Recap : 2010 - Top100 Songs

As I have always done in the past.. The top 100 songs of 2010 in Hindi Films are here ... But I have to admit that its one of those years when I skipped lots of songs, and albums, not that I wasn't interested but because I couldn't get that much time... So, this time the list will be less accurate as compared to previous occasions..

Top 100 Songs (2010) : 

1. Dil kyun yeh mera - kites
2. Dilli - no one killed jessica
3. Cham cham jani raatein - striker
4. Aietbaar - no one killed jessica
5. Kites in the sky - kites
6. Ranjha ranjha - raavan
7. Dua karo - no one killed jessica
8. Tere liye - prince
9. Tujhe bhula diya - anjaana anjaani
10. Dil toh bachcha hai jee - ishqiya
11. Call me dil - jhootha hi sahi
12. Azaadiyan parion ki bediyaan - udaan
13. Ainvayi ainvayi - band baaja baaraat
14. Tees maar khan - tees maar khan
15. Tarkeebein - band baaja baaraat
16. Ibn e batuta - ishqiya
17. Munni badnaam - dabangg
18. Sheila ki jawani - tees maar khan
19. Behene de - raavan
20. Cry cry - jhootha hi sahi
21. Aali re - no one killed jessica
22. Tumse hi tumse - anjaana anjaani
23. Tujhi mein - crook
24. Rann hai - rann
25. Kaun hoon main - prince

26. Mora piya - raajneeti
27. I am dog gone crazy - action replayy
28. Saude bazi (javed ali) - aakrosh
29. By the way - aisha
30. Udi  - guzaarish
31. Challa - crook
32. Guzaarish  - guzaarish
33. Parda - once upon a time in mumbaai
34. Chaska - badmaash company
35. I will be waiting - jhootha hi sahi
36. Saiba  - guzaarish
37. Bombay bombay - striker
38. Bin tere - i hate luv storys
39. Kabhi na kabhi toh miloge - shaapit
40. Ayaashi - badmaash company
41. Tera zikr - guzaarish
42. Mere bina - crook
43. Do nishaaniyan - jhootha hi sahi
44. Suno aisha - aisha
45. Hey ya - karthik calling karthik
46. Madno - lamhaa
47. Tere naina - my name is khan
48. Rehmat zara - lamhaa
49. Kata kata - raavan
50. I hate luv storys - i hate luv storys

51. Oh girl you are mine - housefull
52. Tere mast mast do nain - dabangg
53. Jeetoge tum - toonpur ka superhero
54. Jab mila tu - i hate luv storys
55. Tere bin - dil toh bachcha hai jee
56. Zindagi do pal ki - kites
57. Rabba - aashayein
58. Luk chup jaana - action replayy
59. Hairat - anjaana anjaani
60. Fakeera - badmaash company
61. Ale - golmaal3
62. Yeh pal - no one killed jessica
63. Dil khol ke lets rock - we are family
64. Ishq ki gali - milenge milenge
65. Lehrein - aisha
66. Keh do zara this - jaane kahan se aayi hai
67. Tum bhi ho wahi - kites
68. I dont know what to do - housefull
69. Hello hello - jhootha hi sahi
70. Tum jo aaye - once upon a time in mumbaai
71. Yeh dil hai nakhrewala - dil toh bachcha hai jee
72. Dont worry about me - break ke baad
73. Baaki main bhool gayi - action replayy
74. Humko peeni hai - dabangg
75. Sham - aisha

76. Loser - housefull
77. Haq se le haq se - striker
78. Thok de killi - raavan
79. Aa bhi jaa sanam - prince
80. Uff teri ada - karthik calling karthik
81. Tel maalish - road the movie
82. Khelein hum jee jaan sey - khelein hum jee jaan sey
83. Apna har din - golmaal3
84. Noor e khuda - my name is khan
85. Lets go to toonpur - toonpur ka superhero
86. I am in love - once upon a time in mumbaai
87. Dum dum - band baaja baaraat
88. Band baaja baaraat - band baaja baaraat
89. Isi umar mein - isi life mein
90. Main jiyunga - break ke baad
91. Kya hawa kya baadal - allah ke banday
92. Mohabbat bollywood style - love sex aur dhokha
93. Chahta dil tumko - shaapit
94. Tum milo toh sahi - tum milo toh sahi
95. Jaane kiske khawaab  - guzaarish
96. Ab mujhko jeena - aashayein
97. O naye insaan - robot
98. Nakhre - action replayy
99. Maula - allah ke banday
100. Ishq barse - raajneeti



