From arriving in India 5/17 17 Th Chandramukhi (2005) (R) (Shanti,Chennai) [Tamil]
18 F Unnalee Unnale (2007) (Satyam,Chennai) [Tamil, until interval]
19 Sa Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) (Woodlands,Chennai)

20 Su Avan Chandiyude Makan (2007) (Sui Cinema, Fort Kochi) [Malayalam]
22 Tuesday Mallu Honey I Blew Up the Kid
Mungare Male (Sagar cinema)
Shootout at Lokhandwala (it made Black Friday look like Black, or perhaps Friday) (mg road area)
awesome upendra movie (Mast?) Bangalore

JUNE Aata (Hyderabad)
Fool N Final (Hyderabad)
Aankhen (Hyderabad)
15 Sivaji:The Boss (2007, Shekhar) (Aradana, with Vish and pals) (FIRST DAY,FIRST SHOW!)

In Lucknow: Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (PVR Saharaganj)
Hamse Na Takrana (1990, Deepak Bahry, starring Dharmendra and Sasquach) (Jagat; only saw up to interval)
Fantastic 4 (PVR Saharaganj) (I just wanted to see something mindless. I shoulda seen it in Hindi
Gabbar Singh (Anand)
Deewana (Anjuman)
Kam Kisi Se Kam Nahi (Madhav)
Sivaji: The Boss (PVR Saharaganj) (R)
Naqaab (Novelty Aliganj) (with Julie)
. This was both creepy and crappy. Anokhi Ada (Gulab)
Gabbar Singh (2007, Kanti Shah) (Anand) Sarfarosh (the Kakori tent cinema that's off the main road leading to Tardoi Road, not the one on it)
Partner (2007, David Dhawan) (Umrao)
a bunch more in lucknow I have to enter ( Baazigar (Jaybharat), Aaj Ka Shahenshah (Madhav Palace), a few softcore pornos (, Bare Miyan Chote Miyan,Rickshawallah (Bhojpuri), Chak De India (Saharaganj, with half the AIIS students plus Ahtesham, Wafadar, and Zeba)...)

RETURN TO OAKLAND (8/22)

The Simpsons (2007) (Grand Lake)
Ankur (1974, Shyam Benegal) (PFA, itiffaqan with Riyad and Sneha)
Junk Film 3 (Four Star)
Zubeida (2000, Benegal) (PFA with Eli and Sunanda)
Aag (2007, RGV) (IMC6, with Joel and Hannah and Sam and Sam's SO, whose name may be Emily)
Paris Je T'aime (2007, various) (Shattuck, with Nicole)
Eastern Promises (Piedmont)
Dhamaal (Naz8)
Grindhouse (Wheeler) (R3)
Mr Bean's Holiday R2 (AMC Block, with Dad)

OCTOBER

quite a lot of B5 episodes
Colma: The Musical (Hollywood theater, with Tim)
first half of Main Hoon Na (Nick's place, with Nick)
24 Killer of Sheep (197x,Charles Burnett) (R2) (PFA, with Boyk, Michelle, Riyad, Riyad's sister, Ajali, and itiffaq se, Francesca)
26 The Warriors (Piedmont)
30 Bhool Bhulaiyaa (Naz) (Chandramukhi is much better.)

NOVEMBER even more B5 episodes
2 American Gangster (2007, Ridley Scott) (Metro Point, with Mom, Dad, and Adam)
9 Om Shanti Om (2007, Farah Khan) (Naz, with Joel and Hannah)
10 Lust, Caution (2007, Ang Lee) (Parkway)
15 three Phil Chambliss movies (The Preacher and the Hobo...) (YBCA) (various, Chambliss) 16 south asian shorts program, 3rd I festival (Victoria)
17 Pyaasa (1957, Guru Dutt) (3rd I) (Castro with Joel and Hannah, and by chance Paul)
17 Loins of Punjab Presents (3rd I) (Castro)
18 Confession of Pain (Asian Film Festival) (Castro)
18 Kya Tum Ho (3rd I) (Roxie)
20 Jab We Met (2007, Imtiaz Ali) (Naz)
20 Saawariya (2007, Sanjay Leela Bhansali) (Naz)
I'm Not There (2007, Todd Haynes) (Fox Tower, with T)

DECEMBER
8 A Dog's Life, The Idle Class, Shoulder Arms (Charlie Chaplin) (PFA)
8 Limelight (Chaplin) (Castro) (Castro)
11 A King in New York (Chaplin) (Castro)
14 Monsieur Verdoux (Chaplin) (PFA)
18 Aajaa Naachle (2007)(Naz) (with Boyk)
18 Khuda Ke Liye (2007) (Naz) (with Boyk and Kiran)
19 Das Kahaniya (2007)(Naz) (with Kiran and Paul and Eli)
21 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007, Burton) (Grand Lake) The remaining B5 episodes. That was certainly productive.
IN OC 26 Across the Universe (2007, Julie Taymor) (Woodbridge, with Mom and Dad)
The Wild Bunch (1969?, Sam Peckinpah) (South Coast Village, with Mom, Dad, and Adam) (R)
Little Caesar (1931, Mervyn LeRoy) (V) (at home with Adam) (his is Rico speaking. Rico! R-I-C-O!)
Charlie Wilson's War (2007, Mike Nichols) (Metro Point with Adam Julie Mom Dad)

gems: Grindhouse, A King in New York, The Idle Class, Eastern Promises, Sivaji, The Warriors, Loins of Punjab Presents, Om Shanti Om

Books:

BEFORE LUCKNOW Ramayana (Buck's retelling of Valmiki's version)
Teach Yourself Urdu Script

LUCKNOW

Sacred Games (Vikram Chandra)
part of a collection of Francis Robinson articles on Islam in India
God Bless You Mr. Rosewater (Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.)
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
parts of Lucknow, City of Dreams
piles of misc articles and ghazals and film songs and story excerpts for classes

OAKLAND "Toba Teksingh", "Bich ki Bhatkan", "Hari Bindi", "Prayischitt", "Sharnaarthi", and various short poems for Hindi
various Ghazals for Urdu as well as articles on Sir Syyed Ahmad Khan and Alexander the Great and Mirza Ghaalib and on how plants absorb nutrients but trains don't

NOVEMBER Ego and Hubris (Harvey Pekar and ?)
the latest shitty Asprin "Myth" book. I should really stop reading these.

DECEMBER Vijay Mishra's article on Rushdie and Bollywood in The Cambridge Companion to Salman Rushdie and a few of the others
a book of poems about driving part of a book of better poems by Fez Ahmed Fez

Reading:
Contract with God Trilogy (Will Eisner)
Stardust (Roopam S...)
What's the Matter with Kansas (Frank)
Love and Longing in Bombay (Vikram Chandra)
Romeo and Juliet (1594, some guy) (R4 or R5)
Chicken (David Sterry)
bits of Woody Allen's Collected Prose (WA)
Brand Bollywood
the parts parts of Gra(e?)nville's history of the twentieth century about the Middle East
Manto's Letters to Uncle Sam (SHM)
Camera India (Rachel Dwyer and ?)