#malayalam love songs

[monicascot]

Nenjodu Cherthu | My First Song In Malayalam | Covered by Karthik Mohan

I'm a bit nervous about doing my first song in Malayalam! Here's my rendition of Nenjodu Cherthu from the movie Yuvvh. It's one of those songs that hits you the minute you listen to it. It's one of my favorite songs!! Hope you like this version. Watch Karthik Mohan's soulful cover of the beautiful Malayalam song "Nenjodu Cherthu." This rendition showcases his heartfelt emotions and musical talent as he brings his unique style to this beloved track. Relax, and let the soothing melodies transport you to a world of love and nostalgia.

[yellowpaperdaisyy]

Your theme my gawd i have no words just 🥰😍😍🥹🥹✨✨✨✨🔥😌💗💗💗💗💞💓❤️‍🔥💋💘🧡🤍💝💖❣️🫂 it's ethereal 🥹😍😍😍😍

thank you, thank you for saying that<3

[nvrsaidiwasinurcloset]

okay hi just a warning rq my autocorrect is off bc it autocorrected my friend’s name to fuckin malayalam on accident. i dont like autocorrect.

ANYWAY! ive been listening to my lovely olivia rodrigo lately, specifically her new song obsessed. i wanted to know if you could make a fic with Ethan x fem! reader where readers bitchy friend has this ex (Ethan) and she made him out to be a real dick. like, manipulating and everything.

reader eventually meets him and it turns out that she remembers… a lot about him considering her friend is a constant yapper and cant shut up about him. Ethan actually turns out to be a real cutie patootie and could literally never hurt anyone.

a few days later theyd meet again at some club or party maybe where they end up hitting it off… a little too well.. yeah so she ends up in his bed (smut part, very dom ethan plspls 😛😛). they could be talking about something really random and then reader brings up how her friend basically completely lied about him and said he was a piece of shit when he really wasnt. like a realllll fluffy end before a small cliffhanger thats never gonna get finished where her friend ends up finding out and texting her.

so sorry if thats too long or confusing idk but i actually love your work so much im lowkey your #1 fan. 😍😍😍

HELLO! I switched this up a little, I hope that's okay! 💕

Also, I fucking loved the 'leave it on a cliffhanger part that won't get finished' because WHY IS THAT WHAT I DO lmao

Obsessed - Ethan Landry x Fem!Reader - Part 1

This contains SMUT - Minors DNI

Part 2

Summary: Your friend told you horrible lies about her ex-boyfriend, and once you get to know him, you realize he's not the monster she made him out to be.

Contains: Mentions of a toxic relationship, Dom-ish cocky Ethan, rough-ish sex, oral - f receiving, p in v, fluff (If I missed anything, PLEASE let me know. I'm sleep deprived atm)

A/N: This was the one that pulled me out of my writers block, lmao. It's still not where I want it to be, but I'm TRYING. I'll try to post more this week, but I will be busy so bear with me haha.

You didn’t know Ethan Landry, but you knew you didn’t like him. He used to date one of your friends, and after hearing all the horrible things he’d said and done during their relationship, you thought he was really scummy.

They dated in high school and couldn’t get enough of each other, so they wanted to go to the same college. They broke up right before freshman year started, and after almost a year, she still talked about him every chance she got. She’d tell you how controlling he was. The things he’d call her when he was mad. How he cheated on her. You couldn’t believe that she stayed in the relationship for as long as she did, because she never had anything good to say, except that she loved him.

You’d seen pictures of him, and after walking into one of your classes at the start of the new semester, you saw him in person for the first time. He was so shy as he took his seat in the lecture hall, some of the girls making their little comments about the rumors they’d heard about him. He didn’t seem like the type that would do the things your friend said, but maybe he was just really good at playing innocent. All you knew was that you needed to keep your distance from him.

When you met up with your friend later that day for lunch, you didn’t know if you wanted to bring up Ethan being in the same class as you, but once she brought him up, you decided to tell her.

“Speaking of Ethan…I saw him today,” you said, before taking a bite of your food. Her face dropped as she looked at you.

“Where did you see him?” she questioned. You explained that you saw him in one of your new classes, and she rolled her eyes. “Can you believe he still tries to text me?”

“What I can’t believe is that you haven’t blocked him,” you said, “I know I’d hate to see someone that treated me like shit’s name pop up on my phone.”

She started to giggle as you curiously stared at her. “I have him saved in my phone as ‘Tall loser with a small dick’, so I laugh every time he does text me.”

“That’s not toxic at all,” you said, as you started to think about what she’d said. “Wait, he treated you as bad as he did and has a small dick? What the fuck were you thinking?”

“All he had going for him was that he was cute,” she said, “But seriously, if I were you, I’d stay away from him.”

“Oh, please. Like I’d even want to be near him.”

Your morning wasn’t going as expected. You slept through all of your alarms; you didn’t have time to stop for coffee. You didn’t think your day could get any worse, until you walked into class and noticed the only empty seat available was beside Ethan. You took a deep breath before you walked over and sat down. Once you reached into your backpack, you realized that your laptop wasn’t there. You were in such a hurry when you ran out of your dorm and didn’t even think to grab it.

“Shit,” you whispered, “I’m so stupid.”

“Here,” Ethan said, passing you a notebook and a pen. You curiously looked at him as he offered a weak smile. “I always keep an extra notebook, just in case.”

“Thanks,” you said, a half-smile playing on your lips.

Once class started, you were taking your notes, but you kept glancing over to Ethan. He was so focused on typing that he didn’t notice, but you couldn’t help but wonder if everything your friend told you was true. At that moment, he didn’t seem like a jerk. Then again, he had only spoken a handful of words to you.

Ethan was aware of all the things that were said about him. He hoped that after a few weeks it all would’ve blown over, but once you have an angry ex-girlfriend paint you as some horrible, emotionally abusive asshole, it’s hard to come back from that. He knew that it was best for him to just keep his head down until he was able to transfer to a different school, where no one knew who he was. He was miserable at Blackmore, and he really had no reason to stick around, aside from the few friends he’d made.

After class was over, you tore the pages of notes you’d taken from the notebook to give it back to Ethan.

“Thanks again,” you said, as you handed it back to him.

“You’re welcome,” he said, shoving it back in his backpack. “I thought about just emailing you my notes, but I didn’t know if you’d want that.”

“You’re telling me I didn’t have to spend the last hour trying to write that fast?” you asked, as he flashed you a sweet, genuine smile. “Why wouldn’t someone want that?”

“I don’t know, maybe it’s because most people here hate me,” he said, sliding the straps of his backpack over his shoulders. “You’ve probably heard things about me.”

“Yeah…are they true?” you asked, as he shook his head.

“You’re the first person that’s asked me that. Everyone else just assumes everything is true,” he sighed, “But no, I’m not a bad person.”

You started to feel so guilty. You’d said plenty of bad things about him, but you only heard one side of the story. With your friends’ story changing so many times, getting more dramatic each time she told it, you were starting to realize that it was all bullshit. You still didn’t know exactly what happened, but you were curious to know what the truth was.

“You okay?” Ethan asked, noticing that you were lost in thought as you stood in front of him.

“I’m friends with your ex,” you said, as his smile slowly fell. “What’s the real story?”

