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Everybody Put Your Hands Together -The Other De Taali (Sunidhi Chauhan,Anushka Manchanda & Shaan) - This song really had a chance of being something extraordinary - if only the lyrics were better! Give this song a couple listens and you will hooked despite the corny lyrics. V-S sure do know what they are doing. Rating:

De Taali (Sunidhi Chauhan & Shaan) - Even though this is another title song, it is completely different than the other version. Despite its efforts to be peppy, this one dissapoints! Stick to the other De Taali! Rating:

Aaj Mein Boond Hoon (Shreya Ghosal & Shekhar Ravjiani) - Nothing entirely great about the music of this song…but Shreya’s singing makes this one worth listening to. Shekhar of V-S doesn’t sound too bad himself. Rating:

Hone Lagi (Anushka Manchanda & Shekhar Ravjiani) - Here is the best song of the album…the hooo hone lagi part is what makes it stand out. Nice one by V-S!! Rating:

Maari Teetri (Raja Hasan[saregama fame]) - Another song that had a chance to be something big but the lyrics bring it down. In fact, half of it seems like it’s in some other language. Rating:

Tooti Phooti (Sunidhi Chauhan,Shaan & K.K) - This song wasn’t strong to begin with, but the she’s gone part ends all possibilities. Rating:

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Overall Rating: Solid effort from Vishal-Shekhar but Vishal needs to stop writing lyrics…!

Director : E Niwas Producer : Ravi Walia Cast :Aftab Shivdasani,Ritesh Deshmukh,Ayesha Takia & Rimi Sen Music Director : Vishal - Shekhar Lyricist/s : Vishal Dadlani,Abbas Tyrewala Singers : Shreya Ghosal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shaan,Anushka Manchandani, Shekhar Ravjiani], Raja Hasan& K.K Cassettes and CD’s on : T-Series Records

Topic: Producer

Madhuri Dixit speaks about her comeback, kids, husband, and working in Aaja Nachle in this exclusive interview with Vinay Tripathi.

You used to act as Bollywood heroes, you’ve got married..yet you managed to comeback. How do you feel?

My kids Aryan and Ryan were 2 and a half and 4 and a half when I decided that now I could do something for me. Coincidentally, it was at that time only that I got an offer from Yash Raj Films, and the best part was that it suited me to a T. As you said, it is a comeback for me, so it comes with responsibilities too.

But recently Kajol made her comeback [with YRF’s Fanaa] and I must say that was an inspiration for me. I am aware about the responsibility being on me, as it’s a no-hero film. I am not bothered about the film’s success, as the very attempt of a woman-empowerment subject in film is a big thing for me.

What makes you excited about the movie?

It has theatre, dance and music in it, and that was good for me. It’s realistic, and the role I play is of a character coming back to her country after 10 years. So one can see there are so many parallel things running between me and Diya [her character]. I could identify myself with her.

The other factor was Yashji. I have worked with him in the past as well. When he said the film will be completed in some months, I had no reason to say no.

You said yes to the movie,was there something going on in your mind at that time?

Hmmm. To be honest, there were many things going on: will I be able to act? Going from Denver to Mumbai; leaving my kids alone. And after five years, will the audience accept me?

What was your husband’s opinion?

Of course, before saying yes to the film we had a discussion. He told me if I am comfortable working, and if I can manage work and kids, he said I must do it. Because this is the time I can do something for me. He always supports me.

How about the kids? Are they excited to see their mommy on billboards and on TV?

They love the songs of the film. They dance whenever the song comes on TV. They don’t know Hindi but gaane sun sun kar thoda bahut sikh gaye hain [have learnt bits of it by hearing the songs over and over again]. They are too young to understand that their mom is into acting and everything. For them, seeing mom on TV and posters is a big deal! (Laughs)

Things have been different since you’ve been away. What changed have you seen so far? Could you able to adjust to the change?

During our times, we were never sure when the shooting was going to take place. Because the producer was not sure when he will get the money from the financer. So, as he used to get money, we were informed about shooting the next day. Due to this, sometimes writers used to write dialogues and scenes on the sets. It was chaos.

But now you have a bound script before the shooting. Technology saves time. I remember previously, it used to take hours for changing the trolley. The best part is sync-sound. You shoot in sync-sound so it saves the time of dubbing. You have been given a time-frame, and you know the film will be complete in that time.

I think this is a really good thing that’s happening to our industry. I was numb and blank when I first faced the camera but as things started I forgot I was away from all this for five years. It was like I had never gone away from here.

Topic: Actress, Interview

Directed by Aziz Mirza

PS: I think Shahid Kapoor and Vidya Balan is a perfect duo in the movie…  

Topic: Actor, Actress, Director, Movie

The best way to wad off rumours is by doing the opposite of the rumours, just like Megastar Shah Rukh Khan did: he attended the premiere of Drona, Abhishek Bachchan’s film. This was enough to put an end to the gossip that said there’s a war between himself and Amitabh Bachchan.

