Aashiqi 2....teaser song!

I am big fan of Mithoon from very long time even from his first attempt till his this attempt; and he never disappointed music connoisseur like me who listen almost to all genre especially to Indie bolly music having melody.

There are already closed to million songs on ''love" in Bollywood but I don't know how musicians (music producer, composer, arranger, lyricist and singers) still able to infuse new songs and still able to win cord with heart....amazing!

I remember i was pimple fighting boy when last Aashiqi came where there is Gal like Hero with Amazing hair cut and man like heroine who was relatively dark as compare to standard white definition derived for heroines in Bollywood. What hit my generation was a great teaser poster (man and women inside a coat jacket making in or out) and awesomest songs! I can still sometimes hear them in hair cutting saloons or workers working in shoe factory near to my nanni house now but if time allows me the luxary to come out of new music cutting across scenes everyday i may like to go back and hear it again..anyone with me on same?

And here comes the Aashiqi 2 with same teaser poster and a great music video...Mithoon in helm for music composition and two cute looking pair (i have secret crush on sharaddha kapoor from sometime now in my endless list of crushes). Now, Mithoon has to scale Everest as last Aashiqi is on record book for one of the best melody in Bollywood and have he succeed??

For that we have to listen the whole album but T-series launched the first teaser song "Tum Hi Hoan"..and bloody it blew my mind again and was running on my iPhone endless from sometime now.
Great start to song...rain chirping in background...Arijit Singh (what a gifted singer and new kid on block) soulful voice with huge pain arrived with huge support from lyrics department
"Hum tere bin ab reh nahin sakte
tere bina kya wajood mera...
Tujh se juda kabhi ho jayainge
to khud se hi ho hayainge juda.."
And u will feel immersed (atleast I am..) and then songs flows smoothly between mukhada and antra; and I can safely say....great start to alum and I hope it will live to expectation atleast on music front.

So...lets wait for whole album to come over and I will write flow blown review...happy listening till then to Tum hi hoan!!

Music video

Movie Review - Agneepath (2012)

After ages I am writing something on movie or as a matter of fact again re-visiting Movie review. It’s cold Saturday night and I chose to watch "Agneepath" without any strong reason instead to occupy myself to watch something grandeur on movie hall. Cineplax in InOrbit, Pune is highly recommended for good movie experience.

As a start, if you are big fans of Remake...this is not for you especially if you are diehard fan of Old Agneepath and Amitabh awesome trademark dialogues & genius acting! If you are on other side of fence and hate the idea of making remakes of old classic...this is for you as it’s only pick the similar plot but Story and screenplay writer did justice to their salary cheque! They just didn't mere copied and pasted but develop new twist and turn. So, there is something for everyone! Let delve further..

Storyline

It follows old Agneepath on plot where there is a town called Mandwa and a teacher Dinanath Chuahan with strong beliefs who wish to instill same in his son Vijay (Hrithik Roshan). Turn of events bring him in face to face with Kancha Cheena who killed him brutally in front of whole village and his son so make pave for himself as king of Mandwa. Vijay leaves the Village with his pregnant Mother (Zarena wahab) to Bombay with desire for vendetta. He reaches to Mumbai dongri area and lands up in Red light area welcomed by Kali (Priyanka Chopra) and Dongri clan. He met Rauf Lala (Rishi Kapoor) in whom young Vijay saw the opportunity to get a mentor and path to power and progress before he prepare himself for face to face challenge with his ultimate rival Kancha Cheena. Story bring further characterization of Kali making pave for Vijay, Vijay desire to reunite with his mother and sister who left him due to his inclusion in crime, his never cleared or described relationship with police chief Gaitonde (Om Puri), he cheats Rauf lala due to again ill-described sinister plan and finally get back to Mandwa to have one last and final round with Kancha Cheena.

