anyone seen hippie masala

cyberbaba · Mar 7th, 2007, 09:39

http://www.looknow.ch/index.asp?load...il.asp?fid=148

the trailer looks soft and fun... kind of makes me want to find a nice little quiet place out there in the hills. soon enough i guess.

SitaParityaga · Mar 8th, 2007, 09:24

The trailer does look interesting...may-be it starts out in the north then goes to Hampi?

Take a look everyone....does the little round boat look like Hampi?

suneh · Sep 12th, 2007, 15:01

i saw hippie masala, and yes the round boats are from Hampi

federica · Apr 14th, 2008, 03:21

Just watching it on TV

atala · Apr 16th, 2008, 17:39

Saw it just the other day on 3Sat, a Euro TV station. Stories of real Hippies that stoned themselves and their brains almost to death (shsown smoking dope all the time), and found other ways to make themselves miserable. Only the story of the twins is one that keeps the balance somehow. Interesting to know that the local women who married male hippies went thru the nightmare of getting disowned and cast out by even their closest friends for marrying them.

One interesting fact though that surprised me is that one lady who stayed for twenty years illegally, could go back to Europe and pay up for the missed visa-fees, and then actually return to India right away. That is really surprising. She must have managed to get a special deal while in India itself.

federica · Apr 16th, 2008, 17:54

Yes, it was a really strange movie... gave you somehow the impression that all people who stayed in India are only smoking or drinking (the twins) all the time...

horrible... embarassing (the twins)...

I felt the wife of the Swiss guy was outcasted already because of her previous divorce... but I understand it fully that she was even more when she started staying with that guy. I guess with such a husband you are outcasted all over the world...

and she was so patient... I hope she managed to get her Swiss passport and gets a chance to fulfill at least part of her dreams. Good luck to her.

The Belgian lady was also amazing, I liked the way she lived her life against others prejudices and that she managed to pay her visa fees after 20 years... wow...

All in all it was interesting in how many ways people live their lifes...

Somehow I feel pity when it's always this drug-and-spiritual picture... In fact, that made me to stay away from India for a long time... fortunately I was lucky to discover: India has so much more

atala · Apr 16th, 2008, 18:45

I did not see the whole movie but just skipped sequences on a recording, so I did not get that the twins were troubled too. It was really a kind of turn-off to see the whole thing. Probably the most uplifting persons were the ones into spiritual paths, like the Italian sadhu who started an ashram and the Belgian woman you mentioned (that is the one with the visa-fees

). The Hampi-painter also seemed to have some positive views to share. What i found really sad was the sequence on a young woman whose Hippie husband had died, and who had two nice kids around 10 years old. He did not leave her any money, and they do not have any contact to their relatives in Europe. The parents denied their son. The painter however got into touch with his father again and found a way to his heart. That was nice to hear.

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cyberbaba All India Permit Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 199	anyone seen hippie masala http://www.looknow.ch/index.asp?load...il.asp?fid=148 the trailer looks soft and fun... kind of makes me want to find a nice little quiet place out there in the hills. soon enough i guess.

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Mar 8th, 2007, 09:24	#2
SitaParityaga member in the forest Join Date: May 2003 Location: California Posts: 908	The trailer does look interesting...may-be it starts out in the north then goes to Hampi? Take a look everyone....does the little round boat look like Hampi?

Sep 12th, 2007, 15:01	#3
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federica Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Bavaria Posts: 1,084	Just watching it on TV

Apr 16th, 2008, 17:39	#5
atala Senior Member, 8 yrs in India Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Switzerland, just back from India 2008 Posts: 691	Saw it just the other day on 3Sat, a Euro TV station. Stories of real Hippies that stoned themselves and their brains almost to death (shsown smoking dope all the time), and found other ways to make themselves miserable. Only the story of the twins is one that keeps the balance somehow. Interesting to know that the local women who married male hippies went thru the nightmare of getting disowned and cast out by even their closest friends for marrying them. One interesting fact though that surprised me is that one lady who stayed for twenty years illegally, could go back to Europe and pay up for the missed visa-fees, and then actually return to India right away. That is really surprising. She must have managed to get a special deal while in India itself.

Apr 16th, 2008, 17:54	#6
federica Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Bavaria Posts: 1,084	Yes, it was a really strange movie... gave you somehow the impression that all people who stayed in India are only smoking or drinking (the twins) all the time... horrible... embarassing (the twins)... I felt the wife of the Swiss guy was outcasted already because of her previous divorce... but I understand it fully that she was even more when she started staying with that guy. I guess with such a husband you are outcasted all over the world... and she was so patient... I hope she managed to get her Swiss passport and gets a chance to fulfill at least part of her dreams. Good luck to her. The Belgian lady was also amazing, I liked the way she lived her life against others prejudices and that she managed to pay her visa fees after 20 years... wow... All in all it was interesting in how many ways people live their lifes... Somehow I feel pity when it's always this drug-and-spiritual picture... In fact, that made me to stay away from India for a long time... fortunately I was lucky to discover: India has so much more

Apr 16th, 2008, 18:45	#7
atala Senior Member, 8 yrs in India Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Switzerland, just back from India 2008 Posts: 691	I did not see the whole movie but just skipped sequences on a recording, so I did not get that the twins were troubled too. It was really a kind of turn-off to see the whole thing. Probably the most uplifting persons were the ones into spiritual paths, like the Italian sadhu who started an ashram and the Belgian woman you mentioned (that is the one with the visa-fees ). The Hampi-painter also seemed to have some positive views to share. What i found really sad was the sequence on a young woman whose Hippie husband had died, and who had two nice kids around 10 years old. He did not leave her any money, and they do not have any contact to their relatives in Europe. The parents denied their son. The painter however got into touch with his father again and found a way to his heart. That was nice to hear.

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