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Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl Movie Review and Wallpapers

Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl Movie Review and Wallpapers
Story: Ricky Bahl ( Ranveer Singh), a young conman makes his monies by duping pretty young things -- Parineeti Chopra, Dipannita Sharma, Aditi Sharma -- with impunity. Until, the trio decide to take revenge by pitting a con girl -- Anushka Sharma -- against him. Is it checkmate time or is it time for redemption?
Movie Review: Maneesh Sharma struck the marquee with the offbeat Band Baaja Baraat. Indeed, a yardstick that would be hard to measure up to. And yes, his second film doesn't really match the zing and the verve of the first one.

Firstly, there is no humour, no earthy flavour (remember the vows on the bread pakora), no tingling chemistry between the lead pair -- everything which made the first film such a winner. More importantly, Anushka has a role only post-interval and the first half is devoted to his exploits with the other three girls. He dupes Parineeti and Aditi by pretending he's in love with them, Dipannita by selling her a fake Hussain painting. And then tries to con Anushka by selling her useless land at an exorbitant price. But somewhere down the singing and dancing, the duo steal a kiss and seal a new relationship: Voila! it's love at first kiss. Unconvincing, isn't it?

Ranveer Singh and Anushka Sharma are looking great together in Ladies vs Ricky Bahl.

What does work in favour of the film are its performances and its non-hysterical tenor. The girls are a spirited lot and Ranveer is, well Ranveer: your average Joe kind of hero who looks convincing enough as Sunny, Deven, Iqbal, Ricky, his sundry avatars. Music by Salim Sulaiman is ordinary. A word about Parineeti Chopra: cute.

Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl Posters - Anushka Sharma

Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl Movie Review and Wallpapers - Anushka Sharma, Ranveer Singh

Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl Posters

Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl Movie Review and Wallpapers - Anushka Sharma

Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl Posters - Ranveer Singh

Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl Movie Review and Wallpapers - Anushka Sharma

Ranveer Singh

Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl Posters - Anushka Sharma

The Dirty Picture - Movie review - Vidya Balan Rocks!!

Director Milan Luthria has complete control over the subject matter in almost every aspect - whether it's the story, grammar of milieu or exploring the psyche of the female protagonist. In his biographical account of a sex-symbol, while he explores the sensual side of Vidya Balan to the hilt, at the same time he also shows utmost sensitivity in not exploiting the premise in a way that the film turns vulgar in itself.

The Dirty Picture banks heavily on shock-value, sex-value and most importantly, script-value. It's an exceptional portrayal of an ordinary person's rise from scratch to extraordinary heights and her subsequent fall.

Viday Balan simply rocks in Dirty Picture

The movie is set against the colourful and entertaining setting of the South film industry of the 80s. It revolves around a girl's journey from a makeup artiste to a sex goddess. She battles fame, fortune and alcohol. The Dirty Picture does not focus on the sleaze, but the tragic story of the sex siren, who provided titillation to thousands of viewers, but died a lonely and tragic death.

IMG : Viday Balan

Vidya Balan has a role that she has never played before and she has delivered a brilliant performance. She surely wins the heart of the movie goers with her confident act in sizzling show and dare-bare sequences. As an ageing South Indian superstar, Naseeruddin Shah reminds us of the 1980s stars and his acts surely provoke claps, laughs and whistles among the viewers. Emraan Hashmi and Tusshar have also got totally new role. As a headstrong director, Emraan has delivered a bold act, while Tusshar appears fantastic in his role. Others like Anju Mahendru, Rajesh Sharma, Shivani Tanskale, Mangal Kenkre and Imran Hasnee have also done justice to their respective roles.

CAST AND CREW :
Producers: Ekta Kapoor and Dheeraj Shenoy

Director: Milan Luthria
Cast: Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, Emraan Hashmi, Tusshar Kapoor, Anju Mahendru, Rajesh Sharma, Shivani Tanskale, Mangal Kenkre and Imran Hasnee

Music: Vishal-Shekhar.

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The Dirty Picture has a rich production values and Vishal-Shekhar's music is the major attraction in the technical front. Their compositions like 'Ooo La La', 'Ishq Sufiyana' are 'Honeymoon Ki Raat' are the pick of everyone. Pony Prakash Raj's choreography and Bobby Singh's cinematography are excellent in these songs. Akiv Ali's editing is also commendable.

Overall, The Dirty Picture is a right blend of wonderful script, amazing direction and bold performance from the lead actors. The movie has a universal theme and mass appealing story. This movie is a good entertainer.

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara is the highest grosser for 2011

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara is the highest grosser for 2011

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’ starring Hrithik, Katrina, Farhan, Abhay and Kalki, opened to packed houses on Friday, July 15, and is reportedly running successfully across the country.

