Recap - Count of Films

Unlike others, I end up watching many films atleast 2 times in theatre, some go beyond that. So, a check on my journey to theatre this year on the films that I saw atleast 2 times. ;)

Films Seen no of times

Delhi6 2

New York 2

Jashnn 2

Luck 2

Love Aaj Kal 3

Kaminey 6

Wake up Sid 2

London Dreams 3

Tum Mile 2

Kurbaan 2

3 Idiots 2

So, these were the films that I saw more than once .. Except for Luck and Tum Mile, my love for every film increased with each view. Love Aaj Kal I simply fell in love 3rd time which I found just a nice film at 1st turn. While most of the films that I saw 2 times were because 1st time I went with high expectations and wanted to see it 2nd time to see if without expectations the film works more for me or not.

Kaminey however was a exception, it made me mad and the end result 6 views. ;)

London Dreams I went 3rd time because the effect Barso yaaron song has in theatre cant be felt while watching the film at home.

I hope next year too, I watch films endlessly and I do get another Kaminey film to get mad at. :p

Hasta la Vista!

I dont like Films - Your Reaction ?

Some people dont like romantic films, some dont like emotional films, some dont like action films while some dont like comedy films etc etc. But then there are people who dont like any films at all except for 1-2 rare films.

What do you do when you meet such people ? Do you say that fine, they have their own likings, they may be liking things which I dont like in my life .. Or Do you say that how on earth can someone not like watching films ?

Are Indian films standards still so low that some people exists who feel to dislike watching any genre of films or its just that these people aren't keen to watch films even if good quality products are kept in front of them.

I dont know but I somehow feel strange to even imagine that people actually say no to quality films that are indeed quality products, leave aside blockbuster n etc type films.

Have you been through any such people ? Have your say ..

P.S - I am blogging after long time here, so have no idea if I had written on this before, If I have then do remind :d .

Film Review : Main Aurr Mrs Khanna

The film is about a couple Sameer(Salman) and Raina(Kareena) who love each other, but still they have got complications in their married life which is the financial problems due to Sameer's struggle to get work. And then enter's Akash(Sohail), in whom Raina finds a very good friend without knowing that he has fallen in love with her. How will the life of all the 3 characters unfold is what the film is all about.

The screenplay is slow, infact the starting 10 mins of film before alvida song doesnt really make impact. Salman looks irritating to me in those scenes, wish they were filmed in proper way. But once they come to Melbourne story, things start to fall in shape and leaving asides few scenes here n there, the film impresses me a lot.

Lots or infact almost everyone havent even liked this film, I guess the main reason is they couldnt just relate to the characters, but I easily ended up identifying and relating to the situations of the film very well.

Some dialogues are really good, I would love to save them forever with me somewhere for sure.

Direction was good, could had been better though. Choreography was just about fine. Happening was not really happening, except the part when Kareena enters that song. Mrs Khanna song was a surprise for me, loved it in the film(disliked in the album initially). Dont say alvida ofcourse was beautifully used in the film. Tumne socha could had been avoided(ofcourse I dont like the song). Rabba, being such a good emotional song required better situation then the one they use in this film to use this song. The impact wasnt that strong in this song.

Climax was good, only things that didnt work in the film were, the initial relationship that got both of them together looked unreal to some extent. And then the angle of rabba song wasnt required, I feel they could had kept it simple and taken it to climax some other way instead. Thats the only part which I didnt really like. Though, there was nothing wrong, but would had preferred different approach to the film from that point instead.

Performance wise,

Salman Khan didnt impress in first 10-15 minutes, but then he was very good in rest part of the film.

Kareena Kapoor was impressive for a change, she looked very good, the drunkard scene and Sameer's departure n Arrival scenes were the best of all.

Sohail Khan leaving asides 2-3 scenes, didnt really irritate which he mostly does. He was quite good.

Dino Morea was fine in a special apperance.

Deepika Padukone was nice in the special role she had.

Preity Zinta didnt look the real her in whatever part of film she was present.

Yash Tonk was nice.

Bappi Lehri was fine in small cameo.

Overall, Main aurr Mrs Khanna is a very sweet film with some good dialogues and performances, but you need to relate or connect to the characters else you may end up disliking this film.

Direction : 3.25 Out of 5

Screenplay : 3 Out of 5

Satisfaction of Genre : 4 Out of 5

Dialogues : 4 Out of 5

Cinematography : 3.5 Out of 5

Choreography : 3.25 Out of 5

Entertainment Value : 3.5 Out of 5

Performances : 3.75 Out of 5

Story : 4 Out of 5

Background Music : 3 Out of 5

Music : 3.65 Out of 5

Film Rating : 3.70 Out of 5 (Very Good)

Recommendation : Dont go to watch the film only for Salman, if you like the subject of the film, only then watch it as its not just a salman film at all.

Film Review : Blue

Few minutes into the film, after very good credits where they show the aquatic life, the desperation starts that when will the sea shots come, as the main focus is on them, thats what has been as real promotion so far. But they just dont come, and when they come, you know more or less that there is nothing new. Surely, they would have gone through immense work to do that much only but why promote it then as a film on hidden treasure in sea that much as they did.

Story is about 3 ppl, Aarav(Akshay), Sagar(Sanjay) and Sam(Zayed). Aarav is always keen to go deep inside the sea to get the treasure but only Sagar can help him who knows a lot about the treasure but something is stopping him to help Aarav. Sam, brother of Sagar is a overconfident chap who ends up in a mess with Rahul Dev. Circumstances make all 3 go for the treasure hunt. What happens after that .. well watch that urself ..

Performance wise Akshay was superb in almost every frame, but again in vain.

Sanjay Dutt was simply misfit in this role, he never looked impressive in any scene what so ever.

Zayed Khan was okish, his bike chase sequences were the good ones and to some extent his conversations with katrina.

Katrina, what to say of her dialogue delivery, same crap but good thing was, she looked so gorgeous. Her looks are to die for in the film.

Lara Dutta, she never looked so good to me than this film, probably actresses were used as glamour quotient in this film. She hardly has dialogues in film.

Kylie was fine in 1-2 dialouges she has.

Rahul Dev was nice.

Direction was just about fine. Cinematography without a doubt was the best part of the film. Dialogues also were quite good at places. Camera work was interesting, specially the chase sequences and the train sequence.

Also, the sound used during the sea shots were impressive, and specially the background used during the introductory scene of Zayed, that was very good.

What was the main and biggest flaw of the film, its Screenplay. You have got such a brilliant starcast, a idea of subject that's not been made yet in bollywood and still you end up making such a big mess of it, its just ridiculous. What do you say when a film of 2 hours at various points makes you feel bored or uncomfortable. Screenplay was simply terrible.

Climax was not appealing either and ofcourse, the sea shots except for the visual treat had no other impact at all.

Songs were just used for the sake of like chalo we will put song here as we need to use this song chahe kuch bhi ho . Blue theme song is damn badly used. Aaj dil gustaakh is just about tolerable in terms of picturisation. Chiggy wiggy is the perfect one in that terms. Bhula tujhe was probably the best song of the film(not audio wise). Wonder how they would had used udit song if it had been there.

Overall, Blue falls way short of expectations. Another Akshay film that promises a lot but delivers nothing at all.

Direction : 3 Out of 5

Screenplay : 0 Out of 5

Satisfaction of Genre : 1 Out of 5

Dialogues : 3.25 Out of 5

Cinematography : 4 Out of 5

Choreography : 3.5 Out of 5

Entertainment Value : 3.5 Out of 5

Performances : 3.5 Out of 5

Story : 3.5 Out of 5

Background Music : 3.5 Out of 5

Music : 4 Out of 5

Film Rating : 2 Out of 5 (Slightly Tolerable)

Recommendation : If you are akshay fan, then go and watch it, else skip this film.

Film Review : All The Best

Had no expectations at all, thought that will have few laughs at most, nothing else. But it ended to be such a good film.

Almost every character has got their good scenes in the film, though its Sanjay Dutt all throughout and ofcourse the execution of the story by Rohit.

Climax though could had been little better but still much better than the madness stretched routine in recent comedies.

