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@levantophile you haven't really read Orientalism because if you did you wouldn't be saying this

I am struck, and pleasantly amused, by the flawless, highly ornate Arabic prose of this late 19th-century Cambridge Persianist, who was evidently an accomplished Arabist as well. Incidentally, this is one reason I find Edward Said’s Orientalism overly dismissive and uncharitable toward Western scholars. Men like Browne devoted an extraordinary effort to mastering a difficult language and culture, and that kind of devotion is hard to see as anything other than a labor of love, especially when his Arabic is so poetic and refined. (I must admit, I am envious!) Ironically, Arabists like Browne likely possessed a far more advanced command of Arabic than Said ever did.

@fadednailpaint Neither of them were 'ruling' Bollywood

Bollywood used to be ruled by Bengali women. I wonder what happened. Been a while since we had a Bipasha or Konkona.

@sanatantango neither has anywhere else. Rajamouli and Pushpa taught TFI to announce these bloated 2 part films and look what happened.

@Bullitfhr Except in KFI atleast none of the kgf ripoffs have made any money yet they're chasing a pipedream.

KGF didn't ruin the industry exactly but more like every industry took the worst lesson possible from the success of KGF. I blame the producers more than anything else and I hope they realise soon.

@17Rafale11223 @Havaldarshinde correct, that's why people who just talk about "Right Wing" or "BJP" are fools

@Bullitfhr @Havaldarshinde Majoritarian nationalism is literally how we made this nation

So Aditya Dhar fictionalising real t*rrorist attacks for his financial gain is a true patriot but if you ask about why poor people are scrambling to find LPGs you’re an anti national?

If you don’t read books, that’s fine. Just don’t talk to me like you’re proud of it.

@svaradarajan Not "India" in her name and Indians should be able to side with an 6 year old girl shot by IDF even if her name didn't have 'India'. This "india has a 3000 yr history" is the root of the problem because they hate Muslims for this reason - "Muslims destroyed our 3000 yr history"

Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl with India in her name, was brutally killed by the Israeli State in Gaza. But the Indian government is too scared to allow the screening in Hindustan of an award-winning film about her. India has a 3,000 year history that the world respects and loves enough to have a child in a distant land bear its name. And Modi and his Hindutva acolytes are systematically destroying that inheritance.

@Zoldyckk_sa @decoyrobot yes but we're talking about who's a better screenwriter for Scorsese, so what movies he makes outside of that is not a metric

@Bullitfhr @decoyrobot Paul schrader made some shitty movies in his career, PTA didn't

Will say it. Best screenwriter Scorsese ever worked with

@curtmega this is going to backfire, too early for this joke

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@RKzWarrior Uri gave Vicky Kaushal Chaava which made him a superstar

• Uri did nothing for Vicky Kaushal as a star. • The Kerala Story did nothing for Adah Sharma as a star. • The Kashmir Files did nothing for Anupam Kher as a star. #Dhurandhar has released but it will do nothing for Ranveer Singh as a star. Propaganda might hook the audience once but there's no remembrance associated with this type of cinema, and it has never been a star maker!

@film_waala you know when you make arguments like these, it taps into the Nationalist fervour even more "aaj hum kehte hai, tu kya hai be?"

Imagine making the biggest Indian film.. and yet not 5 critics outside India bother to watch your film. The one American critic who reviewed #Dhurandhar2‌ thrashed it. culturemixonline.com/review-dhurand…

@HertzBarry @RandoMantooth Correct choice was made

@RandoMantooth Secrets & Lies

In a newly published interview, Atom Egoyan reveals how Cannes jury president Francis Ford Coppola literally burned the chance for David Cronenberg’s CRASH to win the Palme d’Or in 1996. zoomer.com/the-z-list/202…

@film_waala its the larger trajectory of India and its cultural shifts

It's strange. for decades, we obsessively celebrated Yash Raj Films as the beacon of Indian culture. And suddenly, they are the villains.

@amit_sethi That isn't true. Stop making everything about India.

When I was studying in the US, I had a Lebanese lab mate who told me that beautiful girls are named Hind because of India.

@EisakuOtomo I want Cruise to work with Mann again if he is to play the villain.

@lolopantz can you tell us the origin story? Did the mumma cat give birth near your house?

@grocerystorecat That is literally what Indian National movement was built on - Erasure of Muslims. This is what needs to be studied. Thinkers of the Bengal Renaissance who eventually shaped the INC considered Muslims as foreign invaders and they should co-operate with the British to fight them

India’s patriotism needs to be studied cause how are you against someone who just wants equal rights for all better living condition how is that anti national lol

@CultureCrave Tom Cruise in every movie