Critics all praises for Katrina

Katrina’s latest venture ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’ is faring well at the box-office and the critics too are all praises for the actress.
The hottie has impressed them with her character Laila in the film, and they feel that Katrina has become a matured actress now.
Going gaga over Kaif, an eminent critic said, "Katrina Kaif looks ravishing and she under plays beautifully. Her performance shows that she has matured greatly as an actor.”

Katrina Kaif Latest Pics : Katrina promotes Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

"Katrina is a revelation. In fact, the actress continues to surprise you with her performances in film after film. Besides making an impact as a glamour girl, she's all out to prove her mettle as an actress of substance with ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA," added another critic.

About the movie :

Hrithik is lovely as Arjun, shorn of the pretence that his recent performances have shown. Farhan is sensitive, soulful and perfectly capable of reading out his father's poetry. And Abhay for a change is playing the rich brat who is virtually pressganged into marrying his family friend Kalki Koechlin, giving a perfectly posed performance as a spolit little madam.

Katrina Kaif 2011 July Pics : Katrina promotes Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Lots of tears. Even more bare chests on the beach. And many more scenes of drinking wine and tossing back shots (where the women give as good as the men get). It's all very glamorous. And very seductive. Yet the film pulls you in, partly because of the frank, unvarnished performances by its leads.
Oveall, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara is a must watch film. It's a film you will want to watch dobara.

Tags : Hrithik Roshan , Farhan Akhtar , Abhay Deol , Katrina Kaif , Kalki Koechlin

'Badmaash Company' does well for Shahid Kapoor

Badmaash Company movie is considered as the best and biggest blockbuster for Shahid's career.

Bollywood can throw up some surprises and there was one in store in the month of May with Shahid Kapoor getting a well deserved success in the form of 'Badmaash Company'. Till the day of the film's release, many in the industry doubted if it would manage to even break even. However, as things stand today, junta has given a Thumbs-Up to the film with the first week collections boasting of a bountiful 21 crores. This is the second best start ever for Shahid Kapoor whose 'Kaminey' had opened better than 'Badmaash Company' last week. However, the budget here is half of what 'Kaminey' would have cost which means that there are celebrations galore for Shahid Kapoor.
HQ Photo - Anuskha Sharma

However, let's pause and see what the film has done for Yash Raj Films. After having put big money on the likes of Ranbir Kapoor (Rocket Singh - Salesman of the Year) and Priyanka Chopra (Pyaar Impossible), both of which were loosing prepositions, the production house has finally hit the right notes with an unassuming 'Badmaash Company'. One can be sure that even they would have been left a little surprise with the run of this film which is much more than just an average box office fare that they would have possibly bargained for.
'Badmaash Company' , Shahid Kapoor as Karan, Anushka Sharma as Bulbul

With no competition in the second week, 'Badmaash Company' is all set to add on some more moolah and comfortably cross the 30 crore mark in it's lifetime run. In addition, it also marks the arrival of debutant director Parmeet Sethi who has scored a boundary in his very first attempt.
'Badmaash Company' , Shahid Kapoor as Karan, Anushka Sharma as Bulbul

This brings me to one of the worst films ever made in the current decade - 'It's A Wonderful Afterlife'. No wonder, majority of audience which bothered to check out the film shared similar sentiments and results were there to be seen as this Gurinder Chadha's directed strange fiction tale disappeared from theaters in one week flat. With both English as well as Hindi version of the film being totally rejected and struggling to gain even 1 crore at the box office, the film's failure shows that audience is least concerned about people behind the making the film (in this case NRIs) if the promo and the storyline doesn't sound exciting. In case of 'It's A Wonderful Afterlife', it was only the worst case scenario with the film only ending up scaring away the audience, leave aside failing to excite them.

******* More on 'Badmaash Company' *******

Shahid Kapoor as Karan, Anushka Sharma as Bulbul, Meiyang Chang as Zing and Vir Das as Chandu are the leading casts of Badmaas Company 2010 movie. Anupam Kher, Kiran Juneja, Pavan Malhotra and Jameel Khan are also perfect characters of Badmaas Company 2010 film.
'Badmaash Company' , Shahid Kapoor as Karan, Anushka Sharma as Bulbul

It is not the first movie which based on bluffing and making money. We already have watched Bunty Aur Babli, Bluffmaster and Guru in this series. Despite it, Badmaash Company movie has the contemporary theme and story.

The movie introduces new style of making money. Quick money and getting richer is the basic essence of Badmaash Company Hindi movie. The movie has tried to say that the big business starts with a big idea rather than the resources. There should be the right way to do all the wrong things. Name of the movie is based on a group of bad guys – Badmaas Company. It is one of the big budgeted Hindi movies after Housefull movie.