Story is about Prem(Ajay) who keeps giving ideas after ideas of lies to Veer(Fardeen) who has been lieing to his brother Dharam(Sanjay) about his marriage with Vidya(Mughda) and to manage one lie, how he constructs a chain of lies which results in many mad comedy scenes.

Performance wise,

Sanjay Dutt looked in awesome form, some of his punchlines specially the one "comedy toh maine abhi se shuru kiya hai, lekin action toh main 30 saal se karta aa raha hoon" ..

Ajay Devgan was good, though at times he was loud but those were few scenes in number.

Fardeen Khan does the usual stuff, neck rotate and karo comedy. Overall, he was nice at best.

Mugdha Godse was impressive in her first try at comedy, though she has small role.

Bipasha Basu in start looked odd doing comedy but as the film went on, she came into her own and did quite well.

Ashwani Kalsekar, whole time i was thinking where have i seen her, now i remember it she was superb in that dialect.

Asrani and Mukesh Tiwari were fine.

Johnny Lever and Sanjay Mishra were very impressive. Dhondu just chill

Atul Parchure also had his share of moments in a small role.

Direction was very good by Rohit Shetty, some cinematic liberties are used to show various styles like the car rotate during red rose or the engine thing or the action scenes.

Screenplay was very good, they created so many comedy situations which doesnt make you just laugh but laugh madly. Thats the biggest positive sign for a comedy film.

Songs are good, specially martaba and one sad number that comes later in the film. All the best title is fine while the band performance goes well with the film. Overall, music doesnt bore during the film, though nothing special in it either.

The main usp of the film has to be ajay-sanjay scenes(specially that door one, that was too hillarious), the just chill act and the maid role. Also, the chura liya hai part with johny.

Overall, All the best surprises you and makes you like it a lot when you leave the theatres.

Direction : 3.5 Out of 5

Screenplay : 3.75 Out of 5

Satisfaction of Genre : 4.5 Out of 5

Dialogues : 3.25 Out of 5

Cinematography : 3 Out of 5

Choreography : 2.75 Out of 5

Entertainment Value : 4.5 Out of 5

Performances : 4 Out of 5

Story : 3.25 Out of 5

Background Music : 3 Out of 5

Music : 2.75 Out of 5

Film Rating : 3.75 Out of 5 (Very Good)

Recommendation : Dont miss it, dont go by the trailers, watch it, you wont regret it if you like comedy films.

Film Review : Acid Factory

Acid Factory worked a lot for me mainly for the story and the narration style.

Its about 6 people who are trapped in a acid factory who have temporary memory loss due to pentane acid cylinder leakage and have forgotten their identities. Two of them are kidnappers and two were supposed to die. But no one knows who were the kidnappers and who were the people who kidnapped and who were the rest two people. The mastermind behind all this is by keizer (irfan khan).

1st half deals mainly with how they try to use permutations n combinations to get their real names, keeping a check on each other if they are lying or not at same time.

2nd half becomes more interesting though the climax doesnt fully impress, mainly for the way they show keizer in the entire film, the end seemed bit stranger for him.

Another thing is that they never show when Romeo(fardeen) gets his memory back, though thats not required either.

The narration style was excellent, with the 5 weeks earlier shift upto 1 week earlier. But the story in those flashback wasnt as interesting as the current ongoing plot which weakened the film a bit, add to it bad music and songs put in that weren't required at all. Leaving aside yeh jism jo, there was no requirement of songs.

Dialogues were good and bad at same time. Cinematography was good. Screenplay could had been better. Editing was nice, nothing noteworthy. Camera work was very good.

Performance wise,

Irfan impressed the most. Fardeen was fine,such roles suit him more than comic ones. Manoj Bajpayee looked in form. Aftab shivdasani was just about fine. Dino Morea was ok, bit irritating at times.Danny Denzangpa was good, he is getting good roles it seems now. Dia Mirza hardly has any role.

Gulshan Grover was flawless like always.

Overall, Acid Factory does excite you at lots of places, due to some good way of story telling, though it could had been more thrilling.

Direction : 3.65 Out of 5

Screenplay : 4 Out of 5

Satisfaction of Genre : 3.5 Out of 5

Dialogues : 3 Out of 5

Cinematography : 3 Out of 5

Choreography : 2.5 Out of 5

Entertainment Value : 2.5 Out of 5

Performances : 2.75 Out of 5

Story : 3.25 Out of 5

Background Music : 3.25 Out of 5

Music : 2.25 Out of 5

Film Rating : 3.25 Out of 5 (Good)

Recommendation : Watch it if you are fond of sanjay gupta's filmmaking, you would like it.

Film Review : Do Knot Disturb

Enjoyed the film after not so good starting 15-20 mins .. The film picks up the moment ritesh arrives.

Performance wise ritesh was the best, sohail also was good(he does well in cameos mostly then leads), govinda was in form and out of form in the film at many scenes simultaneously. Lara dutta was good, sushmita looked off colour.

Ranvir shorey was just about fine. Rajpal yadav as always irritating.

There were many laughable moments in the film, but there were lots of loud comedy also in the film.

Overall, its a nice one time watchable film. Doesnt impress you much but doesnt bore you either.

Film Rating - 2.75 Out of 5

Film Review : Dil Bole Hadippa

The film had something missing in it, probably the emotions didnt come out properly, the only reason due to which I couldnt really laugh as I should in the scenes, I couldnt get emotional as I should in the scenes or I couldnt get angry as I should in the scenes.

Even the climax speech didnt really impress me a bit.

But Rani's performance was again outstanding. I specially loved her transformation into the role of Veer Pratap left te right hand batsmen. Specially that scene, where Veer is telling the khaamiya present in Rohan(Shahid Kapur). That along with the date scene were probably the only 2 scenes that I completely loved in the film.

The finale was so so filmy and so much predictable. Its high time that cricket is used not in so funny way in the films that the directors end up now. They are just making fun of the game, expecting us to believe last wicket will score so many runs at such fast pace.

I loved Shahid Kapur playing as a batsmen, no wonder actors know to get into the cricket mode so easily, firstly Hurman and now Shahid. It looked so real to me, the shot from the backfoot to the offside for a six was simply awesome which he hits when Veer is unable to hit due to injury.

1st Half was nice, I loved Bhangra Bistar song, high on energy. Ofcourse, Tu hi hai rab was the best one of the all in the film.

2nd Half was not as good and went on the low side.

In terms of performances, Shahid Kapur was good but there were flaws in his acting visible at many places.

Rani was flawless and gave a superb performance though again in a film that wasnt good in terms of direction.

Anupam Kher and Poonam Dillion were good in their supporting roles, completely justified that their roles werent etched out which I feel wasnt even required.

Rakhi Sawant was fine. Sherlyn Chopra was a touch irritating, only added to the glamour quotient.

Overall, Dil Bole Hadippa could had been a better film, had the emotions of the main characters more visible. Somehow, I couldnt really feel it in majority of the scenes. The predictable scenes shouldnt have been predictable. Also, why every film starts with ek onkar theme only. Aneways, its just a one time watch film for me.

Direction : 2.50 Out of 5

Screenplay : 2.75 Out of 5

Satisfaction of Genre : 2.5 Out of 5

Dialogues : 2.5 Out of 5

Cinematography : 2.75 Out of 5

Choreography : 3 Out of 5

Entertainment Value : 3 Out of 5

Performances : 3 Out of 5

Story : 3 Out of 5

Background Music : 3.25 Out of 5

Music : 3.40 Out of 5

Film Rating : 2.70 Out of 5 (Average)

Recommendation : Watch it for Rani, else skip it.

Film Review : Wanted

I loved the 1st half of the film with small hiccups otherwise completely entertaining but 2nd half was on the wrong side with 2 unwanted songs and some scenes falling flat.

Climax was good. The best thing of the film was the amazing screen presence of Salman Khan. He was fantastic for me, be it his style or attitude, or his dance steps.

Ayesha Takia was good, she looks so cute. That Gannibhai villain did really well . Mahesh Manjerakar was superb. Also, that fatty guy(forgot his name) did well in a small cameo. Namdev was as his usual stuff.Vinod Khanna was nice though his 1st dialogue made me feel someone else is dubbing for him.