“All the disputes between me and Mr. Bachchan are media created and there is no ill feeling between us,” pointed Shakh Rukh to the reporters.

He then went on saying “At this point in my career, I should always talk about how good it is to be an actor so that people get positive impression about the actors and Bollywood in particular. We should stay away from the gossips because it does no good to anybody.”

King Khan who came with his wife Gauri even hugged Abhishek and wished him all success for his film.

“I am excited to see Abhishek in the film. I think he has really put in great efforts for the film and I wish him all success.”  

Topic: Actor, Gossip

Best Direction Anurag Basu - Life In A… Metro Imtiaz Ali - Jab We Met

Mani Ratnam - Guru

Priyadarshan - Bhool Bhulaiyaa

Shimit Amin - Chak De India

David Dhawan - Partner

Aamir Khan - Taare Zameen Par

Farah Khan - Om Shanti Om

Best Actor Shah Rukh Khan - Chak De India

Shah Rukh Khan - Om Shanti Om

Abhishek Bachchan - Guru

Akshay Kumar - Namastey London

Amitabh Bachchan - Cheeni Kum

Shahid Kapoor - Jab We Met

Best Actress

Deepika Padukone - Om Shanti Om

Aishwarya Rai - Guru

Kareena Kapoor - Jab We Met

Katrina Kaif - Namastey London

Tabu - Cheeni Kum

Vidya Balan - Bhool Bhulaiyaa

Best film

Guru

Chak De India

Jab We Met

Om Shanti Om

Life In A Metro

Partner

Taare Zameen Par

Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) Anil Kapoor - Welcome

Govinda - Partner

Irrfan Khan - Life In A… Metro

Mithun Chakraborty - Guru

Rajat Kapoor - Bheja Fry

Aamir Khan - Taare Zameen Par

Bobby Deol - Naqaab

Shreyas Talpade - Om Shanti Om

Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Female)

Chitrashi Rawat - Chak De India

Konkona Sen Sharma - Life In A… Metro

Rani Mukerji - Saawariya

Vidya Balan - Guru

Zohra Sehgal - Cheeni Kum

Lara Dutta - Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

Shilpa Shetty - Life In A… Metro

Tisca Chopra - Taare Zameen Par

Topic: Actor, Actress, Award, Movie

Mani Rathnam does it again – each movie of his, so different and fresh, all masterpieces. First Roja, Bombay, Dil Se and Yuva, now Guru, even though the audience has started to expect a lot from him, he comes through every time. His mastery as a filmmaker reflects throughout the movie.

 Loosely based on the real life story of industrialist - Dhirubhai Ambani – this post independence setting is around the dreams and ambitions of a village lad.

Gurukant Desai is the son of a schoolteacher. He would earn good amount of money, than earn a higher education. Much to the disappointment of his father, he leaves home to work in Turkey. He returns to India after 7 years of work, as he would rather work for himself.

He marries his friend’s sister, who has been jilted in love. He is practical about it as the dowry she would bring would be a stepping-stone to expand his business. He uses loopholes in the system to make big bucks.

Abhishek Bachchan is very convincing in his portrayal of Gurukant; he makes you forget that he is an actor and not actually the character. This is definitely his best performance till date. At times there is a feeling of deja’vu when you see him in the court scenes. You are reminded of the likes of Vijay Dinanath Chauhan – in Agnipath.

Aishwarya has done a better job in the second half of the film. She is too polished to make a convincing village belle.

Mithun has done an excellent job. Madhavan, Sachin Khedekar, and Manoj Joshi have all performed very well.

 Mallika has excelled in her sizzling dance number, but Vidya Balan was wasted, as she hardly had any screen space.

The music by A R Rahman was outstanding, makes you affirm that he is the best music composer in India. The cinematography was excellent. (taken from www.india4u.com)

Topic: Movie, Review

Cast: Zain Khan, Swini Khara, Sarika, Lillette Dubey, Jackie Shroff, Vijay Raaz, Saurabh Shukla Director: Lucky Kohli and Rajesh Bajaj Rating: **

A child accidentally left behind alone at home tries to protect his house against two funny criminals - does this ring a bell? You guessed it right, “Harri Puttar”, which Hollywood studio Warner Bros alleged was a copyright violation of their “Harry Potter” franchise, is a copy of popular Hollywood movie “Home Alone”.

While Macaulay Culkin deals with two ordinary burglars trying to break into his house, Zain Khan, who plays the title role in “Hari Puttar”, tries to stop the two criminals from entering his house.

The difference between the original and “Hari Puttar” is that in the Hindi version the two prowlers are not eyeing valuables in the house - they are after a chip that has valuable information saved on it.

Also, Hari is not alone in the house. He has his cousin Tuk Tuk (Swini Khara), who has asthma, for company - again the idea is stolen from the Jodie Foster starrer “Panic Room” in which Jodie was cooped in a room with her daughter, who suffers from Type 1 diabetes.

