Do you still remember the hit song Jai Ho from the movie Slumdog Millionaire? The song has a very catchy tune, and the lyrics is very poetic. (I just knew the english translation yesterday). The movie Slumdog Millionaire also is something worth watching!
Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan.[2] It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A (2005) by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup. Set and filmed in India, the film tells the story of a young man from the slums of Mumbai who appears on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Kaun Banega Crorepati in the Hindi version) and exceeds people’s expectations, thereby arousing the suspicions of the game show host and of law enforcement officials.
from Wikipedia.
And here’s the song..
Jai Ho, Jai Ho, Jai Ho, Jai Ho
Victory to thee, Victory to thee, Victory to thee, Victory to thee
Aaja Aaja Jind Shamiyane Ke Tale
Come come below the decorated tent of life
Aaja Jariwale Nile Aasman Ke Tale
Come below blue sky decorated with ‘jari’ threads
Jai Ho, Jai Ho, Jai Ho, Jai Ho
Victory to thee, Victory to thee, Victory to thee, Victory to thee
Jai Ho.., Jai Ho.., Jai Ho.., Jai Ho..
Victory to thee.., Victory to thee.., Victory to thee.., Victory to thee..
Ratti Ratti Sachi Maine Jaan Gavayi Hai
Slowly Slowly Really I lost my life
Nach Nach Koylo Pe Raat Bitayi Hai
Spent my nights dancing on coal
Akhiyon Ki Neend Maine Phoonko Se Uda Di
I blew the sleep in my eyes with air from my mouth
Neele Tare Se Maine Ungli Jalayi Hai
I burned my finger with blue star
Aaja Aaja Jind Shamiyane Ke Tale
Come come below the decorated tent of life
Aaja Jariwale Nile Aasman Ke Tale
Come below blue sky decorated with ‘jari’ threads
Jai Ho, Jai Ho, Jai Ho, Jai Ho
Victory to thee, Victory to thee, Victory to thee, Victory to thee
Jai Ho.., Jai Ho.., Jai Ho.., Jai Ho..
Victory to thee.., Victory to thee.., Victory to thee.., Victory to thee..
Chakh Le, Ha Chakh Le, Ye Raat Shahad Hai.. Chakh Le
Taste it, yes taste it, this night is honey, taste it
Rakh Le, Ha Dil Hai, Dil Aakhri Had Hai.. Rakh Le
Keep it, yes this is heart, heart is last limit.. Keep it
Kala Kala Kajal Tera Koi Kala Jadoo Hai Na
(your) Black Black eyeliner – is it your black magic?
Kala Kala Kajal Tera Koi Kala Jadoo Hai Na
(your) Black Black eyeliner – is it your black magic?
Aaja Aaja Jind Shamiyane Ke Tale
Come come below the decorated tent of life
Aaja Jariwale Nile Aasman Ke Tale, Jai Ho, Jai Ho
Come below blue sky decorated with ‘jari’ threads
Jai Ho.., Jai Ho.., Jai Ho.., Jai Ho..
Victory to thee.., Victory to thee.., Victory to thee.., Victory to thee..
Kab Se, Ha Kab Se Tu Lab Pe Ruki Hai.. Kab De
Since when, yes since when, you have stopped at my lips.. since when
Kab De, Ha Kab De Ab Aankh Jhuki Hai.. Kab De
Since when, yes since when, (your) eyes are closed.. since when
Aisi Aisi Roshan Aankhe Roshan Dono Bhi Hai Hai Kya
Like this, Like this, lightening eyes, making both lightened, yes, yes, what?
Aaja Aaja Jind Shamiyane Ke Tale
Come come below the decorated tent of life
Aaja Jariwale Nile Aasman Ke Tale, Jai Ho, Jai Ho
Come below blue sky decorated with ‘jari’ threads
Jai Ho, Jai Ho, Jai Ho, Jai Ho
Victory to thee, Victory to thee, Victory to thee, Victory to thee
Jai Ho, Jai Ho, Jai Ho, Jai Ho
Victory to thee, Victory to thee, Victory to thee, Victory to thee
Bollywood is the film industry Hollywood bows to, making more films than us each year.
Coming in at number 47 on the Top 100 Stars in Hollywood List this year as voted by you are these outstanding superstars of film and entertainment from India.
All extremely talented triple threats (like Beyonce is for America), which is normal in Bollywood cinema. Bollywood stars of Horiwood.Com this year in Hollywood are:
1. Katrina Kaif
2. Aishwarya Rai
3. Salman Khan
4. Hrithik Roshan
5. Kareena Kapoor
6. Shahid Kapur
7. Deepika Padukone
8. Shahrukh Khan
9. Mallika Sherawat
10. Genelia D’Souza
In the words of Alanis Morisette… “thank you India” for great entertainers and entertainment from Bollywood each year…. reminding us to Love in your film themes, to sing and dance while falling in love, and that love can conquer all prejudice and judgement.
Thanks also Mumbai… for loving Horiwood.Com each day. I see you crazy-cool Punjabi MC’s on here! Rock on.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA 12.25.09~
After a spate of films like Aamir, Mumbai Meri Jaan and A Wednesday, comes Shoot ‘On’ Sight…. This Jag Mundhra film dwells on the blasts of 2005 and the killing of Jean Charles De Menezes in the London tube. However, Mundhra tries to establish a connect by making his innocent victim an Asian Muslim Baqir Hassan (Avtar Kaul).
A slow but gripping film, Shoot On Sight focuses on the turbulent life of Commander Tariq Ali (the charismatic Naseeruddin Shah), a Muslim police officer at Scotland Yard. Ali is born in Pakistan, married to an English woman (Greta Scacchi), with two kids.
Anyway, the film sees Commander Tariq Ali heading the investigation team after a suspected terrorist, Baqir, gets killed by a police officer on the tube platform.
Of course, the more Ali investigates, the clearer it becomes that Baqir was shot without valid reason, and soon the racial and communal discrimination that led to Baqir’s death seeps into Ali’s life. Meanwhile, Zaheer, Ali’s nephew (Mikaal Zulfiqar from Pakistan) comes to live with Ali and his family. The plot becomes more complicated when photos of Tariq meeting a childhood friend from Lahore, who happens to be an extremist Imam (Om Puri), end up in the newspaper.
PERFORMANCES:
The story unfolds in a less didactic manner but soon changes gear. The Imam’s preaching on jihad and what is right or wrong sound too clichéd. Om Puri as the Imam has done a good job but his character is no different from the fundamentalist Imams in Mahesh Bhatt’s Dhoka or the Pakistani film Khuda Ke Liye. In spite of his stature, Naseer’s role had nothing new to offer, but the actor definitely looks sharp and perfectly suits the role of an investigating officer.
Two more characters that deserve a mention are Laila Rouass as Ali’s assistant and Gulshan Grover as Ali’s friend. Both have given convincing performances in their own ways.
The MOTIVE
By trying to convey that law-abiding Muslims don’t want to be identified with Islamic terrorists and violent radicals, the film manages to touch a chord to a large extent.
The FLAWS:
A few questions are left unanswered in the film. Points like how could Naseeruddin, who was out of commission, get a gun and how did he shoot Zaheer without orders from his seniors leave one bewildered for a while. Tariq becomes a hero overnight after the climax… even gets a promotion, while he ought to have been in the lockup. Or do we have to take it as cinematic liberties?
The plot has too many coincidences. Occasionally, some interesting, timely messages about racial profiling come up, but none of these issues are explored meaningfully or sensitively. The film has too many poorly written dramatic scenes that drag on.
Shoot on Sight somehow has the feel of a small screen drama, which could run over two three episodes a la CID or Special Squad. Viewed on the silver screen, it looks a bit too shoddy and unimpressive.
VERDICT: Shoot On Sight would have done well in India, had it released before Dhoka, Aamir or A Wednesday.
I love watching movies. Always have, for as long as I remember. I can watch any movie and enjoy it except for the ghost movies and some stupid superhero flicks.
When I was growing up in the late eighties and early nineties, Bollywood was probably going through its worst phase. The super heroes of Hindi cinema were getting older and to hold on to their careers they were starring in senseless potboilers peppered with mind-numbing action and stupid songs with pathetic dance sequences.
But I loved them. Growing up in a small town called Mughal Sarai near Varanasi, that was all you got those days. Cable television had yet to arrive so the two standalone cinema halls in the town were the only places of entertainment.
But even that was an occasional event. For, a 12-year-old kid wouldn’t be allowed to go for a movie alone or even with friends, you had to go with someone older than you. For me and my brother our uncle, who was twice my age, used to be our only hope.
Provided, he was in the mood to tag us along for a movie. And that happened only perhaps once in two or three months. So we had no option but to for the Sunday evening movies on Doordarshan even though they played old flicks from the sixties and seventies.
The most exciting parts of course were the action sequences that unfortunately came only in the last 20 mins when the hero would beat the villain to pulp and police would come only to say “you’re under arrest” to the villain who was by then half dead.
Slowly word started spreading that there was something called cable TV and if you got connection you could see as many movies as you like. I was told that there were channels that showed only movies throughout the day. And you even had English movie channels that showed movies of Hollywood stars you had only heard or read about.