Performances

I love Amitabh and everything he do. I love Hrithik and everything he do. I am no big critic he can feel proud who made this comment but as common but avid movie watcher, I think he is as good as legends of Bollywood and when he will retire eventually...he will be on similar ladder. He can emote with his eyes and body and when he adds word in characterization, we can saw a very talented actor on screen with great screen persona. He is no Amitabh of Agneepath and it’s unfair to compare. He played character as asked by Director Karan Malhotra though I feel huge emptiness in new age Vijay who is cunning, cheat and not so confident as compare to old age Vijay who is natural charmer, supremely confident and takes bullet on chest instead of shooting on someone's back. Same goes with Sanjay's Kancha Cheena character. Awesomely portrayed with very dark hue but very different from Danny's one. Though no complain and I loved Sanjay's faithful portrayal. Something run through my spine when he killed Master Dinanath and I guess he is successful in portrayal of a evil who consider himself as God of Mandwa. Priyanka was hugely natural and in full form though has less screen space to share. Om puri in his usual self. Biggest addition and surprise of new agneepath is Rishi kapoor. What a performance from a man who in his all life played only positive lover boy character. Awesome work and portrayal though I missed Mithun's character and I guess it can't be repeated so writer decided take the character out completely. Smart act.

Technical aspects

Cinematography is awesome and production values were world class. No compromises were made. Background score is good and haunt you well during extreme graphic violence scenes. Music of movie was above avg and I particularly like "Abhi mujhe main kahin" though "Chinki Chameli" is mostly talked about so I don't want to add a single word on it. Hate it completely and idea of having such things in such movies.

Overall, New Agneepath is satisfying experience and will bring loads of awards for Sanjay for his portrayal of kancha cheena and few for Hrithik. Though movie release in first month of year can make most of people forget in which year it comes which is bad proposition for awards. It's not in competition with original but created a space for itself and can be remembered by this generation as one of their classic movie in coming years.

I come out of hall finally reciting…..

Tu na thamega kabhi, tu na mudega kabhi, tu na rukega kabhi,

Kar shapath, Kar shapath, Kar shapath,

Agnipath, Agnipath, Agnipath.

Ye Mahan Drushya hain,

Chal raha Manushya hain,

Ashru, Sweth, Rakta se Latpat Latpat Latpat..

Agnipath, Agnipath, Agnipath.

Wish you a very happy New year

Why celebrity blog or tweet?

When you start writing, sometime you are very clear of what you want to write. Sometime absolutely no idea. A celebrity like Amitabh can choose to write on very wide topic on his blog which though majority focus on his own promotion of acts and self praise though never ready to accept that he is self-centric. If somehow I came to mention of Amitabh and blog, so let share some views on why celebrity blog or do micro blogging (e.g. Twitting) today. I individually like to read about celebrities, their blogs, their tweets and all gossip mongers blogs/sites. I sometimes feel that being a techie, I should read more about technology rather the celebrities dishing their crap self-centric ideology's projecting they & themselves. But from childhood I am quite fascinated to larger then life people especially on show buisness. Why? Very hard to delve into that portion of mind but you can say I was and am star struck. So, when I came close to internet, I spend large if not all time on reading about them. And what the best way to know about them is to read directly from horse mouth i.e. read their blog or tweets. But slowly and steadily I am now getting irritated with it. And when I find reason to know, I found that they are using the platform for commercial reason rather then real intention to connect to their users/followers/fans. They never reply to comments of their fans and only RT (read Re-tweet) the good thing somebody says about them. They do reply or respond to famous or celebrities like them but never to their fans. People like Aamir khan are way ahead. He started the whole blog thing, if not originated, from bollywood fraternity. Idea projected that he want to interact with his fans but somwhere behind the whole black curtain is whole idea of marketing. As does he really? Never. He only uses the platform very cleverly for promotions of film by building hype very slowly on projects he is working on. The moment he jump on his project read films, he stop blogging siting reason that he is focusing on films. Oh really! Then how he do all other stuff in life like spending holidays or attending functions in between film schedules. And when movie is towards end, he suddenly remember and misses his fans badly and become active on his blog again. And we the very poor fans like big fat rat always catch in trap. Self pity but no rescue.

So what you guys think? Why these celebrity blog or tweet?

List of Upcoming movies...exciting time!

Good news for Movie Lovers - There will be back to back releases starting from 18th September.