Songs that missed out --- 


Mera jeena hai kya - aashayein
Bahara - i hate luv storys
Aye khuda - paathshaala
Aas paas hai khuda - anjaana anjaani
Papa jag jayega - housefull
Dooriyan hain zaroori - break ke baad
Bekarar - paathshaala
Pee loon - once upon a time in mumbaai
Atithi tum kab jayoge - atithi tum kab jayoge
Love sex aur dhokha - love sex aur dhokha
Fire - kites
Kuch toh baaki hai - milenge milenge
Zor ka jhatka - action replayy
Aadha ishq - band baaja baaraat
Mast punjabi - no problem
Ajab leher - break ke baad
Isak se meetha - aakrosh
Gal mithi mithi - aisha
Remote ko bahar phenk - rann
Aila re aila - khatta meetha
I feel good - anjaana anjaani
Chhan ke mohalla - action replayy
Ullu da patha - tere bin laden
Abhi kuch dino se - dil toh bachcha hai jee
Baari barsi - band baaja baaraat
Adhoore - break ke baad
Keh na saku  - guzaarish
Chal chal bhosala market - khichdi the movie
Kya - crook
Dhanno - housefull
Dilkash dildaar duniya - aashayein
Beera - raavan
Dhatad tatad - lafangey parindey
Sadka - i hate luv storys
Sajda - my name is khan
Mera bharat mahaan - rann
Chori kiya re jiya - dabangg
Sau gram zindagi  - guzaarish
Musafir - lahore
Kajra kajra re - kajrare
Babu rao - once upon a time in mumbaai
Dhoop ke makaan -  break ke baad
Do dooni chaar - do dooni chaar
Udd udd dabangg - dabangg
Sajde - khatta meetha
Tum chain ho - milenge milenge
Badmaash company - badmaash company
Neeyat kharab hai - teen patti
Dhak dhak dhak - action replayy
Daayein baayein - guzaarish
Charha de rang - yamla pagla deewana
Mitra - band baaja baaraat
Yamla pagla deewana - yamla pagla deewana
Tu gandi - love sex aur dhokha
Woh lamha phir se jeena hai - kajrare
Sara pyar hai bekaar - phas gaye re obama
Wallah re wallah - tees maar khan
Bheegi si bhaagi si - raajneeti
Tinku jiya - yamla pagla deewana
Happy ending - tees maar khan
Anjaana anjaani - anjaana anjaani
Bade dilwala - tees maar khan

Dev D Emosanal Atyachar Rock

"Welcome home ... "

As Chunni throws Dev onto the bed.. the background tune of Emosanal Atyachar rock starts..

Chanda is looking at Dev closely, who for her is yet another customer. The background tune is steady for now...

"Paro ... "

Dev who is fully drunk and doesnt know where he is, takes name of Paro while lying on bed with eyes closed...  The background tune which started initially comes to a total low now.

Chanda who was observing Dev till now, is a bit surprised with the name Paro, as she looks suspiciously with glass of wine in right hand and cigerette in other. The background now takes a high as the Dev chapter comes written.

Cut to, a metro which passes by the station in a second as we shift back to Dev's life post Paro marriage.

"Bharpa ek shor hai,
Pukhta hai purzorr hai ...
agg ragg jalte iske sarmaaye .. "

Close up shot of Dev sitting in a metro, completely shattered look.. as if he isnt alive, lost in his thoughts, lost in paro. The lyrics talks of his current state, a guy who doesnt have the girl whom he loved but allowed to slip away
.

"Kal mera bebaak tha,
aaj magar kamzor hai ..
khud se aankhein hi na mil paayein ... "

Cut to Mid-Shot, guy sitting next to Dev closely looking at him as he wonders what must have happened with him. The lyrics focus further on Dev's state, telling how good his life once was, and how weak he has become now that he feels ashamed in his own eyes.

"Aankhon ke aage jo hai
manzar, laava barsaaye .. "

Side profile Shot, the metro is about to stop at the station. Dev gets up and in the background a high beat instrument plays adding a new dimension to the feel of the song. The lyrics further says, that Dev's eyes portray the pain and agony of losing his love.

"Jalta hai dil, jalta hai dil ..
til til main jalta hoon .. "

Track in shot, with background at some portions kept little blurred. The anger feeling is given emphasis here in the lyrics and the way shot comes out. Dev walking past a decent crowded place. The anger feel also comes in the shot like a heart broken into pieces with the background of hard beat if noticed properly in start of this shot, which began at the end of last shot.

Same shot continued... A reference made with the crowd and time, on how much Dev suffers everyday, every minute.

