BOLLYWOOD STARS

Search On for clues in Conn. house fire that killed 5

2011-12-27T01:58:00.000-08:00

Investigators were talking to a New York City advertising executive and an acquaintance who survived a Christmas morning house fire that killed her three daughters and her parents to try to determine what caused the blaze.

Madonna Badger, who was having work done on the home she bought for $1.7 million last year, was released from hospital Monday.

The home was demolished Monday due to the fire damage and safety concerns.

Badger's three daughters — a 10-year-old and 7-year-old twins — and her parents, who were visiting for the holiday, died.

Badger's father, Lomer Johnson, had worked as a Santa at Saks Fifth Avenue's flagship store in Manhattan. "Mr. Johnson was Saks Fifth Avenue's beloved Santa, and we are heartbroken about this terrible tragedy," spokeswoman Julia Bently said.

Neighbors said they awoke to the sound of screaming shortly before 5 a.m. on Christmas morning and rushed outside to help, but they could only watch in horror as flames devoured the grand home and the shocked, injured survivors were led away from the house.

Badger, an ad executive in the fashion industry, is the founder of New York City-based Badger & Winters Group. A supervisor at Stamford Hospital said she was treated and discharged by Sunday evening.

Sandra Bullock - The Hollywood's Hottest Star Shining Shining...........

2011-12-27T01:06:00.000-08:00

Sandra Annette Bullock (born July 26, 1964) is an Academy Award-winning American actress and producer who rose to fame in the 1990s after roles in successful films such as Demolition Man, Speed, The Net, A Time to Kill, and While You Were Sleeping. She continued with films such as Miss Congeniality, The Lake House, and Crash, the third of which received critical acclaim. In 2007, she was ranked as the 14th richest female celebrity with an estimated fortune of US$85 million. In 2009, Bullock starred in the most financially successful films of her career, The Proposal and The Blind Side. Bullock was awarded a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, and the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her role as Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side. She has been listed in the Guinness Book Of World Records as the Highest Paid Actress of 2012 with $56 million.

Sandra Annette Bullock was born in Arlington, Virginia. Her father, John W. Bullock (born 1925), was a United States Army employee and part-time voice coach from Birmingham, Alabama, and her mother, Helga D. Meyer (1942–2000), was a German opera singer and voice teacher. Bullock's maternal grandfather was a rocket scientist from Nuremberg, Germany. John Bullock, then in charge of the Army's Military Postal Service in Europe, was stationed in Nuremberg when he met his wife. They married in Germany, soon moving to Arlington, where John Bullock worked with the Army Materiel Command, before becoming a contractor for The Pentagon.

Bullock frequently accompanied her mother on her opera tours throughout Europe. She spent time in Salzburg and Nuremberg, where she stayed with her aunt and grandmother and became fluent in German. Bullock studied ballet and vocal arts as a child, taking small parts in her mother's opera productions. She sang in the operas children's choir at the Staatstheater Nürnberg.

Bullock attended Washington-Lee High School, where she was a cheerleader and performed in high school theater productions. After she graduated in 1982, she entered East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. However, she dropped out in her fourth year in spring of 1986, just three credits short of graduating, to become an actress. She moved to Manhattan and supported herself as a bartender, cocktail waitress, and coat checker. She later completed her coursework and graduated from East Carolina University.

Filmography

Filmography- Movies featuring Sandra Bullock

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Feature films
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Hangmen	Lisa Edwards
1989	Religion, Inc. (aka "A Fool and His Money")	Debby
1989	Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman	Kate Mason
1989	Who Shot Patakango?	Devlin Moran
1989	The Preppie Murder	Stacy
1990	Lucky/Chances	Maria Santangelo
1992	Who Do I Gotta Kill? (aka "Me and the Mob")	Lori
1992	When the Party's Over	Amanda
1992	Love Potion No. 9	Diane Farrow
1993	The Vanishing	Diane Shaver
1993	The Thing Called Love	Linda Lue Linden
1993	Demolition Man	Lt. Lenina Huxley	Nominated—Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress
1993	Fire on the Amazon	Alyssa Rothman
1993	Wrestling Ernest Hemingway	Elaine
1994	Speed	Annie Porter	Saturn Award for Best Actress MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo (with Keanu Reeves) MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Female Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (with Keanu Reeves)
1995	While You Were Sleeping	Lucy Moderatz	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Female
1995	The Net	Angela Bennett/ Ruth Marx
1996	Two If by Sea	Roz
1996	A Time to Kill	Ellen Roark	Blockbuster Entertainment Awards for Favorite Actress Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance
1996	In Love and War	Agnes Von Kurowsky
1997	Speed 2: Cruise Control	Annie Porter	Nominated—Razzie Award for Worst Actress Nominated—Razzie Award for Worst Screen Couple (with Jason Patric)
1997	Making Sandwiches	Melba Club	Debut—Sundance Film Festival; also writer, director, and producer
1998	Hope Floats	Roberta "Birdee" Pruitt	Executive Producer
1998	Practical Magic	Sally Owens	Co - Producer
1998	The Prince of Egypt (animated film)	Miriam	(Voice)
1999	Forces of Nature	Sarah Lewis
2000	Gun Shy	Judy Tipp	Producer
2000	28 Days	Gwen Cummings
2000	Miss Congeniality	Gracie Hart/ Gracie Lou Freebush	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Also Producer
2002	Murder by Numbers	Cassie Mayweather /Jessica Marie Hudson	Executive Producer
2002	Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Siddalee Walker
2002	Two Weeks Notice	Lucy Kelson	Producer
2004	Crash	Jean Cabot	Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated—Gotham Awards for Best Ensemble
2005	Loverboy	Mrs. Harker
2005	Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous	Gracie Hart	Producer
2006	The Lake House	Kate Forster	Teen Choice Award for Best Liplock (with Keanu Reeves)
2006	Infamous	Nelle Harper Lee	Hollywood Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress
2007	Premonition	Linda Hanson
2009	The Proposal	Margaret Tate	Teen Choice Award for Best Dance (with Betty White) Teen Choice Award for Best Romantic Comedy Actress Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Chemistry(with Ryan Reynolds) Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer: Movie Star—Female Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Liplock (with Ryan Reynolds) Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (with Ryan Reynolds) Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance Nominated—People's Choice Award for Favorite On Screen Team(with Ryan Reynolds) Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Producer
2009	All About Steve	Mary Horowitz	Producer Razzie Award for Worst Actress Razzie Award for Worst Screen Couple (with Bradley Cooper)
2009	The Blind Side	Leigh Anne Tuohy	Academy Award for Best Actress Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress (tied with Meryl Streep) Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Teen Choice Award for Best Actress Drama MTV Generation Award Nominated—Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated—Denver Film Critics Award for Best Actress Nominated—Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated—Washington D.C. Area Films Critics Association for Best Actress
2011	Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
2012	Gravity		Post-production

Dev Anand - A Bollywood Style Icon

2011-12-26T06:04:00.000-08:00

Dev Anand, the style icon of 1950s and 1960s, scripted a fashion statement with his scarves, mufflers and jackets and his singnature puff, inspired by his childhood ideal Gregory Peck. The newage designers describe him as a trendsetter and a mentor who gave a fillip to Bollywood fashion.