HQ Photo - Anuskha Sharma, Shahid

Kites Movie - First look and HQ Wallpapers, Photos

Reliance BIG Pictures and Rakesh Roshan’s eagerly awaited romantic film Kites will release worldwide in Hindi and English versions on 21st May, 2010, in over 60 countries.

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The trailer of the Hindi version will play on 1700 screens worldwide on Friday, 12th February, to coincide with Valentine’s Day. The trailer of Kites’ English version will be released shortly on 1000 screens. The English version of Kites is presented and reworked by the well known Hollywood director Brett Ratner( Rush Hour Series, X-Men: The Last Stand).

Commenting on this, Sanjeev Lamba, CEO, Reliance BIG Pictures said, “We have always believed that Indian films and talent can enjoy the same success and recognition internationally as in India. We are extremely delighted to be associated with Rakesh Roshan, Hrithik Roshan and Anurag Basu, some of the best talent in the Indian film industry. Kites is a first-of-its-kind Indian film and it has already generated huge interest. We are proud to present the first look to a worldwide audience. ”

Kites is a compelling romantic saga that goes beyond barriers, boundaries and cultures. It is a story of passion that defies every rule, of a relationship that takes two lovers on a thrilling journey filled with precious moments - and unexpected betrayal. Shot in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Santa Fe, Kites is one of the biggest films ever produced in India.

Produced by Rakesh Roshan and to be released worldwide by Reliance BIG Pictures, Kites is directed by Anurag Basu starring Hrithik Roshan and Mexican star Barbara Mori. It also stars Kangana Ranaut, Kabir Bedi and Nick Brown. Kites has music by Rajesh Roshan, cinematography by Ayananka Bose and stunt coordination by Hollywood’s Spiro Razatos. The English version is re-edited by Mark Helfrich (Rush Hour Series, X-Men: The Last Stand) with additional background score by Graeme Revell (Sin City, Grindhouse, Pineapple Express).

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Tags: Kites, Hrithik Roshan, Kites Movie Review, Kites-TheFilm, Barbara Morie, Kites Wallpapers

VEER : Movie review

VEER Movie Review ..

Cast: Salman Khan, Zarine Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Sohail Khan, Jackie Shroff
Music: Sajid/Wajid
Director: Anil Sharma
Producer: Vijay Galani/Sunil A. Lulla
Lyricist: Gulzar
Rating: ***

Salman Khan, Zarine Khan starrer Anil Sharma’s epic ‘Veer’ which opened yesterday at theatres worldwide, has done excellent business at single screen theatres in North India, especially in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
The audiences were seen in awe of Salman Khan’s aura and terrific performance and loved his part.
Veer is a must for all Salman Khan fans - he delivers an inspired performance and keeps you interested in the proceedings even when the story doesn't.

VEER : HQ Wallpaper

What's good: Veer is an out-and-out Anil Sharma film and there are no pretenses when it comes to that. The canvas is larger-than-life and some of the scenes have been shot spectacularly.

Just like Kranti and Mard, which were over-the-top with their high-strung notes of patriotism, Veer follows the same path. If you go looking for reasoning and detailing in the script, you'll end up feeling short-changed. Anil Sharma delivers a full-on masala film and he makes no bones about that.

Veer is an action film with a love story as the backdrop - and it serves you adequately on both fronts. The action works particularly because of the way it is executed and the towering presence of Salman Khan.

Giving Sharma his due, some of the stunts are the film's highlight - the train sequence with Salman galloping on two horses simultaneously; the pre-interval action scene between him and the king's son (Puru Raaj Kumar); the sequence between Salman and the phirang wrestler; the Salman-Mithun confrontation scene and of course, the climax.

The war scenes (digitally enhanced, of course) look magnificent. The Veer-Yashodhara love story also has its poignant moments.

Among the performances, Mithun Chakraborty is fantastic as Veer's father - he steals the show every time he's on screen. Jackie Shroff as the bad man is impressive.

Newcomer Zarine Khan is charming though her resemblance to Katrina Kaif is uncanny - in her introductory scene Sharma even shoots her from the 'Kaif' angles.

But of course, the real 'veer' of Veer is Salman Khan - it's his sheer star power that holds the film together. In a role that's tailor-made for him, Salman packs a punch exactly when it matters.

What's bad: The biggest flaw in the script is its wavering stance towards who the real enemy is. Most of the time, it's the king of Madhavgarh; then suddenly the focus shifts to the British Empire.

Anil Sharma also should've avoided lifting scenes from Hollywood period films like Gladiator and Troy to avoid comparisons. Veer had the potential to be an Indian Braveheart had he kept it totally original.

In any period drama, the costumes form a critical part. However, in Veer, the outfits that the men wear keep you confused.

