{"id":2560,"date":"2005-11-22T20:28:58","date_gmt":"2005-11-23T01:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=2560"},"modified":"2005-11-27T09:39:32","modified_gmt":"2005-11-27T14:39:32","slug":"hari_puttar_att","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2005\/11\/22\/hari_puttar_att\/","title":{"rendered":"Hari Puttar: Attack of the Clones"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Young’uns Shefali Chowdhury<\/a> and Afshan Azad<\/a> play Parvati and Padma Patil in the latest Harry Potter<\/em> <\/em>movie<\/a>, the one with a goblet of masala pani<\/a>. They’re Harry and Ron Weasley’s backup dates for Hogwarts’ Yule Ball<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n

Born in London in 1989 and brought up in a conservative Muslim family, Shefali is of Bangladeshi origin. Her parents had migrated to England from Sylhet, Bangladesh… She plays the role of Parvati Patil in the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire<\/em> film. Prior to that her only recorded film appearance was an uncredited role in Kannathil Muthamittal<\/em> in 2002. \n

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She plays Harry Potter’s Yule Ball date in Goblet of Fire.<\/em> Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry Potter in the film… told This Is London:<\/em> “I had a dance scene with Shefali. She was completely gorgeous.” [Link<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n

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p>I counted ~8 British Asian kids in the movie, one with a long closeup. Somewhere between installments two and three, casting got the diversity clue.<\/p>\n\n

This movie was lovely and lots of fun, it held my attention. Numbers three and four have both been much better than the slow, dumbed-down numbers one and two. Favorite scene: underwater with the merpeople<\/a>. What is it about smart girls named<\/a> Emma<\/a>? The movie obliquely referred to 9\/11, King Kong<\/em> and being misquoted<\/a> by the press. The over-the-top reporter reminded me of the purring, Eartha Kitt-like gossip maven, Kitty DaSouza, from Bombay Dreams.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Favorite design touches: the asymmetrically puckered Beauxbatons Academy caps and the recurring Russian dolls motif (trumpets inside trumpets, steamer trunks within steamer trunks). Least favorite bits: The skull\/snake design was pretty cheesy. Ralph Fiennes’ Voldemort is hammy, not scary. The Bulgarian villains veer into camp, like Drago<\/a> from Rocky IV.<\/em> The visiting schools’ entrance routines were downright giggle-inducing.<\/p>\n\n

Two desi girls joined at the hip, showing up in matching Indian clothes, getting annoyed if you don’t pay them enough attention, shooting glances like daggers and flouncing off with other guys? That’s not fantasy, that’s reality <\/p>\n\n

Watch the trailer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Related posts: Hari Puttar and the Order of the Phoenix<\/a>, Psst… wanna buy a Harry Potter?<\/a>, To me, “HP” will always mean Hewlett-Packard<\/a>, Hari Puttar and the half-caste raja<\/a>, Hari Puttar in Calcutta<\/a>, The Lion, the Witch, the Wardrobe,…and some Indians<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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