I'm about halfway through Bunny Rueben's excellent biography of PRAN! I've been reading it on my lunch breaks for a few weeks now. She keeps bringing up his fondness for disguises of all sorts. The bit I finished yesterday was on Johny Mera Naam which has Pran in perhaps my favorite of his disguises - the Hot Pandit!

I really want a t-shirt that has pictures of Pran's many disguises on it - perhaps arranged like the squares of the Brady Bunch or an Andy Warhol painting - with the caption "....and Pran." Who is good with Photoshop? Can I have that T-shirt, please?

Also, apparently Saif is upset with little sister Soha for showing too much skin in her Maxim photospread. Excuse me? Pot, kettle - black.

Also, part 2, is there anything more horrifying than Bollywood "rock"? Exhibit A: Sanjay Dutt's rock "item number" from Woodstock Villa. *shudder*

Finally, DC area people, who wants to go see some movies?!

Opening June 6th - Sakar Raaj, with Aish, Abhi, and the Big B

June 20th - De Taali, with Ritesh and based on Dawson's Creek

June 27th - Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic, with Saif and Rani. Fairy who can't love + cold hearted man, etc. etc.

This song is just so much fun! Hema and Dev Anand romping around some ruins while being chased by the police in Johny Mera Naam.

Maybe I'll pretend that I'm wearing a snazzy black sari with electric blue trim and running around with a briefcase full of diamonds instead of going to work in the pouring rain. "Ooooo Mera Raaaaajaaaaa......"

Inspired by the brief clip of the film in Johnny Gaddaar, I dug out my copy of Johny Mera Naam. There are so many things to love about this film, but for me the best parts are Pran and the ladies. Pran doesn't get a lady, of course, as he never does. In fact, while reading his biography, it mentions that doing romantic scenes made him uncomfortable!(!) Fortunately, Dev Anand has no problem with those. No problems at all....even at 46 or so, which is how old he was here.

Johny Mera Naam is the story of two brothers separated at a young age when their father is murdered in front of them by an evil thug. Mohan, the elder, runs after him to avenge his father while Sohan, the younger stays behind with their dying father. 15 years later *cough* we run into them again - Mohan is now "Moti" and played by Pran, middle management in the gang that killed his father and Sohan is "Johny" and played by Dev Anand, a police inspector with a penchant for disguises and ascots. ( Spoilers for the movie, but you know what's going to happen anyways, don't you... )