Sometimes, Salman and Sohail dress like hippies and at other times like gypsies and pirates. Some of the ladies seem to have shopped at Seasons for their noodle-strap blouses and net sarees. And the British commissioner simply borrows Mogambo's attire.

Sohail Khan is a huge disappointment; he keeps making the same faces and noises he did in Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya. Puru Raaj Kumar and Aryan Vaid play one-dimensional wicked princes, looking out for their sister. Neena Gupta sticks faithfully to one expression throughout the film.

Chance Pe Dance - Movie review

Bollywood-Check : Chance Pe Dance - Movie review
- Film: Chance Pe Dance
- Director: Ken Ghosh
- Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Genelia D’souza and Mohnish Behl
- Rating: **

Chance Pe Dance is the kind of film where you know the end and can’t wait to get there, even if it takes its own sweet time to do so. Genelia is cuteness personified and gives a pleasant performance. Her pairing with Shahid works and scenes where they get to know each other are sweet.

The film starts on a promising note with smoothly synchronized opening credits but by its sixth scene you sense where it’s heading. The screenplay by Ken Ghosh and Nupur Asthana is conventional to the core, has predictable plot-points and lacks any dramatic graph. Kiran Kotrial’s dialogues lack depth and additional writing help by Manu Rishi ( Oye Lucky Lucky Oye ) doesn’t add any value to the narrative. Ken Ghosh’s direction lacks as much conviction as his writing and it’s easy to comprehend how he hurries and fabricates the storytelling in the second half.

Watch it only if you’re a die-hard Shahid fan and if three good songs and four good scenes satisfy you as an audience.

In the opening sequence of Chance Pe Dance (CPD), it’s established that struggling actor Sameer aka Sam (Shahid) is finding it hard to make ends meet in Mumbai.

He has only a loaf of bread and a little orange juice for breakfast, a refrigerator that doubles up as a wardrobe and a landlord knocking on his door for four months’ rent. In the last scene of CPD, Sam arrives for the premiere of his film, a superstar now.

There’s very little between these two scenes that would make you want to sit through CPD. The comedy seems forced, the emotions unreal (and the kinds seen in a number of other such films) and the script trite.

There’s a sub-plot, which entertains you for a while, but which is sadly sidelined for some reason. In stead, you have to bear with another tale of an out-of-towner making it in the big, bad entertainment world of Mumbai.

After three years of struggling, Sam finally lands the lead role in a dance-based film. But even as the film takes a while to roll, Sam is thrown out of his house by his landlord and has no money to afford even a decent meal.

So even if your heart is supposed to go out to penniless Sam – living out of his car now – he looks like he’s been splurging on protein shakes and working out at a high-end gym, although there are no scenes to establish that. Our hero is just blessed with an eight-pack, it seems.

Unwillingly, Sam takes up the job of a dance instructor at a school, and has to prepare a bunch of kids with two left feet to compete at a dance competition where they stood last among 22 schools the previous year. School of Rock ‘n’ Roll, anyone?

Meanwhile, the director of Sam’s film backtracks on his promise to cast him as the hero and launches a nationwide hunt for the role in stead.

Obviously, Sam participates, urged by his girlfriend Tina (Genelia), and if you feel there’s any chance of him not winning this competition, then clearly you are very imaginative.

Sadly, the makers of CPD aren’t. In fact, director Ken Ghosh and his writers don’t seem to have worked on making the film even a little bit engrossing.

The best sequences – and they are few – are the ones where Sam interacts with the kids at school. Even though you see this track go down the road-already-travelled by the Jack Black cult, School of Rock, you don’t mind it so much because at least, then, its not purely a struggler-trying-to-make-it-big-in-Mumbai kind of a story.

Sadly, that’s too much to ask for. The ‘dance competition’ that the kids participate in is hurriedly wrapped up – they obviously win – and then the film is once again about Sam striking gold as an actor.

The only area where the makers seem to have put in any effort is the execution of the dance sequences, and even if a few of them are entertaining, they don’t do much for the film otherwise. They have been picturised well – although one song where Shahid and Genelia are shown to tower over Mumbai’s buildings looks like a 90s music video – and Shahid brings the dances alive with his moves.

The songs, however, are not the kinds you would remember later. The sole exception is ‘Pump It Up’, in the climax, but you’re so fed up with CPD by then that you don’t really care.

Shahid gives an uneven performance, ranging from very good to hammy (especially when he’s supposed to do comedy). Post-Kaminey, you see the actor in a new light and he looks a lot more confident and sure of what he’s doing onscreen.

Although he does not-so-badly, performance wise, he needs to smarten up and choose films that do justice to his talent. His dances are a treat to watch.

Parikshit Sahni seems to be playing the troubled father in every second film and does a repeat of what he did in 3 Idiots and Dulha Mil Gaya recently.

