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London Dreams

2010-01-28T17:45:00.000-05:00

Year released: 2009Director : Vipul ShahActors: Ajay Devgan, Salman Khan , Asin and Om PuriThe story of London dreams is in short about Arjun (played by Ajay Devgan) and his ambition to become a successful rock star at any cost. His friend and confidante from his village Manu (played Salman Khan) thoroughly approves and encourages him. Arjun's uncle brings him to London to raise him after his

An all time classic....

2010-01-22T14:44:00.000-05:00

This song by Lata Mangeshkar from the movie Mera Saaya is one of my all time favorites. This song defines evergreen, definitely a classy number. The movie Mera saaya has a lot of beautiful songs but this one tops the list, at least for me :-) Music for this movie is by Madan Mohan. Enjoy:-)

Movie Review of Dil Hai Tumhara (2002)

2008-12-30T09:31:00.000-05:00

This is a movie that I remember having seen when it was first released but do not remember it making any kind of impression on me. Recently when I came across this movie again I decided to give it another try. This movie stars Rekha (Sarita), Arjun Rampal (Dev), Preity Zinta (Shalu) and Mahima Chaudhary (Nimmi). The movie is about Shalu who from childhood feels slighted by her mother Sarita and

Movie Review of Yuvraaj (2008)

2008-12-11T17:12:00.001-05:00

This was one of those movies that I started to watch with no idea of any background nor had I watched any promos or heard any songs,as a result this movie was something that I went in with no expectations either way.Yuvraaj comes from the Subhash Ghai stable of movies and has been produced, directed and written by Subhash Ghai. In the past he has made successful films like Karz, Hero, Karma and

Review of Producers Guild Apsara Awards 2008

2008-11-11T08:25:00.000-05:00

I got a chance this past weekend to see the Producers Guild Apsara Awards. This is the first time I have had a chance to see this particular award show and I understand these awards are being given by the producers and other members of the film industry, so it is a little different from the other awards that are normally given by different media like Filmfare, Screen India etc.The show was okay

Songs from Welcome to Sajjanpur (2008)

2008-10-31T13:18:00.002-04:00

For those of you who haven't had a chance to check out the songs of Welcome to Sajjanpur here are a couple of songs that I found were very pleasant and melodious. The video is simple like the movie but the tunes are what I find more interesting. For a review of the movie check hereSource thanks to Youtube

Movie Review of Kidnap The Film (2008)

2008-10-22T12:35:00.002-04:00

Sonia (Minissha Lamba) lives with her mother Mallika (Vidya Malvade) and grandmother (Reema Lagoo). She yearns to meet her father Vikrant Raina (Sanjay Dutt) who has been divorced from her mother since she was ten years old and whom she has not seen since that time. Angry with her mother for not allowing her to approach her father she goes for a swim on some deserted beach and gets kidnapped from

Movie Review of Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008)

2008-10-08T17:57:00.002-04:00

Bachna Ae Haseeno is a movie from Yash Raj Productions and directed by Siddharth Anand who previously directed Salaam Namaste starring Saif Ali Khan and Priety Zinta. The first half of Bachna Ae Haseeno is the story of Raj Sharma (played by Ranbir Kapoor) and the three different women at different stages of his life,first comes Mahi (played by Minissha Lamba), thenRadhika (played by Bipasha Basu

Movie Review of Welcome to Sajjanpur (2008)

2008-10-01T17:45:00.003-04:00

Shyam Benegal a director well known for his alternate/art movies directs Welcome to Sajjanpur. The movie is about a little village in India called Sajjanpur with a lot of colorful characters.The story revolves around Mahadev (played by Shreyas Talpade) who is one of the few literate persons in the village. He is an aspiring novelist who is the letter writer for the entire village. Kamala (played

Movie Review of Mujhse Dosti Karoge (2002)

2008-09-19T16:31:00.004-04:00

Mujhse dosti karoge starring Hrithik Roshan as Raj,Kareena kapoor as Tina and Rani Mukherjee as Pooja comes from the house of Yash Raj movies directed by Kunal Kohli (a film critic turned film director).This movie starts with three child stars playing the roles of Raj,Tina and Pooja and their friendship set at the backdrop of Simla. Apparantly they are good friends but Raj even in his childhood

Can Priyadarshan make non-comedy movies.....