Wow! That sounded so cool. Names like Stallone, Bruce Lee and Schwarzenegger (Arnold’s name I had heard for the first time from a friend who was bragging about having seen a movie called Terminator in Calcutta. But he couldn’t catch the last name and called him ‘Swizenberger’ ) were filtering in through the grapevine. We couldn’t wait to get the cable connection.
But my parents obviously did not share our excitement. “Cable TV? Your board exams are only six months away,” my mother said, effectively putting an end to the conversation. However, there was a silver lining when after days of pleading she said, “Let your exams get over and if you score well, then we’ll see.”
That was enough motivation to take to studies with a religious zeal. Months passed, exams came and went, I did well despite many odds (a story for another time).
Then came the day we got our cable connection. A dream was fulfilled. Now I could see as many movies as I liked. But alas the Hollywood action flicks I used to dream about were not being shown. I checked the listings in the newspapers everyday and both Hindi & English channels were churning out duds (by my standards because they were not action flicks).
Finally after a few weeks I caught my first Bruce Lee film — “Enter the Dragon”. And my idea of an action film changed forever. Now all the punches of an ageing Dharmendra or Mithun Chakraborty couldn’t hold my attention. I had seen Lee in action.
Then one after the other came Rambo, Terminator, 36 Chambers of Shaolin the list was endless. Some I caught on TV some and on video cassettes (by then the only video shop in town was beginning to stock Hollywood flicks).
Years passed and I graduated to watching serious cinema both in Indian languages and world movies, but even now I feel as excited watching the reruns of those fantastic action flicks that blew me away from watching the tame stuff dished out by Bollywood.
I was watching one of my favourite movies today ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’. I think I first saw the film in Bhopal at the EME center officer’s mess there. Most of my early exposure to Western cinema was in the army or at the Gymkhana clubs at the open air theaters. The officer’s mess had a huge collection of all the army and war films. All the ‘Navarone’ films. Dirty Dozens and Nazis and the Japanese and anything with planes. Of course there were all the real Westerns where I got introduced to all the Clint Eastwood films and guns and the American outback.
I remember seeing ‘Top Gun’ in Udhampur at the EME workshop there. A fresh NDA brat suggested it to me. I never saw the air show the same again. That was the time I saw ‘Air America’ and some obscure war films that I have not been able to find again. There was even a healthy collection of patriotic Bollywood films from Manoj Kumar Classics to some modern day films.
When the sergent tells Mayo ‘Get into your fatigues Mayo, by the end of this weekend I will have your DOR’ I cannot wait to watch the following scene.
Today I make films myself and it’s amazing how one goes from watching films to making them. My alternate realities.
I am looking for a producer who ‘gets’ my vision and I get closer everyday. It’s been a rather interesting few weeks trying to explain my vision to people here in Hyderabad. Sometimes I feel they undrstand everything and just don’t want to take a chance and sometimes I feel they have no clue what the hell I am talking about.
When you are a clearing for a film, you want to fill it so badly and yet, you have to hold the space to get it done the right way. It takes so much patience and positivity to do that. That is where I spend so much energy. To keep myself as a clearing.
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A refreshing and unpretentious film that throws cynicism out of the window and supplants it with some much needed idealism.Ranbir is brilliant in his well nuanced performance that does away with the carefully cultivated ’star’ look of his previous films.
As Harpreet Singh Bedi,Ranbir is probably the first non-stereotypical presentaion of a sardar in Hindi films….he is not the joker of the film,nor a bhangra dancing buffoon,nor a Pak defeating soldier…..he is just a regular young lad of urban India out to make his mark in his first job as a computer salesman .He does not wear loud sherwani’s,does not twirl his moustache endlessly and within the first 10 mins you even stop noticing he is a Sikh.Finally a Punjabi/sardar boy minus the ‘balley balley’ and ‘hadippa’ quotient…and it works.
Gauhar Khan as the office receptionist is well cast and gives a good performance but the thunder is stolen mostly by the computer engineer Giri(D.Santosh) and Cup-plate (Mukesh Bhatt).The only disappointment is the ‘new introduction’ Shazan Padamsee but that hardly matters as romance is incidental to the movie and treated with a casual,fresh approach totally missing from the usual Bollywood flick.
The casting is spot on and the Shimit’s eye for detail impressive.Its a movie which tells an ordinary story in a down to earth manner.The second half is slow but this is anyway not a movie where some great secret has to be revealed at the end so one remains in one’s seat without keeling over with boredom.Those in similar office situations and those who have one up the ladder after surviving the mayhem of an Indian office will find a lot to identify with.
The film may not appeal to all sections of the audience but should touch a chord with young,aspiring and struggling urban India.So go and watch Harpreet Singh Bedi as he struggles to meet his sales targets while trying to hold on to his innate honesty and value system.
Chirunavvutho was a Telugu movie in 2001. This movie was directed by Vijay Bhaskar. This movie was a fabulous hit not because of hero not because director. Only writer Trivikram Srinivas is the man behind the movie success.
He has penned good story line with perfect script. Punch dialogues which comes only from his pen are the added advantage. Hero Venu Thottempudi has acted according to the story lines and Trivikram’s dialogues.
Ace comedian Sunil has attracted the audience notice with this movie only. Prakash Raj has appeared in one his best. Prema played a key role.
Movie came with low profile. Audio was also not a big success. Only hopes because same team worked for the movie Swayamvaram which was super duper hit in 1999. but movie has bagged huge success.
Akshay Kumar seems to be having a whole lot of fun underwater, with his latest film Blue.So what is he doing under the sea? Well, he is romancing a haseena with much more than just kaatil adayein– why? because it is a shark that he has fallen in love with.
“Aadmi apne aap se bhaag sakta hai apni kismat se nahi”, says the latest promo of Blue, where Akshay Kumar is seen surrounded by gam of sharks, dodging them under water, reason enough to bite nails.
Akki, Sanju and Katrina starrer Blue is being vouched as the first under water action thriller of Bollywood. Directed by Anthony D’Souza, the film boasts of an outstanding star cast of Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta, Zayed Khan, Katrina Kaif and Australian pop sensation Kylie Minogue, who apart from singing is in a smoking hot number with Akki.
Based on the story of three friends who are involved in an under water treasure hunt, the men are seen flaunting their pliant bodies, women are squirming in water with their lethal bodies. The multi-million project, shot in the Bahamas, Phuket, Bangkok and Mumbai had Akki, Sanju and Zyed shooting with real sharks while filming their stunts. In one such sequence, Akshay accidentally hit against the metal of a sunken ship while shooting. But before sharks could come following the smell of his blood, he was safely pulled out of water.
Inspired from Hollywood flicks like Jaws and The Deep, no stone has been left unturned to give an international feel to this movie. While the actors got special training for undersea diving, Blue also boasts of a song sequence with the whole cast under water. Hollywood technician Nickolette Skarlatos and Clarabelle Saldanha have given an international look to Lara Dutta which is very similar to that of Megan Fox. With music from maestro AR Rahman, Blue is definitely worth-a-watch this Diwali.
Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh flaunted six-pack abs, but Shahid Kapoor is doing two better — he will show off eight-pack abs in his forthcoming film “Chance Pe Dance”.
Trainer Abbas Ali said they managed to achieve the new look in a very short time for
“Chance Pe Dance”, directed by Ken Ghosh.
“Shahid had to look cosmetically presentable. After ‘Kaminey’ we had only two months in hand to change his complete look. It’s Shahid’s sheer hard work, dedication and consistency that transformed him from what he used to look a couple of years ago to his present look,” Abbas told IANS.
“His body in ‘Chance Pe Dance’ is better than all his previous films. Shahid told me that dancers are coming from abroad and he wants to look like god and move like god. I had to change the entire training to bring that look along with flexibility and muscle endurance which was required for his dance performance,” he said.
Shahid first started working on his body for Vishal Bharadwaj’s “Kaminey” as he had to run with horses in a scene.
“Shahid didn’t have a muscular body. I was training him only for fitness. Shahid didn’t want a picture perfect body in ‘Kaminey’ because the film shows that he comes from street and doesn’t workout in high-tech gym,” said Abbas.
For “Chance Pe Dance” Shahid needed a sculpted body and practiced five days a week. He also had to work on his diet.
“Shahid is a vegetarian and he doesn’t even takes egg so first class protein, which is required to build lean muscle, was not there. White carbohydrate was removed from his diet, like white potatoes and pasta. We added brown carbohydrate like brown rice, sweet potato, oats instead.
“We didn’t go for low carbohydrates because if you go for low carbohydrates your performance level goes down in real life. He has to dance so we couldn’t go for low carbohydrates.”
“Chance Pe Dance”, in which Shahid plays a struggling actor opposite Genelia D’Souza, is set for a Jan 15 release.
OOOoooo..my god….m sooo waiting for dis oone..yet another feast for my eyes afta DBH!!:-p!!
Himesh Reshammiya induces extreme reactions in people. He started out as a singer known for his nasal tone and the cap and going oooooooo into the mike like a wolf baying at the moon. Then came the movies. Aap Ka Suroor received a decent response while Karzzzz just made the audience groan.
