More Picspam: Kareena Kapoor

[dangermousie]

Bringing you some Bollywood-related picspam. This time, the Bolly Beauty in question is Kareena Kapoor. I think she is quite beautiful (though not as much as Priyanka or Aishwarya) but the reason I love her is because I think she is the best mainstream Bolly actress of her generation, and one who is really good at playing strong women roles (I find her more stereotypical roles much less interesting).

So here is Kareena picspam from her various movies. It's Asoka heavy, because I think that rather Shakesperean, haunting epic is one of the best Bollywood movies I've ever seen. And Kareena as a Warrior Princess Kaurwaki, who ends up leading her people in battle, and who doesn't want to be protected but wants to learn sword play herself, is one of my all-time favorite Bolly heroines (and is very unusual for Bollywood movies, period). The fact that Asoka falls in love with her for this, and calls her "my warrior" as a pet name is...sorry, I love that movie.

Upperclass, educated, modern girl Kareena in Mani Ratnam's meditation on violence and idealism, Yuva




Kareena as Warrior Princess Kaurwaki in meditation on loss, pacifism and love that is Asoka:


So much to ogle:


In hiding with her brother Arya:


Proud of her designs in Asoka:



Being taught swordplay by Asoka:


Prepared for a fight:


Asoka/Kaurwaki is one of my favorite OTPs for a reason:


Whoa, intense:


I just love this shot:


As a fantasy of loss:


As a forever-lost memory of Asoka:


Kareena as a Muslim girl caught in sectarian violence in stark, brutal Dev, one of her best roles:



With a dissafected young student Farhaan, played by Fardeen Khan in Dev


In the aftermath of the riots and fighting off rapists in Dev


The "shocking" kiss scene in Dev:


Kareena as a weary young prostitute in Chameli, a movie taking place in one night:


Tawdry and tough in Chameli:


Enjoying the rain in Chameli:


Kareena lighting a match in the brilliant, uncertain, hopeful ending of Chameli


Grieving, loving doctor in love with a mentally disturbed patient in Kyun Ki


A young woman married to her older sister's husband in Bewafaa


Bringing charm to a more traditional role of a young girl in love in slapstick Hulchul


Uncharacteristically scared in Anjabi


Doing a Romeo & Juliet with Hrithik Roshan in Yaadein:


Poster for Kyun Ki, an angst-fest about a mental patient:


Wife/lawyer in Aitraaz:


Femme Fatale in forgettable Fida (with Fardeen Khan):


Gorgeous in Yuva:

Comments

[ayn-rand-fan-13.livejournal.com]

Wow, thanks for the pictures!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

You are welcome :)

[rajni.livejournal.com]

You always have the BEST pics. :)

I'm conflicted over Kareena. lol Sometimes I think she's actually pretty good, but other times she annoys me to no end. And I still haven't seen Asoka yet because after seeing them in K3G, that would just be odd.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I don't like her as a girly girl: she is wasted in those parts. But in serious, art house movies she's brilliant IMO.

I saw Asoka before K3G and I thought they burned up the screen :)

[syliasyliasylia.livejournal.com]

Kareena Kapoor is lovely and I heart Asoka, the soundtrack was beyond beautiful. Great pictures BTW!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Glad someone else has seen and loved Asoka. I think it's beautiful the way a painting is beautiful...

[syliasyliasylia.livejournal.com]

I even have the dvd! I bought it last time I went to London! XD
The musical numbers are incredibly poetic and evocative, except Aa Tayar Ho Ja which seems out of place int the movie, though I like it anyway. And I love the make up and tattoes Kareena wears, and the costume design is superb!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Asoka was one of the first Bolly DVDs I bought.

I love Kareena's make-up in the movie. So unusual. It's one of those movies where I could just freeze-frame and stare at it for hours.

My favorite musical number is the very last one: Asoka imagining Kaurwaki. All those images of falling leaves, running water and muted colors are beautiful. Only Dil Se has more visually arresting musical numbers.

But my favorite scene is Asoka after he is told Kaurwaki is dead and he smears his face with ash, so his face is a white mask with only those incredible eyes burning through...And then that swimming shot through the grass and Asoka making what's-his-name his him again and again and staring straight ahead with those dead, frozen eyes just so he'd feel something, anything.

God, I love that movie. It's in my Top 10 movies period.

[syliasyliasylia.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen Dil Se yet, but I do have seen the musical numbers and OMG... they are incredible! Chaiyya Chaiyya is one of my fav musical numbers of all time! Dil Se is in my "to buy" list!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Dil Se is a really incredible movie. I was lucky to see it in a movie theater during festival. And the musical numbers are out of this world...

[kaseido.livejournal.com]

thanks as always!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

You are welcome! Did you get to watch Asoka yet?

[kaseido.livejournal.com]

No - Allie bumped the last Harry Potter up the queue to watch before we go to the new one. Probably over Thanksgiving weekend, though!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Cool! Hope you enjoy.

Love the Chiana icon!

[kitsah.livejournal.com]

awesome pics! I hope you don't mind if i did a couple amateur icons from them. if you do, let me know - or if you want credit, etc, let me know!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Of course I don't mind! And no credit...they aren't my pics in the first place. But could I see the icons? I love Bolly icons...I love the one you have now...

[kitsah.livejournal.com]

That's one and the other is in my most recent post. My icons aren't very good yet but hee, they're fun to make. You can take or not if you like, no need to credit!

:)
Laura

[wasabi-girl1.livejournal.com]

I'm so weird, I think I must be the only one who prefers Kareena in her "typical" roles. I dunno, I think her other roles are too over-rated. She's not bad, but I just don't see what the big deal is about.

I actually loved her Pooja character in K3G, and her character in MPKDH! She's excellent at comedy!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heee. But then you loved KHGN :P

[wasabi-girl1.livejournal.com]

Heh, true. :D

[charizmatic.livejournal.com]

not a huge kareena fan, but she defo looked good in asoka...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yup, the natural look suits her.

[ayn-rand-fan-13.livejournal.com]

I hope you don't mind, this is completely off topic, but I just saw Harry Potter, and I know you were considering seeing it.
I thought it was utterly and completely fabulous, but much like the third movie and I know you didn't like that one.

Harry Potter is so my bitch.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I am actualy not seeing HPIV. Why would I pay $$$ for ulcers...

[srkfanatic.livejournal.com]

Asoka is the only reason why I don't loathe Kareena. How can I hate anything about that beautiful movie? It's in my top 5, and will forever be there.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's an amazing amazing movie that broke my heart and made me happy and actually the movie that hooked me on SRK.

[theblackscorpio.livejournal.com]

And again, you absolutely made my day :D

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Gald you liked!

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Oooh.

A movie that takes place in one night? Is Bollywood trying to make real movies or something? I saw the one where the tigers were killing everyone in a wilderness preserve (Kaal, says IMDb, since I picked the right actor to remember (Ajay Devgan)), and it looked like they were trying to attempt traditional American filmmmaking, except they really sucked at it.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Kaal is notoriously bad.

Chameli is very good. It's basically about a depressed businessman and a tawdry low-class hooker who get stuck together (not that way) one night during the rains and the characters they come across and their own interplay. It's very good.