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Saturday, March 14, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Luck By Chance - Movie Review
Here’s a one-of-its-kind film that takes you into the underbelly of Bollywood - into the world of dreamy-eyed strugglers, pampered starlets, superstitious producers, Hollywood aping directors, and the sensation seeking media. With slice-of-life peeks into these lives, the movie tells a heart-winning but a tad too long tale of love, luck, loss, destiny, dreams and will power. In a nutshell, Luck By Chance is a nice, touching story studded with a galaxy of stars!
CNN-IBN: Luck By Chance is an insider look at Bollywood, and about making it in the big, bad world of showbiz. And indeed it’s a bad world. A world where friends are used and abused, where lovers are replaced overnight
, where mothers manipulate their daughters, and where you’re only as important as your last hit. Luck By Chance is both insightful and funny. The film serves up a palette of colorful characters who may seem like caricatures on the outside, but come packed with emotional depth. A significant debut by director Zoya Akhtar, Luck By Chance is heartwarming and heart-breaking in equal measures; look closely at those layers beneath the laughs. An impressive achievement both in writing and direction, the film is full of witty moments and sharp observations that stay with you.
DNA India: Luck By Chance starts off with a bang. The title sequence, showing the inner workings of the film industry from the eyes of those who toil behind-the-scenes - the dress men, light men, spot boys, caterers etc - sets the mood right away. The initial scenes that follow are outstanding. Very soon you find yourself well settled in the entire milieu of what’s called the Hindi Film Industry. Watch it for some really funny sequences and the enigma called Rishi Kapoor!
Glamsham: In a subtle way, Zoya (the director) explores the dark side of film-making; of aspiring starlets, wannabe actors, struggling script-writers, star tantrums, harried producers, failed actors turned directors [all because they have a family business in Bollywood], scheming mothers, and the ever so omnipresent directors and producers waiting to exploit that girl who is desperate for a break in films. In a nutshell, this film is a docu-drama on the film industry and though the attempt is sincere, it falls flat in places. It’s touching at times and at times, a spoof. It drags, as well as amuses. Commercially, this film will find it tough to break the box office
shackles. If you view it as an Art film, you won’t be disappointed.
Hindustan Times: After Rock On!!, Farhan Akhtar is an actor you look forward to. And he’s unpretentious and a lovable natural once again. Konkona Sen-Sharma is amazingly flawless. She even carries off a last, very long shot – obviously inspired by George Clooney in Michael Clayton - perfectly. For the entire acting crew, the page-turner script and the sparklingly perceptive direction by Zoya Akhtar, here’s your one big lucky ticket. Beg, borrow or steal!a
Source : bollywoodbuzz.in
CNN-IBN: Luck By Chance is an insider look at Bollywood, and about making it in the big, bad world of showbiz. And indeed it’s a bad world. A world where friends are used and abused, where lovers are replaced overnight
, where mothers manipulate their daughters, and where you’re only as important as your last hit. Luck By Chance is both insightful and funny. The film serves up a palette of colorful characters who may seem like caricatures on the outside, but come packed with emotional depth. A significant debut by director Zoya Akhtar, Luck By Chance is heartwarming and heart-breaking in equal measures; look closely at those layers beneath the laughs. An impressive achievement both in writing and direction, the film is full of witty moments and sharp observations that stay with you.
DNA India: Luck By Chance starts off with a bang. The title sequence, showing the inner workings of the film industry from the eyes of those who toil behind-the-scenes - the dress men, light men, spot boys, caterers etc - sets the mood right away. The initial scenes that follow are outstanding. Very soon you find yourself well settled in the entire milieu of what’s called the Hindi Film Industry. Watch it for some really funny sequences and the enigma called Rishi Kapoor!
Glamsham: In a subtle way, Zoya (the director) explores the dark side of film-making; of aspiring starlets, wannabe actors, struggling script-writers, star tantrums, harried producers, failed actors turned directors [all because they have a family business in Bollywood], scheming mothers, and the ever so omnipresent directors and producers waiting to exploit that girl who is desperate for a break in films. In a nutshell, this film is a docu-drama on the film industry and though the attempt is sincere, it falls flat in places. It’s touching at times and at times, a spoof. It drags, as well as amuses. Commercially, this film will find it tough to break the box office
shackles. If you view it as an Art film, you won’t be disappointed.