18th Sep

Dil Bole Hadippa : This Rani Mukherjee, Shahid Kapur starrer, which is being talked about for Rani's almost size zero figure is all set to release on September 18.

25th Sep

2nd Oct

What's Your Rashee : Bollywood queen Priyanka Chopra is back with ex-beau Hurman Baweja in director Ashutosh Gowariker's romantic comedy. The film, which sees Priyanka in 12 different roles hits the screens on September 25.

Wake Up Sid : Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma starrer Wake Up Sid is in news for the odd pairing. Let's see what's in store for this film which is being seen as a complete youth package. This Karah Johar production hitas theatres on October 2.

9th Oct

Acid Factory : Next in line on October 9 is Acid Factory . Here for the first time we get to see girl-next-door Dia Mirza donning a glamorous role

16th Oct
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Blue : It is probably the most-awaited film of the year. Film sees the reunion of AkshaY Kumar and Sanjay Dutt. The film was in news for singer Kylie Minogue's hot number, apparently the singer has charged a whopping Rs 10 lakh for a single item number. This film sees the day of light on October 16.

All the Best : This multi-starrer, that has hottie Bipasha Basu and Mugdha Godse along with Ajay Devgan and a slew of other stars also hits theatres on October 16.

Main Aurr Mrs Khanna : Bollywood hotties Kareena Kapoor and Salman Khan return on big screen with this love story and the film also releases on October 16.

23rd Oct

Aladin : Big B will be seen with Sanjay Dutt in this Fanstay film. Aladin also has Rietish Deshmukh playing the lead of Aladin Chatterjee who lives in the city of Khwaish, an orphan who has been bullied since childhood by Kasim and his gang. But his life changes when Jasmine (Jacquiline Fernandes) gives him a magic lamp ââé¬â€Ł because it lets loose the genie Genius (Amitabh Bachchan). The film releases on October 23.

30th Oct

London Dreams : Salman Khan and Ajay Devgun pair up after a long time for this Vipul Shah film which also has Ghajini girl Asin in the lead. The film is all set for October 30.

6th Nov

Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani : Ranbir Kapoor pairs opposite Katrina Kaif in this long-awaited Rajkumar Santoshi film. It is slated to hit the screens on November 6.

13th Nov
Chance Pe Dance : This Shahid-Genelia starrer was in news for its multiple names. Earlier it was called Yahoo, then another name but finally Ken Ghosh zeroed in on Chance Pe Dance . The film is likely to clash with Ranbir-Katrina's Ajab Prem on November 6

20th Nov.

Pyaar Impossible : Priyanka Chopra has another release up her sleeves, which sees her opposite Uday Chopra. All Priyanka-Uday can watch this film on November 20.

December Releases

3 Idiots : Aamir Khan returns after a hiatus of exactly as year with Kareena Kapoor this time. His film releases on December 25 again. Earlier, Ghajini, TZP have also released on December 25 only. It seems Christmas is Aamir's lucky day.

Kites : No we cannot end this photo feature without talking about Hrithik and Barbara Mori's hot hot Kites . This film hits the screen somewhere in December, the date's still undecided.

Kaminey...SDM....Disappointments!

Some good 6-7 months back, I watched Slumdog Millionere (SDM). I was little drunk cause came directly from a Party to movie hall but in full consciousness to understand the nitty gritty of a movie, which build a mammoth expectations especially in India. Reason are numerous but for Indians, it a movie made on them with their surroundings as center pivotal of movie. With almost unknown cast in lead but with Anil kapoor and Irfaan Khan in cast and genius A R Rehman at music helm, there is some expectation from my side as well. After slipping comfortably in PVR Premier (Gurgoan) screen number 2 (hmm...or 3), first thing which took my notice is Screen i.e. The aspect ratio of screen looks like 1.85:1 which is quite unusual in itself as mostly screen are in ratio of 2.39:1 in India (I can be incorrect here about precise aspect ratio but its unusual as compare to normal movie screens over which I watched movie so far). Anyhow, movie started and layers started unfolding in front of me; and slowly and slowly my disappointment level increased. Its very hard to write what one expects from a movie which can be different based on your life, experience, social interactions etc etc. But for me, after watching a whole lot of world cinema, Hollywood real good movies and some bolly cream as well, Its need to have something which really can touch at least some part of your heart or mind. For me, SDB doesn't done that. I find it quite mediocre movie which doesn't have a mass or class appeal but none the less created by media.