Director Ghosh seems to have put all his efforts on song picturisations and little else. But with a story and script as bland, you can’t really expect him to make any sort of mark.

Watch it for the songs and if you are a die hard fans of Genelia and Shahid.

Movie Name : Chance Pe Dance
Year of Release : 2010
Release Date : 15 January 2010
Cast : Shahid Kapoor, Genelia D’Souza
Music Director : Adnan Sami, Sandeep Shirodkar
Banner : UTV Motion Pictures
Producer : Ronnie Screwvala
Director : Ken Ghosh
Lyrics : Irfan Siddique, Amitabh Bhattacharya

Track List

. 01 – Pe Pe Pepein
. 02 – Pump It Up
. 03 – Pal Mein Hi
. 04 – One More Dance
. 05 – Yaba Daba Yahoo
. 06 – Rishta Hai Mera
. 07 – Just Do It
. 08 – Pump It Up (Remix)
. 09 – Pe Pe Pepein (Remix)

Pyaar Impossible - movie review

Film: Pyaar Impossible
Director: Jugal Hansraj
Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Uday Chopra
Rating: **

In the film, Uday Chopra devices a computer software on which any operating system is compatible. The script that he writes is as much compatible with any operative feel-good film, frequently coming out from the Yash Raj banner. The geeky loser-in-love act that he attempts is not much different from what SRK did in bade bhaiya Aditya Chopra’s Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (though thankfully there isn’t an image change).

Like most romantic comedies, the basic problem with Pyaar Impossible is that in the first ten minutes of the film you can predict the last ten minutes. Seven years since college, nerdy Abhay Sharma (Uday Chopra) is still in fancy-love with the campus beauty Alisha (Priyanka Chopra) whom he never dared to speak with. His software program is plagiarized by Varun (Dino Morea) who is now selling it to a Singapore company.

So Abhay flies all the way to Singapore to get back his pride and program and expectedly there he stumbles upon Alisha who is now a divorcee and has a daughter. She mistakes Abhay for a nanny and hires him to look after her naughty daughter Tania (Advika Yadav).

More predictably now Varun attempts to hit on Alisha and Tania turns the Kuch Kuch Hota Hai kid with her attempts to hook up her mother with Abhay. And before Abhay can make his confession to Alisha, he is exposed of his nanny trap. Suddenly the frothiness of the casual conversations is replaced by routine melodramatic lines like ‘Maine tum par trust kiya tha Abhay. Ab samjhane ke liye kuch bacha bhi hai?’ and you understand where the film is heading. Finally Alisha runs back to Abhay on comprehending the truth from Tania’s annual day act, making it all seem like a child’s play.

Uday Chopra’s screenplay is as much conservative as the convenience with which he makes a geek of himself through a bespectacled look. He also makes a chocolate-boy of himself (literally) in a vivacious scene where he, as the nanny, serves Thai food to some guests while hiding his face from Varun. Director Jugal Hansraj imparts a light-hearted feel to the romance, building conversational chemistry between the couple and thankfully giving no background accounts to justify Alisha’s broken marriage.

But after a swift first half, both the pacing and proceedings drop in the second. Salim-Sulaiman’s rocking musical score adds vigour and value to the film. Manish Malhotra deserves special mention for styling Priyanka Chopra as a smooth-textured eye-candy and sensuously desirable. Cinematographer Santosh Thundiyil doesn’t get much scope to capture Singapore with a breezy charm.

Apart from appearing gorgeous, Priyanka Chopra comes up with a natural performance. Uday Chopra’s acting isn’t as disappointing as his writing. Even Dino Morea is decent. Child actress Advika Yadav is rehearsed but still cute.

The moral of the film is that one shouldn’t judge a person by their looks. Going by that, however cool this candyfloss flick might appear, it’s still shallow on content. Pyaar Impossible might have certainly not aimed for a ‘10 on 10’. But is it really impossible to even strike an average?

Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani is Awesome ..Full of fun

Raj Kumar Santoshi's Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani is Awesome ..Full of fun. Audience likes it. It's a full on entertainer. Congrats to Katrina and Ranbir !!! One, the romance is livewire. Two, the film makes you laugh. As simple as that!
In Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, the romantic moments are endearing. Most importantly, the on-screen chemistry is electrifying. Ranbir and Katrina look great together!

I've often said that comedy is serious business and the audience has moved over from banana peel humour in movies. The comedy in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani - though it borders on absurdity - is funny in most parts. Sure, there're times when you feel that the humour looks forced [climax fight especially], but you don't grudge it since Santoshi's intentions are crystal clear from Scene 1 onwards: Entertainment ke liye kuch bhi karega.

Another factor that goes in its favour is Pritam's music, who belts out a couple of lilting tracks.