Action scenes were excellent. Screenplay was good but could had been better. Some of the dialogues were very good, specially salman ones. Choreography was superb as expected from Prabhu Deva, with a small surprise in one song from him.

Songs were really bad for me. I hardly liked any song from the film. Only good thing was to see the steps of salman in each of those songs.

Overall, Wanted is a good timepass entertaining film for most parts of the film. Cut the film by about 15 mins in 2nd half and it would had been complete paisa wasool.

Direction : 3.25 Out of 5

Screenplay : 3 Out of 5

Satisfaction of Genre : 4 Out of 5

Dialogues : 3.5 Out of 5

Cinematography : 3.25 Out of 5

Choreography : 4 Out of 5

Entertainment Value : 4 Out of 5

Performances : 3.5 Out of 5

Story : 3 Out of 5

Background Music : 2.75 Out of 5

Music : 1.75 Out of 5

Film Rating : 3.35 Out of 5 (Good)

Recommendation : If you like watching masala entertainers, then dont miss it, you would like this one too. And ofcourse, sallu fans should love film, amazing screen presence.

Film Review : Kaminey

Achi filme do tarah ki hoti hai

Ek jo achi hoti hai

aur ek jo bahut achi hoti hai ..

Kaminey comes into the latter category ..

The story of Kaminey is taken from a idea of Cajetan Boy and presented to us in a superb way, the mad world of kamineys where killing also takes place as a joke. Charlie(Shahid) and Guddu(Shahid) are poles apart from each other, one speaks f instead of s and other stammers. Sweety(Priyanka) is pregnant and tellls Guddu that she is sister of politician Bhope Bhau(Amol Gupte) and Guddu could be in trouble. Where as a Charlie has mistakenly stolen a Guitar which contains drugs worth 10 crore. Police and gang are after Charlie while Bhope Bhau is after Guddu, what will happen when lives of both brothers collide with each other, and how will they get out of this mess, is what Kaminey deals with.

Kaminey is one of those films that doesnt take 10-15 mins to settle in, it charges on you from the 1st dialogue of the film itself that introduces the film title "Kaminey".

The background score of the film keeps you on the edge of the seat, be it dhan te nan, some rd burman tracks or the finale track that isnt present in the audio album even.

There are so many characters in the film who keep you interested in their own different ways.

1st Half of the film is super paced while the 2nd Half slows down a touch and also keeps backtracking time and again to old scenes making references to the current scene.

Climax is good, though it could had been even better.

Shahid Gives a wonderful performance both as Charlie and Guddu, and the credit should go to Vishal Bharadwaj for extracting so much out of him. You couldnt even find a single scene where he faltered, atleast I couldnt.

Priyanka Chopra is continuing the good form she has built since Fashion, though at times she sounds like a cry baby in the film. She even has many scenes with Marathi language, hard to understand though what she says in it.

Amol Gupte was superb, couldnt imagine that it was his debut performance.

Micheal(dont knw his real name), but before the film itself, I was madly waiting to see his role along with Charlie. And he didnt dissappoint me.Bacha hai faala, Tope bhau bope bhau tope tope bhau . He is simply marvellous for me in each and every scene he has got in the film. Ae sharadmuni.

Lolo and Lebe, police inspectors are mean and yet comical. Ae gaana ga na koi

Tashi, the great, is superb too . Business is Business and Power is Power.

Its hard to leave out anyone from the film.

Its one of those films where the violence is mixed with black humour, people are getting killed and still you are going to laugh at those scenes as thats how much Kaminey the people are.

If there is anything that I didnt like much was the Picturisation of Kaminey title song, I feel it deserved something better, and specially the lines kabhi hum kaminey nikle kabhi doosre kaminey could had been used somewhere atleast, may be 2 ppl killing each other and putting the line in remix format in the background or some other way .

Also, as a audience one has to adjust with the world of Guddu and Sweety, because their scenes slow down the screenplay and the moment Charlie scenes come, you expect something to happen.

My favourite scenes from the film ..

All Dhan te nan background scenes,rd burman track backgrounds specially the one where Charlie is extremely happy for the chota fhortcut choosen by him.Michael scenes,spiderman i am spiderman. Dada scenes, kargil war ki heroine,ak47 ki chacheri behan. And many more .......

For me the full credit to everything that has come out of this film goes to only one man i.e Vishal Bharadwaj, firstly the way he has fetched out great performances from each artist present in the film and then the way he has executed the idea of Cajetan boy, wont have been a easy experience at all, even Vishal told in a interview, he wont ever make Kaminey type film again.

One thing is sure though, that Kaminey demands attention, the twists comes suddenly and if you miss a scene, you could miss something. Also, you need to bear some bengali,marathi and angola(though its subtitles comes written). Bengali is still easy to get, I atleast got a bit of it. Marathi was tough.

There is still so much to write, but then I would end up giving out the film away totally.

Overall, Kaminey is a film that you shouldnt miss at all, only and only if you are a Cinema lover...

Direction : 4.75 Out of 5

Screenplay : 4.75 Out of 5

Satisfaction of Genre : 4.75 Out of 5

Dialogues : 4 Out of 5

Cinematography : 4 Out of 5

Choreography : 3.75 Out of 5

Entertainment Value : 4 Out of 5

Performances : 4.5 Out of 5

Story : 4.5 Out of 5

Background Music : 4.5 Out of 5

Music : 4.50 Out of 5

Film Rating : 4.50 Out of 5 (Unforgettable)

Recommendation : If you prefer a Violent film with black humour, then do watch it, you would like it for sure.

Too Much Love for a Celebrity!

I have seen some people madly worship their favourite celebrities. Sometimes its irritating to see such stuff. I mean a person keeps speaking about only one person, always giving importance only to one person as if only one celebrity exists in the world.

For eg : If a person loves Shaan, whenever a new album will release, the person will be like 2 shaan songs, and if no shaan songs then why no shaan songs. I mean if your fav singer isnt among the album singers that shouldnt mean that the album is not worth a listen. Hard to understand such behaviour. Take the instance of Shahrukh Khan, some friends love them to such large extent that they arent willing to see other actor films at all.

When I ask them, why didn't you see this and this film, their reply comes why waste time on them, hum toh seedha shahrukh ki hi films dekhenge. I wonder what should I call them, Srk freaks or Bollywood Freaks. Even if they are srk freaks, they are in a way going to see srk film which means they are going to see shahrukh's acting in the film. If they can appreciate his acting skills then why not try to appreciate other actors and their films too, ofcourse only good ones. Just to get a glimpse of srk, you go to see the film is childish.

Even I so many times watch film because of my fav but my reasons are different, I go there expecting those favs to deliver in terms of their work not to see a glimpse of their looks and all, for that google is always there.

There are certain occasions when this extra or baised love makes me dislike that celebrity for a certain time which shouldnt happen.

I always believe you should never show off too much for a celebrity and same way not show off too much hatredness for a celebrity. Show it in a way that others appreciate it instead of making others get irritated. ;)

I dont know if all this happens with anyone else or not, but it certainly happens with me time and again. And I am yet to find a way to get out of all this as daily I get to see all this happening in some way or other.

Hasta la Vista!

Imagination of Songs Picturisation. ..

Whenever new songs release, we imagine the way songs would be picturised in the film. If the starcast is good then we imagine them along with putting ourselves also in the situation and if the starcast is not well known, we keep it just to ourselves. I dont know if everyone does it or not, but I do it. Sometimes, doing this creates expectations which might not meet when the film releases and the actual picturisation of the song appears. And then you are stuck with your own thought picturisation against the used one in the film.

My eg would be Jannat song, title track Jannat jahan where I had imagined that the song will show the actor getting mad over his success in earning money which was there in the film but the madness wasnt to the extent I had expected in my imaginations.

Now, love aaj kal songs, just thinking how the songs would be used, on which saif would be picturised etc etc. I think its quite natural, the more u think about a song, the more chances you would be able to connect to the song provided the song is good. Infact, speaking personally, I feel if you imagine situation of the song only then you are fully involved with the song. Though, opinions may differ here ;)

I think its fun doing it, the liking for a song simply doubles by just thinking of the background that song should have, how the song's emotion should come out through video.

