Bachna Ae haseeno

Truly a Yash Raj film with all those colorful dresses, songs, dances, beautiful foreign locations or shall I say DDLJ served to you in a new platter with fresh faces. It has lot of reference to the movie as well.

Like DDLJ it also has a flirt and careless person whiling his time away in the first half who turned out to be a mature and ultra emotional person in the second half. It also has a song picturized in Punju wedding. It also has songs beautifully picturized in foreign locations. Australia is looking much more beautiful in this movie than it was in Salaam Namaste. It seems Siddharth Anand is exploring it more and more with his every visit.

Ok now the movie - I loved it, simply because I love songs, dances, romance, good looking people and colorful clothes - its good enough for me to pass 3 hours. I liked Jhoom Barabar Jhoon also. Common whats the smirk for? I really enjoyed that dance competition and Amitabh was looking awesome in the title song. What more do you want?

I am not writing the story here - I am writing why should you watch this movie?

a) Ranbir is looking like a dude, dancing superbly, acting well ( I almost started hating him in the first half and was sympathetic towards him in the second half)
b) Bipasha, even though she is looking elder to Ranbir, but she is looking drop dead gorgeous and performed so brilliantly. Its time you should take Bipasha seriously, she is more than a hot babe now.
c) Deepika is looking the best and the chemistry between Ranbir and Deepika is rocking in the movie. She is very dignified and professional in the movie. Guys you will not mind watching the movie for Deepika and Bipasha.
d) Minnisha is a complete misfit in the movie. Firstly because she was potrayed as 15 years old and she is looking way too older for that age. Secondly, poor thing is lost between the two ultra gorgeous and tall ladies.
e) Khuda Jaane and title song simply rocked; Jogi Mahi and she is a small town girl are peppy; lucky boy is what I hum the most.

All and all - go and watch the movie - big deal!!

Ranbir Kapoor - The new SRK in making

Be it his witty answers in interviews or lot of public appearances just before the release if his movie or his representation of an ideal son and ideal boyfriend - Ranbir always reminds me of Shahrukh Khan.

Like SRK, he will be seen everywhere from reality shows to talk shows just before the release of his movie and he will mingle with the crowd, he will interact with everyone in a very sweet and nice way.

Like SRK, his answers are very witty and intelligent and his interviews are always interesting and entertaining.

Like SRK, he is ultra sweet with his leading ladies at least in front of camera.

Like SRK, he is making his off-screen image of an ideal man doing full justice to all the relations around him even after being a celebrity.

Like SRK, he is making his mark with extra emotional and romantic roles.

Its too early to comment whether he is following SRK acting wise or not but offscreen his PR and Marketing skills are seems to be influenced big time from SRK.

YouTube is the new convinient theatre

Sigh is Kinng. I loved this movie. I am so surprised that people get disappointed with the movie stating that there is no story / no sense in the movie. My point is why you had such expectations at the first place. It was supposed to be a funny film and it is just that. I absolutely loved Akshay and Katrina in it and it is a great entertainer. Javed Jaffery and Om Puri as usual are brilliant. Akshay truly is a rock star.



GOD Tussi Great Ho is below average and if you have already seen Bruce Almighty then its a sheer wastage of time. The funny moment between Sohail and Salman are just the same as they were in Maine Pyar Kyon Kiya. Amitabh and Priyanka are wasted in the movie; they dont have much to do. Salman couldnt even touch Jim Carrey. Not to forget that I am a huge fan of Salman.



Mission Istanbul. A very boring movie; Producers has spent so much on special effects and stunts, I wish they would have spent something on the cast also. Besides Vivek, everyone specially Zayed disappoints in the movie. Shabbeer could have been better but he has nothing to do in the movie. Can safely avoid.



Kismat Konnection. OK movie; no harm in watching it on YouTube for free. Vidya is definitely looking elder to Shahid and I dont know why she was paired opposite to him at the first place. It doesnt have the Aziz Mirza charm and freshness. Juhie is funny in her short and comic role.