I felt the same experience when i watched Kaminey yesterday. Though this time I didn't gone to movie hall because of swine flu scare still making rounds in Pune but ordered on Tatasky showcase. I was quite charged to watch after watching its promo and the amount of hype surrounding it. But again. Some disappointment. I don't want to judgmental and pronounce any verdict but again it fail to justify the hype and ho halla surrounding it. To start with, first, bad sound recording. Initial half an hour into movie, I find it hard to understand dialogue which was uttered in Hindi forget about Marathi and Bengali ones which too I can understand as I know both the languages on basic level. Then the shaky camera movements. Looks like Vishal bhardwaj forget to use Trolley to put camera on and use Human holding the camera most of time. Second half though has his moments but i guess overall music is only saving grace along with some performances but supporting cast especially Amol gupte and the one playing Tashi. But what surprised me the herd attitude of media. Once, two or three main league critic said that movie is awesome, nobody have courage to Stand and say no man...its just above avg. No good. NO Quentin Tarantino. At least not worthy of praise it get. People are gaga over Priyaka chopra performance. Come on. I don't know from when the over the top melodrama stands in for good acting. She is far better in Fashion as compare to Kaminey. Same for Shahid. Only well written character. off course he put in effort but again....I seriously don't think he even can match 30% of what Aamir Khan can do in such roles. Way to go boy though off course you are riding the right bicycle.

I don't think my post qualify as review, which even is not my intention, but it smy effort to share my point of view. If somebody disagree, I am more then happy to listen his side of story. If you thought or at least still thinking of watching SDB or Kaminey, my only advice. Go and wash all your expectations. May be you may like them. Happy movie wathing.

* If you really want to watch something meaningfull, My recommendation is to watch "Into the wild" and if you want the blast, you might like to Try "Snatch".

Wake up Sid - Music review

Composer: Shankar Ehsaan Loy & Amit Trivedi (Guest Composer)
Singers: Shankar Mahadevan, Clinton Cerajo, Kavita Seth, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Uday Benegal

Few days back on TV, a promo started airing where a fresh looking Ranbeer kapoor making appearances looking similar to Hrithik in Lakshaya or Aamir in DCH i.e. just got young and don't know what to do with rising portion of testosterone. So music for such theme require musicians who know the basic of bring freshness to not so remain fresh theme but protagonist is freshly young though. Shankar Ehsaan Loy (SEL) proved there metal already in this genre with both above mentioned movies on same theme which they composed and with numerous other attempts.

Though I still need to heard the album more then my quota of listening to any album before making any useful comments but this time I feel I can give it a try..

Album opens with Wake up sid where Shankar croons "Suna to jara...humhe to yeh kehna...Waqt hain kya tumhe to hain na pata...."...fresh lyrics which Ask Sid the protagonist to wake up to world around him. Decent lyrics, good guitar playaround and sang conveniently by Shankar. It will soon feature in your must listen list.

Next comes the best of lot. Kya karoon. Open with a good guitar strings played skillfully by Ehsaan and not to so recognized voice. I need to check CD cover for singer and found Clinton cerajo whose name I have seen in past but mostly making for lead singer. Finally got the chance...haan! He sang brilliantly and his rusty voice goes well on ear. Still think what might have happened if Sonu nigam have attempted it. May be a little better result. Hmm...I miss him sometimes as we hardly listen to him now especially when he voice is on zenith. Anyhow Clinton make full use of chance and crooning in background also feel pleasant. Thumbs up.

Aaj Kal Zindgi is where Shankar back behind mikkee! It started Ok with some nice beats, drums and tang-2 music loop; and initially I felt that it is just another song but the moment mukhda completed and Shakhar took song to another level with crooning "tere liye nayi hain zameen naya aasaman...likh dain hawaoan pain koi nayi dastaan", song just become better then good. I still think it not the best. Still it may grow on you surely.