If you havent done it till now, try once for a new album, you would love it. ;)

New Album - How to rate it!

I wonder how many times should we hear a full album before rating it. For Instance, Tashan comes in mind which I initially found average but after I heard it 8-10 times, I ended giving it 3.25 out of 5. And now Jashn, where I found 2 songs mediocre and 1 song nice but when I heard it again n again I started loving them.

Also, one major aspect is the timing of song with your own mood. If you are in a good mood then you might not be able to love the sad songs that much as you could had in a low mood. So, does it mean one needs to be in sad mood while listening new sad songs? :O .

Now, there is a romantic song in the album which I found average initially but when I heard it at night in earphones, it had a deep effect on me . So, this makes me think that along with own mood, two more aspects are important. One is at what time you are listening what genre of song and other is the quality of the song.

I always feel romantic songs perfect time is after 12 midnight. The peaceful time, with no disturbance, and the amazing feel that comes with the song cant be described. First time, when I had noticed this was with Tumhe apna banane ki kasam khayi song on radio and I even remember the time, it was 12:45 am .

Also, When you hear the songs on Earphones, the quality is much better than with speakers and you end up connecting with songs more easily.

So, a album has so many aspects yet I doubt how many of music freaks would do so much. They would just give the songs 2-3 chances and then give their verdict out without thinking that they heard the songs in wrong mood or the quality was poor or the timing of listenings songs wasnt right etc etc.

Atleast I am not one of them, thats the reason I keep delaying my Music reviews as until I feel fully satisfied that this song has got its full due, I cant rate the album. And so many times it has happened that my Music Rating for a album goes high when the film releases due to the picturisation of the songs that adds additional points towards the liking of the song, though I wonder if the rating of the album should be increased for that or not.

Aneways, thats it ... Will be rating 3 music albums sooner. ;)

Hasta la Vista!

Music Review : Kal Kissne Dekha

Aalam Guzarne ko - 5/5

Excellently sung by sonu nigam,very good lyrics and nice background score too.Love the part where sonu renders "tere bin raazi nahi".Romantic and sonu lovers should like this song.

Tere Bina lagta Nahi - 2.85/5

Nice song, lyrics could had been more better, Wajid sings it very well though but the song doesnt make impact, I think film ke saath it would go more well

Soniye Billori - 2.35/5

Sonu shouldnt had sung it, its Sukhwinder song I feel. Though he does well too but the song doesnt come out well.Suzy Q hardly has good lines in the song to get noticed. Composition is also okish.

Bin Tere Mar Jawan Main - 3/5

Just 1.30 min song, only good thing abt the song is the rendition by Shreya Goshal. Lyrics are nice not exceptional while Composition is good.Overall, a good song that could had been more better.

Kal Kissne Dekha - 2.65/5

Shaan's voice is way too loose during 1st para of song that gives such wrong impression of song,also the composition somehow resembles another song,which one that I cant figure out yet.. Shaan does pretty well in next 2 para's.Composition is again not good enough to impress.

Aasmaan Jhuk Gaya - 2.70/5

This time its composition that is weak in 1st para,but it manages to sustain quite well in latter part of song. Shaan impresses more to me in this song while Shreya is good too.

Kal Kissne Dekha(Romantic) - 2.40/5

Around 2 min song only, okish song at best.

Jashn Hai Josh Hai - 1.75/5

Below avg song.. Seems alisha chinoi will remain to be known by her kajra re song only, nothing impressive her in this song, infact neeraj sridhar n wajid sound better then her despite the fact that they get mic for hardly 30-40 secs.

Background Score - 2.5/5

Impressive in Aalam guzarne ko only,while good in parts in rest songs

Lyrics - 2.65/5

Again very good in aalam song while nice in tere bina lagta nahi

Vocals - 3.35/5

Sonu impresses in Aalam,Shaan is very good in Aasmaan while good in parts in Kal kissne dekha While Shreya impresses even in a 1.30 min song.Wajid is good in parts.

My Picks : Aalam Guzarne ko and Tere Bina Lagta Nahi

Recommendation : Probably,not a album to buy CD as Except for Sonu's Aalam,there is no potential song that could remain with you forever.

Music Rating : 2.75/5

Film Review : 13B

Iss Thriller ko na dekha Toh Kya DEKHA ?

I somehow didnt went with high expectations,call it coincidence or what,but mostly such times the film turns out to be really good and same happened here .

Before I get into further details, First and Most Important Thing - 13B is not a Horror Film but a Suspense Thriller.

13B is a story about a family that has just shifted to a new building on the 13th floor.Manohar(Madhavan) with his wife(Neetu Chandra), mom(Poonam Dhillon),brother and sister start to live a new life adjusting to the environment. But Manohar starts to experience some strange things happening in his house,like lift not running,milk getting spoilt every time and etc etc. One day he comes to know how the events are connected to a serial that comes on T.V. Now, whats the relation of that serial with Manohar's life. How will Manohar find it out, and will he be able to stop the events that are about to happen or not is what 13B deals with.

13B works a lot for the special fact that you are simply engaged with the film,especially the 2nd half when the suspense and thriller part increases even more. Its very hard until the actual climax to tell what will really happen.

Madhavan gives a superb performance, indeed he was right in his interview,he chooses performances that would leave a mark as this one would be remembered.The expressions of disbelief,shock,helplessness are so well portrayed by him.

Neetu Chandra is very good too,though she hardly has a role in the film,but her chemistry is awesome with Madhavan.

Poonam Dhillon is good and nice to see her in a film.

Deepak Dobriyal does a great work yet again in a inspector role.

Sachin Khedekar is good in his small role.

Direction is superb.Screenplay is very good.Background Score is excellent and Good Camera work too.

Songs could had been done without,especially Aasma odh kar which was a misfit, though I personally love the song for Chitra n Shankar's rendition. Sab khairiyat and Bade se shehar mein were properly used.

Some of my fav scenes were,the lift scenes,the dog entry in house scene,interval scene,entry of dobriyal and many many more,cant write all as you should watch them first.

Its hard to find the weaknesses of the film,except for misuse of Aasma odh kar song, may be lift scenes were done one too many though I personally didnt mind it as it was a build up required for the story.

Also, the suspense part is solid and you wont feel at all that your 2 hrs were wasted, Oops sorry 2 hrs 28 mins(Right taran adarsh).

Overall, 13B needs to be seen as soon as possible, stay away from any reviews, even this one until u see it urself. If you know the suspense before, the real magic of the film would be destroyed. So, Watch it as you would surely love it if you prefer Thrillers and ofcourse Madhavan fans have all reasons to cheer for after all its a performance to watch for .

Ratings :

Direction : 4 Out of 5

Screenplay : 3.75 Out of 5

Dialogues : 3 Out of 5

Cinematography : 3 Out of 5

Choreography : 2.5 Out of 5

Entertainment Value : 3 Out of 5

Performances : 4.5 Out of 5

Story : 4.25 Out of 5

Music : 3 Out of 5

Film Rating : 3.85/5

Recommendation : If you love watching Thrillers, then Dont Miss this one as chances are you would like it.

Film Review : Dhoondhte Reh Jayoge

Spoofs ko Dhoondhte Reh Jaayoge!

I went to see the film as felt the spoofs would be interesting as shown in the promos and ofcourse an article revealed that around 14 different films would be shown as spoof. So, it would be a good interesting watch. Hmm, does it really succeed in doing it ?

Talking of the story, Raj Chopra(Paresh Rawal) has taken lots of money from some investors in his previous flop films which he is yet to return and Raj tries to get dates from Aryan Kapoor(Sonu Sood) who is a good actor but going through crisis too. Then, we have Anand Pawar(Kunal Khemu) who is a chartered accountant and believes in becoming rich by hardwork and not frauds,quite opposite of Raj Chopra. One day, Anand Pawar decides to go on the track of fraud as his girlfriend Neha (Soha Ali Khan) warns him that she would go to her homeplace. Anand gives a scheme to Raj chopra of making a Super flop film and yet earning a profit of 100 crores. How this scheme is implemented and does they really succeed in it or not is what the rest of film deals with...

