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noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:16:00 +0000

*3 Easy Ways to Die:

Take a Cigar daily - You will die 10 years early.

Drink Rum daily - You will die 30 years early.

Love Someone Truly - You will die daily.

1. A foolish man tells a woman to STOP talking, but a WISE man tells

her that she looks extremely BEAUTIFUL when her LIPS are CLOSED.

2.. One GOOD way to REDUCE Alcohol consumption :

Before Marriage - Drink whenever you are SAD

After Marriage - Drink whenever you are HAPPY

3. Three FASTEST means of Communication :

1. Tele-Phone

2. Tele-Vision

3. Tell to Woman

Need still FASTER - Tell her NOT to tell ANYONE..

4.. Love your friends not their sisters. Love your sisters not their
friends.

6.. Let us be generous like this : Four Ants are moving through a
forest.

They see an ELEPHANT coming towards them.

Ant 1 says : we should KILL him.

Ant 2 says : No, Let us break his Leg alone..

Ant 3 says : No, we will just throw him away from our path..

Ant 4 says : No, we will LEAVE him because he is ALONE and we are FOUR.

7. If you do NOT have a Girl Friend - You are missing SOME thing in
your life.

If you HAVE a Girl Friend - You are missing EVERY thing in your life.

8.. Question : When do you CONGRATULATE someone for their MISTAKE.

Answer : On their MARRIAGE.

9. When your LIFE is in DARKNESS, PRAY GOD and ask him to free you
from Darkness.

Even after you pray, if U R still in Darkness - Please PAY the
ELECTRICITY BILL.

10. Why Government do NOT allow a Man to MARRY 2 Women.

Because per Constitution, you can NOT BE PUNISHED TWICE for the same
Mistake.

Priceless…..

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:08:00 +0000

A husband wakes up at home with a huge hangover.
He forces himself to open his eyes, and the first thing he sees is a couple of aspirins and a glass of water on the side table.
He sits down and sees his clothing in front of him, all clean and pressed. He looks around the room and sees that it is in perfect order, spotless, clean. So is the rest of the house.
He takes the aspirins and notices a note on the table.
"Honey, breakfast is on the table, I left early to go grocery shopping.
Love You!"

Totally shocked with the note, he goes to the kitchen and sure enough there is a hot breakfast and the morning newspaper.
His son is also at the table, eating. He asks, "Son, what happened last night?"
His son says, "Well, you came home around 3 AM, drunk and delirious.
Broke some crockery, puked in the hall, and gave yourself a black eye when you stumbled into the door".

Confused, the man asks, "So, why is everything in order and so clean, and breakfast is on the table waiting for me?
I should expect a big quarrel with her!"
His son replies, "Oh, that! Mom dragged you to the bedroom, and when she tried to take your clothes n shoes off,

You said, "LADY LEAVE ME ALONE! I'M MARRIED!"

Moral
Self-induced hangover - $ 400.00
Broken crockery - $ 1200.00

Saying the Right Thing While Drunk - "PRICELESS "

There are truly some things that both money and MasterCard can't buy!!

Avatar Movie Review - Jeevi

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:48:00 +0000

Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver etc
Director: James Cameron
Rating: 5
Enetertainment Quotient: 90%
Genre: War/Romance/Sci-fi
Runtime: 162 min
MPAA rating: Rated PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking.

Synopsis:
The story happens in 22nd century. Human scientists discover that there is another planet called Pandora which contains rich minerals which are quite valuable. The army takes up the mission on going to Pandora and rob the minerals. But there is a problem. There is a sect of na'vis, a humanoid race are inhabitants of Pandora. They are quite tall with blue skin, golden eyes and a supple tile. There is not enough oxygen over there and human beings can't survive. The scientists invent a new process (kind of Matrix process) of Avatar which makes select human beings look-alike of na'vis and sends them across to Pandora to get more information so that their military attack would be immaculate. Jake (Sam Worthington) is a marine who lost his legs in a warfare. His identical twin brother was groomed to be an Avatar, but dies. The Colonel promises his legs back (an expensive operation) if he cooperates to be an Avatar. After going to Pandora as an Avatar, Jake realises that the sect of na'vis are kind-hearted people who co-exist with the nature. He falls in love with the local princess Neyitiri (Zoe Saldana). Jake has orders to follow, But, he learns that Colonel is destroying good people for the sake of minerals. He decides to save Pandora from humans. The rest of the story is all about how he achieves it!