"Iss lamhe ki haqeeqat .. "

Dev is still passing by a locality, the lyrics are trying to underline the truth of his current bad moment or phase of life.

"gawaara na kar paaye"

Cut to 3 twilight guys, one with a hat, two of them smoking, and all looking at someone, which we can guess as Dev.

"Jalta hai dil, jalta hai dil .. 
til til main jalta hoon .. "

And the guess is right, as dev enters into the frame. He stands there for few seconds, as the guys are in his way.

"Hatt jaa re, hatt jaa re .. 
pade hatt jaa re nazro se .. "

Thats what, Dev is trying to say through his body movements or signs. The twilight guys understands it, and lets him go in his direction. Again, the anger state given a major stress during this song.

"Pade hatt jaa re, hatt jaa re .. "

The twilight guys show their back, as they are watching Dev go by, just like we the audience were watching his current state in the song till now.

"Hatt jaa re, hatt jaa re .. 
pade hatt jaa re nazro se .. "

We are introduced to Chunni, who also watches Dev passing by on the road. The shot initially on Chunni, shifts focus to Dev. And the lyrics continue to say, Dev wants everyone to not come in his way...

" Mere lafz ke haar jaise.. 
hain yaadon mein chubte jaise
aansun mere behte rehte 
khoon ke, khoon ke ... "

Long shot of Dev walking towards some place, through a small area. His heart is constantly in the memories of Paro  ... The lyrics initially are used as background, as the drums on that street have high sound, gradually the sound of drums decreases and the last 2 lines of lyrics goes higher in sound.

"Khoon ke .. khoon ke "

Mid shot of Dev .. as it appears he is close to the place where he was heading to since start of song.

And finally he sits at downstairs, with a guy and girl from whom he is gonna buy some drugs. The music which was in background during start of song, is playing again, at a low pitch this time.. as the song's 1st part ends here.

"Hatt jaa re, hatt jaa re .. 
pade hatt jaa re nazro se.. 
pade hatt jaa re nazro se .. "

Rasika says some hard words to Dev, as a result Dev gets angry further. And the perfect lyrics for the mood brings the start of Part-2 of the song.

"Hatt jaa re hatt jaa re .. 
pade hatt jaa re nazro se .. 
hatt jaa re .. "

Dev going from bus to metro, from one place to another. Losing his own identity, and he is just wandering away from everyone.

"Mere lafz ke haar jaise .. "

Its the same lyrics of part1 getting repeated here, as a mid random shot of a place is shown to either tell that Dev is watching a couple at some place or to highlight the place he is at is some bar or pub.

"hain yaadon mein chubte jaise

aansun mere behte rehte 

khoon ke, khoon ke 

khoon ke, khoon ke ... "

Cut to Dev, who gulps his glass of vodka. The music comes to a low, the place where it actually ended in Part1, but here it continues further.

"Aankhon ka hai dhokha, 
aisa tera pyar .. 
tera emosanal atyachar " 

Cut to Paro, love making scene with only paro's face visible. Interesting thing about lyrics in this shot is that the sound is set in a way that it doesnt look to be played on paro but dev, as the sound appears to be played in the background.

"Aankhon ka hai dhokha, 
aisa tera pyar .. 
tera emosanal atyachar .. "

Cut to Dev who gulps another drink. And now we clearly notice the difference in sounds, as same lyrics of last shot plays here but this time its not the background.

This scene comes later in the film, which is the part3 of the song, just 1 min long not more. Dev sitting with Chunni, two shot where Chunni makes drink for Dev but he throws it in a violent way scaring Chunni, and the angst scream of 'Anurag Kashyap' plays to sneak in the last part of the song.

"Aankhon ka hai dhokha, 
aisa tera pyar 
tera emosanal atyachar .. " 

A complete 360 degree revolve shot done on Dev, followed by shot where Dev is drunk and in a state of 'giving up totally'. As he goes to Chunni's place, to meet Chanda. The fact that he is in deeper pain after recent visit of Paro, takes a effect as he drops his wallet at the counter. The song ends, the moment Chanda comes in the frame. The lyrics which again gets repeated, but the composition of these lyrics are different than last time, as the speed is fast and rock feel is present. Anurag Kashyap avoids using the abuse present in the audio song though.


The high beat instrument used in the shot where metro is coming to a stop, remains my personal very fav...

So,thats it, a song that has way too much in its visual excellence. It had to be penned down in my blog...

Recap : 2010 Performances

Okay, Here's my take on each category award wise. I am just going to tell my 1 pick in each category with a reason, and 2 people who just missed being the number one.