Hindustan Times: After Rock On!!, Farhan Akhtar is an actor you look forward to. And he’s unpretentious and a lovable natural once again. Konkona Sen-Sharma is amazingly flawless. She even carries off a last, very long shot – obviously inspired by George Clooney in Michael Clayton - perfectly. For the entire acting crew, the page-turner script and the sparklingly perceptive direction by Zoya Akhtar, here’s your one big lucky ticket. Beg, borrow or steal!a
Source : bollywoodbuzz.in
Movie Review: Dev D
Movie Review: Dev D; Star Cast: Abhay Deol, Mahi Gill and introducing Kalki Koechlin; Director: Anurag Kashyap; Rating: ** - One Big Emotional Athyachar.
Dev (Abhay Deol) is the son of a rich industrialist. He is packed off to London by his strict father who senses his growing fondness with Paro (Mahi), a girl from a less affluent family than theirs. When Dev comes back from London now as a grown up youth, his love for his childhood sweetheart is in fact much multiplied. But he is not allowed to marry her because of differences in cast and status. While Dev is sent to Delhi, Paro is married off to a rich but aged widower who has kids. Not one to take on responsibilities for his acts Dev digs deep into drugs and alcohol for salvation. He stays away from home but his finances still come from a doting father.
An escapist instinct and a massive ego leads him into an aimless search for lost love that pushes him further into an abyss of darkness and hopelessness soaked in self pity. During these times he meets a prostitute Chanda (Kalki). What follows next in Dev’s journey towards self destruction forms the rest of the plot!
Aiming it to be a modern day version of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s classic novel Devdas Anurag Kashyap’s Dev D has ended up being not everyone’s cup of entertainment. With many things more appalling than appealing, Dev D may evoke irritation and bad reaction from fans of the earlier versions and the novel. Though Kashyap gets it right by making his three principal characters (of Dev, Paro and Chanda) stronger and belonging to today’s generation, the overuse of abusive language, drugs, alcohol and sex makes him somewhere lose the point he is trying to convey. It goes onto become much darker than it should have been. Kashyap has tried to play around with his narrative style by incorporating 18 songs (some very short). But some coming one after another in succession make you really bored. He drops certain subtle laugh out moments visually and through the dialogue but they are not sufficient to keep engaged. Also, the over two and a half hour running time feels far too long than it actually should. The abrupt end may leave many perplexed.
The film somehow is salvaged to a large extent by the two leading ladies Mahi Gill and Kalki. Mahi not only looks gorgeous but is an extremely natural bringing out her rawness of her character amazingly well. Kalki is a find. She brilliantly brings out the duality of her character - her childlike innocence and her no regrets attitude about the way she lives her life. Dibyendu Bhattacharya as Chunni the brash and loud pimp succeeds is bringing out a few laughs.
Amit Trivedi’s music is good at places with Emotional Atyaachaar being already a hit. Amongst the many songs, the rock version of Emotional Atyaachaar has been superbly picturised. The camerawork by Rajiv Ravi is absolutely top class, especially when it captures the neon lit by lanes of Delhi’s Paharganj. The sound design too is good.
All in all, Dev D is one big emotional attyaachaar for all those seeking those two hours of entertainment. Those expecting lovey dovey moments please stay away. This one is only for those who wanna experience something really crazy.
Source : realbollywood.com
Source : realbollywood.com
Friday, December 19, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
A Little Christmas Spirit In New York
"Little Spirit" holiday for its special contemporary video-game-like appearance and family-friendly story about a boy in search of his lost dog, other things come to mind:
Little Spirit ImagesDirectors :Leopoldo gout,Susan Holden
Author : Leopoldo gout ,Andy Rheingold
Release Date : 10 December 2008 (USA)
Genre : Animation ,Family ,Fantasy
Cast :
* Shawn Andrew
* Todd Cummings
* Michael Hall D'Addario
* Ramsey Faragallah
* Les Mau
* Kathleen Mclnerney
* Hred Newman
* Rachel Schieren
* Dan Tamborelli
* Sharon Wiki
* Sally Winters
Danny DeVito is the voice of the city, cabbie tells the story. Other voices of Lucy Liu, Freddy Rodriguez, Brenda Song and NBC anchor Brian Williams
Spolier & Reviews:
If a friendly cabbie (Danny DeVito) is about two young sisters, the story of a boy named Leo (Michael Hall D'Addario), which in Manhattan with his family, a magical adventure begins. While adapting to the big city and enjoy of the days until Christmas, Leo loses his dog in Central Park Leo Ramona is devastated by his loss to a magical creature named Little spirit appears and leads him to search for Ramona. Leo and the Little Spirit company on the path of a lifetime, with festive vicinity of the city and meetings with people from all social strata. At the time Leo is back with Ramona, he has an eclectic group of friends, the strange city feel like home.