The thing that goes against the film is that the spoof part comes way too late and there arent too much of spoof that you see,matter of 10-15 mins at max. Instead the film goes other way,developing the story how a flop film is tried to be made,getting flop singers,writers,directors and a new heroine to let the film not become a hit at any cost.

Songs arent great either,though Kunal makes nice moves in his entry song. Title track is used very welll as background. Rest arent worth mentioning.

Paresh Rawal gives another superb performance and this time I didnt feel the repititiveness at all in his act.

Asrani also was better than last films.

Kunal Khemu was good,in promos I didnt quite like him but in film felt he was much better.

Sonu Sood gave another good performance, a actor who is on high since Jodha Akbar.

Soha Ali Khan was good though this film wont do much to her image as an actress.

Johnny Lever was superb in some scenes and okish in some.

Direction is okish.Its good that film is just 2 hr 10 mins long,never makes you bored.

Climax is good,lagaan se jodha akbar tak .

In the end, its just that you are left desiring for lots of spoofs that arent in large amount at all. The Gadar one and Lagaan one were probably the best ones. And ofcourse, use of Himesh "Bolo bolo huzoor" as sambha was good one.

Overall, Dhoondhte Reh Jaayoge needs to be seen with a thing in mind that its not a complete film based on spoofs at all as there is a story build up that leads to the finale involving all the spoofs on some of the well known films. Even still, it would be at best a timepass film, one time watch film.

Ratings :

Direction : 2.65 Out of 5

Screenplay : 3.25 Out of 5

Dialogues : 3 Out of 5

Cinematography : 2.5 Out of 5

Choreography : 2.65 Out of 5

Entertainment Value : 3.5 Out of 5

Performances : 3 Out of 5

Story : 2.25 Out of 5

Music : 1.75 Out of 5

Film Rating : 2.45/5

Music Review : Aloo Chaat

Aloo Chaat Rdb - 3.25/5

Typical background music in a rdb song which gets bit too loud at places,nindy kaur's voice is a mystery for me,I want to say its bad but still i end up liking her voice but still I dont quite find it match for song but still I keep hearing her part more in the song then rdb.The lyrics are very good,liked it.

Dhadke Jiya - 3/5

Nice romantic song,xulfi sings it well,might take time to catch on with more listenings.

Boliyaan - 4/5

Excellent,Nindy kaur excels in this punjabi track,ladies should love this track specially,the punjabi flavour is superb.

Boliyaan 1 - 3.75/5

The sudden fast version in middle n the starting way are the ones that differentiate it from 1st version,I personally loved 1st one more.

Aloo Chaat 1 - 2.5/5

Nice song,kailesh kher is fine nothing special this time.

Life is a Sizzling Aloo Chaat - 2.25/5

Okish song.

Background Music : 3.25/5

Specially due to Boliyaan n Dhadke Jiya

Lyrics : 3.5/5

Except Aloo chaat 1 and Life is sizzling,all have very good lyrics.

Vocals : 3.25/5

Nindy Kaur impresses and confuses,while Rdb is good but not brilliant this time,Kailash is fine,Xulfi is good while Kunal ganjawala is okish.

My Picks : Boliyaan Both Versions and Rdb's Aloo Chaat

Recommendation : Punjabi Music Lovers...

Music Rating : 3.25/5 (Good Album)

Film Review : Delhi6

Delhi6 chaa gayi !

I think All have very HIGH expectations from the film,one being Rakeysh Mehra film post RDB and second the music of Rahman has catched on so much.Does Delhi6 live upto all the expectations or not? It does, but not entirely.

Talking of Story, A NRI Roshan(Abhishek) comes to Delhi with his grandmother(Waheeda Rahman) who wont live for long and wants to die where she was born.Now, how Roshan connects to Delhi and their people,what he finds good in them and what he doesnt like,how he tries to change it, all this forms the main story of Delhi6.

I will straightaway come to faults first.Firstly, I think wife of Rakeysh Mehra has chopped off some key scenes from the film,I felt the desire for more at many stages.Secondly,I felt freshness was missing in some of the songs and also Arziyan wasnt properly used.

Coming to Performances, Abhishek Bachchan does very well in a Nri role,his accent looks so real,though for some it might irritate but thats how a NRI accent has to be. This performance cant be termed as his best at all,he wasnt at his supreme best, yet there were many scenes where he left his mark.The mannerisms he follows,clicking photos from mobile camera,finding truths of India strange and shocking,he does it all very well.

Sonam Kapoor,she doesnt have large role in the film,but it was a treat to watch Masakalli n title track filmed on her. As far as acting is concerned,she was nice.From Delhi6,she can take Masakalli only with her

Vijay Raaz was mindblowing,Om Puri was nice(better than billu).

Divya Dutta was so bold(in her lingo),it was great to see her in a cameo,cant believe its the same Shabbo of Veer zaara.

Rishi Kapoor though in a minor role has got some of most important sequences of the film with Abhishek and as always he was very good.

Prem Chopra was okay, Pawan Malhotra was superb(After black friday,finally I liked him).

Waheeda Rahman was superb,specially 2 scenes which i will tell later in review.

Atul Kulkarni who is nicknamed Gobar is excellent.

Rest of cast was fine,Amitabh scene was fine as I couldnt really love it though the message was got very well .

Coming to Music now,

Songs that are perfectly used are Delhi6 Title,Masakalli,Dil Gira Dafatan,Rehna Tu,Tumre Bhavan Mein,Genda Phool,Hey Kaala Bandar,Bhor Bhayi.

Arziyan song dissappointed me, I wanted it to be used in a more better way,though its 2nd part used in later half of film was superb but 1st one couldnt strike a chord at all.

While Delhi6 and Masakalli though very well used as part of film,yet a desire of freshness comes in mind as its almost what we had already seen in promos,hardly new scenes,though I still loved watching them again.

Dil Gira Dafatan is very creatively used song which enlightens the feeling of Love inside Roshan for Bittu.

Genda Phool is superbly used for the dance done by the ladies including Waheeda Rahman with Nri touch given by Abhishek and on other hand Pawan flying kite.

Rehna Tu wont be liked if you are expecting a romantic picturisation,even I didnt like it but now When I heard it again and thought of the scene,it actually makes me feel the song was not made for Bittu but for Delhi6 and its people,thats why the last stanza is not taken in the film which wont look good in the narration.

Hey Kaala Bandar is awesome,this song had to be used in splendid way and it indeed was done,and what a way,using it in 2 parts.

Talking of Some of the Best Scenes of the Film :(Some Spoilers)

Slap exchanges between Vijay Raaz and Abhishek.

When Rishi tells Abhishek that this is India,thats how it works here followed by Rehna tu song.

The hypocrite baba doing okay and the copy done by Atul kulkarni was very comical.

The dress change during Delhi6 song by Bittu,changing herself from a typical sweet si ladki to a modern girl.

The scene of Pagal person showing Mirror with the Noor quote of Amitabh.

When Abhishek tries to tell everyone to look into mirror but to no avail.

When Abhishek tells Rishi about his feelings for people of Delhi6.

When Atul Kulkarni tells the reason why he always picks 2 coins instead of 1 note.

Waheeda Rahman's emotional scene after Riots.

The Kala bandar 2nd part,completely awesome.

How Hindu-Muslims collectively search for kala bandar when just a min ago they were ready to kill each other in a pre climax sequence of film.

The Kala Bandar theme is very well used throughout the film,and so is the message given out through it.While some great references are taken,the ram leela sequences referred to kala bandar was very good one.

Direction is very good. Narration though quite good, yet you miss the charm of Rdb's narration in Delhi6 at many places. Camerawork is excellent,be it the arziyan song or the bandar attack.While Sets do get repititive after some time.

Overall, Delhi6 provides you with a strong message,it tells you how much two faced people really are,yet how good they are by heart.This one line from the film says everything "India works,we the people make it work".

In the end, I think the film was 20 mins less and also I would had gone for the Sad climax only though this one also works for me but I have a feeling other one would had worked much more.