Thanks to his good looks, further enhanced by his stylish wardrobe and on-screen romantic image portrayed in songs like 'Abhi na jao chodkar', 'Jia o' and 'Khoya khoya chand', Dev Anand had girls swooning over him. There was a time when female fans frenzy reached such a crescendo that they started sending him letters in their blood especially after seeing him in a black suit. Such was his persona that he was 'banned' from wearing a black suit in public.

'I think, he was never scared of following his mind when it came to dressing up. He was someone who took that extra mile to start up those trends which were considered bold and experimental during the 1960s. He gave mufflers worldwide recognition and that too in various forms,' designer Nida Mahmood told IANS.

'The two films which I actually remember of him where he was portrayed as the true style icons was 'Heera Paana' and 'Hare Rama Hare Krishna'. He crossed all boundaries to invent trends which were never seen before in the Hindi film industry and scarf was one of them,' she added.

Do you remember Shah Rukh Khan in 'Mohabbatein' (2000) where he is seen wrapping sweaters around his shoulders? that style was actually introduced by Dev Anand in his 1973 movie 'Heera Panna'.

Arpan Vohra says Dev saab created style 'not only in reel but also in real life. His signature strip black trousers, cap wore on one side, bright cardigans and scarves tied around his neck created sensation.'

'How can we forget his effortless attempt of wearing sweaters on shoulders, which became a rage. He was the one who invented fashion 40 years back but people still follow it whole-heatedly. He gave fresh flowers a new meaning with his movie 'Hare Rama Hare Krishna' by using it as an accessory. When we talk about retro look, the first individual which comes to our mind is Dev Anand and that's what he is known for in glamour world,' he added.

The actor was climbing the success ladder in the 1960s, which is said to be one of the most fashion-conscious periods in recent history. Apart from his wardrobe, he exercised a profound influence on the youth with his puffed hair style.

'The way he created sensation in 1960's was daring, especially his little puffed hairstyle. He was the one who started the trend of boy next-door, neat look. I will consider him as the father of fashion in the lead actors wardrobe. The kind of longevity he had when it comes to making a trend popular is phenomenal. Before him, I can only remember Prithvi Raj Chauhan,' said designer Rahul Mishra.

The realisation that no one can bring back that era in Bollywood saddens Mishra.

'I think that era will never come back because right now people are too much influenced by outside world. Rather than creating their own style, many people are looking at the West. But I would say Dev saab was the global style icon as his style and sense of dressing infected the entire world. How can we forget that at one time he was termed as the true competitor of Elvis Presley because of his hair style,' he added.

The 'Guide' star's clothing sense has not failed to inspire or motivate the current lot of designers and Abhishek Dutta says he would love to dedicate a collection inspired by Dev saab.

'I would consider him as the one who revived Bollywood in true sense through his style and presentation. The way he used vibrant colours in his wardrobe was phenomenal especially because people during that time were living in black and white period.

' In 'Guide', I saw him crossing boundaries and bringing in the entire new concept to the Bollywood fashion especially with his shirts and buttoned up look. I would definitely want to make a collection keeping his style in mind,' said Dutta.

Porn Star Sunny Leone in limelight after becoming Indian Big Boss family member

2011-12-26T05:58:00.000-08:00

Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny Leone has replaced Katrina, Kareena and Aishwarya as India's most googled celebrity. Leone is also all set to make her Bollywood debut opposite Rahul Bhatt. Reports suggest that the Bhatt camp has already announced that Leone will play the lead in 'Murder 3'.

Rahul Bhatt participated in last season's Bigg Boss and Leone is the new entrant this season. The Bhatts had earlier approached Leone for a film titled 'Blue Film' but she had turned down the offer. Now, she'll make her debut in 'Murder 3' but not opposite Emraan Hashmi, Rahul Bhatt will make his debut with her.

फिल्म स्ट्रगलर्स

2011-11-19T22:19:00.001-08:00

हिंदी फिल्मो में लोग १०० रूपये से लेकर से १००० रूपये के हिसाव से काम करते है वह भी डेली के मजदूर है कभी काम मिलता है कभी नहीं | हर किसी के मन इच्छा होती है वह किसी दिन बड़ा एक्टर , डांसर , सिंगेर ,डिरेक्टर , रायटर बनेगा | फिल्म स्ट्रगलर्स मुंबई में चाल में रहकर फिल्म स्ट्रगलर्स करने पर मजबूर है , वह किसी भी कीमत पर अपनी मंजिल पर पहुचना चाहते है चाहे कुछ हो |

बॉलीवुड में लूटेरो की कमी नहीं है वह काम दिलाने के नाम सब कुछ लूट लेते है | मै एक दिन फिल्म कॉमेडियन एक्टर कवि अहसान कुरैशी का साक्षात्कार लेने गया ,| कुरैशी जी बोले गंगवार जी हम वेर्सोवा में काफ्फी होम में मिलते है | साक्षात्कार का टाइम पहले से निश्चित था | कुरैशी जी थोडा सा लेट हो गए , मैंने सोचा जरा भाई दूसरी तरफ का नजारा भी देख लू . |

मै इधर उधर टहल रहा था तभी मेरी नजर ४ फुट के आदमी पर पड़ी | वह मोबाइल लेकर इधर उधर चक्कर काट रहा था. कभी वह मुझे घूरता तो कभी मै उसे घूर लेता | थोड़ी देर बाद वह आकर बोला ,क्या आपको एक्टर बनना है , मैंने भी मजाक में बोला की भाई बनवा दो | खैर कुछ देर बाद वह अपनी जात पर उतर आया | बोला बॉस बॉलीवुड में काम येशे नहीं मिलता है |

मै बोला भाई तरीका बता दे | वह तपाक से बोला तुम्हारी गर्ल फ्रेंड है मैंने हां कर दी | फिर आपको काम मिल सकता है उसे देखना पड़ेगा | मै बोला भाई ,मुझे काम चाहिए गर्ल फ्रेंड को नहीं ? अरे यार उसके बलबूते पर ही तुमको काम मिलेगा . ? मै उसका इशारा समझ चुका था |

तभी पीछे से आवाज आयी अवे क्या मुर्गा मिला की नहीं ? मै बोला -भाई मुर्गा काटने के चक्कर में एक घंटा से पका रहा है तब तक मुझे कुरैशी जी का फ़ोन आ गया मै उधर से चलता बना ? बाकी की कहानी बाद में ?