Source : 24timepass.com
Little Spirit ImagesDirectors :Leopoldo gout,Susan Holden
Author : Leopoldo gout ,Andy Rheingold
Release Date : 10 December 2008 (USA)
Genre : Animation ,Family ,Fantasy
Cast :
* Shawn Andrew
* Todd Cummings
* Michael Hall D'Addario
* Ramsey Faragallah
* Les Mau
* Kathleen Mclnerney
* Hred Newman
* Rachel Schieren
* Dan Tamborelli
* Sharon Wiki
* Sally Winters
Danny DeVito is the voice of the city, cabbie tells the story. Other voices of Lucy Liu, Freddy Rodriguez, Brenda Song and NBC anchor Brian Williams
Spolier & Reviews:
If a friendly cabbie (Danny DeVito) is about two young sisters, the story of a boy named Leo (Michael Hall D'Addario), which in Manhattan with his family, a magical adventure begins. While adapting to the big city and enjoy of the days until Christmas, Leo loses his dog in Central Park Leo Ramona is devastated by his loss to a magical creature named Little spirit appears and leads him to search for Ramona. Leo and the Little Spirit company on the path of a lifetime, with festive vicinity of the city and meetings with people from all social strata. At the time Leo is back with Ramona, he has an eclectic group of friends, the strange city feel like home.
Source : 24timepass.com
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Movie 2008
Shahrukh Khan and Anushka Sharma's New Movie Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi which is going to release on 12th December 2008. A Strange Love Story between Shahrukh and Anushka. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi movie songs and Wallpapers. An Exlusive trailers of Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Film.
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Movie Reviews and Story Lines
RAB Ne Bana Di Jodi is one of the most awaited movie of the year 2008. This film will release on 12 December. Shahrukh Khan and newcomer Anushka Sharma is in the leading roles in this film.
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi MovieDirected by Aditya Chopra, RAB Ne Bana Di Jodi (RNBDJ) is a very good love story. Shahrukh Khan, who worked in the two previous flick Aditya Chopra has directed once again plays the leading role. The female lead is played by a newcomer named Anushka Sharma.
Maybe not! How can an ordinary man has a glamorous, 'goose meat ignited, awe inspiring love story of all things to tell? But guess what - love does not differentiate between ordinary and extraordinary, it uninteresting and interesting, it is interesting and attractive. Because love knows no difference. Love can happen to everyone, and when it does it engulfs us into the whole and gives us the miraculous experiences that only love can give. This is what happened to Surinder Sahni, a simple, pure hearts, honest man, working for the GOP Power.
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Movie 2008 Info:-
Cast : Shahrukh Khan, Anushka Sharma, Vinay Pathak, Kajol, Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra
Producer : Aditya Chopra, Yash Chopra
Director : Aditya Chopra
Singers : Roop Kumar Rathod, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam, Sukhwinder Singh, Labh Jajua, Shreya Ghosal
Writer : Aditya Chopra
Genre : Romance, Musical
Source : 24timepass.com
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Movie Reviews and Story Lines
RAB Ne Bana Di Jodi is one of the most awaited movie of the year 2008. This film will release on 12 December. Shahrukh Khan and newcomer Anushka Sharma is in the leading roles in this film.
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi MovieDirected by Aditya Chopra, RAB Ne Bana Di Jodi (RNBDJ) is a very good love story. Shahrukh Khan, who worked in the two previous flick Aditya Chopra has directed once again plays the leading role. The female lead is played by a newcomer named Anushka Sharma.
Maybe not! How can an ordinary man has a glamorous, 'goose meat ignited, awe inspiring love story of all things to tell? But guess what - love does not differentiate between ordinary and extraordinary, it uninteresting and interesting, it is interesting and attractive. Because love knows no difference. Love can happen to everyone, and when it does it engulfs us into the whole and gives us the miraculous experiences that only love can give. This is what happened to Surinder Sahni, a simple, pure hearts, honest man, working for the GOP Power.
