This is the poster for the new Bollywood film The Rising starring Aamir Khan. Often, we first learn of new Bollywood movies from the posters that are on the storefront of our friend Sonal’s Indian grocery store, Indo Euro Foods, on Bell Road in Phoenix, Arizona.

The movies play in Tempe at the Tempe Discount Theatre, and at $9.50, it is anything but a discount. The film got going at 9:30 p.m. and was over just before 12:30 in the morning. Aamir as Mangal Pandey, a historic figure in India’s fight for freedom from English rule, was great in the movie, but the music left something to be desired. Caroline and I both enjoyed the movie and agreed that, with its heavy focus on history, it’s probably not going to do well with the young crowd. Not in my top 10 favorites from Bollywood but definitely worth seeing.