He sat back down in his seat as the other students piled out of the room. You sat beside him as you waited for him to speak.

“I really loved her…but she was just so controlling. Then she cheated on me when she went to the beach with her family. I didn’t find out about that until right before we started college,” he said, looking over to you. “She was pissed that I broke up with her, then all these horrible things about me started going around.”

“That’s fucked up,” you said, as he nodded.

“Yeah, she’s still been trying to text me. I finally blocked her a few days ago.”

“Wait, she said you’ve been trying to text her,” you said, his eyes growing wide at your words.

“Her number’s been deleted from my phone for months. I have no interest in talking to her,” he said, “I know this must be weird for you since you are her friend, but I think it’s cool that you wanted to hear me out.”

“Well, I feel like I need to apologize…I’ve said some things about you that weren’t true.”

“She’s a good liar. She has almost the entire school hating me so it doesn’t surprise me that her friend does, too,” he said, as he stood back up.

“I don’t hate you,” you said, smiling at him. “I don’t know if you’d want to, and I know she’d kill me, but if you ever want to hang out sometime, let me know.”

“I’d like that.”

Ethan was kicking himself for not asking you for your number, or shit, even your social media so he could DM you. He thought you were beautiful, but he knew that hoping for a chance with you would be a reach. He really just needed more people in his life that believed him to make the time he still had at the university more enjoyable.

Your friend begged you to come to a random frat party that you didn’t feel like going to in the first place. After your talk with Ethan, you weren’t even sure you wanted to be around her. You still went, and after searching for her for almost an hour, you checked your phone to see a message from her that she wasn’t coming, and that she ran into one of the guys she’d been hooking up with on the way to the party.

“Why the fuck am I even here?” you said to yourself as you locked your phone and slid it into the back pocket of your jeans.

“Hopefully to hang out with me, if your offer’s still good,” you heard from behind you, recognizing Ethan’s voice.

“Hey,” you said as you turned to face him. “I didn’t expect to see the most hated man on campus here.”

“My roommate told me that if I stayed in my dorm tonight, he’d throw my Xbox out the window,” he said, glancing over to the muscular guy that was watching Ethan talk to you.

“Ah, so you were threatened into being social,” you said, as he started to laugh.

“I guess you could say that. Do you want a drink?”

“Sure.”

Ethan wasn’t much of a drinker; you could tell by the sour look on his face every time he took a sip. It gave him a little confidence though, as the two of you talked and got to know each other a little better.

“I don’t think I can drink this anymore,” he said, sitting the cup down on a table. You sat yours down too, and as soon as you did, someone bumped into you, shoving you into Ethan.

“Shit, I’m sorry,” you said, looking up at him. Your chest was pressed closely against his, his hands on your hips from catching you.

“Don’t be sorry,” he said, “You can stay this close to me all night, if you want.”

“Are you always this smooth? Or is it the alcohol?” you questioned as he smirked at you.

“I’m only buzzed,” he said, before he leaned down, placing his lips on yours.

Chad was still watching Ethan from afar, cheering and thrusting his fist in the air once he saw Ethan kiss you. He started to laugh against your lips before he pulled away to stare daggers through his roommate for interrupting the moment.

“I can’t take him anywhere,” Ethan said, as you smiled at him.

“We could go somewhere more private,” you suggested, as he took your hand in his.

“Want to go back to my dorm? He’ll be here for a while so I know we can talk without being interrupted.”

“Sure!”

Once you made it back to Ethan’s dorm, you were starting to think that he really did just want to talk. You enjoyed listening to him, though. He was telling you about all his hobbies and interests, and you were telling him yours. You started to glance around his side of the dorm room, noticing the cliché, dorky things you’d expect to see.

“Nice Star Wars poster, nerd,” you joked, as he smirked at you.

“Oh, I’m a nerd?” he said, as he nudged you back on his bed. He was hovering over you, his mouth inches from yours. The sexual tension got so thick as his eyes looked into yours, his hand rubbing your hip.

“Mhm,” you said, the corner of your bottom lip in between your teeth. “A hot nerd.”

He felt his cheeks start to heat up, and he really didn’t want you to notice, so he leaned down to finally connect his lips to yours. It didn’t take long for the kiss to get more intense, his tongue brushing across your bottom lip. You let him deepen the kiss, his tongue moving with yours as his hands started to roam. You whimpered into the kiss once his hand squeezed your thigh, your hips started to squirm underneath him.

He pulled away but still stayed close so the two of you could catch your breath. You were reading each other’s faces, and it was obvious that you both wanted more.

“How far do you want this to go?” he asked, his breathing still heavy as his eyes looked into yours.

“As far as you want,” you said, your sweet tone making him groan.

“That’s not what I asked you,” he said, as he leaned back down to kiss your neck. His curls were tickling you, but the only reaction you had were the soft moans slipping past your lips from how well his mouth moved. His hips were rutting into yours, showing you how hard he was for you.

“I want you to fuck me,” you said, as he pulled away to look at you.

“You sure?”

“Mhm.”

Ethan was a little, well, very eager. He got you undressed in what felt like seconds, leaving you in just your panties. Once he stripped down to just his boxers, you got a little curious. You glanced down to see his hard cock straining against the fabric, and started to laugh to yourself, your gaze going to the ceiling.

“What’s funny?” he asked, as he hovered back over you to take one of your nipples in his mouth. Your laughing stopped, a gasp slipping out when he started to suck. “I asked you a question,” he teased, before moving to the other side.

“She really does lie about everything,” you said, as his tongue swirled. “She said you had a small dick.”

He started to laugh against you, before he pulled back. “That’s funny, because she couldn’t take it.”

“I can,” you said, his smile turning to a smirk as his hand trailed down your body to rub you over your panties.

“We’ll see about that,” he said, as he moved lower down the bed to position himself between your thighs.

He slid your panties down your legs, before running his fingers over your wet pussy. Your eyes stayed on him, your bottom lip in between your teeth as he teased you. Your anticipation just kept building as he moved down the bed, positioning himself in between your thighs. He leaned in, slipping his tongue inside your entrance.

He was sloppily eating you out, his head moving from side to side. His arms hooked under your thighs to pull you as close to his face as he could as your hands went to his hair.

“So good,” you whimpered, your breathing getting faster as he worked you closer to your orgasm.

He slid his tongue out of you to focus on your clit, quickly replacing it with two of his fingers. Your back was arching off the bed as he moved his arm back and forth, applying as much pressure as he could to that spongy spot inside you as he sucked on your swollen bundle of nerves.

“You’re gonna make me cum,” you babbled, as he started to chuckle with your clit in his mouth.

That was all it took for your legs to start shaking and your grip on his hair getting even tighter. Once your pussy started to clench around him, he slowed his fingers to a slow roll, not wanting to overstimulate you. His tongue gently licked your clit as he worked you through it, your whimpers getting softer as you came down from your high.

“That was the best orgasm I’ve ever had,” you admitted through your shaky breathing. Ethan started to laugh a little as you looked at him, your eyes hazy. “What?”

“Just wait until I’m inside you,” he cockily said, “You still confident that you can handle it?”

“I know I can,” you said, your legs instinctively spreading wide for him as his fingertips ran up your thigh.

“What are you going to do when no one else can make you feel as good as I do?” he questioned, as one of his fingers started to rub circles on your clit.