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Movie 2008 Info:-
Cast : Shahrukh Khan, Anushka Sharma, Vinay Pathak, Kajol, Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra
Producer : Aditya Chopra, Yash Chopra
Director : Aditya Chopra
Singers : Roop Kumar Rathod, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam, Sukhwinder Singh, Labh Jajua, Shreya Ghosal
Writer : Aditya Chopra
Genre : Romance, Musical
Source : 24timepass.com
Monday, September 29, 2008
Hari Puttar Review
Movie: Hari Putar; Star Cast: Sarika, Jackie Shroff, Zain Khan, Swini Khara, Saurabh Shukla and Vijay Raaz; Director: Lucky Kohli, Rajesh Bajaj; Rating: *
Hari Puttar- A comedy ‘with only errors’
The worst part about the movie ‘Hari Puttar’ is that it is completely an uplifted movie. The title is stolen, the story is stolen, only the sad music is something which is original (that too we aren’t sure, so don’t blame us!). The best part of the movie is, opps, sorry there’s no best part in it.
We wonder after watching Home Alone movies- all the three series, how can people like this blunder. An utter nonsense movie and a big time disgrace to the legendary ‘Home Alone’ series.
The movie came into limelight much before its release, all thanks to the great Warner Bros, according to whom (and the world too) that the producers of the movie ‘Hari Puttar’ stole the title from the much famed ‘Hari Pottar’ series and then a concept entirely stolen from ‘Home Alone’ series. We wonder why did the makers of Home Alone series spare them when Warner Bros. didn’t.
Anyways we didn’t see anything new or creative in the movie. All innovative ideas and creativity were more like music man Pritam’s case- STOLEN OR COPIED.
‘Hari Puttar’ is good for people who either couldn’t make to see the Home Alone series or didn’t have enough cash to buy their DVD. Such people will enjoy this movie to the core and will later curse them too (if they happen to see the original Home Alone series).
We say- A Big ‘No’. A big time disappointment !!
Source : realbollywood.com
Hari Puttar- A comedy ‘with only errors’
The worst part about the movie ‘Hari Puttar’ is that it is completely an uplifted movie. The title is stolen, the story is stolen, only the sad music is something which is original (that too we aren’t sure, so don’t blame us!). The best part of the movie is, opps, sorry there’s no best part in it.
We wonder after watching Home Alone movies- all the three series, how can people like this blunder. An utter nonsense movie and a big time disgrace to the legendary ‘Home Alone’ series.
The movie came into limelight much before its release, all thanks to the great Warner Bros, according to whom (and the world too) that the producers of the movie ‘Hari Puttar’ stole the title from the much famed ‘Hari Pottar’ series and then a concept entirely stolen from ‘Home Alone’ series. We wonder why did the makers of Home Alone series spare them when Warner Bros. didn’t.
Anyways we didn’t see anything new or creative in the movie. All innovative ideas and creativity were more like music man Pritam’s case- STOLEN OR COPIED.
‘Hari Puttar’ is good for people who either couldn’t make to see the Home Alone series or didn’t have enough cash to buy their DVD. Such people will enjoy this movie to the core and will later curse them too (if they happen to see the original Home Alone series).
We say- A Big ‘No’. A big time disappointment !!
Source : realbollywood.com
Interview With Prachi Desai
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Monday, August 25, 2008
Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam (Hindi)
A tiresome nautanki
Producer: Ganesh and Ratan Jain
Writer, director: Sanjay Chhel
Stars: Mallika Sherawat, Paresh Rawal, Rahul Bose, Kay Kay Menon
Rating: One
Plot: A small-town drama company helps RAW agent to foil terrorist plot.
Verdict: Inane script and flat jokes prove to be an undoing.
Box office Prospects: Sad!
Creative Quotient:
Sanjay Chhel known for his spunky sense of humour and hugely entertaining punny lines doubles up as the writer-director of the film but fails miserably at both. For starters, his storyline suffers from a heavy hang-over of Kundan Shah's 1983 hit - Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron which dealt with a similar plot of corruption and drama company getting embroiled in a murder mystery.
He even borrows historical characters of Akbar, Salim and Anarkali from Jaane Bhi…, who had evoked guffaws back then. But sadly, in it's modern avtaar the story staggers on illogically, humourlessly and lethargically.
Mallika married to an ageing actor Paresh Rawal are the lead players of the nautanki version of Mughal-e-azam in a coastal town of Goa where Dawood is about to land a cache of RDX.
