Delhi 6 - Preview

After the grand success of Rang de basanti, Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra is ready with his new movie DELHI 6. Delhi 6 will be Mehra's third directorial venture after AKS and Rang de Basanti. The movie is reportedly based on Mehra's growing up years in Chandni Chowk. The movie stars mainly Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Om Puri, Atul Kulkarni, and Divya Dutta.

Delhi 6 is story of Roshan ( Abhishek Bachchan) who is an NRI from US. He has Grand mother (Waheeda Rahmaan) who is ailing in her old age. She wants spend her last days of life in Chaandni Chwok where she was born. To fulfill Dadi's dream, Roshan comes to delhi with her grand mother where his life transformed. In Delhi, he meets with bittu (Sonam kapoor), a vivacious and bubbly girl, who comes from a conservative family and wants to free herself from the typical Indian social structure.

Delhi 6 is based on the childhood memories of director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. The story is told against the backdrop of the ancient walled city of Delhi. The pin code of this old city is 110006. With pride and love it is called ‘Delhi-6’. The buzz about movie is that Amitabh Bachchan has a cameo appearance too. The music of the movie is composed by A R Rahmaan. The movie is set to release on February 20, 2009.

Billu Barber releases on 13 february

After the great success of "Rab ne bana di jodi", Bollywood king Shahrukh khan is going to hit the screen again in Billu Barber, directed by Priydarshan. Billu Barber tells the tale of a village barber and his childhood friend, a superstar. The movie stars Irrfan Khan , Lara Dutta , Asrani , Rajpal Yadav , Om Puri supported by Shahrukh Khan in a brief role.

Billu Barber is a story of a simple man Bilas Rao Pardesi aka Billu who is a barber by profession that why villagers call him as Billu Barber. Billu was living in his village with his wife Bindiya (Lara Dutta) and two great kids. But Billu is a kind of guy who has not been able to upgrade himself according to the changing trends.

One day, superstar Sahir Khan (Shahrukh Khan), who was once Billu's school friend, came into their lives and everything changed. Suddenly, Billu gets overwhelming response from all villagers and everybody wants him to meet superstar. But, he fears that the star may not recognize him. He makes many attempts to meet the star, but fails. After all these hardships, he gives up. Then, people insult him a lot for telling a lie to them about the friendship with superstar.

Life changed, people changed, friends changed, the village changed but one man did not.... Billu Barber. In a twist towards the end, the true extent of the friendship between Billu and the superstar is revealed.

The buzz about Billu Barber is that it stars Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone as guest appearance. Billu Barber releases on february 13, 2009.

Raaz - The mystery continues

After the huge success of Raaz, the duo, Mahesh bhatt and Emraan hashmi, is trying to repeat the story of success by Raaz - 2. Raaz - 2, a sequel of earlier Razz released in 2000, is a love story - thriller that also deals superstitions and myths with still widely prevalent in the contemporary Indian society. But this time starcast is different which includes Emraan hashmi, Kangna Ranaut and Adhyayan Suman in lead role.

Star cast of Raaz - The mystery continues

Emraan hashmi as Prithvi is a silent, brooding artist who expresses all his feelings through what he paints. He has a unique gift that goes beyond his talent as a painter. He can see future and now, he sees Nandita's future, fearsome and deadly.

Kangna Ranaut as Nandita is a young, accomplished and in dependent model. She has found her love in Yash. Behind her self - confident facade lies a woman venerable to fear and insecurities. She is about to witness a terrifying struggle for survival.

Adhyayan Suman as Yash is a driven characteristic and extremely ambitious man. As a documentary film maker, he aims at dispelling and debunking religious superstitions and paranormal beliefs. His strong commitment to rationalism and logic sometimes even results in him having to challenge and take a stand against existing age old traditions and myths.

Story of Raaz - The mystery continues

The film essentially resolves around the central character Nandita, a top model that has everything going for her fame, money and a glamorous career. She is also in long term relationship with Yash, creative director of successful television show, Andhvishwas that rejects the notions of superstitions. His career reaches new heights after his television show completes 200 episodes and he cites Nandita as the woman behind his success and both of them decide to move in together right after and for that she is blissfully happy.