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Katrina Kaif Pictures

2011-07-25T08:39:00.000-07:00

Shah Rukh Khan Pictures

2011-07-25T06:36:00.000-07:00

Sweet Little SRK

2011-07-25T05:20:00.000-07:00

Sweet little - SHAH RUKH KHAN

sweet little Shah Rukh tanking a bath

Shah Rukh's beloved parents

Shah Rukh playing and drinking Coke

SHAH RUKH KHAN - Biography - Fact File

2011-07-25T05:18:00.000-07:00

First Name: Shah Rukh

Last Name: Khan

Called: The King Khan, Baadshah of Bollywood

Day of Birth: 2nd of November, 1965

Place of Birth: Talwar Nursing Home (Rajinder Nagar) New Delhi-India

Shah Rukh was born with the umbilical cord entangled around his neck. A nurse said that it was by the blessings of Hanuman and that he would be a very lucky child.

Mother: Fatima Begum

(a social worker and a first class magistrate, who died of complications from diabetes in 1991)

Father: Mir Taj Mohammed

(a lawyer and a freedom fighter, who died of cancer in 1981)

Siblings: one sister named Shehnaz fondly called Lala Rukh

Zodiac Sign: scorpio

Religion: Muslim

Height: 5'9'' (around 1,75 m)

Weight: around 75 kg

Eyes: magic brown

Hair Color: shiney black Education:

High School: St. Columbia High School In New Delhi.

College: Graduated from Hansraj College, & then Masters in Mass Communication from Jamiya Miliya Islamiya, New Delhi

Qualifications and Achievements: Masters; A Brilliant Student

Sword of Honour to the most outstanding student

The Ravi Subramani award

The Sujit Memorial award

He captained all teams in football, hockey, and cricket

He was also good in dramatics

He was a king in Hindi, Electronics, Biology

Occupation: actor, producer

If not an Actor: In the arm force or a school teacher.

Start his Career: in a TV serial called "Fauji"

Film Debut: Deewana (2002)

Hobbies & Interests: his family, his work, playing computer games

Martial Status: Married, since October 25, 1991 with Gauri Chibber / Khan (born 8th of October 1970)

Children: son Aryan (born on the 13th of November, 1997)

daughter Suhana (born on 22nd of May 2000)

Shah Rukh Khan dreams of animation role

2011-07-25T04:57:00.000-07:00

He's probably one of the world's most recognisable faces but Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan would love to star in an animated film.

"It is my dream to be a part of an animation film and I would love to play a character or even myself for that matter in it someday," said the 42-year-old actor at a promotional event late on Tuesday."I love animation and in fact at one point I was involved in doing an animated film but unfortunately it didn't work out."Khan, who has acted in about 63 films and is arguably the industry's most bankable actor and one of the world's most famous stars due to India's huge cinema-going population."I love animation and in fact at one point I was involved in doing an animated film but unfortunately it didn't work out."Unlike Hollywood that has attracted several leading stars like Angelina Jolie and Will Smith, the Indian animated film industry has only just started to rope in celebrities.

Earlier, Disney collaborated with India's Yash Raj Films Studios -- known for its mushy Bollywood romances -- to produce a series of computer-animated films for Indian audiences.

ShahRukh Khan

2011-07-25T04:48:00.000-07:00

The story of this site begins with the first movie I saw with ShahRukh – it was 'Veer Zaara'. From that day on I was tied to this wonderful human. The movie was very nice and I was not able to stop my tears for a long time after the finish – knowing it was just a movie - not real, but it was not only the story, whom have finally touched me so deeply, it was ShahRukh Khan who have touched my soul - not the actor, not the man - just the human ShahRukh Khan. I could see right in his heart and face myself, it was a mystic thing, I can’t really explain it, because there are no words to describe this feeling. I am not spiritual but I know God give me a look into his heart, he show me such a beautiful soul – and can see myself in it.

I spend sleepless nights, trying to find out, what’s happened with me and I get curious about who this wonderful human is, who has occupied my whole thinking and feelings. I read a lot about him, see all his movies and felt more and more closer to him. And than I see 'Swades' and nearly the same thing happened like during I saw 'Veer Zaara'. I was born in another country, not in the place I live now and I can't never forget the home in my heart, the country, the people, the traditions, the culture, the mentality and that kind of human being. It was like being one with ShahRukh in the movie. - feeling what he felt and I know, this was not only a role he plays. This was ShahRukh Khan playing himself.

No question - life here is easier, I have all what I need – all material things - but here it’s not my home and it will never be – I will remain a stranger for the rest of this life. All these luxury things around me, they don’t make me happy, they don’t warm my heart. I appreciate a very simple life – simple peoples with pure hearts and good values, this is what I desire. These people I find in Bollywood movies and for a few hours my heart feels like reaching his home.

It's so easy for me to understand his feelings in "Swades". I saw ShahRukh's two worlds too – on DVD and I recognized, that my feelings were right, he is like my heart told me from the first moment I saw him - the most wunderful human I have ever seen in this world - live or on screen there is nobody like him - an angel with a heart of gold. He is such a great personalitiy - a silent and sensitive human, large-hearted and down-on-earth with a sweet natural shyness. He never must explain his feelings, you feel what he feels at the same time.

To describe him with the words from 'Veer Zaara':

I know someone who is willingly give up his life for the persons he loves, a person whose eyes are honest and whose words have honour, a man who can forsake everything for his beloveds, a person to whom it makes no difference who or what someone is. Shahrukh knows, we all are humans under the heavens above and there is just one God taking care of us, we have only different ways to praise him.

He is the best actor I know – there is no one who can be compared with him, because in the movies attached to real life, he doesn’t play roles, he plays just himself. His style to act is very special - he put honesty and authenticity in all the roles he plays. With him a movie stands or falls. Whatever he does, it is reliable, Whatever the role requires, he is able to fulfils it. When he smiles, it’s like the sun comes up, when he’s happy, his face shows pure luck and when he’s hurt, his eyes shows the pain. Seeing his pain I desire to embrace him and just hold him - not the acor, not the man, just the human.