It transports you into a dream world:
James Cameron adds his tremendous creativity into imaginative 3D and VFX technology and shows us how passion for movies can create path-breaking movies like Avatar. The 3D effect, visual effects and the colors transport you into a new dream world you had never imagined. Avatar is supposed to be an alien movie and aliens are supposed to be unfamiliar (that's why they are called aliens). The na'vis in this movie are excellent and they are familiar despite of blue skin, golden eyes and long tail. The na'vis bond with various animals and co-exist with them. The Pandora world is pleasant with its colors and is easy on eyes. The night vision of Pandora is a visual feast with pleasing florescence colors. There are floating mountains, flying dragons with butterfly colors, flies that look like jelly-fishes etc. The big tree is amazing.

Story with humanity and lots of moral values:
We see the story taking backseat in most of the technical extravaganzas. But Cameron made sure that he gives equal preference to storytelling in Avatar.

This film shows the greed of certain human beings who stop at nothing to achieve money/power. This film also shows the humanity of certain human beings who are willing to sacrifice everything to stop the destruction. Avatar is an eco-friendly movie.

A beautiful love story:
Princess of Pandora falling in love with a stranger from another place is an age-old and commercially successful formula. James Cameron has taken the magnificent canvas of the universe to narrate this love story.

It's a wonderland:
I felt like the 'Alice in wonderland' while watching this movie. We enter the breathtaking land of aliens and root for them throughout the movie. The background music has Indianness in it. On the whole, Avatar is an entertaining, absorbing, ground-breaking and pleasant (not alien) film. Book your tickets right away and watch Avatar in 3D format. And feel yourself extremely lucky if you got an IMAX theatre in the city you live!!

DEAL OR NO DEAL GAME

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:42:00 +0000

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Rocket Singh Movie Review

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:10:00 +0000

Harpreet Singh Bedi (Ranbir Kapoor), a young Sikh, has just graduated, and his grades are nothing to brag about. But it doesn’t stop him from launching himself into joining the ambitious, optimistic, burgeoning urban Indian workforce armed with a belief in himself and the great urban Indian career dream.

He enthusiastically takes up a job of a salesman, one of the few career options for those unable to make it to a business or engineering school. But soon, his traditional value system inherited from his grandfather who raised him begins clashing with the aggressive ways of the ‘professionals’ he aspired to join all his life.

The script and screenplay are usually considered king in Bollywood most of the time. And where the trailers click big-time, the movie always does well only with a good script, no matter what. For Hollywood freaks, it might be a different scenario, where the viewers are in for the special effects (a la the recent Transformers – Revenge of the Fallen and 2012), but in Bollywood, it is the way the story is told that attracts (or detracts, for that matter) the viewer. Coming back to the topic in question, ROCKET SINGH has a rock-solid script that doesn’t waver into dumb, enticing-looking subplots that usually spoil the show and the redundant romantic angle that gets slightly irritating for a film that has a genre that should basically not include romance – if not handled well, that is.

But it seems the writer-director combo of Jaideep Sahni and Shimit Amin respectively were quite clear on what they wanted to present to the audience, and they were clear on how they wanted to present it as well – the latter of which is something a lot of writers and directors fail to achieve. Which is why they adopted the “Chak De India” promotion strategy i.e. almost-no-promotion strategy, to increase the curiosity level. And while the music of ROCKET SINGH didn’t have much time to impact the listeners to get curious- it being released only one week before the movie release, that again reminds us of the music of Chak De Indiawhich was also low key before the movie release.

As for the characters of ROCKET SINGH, they have been well-etched and each of the main characters of the movie revolve upon the plot very closely. Even the romance angle of Shazahn Padamse has an important thing to do for some part – romance is only a fleeting subplot that doesn’t hold a lot of importance (except for you have a huge grin when you see them together).

It is Ranbir Kapoor’s character sketch, though, that completely awes you – subtle, understated and relatable. His character of a Sikh Sardar based in Mumbai totally blows you off your rocker – the nuances and habits that the character has doesn’t go over-the-top at all. No excessive Punjabi (the subtle half-Gurmukhi, half-Hindi based Punjabi is left to Prem Chopra), no excessive Bhangra dance and nothing larger-than-life at all. In fact, just like his previous Wake Up Sid, you can relate yourself to him and his character, so much so that you literally feel for his character.