Best Actor Male : Hrithik Roshan (Kites)
Reason : He was flawless in his performance, which wasnt the case with Guzaarish.
Next two : Shahrukh Khan (My name is Khan) and Ranbeer Kapoor (Raajneeti)

Best Actor Female : Vidya Balan (Ishqiya)
Reason : She was so much into the skin of her role in the film, overshadowing her last good performance of Paa.
Next two : Aishwarya Rai (Guzaarish) and Deepika Padukone (Break ke Baad)

Best Director : Anurag Basu (Kites)
Reason : He brought the best out of so many scenes in the film, and ofcourse love the way he builds narration of story.
Next two : Vikramaditya Motwane (Udaan) and Karan Johar (My name is Khan)

Best Film : Kites
Reason : I connected to it the most and technically it was too good.
Next two : My name is Khan and Raajneeti

Best Supporting Actor Male : Arshad Warsi (Ishqiya)
Reason : He supported naseeruddin shah so well, to such a large extent that there was very little to choose in better performance between both.
Next two : Ram Kapoor (Udaan) and Arjun Rampal (Raajneeti)

Best Supporting Actor Female : Anaitha Nair (Aashayein)
Reason : She was so good, emotionally touches you with her performance.
Next two : Shernaaz Patel (Guzaarish) and Kareena Kapoor (We are Family)

Best Actor in a Comic Role : Manu Rishi (Phas Gaye re Obama)
Reason : Without a doubt, he was the best. Love the way he tells Rajat about his kidnapping.
Next two : Supriya Pathak (Khichdi) and Johnny Lever (Golmaal3)

Best Actor in a Negative Role : Ronit Roy (Udaan)
Reason : He makes you hate him in the film, which means his performance is too good.
Next two : Manoj Bajpai (Raajneeti) and Emraan Hashmi (Once upon a time in Mumbaai)

Best Music : Amit Trivedi (No one Killed Jessica)
Reason : There wasnt a single average track in the album and its hard to choose single no.1 song.
Next two : AR Rahman (Raavan) and Rajesh Roshan (Kites)

Best Lyricist : Gulzar - Dil toh baccha hai jee (Ishqiya)
Reason : Simple, the legend keeps writing innovative lyrics connecting some slangs too beautifully.
Next two : Amitabh Bhattacharya - Aazaadiyan (Udaan) and Sarim Momim - Rann hai (Rann)

Best Playback Singer Male : Kay Kay - Dil kyun yeh mera (Kites)
Reason : It was a lovely composition which was given a soulful feeling through his rendition.
Next two : Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - Dil toh baccha hai jee (Ishqiya) and Sonu Nigam - Cham cham (Striker)

Best Playback Singer Female : Meenal Jain (No one Killed Jessica)
Reason : She sort of created that emotional connect with her voice instantly, very well sung.
Next two : Shruti Pathak - Tujhe bhula diya (Anjaana Anjaani) and Sunidhi Chauhan - Udi (Guzaarish)

Best Debut Male : Ranveer Singh (Band Baaja Baaraat)
Reason : Confidence that was visible in his performance from start till end.
Next two : Rajat Barmecha (Udaan) and Pradhuman Singh (Tere Bin Laden)

Best Debut Female : Barbara Mori (Kites)
Reason : Had the film worked, everyone would had gone ga ga over her performance, she was way too good  in her expressions and dialogues both.
Next two : Sonakshi Sinha (Dabangg) and Amrita Puri (Aisha)

Best Debut Director : Vikramaditya Motwane (Udaan)
Reason : Something new, realistic and so well captured on the screen by him.
Next two : Maneesh Sharma (Band Baaja Baaraat) and Parmeet Sethi (Badmaash Company)

Best Story : Subhash Kapoor (Phas Gaye re Obama)
Reason : Its something totally different, creative and very interesting.
Next two : Anurag Kashyap & Vikramaditya Motwane (Udaan) and Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Guzaarish)

Best Scene : Beera dies (Raavan)
Reason : The cinematography, the dialogues, the background and the way scene is build up contributes to it.
Next two : Stadium scene(My name is Khan) and Rohan takes Arjun home (Udaan). 