“I guess I’d have to keep you around then,” you said, as he shook his head.

“You’d only have me until summer starts,” he said, his finger moving faster. “I’m transferring to a different school after this year.”

“No, you’re not..fuck. I’ll convince you to stay,” you said, relaxing into the bed as he teased you.

Ethan pulled his hand away from your pussy before he slid his boxers off. He crawled back on top of you and reached over to his bedside table to grab a condom.

“I might let you convince me,” he said, as he lined up with your entrance. You tensed up a little because you knew how big he was. “Relax, baby.”

You did as he said, taking a deep breath as he inched his way inside of you. You were moaning as he stretched you out, and when you thought he was all the way in, he just kept going.

“Oh fuck,” you whimpered, feeling so full as he finally came to a stop, wanting to give you plenty of time to adjust. “Told you..Fuck, I told you I could take it,” you said, already struggling to speak.

“Don’t get cocky,” he said, your mouth falling open as he started to move. “I’m going to ruin this pussy.”

“Ruin it,” you said, challenging him as your lusty, hooded eyes connected with his.

It took everything in Ethan to not immediately start pounding into you, but he didn’t want to hurt you. He started slow, your eyebrows already furrowing together, low moans slipping past your lips. The head of his cock hit that special spot every single time, but you needed more. He sped up a little as your legs wrapped around him, your hands gripped tightly around his biceps.

“Maybe you can take it,” he said, his breathing getting heavier. “Can I go faster?”

“Yes,” you whimpered, as his hips moved quicker.

Your brain was starting to turn to mush, the babbles slipping past your lips making absolutely no sense. The only thing your mind could process in that moment was how good Ethan was making you feel. He thought you were adorable, already so cock drunk, and he wasn’t even close to being done with you yet. He kept his pace, but occasionally thrust a little harder to see if you could take it, the loud moans slipping past your lips as your nails started to dig into his arms letting him know that you could.

He angled your hips to go even deeper. His pace was a little slow as he made sure you were okay. Your eyes were pleading with him to go faster, because you knew the words weren’t going to come out of your mouth. It was getting so hard for him to hold back, so he finally let go. He started to pound into you so hard that your skin was tingling, all the nerves in your body on edge. Your toes were curling as he slammed into your g-spot, your whimpers turning to cries as you felt your orgasm starting to build. It was hard for you to keep your eyes open, and you were sure Ethan was going to have your nail marks on his arms forever with how hard you were squeezing him.

“Fuck,” was the only word you were able to get out, your legs wrapping tightly around him as your body started to involuntarily jolt. Ethan was sure that everyone in the surrounding dorm rooms knew what was happening, because you were being so loud. He wasn’t letting up though. He loved that he was making you feel that good.

It only took a few more deep thrusts before your entire body started to tremble, loud whines flooding out of your mouth as the wave of euphoria washed over you. He chased his own orgasm as he fucked you through it, your pussy clenching him so tight that he was moaning himself.

“I’m almost there, baby,” he said, a slight rasp in his voice from all the panting he’d been doing.

You went limp, your grip on his arms and your legs around his waist relaxing as his hips started to falter, a loud groan slipping past his lips as he released into the condom.

He took a minute to catch his breath before he slid out of you. His abs were burning and his arms were sore from your nails, but he quickly got up to take the condom off so he could take care of you.

He crawled in the bed next to you as you adjusted to lay your head on his chest, still so fucked out that it was hard to process your thoughts. Ethan just held you close, his hands softly rubbing over your bare back as you relaxed into his touches.

“You’re okay, right?” he asked, after a few minutes of you not saying anything. You lazily nodded as your hand moved to rub across his chest.

You laid there in silence as you started to think about what’d just happened. You knew your friend was going to be pissed if she ever found out, but did that even matter? She made almost the entire university hate Ethan for things he never did, and it made you sad that he felt like he needed to switch to a different school so he wouldn’t have to deal with it anymore.

“So…” you finally said, “How can I convince you to stay?”

He let out a nervous laugh, not knowing the best way to respond. “I can’t take people talking about me the way they do anymore.”

“Even if I convince everyone that it was all lies?” you questioned, your tone playful as you angled your head to look at him. “I think it’d be awful for you to leave because of her. You could miss out on someone that would treat you right.”

“Someone like you?” he questioned as he looked down at you. You nodded, before he leaned down to kiss you. “You’re good at this whole convincing thing.”

“Does that mean you’ll stay?” you asked, smiling as you sat up to look at him.

“Yeah, as long as you don’t break my heart,” he said, wrapping his arms around you to pull you back down to his chest.

“I won’t.”

You stayed in Ethan’s bed for a couple hours, making plans for all the dates he wanted to take you on. It felt like you’d known him for way longer than just a few days, the two of you having an instant connection. You hated to pull away from him, but you knew you needed to get dressed before his roommate got home.

“It’s late, can I walk you back to your dorm?” he asked, as he started to put his clothes back on.

“I can’t believe I thought you were this horrible monster. You’re so sweet,” you said, as he smiled at you. “Yeah, you can walk me home.”

Ethan walked you to the front door of your building, pulling you into a gentle kiss before he pulled away.

“I’ll text you,” he said, as he started to back away.

“Yeah, let me know when you make it back to your dorm, please,” you said, as he nodded.

When you made it upstairs and got settled into your bed, you heard your phone vibrate as it charged on your bedside table. You grabbed it and saw a goodnight message from Ethan, a huge smile on your face as you responded to him. You were so exhausted from the time you’d spend with him, and you soon felt yourself start to doze off. You heard your phone buzz again, your eyes lazily opening to see if it was Ethan. You took a deep breath once you read the message that was sent to you.

‘Why the fuck were you kissing Ethan at that party?’

[guillemelgat]

I just started a new semester, and I'm finally getting the chance to take Malayalam, which I've been trying to do since my undergrad. This is obviously a very exciting development, and it's so delightful to be in a language class again for the first time in ages, but it's also been a very unique experience as far as language classes go. First of all, for me, who is generally used to having very odd personal connections to a language and being the overachieving linguist of the class. And second of all because it's just a very different experience to be in a class largely oriented towards heritage learners and people with some cultural familiarity.

There are five people in the class. Of those five, four have Malayalee family and have had some exposure to Malayalam throughout our lives; the last person is a native speaker of another non-Dravidian South Asian language. Of the four of us who are Malayalee, I'm basically the only one who didn't have a significant amount of Malayalam at home growing up. What this means is that we've spent very little time on the phonetics of the language, because everyone roughly knows how to pronounce it - something which wouldn't be true if there were non-South Asian in the class! (It was a bit comforting to hear all the other Malayalees struggling with aspirated consonants, which have constantly been the bane of my existence, and then to hear the instructor say that few people pronounce them right in spoken Malayalam anyways.) The instructor could ask us to say things on the first day, and the more fluent speakers could say them. There is already Malayalam being mixed in with the instruction. I'm sure by the end of the semester we'll be having extended conversations - especially since the two of us who don't speak have very concrete communicative desires for our outside lives.