Money Hai to Honey Hai. Govinda should select his movies very carefully now. When Bhagam Bhag and Partner were hit for whatever reasons; why he want a flop to his credit. He might not get the full credit of the success of these films but he would definitely get the credit for the failure of this one. He cant do a lead role and he cannot, I repeat, cannot dance with Eesha Deol. He is a brilliant comic actor but brilliant comic actor too get old and they cant keep on doing the same thing all their lives. Avoid by all means.

Aeonflux

In 2011, a virus destroys 99% of earth's population. The movie started in a beautiful walled city survived on earth called Bregna after 400 years. As the movie is about future; there is a lot of scope of imagination which director has used beautifully. I found the buildings, roads, trains and dresses quite imaginative.

Charlize Theron played the title role of Aeonflux; an assassin from the group of rebels called 'Monicans' under the leadership of The Handler. The group's mission is finding out the reason behind the strange events of people disappearing suddenly. Aeon’s sister is also murdered for unknown reasons in the beginning of the movie.

Aeonflux and Sithandra (both assassin member of Monicans) got an assignment of killing the government's chairman Trevor Goodchild. For me, the most enjoyable scenes were the scene when they coup into the government’s building and later when they fight with each other following the Aeon refusal of killing Trevor.

Aeon got hold of Trevor in the building but something prevented her from killing him. Ultimately she discovered that she is a clone of Trevor’s late wife Cathryn and not only is she, the entire city populated by clones. The virus made people unfertile and to continue life on earth Trevor was recycling DNA of dying people and cloning them as new born babies. Trevor himself died and reborn 7 times in the movie.

There is a certain batch of people who were able to get their babies on their own. If the population increases and they lose control on who is getting clone from whom; they are running the risk of losing power, therefore, Trevor’s brother Oren was killing all the pregnant ladies in an attempt to stay in power. In fact, Aeon's sister was also killed because she was pregnant.

Aeon and Trevor fight against Oren and Handler together. Ultimately, Aeon managed to convince her friend Sithandra and Monicans to fight against Oren and his men against Handler’s wish.

Aeon also convinced Trevor that humans are meant to die and babies should be born naturally, otherwise, with every cloning their minds will be destroyed. Trevor allows her to destroy a constantly floating airship used to clone DNA.

Charlize Theron is a visual delight in the movie. She has performed all kind of stunts from jumping; running; slinking, diving, and gliding and she look gorgeous in the white gown while receiving her assignments.

The Core

Director: Jon Amiel
Star Cast: Hilary Swank, Aaron Eckhart, Tchéky Karyo, Stanley Tucci, Delroy Lindo, DJ Qualls, Bruce Greenwood, Alfre Woodard, Nicole Leroux

The movie starts with some strange incidents happening all around the world like 32 people dying suddenly due to pacemaker in Boston; thousands of pigeon suddenly lose control and created havoc in London. As an analysis of all these incidents, a geophysicist professor predicts that The Earth's magnetic field is collapsing because the outer core of earth has stopped rotating due to some reasons unknown in the beginning. Since, the field is what's protecting us from deadly cosmic rays and microwave radiation from space, so life on earth will be finished in a year or may be sooner.

At the outset the movie looks goofy and there are many controversies regarding the scientific concepts used in the movie but I don’t want to comment on them as I am no expert myself. As a movie; I found it entertaining and attention grasping.

The special effects used are as good as any other sci-fi movie. I like them better in Day after Tomorrow. There was hardly any scope of emotional bonding or humor amongst the team of five (2 scientists, a weapon expert, a professor and 2 NASA astronauts) but it has been weaved in quite brilliantly during their visit to The Core. There is not much of an action; mostly graphics and special effects are used for the thrill and excitement.

They used a sonic boring device and a remarkable material "Unobtainium"- name given by the scientist to his compound made of 37 materials to construct a Ship, Virgil, for taking the team into the core. As predicted, they met with some difficulties in their journey to save the world by starting to rotate the core again by blasting some nuclear bombs in the molten metal thereby giving it energy for rotation.

I was interested and involved throughout the movie to know what’s next. The only annoying things was the director has been too kind to his characters and no suspense was lasted for long; for everything they found the solution in practically 2 min, thus, the excitement was lacking.