Iktara again come with a rusty singer Kavita Seth and some good playing of Guitar in start. Her voice is very heavy and have touch of ethnic indian classical base. Amitabh bhattacharya voice still is soft and balancing act on voice level for song. I still think they should have used Sunidhi for it though no problem with Kavita's singing. It may liked by some people but doesn't have mass appeal acc to me. Have I failed to mention that this piece is created by Guest composer Amit Trivedi who have us DevD.

Life is crazy is second last composition in album so far which is running well on mind and ear. SEL again decided to make use of Shankar voice. Though I think Shankar is exellent singer but for this song i guess he should use Raman Mahadevan who sang brilliantlly 'Kholo-2 darwajain' in Tarre Zammen pain. Song is fast pace number with some really quick punchy drum beats and Shankar on ice on rocks. Uday benegal supported well but he remains much in background.

Last comes Wake up sid again but in remix version. This is not typical DJ aqeel kinda remix which is build over recorded song. Here it is specifically design where Shakar sing with fast pace as compare to lazy approach on main song. Though music in start is completely different but overall flow of main song remain intact. Decent listening.

Overall, it's a decent album where SEL are in good form but I still think its not there best work. This is there better work. People will surely love Wake up sid soundtrack and definitely include his songs in Ipod quickly or give some good repeatative listing in car. It may also be cherished by people who love soft guitar as it used abundantly throughout the album.

Rating: 3.5/5

Awesome Jingle....Bajaj Allianz

Once a while earlier and now quite frequently we listen to jingles which make special space in our heart and mind. Who can forget the awesome songs played in background when we watched Nescafe or Vodafone ad. They created some everlasting impression about the brand and a quality treat to music listener. Only the worst part is that we hardly get full studio recordings. We either have to wait for jingle/ad to come on TV again or sometime a very low quality piece on company website.
So recently I heard always worthy Sukhwinder voice in Bajaj Allianz ad. It hit instantly on my ear drums and made some impact on mind which starve for more. I think of very possible new movie of which the songs belongs to but all efforts goes to vain. Eventually, as always, Google search come to rescue and I found that song is specifically made by Vishal Bhardwaj and written by Gulzar for Bajaj Allianz Jiyo befikar ad campaign. I must say they hit the bulls eye. I eventually able to grab the song in good bit rate. Click the link below for download and enjoy.

download Courtesy: jiyobefikar.com

Snips of jingle lyrics which always makes you feel great that your born in era where a lyricist called Gulzar born!
"Yeh kis pyaari hifaazat main ho befikrii kii haalat hai,
badi mazabut baahon main ho suraj ki hararat hai,
tumhare vaaste tufaan sehlein muskuraon tum,
jiyo har lamha tumko zindagi pine kii aadat hai…”

DevD

My wife asked me to show her the movie DevD as she was delivering when the movie released and she missed out. Though Have I told that I watched it with a frd when I was 5 beer down ;-) Anyway...Coming back...Though I warn her that it will not fell into her sensibilities still she persist. I felt with no choice so brought the DVD opps VCD and played it on my newly brought philips DVD player with HDMI and USB which is DivX Compatible. You know we all love to showoff sometime...good for health ;-)

As said and known, she disliked it but I again enjoyed it thoroughly. Actually I like two things more then movie itself. Reason I offline them from movie as they are bigger then the movie i assume. First. Director Anurag khashap and his unique way of telling the story. He is the same guy who made Black Friday. I love his courage as he really converted a classic into another classic but which resembles with colors and moods of today's world with brilliant camera work. Second which is bigger then first for me. Music. Amit trivedi rocks. What a music. Ahh...nirvana for me. Even I won't shy to say that at first I disliked it cause I guess I don't have stomach to digest such a brilliant recipe which so far developed appetite for low standard but easy on ear Pritam kinda music though no offense to Pritam as he too is doing good in doing what he do best...make easy on ear and mind melody. But Amit took us to some other level where creativity and experimentation achieved new meaning. I won't dwell further into music as I am not reviewing it here but I strongly means STRONGLY recommend everybody to give a dekho (watch) to DevD and if possible (no you have to!!) listen to music. You will cherish the experience for your lifetime. Though I might write someday on Gulal exclusively but its another great shot by Anurag so do check it when mood and time allows.