I feel much closed to Shahrukh Khan the human – I love him really much a innocent way - like a sister her brother – the brother I’ve lost when I was 12, now 25 years ago – I love him like a human loves another human – the way Gods rules asks. It’s not a woman’s love for a man – it was never this kind of love. I know he is married and my character does not permit me to desire what belongs to someone else. I know there is a special kind of love between him and his wife and that he loves his kids so much.

I take his own words for my wish: I hope all his beloveds just keep him happy. I do wish from the bottom of my heart, that he never has tears in his eyes – or when, only because of luck – that he never feels pain and that he always keeps smiling. I know I am nothing to him and I know, I will never be, I guess, he will not even know that I exist, but he gives me so much with these two wonderful movies and his own kind of human being. It helps me to love life again, to take sadness with a smile, he gives me hope - knowing I’m not alone – I thank God, that he has send this angel with such a beautiful mind, heart and soul to earth and let me breathe the same air like him.

Rani asks in 'Veer Zaara': Is he a human pretending to be God or is he a God disguised as human? I don't know the answer, but I know he is special. To know him helps you to get a better human. He brings out the best values in everyone, a really holy charakteristic.

I have nothing to give him back, so I honour him with this site, made with all my love and I say it at least again with his own words: Shahrukh, I understand that you belong to someone else, and there's nothing between us, nor can ever be, but where ever, whenever you need a friend, a sister or everything else, just remember, there is someone in this world, who will give his life for the most beautiful kind of human being in this world – for YOU. Please never forget: somewhere, someone loves you more than life. Take care Shah Rukh Khan and may God bless you and your beloveds! Live long and still remember: Main Hoon Na :)

Ghar Baithe Jeeto Jackpot

2011-07-20T11:36:00.000-07:00

Hi, Freinds another oppurtunity for those who missed KBC 5, the Star Anchor Amitabh Bachchan will ask questions for this scheme by Sony TV from July 22nd 2011 at 8:30 pm. So Keep Watching n trying.

The Hangover Part II - Hollywood Movie

2011-06-23T04:35:00.000-07:00

The Hangover Part II is a 2011 American comedy film and sequel to 2009's The Hangover. The film stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis. Todd Phillips directed a script written by him, Craig Mazin and Scot Armstrong.

The film was produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Production began in October 2010 and the film was released in the United States on May 26, 2011.

Casting:

Bradley Cooper as Phil Wenneck

Ed Helms as Dr. Stuart "Stu" Price

Zach Galifianakis as Alan Garner

Justin Bartha as Doug Billings

Ken Jeong as Leslie Chow

Jeffrey Tambor as Sid Garner

Jamie Chung as Lauren, Stu's fiancée

Bryan Callen as Samir, a smarmy strip club owner in Bangkok

Mason Lee as Teddy, Lauren's brother

Paul Giamatti as Kingsley, an undercover Interpol agent

Sasha Barrese as Tracy Billings, Doug's wife

Gillian Vigman as Stephanie Wenneck, Phil's wife

Yasmin Lee as Kimmy

Nirut Sirijanya as Lauren's father

Story:

Two years after their escapade in Las Vegas, Stu (Ed Helms), Phil (Bradley Cooper), Doug (Justin Bartha), and Alan (Zach Galifianakis) are traveling to Thailand to celebrate Stu's impending wedding to Lauren (Jamie Chung). Much to Alan's dismay, they are joined by Lauren's younger brother, Teddy (Mason Lee). During Lauren's father's (Nirut Sirijanya) toast, he shows his disapproval of Stu by comparing him to rice porridge. At the end of the night, Stu hesitantly joins Phil, Doug, Alan and Teddy for a beer. Sitting at a campfire and roasting marshmallows, the group toast to Stu and Lauren's future happiness.

The following morning, Phil, Stu and Alan, along with gangster Leslie Chow (Ken Jeong) (whom Alan befriended after Las Vegas) and a chain-smoking capuchin monkey, awaken in a dirty hotel room in Bangkok. Stu has a face tattoo, and Alan's head is completely shaven. However, they cannot find Teddy, only discovering his severed finger. Chow begins recalling the events of the prior night, but his heart stops after snorting a line of cocaine. Panicked, the trio dispose of Chow's body in an ice machine.

Through a tip from Doug (who left early the last night and is still at the resort), they go to a prison to pick up Teddy but are given a wheelchair-bound elderly Buddhist monk, who knows more about what happened, but does not reveal anything: he has taken a vow of silence, and rejects also an alternative such as writing something down. After finding a business card, they travel to a neighborhood smouldering in ruins. They enter a nearby tattoo parlor, where they learn that they had started a fight that escalated into a riot. The trio then return the monk to his Buddhist temple, where they are encouraged by the head monk to meditate. Alan is able to recall a strip club that they had gone to. There, they learn that Stu had engaged in sex with a katoey prostitute. Upon exiting, the trio is attacked by two Russian mobsters from whom they had stolen the monkey, and Phil is shot in the arm.

After Phil is treated at a clinic, Alan confesses that he had drugged some of the marshmallows from the previous night with muscle relaxants and ADHD medication in order to sedate Teddy but accidentally mixed up the bags. After noticing an address and time point for a meeting written on Alan's stomach, the trio meet up with another gangster, Kingsley (Paul Giamatti), who demands Chow's bank account code and password by the next morning in exchange for Teddy. They return to the hotel to try to find Chow's password, only to discover that he is still alive. They steal the monkey (who had the code inside his jacket) back from the Russian mobsters through a violent car chase, during which the monkey is shot and injured. After taking the code and leaving the monkey at a veterinary clinic, the group complete the deal with Kingsley. Suddenly, Interpol agents appear and arrest Chow. Kingsley turns out to be an undercover agent, who tells the trio that the police have searched all day for Teddy but were unable to find him.

Desperate and out of clues, Phil once again calls Doug's wife Tracy. Stu then has an epiphany and the trio rushes back to the hotel and find Teddy in the elevator unharmed (albeit still missing a finger). Teddy had woken up in the middle of the night to get more ice for his severed finger (after the first bucket of ice had melted) but became trapped after the power went out. The four use Chow's speedboat, the keys for which were in Teddy's pocket, to travel back to the wedding reception. Arriving just as Lauren's father is about to cancel the wedding, Stu makes a defiant speech where he rejects being boring and instead states that he is in fact quite wild. Impressed, Lauren's father gives the couple his blessing. After the wedding continues on, Alan presents Stu with a special gift at the post-reception dance: a musical guest performance by Mike Tyson. Teddy later discovers that he had taken many pictures during the night on his mobile phone. Once again, the group, along with Tyson, agree to look at the pictures together once before erasing the evidence of their exploits. The screen goes black as the group (in response to the first film) exclaim in shock to the photos (which, just like the first film, play over the ending credits).