Best Jodi : Ranveer - Anushka (Band Baaja Baaraat)
Reason : They both complimented each other so well through their chemistry, that the flaws in their individual performances got neglected.
Next two : Hrithik-Aishwarya (Guzaarish) and Imran-Sonam (I Hate Luv Storys)

Best Trailer : Once upon a time in Mumbaai
Reason : The trailer had excellent presentation and build up to each character with various background themes.
Next two : No one Killed Jessica and Jhootha Hi Sahi

Best Screenplay : Shibani Bathija (My name is Khan)
Reason : The past-present narration was very well done.
Next two : Rajat Arora (Once upon a time in Mumbaai) and Habib Faisal (Band Baaja Baaraat)

Best Dialogue : Rajat Arora (Once upon a time in Mumbaai)
Reason : Punchlines were very good, some will even be remembered for years.
Next two : Habib Faisal (Band Baaja Baaraat) and Abhinav Kashyap & Dilip Shukla (Dabangg)

Best Editing : Namrata Rao (Love Sex Aur Dhokha)
Reason : So, beautifully the 3 stories are joined together with her editing. One of a kind never done before.
Next two : Namrata Rao (Band Baaja Baaraat) and Akiv Ali (Once upon a time in Mumbaai)

Best Choreography : Farah Khan - Munni Badnaam (Dabangg)
Reason : She brought the fun, masti feel through all three main characters, and used background artists well too. Salman's steps choreography was the main highlight.
Next two : Vaibhavi Merchant - Ainvayi Ainvayi (Band Baaja Baaraat) and Longinus Fernandes - Fire (Kites)

Best Background Score : Sandeep Shirodkar (Once upon a time in Mumbaai) 
Reason : Loved many themes used in the film, though the main trailer theme was the one that appealed the most.
Next two : Amit Trivedi (Udaan) and AR Rahman (Jhootha Hi Sahi) 

Best Cinematography : Santosh Sivan & V.Manikandan (Raavan)
Reason : It was miles ahead of other competitors.
Next two : Ayananka Bose (Kites) and Ravi.K.Chandran (My name is Khan)

Best Action : Mark, Bobb, Edward, Luca, Angelique, Denney (Kites)
Reason : The action was of hollywood standard, very thrilling and appealing.
Next two : Vijayan Master (Dabangg) and Tinu Verma & Peter Pedrero (Veer)

Best Art Direction : Sumit Basu & Rajnish Hedao (Guzaarish)
Reason : SLB films have always been known for very good minro detailing and artistic sets, and once again they did it in Guzaarish.
Next two : Nitin Desai (Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey) and Nitin Chandrakant Desai (Ishqiya)

Best Costumes : Pernia Querishi & Kunal Rawal (Aisha) 
Reason : The film always concentrated on costumes right from his promotion and it actually did have excellent costumes in the entire film, specially the 3 girls in the film.
Next two : Manish Malhotra & Gopika (I Hate Luv Storys) and Manoshi & Rushi (Once upon a time in Mumbaai)

Film Review : 7 Khoon Maaf

Alert : Read review only if you have seen the film or you have no problems with the revealing of various scenes done in the review.

Vishal Bharadwaj gave me a image of director who makes films that have that amazing madness, which I have seen people say a lot about Hollywood director "Quentin Tarantino". It was Kaminey with which I got that kind of feel and the promos of 7 Khoon Maaf if for a particular reason excited me the most, then it was this madness only that I could sense in various frames shown in the trailer. So, does Vishal lives upto the madness I expected... He does and that too by a big big way!

7 Khoon Maaf is a story of woman named Susanna (Priyanka Chopra) who tries to find happiness in each of her 7 marriages. She gives her 100% into each relationship but in return she never gets what she expected. How one by one the husbands show their bad sides which she wasnt aware of. And what path Susanna then takes, Is she correct in her chosen path, and why she opts for such path ?

Firstly, Kudos to the 1st shot of the film. It was a random shot but so well thought off to begin the film. The blood on wall gives a very good feeling that Yes, We are in for a dark film. The narration is kept non-linear which is expected when Bharadwaj has already kept the proceedings very predictable in a pattern fixed for each story.

Talking of patterns, you will observe easily that a murder is about to happen with a medium close up shot of all three servants, Maggi(Usha Uthup), Ghalib(dont know his name) and Goonga(dont know his name) shown to us. Then, there is a church bell scene kept in most of the husband story, giving reference to "I have to give up, all my efforts are in vain and I have no other option now".

Coming to each story now ..

1st husband, Edwin Rodriques (Neil Nitin Mukesh) was the best performance by any husband in the film. More credits to the writing especially. Its probably the only story where you would love the story as a whole, and also a reason for that is you are not aware of the patterns that comes for 1st time here.

2nd husband, Jimmy Stetson (John Abraham) was a decent performance. O Mama song makes a powerful impact and wondefully choreographed. The gap between O Mama and Dil dil dil certainly was bit too less.

