London Dreams-A Musical film

London Dreams is an upcoming Bollywood musical film directed by Vipul Shah. Starring veteran actors Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan in lead roles. The film also cast Asin Thottumkal, Rannvijay Singh, Brinda Parekh and Om Puri.

It is the second time when Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan will be seen in a single movie. The first one was superhit Hum Dil Dey Chuke Sanam. Tamil Cinema actress Asin is doing the lead role, replacing Priyanka Chopra and Katrina Kaif.

It is the story of dreams of two childhood friends and reveals the life of a rock star. How they become rock musicians in a rock band named “London
Dreams” in London is the story all about.

The film is supposed to get released in August 2009.

My Name Is Khan

My Name Is Khan is an upcoming 2010 Indian drama based upon a true story. It is directed by Karan Johar, co-produced by Johar and Shahrukh Khan, has a screenplay by Shibani Bathija, and stars Khan and Kajol. The other actors and actresses who had performed in the film include Jimmy Shergill, Bilal Khan and others. Shahrukh Khan had done a splendid job once again.

Cinematography is by Ravi K. Chandran. Khan is a Muslim who as a child (Tanay Chheda) grew up with his mother (Zarina Wahab) in the the Borivali section of Mumbai in India. As an adult, Khan (Shahrukh Khan) falls in love and marries Mandira (Kajol). Khan suffers from Asperger syndrome which impacts social interaction abilities.

Khan is arrested as a suspected terrorist in post - 9/11 Los Angeles after authorities mistake his disability for "suspicious" behavior. After his arrest, he meets Radha (Sheetal Menon), a therapist who helps him.

The music is given by Shankar –Ehsaan –Loy and the music is impressive just like any other films of Karan Johar. The performance of the character artists in the film is very impressive. Although Shabana Azmi left the role of the mother of Shahrukh Khan after being cast initially, Zarina Wahab did do well in the film.

In a nutshell it can be said that the film is going to be a big hit inspite of the negative factors.

Anubhav-Not a pleasant experience to undergo

The story goes like this, Anubhav (Sanjay Suri), Antara (Shruthi Seth) and Aadi (Anoop Menon) are products of the Bombay theatre academy who nurture big Bollywood dreams. But reality soon dawns upon them that those dreams are not to easy to fulfill.

Anubhav during his struggling mission encounters Meera (Gul Panag) who excitedly declares that she is his fan. Both fall in love with each other and get married much to Meera’s rich parents’ wishes.

The theatre guru Ibrahim Vakil (Jackie Shroff) now becomes their sole patron. The film starring Anubhav in the main lead gets stuck midway owing to an untimely demise of their producer.

The basic premise of the film is really interesting since its topical and such things do happen in present times in Bollywood. But once the situations are established and Anubhav turns a male prostitute, the film losses its way.

You also stop caring much about the characters and simply can’t relate to them. Then there is this melodramatic angle forcibly thrown in about Anubhav’s new born daughter’s illness and how Gul Panag thinking their daughter is dead. Some of the dialogues narrated by Sanjay Suri are simply cringe worthy. Agreed the film may be inspired from real life sequences but why be so direct? Was it that important.

Aadesh Srivastava’s music is plain ordinary. Amongst the actors only Gul Panag delivers while Sanjay Suri with his limited set of expressions just doesn’t. Jackie Shroff is simply wasted whereas Shruti Seth, Raj Zutshi and Sudha Chandran hardly have meat in their roles. Anoop Menon is fair.

Having suffered this Anubhav we would like to tell you that it is not really a pleasant experience to under go. Think before you watch the film.

Rafoo Chakkar-Pathetic Comedy

Rafoo Chakkar is a painful, boring, crude, trashy, brainless comedy. And it’s not funny; it makes you yawn all the time. It only shows a typical low class comedy.

This pathetic chakkar starts with Millie and Julie (Nisha and Nauheed) who run away from home because they do not want to get married. Similarly, Pappu and Munnu( Yudi and Aslam) escape for the same reason. These four meet in Mumbai and fall in love, when they were supposed to get married to each other in the first place.

Besides making a mockery of funny films, it also mocks marriage and death. The scenes involving death are handled insensitively. The performances are terrible, more so because the characters are silly. Archana Puran Singh and Mita Vashisht have made utter fools of themselves and their action sequences are hard to believe. Nisha Rawal, last seen in Serendipity’s awful rip-off Hastey Hastey, has no screen presence whatsoever and cannot act. Nauheed Cyrusi is strictly ok.

Yudi was a popular VJ on Channel V and his TV shows had better scripts than Rafoo Chakkar. He does not look awkward in front of the camera. Aslam Khan has an annoying and stupid character and his expressions are totally blank.