Undeterred by the boos, the man has five movies in his kitty of which Radio will release this weekend. He gets to play loverboy to two lovely ladies, Sonal Sehgal and Shenaz Treasurywala.
The visitors, students, media persons all were very lucky to be the part of Direction Workshop conducted by the renowned Director Pankaj Parashar on the second day of 2nd Global Festival of Documentary Films 2009 at Noida Film City. Talking about his success and failure of films and projecting his films on screen the veteran Director discuss the ups and downs of the director in the Industry. Pankaj Parashar who has directed some of the finest films like Jalwa, Chalbazz, Himalayaputra, Meri Biwi Ka Jawab Nahin, Banaras and popular TV serial Karamchand along with 400 advertisement films for best of the companies. “You have to get involved with the project, treat it as your child and then only you can give best to the film” said Pankaj Parashar “Workshops like this during the film festivals create the awareness among the masses about the hard work and fire one has to go through while making the films” said Sandeep Marwah, the president of festival. The session finished with the question answer session and the interview by Radio Noida 107.4FM.
Song Details:-
Song Name: Alisha
Film/Album: Pyaar Impossible!
Singer(s): -
Music Director: Salim – Sulaiman
Lyricist: Anvita Dutt Guptan
Picturised on: Priyanka Chopra, Uday Chopra
Choreographer: Ahmed Khan
Length: 2:43
Music Label: Yash Raj Music
Lyrics of Alisha Song
Boy
Hey boy you are the hunk with the trunk
Backing in the funny loaded funky junk
Hey boy we are the braines no wifes??
So tell me some beautiful lies
I’ve been looking for a boy
Jisse dekh ke din se kaali raat ho
I’ve been looking for a boy
Jiski baat mein sirf meri baat ho
Koi aisa ho koi waisa ho
Kisi ek mein ho baat phir kahan
O baby sach to hai main kahan tu kahan
Alisha jab se tujhko hai jaana
Dil ne kaha na maana
Sach to hai tu kahan main kahan
Alisha jab se tujhko hai jaana
Dil ne kaha na maana
Sach to hai tu kahan main kahan
Pyaar impossible impossible impossible hai pyaar
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Hey boy
Hey boy me an easy girl to date
Just wanna missed the right from you rameez
Hey boy me an easy girl to date
Just wanna missed the right from you rameez
Mere sapno mein ek aisa haseen
Dekh ke usko kabhi ho na yakeen
Uski to har adaa mujhse bhi haseen
Dil kehta hai ke woh hai yahin kahin
Koi aisa ho koi waisa ho
Kisi ek mein ho baat phir kahan
O baby sach to hai main kahan tu kahan
Alisha jab se tujhko hai jaana
Dil ne kaha na maana
Sach to hai tu kahan main kahan
Alisha jab se tujhko hai jaana
Dil ne kaha na maana
Sach to hai main kahan tu kahan
Pyaar impossible impossible impossible hai pyaar
Alisha jab se tujhko hai jaana
Dil ne kaha na maana
Sach to hai tu kahan main kahan Alisha
When it come entertainers Dharma productions never disappointed us. Many movies deals with terrorism came in Bollywood in past few years. But I will say majority are half baked or love stories. What make kurbaan different from rest of the movies of similar genre is, probably this is the first Bollywood (or Indian) movie which dealt with Global terrorism and other thing is rather than others of similar genre, the story progress with the point of view of terrorists (not portraying them as either baddies or goodies, just express there emotions and psyche) as well as moderate peoples and also movie portrays pain of helpless spectator who lost his loved one in one of the attack. The movie concentrates on its core theme rather than distracting sub plots and songs.
Plot
Avantika, a lecture at a university in Delhi fall in love with Ehsaan a professor from similar university and soon they get married and relocate to New York. But soon they find out that things are not cool as it seems and no one can be trusted. I don’t want to tell anything further and spoil the fun of watching a thriller
My take
A good story with style and substance is rare thing in Bollywood. Kurbaan is one of those kinds. It has a tight script and fast paced screenplay. The performances of lead actors are commendable .I have never seen Kiron Kher in such a powerful role. Never thought Vivek Oberoi knows anything other than over acting But he is too good in this movie. Cinematography and Background score is excellent. I’m sure this movie will take Indian movie to next level. Guess we have got another Abbas-Mustaan. Kudos to Rensil D’Silva and his team. Really smart one. Yeah Some Love Stories have Blood on them.
Scene to watch out: A bullet wound surgery,climax
Pros: Screen play, climax, back ground score, art direction and cinematography, saif-Kareena chemistry, fewer songs (but good ones), no item numbers. Cons: First half an hour (a bit drag), Too hot for kids (don’t take kids with you for this movie), not for masses.
# 1 on the ‘Soon 2 B Extinct Species’ – Marathi Manoos – championed by the aptly titled SS and its progeny – the MNS
Both these Sena’s have lots of time. And hate. They also possess lots of petrol, stones, hockey sticks etc. They take me back in time to the Bollywood of the glorious 80’s. But let me not digress.
This MM is frailer than your old grandmother, grandmother, orphan, handicapped who is abandoned, on the road, doesn’t have work or relatives or social support – who begs on the streets, at numerous crossings, tapping on your air-conditioned, frost-bitten rolled-up windows of your XYZ sedan.
The MM can die of hurt caused by talk of all kinds – ‘I like India’ and bingo they lose a tooth…er you lose it.
If you say ‘I love India’ then entire gene structures of the MM mutate. They vibrate at higher speeds than the 2 particles traveling in the ever – crashing Large Hadron Collider.
‘I like Mughlai’ say you? That could possibly be the last words out of your treacherous mouth.
‘I like a Nude’ and and…forget about it.
MM in fact has come as a savior to the entire women species of India. No longer are women considered the weaker of the species. MM has been categorized as the weakest of the lot. And it is reliably learnt that the SS and the MNS are proud wearers of his badge of honour. They in fact want this exalted status to be made permanent so that benefits can accrue to their scared lot.
Meanwhile Indian women groups are busy putting aside their differences and sending a delegation to Bombay to congratulate both the SS and the MNS for giving the final shove in the centuries old struggle.
They are however only worried about 1 thing – giving up the reserved seats on BEST buses to the Marathi Manoos.
MM can’t compete with the illiterate Bhaiyya coming from UP and Bihar. MM cannot get jobs also when competing with some of the literates coming out of the said backward provinces.
In additional news, which is already being confirmed as unadulterated speculation or rumor, the Big Boss evictee motor-mouth KRK has launched his next film called ‘Marathi Manhoos’ to whip up frenzy, polarize his audience and earn money right on the table. He says he has learnt the art of polarizing from the SS and MNS.
Kajol who is lucky partner of Shahrukh Khan has paired once again opposite him for the movie My Name Is Khan. My Name Is Khan is ready to hit the screens by February 2010. Karan Johar is confident about this movie, he is thinking that, this movie will break all the records in Bollywood.
Kajol has spoken recently about this movie. She said that, like the previous movies Like DDLJ, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai which featured SRK and Kajol, this movie also becomes a Block Buster hit. She refused to speak much about her character, but has shown lot of excitement while speaking about this movie.
Das Bollywood Lifestyle Magazin ISHQ hat monatlich ein Kreuzworträtselgewinnspiel im Heft. In der aktuellen November-Ausgabe ist den Rätselschmieden jedoch ein grober Patzer unterlaufen. Sie vergaßen die zum Gesamtlösungswort gehörigen Zellen im Rätselgitter farblich zu markieren. Die Leser wissen also lediglich die Länge des Gesamtlösungswortes, aber nicht welche Buchstaben es zu finden gilt.
Auf der ISHQ-Homepage wurde daher nun ein Bild mit markierten Lösungsfeldern veröffentlicht. Dazu wird unglaublicherweise berichtet, dass tatsächlich schon einige korrekte Lösungen in der Redaktion eingegangen sind!
Bollywood-Fans müssen Hellseher sein! Ob das wohl daran liegt, dass das Happy End der indischen Filme ebenfalls immer so schön vorhersehbar ist?
बॉलीवुड अभिनेत्री असिन कुछ दिन पहले आशुतोष गोवारीकर की चिटगांव विद्रोह पर केन्द्रीय फिल्म “खेले हम जी जान से” करने से इनकार कर दिया था। अब चर्चा है कि इस भूमिका के लिए दीपिका पादुकोण को फाइनल कर लिया गया है। फिल्म से जुडे एक सूत्र के अनुसार असिन ने जब डेट्स की समस्या के चलते फिल्म करने से इनकार कर दिया तो आशुतोष ने जेनेलिया डिसूजा, सोनम कपूर सहित दीपिका के बारे में विचार किया।
अंतत दीपिका उन्हें भूमिका के लिहाज से फिट लगी। इसके बाद जब दीपिका से संपर्क किया गया तो उन्होंने हां करने में देर नहीं लगाई, क्योकि वह भी आशुतोष के साथ काम करने को लालायित थी। असिन ने फिल्म छोडने की असल वजह पूछने पर उस सूत्र ने बताया कि असिन को फिल्म में अपनी भूमिका प्रभावी नहीं लग रही थी। हमें लगता है कि हालिया फिल्म “लंदन ड्रीम्स” को मिली मिश्रित प्रतिक्रिया के बाद असिन फिल्मों को लेकन काफी चूजी हो गई है। वही वजह है कि आमिर खान के साथ हिंदी इंडस्ट्री में “गजनी” से शुरूआत करने वाली असिन अपनी मार्केट को लेकर खासी सतर्कता से काम ले रही है। इस बारे में आशुतोष कहते है, यह सच है कि हमने दीपिका को साइन कर लिया है।
Two new Hindi movies open in the Chicago area on Friday, November 6: one serious and one silly.