3rd husband, Wasiullah Khan (Irrfan Khan) was probably the least impressive story of all. Though, my reservations against Bekaaran song is certainly one reason for it, along with the fact that a sudden complete change in behavior of Irrfan Khan made the happenings unintentionally funny. Irrfan Khan though shows his acting talent, notice his mannerisms when he reads shayari from diary, or when he laughs being slapped as a surprise. What actually saves this story, is its culmination. Look out for Priyanka's scene sitting in front of a mirror, a complete mad scene.

4th husband, Nicolai Vronsky (Alekxandr Dyachenko) had nice performance, probably Bharadwaj wanted to give extra humour to this story by making a non-Indian willingly speak Hindi dialogues, and having a recap of 1st three murders narrated to him through the servants. Once again, Look out for my personal fav scene of the film, when Priyanka enters with anger and sarcasm in her tone, and a slight humour with Bharadwaj's vision.

5th husband, Keemat Lal (Anu Kapoor) delivers a very good performance. Very good writing once more. In terms of interest, the screenplay has very less in offer though.

6th husband, Modhusudhon Tarafdar (Naseeruddin Shah) was good. But this time its the screenplay that impresses along with writing. The shift in the regular pattern takes you by the edge, a good way to get your attention in case it got lost in 5 stories till now.

7th husband .. find out yourself.

Okay, these above 7 stories of husbands were the 3rd pattern along with the earlier mentioned two patterns. But what actually keeps this 3rd pattern from stopping you getting bored or giving any sense of predictabilty is the screenplay and narrative of the whole film. Bharadwaj makes sure that each story has a different take, except for probably 1st husband, in rest husband's stories it takes time before you find out why a murder is going to happpen.

Then, the culmination of each story is kept very exciting, a dark feel along with it. Another pattern, murders taking place at night.

The songs are used very well in the narration, O Mama, Yeshu, Awaara being the best used songs. Darling was beautifully choreographed, while O Mama acoustic version sets the mood for the original version. Yeshu and Awaara haunts the way they are inserted into the narration.

Editing is very good, some shots are so beautifully combined creating a magic effect, for instance the one where priyanka fills vivaan's hair with vodka, and next shot is the background music of darling. Bekaaran song could had been shortened though. Cinematography is good, specially the Kashmir scenes or the rain sequence in pre-climax. Screenplay impressive except for 1-2 stories, as a whole its very good..

Background Score is very good, I specially love the theme that plays for Vivaan, that was always my personal fav before the film and still it is. Also, the one during culmination point of Irrfan story was way too good.

Climax is debatable, very differently shown... the idea of keeping dialogue at end credits may not have been entirely right if Bharadwaj considered normal audience in mind, for filmi buffs, it was never a problem. Its not a tough climax to understand, but people may have different takes on it, very much like Kaminey.

Coming to rest performances ..

Usha Utthup, Goonga and Ghalib were superb in their supporting roles. Especially Ghalib who impresses with his acting. The 1st interaction scene between Goonga and Ghalib, the interval sequence and the scene with 4th husband including all 3 servants were among the best ones of the film too.

Ruskin Bond is also visible in a special appearance...

Now, some words on what could possibly be the forthcoming new sensational actor, son of Naseeruddin Shah, Vivaan Shah makes his debut. He is the narrator of the entire film, and hence his role is written in a way that he gets included in each husband's story. He is given the name of  'Sugar' by Priyanka, one can easily say that the name very well suited him. Notice his expressions, his growth in appearance and maturing as a person. He also has a transition from childhoold to around 45 yrs. He has got some excellent dialogue lines to deliver too. But its the way he enacts his role, that I just feel like praising him a lot.

Finally, the lady herself, Priyanka Chopra .. she delivers her 2nd best performance after Fashion. I am being a bit hard, else this is easily her best performance. Thing to note is how well she transforms into a complete new role, because the husbands are just portraying their one side, but Priyanka has to get into that different world of her husband every time, and how well she does it. Ofcourse make up person gets a due too here, though I must admit her make up during 5th husband was not upto the mark, the skin wasnt looking good or real if I can say. If I have to pick her best get ups in the film, then it would be 1st one,4th one,6th one and ofcourse 7th one.


Overall, 7 Khoon Maaf represents the dark side of Susanna, her world where she wanted happiness out of her husbands which she never got. How fate had its laugh on her every time, how she was deprived of that one right person in her life. If you can notice these aspects in the film, then you have very well understood what Bharadwaj wanted to show through the film. Its not any message oriented film, but its not a merely entertaining film either. Its a dark take on a person's misery with blend of humour and thrill.  Apart from few shortcomings the film has, it would stand among the best films of 2011 easily.


