weird fetish game. Her life was just saved, but she threw it away due to ridiculous cultural constructs (what the film seems to be criticizing as well).

Originally Posted by Mr Minio (Post 1880880)

I haven't seen the movie, since it is in South Indian language I do not understand. But I searched for opinions of the movie after reading your post and I found this review. It seems the movie is inherently racist and misogynist .

https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/acces...iran-2010/amp/

I watched quite a lot of Indian movies. The singing and dancing just gets to me. Since I lived in Calcutta, I got to know the city and their movies quite well. They do make good movies, better than what Bollywood dishes out for sure.

Originally Posted by hell_storm2004 (Post 1881343)

That is just so awesume Helz. I loved Calcutta - had such a greattime there and learnt to cook indian foos. Where did you live and for how long. Apologise in aqdvance if you already told me.

Not quite sure on the name of the place. Some area called Salt Lake. I have been on and off for about 6-7 years. Last time was 2012. I understand the language pretty well. But do not speak too well.