Just like Macaulay, Hari too sets up the same traps using household items and befriends a scary old man who comes to his rescue in the climax.

Sarika, who plays Hari’s mother, seems to be a perfect replacement for Catherine O’Hara, who played Macaulay’s mom in the original. However, the actress fails to play the role as convincingly as Catherine did.

Despite being a copy, the film is entertaining, especially the second half - when Hari thwarts the two criminals’ attempts to enter his house.

Vijay Raaz and Saurabh Shukla as the comic criminals are funny, but it is talented Zain who shines as the protagonist. He is as good as Macaulay.

Lillette Dubey and Jackie Shroff look like extras in the film.

Children, who have not seen “Home Alone”, will have fun watching the movie.

Set in London, the film revolves around 10-year-old Hari Prasad Dhoonda (Zain Khan) or Hari Puttar, as he is fondly called.

Hari’s father (Zakir Khan) is a professor and has been assigned to work on a secret project at a remote location in Britain. So Hari moves to that country with his father and mother (Sarika).

Hari’s father has access to confidential information stored on a chip and safely kept at his house.

Within days of their arrival in London, Hari’s aunt (Lilette Dubey) and uncle DK (Jackie Shroff) visit them with their children. The kids of DK’s boss also accompany them.

Now, accommodating so many children in the house becomes a problem. At one point everything goes for a spin for Hari - not only is he thrown out of his room, he is also ragged and ridiculed by the other kids.

He in fact wishes that all his family would simply disappear, a wish that comes true.

The film has flaws, but directors - Lucky Kohli and Rajesh Bajaj have been successful in their endeavour to elicit laughter and entertain kids with the film.

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Topic: Movie

Nach Baliye the popular dance reality TV show is going to be broadcast in Star Plus starting this October 10

Uday Shankar, the CEO of Star India Pvt Ltd promised that with every passing season, ‘Nach Baliye’ has endeared the viewers with new, fresh elements and this season is no exception. Also the refreshing line up of jodis (couples) and interesting format variations ‘Nach Baliye 4′ is set to add new dimensions to entertainment.

The couples include Kapil Nirmal-Anjali Abrol of “Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat” fame, comedian Jaspal Bhatti and his wife Savita, actors Naman Shaw-Megha Gupta, actor Karanvir Bohra with wife Teejay Sidhu.

There would be also be singer Abhijeet Sawant with wife Shilpa, actors Mouli Ganguly-Mazher Syed, Reshmi Ghosh with beau Amit Gupta, Tanushree Kaushal-Vineet V. Raina, Mohit Malik-Addite Shirwakar, Jatin Shah-Priya Bhatheja, Shaleen Bhanot-Daljeet Kaur and Sudeep Sahir with wife.

Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal, who created waves with his performance in “Rock On”, will be seen as one of the judges of popular dance reality TV show “Nach Baliye”. Accompanying him would be actress Karisma Kapoor and choreographer-director Farah Khan.

This will be Karisma’s return to the small screen after a gap of five years. She was last seen in a mini TV series titled “Karishma: A Miracle of Destiny” in 2003.  

Topic: Misscellaneous

Three Bollywood movies titled Om Shanti Om, Jodha Akbar and Taare Zameen Par are among the 5 Bollywood movies that are nominated in the 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), the highest accolade for film in the region.

Om Shanti Om has been nominated for Best Feature Film..

Om Shanti Om will compete with Men Jeuk (Sparrow, Hong Kong), Tulpan (Kazakhstan, Russia, Switzerland/Poland/Germany), Hong Se Kang Bai Yin (The Red Awn,People’s Republic of China) and Uc maymun (Three Monkeys, Turkey/France/Italy) for the Best Feature Film Award.

Ashutosh Gowariker’s blockbuster Jodhaa Akbar is nominated for Achievement in Cinematography..

Aamir Khan’s critically acclaimed Taare Zameen Par is for Best Children’s Feature.

The awards for the nine out of the 12 APSA categories will be announced at the popular tourist destination of Gold Coast on November 11.

Topic: Award, Movie

Here comes a new Bollywood Cartoon movie called Cheenti Cheenti Bang Bang..

The story involves around two kingdoms of Ants - red and black: Near the pond, on the west side of a dilapidated bungalow, lie two kingdoms of the red and the black ants, who are constantly at loggerheads. It erupts into a major showdown when Laal Budda (old ant) is accused of harassing Kalibou, a hand maiden of Kaali Rani.

She complains to Kaali Rani, who insists that Kaala Raja behead Laal Budda! Angered by the audacity of the Kaala Raja, Laal Raja wages an attack on his kingdom. To make things worse, Lohit the Laal Prince falls in love with Krishna the Kaala Princess and elopes with her.

This cartoon is not an ordinary cartoon because it produced by 4 person: Shri Sushil Bahety, Shri Rajiv Bahety, Shri R.D. Mallik,  and Shri N D Nagpal. Wow!

Come and check out the website at http://c2b2live.com 

Topic: Animation, Cartoon, Movie, Producer