Rating : 4.25 Out of 5 

Film Review : Yeh Saali Zindagi

The title makes you wonder if it is another dark feel kind of film like Dev D etc. But instead of calling it dark, it can be related as a realistic film that is very fast paced with a narration that keeps you glued to the screen.

The story of the film is nothing new. There are various sub-plots, Arun(Irfan Khan) is in love with Priti(Chitrangda Singh) but only comes to know later that she never loved him but was after Shyam(Vipul Gupta). It doesnt effect Arun as he loves her unconditionally. Kuldeep(Arunoday Singh) is about to come out of jail and has decided to end his crime life, but he has a tough task ahead to convince his wife Shanti(Aditi Rao Hydari) whose nature is very unlike her name. How the lives of these people get affected by one incident, and what role rest supporting cast play in helping or making it tough for these guys is what yeh saali zindagi is all about.

Now, the thing is that the sub-plots has been made as a complete movie so many times. So, what Sudhir Mishra does is, presents the film in form of a fast paced thriller. He starts the film with flashback that contains scenes from present too. So, a confusion is very well set up in the narration making you totally alert right through. Sudhir doesnt stop here, he puts forward fast montages of past stories of all the main protaganist without wasting too much time on them, also he makes sure that the past stories comes at various intervals and not in a single tone. Also, there are voice over done by Arun throughout the film and then there are few dreamy sequences that Arun goes into at some places.

Well that sums up, how much thought Sudhir had put into the story and screenplay. At intermission, he has kept a dialogue of Irfan saying "Kahaani yahan se shuru hoti hai .. ". Screenplay is very tight, narration style is appealing and impactful. Editing is very good. Good Cinematography. Excellent Background score. And very real dialogues, though lots of cussing done which is expected in a A rated film.

There are still some weak points in the film, the opening credit song sung by Prashant probably was very irritating since he repeats same lines around 4-5 times in a row. The final bullet scene gets too filmy though the scene with the film is very good to watch. While the sub-plot of Bade and Chote i.e Yashpal Sharma and Prashant Narayanan doesnt create that much effect as compared to rest stories, though good thing being that this story is given least importance in the screenplay and kept at supporting role only.

The songs are repeatedly used though no song is used completely. At times, the repeativity doesnt look good. The placement of songs is very good, cant single out any one song in that regards. Audio wise, the songs are awesome. Dil dar ba dar the best of all along with title track. Also, kaise kahein, sa ra ra and ishq tere jalwe have very good moments in their duration too.

Performances wise,

Irffan Khan as always is natural and at his supreme best in his serious look breaking into a humourous dialogue.Chitrangda Singh's acting is visible by the fact that its hard to tell what she wants until the end. Normally, a actress eyes would reveal it, not so in case of her. Looks wise, she looks hot and beautiful as always.

Arunoday Singh has improved since Aisha, though it appeared that his voice was dubbed in the film.Aditi Rao Hydari, the sweet innocent bua of Delhi6, looks extremely hot in this role, and very good performance too.

Saurabh Shukla and Sushant Singh are as usual effective. Yashpal Sharma and Prashant Narayanan are okay. Vipin Sharma shines in a gangster role after getting typecasted in role of father since long.

The sequence where Arun watches Priti romancing Shyam, all the montages, Arun deciding to go back to Priti while driving, Tony telling Priti what she will say to him on phone, Kuldeep taking test of Priti are some of the best directed scenes of the film.

Also, the film keeps the surprises coming, making it hard to predict until the final scene as to what would happen to some of the characters.

Overall, Yeh Saali Zindagi works due to the vision of Sudhir Mishra, the performances from the entire cast and a good music to support it. In short, a complete package film(doesnt refer to action + drama + comedy but performances + direction + screenplay + editing + dialogue + music).

Rating : 4 Out of 5

Masz na imie Justine [Views]

I have seen very few world movies. Dont remember, this could be the 1st one for me. I saw this one around a month ago, but still its there in my thoughts. Re-watched it some days back again.. The story is about a girl who wants to be happy, and feels the guy she loves will always keep her happy. But she is in for a surprise, a surprise that would to a extent end her desire to be happy ever again in life.

Its a story of Mariola who faces some hard circumstances, how the situation gets hold of her and she gives in. The pain, and the willingness to get away always in her eyes. She wants to live as Mariola, but she is forced to live the life of Justine.

