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Here's most of an email forward I received the other day. I do not claim authenticity and do not take credit for the contents of that email, and since there is no good way of finding out who the unsung hero is that originated this email, I will comment on his/her comments instead!

Baghban: Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini are separated right after Holi
(Remember Amitabh singing Holi khele Raghubeera?). They are said to be separated
for six months, ie from March to September. Within that six-month period, they
celebrate Valentine's Day, which falls on February 14, and Karva Chauth, which
is usually observed in October. There is no way these two occasions could come
between March and September!
                                                                               
Lagaan: Lagaan was shot in the late 19th century. At the time, an over in
cricket used to consist of 8 balls. But in this movie, an over has 6 balls.
Maybe modern cricket learnt from the movie.

Comment: Jeez, there's a lot of other shitty inconsistencies that you could find in ANY Bollywood movie, let's not get overly technical with the number of balls in an over!!! First of all, this movie is about the Brits agreeing to a cricket match with some random farmers who don't have enough food to feed themselves (therefore should be malnourished), don't have enough money to pay their taxes (therefore shouldn't be able to afford anything)??? How about that, first of all? If you want to talk pre-freedom inconsistencies, I would start with how they play Tequila during a fight scene in Mard. (Thanks, Subroto)
                                                                              
Amar Akbar Anthony: Three men donate blood at the same time to the same person.
                                                                               
Comment: Yes, the main titles do feature three IV tubes entering a blood bag and a single IV tube leaving the same bag as an output being fed into Universal Mother, Nirupa Roy's arm. It is a medical miracle that deserves more commentary.

Awwal Number: Dev Anand is an omnipotent genius -- former cricketer,captain,
army chief, commissioner, you name it. And Aamir Khan carries a huge transistor
in his pocket while batting!
                                    
Comment: This is not an inconsistency. In fact, Dev Anand is very consistent in this matter - he plays the know-it-all in ALL his movies!
                                          
Khalnayak: The police tracks the villain from an MS Word Document screen!
something that office team will be interested in)
                                                                 
Comment: Well, the search algorithms and other related "computer advances" don't get better in the 21st century, either. Watch December 16, for example.
             
Pyar To Hona Hi Tha: Kajol gets off the train to use the public toilet at the
railway station and the train chugs off without her. Poor girl,little did she
know that every train compartment has four toilets inside.

Comment: Yeah, in this case you couldn't even argue that the toilets at the station are better... they are definitely worse. Wait, maybe she was on her period... That's the explanation for everything stupid that many women do, at least according to the Old Testament.
                                                                               
Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi: Akshay Kumar boards a Jet Airways flight to America.
Well, well, some promotion for our Indian Jet Airways. Since when did they
start flying international?

Comment: Product placement has started to be more and more in-your-face in Bollywood of late. One of the most blatant examples was the bathtub scene in Hindustaan Ki Kasam when Manisha reaches for her soap and the camera zooms onto a cake of Nirma.
                                                                               
Raja Hindustani: Navneet Nishan has short hair before marriage. After tying the
knot, she acquires waist-length hair overnight. What a hair-raising experience!
                                                    
Comment: Many women are forced to wear a long-hair wig for their marriage and for other festive occasions. Still, it ain't an excuse for that ugly bitch NN. I hate her. I'm seriously, you guys.
                          
Raja: Dilip Tahil empties a can of petrol over Madhuri Dixit. Minutes later,
Sanjay Kapoor takes the same can and pours it over Dilip Tahil. That's what I
call an autofill!
                                                                               
Guddu: Manisha Koirala and Shah Rukh Khan are seen hanging on a parachute
during a song. But when the song ends, they land on a glider. What a switch
above sea level!
                                                                               
Tere Mere Sapne: Priya Gill is doing her BA. But at the bus stop, she is
carrying an electrical technology thesis by B L Theraja. What an electrifying
interest!

Comments: In the Rajni blockbuster Padayappa, he is supposed to have finished a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, therefore he works in a garage [as a mechanic!]
                                                                               

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