It's also a very scary experience for me, personally. Or maybe scary isn't quite the right word, but I've always felt out of my depth in claiming Malayalee heritage - I've always felt that there were so many things which I didn't know which any normal Malayalee would. There is no evidence that this is true, at least insofar as that my cousins with two Malayalee parents have wildly varying experiences and I'm not actually that far outside the norm. In most American spaces, I will never be clocked as white, and most people usually immediately identify me as South Asian. Nonetheless, I know that when I visited Kerala this past December, I was decidedly foreign - to the two guys speaking in rapid-fire Malayalam on the flight from Qatar, to the person at the immigration counter in Trivandrum, even to my own relatives. Part of it is a mental block on my part, of feeling myself foreign and therefore never letting myself belong. Part of it is that I am, ultimately, American. But either way, in this class, I can feel that I'm the American in the room, even when I'm not, even when my pronunciation is just as good as the other Malayalees and there's nothing that's telling me I can't belong. I keep freezing up when asked to say real things, or when people speak to me, because there's some unreachable standard in my brain of Not A Real Malayalee, and everything feels fraught and fragile. So maybe this semester will be about overcoming that.

It's still strange being in a language class where the instructor, on the first day, can look at you all and say, "You know why you're here, you want to be here, we all have a shared experience." But it's also a beautiful thing in its own way, and I'm really looking forward to taking on a language in this way. I love the structure and the logic of language, the puzzle of putting it together, the beauty of making friends in it and watching shows in it and listening to songs in it - but as I get older I find myself really reflecting on what it means to learn and to know a language. And sometimes those barriers to learning and to knowing are only in our minds, not in our worlds. Language is communication and connection, and I hope that Malayalam serves me to these two ends, even as it sometimes feels like a trial by fire at each word.

[hood-ex]

This got long so I decided to send it in an ask.

So India has like a dozen film industries organized by language. Bollywood is the biggest and that's Hindi. There are also movies n Tamil, Telegu, Malayalam, Marathi, Kannada, Bengali, Punjabi and more. I won't go into all of them because I mostly watch movies in Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi and the occasional Telegu movie.

(super cool thing is that sometimes, there's actors who work in multiple film industries so it can be like a fun surprise when you see someone you associate with a specific language pop up somewhere else)

I tried to pick based on what you said you liked in one of the other replies. You mentioned you like musicals though so you'll be happy to know that songs are integral to Indian movies. Also these recs are a mix of personal favorites and ones I know to be popular/iconic because if it was just up to me, half of these would be thrillers, horror or crime because I think indian films do those genres really well. They also lean heavily towards romcoms.

Hindi:

Sholay (1975) This is just a classic Hindi action movie starring Amitabh Bachchan, who's possibly the biggest actor from Bollywood in the 70s and 80s Like even i've watched it and I haven't even taken the time to look through 70s Hindi movies yet.

Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1993) A runaway bride gets taken in by three kids and they have to hide her so their uncle who's taking care of them doesn't kick her out. The kids are so goddamn cute. This stars two very known 90s stars, Amir Khan and Juhi Chawla.

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) Iconic Hindi romance starring equally iconic pair of Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol. Shah Rukh is by far the most popular beloved actor in Bollwood since the 90s and arguably still today. Him and Kajol were a big pair that did tons of movies together in the 90s and early 2000s. I cannot understate how popular these two are.

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) Another, arguably even more iconic Shah Rukh Kajol romance but it's a love triangle. Personally, I can't stand this movie but it's super duper popular and also features the love of my life, Rani Mukherjee as the 'it' girl Tina that Shah Rukh's character initially falls in love with.

Kabhie Kushi Kabhie Gham (2001) I'm sorry, I don't know how this ended up being all Shah Rukh Kajol movies but I needed to mention it because this is my personal favorite from this pair and in general. I also love the way this leans into the 2000s aesthetic in the second half and you're going to be baffled and amused by the character Pooja in the second half.

Devdas (2002) Devdas is an epic tragic love triangle featuring again Shah Rukh Khan but also Aishwarya Rai, one of the most influential celebrities to come out of India in the modern age and Madhuri Dixit, beloved actress and dancer from the late 80s/early 90s. The song 'Dola Re' from this movie is one of the coolest dance sequences to exist.

Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) A modern love triangle- you know, I didn't realize how many love triangles are on here but this one will make you cry. It's a romcom but I promise, the tears will come. And then you'll watch it again.

Om Shanti Om (2007) A love letter to Golden Age Bollywood, this movie is going to pack in approximately 15 references per minute, you won't understand any of them and it will still be an excellent time. At heart, this is a fantasy romance/revenge featuring reincarnation (which is a suuuper popular trope but ended up being sparse on this list). Starring Shah Rukh Khan across Deepika Padukone in her first role (they go on to be a pretty beloved pair though not as much as srk and kajol). I rewatch this 1-2 times a year.

Jodhaa Akbar (2008) Starring Aishwarya Rai again, this is a historical romantic drama set in the 1500s. I always get distracted by how beautiful the costuming in this is. You'll recognize Hrithik Roshan from Kabhie Kushi Kabhie Gham but with the ugliest mustache known to mankind.

3 Idiots (2009) is a comedy/coming-of-age about 3 college friends. Sounds basic but it's really hmm, heartfelt? Starring Amir Khan.

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) coming of age romance/drama/comedy something about a group of college friends. Stars Deepika Padukone across Ranbir Kapoor (big 2010s actor).

Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavadahn (2020) first big blockbuster type movie about queer people. It made me cry, i made a gif from this my header for like over a year, it's a bit cliche but yk

Telegu

Telegu's really hit it off in the last 10 years or so but I've only a passing familiarity and I definitely can't tell you what's been popular in the last couple decades. BUT

Bahubali 1 and 2 (2015/2017) It was a cultural phenomenon when it came out, because of the effects and cinematography but also largely because of how it's one story split intentionally into two movies. That concept was unheard of in Indian film and the overwhelming success of Bahubali is directly responsible for the dozens of 2 and 3 part film series being produced today in south indian films. It's like an epic fantasy action movie(s) about- actually i'm not going to spoil the plot on this one. In simplest terms, it's about a guy learning about his dad.

RRR (2022) Not a personal favorite but it actually has a tumblr fanbase. Bromance but like two indian revolutionaries fighting against the british in pre-independence India. Really, it's very much about their friendship. Stars Jr NTR and Ram Charan, both of whom are pretty popular Telegu actors. This like Bahubali was an insanely popular hit.

Tamil (this was so hard because i like tamil movies but i don't think they're the greatest. They do however have the best love songs, hands down)

Kadhalan (1994) It's an action romance ft politics and terrorists but at heart, it's a inter-class romance about a college kid that falls in love with a politician's daughter. You may have noted by now that inter-class romances are a BIG theme in indian movies. This stars Prabhu who is still an iconic choreographer and dancer and Nagma.

Minsara Kanavu (1997) a romance Prabhu again and Kajol from all of those Hindi films. The plot is that she doesn't believe in love and wants to go become a nun and he's trying to change her mind because he's in love with her. It would've been so easy to get this film wrong but it ends up being really hard to dislike.

Anbe Sivam (2003) a slice of life about a guy who gets stranded at an airport and makes a friend. R. Madhavan, who plays the friend is the poster boy for 90s Tamil romances and is an excellent romance actor, if you're interested.