But her perfect life begins to unravel fast after the sudden appearance of a brooding artist, Prithvi who has started constantly stalking her. Nandita tries to distance herself with the disturbed man who obsessively paints her portraits but without much success. He tells her that her life might be in grave danger. Nandita feels threatened by his presence and begins experiencing horrible visions of the grotesque man. Nandita feels trapped in nightmare that threatens to claim her sanity, ruin her career and destroy her relationship.

Yash is frustrated by his girlfriends abnormal behaviour and tries to get her treated by psychiatrist because her abnormal behaviour could easily menace his career, where she claims to constantly be harrowed by flashes of images of. He is under immense pressure from his colleagues to leave her in order to be ridiculed by public and media. But Yash still stands with her and then Nandita takes decision to undergo treatment in order to resolve the problem. But soon, it becomes apparent to nandita to Nandita that her condition is not medical and that she in fact is trapped in a surreal world.

Now, fully confused Nandita finds herself totally isolated with no one to turn to for comfort. She finally decides to pay heed to prithvi's warnings and realizes that to get to bottom of the mystery. Prithvi helps her here and becomes her only companion in her dark pahase of life.

Now, both Nandita and Prithvi travels across the country to find the clue that they can piece together to comprehend the reason of nandita's involvement in this increasingly bizarre puzzle that involves multinational corporation as well as small villages. Soon, they are in desperate race against time to solve the mystery before as it claims as the next victim . Will nandita and prithvi uncover the mystery??

Music of Raaz - The mystery continues

Music of movie is melodious which is composed by music director Raju singh. Also, lyrics of the movie is written by Sayeed Quadri. The album contains 8 songs :

Maahi


Soniyo


O Jaana


Kaisa Ye Raaz Hai


Bandaa Re


Soniyo (From The Heart Mix)


Maahi (Rock With Me Mix)


O Jaana (Dance With Me Mix)

Aasma - sky is the limit

Aasam - sky is the limit is a story of a group which comprises of aspiring actors including Summi (Hrishitaa Bhatt), Dia (Nauheed Cyrusi), Bharat (Shub), Kartik (Hamid Khan), Malini (Mansi Dovhal) and Ranjit (Ravi Gossain). They all enjoy their life with a lot of fun. But somewhere, they realize dat this is not their cup of tea and they want more from their life. So they set a mission : a mission to touch the sky with their brilliance and sheer dedication. Aasma is a story of the people and for the people who have faith in spite of the agonies and tribulations that life presents to each of them. Along their mission, they face a lot of hardships, when their main sponsor (Sachin Khedekar) backs out. They try to pool in resources, but in the midst of it all, the protagonist is diagnosed with HIV. Through their insecurities, anxieties and dilemmas they find that friendship and dedication leads them to newer heights, beyond the darkness that temporarily blinds each of them.

Aasma is a youth based movie which represents how can youth express their view towards the whole world? Although, movie is being released alongside two major films RAAZ- THE MYSTERY CONTINUES... and the award winning and Oscar nominated SLUMDOG MILLIONARE. But still, Director Rohit Nayyar is hoping that their film will be appreciated by India. Apart from the storyline, music of Aasma is quite good that is composed by Afsar-Sajid. On the whole, Aasma personifies the saying- where there is a will, there is a way. Aasma hits the theatres on january 23, 2009.

Oscar - Slumdog Millionaire with 10 noms

After swept the Golden Globes, Britain's Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, comedy-drama about an orphaned boy of the streets whose life lessons pay off on a game show, has been got ten nominations across nine categories including Best Picture, Best Director, Adapted screenplay, Cinematography, Film editing, Sound editing, Sound mixing, Best Music and Best songs at 81st Academy Award on Thursday. Slumdog Millionaire got the second highest number of Oscar nominations Thursday at 81st Academy Award after David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttton", has begged 13 nominations. Three Out of 10 nominations for Indian musician maestro A R Rahman for his original score and two songs composed by him. He got the nomination for two songs composed by him "O Saya" and "Jai Ho". There is already a strong buzz going around that after his Golden Globe win, Rahman will definitely be winning the coveted Oscar trophy.