Kung Fu Panda 2 - Hollywood Animation

2011-06-23T03:45:00.000-07:00

Kung Fu Panda 2 is a 2011 3D American computer-animated action comedy film and the sequel to the 2008 film Kung Fu Panda. The cast of the original film reprised their voice roles. The film was released on May 26, 2011 in Real D 3D and Digital 3D.

Story:

Long ago, Lord Shen (Gary Oldman), heir of the peacock clan that ruled Gongmen City in China, sought to harness the power of fireworks as a weapon with which to rule the entire country. When he learned from the court's goat soothsayer (Michelle Yeoh) that "a warrior of black and white" would one day defeat him, Shen assumed she was referring to the giant pandas and had them exterminated to avert the prophecy. Shen's parents were horrified at this atrocity and exiled Shen, who swore revenge.

Years later, Po (Jack Black) is living his dream as the Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, the Furious Five, but is told by Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) that he has yet to achieve inner peace. While fighting off a pack of wolfbandits who have been stealing refined metal for Lord Shen, Po is distracted by a symbol on the head wolf's (Danny McBride) armor, which causes Po to have a flashback of his mother and allows the wolves to escape. Po asks his goose father, Mr. Ping (James Hong), where he came from, but all Ping can tell him is that he found Po as an infant in a radish crate and adoptedhim.

Afterward, Shifu receives word that Master Thundering Rhino (Victor Garber), leader of the kung fu council protecting Gongmen City, has been killed by Lord Shen with his newly developed weapon, a cannon, with which he intends to destroy kung fu tradition and conquer China. Po and the Five go to stop him, reaching Gongmen City to find it under the control of Shen's forces. The heroes find two imprisoned council members, Masters Storming Ox (Dennis Haysbert) and Croc (Jean-Claude Van Damme), and ask their help to liberate the city, but both masters cite their helplessness against Shen's weapon and refuse to escape. Po and the Five are then discovered by the wolf leader, who they chase to prevent him from alerting Shen, only to be captured.

Upon being brought before Shen in his tower, Po and the Five free themselves and destroy Shen's cannon. However, Po is again distracted by a flashback upon seeing the same symbol as before on Shen's plumage, allowing Shen to escape and destroy the tower with an arsenal of cannons. After escaping, Tigress (Angelina Jolie) confronts Po over his distraction. Po explains that he remembers Shen's presence on the night he was separated from his parents, and wants to question Shen about his past. Though empathetic, Tigress orders him to stay behind for his own safety.

Regardless, Po breaks into Shen's cannon factory to confront Shen, inadvertently foiling the Five's attempts to destroy the factory. Shen claims that Po's parents abandoned him before he blasts Po out of the factory and captures the Five. Po is rescued by Shen's soothsayer, who has been exiled by Shen to the ruined village where Po was born. Guided by the Soothsayer to embrace his past, Po remembers that his parents had sacrificed themselves to save him from Shen's forces, his mother hiding him in a crate before being subdued. Realizing that he had lived a happy and fulfilling life despite this tragedy, Po attains inner peace.

Po returns to Gongmen City to save the captive Five and prevent Shen's conquest of China. During the ensuing battle (in which Ox and Croc participate after being persuaded by Shifu), Po uses his inner peace to enable a kung fu technique that redirects Shen's cannon fire against his own armada and destroy it. Po then urges Shen to let go of his own past, but Shen refuses and attacks Po until Shen inadvertently slashes the ropes holding up his last cannon, which falls and crushes him to death. Victorious, Po returns to the Valley of Peace and reunites with Mr. Ping, lovingly declaring him to be his father. At the same time, Po's biological father (Fred Tatasciore) is shown to be living in a far-off hidden village inhabited by surviving pandas, and senses that his son is alive.

Casting (Voices):

Jack Black as Po

Angelina Jolie as Tigress

Dustin Hoffman as Master Shifu

Gary Oldman as Lord Shen

Jackie Chan as Monkey

Seth Rogen as Mantis

Lucy Liu as Viper

David Cross as Crane

James Hong as Mr. Ping

Michelle Yeoh as Soothsayer

Danny McBride as Wolf Boss

Dennis Haysbert as Master Storming Ox

Jean-Claude Van Damme as Master Croc

Victor Garber as Thundering Rhino

Michael Bell as Gorilla Guard No.1

Fred Tatasciore as Po's Dad, Gorilla Guard No.2

West is West - Indo-British Comedy Movie

2011-06-23T03:30:00.000-07:00

West Is West is a 2011 British comedy-drama film, which is a sequel to the 1999 comedy East Is East. It stars Aqib Khan, Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Ila Arun and Jimi Mistry, is written byAyub Khan-Din, directed by Andy DeEmmony, and produced by Leslee Udwin for Assassin Films and BBC Films.

The film premiered 12 September 2010 at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and had a limited UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on 19 October 2010. It will be on general UK release in February 2011 and at the UK premiere Ayub Khan-Din confirmed that a third film about the British Pakistani Salford, Greater Manchester family is being planned. The U.S. premiere was on 7 March 2011 at the Miami International Film Festival.

The story is set in 1976, five years after the story in East Is East. Father George Khan is worried that his youngest son, Sajid, now 15, is turning his back on his Pakistani heritage, so he decides to take him for a visit to Pakistan. While the movie is set in Pakistan, it was in fact filmed in India.

Both films are based on the writer's own life as a young man in Salford in the 1970s, with Sajid being his alter ego; the script was loosely based on a draft of a screenplay about his life in Pakistan as a 13-year-old.

Story:

Manchester, North of England, 1975. The now much diminished, but still claustrophobic and dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan, the runt of the litter, is deep in pubescent crisis under heavy assault both from his father's tyrannical insistence on Pakistani tradition, and from the fierce bullies in the schoolyard. So, in a last, desperate attempt to 'sort him out', his father decides to pack him off to Mrs Khan No 1 and family in the Punjab, the wife and daughters he had abandoned 35 years earlier. It is not long before Ella Khan (Mrs Khan No2) with a small entourage from Salford, England, swiftly follows to sort out the mess, past and present.

X-Men: First Class - Hollywood Movie

2011-06-23T03:00:00.000-07:00

X-Men: First Class is a 2011 American superhero film directed by Matthew Vaughn. Based on the characters appearing in Marvel Comics, it is a prequel to the X-Men film series. X-Men: First Class was released on June 1, 2011 in the UK and on June 3 in the US.