Ghilli (2004) A sports player accidentally gets involved with a gang. It's like an action romance featuring some of the most iconic actors in Tamil film, including Vijay and Trisha. I had my cousins dance to one of the songs from this at my wedding. This movie actually just reran in theaters for it's 20 year anniversary a couple months ago.

24 (2016) A guy invents a time traveling machine. I really wanted to include a movie with Suriya because he along with Vijay are like the two big stars of the Tamil Film Industry. They both have catalogs of 60+ films. And in this movie, Suriya plays a triple role.

Malayalam. This one's my native industry which somehow made it really hard to pick movies from because I mostly watch masala films or (like low-brow action comedies).

Kireedam (1989) A action/drama about a guy's downfall. Thematically, think Othello. Stars Mohanlal, the biggest actor in Mollywood and watching him in this movie will show you why.

Killukam (1991) a comedy about a girl, an illegitimate daughter of a supreme court judge, pretending to be mentally ill while searching for her father. Very of it's time but it's classic comedy. Stars Mohanlal again.

Yoddha (1992). One of the rare times that Malayalam film delves into fantasy, this is a movie about a young rural guy protecting a Nepalese kid from a murderous, supernatural cult. It's been a minute since i've watched this so I can't speak to how the cultural aspects were treated but I remember that part of this was shot in Nepal. It's also considered a cult classic. And features Mohanlal yet again.

Aaram Thampuran (1997) Another mohanlal film about a man who gets involved in a village's affairs. Stars Manju Warrior who was a known 90s actress before she got married and quit. This one's an iconic action film but I think that Mohanlal's role in this is like the template of classic Malayalam hero and says a lot about the qualities that make up a South Indian typical movie 'good guy'.

Nandanam (2002) The fact that this movie is this old makes me feel old. A slightly dramatic, mostly realistic interclass romance ft (1) god. It'll give you a fair bit of insight into Malayali culture and class prejudices. Anyway story's about a religious house-servant who falls in love with the grandson of her employer. Or really, the grandson falls in love with her. It's a personal favorite of mine and stars Navya Nair (who is soo underrated) and Prithviraj (who is not, which is to say he's hella popular and currently trying his hand at directing)

Meesa Madhavan (2002) A thief gets wrongfully accused of a crime and tries to prove his innocence ft a romance. It's classic 2000s Malayalam comedy. Features Dileep and Kavya Madhavan who were a pretty popular pair of the 2000s/2010s even and irl had an affair and he divorced his wife for her. (his wife incidentally is manju warrior who i mentioned above)

Classmates (2006) A school reunion unearths old hurts and hidden secrets. It's got everything; mystery, angst, romance, comedy, and an iconic soundtrack.

Notebook (2006) No this has nothing to do with the iconic Nicholas Sparks adaptation. It's about three college friends at an all-girls school and how they deal with one of them getting pregnant. The initial romance is SO cute. The song, one in particular is great. The execution is so-so but for a movie about teen pregnancy in 2006 Kerala, it's not bad. And I would consider it iconic.

****** manichitrathazhu (1993) It's about a couple who move into a new house and the wife gets possessed by a ghost. It's ICONIC. I didn't mention it above because it does dip into horror and you said you didn't like scary movies.

i know this might seem super large and overwhelming. I promise I did try to limit the choices a bit and was at times more or less successful. Anyways I hope it helps some.

Wow, thank you for the explanation and for the long list of recs! Love all the different language categories. Lol! I wish I liked horror movies more, especially so you could share your favs 😆. I might try Manichitrathazhu 🫣. Maybe my friend who loves horror movies will watch it with me.

I'm looking at some of these on Google, and omg, Kabhie Kushi Kabhie Gham is 3.5 hours long 😳. I'll have to settle in with a snack for that one 😆.

These all sound really good though! Thank you for taking the time to compile this list, I highly appreciate it!

[thegleamingmoon]

'As a part of life,

You reside in me since eternity'

☘

Draped in soft pink silk with a little red lotus tucked behind her ear, minimal jewellery of pearls and corals adorned her frame while her long and wavy ebony black hair were left open. Lakshmi, the enchanting lady of Vaikuntha still looked like the personified auspiciousness that she was. A sweet smile played on those delicate lips of her jubilant self who was seated on the thousand hooded serpent in solitude.

‘ Like the warm breath in my chest,

I'll weave you (into me) with excitement. ’

Her silver anklets tinkled in soft melody as she slightly dipped her lotus feet in the sublime waters of the milky ocean which flowed in tranquillity, ever basking in the joyous presence of Harini. A small naamam shone on her golden forehead as she lost herself in the thoughts of her lord, feeling the bliss of Narayana, whose divine name sang through every pore of Vishnuloka and herself. Wasn't he, her radiant sunshine. Her very soul ?

"Praneshvari"

She knew he was near as she felt the cool breeze rush to her making her heart flutter in happiness as her gaze lowered to her feet in bashfulness. The deep, soothing voice melted into her ears as two well built arms gently hold her by her delicate shoulders and she stood facing her beloved lord ever resplendent in his Pitambaram, devoid of the usual crown on his head and yet looking every inch majestic.

‘ With a smile of seven colours like a visible rainbow,

You sparkle in my sky. ’

‘ In each word, you became a river.

In each gaze, you became a moonbeam. ’

Srinivasa couldn't help but admire, cherishing the way she looked at him with those innocently mischievous eyes of hers. Large, lotus-like that surpassed the depths of the oceans, gleaming with unceasing devotion and strength. She undoubtedly was his precious golden lotus. His sweet enigma.

‘ Like the sea where the waves sing,

Hey beauty with innocent eyes,

My heart keeps searching slowly (for you)’

The breeze made her curls sway, framing her moon-like face as his heart skipped a beat. And while gently pushing the strands of her hair behind her ears,he pressed his soft,red lips against her tender forehead. Blissfully adoring his darling queen as her soft cheeks turned into a deep shade of crimson under his loving gaze.

Too stunned to speak, the blushing lady hid herself in the warm embrace of the raincloud-hued one. And he only held her tighter, he was never letting her go. Treasuring her in his arms to be with her forevermore.

☘

‘ Like rain drizzling in me,

Like the warmth of sunlight touching my eyes,

Constantly... is your love. ’

‘ Like a breeze embracing my chest,

Like the river's gurgling flow everyday,

Hey beauty... this is love. ’

******

Image taken from Pinterest.

Had written this long back for Wattpad. Found a lot of mistakes and choppy writing *laughs* so thought of editing this a bit and posting it here as well. The lines in bold are some translated lines of a beautiful Malayalam song that inspired me to write this. I will link the song and the translation below. Thanks for reading <3

Jeevamshamayi - from Theevandi (2018)

Translation

*******

Mentions - @harinishivaa @houseofbreadpakoda @ramayantika @krsnaradhika @kaal-naagin @khushireadsandrambles

Sorry if I forgot anyone.

[diahsthings]

Obey Me Song Inspiration

Warning: just my music choices. Most are not in English. The song choices are because of how utterly romantic they are.

Satan

Not really a love song but I love it

I absolutely adore this song. It's beautiful. Watch this movie. Premam in Malayalam.

He's talking about how beautiful he thinks his love interest is. No matter if she's carrying sticks on her head or planting rice in the field.

The legendary romance. Iconic Bollywood movie. Satan is such a hopeless romantic.