On the flip side, the film could've done with a fresh plotline. When you talk of 'Ghazab Kahani', it has to be ghazab by all means. It shouldn't fall prey to predictability, but the second hour succumbs to mediocrity occasionally.

Yet, despite the blemishes, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani is a full-on entertainer. One thing is for sure, you'd fall in prem with Prem and his antics. An ideal date movie that should connect with the youth.

Prem's [Ranbir Kapoor] fundas in life were very simple - be happy, make others happy. A case of mistaken identity leads Prem to almost kidnap Jenny [Katrina Kaif], who was brought up by indifferent and uncaring foster parents. Prem falls in love with Jenny, but realizes gradually that Jenny is in love with someone else [Upen Patel], the son of a conniving politician [Govind Namdeo]. Prem decides to sacrifice his love and get the lovers married.

In the first sequence, Santoshi makes it loud and clear that Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani is very unlike his previous ventures; this one harbours on illogical situations. Right from the time Ranbir sets his eyes on Katrina [the yellow outfit episode], the film is a roller coaster ride.

A few sequences entertain you thoroughly. Sample these: Katrina slaps Ranbir when he stammers as well. She feels he's imitating her; Ranbir's sequence in the church; Salman Khan's cameo; the love-hate relationship that Ranbir and his father [Darshan Jariwala] share; the sequence at the party; the interval point when Ranbir falls on the ground literally... the first hour of the film simply rocks!

But the second hour makes you a little grumpy. The third angle of the triangle [Upen Patel] isn't convincing, while his father's [Govind Namdeo] track is beaten to death. Even the villain [Zakir Hussain] is a sore point.

Watching the second hour makes you feel that the film may've had a longer running time and in order to bring down the length, a number of scenes must've been chopped off, which, in turn, must've resulted in continuity lapses. For instance, Katrina's kidnap by the villains looks too sudden. When and how did it occur?

Yet, there're two sequences in this hour which are remarkable and which should bring the house down. One, when Ranbir wears Katrina's top to hide her presence in the house and the climax fight, when Katrina mistakenly bangs Ranbir a couple of times.

Directorially, Santoshi proves the naysayers wrong and bounces back with a film that the youth would relate to. You can't write off the maker and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani proves it. Pritam's music has 'Hit' written all over it. S. Thiru's cinematography is first-rate.

Ranbir Kapoor is the next big thing and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani proves it yet again. He's charismatic, emotes exceptionally well and tickles your funny bone without making faces. It's a fantastic performance all the way. Katrina Kaif continues to surprise. She surprised you in NEW YORK. She surprises you again in this film. She scores in both emotional and light scenes. Also, Ranbir and Katrina make a wonderful on-screen couple.

Darshan Jariwala is exceptional. Smita Jaykar is very good. Upen Patel is decent. Govind Namdeo is getting typecast. Zakir Hussain is fair. Navneet Nishan is alright.

On the whole, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani entertains majorly. At the box-office, the fantastic pre-release campaign coupled with the terrific chemistry between Ranbir and Katrina, excellent music by Pritam and tremendous appeal for youth should ensure a big start for the film at the ticket window. The business prospects seem excellent, thus ensuring handsome returns for its investors.

Tags: ajab prem ki ghazab kahani, katrina kaif, ranbir kapoor, raj kumar santoshi, upen patel.

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Aladin Movie, Wallpapers and Songs Review

Here comes the new rendition from the land of myths, mystery and legends.. Here comes the tale of Aladin.... the fantasy adventure for the entire family. Directed by Sujoy Ghosh, 'Aladin' is a modern re-imagining of the classic tale of 'Aladin'.. This film 'Aladin', starring Ritesh Deshmukh, Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and newcomer Jacqueline Fernandez. (story and images below)

Also See HOT pics Jacqueline Fernandez : Up, close and personal. HQ pics

Aladin Songs

The film has music by Vishal-Shekhar.. some songs are already up on the charts. “Genie Rap” and “You may be” are my special favorites.

Listen to Aladin Song : You may be

Aladin (Ritesh Deshmukh) is a young man , orphaned as a child, he now lives in a cozy house in Khwaish. He’s madly in love with most beautiful girl in the world– Jasmine (Jacqueline Fernandez), who has just joined his college– but is constantly thwarted by his nemesis Kasim. From his school days, Kasim and his gang have been bullying Aladin, making him rub sundry lamps to make the genie appear (like his namesake did). But Aladin, knowing he is no fairy-tale hero, cannot do that, and simply runs away. All the time.