The film is set primarily in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis and focuses on the relationship between Charles Xavier and Magneto and the origin of their groups, the X-Men and theBrotherhood of Mutants. The film stars James McAvoy as Xavier and Michael Fassbender as Magneto. Other cast members include Kevin Bacon, January Jones, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, Zoë Kravitz, Nicholas Hoult and Lucas Till. The film was mostly shot in England and parts of the United States.

Casting:

James McAvoy as Dr. Charles Xavier

Michael Fassbender as Erik Lensherr

Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw

Jennifer Lawrence as Raven

January Jones as Emma Frost

Rose Byrne as Dr. Moira MacTaggert & Others

Story:

At a German concentration camp in occupied Poland in 1944, scientist Dr. Schmidt observes young Erik Lensherr bend a metal gate with his mind when the child is separated from his parents. In a Westchester County, New York mansion, young telepath Charles Xavier meets homeless young shape-shifter Raven. Overjoyed to meet someone else "different" like him, he invites her to live with his family. In his office, Schmidt orders Lensherr to similarly move a metal coin on a desk, and kills his mother when the child cannot. Lensherr's out-of-control magnetic power manifests, killing two guards and destroying the room, much to Schmidt's delight.

In 1962, an adult Lensherr is tracking down Schmidt to take revenge. In England, Oxford University graduate Xavier is publishing his thesis on mutation; Raven, now his foster sister, lives with him. In Las Vegas, CIA agent Moira MacTaggert follows U.S. Army Colonel Hendry into the Hellfire Club, where she sees Sebastian Shaw, Emma Frost, and Azazel. After Shaw threatens Hendry, Azazel disappears with the officer; moments later Hendry is in the War Room, advocating that the U.S. install nuclear missiles in Turkey. Shaw later kills Hendry, revealing himself as Schmidt and demonstrating the energy-absorbing mutant power that has de-aged him.

MacTaggert, seeking Xavier's advice on mutation, convinces him and Raven to join her at the CIA, where they convince Director McCone that mutants exist and Shaw is a threat. Though McCone refuses to employ the mutants, they are sponsored by the unnamed "Man in Black Suit", another CIA executive. Xavier tracks Shaw down, arriving in time to stop Lensherr, who had attacked Shaw, from drowning as Shaw escapes. Xavier brings Lensherr to the CIA's secret "Division X" facility. They meet young scientist Hank McCoy, a prehensile-footed mutant whom Xavier inadvertently outs as a mutant. McCoy, developing a bond with Raven, promises her he will find a way to normalize their appearance. Xavier uses a mutant-locating device, Cerebro, to find and recruit mutants for training to stop Shaw. He and Lensherr find stripper Angel Salvadore; taxi driver Armando Muñoz, who takes the code name Darwin; Army prisoner Alex Summers, who calls himself Havok; and Sean Cassidy, who dubs himself Banshee. Raven takes the name Mystique.

When Frost meets with a Soviet general in the USSR, Xavier and Lensherr capture her. Meanwhile, Azazel, Riptide and Shaw attack Division X, killing everyone but the young mutants and offering them the chance to join him. Angel accepts; when Darwin tries to fight back, Shaw kills him. With the facility destroyed, Xavier takes the mutants to train at his family mansion. McCoy devises protective uniforms and a stealth jet. In Moscow, Shaw compels the general to have the Soviet Union install nuclear missiles in Cuba.

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, U.S. President John F. Kennedy institutes a blockade to stop a Soviet freighter from moving the nuclear missiles to Cuba. Shaw, wearing a helmet that foils Xavier's telepathy, accompanies the Soviet fleet to ensure the missiles arrive, trying to trigger World War III and achieve mutant ascendency. Raven goes to seduce Lensherr, who convinces her to embrace her nature as a mutant. Later, McCoy offers Raven his cure for her appearance, but she refuses. The cure backfires on McCoy, rendering him a leonine beast. Though ashamed of his new appearance, he pilots the mutants and MacTaggert to the blockade line. In an ensuing battle with Shaw, Lensherr takes the helmet for himself, allowing Xavier to immobilize Shaw. Despite Xavier's objections, Lensherr kills Shaw by forcing the concentration camp coin through his brain.

Fearing the mutants, the fleets fire their missiles at them. In a struggle, Xavier keeps Lensherr from destroying the fleets with the missiles, but when MacTaggert fires at Lensherr, a deflected bullet hits Xavier in the spine. Lensherr, remorseful, leaves with Mystique, Angel, Riptide and Azazel. A wheelchair-bound Xavier and the mutants return to the mansion, where he intends to open a school. MacTaggert promises to never reveal his location and they kiss; at the CIA later, she says she has no clear memory of recent events. Lensherr, in a uniform with the helmet and calling himself Magneto, breaks Frost from confinement.

Green Lantern - Hollywood Movie

2011-06-23T02:44:00.000-07:00

Green Lantern is a 2011 superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. The film stars Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, with Martin Campbell directing a script by Greg Berlanti and comic book writers Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim, which was subsequently rewritten by Michael Goldenberg. Green Lantern was released on June 17, 2011, in 3D. Now in India......................

Cast:

Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan

Blake Lively as Carol Ferris

Peter Sarsgaard as Dr. Hector Hammond

Mark Strong as Thaal Sinestro

Angela Bassett as Dr. Amanda Waller

Tim Robbins as U.S. senator Robert Hammond

Temuera Morrison as Abin Sur

Taika Waititi as Thomas Kalmaku & others.

Story:

Millions of years before the Earth was formed, a group of beings called the Guardians of the Universe used the green essence of willpower to create an intergalactic police force called the Green Lantern Corps. They split the universe into 3,600 sectors, with one Green Lantern per sector. One such Green Lantern, Abin Sur of Sector 2814, defeated the fear-essence being Parallax and imprisoned him in the Lost Sector (Sector 666) on the ruined planet Ryut. However, in the present day, Parallax escapes from his prison. Six months later, after killing four Green Lanterns and destroying two planets, Parallax attacks Sector 2814 and mortally wounds Abin Sur, who escapes and crash-lands on Earth. The dying Abin Sur commands his ring to find a worthy successor on the planet.