[neengareadynaaready]

Jailer (2023) Spoiler Review

If you like pure mass entertainment and a group of veteran actors kicking ass, you'll love Jailer.

I saw Rajni's Petta a while back and while I enjoyed some parts of it, I was largely frustrated towards the end. I also saw Nelson's (the director) Beast, and while it had a straightforward premise, some parts of it were eyebrow-raising (I still love the hallway shooting scene with Vijay, though, that was just hella cool even if it didn't make sense). So, when they announced a Nelson and Rajinikanth collaboration, I wasn't sure if I should bother watching.

I'm glad I watched it though. For one, the story isn't all over the place. The revenge angle and heist subplot made sense together.

The flashback revealing Rajini's days as a hard-core warden aka Jailer was pretty nice. I liked that his hair style looked like the one in his older movies. However, I really don't understand why the inmates liked him or became loyal to him. It was never showed what he did to make them turn over a new leaf. They just said he helped them, but we mainly saw him being extremely violent.

Okay, this is part where I reveal that I saw Jailer a day after I saw Jawan. I couldn't help comparing the action in both movies because the action in Jailer is so violent! I'm not complaining or cringing. I actually liked the over-the-top violence lmao. It's just that I was like "Oh, right, this is one of things I was waiting for in Jawan -- hyperviolence!" LMAO.

Anyway, I do love that the former inmates that helped him were veteran action stars from Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi cinema: Shiva Rajkumar, Mohanlal and Jackie Shroff respectively. Bruh, I had goosebumps when Shiva R stepped into the house to protect Muthu's family while the Hukum song played!

Next, let's talk about the songs and bgm. "Hukum" really is such a banger of a song. And the style that they do, where they insert bits of the song's melody into cool scenes that build up and lead to the FULL SONG or at least CHORUS is such a great style because it makes you so hyped for the next badass scene!

Now, the family -- I honestly thought Rajni and Ramya Krishnan would have more romantic moments together since this is their reunion. Like, yes, they're grandparents now, but so what? It's always nice to see older people still doing romantic stuff with each other y'know.

Anyway, that twist with his son! I didn't expect them to go all the way with the betrayal but wow. It was really sad, but I liked that they went for that gut-wrenching story, too. Rajini is not much of a dramatic actor, but his performance was good for what the script called for. Also, his partnership with Yogi Babu was funny and nice. Also, those bald sharp-shooter guys! Their costume changes! That was so hilarious! And Varman's henchmen! The random funny characters and elements are really such a fun part of the mass experience.

All in all, Jailer is a really enjoyable movie for the whole family (if your kids are old enough to not be so desensitized to violence I guess).

[lilyavara]

Tag game!

Tagged by: @maester-of-spreadsheets and @onetrueharem so I've really got to do this now, right?

Last song: let's go with current earworm - Keddakari from the Raavanan ost. Such a compelling beat. It's in a playlist I made with extremely danceable Indian songs and we've been listening to that a lot lately.

Currently watching: I watched a very ancient Murder on the Orient Express last night - from 1974. I was so tired I fell asleep during the denouement. Still better than Kenneth Branagh. Fight me.

Currently consuming: Breakfast was challah bread with butter and banana jam and Indian instant coffee that was actually mostly cocoa. Banana jam = love. I'm trying to eat my way to feeling better.

Three ships: I am currently obsessed with The Locked Tomb, so Gideon/Harrowh of course. And everything involving Pyrrha. And Lucy/Lockwood from Lockwood & Co. Jay just finished the books, so I'm thinking about them again. I am really a very predictable shipper.

Favorite color: Got to be blues and greens, since that's what most of my pottery is. I know that's a wide range but I'm bad at picking favs

First ship: I don't know. Probably some Malayalam movie? Or Enid Blyton, lol. I have always shipped. It's the primary thing I get out of media.

Relationship status: Married. Just got to 10 years, which makes me feel old. In a good way. Mostly.

Last movie: See above

Currently working on: Applying to engineering jobs, which is soul killing. Also, hedgehogs.

Tagging: @onionjulius @nobodysuspectsthebutterfly @corseque @elwing @blueandbluer @notsosilentsister @roohdar @tearitar @little-corners @ahappychap

[thescribbleddiaries]

Bollywood Vs The South Indian Cinema

Introduction to Bollywood and South Indian Film Industries

India is renowned for its vibrant and diverse film industries, with Bollywood representing the Hindi-language cinema based in Mumbai and the South Indian movie industry encompassing Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada films. Each of these industries has its own unique characteristics, cultural influences, and star power that have captivated audiences worldwide. In this article, we explore the dynamic landscape of Bollywood and South Indian cinema, delving into their historical evolution, box office impact, global recognition, stylistic elements, talent pool, evolving trends, and the challenges and opportunities they face in the ever-changing world of cinema.

Overview of Bollywood and South Indian Movie Industries

Introduction to Bollywood and South Indian Film Industries

Bollywood, the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai, and the South Indian movie industry, comprising Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam cinema, are two powerhouses of Indian cinema known for their unique styles and storytelling.

Historical Development and Growth

Bollywood traces its roots back to the early 20th century, while South Indian cinema has a rich history dating back to the 1930s. Both industries have evolved over the years, embracing new technologies and trends to captivate audiences worldwide.

Cultural Influences and Diversity in Bollywood and South Indian Films

Themes and Storytelling in Bollywood Films

Bollywood films often explore themes of love, drama, and family relationships, blending extravagant song-and-dance sequences with emotional storytelling that resonates with audiences of all ages.

Regional Diversity in South Indian Cinema

South Indian cinema, on the other hand, boasts a diverse range of genres and storytelling techniques across its different language industries, showcasing rich cultural traditions and narratives unique to each region.

Box Office Success and Market Reach of Bollywood vs South Indian Cinema

Box Office Performance of Bollywood Films

Bollywood films have a global appeal and consistently dominate the Indian box office, with big-budget productions and star-studded casts drawing massive audiences both domestically and internationally.

Market Dominance of South Indian Cinema in Regional Markets

While Bollywood enjoys a wide reach, South Indian cinema holds sway in its respective regional markets, with loyal fan bases and a steady stream of hit films that cater to the diverse cultural preferences of audiences in the South.

Impact of Bollywood and South Indian Films on Global Cinema

International Recognition and Film Festivals

Both Bollywood and South Indian films have garnered international acclaim, with entries in major film festivals and recognition for their unique storytelling, performances, and technical brilliance that transcend cultural boundaries.

Global Box Office Influence

The global popularity of Bollywood and the rising profile of South Indian cinema have expanded the reach of Indian films on the world stage, influencing trends in filmmaking and attracting a diverse audience eager to experience the magic of Indian cinema.# Unique Characteristics and Stylistic Elements in Bollywood and South Indian Movies

## Musical Elements in Bollywood Films Bollywood movies are known for their infectious songs and dance sequences that range from emotional ballads to energetic dance numbers. These musical interludes often become chart-topping hits and play a significant role in the storytelling of the film.

## Action and Visual Effects in South Indian Cinema South Indian cinema, particularly in the Tamil and Telugu industries, excels in high-octane action sequences and cutting-edge visual effects. From gravity-defying stunts to larger-than-life fight scenes, South Indian movies set the bar high when it comes to adrenaline-pumping action on screen.