New comer Jacqueline Fernandez in Aladin

Aladin has been running now, all his life, but on this one special birthday (since Jasmine is here), a strange thing happens. Jasmine gives Aladin a lamp…as usual Kasim bullies him into rubbing it…but unknown to him, and everyone else, a genie (Amitabh Bachchan) actually appears! That genie follows Aladin home, adamant, unwilling to leave without granting him 3 wishes. Despite Aladin’s protestations, the impish, trouble-making, wise-cracking, rock star genie (he calls himself “Genius’ in keeping with his youthful persona) follows Aladin around, even into his private thoughts, and grants him wishes one after the other. Without respite. And with lots of dancing (after which he has to eat, for the genie gets very hungry after dancing).

Amitabh in Aladin with Jacqueline Fernandez

But there is another side… an ultra-cool and uber-evil magician Ringmaster is using a magic mirror to Google our Aladin. And he wants to kill Aladin, take back the lamp and get his powers back (for even Ringmaster was once a genie)

As Aladin’s 3 wishes run out and the Ringmaster (Sanjay Dutt) enters Khwaish looking for him, the stage is set for an exciting battle between the forces of good and evil.

Will Aladin survive the Ringmaster’s master-plan? What is the terrible secret that Genius has hidden from Aladin? And did Aladin find the lamp, or did the lamp find Aladin? Is there a purpose to Aladin’s name?

To know the final, magical and incredible dénouement of this great human story, watch “Aladin’…the hindi motion picture event of the decade…

For, as you journey with Aladin on this incredible adventure he finds himself in, maybe, just maybe, even you’ll find the magic inside…you…

Aladin trailer on youtube .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm56IEZ7clo

Amitabh in Aladin with Ritesh

Release Date: Oct 30 2009
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Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani - Katrina Kaif, Ranbir - Music Review, Wallpapers, Preview

Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani is a romantic comedy movie involving the new pair Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif .. they are in lead roles.

Prem (Ranbir) is an curious type of chap. He is a president of Happy Club, where everyone is supposed to be happy. Ranbir is always trying to make everyone happy, but somehow it always ends up in tragedy. An altruistic, good natured and, most importantly, good-for-nothing guy kidnaps a shy, gorgeous girl who wants to keep away from troubles. The kidnapping is actually by mistake and that’s when the comedy starts.

Jenny (Katrina) is shy, charming and diligent girl who loves reading books.

When Mistakenly Prem kidnaps Jenny it starts the ajab chemistry between the two. Because now Jenny thinks he’s the worst manifestation on earth. Opps! But he thinks she’s beautiful. In his words, she’s “chalti firti vanilla ice cream”. She’s yummy.

But there’s a problem. Jenny wants a good guy who works. Well, Prem has never worked in life. Now he’s spending hours and hours churning out laddoos and frying jalebis in a Halwai shop. Sweat and Slurp!!!

Prem has always been a pure vegetarian. Now, he’s putting tigers to shame with all the chicken he’s eating. Whoa.. Anything karega for love .. Chomp…Chomp!!

And as icing on the wedding cake, he even helps Jenny in running away from her own wedding. With a furious father, frustrated bridegroom, greedy don and a wily politician running after them…Prem and Jenny have many odds against them.

Overall Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani is like a comedy of errors. Good luck to Katrina and Ranbir. This sweet jodi deserves a hit.

Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, the film has music by Pritam and action by Tinu Verma. The movie is slated to release on November 6.

Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Movie Info
Release Date: Nov 6 2009
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Upen Patel, Darshan Jariwala
Director: Rajkumar Santoshi

Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Music Reviews

Artists: K.K., Sunidhi Chauhan, Hard Kaur, Atif Aslam, Mika, Alisha Chinoy, Neeraj Shreedhar, Suzzane D’Mello, Javed Ali, Jojo, Soham, Rana Mazumdar, Ashish Pandit, Kailash Kher, Paresh, Naresh

Music Director: Pritam

Remixes: DJ Suketu

Lyrics: Irshad Kamil, Tera Hone Laga Hoon written by Ashish Pandit, Follow Me written by Hard Kaur

Main Tera Dhadkan Teri, which is already become a chartbuster. KK, Sunidhi Chauhan and Hard Kaur make it one of the best hears in the album. The song has a remix, by DJ Suketu.

Hard Kaur is heard once again in Follow Me which is a good track by itself and sounds better than its reprises.

Tu Jaane Na, a romantic number, is one of the best tracks what with Atif Aslam doing the vocals and Pritam composing some fabulous music. The reprise has Soham, Rana Mazumdar and Ashish Pandit but Kailash Kher’s unplugged version beats it easily.

The next song, Oh By God, is fun to listen to with its wedding themed beats and vocals by Mika and Sunidhi Chauhan.