The performance by Anna Cieslak who plays Mariola/Justine is outstanding. The sets and cinematography is very good too. The atmosphere or sourroundings set up perfectly brings up that mood where you feel for the character going through so much. There are some very tough scenes that are hard to see, the ones where Mariola for the 1st time goes through the painful life that has been gifted to her.

There are some very good dialogues too, especially the ones where Justine talks with her Grandma in her thoughts telling what she has gone through and what more is yet to come.

My fav one comes right at end of film "How much strength one needs to have? What for? Where is love? Where are dreams ? Where is this bloody justice" . In one single dialogue, the entire suffering of Justine is showcased.

Also, the sequence where Mariola in red dress stands outside a window only to realize that she doesnt have courage to commit suicide either, that entire scene is brilliantly shooted. Its also the poster of the film actually.

Mariola just wanted to be happy, and that's the only thing she was left desiring ever after.

A very good film!

Film Review : Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Jee

Madhur Bhandarkar's attempt at comedy genre, taking a break from serious cinema. Though he admits here too, the comedy would be in a realistic manner. After watching the film only thing I can say is that he was way better at his serious cinema, he has a long way to go in comedy genre.

The story is about 3 guys, Naren(Ajay Devgan), Milind(Omi Vaidya) and Abhay(Emraan Hashmi) who have a common interest i.e finding a loving partner. Naren falls in love with a girl June(Shazahn Padamsee) in his office who is 15 yrs less in age than him. Milind starts liking a radio rj , Gungun(Shraddha Das), madly whom he meets at a party occasion. While Abhay is after money initially flirting with Anushka(Tisca Chopra), later falling in love with Nikki(Shruti Hassan). How all 3 of them try to win their love, and do the girls also actually love them or not, or are we in for another one sided love affair for all 3 lead actors.

The film starts with a voiceover of Paresh Rawal describing the qualities of all the 3 lead actors. It takes 15-20 mins for the story to get settled. Then starts the search of comical scenes that would make you laugh out completely, there comes 1-2 scenes in 1st half. You wonder, 2nd half must give more, but again you get 1-2 scenes at best. And in the end, in a comic film, you are hardly given scenes that could tickle your bone.

Screenplay of the film especially is terrible and just doesnt really interest you. The plot of 3 guys trying to win over their love, having different backgrounds could had formed a good enough screenplay but not the case here. Some dialogues are good, rest are okish. Editing was fine.Background score was good, specially the use of old songs i.e Koi apna hota or the title song theme.

Songs though not appealing enough audio wise, looked better with film. Maybe that defines how much average the film was. I specially loved Jaadugiri and Yeh dil hai nakhrewala with the film.

Climax was completely predictable, but have to say it was very well directed by Madhur. As a debut in comic genre, Madhur has done a decent enough start, should learn with future films.


There were few noteworthy sequences in the film, Mukesh Tiwari-Omi Vaidya talk on 15 yr old 2 girls, Ajay using friend's name to get advice on love from Emraan, Ajay's singing at June friends party, Shruti-Emraan restaurant scene and the heartbreak scenes.

Performances wise,

Ajay Devgan delivers the only excellent performance from the film among the lead actors. He was completely in form yet again continuing his 2010 form. The expressions, the heartbreak, and the repeat of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam in that singing song scene(probably Madhur did it intentionally).

Omi Vaidya was irritating and not upto the mark at all. Infact everytime it appeared like I was watching Chatur again and not Milind. Not a good sign for a actor.

Emraan Hashmi was cool, comic timing was visible especially the home scenes with Ajay and Omi, and the restaurant scene with Shruti. But, the writing in regards to his role definately was a let down, a lot more could had been taken out from his performance but the scope wasnt there.

Shazahn Padamsee was cute looking and beatuiful too but acting wise she was just about okay. Infact, her "Please sir, please, please" kinda of gets irritating after a point.

Shraddha Das was decent, she always appeared to have a slight greyish character. Only her voice I found not impressive.

Shrutti Hassan was below average, I wonder if it was even her  voice in the film or not. She really requires to work on her acting a lot. The expressions either arent there or are overdone while the voice too is so shaky. But she is very appealing when it comes to her looks.

Tisca Chopra was very good in her portrayal of a sexy mom if I could say it. Quite unusual role but she did it very well, not completely convincing though but still much better than any of the female actors in the film.

Rituparna Sengupta and Mukesh Tiwari were good in their small cameos.


Overall, Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Jee is the weakest film of Madhur Bhandarkar(I have seen only Fashion and Jail till now). Still, one should watch it for his try at comedy genre, even though he doesnt succeed at it.


Rating : 2.60 Out of 5