The serious movie is Jail, starring Neil Nitin Mukesh in a drama about the cruel treatment of inmates in Indian prisons. Jail is only opening at the AMC South Barrington 30 in South Barrington. It has a runtime of 2 hrs. 35 min.
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani is the silly movie, about a boy named Prem (Ranbir Kapoor) whose efforts to please everyone go awry. It costars Katrina Kaif and has a runtime of 2 hrs. 35 min.
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani will play at the South Barrington 30, AMC Loews Pipers Alley 4 in Chicago, AMC Cantera 30 in Warrenville and Big Cinemas Golf Glen 5 in Niles.
Carrying over for a second week is London Dreams, which earned $207,964 in its first week in U.S. theaters. London Dreams continues to show at the Cantera 30, South Barrington 30 and Golf Glen 5.
Last week’s other new release, Aladin, gets a second week at the South Barrington 30.
Wake Up Sid ends its five-week run in U.S. theaters this week with $717,977 in total earnings, while Main Aurr Mrs. Khanna earned $196,203 in three weeks.
Other Indian movies playing in the Chicago area this weekend include Telugu films Ek Niranjan and Village Lo Vinayakudu and the Kannada movie Raaj — The Showman at the Big Cinemas Golf Glen 5 in Niles.
In România libera, Cristian Ghinea scrie serios despre Candidatura domnului Severin, un scenariu pe care noi l-am catalogat ca fiind ridicol si previzibil ca un film indian.Uitati câteva fragmente:
Nu spun acum ca Severin nu are dreptul la aceste opinii. Dimpotriva, este liber sa gandeasca si sa scrie ce doreste, dar, daca ar fi consecvent cu sine insusi, atunci logica ar fi urmatoarea: Basescu e tiran, deci Romania e o tiranie, atunci eu, Severin, ar trebui sa fiu disident si sa cer ajutorul Europei, nu sa ma autopropun pentru functii de reprezentare (cum as putea reprezenta Europa care vrea sa le ofere modele tarilor autoritariste cand eu insumi provin dintr-o dictatura acceptata in Europa?). Asa e viata: nu poti sa fii si carierist, si disident, trebuie la un moment dat sa alegi.
Mai grav insa este ca insusi Cristian Diaconescu, fost ministru PSD de Externe, a declarat: “Un astfel de post presupune un angajament statal. Poate fi sprijinit un demers sau altul, dar nimeni nu o poate face in nume personal. Deci este exclusa, in opinia mea, o astfel de discutie in acest moment” (declaratie pentru Gandul). Fie omul pe Externe al PSD nu a fost informat de Adrian Severin ca urmeaza sa candideze, fie a fost informat si a ales sa-i puna o piedica serioasa. Oricum ar fi, incapacitatea lui Severin de a obtine sprijin macar din partea propriului partid, in afara delegatiei PSD la Bruxelles pe care o conduce, spune multe despre stilul sau de creare a aliantelor. Cristian Ghinea
Citeste si: Un candidat mitic; despre capacitatea de mistificare a lui Adrian Severin
As a college student he studied commerce, however he always had an inclination towards a more creative & artistic field. After formal training to the J.D. Institute of Fashion Designing, after which he got a job as a designer at departmental store, ROOPAM. After gaining the experience and the technical expertise, he decided to enter the film industry.
Akshay Kumar was the first artist he designed for. He was Rocky’s launch pad in BOLLYWOOD. To keep up with his orders he set up a small-scale manufacturing unit. Keeping all interests in mind he took up a few artists & interacted with them. Now he designs for Hrithik, Amisha & Aftab. Media being a very effective form of communication, particularly films,definitely has a strong influence in the world of fashion.
If you can’t get enough Sanjay Dutt, you’re in luck. He’s back in theaters in one of the two new Bollywood films opening in the Chicago area this weekend.
Dutt plays the villain in a live-action version of Aladin, which also stars Ritesh Deshmukh as the title character and Amitabh Bachchan as the genie. Aladin’s runtime is listed as 1 hr. 40 min.
This weekend’s other opening is London Dreams, starring Ajay Devgan and Salman Khan as pals whose friendship is tested by international rock stardom. London Dreams has a runtime of 2 hrs. 30 min.
Both movies will open in the Chicago area at the AMC Cantera 30 in Warrenville and AMC South Barrington 30 in South Barrington. London Dreams will play at the AMC Loews Pipers Alley 4 in Chicago and Big Cinemas Golf Glen 5 in Niles as well.
Older Hindi movies sticking around in theaters include Blue and All The Best, both at the South Barrington 30 and Golf Glen 5. Blue will also continue showing at the Cantera 30.
Other Indian films in Chicago area theaters this weekend include the Telugu movie Ek Niranjan and the Malayalam movie Pazhassi Raja at the Golf Glen 5. Sathyam Cinemas in Downers Grove will show the Tamil movie Kanden Kadhalai.
Brigade road is one of the busiest commercial centers in Bangalore- the state’s capital city. It is a very posh area dotted with several shops in both sides of the road. It is also a connecting road between the MG Road and Residency Road. It has several shopping centers, malls and retail outlets of most of the well known international brands. It has shops like KFC, Planet M. Music world, Mc Donald’s, Archies, showrooms and retail outlets of Louis Phillipe, Blackberry, Levis etc. there are several places to hangout in Brigade road. There is a theater called Rex in Brigade road, which always runs the best and latest of Bollywood and Hollywood movies. There are several pubs and night clubs in Brigade road, hence it is called the most happening commercial area in Bangalore. The famous Cauvery handicraft shop is also located at the end of Brigade road. This is one spot in Bangalore where one can find people of all nationality walking and hanging out, shopping and spending their weekend. It is also the New Year celebration hub in the city for many years.
The Devanahali airport is around 50 kms from Brigade road, there are cabs and buses that connect the airports. The Majestic railway station is less than 20 kms from here there are several boutique hotels in and around Brigade road for tourists to stay.
जहां बॉलीवुड के कई सितारे अपनी आने वाली फिल्मों में नये रूपों के माध्यम से चर्चा में हैं। वहीं बिंदास बंगाली बाला बिपाशा बसु ने अपनी आने वाली फिल्म “पंख” के लिए कई चेहरे बदले है। और इन रूपों में सेक्सी दिखने के लिए बिपाशा ने कई किलो वजन भी कम किया हैं। लेकिन जिम जाकर नहीं, बल्कि डाइट के माध्यम से। इस फिल्म में बिपाशा ड्रीमगर्ल के रूप में नजर आएंगी, जो सिर्फ फिल्म के अभिनेता के सपनों में दिखेगी। बिपाशा इस फिल्म में परी, राजकुमारी और सेक्सी गर्ल आदि के रूपों में नजर आएंगी।
It seems all effects of Sultan Rahi not dented by single bullet and Ametab being able to successfully destroy whole Island of villain has a proper name, it is called Principal of Evil Marksmanship. Wikipedia explains and details it very nicely.
The term first appeared in film critic Roger Ebert’s 1980 book “Little Movie Glossary”,[1] and had been submitted by Jim Murphy of New York. It was defined as:
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The bad guys are always lousy shots in the movies. Three villains with Uzis will go after the hero, spraying thousands of rounds which miss him, after which he picks them off with a handgun.
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So finally I know the name of the art being followed by our film heroes (yes I still call it film, Guardian does it too). Although Hollywood is also pron to it (that’s why they have name for it ) but somehow their films execute same idea quite gracefully. I remember a scene in which Sultan Rahi and her female accomplice were avoiding bullets by just bending down quickly. Not once but again and again.
Other interesting terms on the same page are Stormtrooper Effect and One-at-a-time Attack Rule. Last one is most interesting because you see it all the time in movies. Shahrukh Khan, Ametabh, Dharmendar and even Jackie Chen, they all fight one to one, now they have progressed to 2 at a time. 3 people attacking at same time is rarity. And why the hell only one person in whole gang has the gun, and all the guys are fighting to get it; if you remember last scene of Don (original version).
Here are the big numbers the big boys (and gals) quote in Bollywood.
Aishwarya Rai, the Queen Bee, takes home 6 crores.
Priyanka Chopra pockets 5 crores.
It is a close competition for Kareena Kapoor and Katrina Kaif. while Kapoor makes 3.5 crores, Kaif is at 3 crores.
Among the menfolk, Akshay Kumar is King despite back to back flops in 2009. He gets a whopping 15 crores per movie.
Aamir Khan’s price is now 13 to 14 crores.