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"All the Best" : Hilarious Entertainer, Movie review, HQ wallpaers

"All the best" movie is really is hilarious family entertainer. The Sanjay Dutt-Ajay Devgn combination seems to have put together a decent comedy movie.‘All The Best: The Fun Begins’ is overall a good movie. There is no end in sight to the woes of Vir and Prem, played by Fardeen Khan and Ajay Devgan. Vir, a aspiring rock star, and Prem, a car enthusiast, are good at one thing - cooking up lies and fooling other people to cover up their own truth. (HW Images Below)

Rohit Shetty, the director of ‘Golmaal’ series, comes up with a breezy, bouncy comedy that abounds with silliness but still packs in ample laughs. True to his signature style, the young director spices the comedy up with tons of action. Cars turn turtle, get blown, and even do the pirouette.

Ajay Devgan does some dangerous stunts besides showing his comic flair. He is best in the scenes with Sanjay Dutt. Playing a suspicious brother given to groping the women around him in moments of panic, Dutt becomes the catalyst for humour in many a scene. Fardeen is lovable as the over-the-top goofball. Bipasha and Mugdha are mainly there to glam up the comedy. Johnny Lever and Sanjay Mishra chip in with their brand of humour.

Ajay (Prem) and Fardeen Khan (Vir) are friends who live in Goa; Vir’s super-rich stepbrother Sanjay Dutt (Dharam) sends him monthly pocket money but he is always too busy to make a visit him for a monthly check. Vir has lied to his brother that he’s married to Vidya (Mugdha Godse) to get thicker wads of pocket money. Prem, in turn, is married to Jhanvi (Bipasha Basu). She runs his ancestral gym with second hand treadmills that often speed up instead of stopping.

All is well, until Dharam shows up to meet his younger brother and his wife. Mistakenly, he takes Bipasha as Fardeen’s wife and Mugdha as Devgan’s girlfriend. What follows is a comedy of mistaken identities as Prem and Vir pile up lie upon lie to keep the charade going until times comes for Dharam to leave for his home in Lusoto. But then, there’s a coup in Lusoto and Dharam’s stay is extended.

On the sidelines there’s a khichdi of characters including a tenant who’s eager to move into Vir’s sprawling bungalow. He’s turns up with all the furniture loaded in a van outside Vir’s house but gets a thrashing from Dharam. Or the local don (Johnny Lever) who seems like the offspring of Sir Judah from Karz, for he talks with his cronies by jangling a spoon inside a glass.

Though .‘All The Best: The Fun Begins’ may leave you craving for some really funny comedy sequences, as several characters gather in a single location, a series of mistaken identities allows the gags to continue throughout. The film is produced by Ajay Devgan, directed by Rohit Shetty, and has music by Pritam.

Rating : 3 out of 5 stars

Bipasha Basu in All the best - The fun begins- HQ Wallpaper

Mugdha Godse in All the best - The fun begins- HQ Wallpaper

Ajay Devgan in All the best - The fun begins - HQ Wallpaper

Fardeen Khan in All the best - The fun begins

Sanjay Dutt in All the best - The fun begins - HQ Wallpaper

Movie "Blue" Wallpapers, Songs - Chiggy Wiggy

Blue film is all set to be release on 16th of October with Diwali Dhamaal. The under-water adventure-thriller was definitely dangerous, exciting and thrilling for dare-devils Akshay and Sanjay Dutt. The actors themselves went through the dangerous phase to get the best shots for such a never-seen-before adventure!

You know what.. Akshay had banged his head against an iron shaft and began bleeding profusely. Immediately after sensing his blood, large group of Sharks rushed towards him. In spite sea guard securities had diverted them, three large-sized sharks followed them till the surface.

The movie has got some real steamy scenes between Lara and Sanjay Dutt. The promos look quite provoking too. Cinematographer Pete Zuccarini, who enthralled us with his spellbinding visuals in ‘PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN’ and ‘DEEP BLUE SEA’ along with Laxman Udaykar has cranked the camera on eye-catching visuals across Bahamas and Bangkok. A.R. Rahman's musical score is already a stunning charbuster across the global audio markets.

Watch Kylie Minogue grooves with Akshay Kumar in Chiggy Wiggy in movie blue

It has been high time that the movie 'Blue' has been driving media attention for some special reasons. The few reasons out of many can be the star cast of the movie which is just awesome enough to pull the audiences towards theatres. Katrina Kaif has special appearnce in the movie .. she will only appear for a short period of time may be less than half an hour.

Lara Dutta, the sizzling hot sexy babe of bollywood who plays lead in Blue, has stolen the show with her hot bikini scenes. The buzz doing the rounds in the industry is that Lara Dutta had taken special care to tone up her already fabulous figure before giving those two bikini shots for the flick. It has left not only Katrina Kaif’s hot item number looking pale in comparison, but also caused heartburn to mega co-stars like Akshay Kumar and Sanjay Dutt, who play male leads in the film.

Lara Dutta in Movie Blue (HQ Wallpaper).

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