IIFA Awards 2008

I found IIFA awards very entertaining much better than all the award function of all this season (though I hated them in 2007) – Ritesh and Boman were very entertaining as hosts – simply superb and it was a nice change to some new faces doing the hosting – I am bored to hilt to see the same faces over and over again. The more I see of Ritesh the more I feel there is so much of untapped potential in him; he really needs someone to take it out. Boman as usual was a thorough entertainer. Though they were also mean to an extent to the rest of the fraternity; but by no means can they give any competition to Shahrukh and Saif in Filmfare awards or Sajid and Karan in Zee Cine awards. Shahrukh’s gang comes out in public with a sole purpose to prove that Shahrukh is great and all the people Shahrukh doest like are good for nothing.

Urmila can do a better job if she doesn’t use such heavy accent – it was really not going well with her but she was looking very good :)

Now about performances:

a) Akki truly rocks and he precisely did that in the event – he ran from the stage and sang a song right amongst his fans – you read it right – he is a real dude :)
b) Clips to show nomination for movies from Ritesh and Boman – simply hilarious
c) Harry and Priyanka – Priyanka did an awesome job of matching steps with Harry
d) Kareena – I tell you something has happened to this lady – or may be success gives you the confidence – or may be the magic of newly found love - have never seen her in such spontaneity and cheerfulness. I like one thing about her; she never forgets to thank Shahid on the face of Saif for the movie – that’s professional. I wish Shahid would have also won half the no. of awards she has won for Jab We Met. Common guys he was equally good.

If you have missed the show; catch the glimpses here and don’t forget to watch the repeat telecast – there has to be one!!

Harman Baweja – the new superstar on the block

I was watching IIFA awards yesterday and the second best part (best is ofcourse from my all time favorite Akshay Kumar) of the event was Harman’s and Priyanka’s dance number.

Looks like it’s an era of long faced heroes. After Hrithik and Ranbir its Harry – in fact – he is a mix of both of them. Harry looks very promising to me in the promos of Love Story 2050; but it was a visual treat to watch him live in the award function. I have practically fallen in love with him. He is an extremely good looking hunk who can easily give Hrithik a competition in dancing.

I can confidently announce that this guy is here to stay and rule the Bollywood. Mind you, I am a real connoisseur when it comes to Bollywood actors. I have forecasted for Salman Khan in "Biwi ho to Aisi", much before the release of "Maine Pyar Kiya" that this guy will be a big star someday and see where he is today. He is still my first love :)

He is paired very aptly with Priyanka Chopra – good news for all the tall actresses – they have one more hero with whom they can dance with their high heels on.

Way to go Harry – I am eagerly waiting for your new movie to release.

Aamir - Just OKAY!

Aamir is a story of a muslim doctor who works in London and supports his family in India. He comes home to see his family and turned into a scapegoat by one the extremist group for some mission unknown to Aamir throughout the movie. He was bound to follow his instructions as his family was kidnapped. The entire movie is all about Aamir dancing to the tunes of an extremist terrorist and exploring the worst of the slum areas of Mumbai.

I was excited in the beginning as the suspense was building up and I was curious to know what will happen next or why this is happening but the same situation has prolonged too far and then I got bored and was waiting for the movie to finish. How long you can be interested in one situation that’s been shown to you for the last 1.5 hours. Aamir is an excellent debut for both the director Raj Kumar Gupta and actor Rajeev Khandelwal. I am not a die hard fan of Rajeev akka Sujal unlike many girls but to give him the right credit I do agree he is a very talented actor. After the movie I am waiting to see how he will fair in a regular Bollywood masala flick.

First of all there is no Bollywood masala stuff (item numbers, romantic angle, song and dance track etc) to break the monotony of the hero following the directions from villain over the cellphone; on the top of it the movie is tragically slow. A hard core bollywood ishtyle fan like me won’t appreciate it that much.

I didn’t like the end as I don’t like good guys dying in the movie at the end. Alt least in the reel world things should be ideal. Even though the good guy is struggling in the entire movie he should meet a happy fate in the end.