Surprisingly, Shahrukh Khan is getting just 12 crores. Surprising because he cashed in on his star status more than any other guy, save Amitabh Bachchan.
Main Aurr Mrs. Khanna aspires to be a moving drama about marital fidelity, but it lacks the emotional maturity to achieve its goal.
The movie focuses on the troubled marriage of Australian residents Samir (Salman Khan) and Raina Khanna (Kareena Kapoor). Samir, who is depressed because he can’t find a job, distances himself from Raina, who’s worried on his behalf. He decides that his only option is to leave Melbourne and try his luck in Singapore.
Raina is sad about leaving her friends and her job as a waitress, but she goes to the airport with her husband. There, he springs the news on her that she won’t be joining him in Singapore. Instead, she’s going to live with his disapproving parents in Delhi. The movie never explains why this is necessary; the decision only serves to prove that Samir is controlling.
Raina decides not to board the flight to Delhi. A waiter at an airport cafe, Akash (Sohail Khan), helps her start her new, solo life in Melbourne. Raina declares that she’s just killing time until Samir makes his fortune and returns for her, but Akash falls for her anyway.
Here, Main Aurr Mrs. Khanna takes an audacious turn: nothing unexpected happens. There are no twists, no moments where a character makes a life-changing decision. Samir succeeds and returns for Raina, and she goes with him. That’s it.
I don’t feel bad revealing those plot details because the movie is very clear about what is going to happen. Raina never — not even for an instant — expresses the slightest romantic interest in Akash. She doesn’t even realize he has a crush on her. If she did, it would force her consider him as a sexual partner, thereby destroying the image of the ideal woman that Raina is supposed to represent: somewhat independent but unquestionably devoted to her husband.
The characters lack depth not just from the way they’re written, but also from the way they are acted. When Akash reveals the pain he felt when his parents divorced, Raina responds with an inappropriate smile.
Debutant writer and director Prem Soni has a lot to learn. (Lesson #1: Why comic barnyard sound effects have no place in a relationship drama.) This first effort is a bland movie full of emotional simpletons. I fear that, if Soni wrote an adaptation of The Little Mermaid, the story would read like this: “A mermaid wanted to become a human, so she did. The End.”
So I’m currently answering an application question that is giving me quite a bit of grief, it goes a little something like this;
1: The first impression that a brand makes is crucial.
Tell us a bit about yourself and make your first impression.
200 words max.
Seems fun.
The difficulty is making yourself interesting enough that the reader wants to find out more about you and more importantly make yourself stand out from everyone else who has probably also travelled a lot/also really likes playing the piano/loves playing sport to be part of a team etcetera… So at the moment this is proving difficult.
In terms of thinking about a person as a brand, beyond celebrities and famous figures is that really possible? I guess we can brand ourselves to an extent by the content we put up on social media, but then not everyone uses the internet for that. We can brand ourselves by conducting ourselves in a certain way; being “nice” and getting a reputation for that or going out getting drunk a lot and getting a reputation for that.
To an extent people certainly have an easier time of relaunching/reinventing their brand than products. I was reading today that Kylie Minogue has now relaunched herself in Bollywood. Her brand has now ranged from the cute girl next door in Neighbours, to absolute sexpot to now a Bollywood starlet.
This is great rebranding, the woman is (or more likely has someone who is) a commercial genius. It is a great fit, Bollywood is nothing but cheesey really. Ironically I get the feeling that Bollywood is trying to reinvent the brand itself by using Kylie. If you can’t see the irony check out the great lyrics from her new song.
After watching disasters like ‘Dil Bole Hadippa,’ and ‘What’s your Rashee?’ I couldn’t help but open a CD pack which I had bought a year ago and stacked away in a corner.
To my surprise, the 1954 made black and white, “Boot Polish” was able to do what none of the recent releases could. It made me laugh, cry and hope with the characters. If a movie can carry you along and make you feel with the characters, I consider it good entertainment.
It’s a story of street kids Bhola (Ratan Kumar) and Belu (Baby Naaz) who beg at a railway station in Mumbai. They later turn to earning money by polishing shoes. But when no one wants to shine their shoes during the rains, hunger beckons them again. A police raid separates the siblings. Life changes when one of the kids is adopted by a couple.
The story may sound gloomy, but the little joys of life are well depicted in the film. The kids save up money from their cruel aunt so that they can buy a brush and polish. When another boot black tries to steal their money from their hiding and escapes, you expect dismay once again. But the younger Belu has already hidden away the money. No, hiding away from the begging earning which they have to give to their aunt isn’t enough. So fool a friendly bootlegger John Chacha (David) for the remaining money. John doesn’t mind, for it is he who inspires them to take up a respectful life.
The excitement that one has when you take up a new job is also very real. The brush and the polish are given a respectable place at the altar at John Chacha’s shack. The kids dream of the many things that they will do when they earn from polishing shoes. Isn’t it the same feeling that we all had while joining our first job?
With their first earnings, the each wants to buy a dress for another. The same love is seen in times of hunger when there is just one piece of bread.
The heartless Kamala chachi (Chand Burque) who makes them beg and beats them throughout the film is also not painted entirely black. At the beginning when the children are left at her doorstep she recalls how their parents are thrown her out of their house when her husband died. Being a sex worker, she couldn’t afford to feed and bring up the kids with her earning. So, they had to earn their own food by begging. This is definitely cruel, but poverty isn’t kind.
Fate changes the course of their lives. A police raid at the railway station separates the kids. While Belu is adopted by a rich couple, Bhola reaches an orphanage. Bhola escapes from the orphanage and the kids pine for each other. They are reunited by chance to live with their new parents.
The music by Shankar Jaikishan has given us songs like “Nanhe munhe bachche teri mutti mein kya hai,” which are sung even now. Produced by Raj Kapoor, directed by Prakash Arora and written by Bhanu Pratap, I consider it one of the best films I have seen.
The film won the Best Film award at the 1954 Fimfare awards. The director Prakash Arora was nominated for the Golden Palm award and Baby Naaz won a special mention for a child actor at the 1955 Cannes Film festival.
Rakhta Charitra is the prestigious movie from Ram Gopal Varma. This film is based on Andhra Pradesh politician Paritala Ravi’s life history. Vivek Oberoi and Tamil star hero Surya ( Ghajini fame) are playing lead roles in this film.
South Indian top music director Mani Sharma is going to made his Bollywood debut with this film. Mani has composed many chart busters in Telugu and Tamil. He is very famous for powerful back ground musics.
A.R.Rahman who was introduced by Ram Gopal Varma to Bollywood, became an international music director today. All the best to Mani Sharma also.
Izzat (1968) stars Dharmendra in a double role playing brothers who don’t know they’re brothers until late in life. One is rich, the other poor; one dark, the other fair; one a land owner’s privileged son, the other an illegitimate hard working student who’s just been orphaned. There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents!..doesn’t Amitabh or SRK scream that out in some film, maybe it’s Amitabh in Lawaaris? Tell me if you know. Fate brings the Dharmendrai together and wacky misunderstandings occur and vendettas are settled. Here’s a plot summary courtesy of the prolific rAjOo, but skip it if you don’t want spoilers.
After completing his college, dark-skinned Adivasi Shekhar returns home and finds that his mother, Savli, has passed away. Distraught, he is consoled by Father Abraham, who also tells him that his mother had an affair with wealthy Ramgarh-based Thakur Pratap Singh, who refused to marry her even after she became pregnant. Shekhar decides to avenge his humiliation and sets forth to expose Pratap. Upon arrival in Ramgarh, he finds that he has a fair-skinned look-alike half-brother, Dilip, as well as a sister, Neelu. Dilip meets him, hires him as an office staff person, and asks him to impersonate him in order to meet Deepa, the only daughter of wealthy Vinodbabu, and Shekhar agrees to do so. Shekhar meets Deepa and both are attracted to each other. Shekhar decides to tell her the truth about himself, and returns to Ramgarh. Once there, he finds history repeating itself as Dilip is in love with an Adivasi belle, Jhumki, but is refusing to marry her. Written by rAjOo (IMDB)
At the beginning of the film Shekhar who I will refer to as dark Dharmendra, since in the film they make a big deal about this dark skin, finds out about his mother’s tragic past, and his parentage. That Thakur (Balraj Sahni) kaminey found his dark skinned, low caste villager good enough to sleep with, but once she was with child, he coldly accuses her of wanting his lakhs. Thakur is wrong, all she wants is his love, and ek chutki sindoor and blessings of the goddess.
"Ek chutki sindoor!"
So Shekhar works himself into the fancy home of his father and finds that he’s got a fairer skinned half brother.
Shekhar’s got some killing on his mind, but he also finds himself at a party. What to do? Dharmendra sings at the party, as Shekhar and they all think he’s his look alike rich brother, Dilip. Please take note of the bollywood balloons that decorate the party:
I suppose I should have been excited by Dharmendra and Tanuja’s performances here (yawn), but for me this was Jayalalitha’s film. It was the first time I’d ever seen her. She plays a super spunky mountain girl, who likes that fancy Dharmendra character, fair-skinned Dilip, but he’s socially out of her reach, being wrong caste for her to desire, let alone acquire. She can’t possibly marry up…or can she? Take a good look at her, I think she can:
The live wire Jayalalitha of Izzat transformed herself into a real life politician. It was the first time I’d seen her in a movie, and she was a Tamil star, so her part in a Hindi film was not the norm. She also did some playback singing.
