Happy blue year!

(Thanks to Bollywhat forums for the picture.)

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Maybe this is where Shilpa gets her animal prints?


(Do aur Do Paanch, 1980)

Bollywood Fugly lesson #2: Skin-tone leather clothing? Avoid, yaar!

(Our friend the Big "Overall" B in Saate Pe Satta [a remake of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers], 1982 - yes, I know, 1982 seems awfully late for this kind of thing.)

The pictures don't quite do it justice, so you'll have to trust me: at times in this outfit, when the lighting or shadows are just right, it appears that Amitabh is naked except for his sleeves. In a clear shot, you can see that his leather overalls are not in fact the color of his skin - v g. But in motion or shadows, you can't tell. And when you've got legs as long as his, and tend to do a lot of legs-bent poses, that's v bad.

And the onesie is funny for a related reason. Please note that in the background, Shakti Kapoor is wearing a burlap bag...

...until he isn't.


Hema Malini shows us why ponchos only made a temporary revival recently while Amitabh demonstrates that a guitar and a strut are always the perfect accessories.



Also, I noticed some swimsuits to point out. This is nothing Christie Brinkley wasn't wearing in this era, and I'm sure there are far worse Bollywood leopard-print swimsuits, but I still don't like it.


These, however, are cute, if not exactly à la mode for 1982.


For the record, the rest of the clothes in this movie aren't too bad, given that it's Bollywood in 1982.