Watch the film,for who so ever you like,Dont expect another RDB and take Delhi6 as another film from Rakeysh Mehra,you will end up liking the film if not loving.

Ratings :

Direction : 4.5 Out of 5

Screenplay : 3.5 Out of 5

Dialogues : 4.5 Out of 5

Cinematography : 4.5 Out of 5

Choreography : 4.25 Out of 5

Entertainment Value : 3.75 Out of 5

Performances : 4 Out of 5

Story : 4.5 Out of 5

Music : 4.65 Out of 5

Film Rating : 4/5

Recommendation : Watch it for the way the story is narrated.

Music Review : Dev.D

Emosanal atyachar - 5/5

Cant cut a mark, its a simply awesome song, superb composition, beats and use of some ahem words in between,and lastly it lived fully upto my dreamt picturisation.

Duniya - 5/5

Though picturisation didnt satisfy me, yet as audio its awesome track,reminds of ghumiyo at starting, i specially love the last stanza.

Nayan tarse - 4.5/5

Another very good track,special reference to lyrics n composition.

Pardesi - 5/5

Superb in all 3 departments - lyrics,rendition n composition, love these lines "waqt ne kar daala banta dhaar,eib ke hovega re agge yaar".

Saali Khushi - 4.25/5

Very good one,wish the last part of instrumental was shortened a bit.

Paayaliya - 3.25/5

Good rendition but not my types to hear again n again.

Maahi Menu - 3/5

Nice song.

Aankh Micholi - 4/5

Quite good song for the lyrics and feel of the song.

Yehi meri zindagi hai - 4.75/5

Fell in love with this song only after the film,very good one in all departments.

Dhol Yaara Dhol - 5/5

For Shilpa rao's excellent rendition, too good.

Ek Hulchul Si - 3/5

Nice song.

Hikknaal - 5/5

Labh Janjua rocks this song,the punjabi flavour,a track which I feel punjabi music lovers especially should love,excellent composition and love the part "mutiyaaro ta bachna".

Dil Mein Jaagi - 3.5/5

Good song)

Emosanal atyachar(Rock) - 4/5

Didnt like use of some words in song, otherwise excellent.

Ranjhana - 4.25/5

Very good one,sad version of dhol yaara dhol.

Maahi Menu(Sad) - 3.25/5

Little better than original.

Dev Chanda Theme1 - 3.5/5

Good one.

Dev Chanda Theme2 - 3.25/5

Nice one.

Background Music - 4.25/5

Dhol yaara dhol,emosonal atyachar,hikknaal,duniya.

Lyrics - 4.25/5

almost all.

Vocals - 3.75/5

Shilpa rao,toshi n amit trivedi.

My Picks - Duniya,Emosanal atyachar,Pardesi,Dhol yaara dhol,Yehi meri zindagi and Hikknaal.

Music Rating : 4.25/5

Music Review : Jugaad

Tu hai rab mera - 2.65/5

Nice song,krishna has sung it well.

Kisse awaaz dun - 2.25/5

Lyrics are very good but composition n rendition of song dissappoints a lot.

Tension lene ka nahi - 1/5

Poor song.

Tabahi Tabahi - 0.5/5

Super poor.

Mushkil haalato se ladna kaisa - 3.5/5

Good one,especially due to lyrics n krishna's rendition.

Jai Sai Ram - 2/5

Okish.

Background Music - 2/5

Only for tu hai rab meran mushkil haalato.

Lyrics - 2.5/5

Kisse awaaz dun n mushkil haalato.

Vocals - 2.25/5

Krishna mainly.

Music Rating : 2/5

Music Review : Billu

Marjaani - 2.5/5

Quite avg but beats are good.

Love Mera Hit Hit - 2.65/5

Again avg but beats are really good.

You get me rocking n reeling - 3.5/5

Very good one,neeraj does very well here.

Ae aa oo - 3.25/5

Kay kay is good but could had been more better.

Jaayu kahan - 3.75/5

Very good one though expected much more being rahat fateh ali song.

Billu Bhayankar - 2.25/5

Serves the purpose for film,but as audio below avg for me.

Khudaya Khair - 4.5/5

Superb song, loved it more now,soham,akriti n monali have sung it brillaintly,specially soham kya mast rendition hai.

Khudaya Khair Reprise - 2.75/5

Sort of didnt like abhijeet,thoda feeka laga.

Background Music - 3.75/5

Lyrics - 3/5

Vocals - 3.25/5

My Picks : Khudaya Khair(Soham version) and Ae aa oo.

Music Rating : 3.25/5

Film Review : Billu

Well, me didnt have much expectations from the film and so in that way I didnt come back dissappointed. It was nice watch with some good moments at intervals.

Billu is a story of Barber named Billu(Irfan Khan),who lives a poor life,no electricity at home,doesnt get loan for his barber shop also.One day,Sahir Khan(Shahrukh Khan) arrives at his village Budbuda.Now, Billu happens to be old friend of Shahir,this news spread throughtout the village and all villagers start to talk highly of Billu,helping him getting his shop done and suddenly Billu's life changes. But Billu has promised everyone that he will make them meet Shahir Khan including his family. Now, what will Happen when Billu meets Shahir Khan,will he recognise Billu and if not, then will the villagers spare Billu who have penned their hopes on Billu totally.

The film is mix of simplicity and stardom.Needn't be told,Irfan plays the former part. What the film lacks for me is the emotions dont really come out.One song could had been chopped out of 3-4 shown during shoots of Shahir Khan.And then add to it, one does feel repitivity watching Om Puri,Asrani and same set of actors again and again, and doing almost the same exact thing. Rajpal Yadav completely irritates, wonder when will he make us laugh with his acting as he seems busy to go loud and just loud in his roles.

Irfan Khan,without a doubt gives another great performance.His expressions works big time and so does the accent. Wont call it his best work,but probably among his good ones.

Shahrukh Khan was nice, he could had been even more better as per me.Though, the climax scene was superbly done by Shahrukh.

Lara Dutta was good in her part.

Om puri got some good dialogues. Asrani was fine. Rajpal Yadav was poor.

Songs were well used though I feel they were one too many in the end. Ae aa o was very well used showcasing lots of Shahrukh's old film clips.Khudaya Khair was the best song for me. Jaayu kahan could had been more better.

Direction was nice.Dialogues were good in parts.Camerawork should had been more better specially the way it kept zooming Shahrukh Face time n again.

The climax is very good.

Some of my fav moments were :

Shahir's comment to doobe ji

Shahir's final speech.

Billu's phone call scene before interval.

Om puri in Billu's shop to get sasta cut

I wish the emotions were brought about in better way and the repititivity was decreased but still it was quite a nice film with some good moments here and there.

Ratings :

Direction : 2.5 Out of 5

Screenplay : 2.75 Out of 5

Dialogues : 2.85 Out of 5

Cinematography : 3 Out of 5

Choreography : 2.75 Out of 5

Entertainment Value : 3.25 Out of 5

Performances : 3 Out of 5

Story : 2.5 Out of 5

Music : 3.25 Out of 5

Film Rating : 2.65/5

Recommendation : Watch it only for Irfan's great performance and Shahrukh's Screen Presence(Not his acting this time).

Music Review : Jai Veeru

Sufi - 2.85/5

Tulsi spoils it,such bad voice modulation in ending part.

Sufi(male) - 3.25/5

at few places he went wrong,but still good work.

Dhun laagi - 2.75/5

nice in parts.

Aisa Lashkaara - 1.25/5

didnt like at all.

Agra ka Ghagra - 1/5

Feel bad for javed ali to accept this song,raja hasan is below avg,mauli dave takes wrong song to step into playback singing if this is her debut.

Tennu Le - 1.5/5

composition doesnt really impress,naya style tha but didnt look good.

Background Music - 2.85/5

specially sufi n dhun laagi.

Lyrics - 2.5/5

Good in Sufi,gud in parts in tennu,bad in rest.

Vocals - 2/5

only saim impresses though not fully.