I’m not really aware of the world of salesmen, but I do know enough to understand the jargon and the atmosphere (sales targets to be achieved, enticing promotions, et al). So I can safely say that Jaideep has actually written a well researched story and script, which doesn’t falter at the main atmosphere’s technicalities.

Speaking about technicalities, let’s move on with the technical aspects of the movie, which are at best, too raw and basic for a film from the banner of the illustrious Yash Raj Films. Yet they work for those exact reasons because this film isn’t shot in exotic locations places, hasn’t covered the glitziest locales, doesn’t have picture-perfect cinematography, doesn’t have fast cars, hot babes, fast editing, eclectic motion graphics et al. In fact, the title sequence at the start of the movie is so simple you wonder if this really is a Yash Raj film! But then again for a film brimming with reality, why bother to make the technicalities dramatic? So although it may look ordinary, the movie really is technically perfect and impactful.

Sound-wise, the duo of Salim Merchant and Sulaiman Merchant has given both the music and the background score of the movie, and they have done pretty decently, considering the situation of the film. The song “Gadbadi Hadbadi” might not work as a standalone audible track, but surely sets the screen on fire (and no, it’s not a lip-synced track either!) with the situation that it completely gels with. And whilst “Pocket Mein Rocket” was sorely missing as part of the end credits, one doesn’t mind. It is “Pankhon Ko” that impacts the viewer. While the song has been used twice in the movie, it doesn’t bother the viewer, because the situations are perfect for it! And the sensitivity that the scenes exude with the song playing (one at the title credits, which sets base for the movie), especially in the penultimate moments, will have you feeling half-happy, and half-sad. Telling you more will yet again divulge too much of the story so you will have to go and see it for yourself.

I cannot continue with the performances before talking about Ranbir Kapoor, who keeps improving in each movie, and how! Just like Saawariya and Bachna Ae Haseeno had him acting his most amazing first lead acts ever, Wake Up Sid gave him worldwide recognition for playing a slacker before his Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani that gave him the status of a superstar! So what is ROCKET SINGH for him you ask? It is a stepping stone for him to elevate his status even further. He totally slips into the title character of Harpreet Singh Bedi with utmost ease – in fact, he lives the character.

Shazahn Padamsee actually impresses with her short but sweet role. She is a natural, and has the potential to make it big, THOUGH it would be her decision to choose her own path in the future. Others in the cast have done amazingly well too. Mukesh Bhatt (not the producer) has done amazingly well as the peon, Chotelal “Cup-Plate” Mishra. Gauhar Khan as the receptionist is efficient and plays her role to the hilt. The bold and brash attitude in the role she plays comes alive with her performance. D. Santosh as the porn-hogging computer genius is amazingly hilarious and has played his part really well. Naveen Kaushik, who plays Nitin, is realistically efficient.

Any weaknesses you ask? Well predictability never goes out of fashion in Bollywood, does it? But although the situations are predictable in this movie, the point is, such situations keep repeating themselves in real life and that’s why we can predict them on-screen. Consequently for ROCKET SINGH, predictability doesn’t hamper the motive and the execution of the film overall – it only makes the movie increase its ‘raw’ quotient, thus increasing the charm. So while some people might accusingly point fingers at the slow pace in the first half of the film and it’s sheer predictability in some situations, this movie is all about life, so predictability cannot be ignored!

Overall, ROCKET SINGH is a very well written, well-scripted and well-executed movie, the strength of which lies in its extreme understatement, simplicity and subtle attitude; coupled with that addictive charm that was also present in Chak De India. This one has already proved it’s worth by being part of the Dubai International Film Festival – now whether it gets to prove itself at the box-office will be seen in the days to come. So empty the rockets (money) in your pocket and go watch it right now!

LOOK UP YOUR BIRTHDAY AND SEE WHAT ANIMAL YOU ARE...