Ferris Aircraft test pilot Hal Jordan is chosen by the ring and transported to the crash site, where Abin Sur appoints him a Green Lantern. At home, accidentally charging the ring, Jordan is whisked away to the Green Lantern Corps home planet of Oa, where he meets and trains with Tomar-Re and Kilowog. He encounters Corps leader Sinestro, who is not pleased that a human - which is primitive compared to other species - has become a Green Lantern. With Sinestro seeing him as unfit and fearful, Jordan quits and returns to Earth, keeping the power ring and battery. Meanwhile, after being summoned by his father, Senator Robert Hammond, to a secret government facility, scientist Hector Hammond performs an autopsy on Abin Sur's body. A piece of Parallax's DNA inside the corpse injects itself inside him, mutating the scientist and giving him telepathy and telekinetic powers, at the cost of his sanity. After discovering that he was only chosen due to his father's connections, Hammond resentfully attempts to kill his father by telekinetically sabotaging his helicopter at a party. However, Jordan uses his ring to save the senator and the party guests - including his childhood sweetheart, Ferris manager and fellow test pilot Carol Ferris, who later recognizes Jordan under the suit and mask. Shortly afterward, Jordan encounters Hammond, who succeeds in his second attempt to kill his father by burning him alive. Both Jordan and Hammond realize Parallax is on his way to Earth.

Back on Oa, the Guardians tell Sinestro that Parallax was originally one of them, Krona, until he desired to control the yellow essence of fear, ultimately becoming the embodiment of fear itself. Believing the only means to fight fear is by fear itself, Sinestro requests for the Guardians to forge a ring of the same yellow power, preparing to concede Earth's destruction to Parallax in order to protect Oa. However, Jordan appears and tells Sinestro not to use the yellow ring and for the Corps to help him protect his planet from Parallax's imminent invasion. They deny his request, but allow Jordan to return and protect his home planet.

Upon returning to Earth, Jordan saves Ferris from Hammond injecting her with Parallax's DNA. Parallax arrives, consuming Hector's life force for failing to kill Jordan, and then wreaking havoc on Coast City. Jordan wards Parallax away from Earth and toward the Sun - using the Sun's gravity to pull and disintegrate the entity. He loses consciousness after the battle, but is saved by Sinestro, Kilowog and Tomar-Re before the entire Green Lantern Corps congratulate him for his bravery. Jordan tells Ferris he now bears the responsibility of protecting his sector as a Green Lantern.

During the end credits, Sinestro takes the yellow ring and puts it on.

Amitabh will soon be a GrandPa

2011-06-22T04:24:00.000-07:00

Bollywood's star couple -- Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai -- are expecting their first baby.

Superstar Amitabh Bachchan, the expectant granddad and Abhishek's father, spilled the beans on the microblogging site Twitter tonight to say his daughter-in-law Aishwarya is pregnant.

"NEWS NEWS NEWS !! I AM GOING TO BECOME A GRANDFATHER .. AISHWARYA EXPECTING .. SO HAPPY AND THRILLED !!!," (sic) Bachchan Sr tweeted.

The baby will be the couple's first child.

Abhishek(35) and Aishwarya(37) tied the knot on April 20, 2007.

Aishwarya has not personally confirmed she is pregnant. But Archana Sadanand, the publicist for the former Miss World, said there is nothing more to add other than what Amitabh had said.

My item number will make Dabangg 2 special- Maliaka Arora Khan

2011-06-19T08:07:00.000-07:00

Are the words said by Malaika Arora Khan after receiving ‘Sensation of the Year’ at the first ever Jeeyo Bollywood Awards presented by PVR Cinemas and UTV Movies.

In a television interview the actress did confirm that she will return to her Munni avatar in Dabangg 2, which is slated to kick off from next year. Malaika won the sensation of the year for her Munni stint in Dabangg.

Jeeyo Bollywood Awards are first of its kind where viewers not only vote celebrities but also personally present the trophies to them. Malaika over came competition from another fierce competitor Sheila aka Katrina Kaif.

Well, if you are done with Munni, then be ready for some more badnaami as Mrs. Arbaaz Khan has promised it.

Avan Ivan -Tamil

2011-06-19T07:52:00.000-07:00

The versatile director Bala who has given revolutionary films in a realistic manner in the past such as Sethu, Nandha, Pithamagan & Naan Kadavul is now back with Avan Ivan starring Arya Vishal, RK, Surya, Janani Iyer & Madhu Shalini in the lead roles. He has one several National Film Fare Awards for his best direction and his current flick Avan Ivan is another masterpiece work which promises to add another credit to his career.

Avan Ivan is simultaneously released in Telugu as Vaadu Veedu. Avan Ivan is produced by Kalpathi S Aghoram under the banner AGS Entertainment PVt. Ltd. Bala who was always known for intense movies has now tried a full lenght comic genre flick for the first time and promises to tickle your bones for this weekend.

Avan Ivan deals with cow smuggling and is set in the backdrops of Theni. Vishal & Arya play as two petty thieves where RK plays the baddie.

Arya`s is playing the role of Kumbudren Samy while Vishal comes as Walter Vanangamudi and the new comers Madhu Shalini plays the role of Thenmozhi and the love interest of Arya & Janani Iyer as the innocent police constable who play the love interests of Vishal. The shooting of Avan Ivan was taken in Theni, Tenkasi, Senkottai, Ambasamudram, Coutrallam & Chenni.

Highlights of the Movie

Firstly & Undoubtedly it`s Bala`s direction

Dailogues, lyrics & Music

Outstanding Performance of Vishal

Kollywood hearthrob Surya in guest appearance

New comers Madhu Shalini & Janani Iyer who jell into their character

Story:The distinctive screenplay of Bala`s 'Avan Ivan' is all about the two brothers of the same father but different mothers, who has lot of ego clashing all the time inbetween them. Both Kumbudrean Sami (Arya) & Walter Vanangamudi (Vishal) will carry us to the interval in a simple way with outstanding timing of comedies between them, is perfect to watch on the Big Screen. GM Kumar who acts as Jammen adds his part of humour to the scenes.

Kumbudren samy`s mother is played by Ambika while Jaya Prabha plays the role of Arya`s mother. Both the families had rivalary between them but an incident that happens in their family brings them together. The entry of RK as villain creates some kind of disturbance among the family members and what happens to Arya & Vishal is to be watched in the Big Screen

Surya plays the cameo role in the movie where he comes to attend a public meeting and talks about his Agaram Foundation & its Operations.

Screen Performance:

Vishal has played the role of transgender with a squint eye and his performance can be noted & enjoyed in every frame that he acted. The credit goes to the Director Bala who can make anyone act like Kamal or Sivaji. Vishal`s character in this movie is a landmark in his career. Vishal was given lot of scope to perform and he too excelled giving an outstanding performance

Arya as an younger brother to Vishal did his role well with his best dailogue delivery and comedy

Yuvan`s musical tracks Avana Pathi Nan Pada Pore & Oru Malayoram were the best of the lists to watch & humm...

Janani Iyer as innocent police constable and the love interest of vishal did justice to her role.

Madhu Shalini another new comer who played the love interest of Arya also did her part well

'Avan Ivan' a rib-tickling flick ready to refresh & entertain you for this weekend.