Prior to her venture into politics, she had a successful career in the Tamil film industry as an actress. She acted in the English language movie “Epistle” released in 1961 produced by Shankar Giri, son of former president of India Dr. V.V. Giri. Chinnada Gombe, her first film (in Kannada) was a major hit. Her first Telugufilm Manushulu Mamathalu made her famous. In 1972, she was honoured by the Tamil Nadu government with the award Kalaimamani. She has acted opposite Dharmendra in the Hindi Movie named Izzat. Her last film was Nadhiyai Thedi Vandha Kadal in the year 1980. (source)
Now that I know she’s an over achiever, I’m a bit suspicious of her, but after her performance in Izzat, I’d vote for her, no problem. On a side note, I would be an extremely reckless voter in India, for that very reason. “Jaylalitha is on the ballot!? She was soooo cute in Izzat, and what a dancer!” I’d check that ballot, not even caring about her politics simply because she was so cute in that film. Good thing I can’t vote in India. In her role as Jhulki, she’s fearless, not afraid to love:
She’s not afraid to defend herself against a dirtball goonda/thug/dacoit. This scoundrel has lusted after her and when he tries to forcefully move in, she delivers a tight slap to the face! Go girl!
I wasn’t able to find a version of the item number featuring Jayalalitha dancing with about 30 other women to the music Laxmikant Pyarelal and a lavish set, but I did find it as part of a set clips of the full movie uploaded on youtube. Now THIS is what I call an item number:
The beginning part of this number, which is not in the above clip can be seen about 8 1/2 minutes into this link. This number was so lavish that I needed to screen cap some of it for the world to see. Look how fantastic Jayalalithaa looks here.
Eventually that nasty Thakur gets his just rewards. It was only a matter of time before karma catches up with him.
Well, tribals will be tribals, so easily incited and ready to light a torch for justice.
Though she had a small part, I was very taken with Laxmi Chhaya’s performance as a servant. She’s a real mess here, but very hot, so I suppose she’s a hot mess. I just love the colors here, from the walls to her sari, to her make up. Fantastic!
And as a nice touch, there was a cute little statue of Jesus, in front of some stylin’ flagstone. I like my Jesus with flagstone, sort of how I like my coffee with mile and sugar. Now I’ve got to see more of Jayalalitha, so looks like there will have to be some more Tamil, Telegu and Kannada films are in my future.
01 – Sainya Ve – Toshi 02 – Milke Yun Lagaa – Sharib 03 – Bareily Ke Bazzar Mein – Sonu Kakkar 04 – Daata Sun Le – Lata Mangeshkar 05 – Sainya Ve (Rock Version) – Toshi, Sharib & Neil Nitin Mukesh 06 – Bareily Ke Bazzar Mein (Remix) – Sonu Kakkar 07 – Sainya Ve (Remix) – Toshi, Sharib & Neil Nitin Mukesh 08 – Daata Sun Le (Contemporary Remix) – Lata Mangeshkar
Well I’m up way to late for a school night and it’s all Sonu Nigam’s fault! Sonu Nigam’s concert in Minneapolis this evening was very enjoyable and I am still so thrilled from the show that I can’t sleep and want to hear him sing some more. I played the part of the gori extra in the audience. Kya showman! What a heavenly voice! He put on an excellent show and was very jokey jokey. Sorry I don’t have a set list from the show, but here are a couple of the numbers he did:
“Mere Haath Main“ from Fanaa:
And a little something from Om Shanti Om, “Main Agar Kahoon”
He teased the crowd with Jodhaa Akbar’s “In Lamho Ke Daaman Mein,” but only did a few bars from the song. I wanted to hear it all, so here it is:
After seeing Sonu bhai’s performance, this clip doesn’t seem quite that crazy:
I mean it is crazy, but I can sort of excuse her, after all, I’m up late writing this post aren’t I?
एकता कपूर सास-बहू धारावाहिकों की श्रृंखला के स्थान पर अब नए विषयों पर धारावाहिक बनाने की शुरूआत कर दी है। वास्तविक जिंदगी पर पर आधारित एकता के दो नए धारावाहिक जल्द ही प्रदर्शित होने वाले है। एकता के नए धारावाहिक “बेताब दिल की तमन्ना” का आज शुक्रवार को प्रदर्शन हुआ। इसका प्रसारण सोनी एंटरमेंट टेलीविजन पर होगा। बालाजी फिल्म्स की क्रिएटिव डायरेक्टर एकता ने इस अवसर पर कहा सास-बहू की थीम के बाद हम वास्तविक जिंदगी के धारावाहित ला रहे है, जो शहरी जंगल की क़डवी वास्तविकता बताएंगी। एकता प्यार का बंधन नाम से एक अन्य व्यावसायिक धारावाकि बनाएंगे। एकता प्यार का बंधन नाम से एक अन्य व्यावसायिक धारावाहिक भी लाने वाली है। इस अवसर पर एकता के पिता जीतेंद्र भी मौजूद थे। पत्रकारों ने जीतेंद्र से छोटे पर्दे पर पदार्पण के बारे में सवाल किया, जिस पर उन्होंने जवाब दिया यह एकता पर निर्भर करता है, जब उनके पास मेरे लिए अच्छी कहानी होगी, मैं टीवी पर दिखूंगा।
“Kya karoon haule haule se mera dil jo gaa raha hai”…Heard these lyrics before?? Well,you surely must have..because these have been playing on your favourite radio stations after every 5 songs…Guranteed!!
So we see our eye candy…Ranbir Kapoor in yet another movie again…Wake Up Sid…Unfortunately,The movie has yet not been released..but the music seems to be gaining sudden popularity..thanx to the amazing lyrics and melodious voices behind them…some worth listening songs are “Iktara” with its glorius screen presence and “Wake Up Sid” which potrays the life of the common youth enjoying their life despite it being aimless…But are you still wondering why you should listen to them?
For the sole reason that they will attract you instantly!!
The music of the movie as we have heard ranges from slow tracks to peppy songs to fast rock songs..So the plus point that comes here is that it offers a soothing ear to all kinds of moods of the listeners and you will find yourself relating to them too..
So here is an applause for all the music composers who have done a tremendous job in the movie…what are you waiting for…go grab your “opinion” now…as the refrain says…”WAKE UP!”
Cast: Ashok Kumar, Dev Anand, Vijayanthimala, Tanuja
PLOT: Vinay, an ordinary young man who finds himself constantly mistaken for a look-alike jewel thief named Amar. Vinay works with the police to impersonate Amar and crack his crime ring–but it seems that Amar has decided to impersonate Vinay, as well, and soon their true identities are thoroughly muddled.
Vinay lives with his father, a Police Commissioner, and his mom in Bombay. Vinay’s dad is quite upset with him as he has not learnt any skills, and spends all his time examining stones and jewellery. The city is being held to ransom by a daring jewel thief, who continues to baffle them to no end. They do get a pleasant surprise when they find out that he has secured employment with a leading jeweler by the name of Vishamber Nath. Vinay also gets to meet Nath’s attractive daughter, Anju, and there is romance budding in the air. This is short lived when several people greet Vinay as “Amar” or “Prince Amar”. Things come to a boil when a young woman named Shalini comes forward and claims that Vinay is her fiancée. Vinay is able to prove to them that he is indeed Vinay, and cooperates with them to locate this elusive Amar – only to find himself embroiled in a devious scheme – that robs him of his sanity – makes lose his memory, identity, and makes him a target of every policeman in India and Nepal.
Jewel Thief is a 1967 Hindi film. Produced by Navketan films ( Dev Anand’s production house) , the film is directed by Dev’s brother Vijay Anand. Music is by S.D. Burman and the lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri. The film is a crime thriller, and stars Dev Anand, Vyjayantimala, Ashok Kumar, Tanuja, Anju Mahendru, Sachin and Helen.
1. AASMAN KE NEECHE – KISHORE KUMAR & LATA MANGESHKAR 2. BAITHI HAIN KYA USIKE PA – ASHA BHOSLE 3. DANCE MUSIC 4. DIL PUKARE – MD. RAFI & LATA MANGESHKAR 5. HOTHON MEIN AISI BAAT – LATA MANGESHKAR 6. RAAT AKELI HAI – ASHA BHOSLE 7. RULAKE GAYA SAPNA MERA – LATA MANGESHKAR 8. YEH DIL NA HOTA BECHARA – KISHORE KUMAR
Wanted is almost certain to emerge first blockbuster of 2009 and is definitely the biggest hit of 2009. The first week nett collections seem to be in 36 crore region with the distributor share being a huge 23 crore plus which is similar to what Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi did and higher than what Love Aaj Kal did. The single screen business has been phenomenal and is strong going into second week.
Overall the film looks likely to be amongst the top ten theatrical revenue earners ever in India. The lifetime share may well be close to 40 crore which will put it up there with Krissh and Om Shanti Om and ahead of films like Welcome, Raja Hindustani, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.