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:09:00 +0000

January 01 - 09 ~ Dog

January 10 - 24 ~ Mouse

January 25 - 31 ~ Lion

February 01 - 05 ~ Cat

February 06 - 14 ~ Dove

February 15 - 21 ~ Turtle

February 22 - 28 ~ Panther

March 01 - 12 ~ Monkey

March 13 - 15 ~ Lion

March 16 - 23 ~ Mouse

March 24 - 31 ~ Cat

April 01 - 03 ~ Dog

April 04 - 14 ~ Panther

April 15 - 26 ~ Mouse

April 27 - 30 ~ Turtle

May 01 - 13 ~ Monkey

May 14 - 21 ~ Dove

May 22 - 31 ~ Lion

June 01 - 03 ~ Mouse

June 04 - 14 ~ Turtle

June 15 - 20 ~ Dog

June 21 - 24 ~ Monkey

June 25 - 30 ~ Cat

July 01 - 09 ~ Mouse

July 10 - 15 ~ Dog

July 16 - 26 ~ Dove

July 27 - 31 ~ Cat

August 01 - 15 ~ Monkey

August 16 - 25 ~ Mouse

August 26 - 31 ~ Turtle

September 01 - 14 ~ Dove

September 15 - 27 ~ Cat

September 28 - 30 ~ Dog

October 01 - 15 ~ Monkey

October 16 - 27 ~ Turtle

October 28 - 31 ~ Panther

November 01 - 16 ~ Lion

November 17 - 30 ~ Cat

December 01 - 16 ~ Dog

December 17 - 25 ~ Monkey

December 26 - 31 ~ Dove

If you are a Dog : A very loyal and sweet person. Your loyalty can never be doubted. You are quite honest and sincere when it comes to your attitude towards working. You are a very simple person, indeed. Absolutely hassle free, humble and down-to-earth!! That explains the reason why your friends cling on to you! You have a good taste for clothes. If your wardrobe is not updated with what is trendy, you sure are depressed. Popular and easy-going. You have a little group of dignified friends, all of them being quality-personified.

If you are a Mouse : Always up to some sort of a mischief! The mischievous gleam in your eyes is what makes you so cute and attractive to everyone. You are an extremely fun-to-be-with kind of person. No wonder people seek for your company and look forward to include you for all get-together's. However, you are sensitive which is a drawback. People need to select their words while talking to you. If someone tries to fiddle around and play with words while dealing with you, it is enough to invite your wrath. God bless the person then!

If you are a Lion: Quite contradictory to your name, you are a peace loving person. You best try to avoid a situation wherein you are required to fight. An outdoor person, you dislike sitting at one place for a long duration. Popular and easy-going. You are a born leader, and have it in you how to tactfully derive work from people. People love the way you always treat them. You love being loved, and when you receive your share of limelight from someone, you are all theirs!!!!

If you are a Cat : An extremely lovable, adorable person, sometimes shy, with a passion for quick wit. At times, you prefer quietness. You love exploring various things and going into depth of each thing. Under normal circumstances you're cool but when given a reason to, you are like a volcano waiting to erupt. You're a fashion bird. People look forward to you as an icon associated with fashion. Basically, you mingle along freely but don't like talking much to strangers. People feel very easy in your company. You observe care in choosing your friends.

If you are a Turtle : You are near to perfect and nice at heart. The examples of your kindness are always circulated in groups of people. You, too, love peace. You wouldn't like to retaliate even to a person who is in the wrong. You are loved due to this. You do not wish to talk behind one's back. People love the way you always treat them. You can give, give and give love, and the best part is that you do not expect it back in return. You are generous enough. Seeing things in a practical light is what remains the best trait of you guys.

If you are a Dove : You symbolize a very happy-go-lucky approach in life. Whatever the surroundings may be, grim or cheerful, you remain unaffected. In fact, you spread cheer wherever you go. You are the leader of your group of friends and good at consoling people in their times of need. You dislike hypocrisy and tend to shirk away from hypocrites. They can never be in your good books, no matter what. You are very methodical and organized in your work. No amount of mess, hence, can ever encompass you. Beware, it is easy for you to fall in love....

If you are a Panther : You are mysterious. You are someone who can handle pressure with ease, and can handle any atmosphere without going berserk. You can be mean at times, and love to gossip with your selected group. Very prim and proper. You like all situations and things to be in the way you desire, which, sometimes is not possible. As a result, you may lose out in some relationships. But otherwise, you love to help people out from difficult and tight spots when they really need you.