Rahul Bose, a secret mission agent, ends up falling for the heroine of the play. Gazal singer Kay Kay Menon (borrowed straight from Sarfarosh) joins the gang of buffoons and he's supposed to be a double agent! Well, the writer manages to bump him off and for no apparent reason Rahul Bose walks around Kay Kay's corpse on roller-skates on the streets in the dead of the night! The plot weakens and tries your patience. Even the puns that Chhel pulls off in the film aren't very funny.
Technical Expertise:
Directorially the film has nothing much to offer, a slow moving tale with forced humour and sexual innuendos that hardly have the spark. Chhel takes a total beating as he pitches in a final entry as Dawood himself. The setting of the film is entirely handled like a tacky theatre production thereby squandering away powerful performers of the likes of Paresh Rawal and Kay Kay Menon. Rawal's part is so repetitive that it gets on your nerves. Bose pitches in a truly bored act and while he's supposed to be having an extra marital fling with Mallika and he even get to lip lock her - their on-screen chemistry is non-existent.
The sole bright spot is in the form of Kay Kay who plays the light-hearted, flirtatious character with complete conviction. He looks the part, only if he weren't bumped off unceremoniously just after two songs!
Sex kitten Mallika uses push-up undergarments to her fullest advantage, skin show is full on but her oomph doesn't work this time. Her make-up isn't too complimentary.
Screenplay and dialogue writers Chhel and Sunil Munshi deserve to be rapped for their shoddy work. Cinematographer Madhu Ambat's frames are mostly functional are Jeena Shetty's sets. On the whole, this is not a film you want to waste your precious money and time on.
Rating: Solo star for Kay Kay Menon and Mallika's funny interlude in the film.
Source : screenindia.com
Producer: Ganesh and Ratan Jain
Writer, director: Sanjay Chhel
Stars: Mallika Sherawat, Paresh Rawal, Rahul Bose, Kay Kay Menon
Rating: One
Plot: A small-town drama company helps RAW agent to foil terrorist plot.
Verdict: Inane script and flat jokes prove to be an undoing.
Box office Prospects: Sad!
Creative Quotient:
Sanjay Chhel known for his spunky sense of humour and hugely entertaining punny lines doubles up as the writer-director of the film but fails miserably at both. For starters, his storyline suffers from a heavy hang-over of Kundan Shah's 1983 hit - Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron which dealt with a similar plot of corruption and drama company getting embroiled in a murder mystery.
He even borrows historical characters of Akbar, Salim and Anarkali from Jaane Bhi…, who had evoked guffaws back then. But sadly, in it's modern avtaar the story staggers on illogically, humourlessly and lethargically.
Mallika married to an ageing actor Paresh Rawal are the lead players of the nautanki version of Mughal-e-azam in a coastal town of Goa where Dawood is about to land a cache of RDX.
Rahul Bose, a secret mission agent, ends up falling for the heroine of the play. Gazal singer Kay Kay Menon (borrowed straight from Sarfarosh) joins the gang of buffoons and he's supposed to be a double agent! Well, the writer manages to bump him off and for no apparent reason Rahul Bose walks around Kay Kay's corpse on roller-skates on the streets in the dead of the night! The plot weakens and tries your patience. Even the puns that Chhel pulls off in the film aren't very funny.
Technical Expertise:
Directorially the film has nothing much to offer, a slow moving tale with forced humour and sexual innuendos that hardly have the spark. Chhel takes a total beating as he pitches in a final entry as Dawood himself. The setting of the film is entirely handled like a tacky theatre production thereby squandering away powerful performers of the likes of Paresh Rawal and Kay Kay Menon. Rawal's part is so repetitive that it gets on your nerves. Bose pitches in a truly bored act and while he's supposed to be having an extra marital fling with Mallika and he even get to lip lock her - their on-screen chemistry is non-existent.
The sole bright spot is in the form of Kay Kay who plays the light-hearted, flirtatious character with complete conviction. He looks the part, only if he weren't bumped off unceremoniously just after two songs!
Sex kitten Mallika uses push-up undergarments to her fullest advantage, skin show is full on but her oomph doesn't work this time. Her make-up isn't too complimentary.
Screenplay and dialogue writers Chhel and Sunil Munshi deserve to be rapped for their shoddy work. Cinematographer Madhu Ambat's frames are mostly functional are Jeena Shetty's sets. On the whole, this is not a film you want to waste your precious money and time on.
Rating: Solo star for Kay Kay Menon and Mallika's funny interlude in the film.
Source : screenindia.com
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