The Heart Knows - Best Wedding Video Ever?

I had to share this with you because I thought it was simply quite amazing.  I can;t say I ever expected to see myself putting a wedding video on Kuriositas, but this is particularly clever.

Anuja Gupta and Nirav Shah, the two leads in this very short film make up a couple in real life.  The path of true love never did run smooth and this charts the tentative beginnings of their relationship. He was a shy Medical Doctor, she a pretty pharmaceutical representative.  It took them a while to introduce themselves to each other and this film shows how it came to pass.

Yes, this is a wedding video but one with a difference.  I have seen many (haven't we all?) and this is by far the most original I have seen.  Bollywood inspired, this of course has to feature a song and dance routine for both Anuja and Nirav as they try and work out just how (or whether) to make the first move.

I can only imagine the astonishment of the guests when this was shown on two big screens at their wedding.  It seems that there are one or two minor embellishments but it is pretty much their story as it stands.  One thing, though.  The pair most certainly overcame their shyness when it came to making this short movie.

It is also done with an immense sense of fun and joie de vivre which is quite contagious.  I was really rooting for the pair of them within the first minute or so.

As a record of the start of their relationship it is marvelous. They may not be sending one of their children to college, however.  This was not done on a shoestring!

Endhiran, the Robot: Kollywood Science Fiction Blockbuster!

If you are a film buff but live outside India the chances are that you have seen at least one Bollywood film. However, have you ever seen a movie made in Kollywood? This is the Chennai based version of Bollywood, where films are made in the Tamil language.

This movie, Endhiran the Robot was a recent vehicle for the wonderful Aishwarya Rai (the woman in the clip) and top Kollywood actor Raji. You may think you have seen it all before – the basis premise is a scientist who creates a robot which goes berserk – and plot wise you certainly have. Yet this Kollywood blockbuster has an energy and vibrancy that is often lacking in its Hollywood counterparts which sometimes feel as if they are weighed down by their own budget.

The film was in pre-production for almost ten years and is India's most expensive film ever made.  Despite the money lavished upon it, it is reminiscent of some ways of some of the B-movie science fiction greats of the nineteen fifties where the might of the military was pitted against something from outer space and seen to be completely useless against the power of this alien technology.  Love it!

Sure, you will have seen better FX before, but I can almost guarantee that if you start watching this then you will make it through to the end as it is thoroughly engaging. Sorry about the Russian dubbing over parts of it!