If you are a Monkey : Very impatient and hyper!!! You want things to be done as quick as possible. At heart, you are quite simple and love if you are the center of attraction. That way, you people are unique. You would like to keep yourself safe from all the angles. Shall your name be dragged or featured in any sort of a controversy, you then go all panicky. Therefore, you take your precautions from the very beginning. When you foresee anything wrong, your sixth sense is what saves you from falling in traps. Quite a money minded bunch you people are!!

Hilarious Mail from a frustrated victim of chain mails

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:05:00 +0000

I wanted to thank all my friends and family

who have forwarded chain letters to me in

2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and

continuing it in 2009 also

Because of your kindness:

* I stopped drinking Coca Cola after I found

out that it's good for removing toilet

stains.

* I stopped going to the movies for fear of

sitting on a needle infected with AIDS.

* Forwarded hundreds of mails but still

waiting for FREE DESKTOP, LAPTOP, CAMERA,

CELL PHONE etc….

* I smell like a wet dog since I stopped

using deodorants because they cause cancer...

* I don't leave my car in the parking lot or

any other place and sometimes I even have to

walk about 7 blocks for fear that someone

will drug me with a perfume sample and try to

rob me.

* I also stopped answering the phone for fear

that they may ask me to dial a stupid number

and then I get a phone bill with calls to

Uganda, Pakistan, Singapore and Tokyo.

* I also stopped drinking anything out of a

can for fear that I will get sick from the

rat faeces and urine.

* When I go to parties, I don't look at any

girl, no matter how hot she is, for fear that

she will take me to a hotel, drug me, then

take my kidneys and leave me taking a nap in

a bathtub full of ice.

* I also donated all my savings to the Amy

Bruce account. A sick girl that was about to

die in the hospital about 7,000 times.. (Poor

girl! she's been 7 since 1993...)

* Still open to help somebody from Nigeria

who wants to use my account to transfer his

uncle's property of $ 100 million. So much

trustworthy.

* I have forwarded 35 emails to 400 people

hoping that Ericsson or Nokia will send me

latest mobile phones but those models are

also obsolete now.

* Made some Hundred wishes before forwarding

those Ganesh , Tirupathi Balaji pics etc. Now

most of those 'Wishes' are already married

(to someone else)

How a Computer Geek Sleeps at Night

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:58:00 +0000

How to keep an idiot busy for hours !

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:53:00 +0000

Got it.............No, Then PM ME

What S/W Guys will name their Business

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:34:00 +0000

Gods Test on Men and Women

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:30:00 +0000

Men and women on earth die and go to heaven.

God comes and says: -

"I want the men to form two queues, one line for the men who had control over their women, and the other one for the men who were controlled by their women. Also, I want all the women to go away so that no man and woman can talk."

Next time God comes back, the women are gone, and there are two lines.

The line for the men who were controlled by their women is 100 miles long, and in the line of men who had control over their women there is only one man.

God gets mad and says, "You men should be ashamed of yourselves. I created you in my image, and you were all controlled by your mates. Look at the only one of my sons who stood up and made me proud. Learn from him!"

"Tell them, my son, how did you manage to be the only one in this line?"

"The man replies, I don't know, my wife told me to stand here."

The Princess and the Frog HD Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:31:00 +0000

Nine HD Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:36:00 +0000

Did You Hear About the Morgans HD Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:29:00 +0000

Crazy on the Outside: Theatrical Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:10:00 +0000

Death at a Funeral: Theatrical Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:08:00 +0000

Veer - Theatrical Trailer HD

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:05:00 +0000

Old Dogs (2009) - HD Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:47:00 +0000

Release Date: November 25, 2009

Director: Walt Becker

Writers: David Diamond, David Weissman

Cast: John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, Seth Green, Ella Bleu Travolta, Lori Loughlin, Matt Dillon

Plot: Two friends and business partners find their lives turned upside down when strange circumstances lead to them being placed in the care of 7-year-old twins.

Genre: Comedy

Ninja Assassin HD Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:23:00 +0000

Release Date: November 25, 2009

Director: James McTeigue

Writers: Matthew Sand, J. Michael Straczynski

Cast: Rain, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles, Sho Kosugi, Rick Yune

Plot: A young ninja turns his back on orphanage that raised him, leading to a confrontation with a fellow ninja from the clan.