My Picks : Sufi and Tenu leke

Music Rating : 2.25/5

Music Review : 13B

Sab Khariyat Hai - 3/5

Bade se Shahar Mein - 3.5/5

Aasma Odh Kar - 3.65/5

Oh Sexy Mama - 2.5/5

Theme - 3/5

Background Music - 3/5

Lyrics - 3/5

Vocals - 3.5/5

My Picks - Bade se Shaher Mein n Aasma Odh Kar

Music Rating : 3/5

Music Review : Aa Dekhen Zara

Gajab - 3.25/5

Nice fun song,sunidhi overpowers Shaan in it,lyrics as per feel of song.

Rock the Party - 2.25/5

quite avg song.

Power - 0.5/5

Very bad,bad composition,bad singing,bad lyrics.

Mohabbat Aapse - 1.75/5

Start was so nice,but it fades once vocals begin,lyrics are avg too.

Aa Dekhen Zara - 4.25/5

Superb song,neil himself sang it,gr8 composition recreated n best part is the 2nd antara has some english lines with background music giving a dark feel of film and tune matches with johnny gaddar theme.

Aa dekhen zara lounge version is so bad,1st time i have heard a lounge version in slow mode

Background Music - 2.25/5

Vocals - 2.25/5

Lyrics - 2/5

Music Rating - 2.25/5

Film Review : Dev D

No Atyachar at all!

An Advice - Girls who believe in values and respect n things should stay away from film as its a very bold film.

Now,there are 2 ways of viewing this film for me,one is to think how much badly they have exploited the characters(especially girls) or second,how true they yet are. I will go by 2nd one.

I havent read the novel, not seen Srk Devdas and dont remember Dilip one either.I have just read few information before release of Dev.D, and on that basis I feel film was quite good.

Dev.D is a story about Dev(Abhay deol) who loves Paro(Maahi gill) madly, but one misunderstanding ruins their relation and Dev abuses Paro to a extent that she decides to marry a boy whom she doesnt love. Dev becomes alcoholic and one day meets Chunni who tries to use the money of Dev for his benefit.He makes Dev meet Chanda(Kalki),who is a escort now after the famous MMS Scandal which forced her to leave home and now she is happy working as student in college during day and as escort during nights. Chanda falls in love with Dev but Dev still loves Paro. Will Dev be able to forget Paro? Did he ever really loved Paro? And what will be the fate of Chanda? Thats what is the remaining part of the film.

Abhay Deol gave a excellent performance as Dev, a spoilt boy who has got a big ego and end result destroys relations never understanding his own mistakes.Abhay very well portrayed all these feelings in the film.

Maahi Gill was good as a actor,though I feel her character could had been made less vulgar or I should say bold.

Kalki was very good in terms of looks while acting was inconsistent,still there were scenes where she made her presence fully felt.

The two things that went against the film for me were, excessive use of songs,even if they are used as narration,18 songs are way too many. While the second was,overuse of boldness n repititive scenes of dev in 2nd half.

Anurag kashyap's feel can be seen in many scenes. His direction is very good.Dev himself commits mistakes yet his ego doesnt let him accept it and believes in blaming Paro for what she hasnt even done.Then,the emosanal atyachar song is so well placed.2 band singers singing the song,paro dancing in her own marriage madly while Dev is gulping alcohol in his room.

Yeh meri zindagi song used to show the life of Chanda before she becomes a escort.Duniya song I feel should had been used in more unique way.Aankh micholi and nayan tarse are very well used.Saali khushi again good,with 3 people and their expressions done as a reference point to Dev's life,though people laughed at it here.

Maahi mainu nahi karna pyar both versions again very well used,and so is the punjabi track played during wedding party.Emosanal rock version is so well brought about,how Dev reaches Chanda and meets Chunni. Rest songs could had been avoided.

The climax was good, though it could still had been more stronger.

Camerawork is superb. Dialogues are fine. Chunni's dialogue delhi ki billi khaayo,maaro lekin paalo nahi and Chanda's "If you are in pain then talk, jab dard ho toh kisi se baat karni chahiye,dard kam ho jaata hai", n the reply of Dev to it was very good too.

I also loved that scene when Dev drinks lot with Chunni with Pardesi song in background and then he goes to wash his face,the camera zooms to his face under water and the music goes silent. Also, when he takes drugs,how the camera zooms to show his tougue.

Before the film, I had read Anurag saying its a film on how the youth destroy their life just because of their ego and certain misunderstandings. I feel this is very well shown on the screen. How Dev allowed his ego to let Paro go away, and as a result he dipped into Alcohol,drugs,misusing all the money his dad had given to him. No wonder,in the end he had to meet with the reality.

Though I wished, the film was less bold then it is.

On the whole, Dev D is a good watch. It should be liked more than No Smoking of Anurag.

Ratings :

Direction : 4.15 Out of 5

Screenplay : 3.5 Out of 5

Dialogues : 2.75 Out of 5

Cinematography : 3.25 Out of 5

Choreography : 3.5 Out of 5

Entertainment Value : 3.15 Out of 5

Performances : 3.85 Out of 5

Story : 3.75 Out of 5

Music : 4.25 Out of 5

Rating : 3.35 Out of 5 (Deducted Points for Execessive boldness n repititive scenes in 2nd half)

Music Review : The Stoneman Murders

Qatilaana - 1.75/5

Sooni Raah pe - 2.75/5

Stoneman - 2/5

Midnight at Matunga - 3/5

The Stoneman Cometh - 2.25/5

Killer in the Kholi - 2.5/5

The Chase - 2/5

The Ritual - 2.5/5

Requiem to the Stoneman - 2.25/5

Background Music - 2.5/5

Lyrics - 1.75/5

Vocals - 1.85/5

Music Rating : 2/5

Music Review : Delhi6

Tumre bhavan mein - 5/5

Excellent,simply excellent when a religious song can be loved by a naastik then what else u want.

Arziyaan - 4.75/5

At 1-2 minor places,the song slips else a very good 9 min rendition from Javed n Kailash and lyrics are worth a mention.

Delhi6 - 5/5

Now, here's A R Rehman for you, a composition that has to be loved.

Hey Kaala Bandar - 5/5

Another fantastic composition,note the part where naresh renders "Aayo hum sheesha dekhe" and then the latter fast version from him,simply supeerb.

Masakalli - 5/5

Mohit Chauhan impresses yet again this time in a different type of number,hakte song from his non stop romantic doses.

Dil Gira Dafatan - 4.85/5

And here we have,another set of new singers launched by Rahman and as always they leave a deep impact.

Rehna Tu - 5/5

The maestro chooses himself for the best track of the album,a song that should touch your soul with last 2 mins of flute used.

Noor - 4/5

A Shayari rendered by Amitabh bachchan just 1 min long.

Bhor Bhayi - 3.5/5

Very well sung by Shreya n other one, but classical touch thora sa jyada hi tha, so I couldnt really love it.

Genda Phool - 3.25/5

I ddint like it,though the fun part was visible in it,somehow song didnt click with me.

Background Music - 4.5/5

Specially delhi6 and rehna tu.

Lyrics - 4.75/5

All songs, hats off to prasoon joshi, just read his comments also on each song in the audio cd, so well described.

Vocals - 4.75/5

Except for minor fault by Kailash kher, Everything was near to perfect.

My Fav Picks - Delhi6, Rehna Tu, Dil Gira Dafatan and Kaala bandar

Music Rating : 4.65/5

Film Review : Luck By Chance

100% Success - Film rocks!

Luck by chance surpasses all the films I had seen so far.Its not a film that should just be taken as a story on how the bollywood industry works n bla bla.But,its a film that showcases life's of strugglers,whatever field it may be.In this world, if you have to achieve success,then it wont come easily unless n ofcourse that luck factor is with you,paths have to be created and you need to keep going on that path whether success comes or not.

The story of Luck by chance is about Vikram(farhan) who came from Delhi to become actor,he meets Shona(konkana) who lives in same building.Shona has been doing side roles of 1-2 scenes in films but she is told tht a film will be done with her in lead,though it never happens.Vikram doesnt believe in losing hope,even if he has to struggle,but when he does gets that luck by chance,he tries to use or misuse it for his own betterment. Is he right in his approach or not and will he ultimately achieve success,thats all story is about.