Talent and Star Power: A Comparison between Bollywood and South Indian Film Industry

## Superstars of Bollywood vs South Indian Cinema Bollywood boasts of iconic stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, and Aamir Khan who have a massive global fan following. On the other hand, South Indian cinema has its own galaxy of superstars including Rajinikanth, Vijay, and Prabhas, who command immense popularity and loyalty from their fans.

## Emerging Talent and New Faces in the Industry Both industries are witnessing the rise of talented newcomers who are making a mark with their fresh acting skills and unique personas. Whether it's Bollywood's Sara Ali Khan or South Indian sensation Rashmika Mandanna, the influx of new talent ensures a dynamic and evolving film landscape.

# Evolution and Trends in Bollywood and South Indian Cinema

## Technological Advancements and Digital Impact With advancements in technology, both Bollywood and South Indian cinema are embracing CGI, VFX, and digital filmmaking techniques to enhance the visual appeal of their movies. This digital revolution has revolutionized the way films are made and consumed, opening up new possibilities for storytelling.

## Changing Audience Preferences and Genre Shifts Audiences' tastes are constantly evolving, leading to a shift in the kinds of films being made in both industries. While Bollywood is exploring diverse genres beyond traditional romances and dramas, South Indian cinema is experimenting with unconventional narratives and pushing the boundaries of storytelling.

# Challenges and Opportunities for Growth in Bollywood and South Indian Movie Industries

## Piracy and Copyright Issues One of the major challenges faced by both industries is piracy and copyright infringement, which affects the revenue of filmmakers and producers. Finding effective ways to combat piracy and protect intellectual property rights is crucial for the sustainable growth of the Bollywood and South Indian movie industries.

## Collaborations and Co-Productions for Global Reach To expand their reach and appeal to a global audience, collaborations and co-productions between Bollywood and South Indian filmmakers are becoming increasingly common. By joining forces and sharing expertise, the industry can leverage international markets and create content that resonates with a diverse audience worldwide.As we conclude our exploration of the Bollywood and South Indian movie industries, it is evident that both have made significant contributions to the world of cinema, showcasing diverse storytelling, cultural richness, and immense talent. While Bollywood's global reach and iconic status continue to shine, the South Indian film industry's regional dominance and unique offerings are equally noteworthy. With ongoing evolution, emerging trends, and the constant pursuit of excellence, these industries stand poised to shape the future of Indian cinema and captivate audiences for generations to come.

[thereader-radhika]

I was obsessed with this one boy from standard 7 to 12. He was my friend in 7th and 8th. This boy was a great singer. I used to make him sing sad Hindi and Malayalam songs and later in my privacy, shed tears about him not reciprocating 'my love'.

In 9th, we were put in different classes and I felt like someone tore my heart apart. I was a histrionic teenager and wrote sad, cringe poems in a diary. To make things difficult for my whole existence, he had a teenage glow-up and I got cystic acne and hairfall. He became the school heartthrob, made cooler friends and stopped hanging out with me.

It was very difficult to not act like the maniacally obsessed crazy girl I were. But with great effort and restraint, I managed somehow. I didn't try to reconnect or join his new cool friends' group because I was so embarassed that I was thinking about this one boy at all times. I didn't want anyone, especially him, to know about this. I couldn't even imagine someone irl asking me about this. I still can't.

I nursed my 'broken heart' for a few more years and moved on from the non-existent relationship or whatever it was. My god! It was so hilarious 😂

[tanglewoodpetz]

What's up with these weird names, huh?

You might be wondering why I'm tagging some posts with weird names like "Roman Alleys" or "Azerbaijani Alley Persians."

Well, I decided I liked pedigrees to actually have names rather than the gibberish I/the community liked to use "a1" "AbcD" "gd5". The gibberish is great for helping keep track of where you are in the breeding project, especially when we were breeding one at a time and having to go through the whole fall in love-heart announce-gestation-infant, etc. But with Batch breeding making things easier and faster, I wanted to use real names and words.

First I started with the Locations dalis. First gen is all A place names, second gen is all B place names. Etc. I have plans for a Locations A-H line, a Locations I-P line, and a Locations Q-Z line. But what about all the other lines and breeds I want to breed?

So I went to my favorite name website, BehindtheName and voila! A lot of names easily sortable in multiple ways. I decided to pick names by usage or culture.

Did you know, it takes 31 names to get a full pedigree on a 5th gen pet? 16 first gens, 8 second gens, 4 third gens, 2 fourth gens, and 1 fifth gen.

Eventually, I think I'll make posts about each line and link them in my sitemap. Until then, here's the list of groups of names I've used so far:

Roman Alleys

Azerbaijani / Uzbek Alley Persians

Danish Great Danes

Song Title Aussies

French Papillons (Uses Blackmist's Plume-tailed Papillons OW)

English Old Line REWORKED

Scottish Snowshoes Scotties (A Wood Panel Rescue Selective Breed)

Old Norse Maine Coons

Yiddish Maine Coons

Old Celtic Calicos

Frisian Calicos (uses Sharon's tricolor spotted Calico OW)

Persian Persians

Thai Siameses

Russian Russian Blues

Archangel Russian Blues

Malayalam Tabby Persians

Locations A-H

Locations I-P

Locations Q-Z

Xhosa Dalis (uses Arashmaharr's liver-spotted dali OW)

Gee, I've been a busy breeding bee, haven't I?

The entire process goes much faster when I have the names already picked out too. Have a sample of my spreadsheet. Tumblr will probably kill the quality until it's unreadable, unfortunately.

I've been calling these "mini" lines since my goal wasn't always 7th gen petz at the end (most of the time I go for 5th or 6th gens). They aren't that "mini" though.

[lizzybeth1986]

Tag Game

Thank you @choicesfrog for the tag!

Currently Reading: I recently subscribed to Audible, and am currently reading + listening to Mikki Kendall's Hood Feminism. I love it so far!! Also rereading White Tears, Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad.

Choiceswise, it's been a year or two since I've uninstalled the app, but from time to time I read TRR and PM on YouTube mostly for my fics and meta.

Favourite Colour: Purple!

Last Song: "Zehenaseeb" from the Hindi film Hasee toh Phasee. Composers are Vishal Dadlani-Shekhar Ravjiani, and singers are Chinmayi and Shekhar Ravjiani.

Last Movie: Manichitrathazhu (Malayalam film).

Sweet/Spicy/Savoury: I have a major sweet tooth, but when it rains I do love a hot savoury snack like a pakora or a samosa xD

Currently Working On:

The next essay in the Hana Lee: A Study in Erasure series

Some story ideas for HYAW

The next chapter of Eleanor's Kitchen

The first chapter of Three and a Half Weeks

A bit of research for a new meta idea on the alternative LI "relationships" in TRR (Liam and Olivia, Drake and Kiara, Hana and Madeleine, briefly Maxwell and Penelope). Basically on what canon already presents, why they didn't happen, and how fandom responded to them. Idk if I'll actually go forward with it, but if enough people are interested I'll try doing it after HYAW and LSAW.