Dil Bole Hadippa which created huge hype before release, bombed at the Box Office. Rani Mukerji’s different get up and Bikini also failed to attract audience. Director Anurag Singh is responsible for this movie failure completely.
Shahid Kapoor who was on Cloud Nine with Vishal Bharadwaj’s Kaminey disappointed with Dil Bole Hadippa failure. He has lot of hopes pre release of this Yash Raj Films movie. Sherlyn Chopra and Rakhi Sawant who expected a break with this movie also went to depression.
Shankar has given an interview to a Tamil daily where he has said: “ Endhiran is beyond imagination, with much grandeur and richness. You can see the effort which is to be taken for 10 films in this one film. Rajni is such an amazing hero. Just words can’t describe his efforts.”
On Rajini’s look in the film, Shankar says “Sivaji was just a sample of how young the star can look. In Endhiran he will look even
younger. For his make up things, we went to America and searched in many places but nothing came right. Then we tried in India and it worked out perfectly for the character he plays. Normally make-up, Kamal will only take efforts for make up is the public opinion. But in this film Rajni has taken amazing efforts as he waited patiently for two three hours to put up the make-up.” On Aiswarya Rai- Rajinikanth screen combination, Shankar says: “There was terrific chemistry between them, as she plays a medical student. Shankar added that the film has “never before seen special effects and graphics.” They have used a technique called “Animatronics” the use of electronics and robotics in mechanised puppets (Robos) to make them appear to be alive.
आइटम गर्ल राखी सावंत टीवी पर सबके सामने तमाम परीक्षाएं लेते हुए इलेश पारूजनवाला को अपने स्वयंवर के जरिये चुना था। लास्ट एपिसोड में उन्होंने इलेश को अंगूठी पहनाते हुए कहा था कि वे थोडा समय चाहती है। इलेश को और अच्छे से परखना चाहती है। उसके बाद में इलेश से शादी करेंगी। इसके बाद राखी लगातार इस सवाल से बचती रही है कि वे कब इलेश को अपना जीवन साथी बनाएंगी। राखी और इलेश जल्दी ही एक और रियलिटी शो में दिखाई देंगे।
सूत्रों का कहना है कि इस शो की समाçप्त के बाद राखी कहने वाली है कि वे और इलेश जीवनसाथी नहीं बन सकते है। राखी से जुडे लोगो का कहना है कि राखी को महसूस हो रहा है कि दोनों के सोचने और संस्कृति में बहुत ज्यादा अंतर है। इससे राखी को तालमेल बैठाने में तकलीफ महसूस हो रही है, इसलिए उन्होंने फैसला किया है कि सगाई को तोड देना चाहिए। भाषा की भी समस्या राखी महसूस कर रही है। इलेश की अंगे्रजी समझने में उन्हें कठिनाई महसूस होती है और हिन्दी में राखी अपनी बात इलेश को ठीक तरह से समझा नहीं पाती है।
India has been defined as a ‘Country of Caravans”. The country has seen the arrival of diverse groups, races and religious communities from the very beginning. Aborigines, Aryans, Chinese, Mediterranean, Nordics, Mongols and Europeans came here and merged in the great Indian nation. India is the only country of the world where you will experience such a diverse kind of amalgamation of the people.
There are 4 races in India.
1) Australoids
2) Dravidians(Caucasoids)
3) Mongoloids
4) Indo Aryans(Caucasoids)
1) Australoids
The Australoid race is very closely related to Australian aborigines and melanesians. They were the first waves of people who migrated to India 20,000 yrs ago. Presently, In India, the dalits(untouchables), low caste people and the hill tribes of India are descendants of australoid people. Australoid people also form the slum population of India. They are people with wavy hair lavishly distributed all over their dark bodies, long headed with low foreheads, noses with low and broad roots, thick jaws, large palates and teeth and small chins. The Austrics of India represent a race of medium height, dark complexion with long heads and rather broad noses but otherwise of regular features. Australoids have never been mixed with other races in India because they were low caste and thus were considered inferior and unattractive by Dravidians, Indo Aryans and Mongoloids of India. Australoids are mainly seen in the Southern hill tribes of India and are also seen in the slums in Mumbai. They are also seen in Tamilnadu and Kerala mainly in the villages as a minority. Australoids are a minority in India and they form only 25% of the Indian population. Australoids are widely discriminated in India and they are treated very poorly in India.
Some pics of Australoids in India:
2) Dravidians aka Mediterraneans.
The second group of immigrants who migrated to India were the Dravidians aka the Mediterranean people. They migrated to India from Eastern Mediterranean regions like Syria, Jordan etc. Dravidians form the majority of the population in South India. They range from pale to golden brown skin with straight shiny black hair, very large eyes, thin lips, oval shaped faces, considerable body hair and pointy prominent noses. Dravidians are classified as Mediterranean caucasians. Dravidians were the founders of city civilization of the Indus valley. Dravidians are an ancient form of the Mediterranean race. Anthropologists describe Dravidians as the ‘Mother of the Mediterranean race’.
Some pics of Dravidians:
Famous Indian actress and model Aishwarya Rai is a dravidian:
3) Mongoloids
These people are found in the North eastern part of India in the states of Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, and Tripura. They are also found in Northern parts of West Bengal, Sikkim, and Ladakh. Generally they are people with yellow complexion, oblique eyes, high cheekbones, flat noses, sparse hair and medium height. Mongoloids migrated to India from China 8,000 yrs ago. Mongoloids form only 3% of the Indian population.
Pics of Mongoloids in India:
4) Indo Aryans(Nordics)
This group were the last one to immigrate to India. They migrated to India from Southern Russia thousands of years ago. They form almost all of the population of North India and Central India. Central Indians(Gujaratis) are heavily aryans wih a little mix of dravidian. Indo aryans usually have pale skin, straight/wavy black/brown hair, dark eyes(sometimes colored eyes), thin noses, long faces with well marked chins and hairy bodies. There are really tan/dark skinned Indo aryans too. Indo aryans are classified as Nordic caucasians. Some of these Indo aryans are mixed with Dravidians. Indo aryans are also seen in large numbers in Northern Europe in the form of blonde hair and blue/green eyes. Indo aryans in India are a dark haired dark eyed version of the Indo aryans seen in Northern Europe.
Pic of Central Indians(Indo aryans mixed with Dravidians). Hence, their light tan skin.
Pics of Indo Aryans from North India:
In short,
Most Indians(72%) are caucasians(either Nordic or Mediterranean or a mix of both), 25% of Indians(tribal people, slums and dalits) are australoids and 3% of Indians are mongoloid.
In other words, Both Dravidians and Indo aryans(Mediterranean & Nordic) constitute 72% of the population along with Australoid people forming 25% of the Indian population and mongoloids forming only 3% of the Indian population.
The curtains open on Bigg Boss in less than 15 days. If sources are to believed Bigg Boss goes on air on the 4th of October. The contestants will arrive in the house between the 2nd and 3rd of October. There are one or two international participants too but we are not telling because we promised Endemol and Colours to keep our mouth shut. And promises are meant to be kept, aren’t they? Keep watching this blog for the latest news on Bigg Boss.
Thanks to my ever reliable Blackberry Bold and the fantastic guys at Vodafone, (thank you Laxmi and your great team) you will get the latest news, the moment it happens. Maybe even before it actually happens.
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya is the only Tamil project Trisha is working on right now and, as it seems, she has not finalized on any other projects after VTV. However, she has already signed on the dotted line for two Telugu movies with Venkatesh and junior NTR in the leads respectively.
Over and above, Trisha is pinning up her hopes on Khatta Meeta that will mark her grand entry into Bollywood. Directed by her mentor Priyadarshan, she is paired opposite the reigning superstar Akshay Kumar in Khatta Meeta.
Dhamaal was a comedy movie in 2007 directed by Indra Kumar. No female cast is there in the entire movie. Adnan Sami scored music to this comedy flick.
Deshbandhu Roy (Ritesh Deshmukh) feels that, he is one of the top detective in the world. Manav (Javed Jaffrey) , Aditya (Arshad Warsi ) and Mr Boman ( Aashish Chaudhary) are Deshbandhu’s best friends. All this four guys are jobless. They never tries to work hard.
They wants to earn money without risk. One day their dream comes true when they saves Bose (Prem Chopra). Bose tells them that, he has buried 10 crore rupees before dying. Kabir Nayak (Sanjay Dutt) catches this guys with Bose’s dead body.
They escapes from Kabir Nayak to find the money. The remaining story about this four idiots misadventures to get the 100 million.
In what is probably the mother of all casting coups in Bollywood, SRK and Aamir might come together soon in a movie that has at its helm none other than Danny Boyle and Anurag Kashyap. News is that both the Khans have been approached by Anurag Kashyap to work in his next project, ‘Bombay Velvet’. Anurag is known for being a director with very high artistic integrity, his recent claims to fame being ‘Dev D’ and ‘Gulaal’. Danny Boyle of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ fame is said to be producing this venture- now we know what those talks with Aamir Khan was all about! . SRK and Aamir, as all of us would know, have a long history of bitter face-offs and cold wars and grudging public acknowledgements of each other’s star power. The media has thrived on the Khan wars, and if this casting miracle is true, we’re waiting for the mayhem this will unleash on television, in print and online!
