Roshni went in to be critical and came out loving the movie. She ends her post with this message for the Shiv Sena
As I part, a quick word to the popular Shiv Sena: Get Over It. What did you ever think? That you could take the Bollywood gene out of us with your threats to [...]
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From Hum Dil Chuke to Love Aaj Kal
Published by February 5th, 2010 in Bollywood, Cinema and India. 1 CommentAnju Gandhi overhears the conversation of two girls who had recently seen Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Love Aaj Kal
A , “ I don’t understand why did Ash get married to Ajay Devgan, when she was already in love with Salman? Why didn’t she run away from her house?
B ,” how could she? She [...]
Memsaab delves into Aamir Khan’s Rancho: (Don’t miss some superb on-set photos of 3 Idiots)
Rancho’s fundamental problem is that he has no flaws. He gets top marks effortlessly, he is wise beyond his years, he is clever. He is too perfect for words, and thus becomes a sometimes obnoxious caricature: his philosophizing quickly becomes preachy [...]
Over at The Indian Muslim Blog, Mohd. Ziyaullah Khan is worried about Amitabh Bachchan cozying up with Narendra Modi
So is it a confused move of his that he applauds a person like Modi, or is it a kind of ‘tasting the water’ theory, which he has adopted in order to see the mood of his [...]
Chetan Bhagat, the fourth idiot.
Published by January 3rd, 2010 in Bollywood, Books and Cinema. 9 CommentsIs Chetan Bhagat trying to be the fifth Beatle in the 3 idiots story? Gaurav thinks it is all about the money.
And the contract, which Chopra has put up on his website, clearly states that Bhagat will be mentioned in the “rolling credits”, which appear at the end of the movie. And he has been [...]
Chetan Bhagat talk about the lack of credit for 3 Idiots even when the book is the base of the movie. Let me add a disclaimer that I have not read Five Point Someone and now for sure I am not going to see the movie.
The case is as simple as the makers claiming the [...]
Darshit likes it
Moreover, big relief is that, Raju and Abhijat Joshi – the writer duo -has taken only bits from the novel and whenever he has done that, it is done exactly same what’s written in the book. Nowhere he has tried to change that. On the other side, most of the storyline is developed [...]
Harshit thinks you should watch it
Overall, Paa, which belongs to Auro, is probably the best movie of the year. It’s big on emotions, good at wit, harsh on media, gives some funny moments, and has imperfect characters who strive to do good. It has negatives but it gives you a lot of positivity too. Go, [...]
Lean and unhealthy
Published by October 25th, 2009 in Bollywood, Business, Cinema, Culture and Women. 0 CommentsRum remembers the days when actors didn’t have to starve to look good on screen and blames Kareena Kapoor and Deepika Padukone for starting an unhealthy trend:
I’m not gonna hate on all naturally skinny gals like Anushka Sharma, or others but its just that Kareena Kapoor is going all out to promote an unreal expectation [...]
Bollyviewer has been laid up with a nasty strep-throat the last few weeks and has been on the lookout for good masala movies to improve her outlook on life. So she zeroes in on a 1971 film starring Dharmendra called Rakhwala. it is not likely that you would have read a review of a typical [...]
Memsaab lists her ‘favorite 60’s ‘Western’ songs’:
Lately I’ve had my iPod repeating a playlist that I put together of songs from 1960s films that are just bubbling over with western charm: guitars, trumpets, double basses, and the odd ukelele or two are used in what still remain quintessentially Hindi film songs. These are songs that [...]
Movie Review : Dil bole hadippa
Published by September 19th, 2009 in Bollywood, Cinema and Review. 1 CommentThis film had problems – predictable story, the whole holier-than-thou spiel, and an overdose of Punjab ke sarson ke khet (mustard fields). Inspite of all this, “Dil bole hadippa” was a decent entertainer and I gave it an above average rating. Why ?
Well, firstly because it was relatively clean. . . And secondly, for a [...]
Jaane tu ya jaane na : pros and cons
Published by September 18th, 2009 in Bollywood, Cinema and Review. 0 CommentsBeth loves Bollywood reviews “Jaane tu ya jaane na” remarking strongly on the personality of the film and dwelling on a Bollywoodian female type – the Manic Pixie Dream Girl :
My most significant complaint is probably with the character of Aditi, who is of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl type that I utterly loathe, [...]
Movie Preview : What’s your Rashee ?
Published by September 16th, 2009 in Bollywood, Cinema and Preview. 5 CommentsIn this film, a guy, Yogesh Patel, wants to meet 12 women in 10 days to select the woman of his dreams. I think this film will be fun, but my . . er . . womanly instincts want to give Yogesh :
. . . a swift kick in the back-side, and natural cynicism raises [...]
Music Review : Blue (or Merriam-Webster’s definition of Chiggy-wiggy)
Published by September 12th, 2009 in Bollywood, Cinema and Music. 6 CommentsBy now everyone and his uncle have heard “Chiggy Wiggy”. What ! you haven’t ? No, worries, my dear – Blogbharti is here (I sometimes contemplate starting up a poetry blog but people dissuade me). But I digress.
Bhargav Saikia wants to chiggy-wiggy :
Chiggy Wiggy will be a big hit with Kylie Minogue fans and that’s [...]
I quite liked this low-key, humorous film :
Ranjit Kapoor, writer and director (he also wrote dialogues for Jaane bhi do yaaron), does a pretty good job for a small-budget film – it was interesting, clean and had genuine humor. While it does get a little moralistic and preachy – Hadbehdi has no alcohol shops and [...]
Upcoming films for September
Published by September 7th, 2009 in Bollywood, Cinema and India. 0 CommentsAh, Kaminey fever having (almost) abated, it’s time to check out some fresh releases. September brings some humor, some action and some good old-fashioned Punjabi “hadippa”. Here are details.
Preview : Dil bole hadippa
Published by September 5th, 2009 in Bollywood, Cinema and Preview. 0 Comments“Dil bole Hadippa” releases in 2 weeks. The story seems a little ghisa-pita, but you decide; here’s a preview of the Shahid Kapoor, Rani Mukherjee starrer at Amodini’s Movie Reviews :
Aditya Chopra produces again, this time taking bankable stars Shahid Kapoor and Rani Mukherjee. “Dil bole hadippa” is another spin-off off of the (reliable ?) oft-repeated [...]
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