Genre: Action

Me and Orson Welles HDTrailer

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:39:00 +0000

Release Date: November 25, 2009

Director: Richard Linklater

Writers: Holly Gent Palmo, Vincent Palmo Jr.

Cast: Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay, Ben Chaplin, Kelly Reilly, Eddie Marsan, Leo Bill, Imogen Poots, Aidan McArdle

Plot: A teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Ceasar" directed by a young Orson Welles in 1937.

Genre: Drama

The Road (2009) - HD Movie Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:28:00 +0000

Release Date: November 25, 2009

Director: John Hillcoat

Writers: Joe Penhall, Nick Wechsler

Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Robert Duvall, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Kodi Smit-McPhee

Plot: A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing: just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food--and each other.

Genre: Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Armored -2009 - HD Movie Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:05:00 +0000

Release Date: December 4, 2009

Director: Nimrod Antal

Writer: James V. Simpson

Cast: Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Skeet Ulrich, Amaury Nolasco, Andre Jamal Kinney, Milo Ventimiglia, Fred Ward, Columbus Short

Plot: A guard for an armored truck company is coerced by his veteran coworkers to steal a truck containing $10 million.

Genre: Drama | Thriller

De Dana Dan – (2009) – Hindi Movie Review

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:04:00 +0000

Movie Review: De Dana Dan;

Star Cast:

Akshay Kumar,

Sunil Shetty,

Paresh Rawal;

Katrina Kaif,

Neha Dhupia,

Sameera Reddy;

Director: Priyadarshan;

Rating: **1/2

PRIYADARSHAN'S LATEST offering De Dana Dan, seems like a reprisal of the hit Hera Pheri, with the talents of Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal combined again. Sadly, after the two hours forty minutes film gets over, you realise how far it stands from that comedy caper.

When Akshay Kumar's character Nitin, who is a chauffeur in sad circumstances, talks about the condition of his ragged uniform, it feels as if he is giving the film its most honest review. The belt is supported a pyjama drawstring, the buttons might fall off at any moment and how nothing seems top be holding together. What makes the film more doomed by its makers, is how Priyadarshan, in the credits which few stay on to watch, has no intention to call himself the director – it says "Filmed by….".

Like every film directed by Priyadarshan, this too gets several-unrelated-yet-related-characters who shriek when they speak and gets them together for all star finale, when all 26 of them strive to find a way to escape the hotel in the end. There are kidnappers who nab a dog, murderers and body deliveries and the above mentioned trio that is rarely together.

Akshay Kumar is the handyman servant, who is the butler, cook, driver,watchman and gardener to industrialist Archana Puran Singh who settled in Singapore. He wants to marry Anjali (who else but Katrina Kaif?), who gives him financial support. His best friend Ram (Suneil Shetty) comes to Singapore, seeking wealth from foreign shores and ends up as a courier delivery boy. Conveniently, he finds wealthy Manpreet (Sameera Reddy), whose parents refuse to let them get hitched.

Meanwhile, Harbans (Paresh Rawal) wants to make more money and decides to get his soon married to a wealthy girl. He sees Manpreet as a suitable candidate and impresses her family by pretending to be equally rich, almost like Anupam Kher in Dil.

The two heroes receive ultimatums to get rich quick or lose their lady loves and promptly decide kidnapping is the only way to do so. In the midst of this, Priyadarshan throws in Chinese Don (Asrani), a hired assassin (Johny Lever), an police inspector (Sharat Saxsena), a club dancer (Neha Dhupia), a letch (Shakti Kapoor), a drunken waiter (Rajpal Yadav) and a dead body. The situation deteriotes to a bad copy of Blame it on the Bellboy.

While the audience would strive to follow all of the riddled plotlines and some genuinely funny moments like Manoj Joshi's red in the fact act, they can also stick to listening to the music by Pritam or croon along to Paisa, the track given by RDB. The composition is good and one can say a lot about the technical soundness of Ahamabaram's work.

Word to the wise,

Try not to plan the weekend simply on De Dana Dan.

God is watching

noreply@blogger.com (aios) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:44:00 +0000

The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray:

'Take only ONE. God is watching.'

Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies.

A child had written a note, 'Take all you want. God is watching the apples.'