Love Express

2011-06-19T07:40:00.000-07:00

Love Express movie is a romantic comedy tracing the journey of two parallel love stories in a train full of Baraatis from Amritsar to Mumbai. A young couple on the way to their own wedding wants to break-up, while the other couple wants to make up after a five-year-old break-up.The first couple plots to break their wedding because it’s an arranged marriage – arranged by their parents who have been friends for decades - but they are definitely not amenable to an arranged marriage and would prefer to find their own match. So they hatch a plan and are successful but at a heavy cost to their families. Is it too late for them to make amends? A series of situations with several twists and turns take place during this fun-filled and eventful journey on Love Express - a joyride through a Punjabi wedding on wheels that makes you laugh and touches your heart.With most of the lead actors and technicians including debutant director Sunny Bhambhani being alumni of Whistling Woods’ first batch, Love Express is a Subhash Ghai presentation of a Mukta Searchlight production.

This film has been a low-key affair, a small budget film devoid of stars, not much publicized and now hardly being written about. Nevertheless, under the aegis of Subhash Ghai, it comes from the banner Mukta Searchlight which has produced films like Iqbal, Jogger’s Park and Nauka Dubi earlier. Why this film is worthy of attention is that it has been made (well, almost) by the students of Subhash Ghai’s film school Whistling Woods International in Mumbai. Most of the artists and technicians in the film, including director Sunny Bhambhani are the products of a film school, which raises expectations and makes one curious to see their work.

One would expect such a film to be novel, experimental and above all, fresh. The film is a huge disappointment in this regard. There is hardly any freshness about the film; it is the type that conforms to the safest tradition of storytelling in Bollywood. At a time when Hindi cinema is really coming-of-age, Love Express transports you back in time with its conventional script, garish dialogues and a tinge of melodrama. This is also a time when many debutant directors are hinging their films on style which if nothing more, shows their exposure to cinema of different kinds; but this film refrains from making any style statement either. One will feel deceived if one tries to look for any cinema in this drama-on-train saga, it even feels like a soap opera playing on screen at times.

Why a soap opera? There is a grand setting and there are characters playing out their roles, everything a bit over-the-top. The plot unfolds, and the problem and the resolution happen all on a train journey from Amritsar to Mumbai. One keeps wondering if the setting could have been a bit more realistic: the train is shown to have a cafeteria, a bar and ample space for the vivacious Punjabis to break into song and dance sequences time and again. The film is entirely shot in Whistling Woods Studios and the fact of the far-from-real train wouldn’t have nagged so much had it not been a film from students. Aren’t people passing out of films schools supposed to be more innovative and realistic in their approach to filmmaking?

That said, Love Express can’t be written off so easily. It is warm and entertaining and it succeeds if that is what the purpose of the film is. It is packed with the story of two “rocking-shocking” Punjabi families, some funny situations, and lots of loud and over-the-top Punjabi-ness in a train full of baaratis. The film stands true to the Punjabi ethos and is enjoyable. There is a couple (Sahil Mehta and Mannat Ravi) which finds itself trapped in an arranged marriage and tries tricks to break it off. Then comes the twist in the story following which they eventually fall in love (what did you expect?). There is a parallel story of another couple (Vikas Katyal and Priyam Galav), who had broken up sometime back and meet by chance on the same train. It’s a happy ending for all.

The actors making their debut in Love Express manage to impress as much as the veterans playing the family and the extended family in the film. Om Puri in the role ofdadaji is adorable, and the romance between the aged dada-dadi in the film really heart-warming! Mannat Ravi stands out in her role as the supposedly coy, actually chirpy and talkative Punjabi lass. The problem is that we have seen it all earlier. Why must film school students play so unimaginatively safe, is a bit difficult to understand.

Bheja Fry 2

2011-06-19T07:29:00.000-07:00

Bheja Fry 2 is a sequel of Bheja Fry which turned out to be an unexpected blockbuster hit in 2007. After four years of long gap the sequel of this flick is back as Bhejha Fry 2

Bheja Fry 2 introduces some new faces and the expectations were already set high with the success of Bheaj Fry in the past but the sequel fails to impress the audience this time.

Vinay Pathak is back in his comical role as Bharath Bhusan who has won a lottery in a TV show called 'Ao Guess Karein which is similar to Kaun Banega Crorepati. Bharath Bhushan wins a free trip on a luxury cruise where he happens to find his love interest Minisha Lamba & a businessman Ajith Talway played by Kay Kay Menon who is trying to evade from the Income Tax Department.

Ajith Talwar comes to know from reliable sources that an Income Tax Officer is on board and he suspects Bharath Bhushan to be the Income Tax officer and tries to get rid of him. A lot of unexpected twists & turns takes place that both Ajith Talwar & Bharath Bhushan are left on a secluded island where Bharath Bhushan takes a ride on Ajith annoying him to his best.

Bharath Bhushan fails to impress the audience this time with all his gags falling flat in all the sequences and looks like Bheaja Fry 2 was just made to encash the success of Bheja Fry but Bharath Bhushan`s one sided love for Ranjini is the only appealing factor to watch. The flow of screenplay fails miserably by not creating any interesting sequences in the flick. 'Bheja Fry 2' could have been better flick with aspiring script & interesting sequences, echoing the succes of Bheja Fry.

KBC 5: Answer to Question 5 for Idea Subscribers

2011-06-12T08:33:00.000-07:00

Q: Which of the following events took place in Kurukshetra?

Ans: Geeta Updesh Option D

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KBC 5: Answer to Question 9

2011-06-04T13:44:00.000-07:00

Egyptian president's name

A) Answer C (Hosni Mubarak)

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If your answer is Option D, call on 1255504

Subscribers of all other operators will require to send in their registrations via SMS only.

AMITABH BACHCHAN - KBC 2011:Format for SMS

Subscribers can send in the SMS’ on the below mentioned numbers:

- IDEA subscribers have to send in their SMS to 554567. Idea subscribers also have an option to
send an SMS to 5252525.

- BSNL Mobile subscribers have to send in their SMS to 52525

- Subscribers of all other operators can send their SMSs to 5252525

All registration through SMSs need to be in the following format:

“KBC <space>< A/B/C/D> <space><Age in completed years> <space><Gender>”.

e.g.: If the correct answer to the question aired is “A” according to you, you are 21 years and 10 months old and are a
male; you are required to send “KBC A 21 M”.

During the Idea Pass, Idea subscribers are required to send SMSs in the following format:

“KBC <space>< Answer Option (A/B/C/D)>”

e.g.: If the correct answer to the question aired is according to you is “A”; you are required to send
“KBC A”.