Farhan akhtar shines in the role,comes out as totally natural,his expressions during sapne se naina entire song are to watch out,how much nervously he looks at the proceedings happening all around. Or the scene with isha at night when farhan decides to manipulate his ways of getting success.And he can dance too,bachna ae haseeno .

Konkana was very good,yet another gud performance from her,as far as looks is concerned, I think one scene in vanity van completely tells why such looks in film as she is said not to get a lead role for commercial films because no actor would work with her,instead top models would be considered.The climax scene is the probably the best one from konkana.

Aamir Khan is good as his scene shows his involvement after doing a scene.

Shahrukh Khan gives a important advice as a star for a newcomer vikram.

Vivek oberoi was fine.

Abhishek was nice.

Akshay khanna sort of irritated.

John was just fine.

Kareena was good.

Dimple kapadia was superb,specially the scene where she tells her daughter to talk with vikram for next film.

Isha sherwani looks perfect for the role.

Hritik Roshan shines the most among special apperances.Watch his scene in car when some kids come to see the great zafar khan,and hritik though in anger mood becomes light hearted to see them.Also, the scene with karan johar where he is told how one actor's rejecting a film becomes another actor's blessing in disguise.And ofcourse,his dance steps in baawre,something different then wht he had been mostly doing in last few songs.

Some of the best scenes for me were :

Rishi kapoor upset on behavior of todays actors giving dates thinking of past times when it was fun making film.

Dimple kapadia saying its not bollywood,its hindi films industry.

The feelings of farhan's friends during his failures and sudden success during drink scene or during autograph scene.

Anurag kashyap asking isha sherwani to use murder instead of khoon.

There's plenty more minor things shown in the film,the behavior changes,how a person hates you when you are nothing n then same person shows fake love as you get tht success ?.

Only possible flaw if there is in the film,then its the pace of the film which is quite slow but it never makes you bored

Songs are brilliantly used,watch opening credits very innovative n different,already talked how well sapno se song is,then baawre is visual treat with wonderful circus arrangements n hritik dance moves.O raahi is used in background only while a love song during vikram's first film shooting.

Direction is superb,excellent writing,very good screenplay and also special reference to dialogues which serves the purpose so well and very meaningful.

The climax of film is very simple yet it gives away a great message that whats important,to lead a life with lots of comforts betraying ppl for that success or to be happy with what you are n keep striving for success in right way.

In the end, I will say Luck by chance,is a very good film for the execution of the story and the performances.It never lets u down at all.Must watch

Ratings :

Direction : 4.25 Out of 5

Screenplay : 3.25 Out of 5

Dialogues : 4 Out of 5

Cinematography : 3.75 Out of 5

Choreography : 3.25 Out of 5

Entertainment Value : 3 Out of 5

Performances : 4.5 Out of 5

Story : 4 Out of 5

Music : 4.25 Out of 5

Rating : 4.15/5

Recommendation : Watch it as it not only gives the minor details about Film Industry and the stardom but also there is a strong message regarding any profession that is given in the film.

Film Review : Victory

Film is abt a boy who has childhood dream to make it big in cricketing world,a dream which crores of children hav but only few make it to final 11.Vijay shekhawat(harman) lives in Jaisalmer,Rajasthan n has always been exllent batsmen during school life and first class cricket but is still nt considered for Ranji Trophy even as he isnt from a big name family.One day,he gets a chance to showcase his talent to Indian coach and thats it,his world of glory begins n soon he gets selected in Indian team.But Vijay commits one single mistake,that ruins his cricketing world.Will he realize it in time and come out of it as victorius or not is the film all abt.

I feel the film has its heart in right place,but the lead actor harman doesnt totally live upto the character.Harman as Vijay-the batsmen does brillaint work,just watch the way he makes stance,shot making,it all looks like a real player,so good work there.But the problem comes in scenes when he isnt on ground.His expressions either are overdone or the camera zooms in too much at his face,also he needs to do something with his look,as there was something tht just wasnt clicking at so many scenes.

Amrita rao,reminded me of ayesha frm jo jeeta wahi sikander,only difference being tht amrita wasnt given any importance except for late 2nd half.She did quite well in her part though.

Anupam kher was very good,Gulshan Grover was perfect n for a change he did something different,no more gangster type role.Dalip tahil was good.

Direction was very good,cricket matches were quite well covered with gud camera angles.

Songs are used very well,credits begin with kailash kher no yeh cricket hai bhaiya showcasing how much popular cricket is among indians with ppl playing it all possible forms,kids or college students whether in rain or roof or any where any time,loved the way it was used,n guess wht while coming home,i saw 2 kids playing cricket in small place.

Thankfully,mazza aa gaya isnt used.Balla utha could had made much more impact then it made but still it was good.Now,money money is the perfect song used so well,the energy n lyrics of song makes it special as a turning point of film n vijay shekhawat,n check out some moves of harman in dis song .

Aisa toh socha na tha again very well used,victory title doesnt make much impact,though the scenes in it do.And finally,my fav one Tu ne re song,superbly done,specially the ending part.

The film is full of cricket n hence real cricketers,here's their performance card

Brett Lee...... Australia - he was the best of all cricketers in the film,n has got very important scenes at many parts of film.

Mike Hussey...... Australia - quite gud,specially climax one.

Simon Katich...... Australia - nice

Stuart Clarke...... Australia - nice

Brad Hogg...... Australia - very nice(reverse sweep of his ball is the one to see)

Michael Slater...... Australia - nice

Dean Jones...... Australia - good

Shoaib Mallik...... Pakistan - fine

Suhail Tanvir...... Pakistan - ok

Waqar Yunus...... Pakistan - strictly fine(he looked strange while speaking dialogue though,bit funny)

Sanath Jayasurya...... Sri Lanka - love the scene where he says only vijay can break my fastest 50 record

Chaminda Vaas...... Sri Lanka - fine

Muthaiah Murlitharan...... Sri Lanka - fine

Fernando...... Sri Lanka - good(watch harman's reaction in one scene towards him,only for cricket lovers)

Ajantha Mendes...... Sri Lanka - okish

Graeme Smith...... South Africa - fine

Harbhajan Singh...... India - nice

Dinesh Karthik...... India - good

R. P. Singh...... India - bad(didnt quite like his dialogue delivery)

Praveen Kumar...... India - good

Yusuf Pathan...... India - worst(did he forgot,he had to showcase real emotions n he was smiling while batting with team in terrible position)

Ashish Nehra...... India - nice(love the way he shows expression when vijay hits him for six)

Ramesh Powar...... India - good(laal badshah)

Navjot Singh Siddhu...... India - kuch shayari sun lena inki,gud as always,didnt get overboard for a change

Maninder Singh...... India - ahh his hindi commentary,thankfully jyada focus nahi diya iski commentary ko,he was good though as looked real not fake.

Atul Wassan...... India - he was fine.

Harsha Bhogle ... - nice

In the end, I will say tht its a film meant for cricket lovers,they can connect to it easily.Any other actor then harman would had taken the film to a certain high but never mind,he does shine in many scenes.His 1st encounter with indian coach,his reactions while watching gulshan photo with sachin,sunil gavaskar,his reply to bouncer of brett,the finale.So,he has his moments too .

Victory for me is a product that isnt any where close to previous big cricket theme films,but this one has its owh charm,its a mix of jo jeeta wahi sikander n fashion in a way.There are few cinematic liberties taken,which in real wont happen,but then itna chalta hai .

Watch it,if you love cricket or have knowledge of it,even if u dislike harman.

Ratings :

Direction : 2.75 Out of 5

Screenplay : 3 Out of 5

Dialogues : 2.5 Out of 5

Cinematography : 2.5 Out of 5

Choreography : 3 Out of 5

Entertainment Value : 3.75 Out of 5

Performances : 2.85 Out of 5

Story : 3.15 Out of 5

Music : 2.75 Out of 5

Film rating - 3.75/5(.60 extra for tu ne re song)

Recommendation : Give it a go only if You are a die hard cricket fan and you can tolerate Hurman even though he is quite okay.