"When we first began working on the film I don't think any of us ever imagined that we might end up attending the Oscars ceremony as a result," said Patel after hearing of the nominations. "I'm just so proud to be a part of this project and I have been overwhelmed by the positive reaction to the film," he said. Rahman, the film's composer, also expressed his appreciation for the nominations. "Slumdog Millionaire has paid magical dividends for so many people around the globe. I am deeply honoured to be a part of a film that has inspired so many," he said.

Slumdog Millionaire's Danny Boyle received his first nomination for best director, alongside Britain's Stephen Daldry for The Reader and Benjamin Button's Fincher. On getting nominate for Oscar Danny Boyle said "I am fantastically happy and honoured. Not just for myself but for Vikas Swarup's wonderful novel without which I would have never started my journey to the world's Maximum City, Mumbai". The heart-warming story Slumdog Millionaire won four Golden Globes earlier this month - for best picture, best director, best screenplay and best soundtrack - and has 11 Bafta nominations in total. This past weekend, the film climbed to number 10 on the North American box office chart and has grossed $44.2 million to date. It is currently the number one movie in Britain and releases in India Jan 23.

The Oscar awards, to be hosted by actor Hugh Jackman, will be announced on 22 February at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles which will televised on ABC.

Preview - Victory

Harman baweja, heart throb dancer of the bollywood, returning back in his new movie VICTORY. Victory is the second movie for harman after the huge flop Love Story 2050. Victory is cricket based film in which Harman playing a role of cricket player. Other stars in the movie except Harman are Amrita Rao, Anupam Kher, Gulshan grover, Dilip tahil and many other International cricket players from India, Pakistan, New Zealand, Australia and Sri Lanka.

‘VICTORY’ is the story of a father, Ram Shekhawat (Anupam Kher), who saw an impossible dream for his son! This is also the HEROIC story of his son Vijay Shekhawat (Harman baweja). Although Vijay belongs to small town but he proves himself and becomes a cricket sensation. But suddenly his performance drop day by day. Then, he finally realizes his faults. Suddenly the hero of the cricket crazy India becomes a villain in everyone’s eyes. This tragedy makes him to redeem himself in the eyes of his father and every Indian. For this, he tries hard to get into the Indian cricket team and proves himself by pulling off an impossible victory against the world champion, Australia.

Victory is directed by a debutant Ajitpal Mangat who has produced and directed over 175 episodes for Indian Satellite Television channels including Zee and Channel nine. Ajitpal's VICTORY which is now complete and is to be released worldwide on 30th January 2009.

Slumdog Millionaire in India on 23 jan

After winning four Golden Globe awards, Slumdog Millionaire, from acclaimed director Danny Boyle, is going to release in India on January 23, 2009. Although movie has already released in the US in November but in India it will be released in January. Part exhilarating love story, part eye-catching journey into the underbelly of the so called "maximum city" of Mumbai, part stirring tale of an everyman's triumph against a harsh, cynical world, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE is a visceral, action-packed Dickensian epic for the 21st century. At the heart of its exuberant storytelling lies the intriguing question of how any comes to know the things they know about life and love. Slumdog Millionaire star cast includes Dev Patel as Jamal Malik, Irfan Khan as police Inspector, Freida Pinto as Latika, Madhur Mittal as Salim and Anil kapoor as Prem Kumar in the lead role.

Slumdog Millionaire tells the story of a young man Jamal Malik from the slums of Mumbai who appears on a game show and exceeds people's expectations, arousing the suspicions of the game show host and of law enforcement officials. Police Inspector (Irfan Khan) interrogates the case of Jamal malik. Latika is Jamal's love for whom he participates in Game show. Salim, Jamal's brother, cheats him but at last he helps him to get his love, Latika. Prem kumar (Anil Kapoor) is host of game show in which Jamal participates.

Slumdog Millionaire has already won four Golden Globe awards and has also been nominated for eleven BAFTA Awards. Apart from the storyline, Music of the movie is great which is composed by great A.R. Rahmaan.