Tagging: @ohsnapitzlovehacker @grapecaseschoices @beyonceswigs @cassiopeiacorvus @noesapphic @mariemarieohcontrary @twinkleallnight @thecapturedafrique @thefirstcourtesan @ao719 @angelasscribbles @sazanes @lorirwritesfanfic anyone else who would like to participate regardless of tagging!!

(also if you've already done this and don't want to do it again - or just plain don't want to do it - no pressure! 😁)

[tamlindudley]

bro what’s in the air - i was literally listening to enna solla pogirai this morning and that’s coming from someone who literally only listens to tamil/malayalam/hindi songs when her parents have the aux. which is also why the songs i know from those languages aren’t from the last decade lol and maybe it’s the nostalgia but they just hit different lol

ARR TUMBLR FANDOM RISE. Lol jk jk but like even you mentioned an ARR song and like atleast 75% of the songs mentioned are ARR and as a diehard Rahmaniac I'm loving it omg.

Okay, hate to sound old af but Indian songs don't hit the same anymore. I'm not saying there are no good songs at all, there absolutely are, but like, there was something about some years ago when there was some.. idk, magic to songs and its lost. The last decade hasn't been decading. Has everyone's brain been altered? Has covid made us yearn for the better times? Has the death of radio and music channels killed the vibe? I don't know what is going on but something isn't computing. It's a thing and nobody can convince me otherwise.

[the-gayest-tree-you-ever-did-see]

this is the hi nanna anon again, and oml i do agree w you about yashna crossing the lines!! the black saree thing, her acting like she has a right to question viraj's decisions about mahi, etc

but overall it was overshadowed by the number of things i loved in the movie/the emotions

I think Mrunal being drawn to viraj/mahi did make sense in my head, because I felt like- even though she forgot those memories, her body would remember? i'm not fully sure what I meant but something along the lines of recognising the comfort viraj gave her & subconsciously recognising bits of herself/someone she loved in mahi? but all that might just be the romantic in me being delulu lmao

and I get what you mean by not vibing with it/feeling like it was Too Much, (especially after the malayalam movies), that does make sense.

I desperately needed both the lead characters to go to therapy so many times 😭 helping yashna cope w her trauma before conceiving mahi would've helped in so many ways, no? and like. my brain has been full of thoughts of them dealing with their trauma after the end of the movie (if they make a part 2 exploring their dynamics, i'd die of joy. unfortunately it's not likely to happen at all smh)

and yes 65 roses was so cute and genius

anyway, thanks for answering!! (and for dealing with my unprompted essay lol)

YASHNA i could not for the life of me remember their names lmfao -- and yeah like as far as she knows shes a random stranger and she's demanding traumatic memories and answer from literally a guy at a coffeeshop like 😭😭 please he just spent all day frantically searching for his daughter maybe find him a therapist instead

for me her being drawn to him made sense in like a, the dog recognizing the kid and him, the fact that they didnt stray from their life paths after the accident, like if they were married they would be in the same place not just because they were together but because their lives just played out like that. but i can see how you see it (im a hopeless romantic too so i want this more than the analytical way) and especially with how much trauma yashna went through and only found comfort in viraj, so even without conscious memory her subconscious would still find comfort in him..................... anon i am subscribing to your beliefs

I KNOWWWWWW LIKE PLEASE 7CUPS IS FREEEEE!!!!!!!!! if i was in that movie i would be getting my degree in psychiatry specifically for them. on god we are getting your mental health above the ground bro

yesssssssssssssss, nani has such a Father Face in a way i cannot explain so its for me specifically that he's playing more now that he's older. if i wasnt in love with him i'd ask him to adopt me (and tbh. he's more than old enough to.)

jersey was so sad, i still tear up when i listen to the songs :(((( its a movie i definitely want to watch again when my emotional capacity is more stable lmaoo

no worries at all, i loooooove essay asks like we r having an intellectual conversation in this chilis tonight 🙏🏽🙏🏽 i will literally never be annoyed im like omg friend :]

[keralatour10]

The Faces Who Made Kerala Proud

Kerala boasts the highest literacy rate in India and as per the latest census it has a projection of 94%. With the sobriquets ‘God’s Own Country’, ‘Land of Coconut’ and ‘Spice Garden of India’, Kerala has always been in the limelight from the perspective of tourism. Thanks to its incredible geographical features. Although being a small state, occupying around 1% of India’s total area, Kerala is always presented as an honorary example for its rich culture, education, ayurveda and other development. Kerala has also given rise to several personalities who have made Kerala and India tremendously proud.

P T Usha - Frequently called ‘Queen of Indian Track and Field’, P. T. Usha was born in Kozhikode, Kerala on 27th June, 1964. Nicknamed the Golden Girl, P T Usha has been associated with Indian Athletes since 1979. She had an illustrious career in athletics and won 33 international medals. In 1984 she was honoured with the Arjuna Award and the Padma Shree Award. The Indian Olympic Association has crowned her with the name ‘Sportsperson of the Century’.

Raja Ravi Varma - Raja Ravi Varma was born on April 29, 1948, in Kilimanoor Palace, Kerala, and is the most celebrated artist in the history of Indian Arts. His artistic talent was exposed at a young age by his uncle who provided him the elementary guidance. He got exposure to various art forms and himself mastered portraits, portrait-based compositions and myths and legends-based theatrical compositions. Ravi Varma received the first prize at the Madras Painting Exhibition in 1873. Shakuntala Composing a Love Letter to King Dushyanta, Damayanti Talking to a Swan and many more are among the famed paintings of Ravi Varma.

Dr. K J Yesudas - A notable Indian classical musician and playback singer, Yesudad was born in Fort Kochi, on January 10, 1940. His musical voice has recorded more than 40,000 songs in Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Gujarati, Marathi, Odiya, Arabic, English, Russian, Latin and many more. Initially, Yesudas was groomed by his own father Augustine Joseph, who was a classical musician and a stage actor, and later he joined the Music Academy. His career started with playback singing in Malayalam and Kollywood movies in the 1960s and in the mid-1970s, he set his foot in the Bollywood industry. Yesudas garnered 7 National Film Awards for the best singer in Indian Cinema.

Arundhati Roy - A renowned novelist and political activist, Arundhati Roy was borned on 24th November, 1961. Although she took birth in Shillong, she shifted to Kerala, to her mother’s maternal house at the age of 2, and completed her schooling there. She has won several awards both for her writing talent and social work. Arundhati Roy began her career by writing the screenplay ‘In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones’ in 1989, which was directed by her husband Pradip Krishen. Her semi-autobiographical novel ‘The God of Small Things’ in 1996 brought her worldwide fame and received the Booker Prize in 1997. 

Vidya Balan - The popular Indian actress was born on 1st January, 1978, in Palakkad, Kerala. She has played the role of a strong female protagonist in several movies. In 2005 she acted in the movie Parineeta and received the Filmfare Award for best female debut. Paa is yet another notable movie of Vidya Balan which brought her the Filmfare best actress award. Vidya Balan was honoured with the Padma Shri award in 2014 for her meticulous contributions to Indian Cinema. 

Almost every travel enthusiast’s bucket list in India contains a trip to Kerala. Your Kerala Tour Booking will provide a detailed overview of the unique landscapes of Kerala, but familiarising with these personalities and their achievements is worth cherishing the talents of India. There are many more individuals who inscribed their identity in Indian history for their distinguished attributes.