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