Shakti Kapoor and Sadashiv Amrapurkar haven’t been seen in a long time. The performances of the characters looks outdated. The pre-climax scene has been ripped off cult comedy Andaz Apna Apna, which ironically starred Shakti Kapoor as the memorable Crime Master Gogo. The music by Lalit Pandit (of Jatin-Lalit) is bad, the camerawork is messy.

Rafoo Chakkar is a 2 hour long drag. If people are still willing to see the movie I suggest them to stay awake!!!

Suno Na..Ek Nanhi Awaaz

Suno Na..Ek Nanhi Awaaz is boring to the point of driving you nuts. Although the pretext picked is fine, its implementation leaves you wondering what director Amy Thanawala is upto. The film casts Tara Sharma, Dharmendra Gohil, Rinku Patel, Avinash Tiwari.

An unwed mother facing all odds to bring her baby into the world : that, in a nutshell, is the story of ‘Suno Na, Ek Nanhi Awaaz’. Tara Sharma’s pleasant persona is drowned by her one-track delivery And the baby-who-talks-from-the-womb, clearly inspired by the ‘Look Who’s Talking’ movies, is a major irritant.

To cut long story short, girl decides to live, moves to Mumbai to stay at her friend's place and surprisingly, every boy falls in love with her. The friend in whose house she lives, who is single, has no one falling in love with her!

In the end, she delivers a child. A professor falls in love with her and her parents too reach in time for her delivery. In between all this, you are subjected to the director's perplexed state of mind.

SUNO NA, just forget about this!

A wednesday

Expect the unexpected in A Wednesday. From the writing point of view to the execution of the written material, writer-director Neeraj Pandey never takes the been-there-seen-that route even once.

A Wednesday offered you twist after twist, throwed down challenge after challenge in those 1.30 hours. No sub-plots, no songs, no unwanted masala, no unnecessary tracks, A Wednesday has a story to tell and it tells most effectively.

The editor (Shree Narayan Singh) deserves lavish praises for giving shape to this thriller. During the finale specifically Anupam is driving towards the location, while Naseer is packing his stuff the parallel scenes are juxtaposed brilliantly. The background score (Sanjay Chowdhury) is stirring.

Naseeruddin Shah has delivered several remarkable performances over the decades and the one in A Wednesday easily makes its way into his Top 5 works when you recall his body of work.

Anupam Kher is equally dynamic. If there's one actor who could stand up to a giant of an actor, it's Anupam Kher. An outstanding performance indeed!

Every performance in A Wednesday is charged. Jimmy Sheirgill is first-rate as a volatile cop. Aamir Bashir is superb. Again, this actor has never got his due in feature films. It's our loss, not his! Deepal Shaw plays her part confidently.

Chetan Pandit, as the Chief Minister, is effective. Ditto for the actor who plays the main terrorist Kali Prasad Mukherjee. On the whole, A Wednesday is cinema at its best.

It may not be a Kinng-sized entertainer to lure the audiences in hordes and set the box-office afire, but A Wednesday does pack in king-sized punch. Do yourself a favour Watch A Wednesday if you have missed it.

A wednesday

Expect the unexpected in A Wednesday. From the writing point of view to the execution of the written material, writer-director Neeraj Pandey never takes the been-there-seen-that route even once.

A Wednesday offered you twist after twist, throwed down challenge after challenge in those 1.30 hours. No sub-plots, no songs, no unwanted masala, no unnecessary tracks, A Wednesday has a story to tell and it tells most effectively.

The editor (Shree Narayan Singh) deserves lavish praises for giving shape to this thriller. During the finale specifically Anupam is driving towards the location, while Naseer is packing his stuff the parallel scenes are juxtaposed brilliantly. The background score (Sanjay Chowdhury) is stirring.

Naseeruddin Shah has delivered several remarkable performances over the decades and the one in A Wednesday easily makes its way into his Top 5 works when you recall his body of work.

Anupam Kher is equally dynamic. If there's one actor who could stand up to a giant of an actor, it's Anupam Kher. An outstanding performance indeed!

Every performance in A Wednesday is charged. Jimmy Sheirgill is first-rate as a volatile cop. Aamir Bashir is superb. Again, this actor has never got his due in feature films. It's our loss, not his! Deepal Shaw plays her part confidently.

Chetan Pandit, as the Chief Minister, is effective. Ditto for the actor who plays the main terrorist Kali Prasad Mukherjee. On the whole, A Wednesday is cinema at its best.

It may not be a Kinng-sized entertainer to lure the audiences in hordes and set the box-office afire, but A Wednesday does pack in king-sized punch. Do yourself a favour Watch A Wednesday if you have missed it.