King Khan Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan are going to appear in a movie. Danny Boyle who has directed Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire, is going to produce this movie . He announced this project with the name Bombay Velvet.
He has already approached Aamir Khan. According to the sources this movie has three parts. In the third part Aamir Khan will appear and in the second part will act in the lead role. Danny is interest to rope Shahrukh Khan for the lead role in first part, but not yet confirmed this.Anurag Kashyap is the director to this prestigious flick.
Shahrukh Khan who is busy with Karan Johar’s My Name Is Khan and some other projects.
Some pre-release publicity for the book in The Sunday Mid-day that was featured in both Bombay and Bangalore. To read it, click here
The interview was done at my publisher’s request. I was not completely happy with the outcome as it calls the book a biography, which it isn’t. Secondly, it also requests comments from Aamir’s office before I was ready for it.
But I guess it does give my book some pre-release media publicity, and all of this is a part of the game. As they say, winners never quit and quiters never win. So I am pressing on.
If you know me for more than a day, you already know that, i don’t watch bollywood movies or for that matter i don’t like them at all but there are always some exceptions. And today one more exception got added to my bollywood movie list.
Guess what??
Of course – Yeh Mera India (thats why i named this post so)
Now, i am not going to write a review or do some plot analysis as its 3:42 in night. But no matter what time it is,I had to tell you guys that this movie is a MUST WATCH. After seeing this movie, i got this feeling, that i must tell you about this movie.
One big reason, i liked this movie, is that it had happy ending (oh yes, i do like happy ending).(this may see silly but thats how it works with me.)
Now what are you waiting for! turn off the computer, gather some friends (no problem if you are alone) and go out to some near-by cinema or multiplex.
“A few months ago my bone marrow started sending me messages.
The signals: I was always exhausted, pale, drained, and completely depleted of red blood cells. The lack of oxygen made me a serial yawner and spacier than a displaced Czarina. Little did I know, but my hemoglobin had fallen to levels where even a dedicated Blood sucker would turn their thoughts to revival. In between work and travel in India this year, I got a routine blood test and the results sent me to the hospital for a blood transfusion. But not a reason to stop and, like, change my life? The attempt to communicate probably started earlier. Time when I was ‘busy’. Building a career and impersonating myself. Travelling a lot and stock-piling impressions and drama and super hyped destinations and a life in ‘art’. So I couldn’t hear my marrow gently carbonating. Trying to get my attention. Instead of tuning in to my body, I tuned out like a landlocked pirate tuning out the sounds of the sea. And then I stopped travelling and returned to Canada. Got myself tested by Dr Susy Lin, landed in emergency and eventually got full membership into the Cancer Club.
That’s how I found out I have Multiple Myeloma”.
Lisa Ray, actress from Toronto has revealed that she has cancer at the young age of 37. She starred in the critically acclaimed “Water” directed by Deepa Mehta. She broke the news in her blog where she revealed that she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma on June 23 and began chemotherapy the following month. Multiple myeloma is a cancer of antibody-producing white blood cells formed in bone marrow and is treatable, but not curable.
Lisa Ray thought a lot before she decided to share her illness in such a public way. Ultimately she wanted to generate attention for this disease, and raise funds to help. In the process of writing her blog, she bonded with her fans as she shared the sad news with them. She said that she had read each and every comment on her blog and was grateful for all the support coming in from all over the world, especially India. Writing eloquently, she said:
“It’s 6:30 am and I have not slept.That’s another thing about steroids. They make you really hyper. And I blame you India. You have sent me so much love. And advice. So I went through each and every message. Like the good, dutiful half-bengali daughter I am. Except I’m not studying for my medical finals, I’m looking at each and every word you have sent”.
Reading through her blog, I had the following thoughts: Lisa is beautiful in spirit and body, full of courage, and I hope there is a cure for her. The blog also made me think about how important it is to be aware of your true feelings, which tend to hide sometimes, to listen to your body which expresses your mental state even when your mind does not, and to really try to live each moment of our lives to the fullest, as you never know how long you have in this world. It makes me want to call and tell each person I love, how much I love them, to do those things that I have always wanted to but postponed because of a “busy” life, and to live an authentic life, to be “me”.
India is definitely the flavour of the year in Hollywood. After the rage around A.R Rahman, the limelight is back on Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.It is reported that Ash is all set to make her second appearance on the celebrated Oprah Winfrey Show, and this time, hubby Abhishek will be present on the show as well.
After her first appearance on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in Feb 2007, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is once again set to appear on Oprah Winfrey. But this time however, hubby Abhishek Bachchan is also invited to join her on the show. The show is one of the prestigious shows and big celebrities appearing on it.
Last time she won over Oprah with a sari. Oprah had enthusiastically volunteered to be draped in the pink sari, which she found sensuous.We wonder if Aishwarya will remember it and wear a sensuous drape to her show this time. Ash has been the first Indian to appear on such shows, like the Late Show with David Letterman, and was the first Bollywood personality to appear on Oprah’s ‘Women Across the Globe’ segment where she had spoken about her love for her home and the importance of family. But this time, she is expected to talk about family values and a little about her married life.Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan have apparently agreed to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show.The married couple, who are currently shooting Mani Ratnam’s Raavana together, will share the screen with the famous talkshow host in a Los Angeles studio.
The next season of “Oprah” premieres on September 14. Don’t miss Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and hubby Abhishek Bachchan’s interview!:)
Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia was born on September 9, 1967 in Amritsar. In case you are wondering who this guy is, then I better tell you that Bollywood is not your cup of tea. The person in concern is none other than Akshay Kumar, fondly known as Akki. He was born and brought up in a Punjabi family with his father working in the Government sector.
As like his film from “Chandni Chowk to China“, he was indeed raised in the Chandni Chowk area of Delhi. From his childhood itself, he excelled in performing arts, especially in dancing. He studied in Don Bosco School in Mumbai, and for higher education he went to Khalsa College.
Then came his life in Bangkok, where he worked as a chef and also took an interest in martial arts. After learning the art, he returned back to Mumbai, and started teaching martial arts.
Seeing his good looks, one of his students offered him a modeling assignment. After spending two months in the modeling industry, he got an offer by producer Pramod Chakravarthy for Deedar.
Career:
First film: Saugandh (1991)
Hit Films:
Kambakkht Ishq (2009)
Singh Is Kinng (2008)
Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007)
Heyy Babyy (2007)
Bhagam Bhag (2006)
Phir Hera Pheri (2006)
Garam Masala (2005)
Ajnabee (2001) Best actor in a negative role
Khiladi 420 (2000)
Dhadkan (2000)
Hera Pheri (2000)
Sangharsh (1999)
International Khiladi (1999)
Mr. & Mrs. Khiladi (1997)
Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996)
Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994)
Mohra (1994)
Khiladi (1992)
1.BANA DE BANA DE PRABHUJI – ASHA & RAFI 2. BARSO RE- ASHA & CHORUS 3. CHHUN CHHUN GHUNGROO – ASHA 4. EK PARDESI MERA DIL LE – ASHA & RAFI 5. JA MERI CHHOD DE KALAHI – ASHA & RAFI 6. MAIN SOYA ANKHIYAN – ASHA & RAFI 7. PIYA PIYA PIYA – ASHA 8. SHOKH SHOKH AANKHEN – ASHA & CHORUS 9. SUN JA PUKAR – ASHA 10. TEER YEH CHUP KE – ASHA 11. TUM ROOTH KE MAT JANA – ASHA & RAFI
ALL SONGS
Banani (Madhubala) is the daughter of a rich man, brought up by gypsies after he abandoned her due to the grief of losing his wife. She and Bijon (Bharat Bhushan) the son of a landlord, fall in love when the gypsies come to his father’s estate. Their love faces many trials from both sides before they can finally be united.
(Source: IMDB)
I feel like I saw a Telugu movie called “Sobha” with the same story lineup
Dil Bole Hadippa is a celebration of the never say die spirit of India. Here, for the first time, the dynamic duo of Shahid Kapoor & Rani Mukherjee, take you on a hide and seek game of romance, passion and dreams. Veera (Rani Mukherjee) is a fire-cracker of a girl who lives in a small village but dreams in 70mm. She works in a local theatre group but dreams of playing cricket in the big league. Yes, believe it or not, she wants to play with Tendulkar and Dhoni for India.
While Veera dreams on in India, Rohan (Shahid Kapoor) is an accomplished captain of a county cricket team in England. Rohan returns to India to captain his father’s cricket team which has been losing consecutively for the last 8 years. In a village where girls don’t play cricket, Veera has to put on a turban and beard and become a man to fulfill her dreams. Her brilliance on the field earns her a place in Rohan’s team and Veera Kaur becomes Veer Pratap Singh.
And then begins a roller-coaster journey of Veera, Rohan and Veer filled with music, romance and comedy through Punjab and beyond. This tale of turbans, twists and tricks will make your heart go – Hadippa!
De Dhana Dhan Movie Stills,photos