2008-09-15T15:11:00.001-04:00

Apparently he can and he has.It seems director Priyadarshan well known for his comedies like Hera Pheri, Hungama, Hulchul ,Garam Masala to name a few, has recently made a movie called Kanchivaram, a movie that is said to be completely unlike any of his earlier movies.The movie Kanchivaram made in Tamil is about a pre-independence era Kanchipuram silk weaver and his story unfolds against the back

Movie Review of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na (2008)

2008-09-11T13:15:00.001-04:00

Bollywood has some traditions,one of them being that whenever new actors need to be launched most likely they will get launched in a story about young romance.Case in point movies like Bobby, Maine Pyaar Kiya and Qayamat se qayamat tak which launched Rishi Kapoor, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan respectively.This tradition is continued with Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na made to launch Aamir's nephew Imraan

Music Review of Kismet Konnection

2008-09-05T16:10:00.002-04:00

After the dazzling success of the music of Jab we Met by music director Pritam, the bar was set higher for the music of Kismet Konnection.The music of this movie can be simply summed up as a let down.There are some hummable tunes no doubt and definitely the song " Is this love-Kahin na laage" by Mohit Chauhan and Shreya Ghoshal will probably linger and has to be the most melodius number from this

Music Review of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na

2008-09-02T17:28:00.001-04:00

The music of Jaane tu ya Jaane na is by music director A R Rehman. As is normally the case any movie with music from this talented music director causes high expectations. The tunes in this film are young sounding and fresh in keeping with the spirit of the movie.The best song of the album is definitely Kahin to Hogi woh sung by Rashid Ali and Vasundhara Das which flows melodiously and will

Munnabhai series director working on next movie !

2008-08-28T17:42:00.003-04:00

Director Rajkumar Hirani who made earlier movies like Munnabhai and Lage Raho Munnabhai is working on his next movie called "3 Idiots ".This movie like the earlier two is also being produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, who produced the Munnabhai series too and also produced movies like Parineeta.The starcast is the most interesting aspect of the film I guess, since the movie is said to star Aamir Khan

Sequel to Mr India being made !

2008-08-21T16:09:00.001-04:00

One of the most successful movies of the eighties from bollywood was undoubtedly Mr India.The story of Arun (Anil Kapoor) a good hearted guy raising a whole bunch of orphans and struggling to make both ends meet.He decides to rent out a room in his home to earn some extra cash and the person renting from him turns out to be Seema (Sridevi) who hates kids and noise which leads to some hilarious

Movie Review of Kisi Se Na Kehna (1983 )

2008-08-19T17:34:00.001-04:00

Story about Kailash Nath (Utpal Dutt), a widower who has raised his son Ramesh ( Farooq Shaikh) by himself.When it is time for his son to get married, Kailash nath goes to meet a few girls and is very disappointed with their behaviour. He blames their behaviour on their learning the English language and concludes that he wants his son to marry a girl who does not know any English at all and is

New Program called "Sajid's Superstars"

2008-08-14T13:06:00.002-04:00

A new TV show is being planned called "Sajid's Superstars" to be hosted by none other than Sajid Khan the director of Heyy Babyy. The program is said to be a different type of talk show where Sajid will interview different stars like Ranbir Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt. For those of you who are not familiar with Sajid ,he has a zany sense of humor and a proclivity to poking fun at movies/sequences in

A movie on the life of Kishore Kumar

2008-08-11T15:25:00.003-04:00

One of the unparalleled singers of Indian music is unarguably Kishore Kumar.He has sung some fantastic songs in his career and has inspired a whole generation of fans with his voice.A new movie is being planned on the life of the legendary singer/actor Kishore Kumar.The film is being produced by UTV.The script of the film is going to be written by Renzil D. Silva.Shoojit Sarcar is the man in

Kismet Konnection Review

2008-08-02T09:59:00.005-04:00

A simple love story set in the backdrop of Toronto Canada between a struggling architect Raj Malhotra ( played by Shahid Kapoor) and Priya (no last name given) (played by Vidya Balan)The movie starts with a series of sequences showing general lucklessness of Raj. He has been out of college for five years and is yet to make his mark in the world.He is a hard worker but extremely unlucky as is