Cheers
-AY

Calender - August

Though not contributing much to this blog but thought to give Desktop calender for August. Used Bar Refaeli as background as I strongly believe that watching a pretty face make you feel good :)

PS> Click on Pic for full view. Right click it and Save as Desktop to serve the purpose.

MTV Splitsvilla 2 - Theme song

Sorry in case anybody used to visit this blog and expected any new entry from me. Actually I lost in translation of life so couldn't post anything. Today I felt like to write or share something actually.

Some of you must have seen MTV Splitsvilla 2. Good show. Quite bitchy in format but thats the way we are today from within so it absorb well. I particularly like some contestent for their sheer confidence like Sakshi and some of boy for their sweetness like Siddharth. And the best part that they both win as couple. But this is not the reason I wrote today but theme song of this show compel me to write. I loved it. Awesome stuff. AGNEE ROCKS. It will just soothe you from within. And the worst part that you won't found this magnificiant number anywhere on MTV Splitsvilla site. Such a shame. Fortunetely I found somewhere so if anybody of you too wish to download it for listening pleasure which I must recommend...go get it tiger :)

Download

Heidi Clum - Halloween drama!

Few days back, the super model Heidi clum sported a strange look i.e. of a Hindu goddess "Kali" for Halloween. Indians particularly Hindu's hurts deeply though I have no idea whether any Hindu organization has filled any Public litigation (which is of no use mostly and are in place to harass celebrities) but reason I brought the issue to notice that celebrities especially should be little more considerate of their actions. Things which are of little consideration for them may be of some serious value to other. This Halloween drama by Heidi falls in this category. Though personally she is my fav model but a little more sensivity towards other would be great.





Cheers
AY

Fashion - Music review

I usually don't write Music review as I am no expert in music but still I have ear which are listening all sorts of rhythms from last 29 years and perfected enough to differentiate between various nuances of different instruments, frequencies, sounds etc.

Madhur Bhandarkar is director associated with mostly movies (Corporate, Page 3, chandni bar..) which are strong in content and don't rely on typical bollywood format which heavily rely on music to take story forward but Fashion become an exception and that too a good one. Enough to push me to write something on it and also it will kill my long absense from blog.

Coming to Album. It Contains 4 original songs, 1 theme song and 5 remixes of all original songs (which is also quite an fashion in itself to provide remix of all the songs in bollywood flicks nowadays). The music is composed by duo Salim-Sulaiman (SS) who recently earn name by composing chart buster Chak de india of movie with same name and almost become national anthem of India last year. They really look in great form in this album and make maximum use of opportunity given to them on such a contemptory movie on a very different theme not touched by any director so far in India (aka bollywood).

Fashion album open with "Fashion ka Jalwa", song sing by SS fav singer Sukhvinder supported well by Satya and Robert. Songs started in high node with loud drum beat with Satya rendering Jalwa and Robert giving some funky rap. Then Sukhvinder took over with over the top voice giving right punch to words and singing in enthu mood. In between we can listen a female voice in two different place i.e. One singing in Soft English lyrics while another (I guess hard kaur) singing English rap. Overall a decent start to Album.

Second Song start with a very pleasing voice rendering words in arabic which is actually Salim himself behind mike. More and more composer nowadays giving themselves chances to sing song and look like this become a trend now but no problem till they sound good which Salim is as he has very good voice i.e. neat, clean and pleasent on ear drums. Starting music piece is also awesome and I am sure will be used in movie as various places as background. Then a releatively new voice Shruti Pathak took over, who has unconventional dusky voice, but matching the song requirment. The song has every potential to be listen in repeat mode for sometime and will be a great piece for people who loves listening music in car. Song become little dull in middle but still has capacity to become one of the best song of 2008.

kuchh khaas comes third in album and for me the best song of album. But it can confuse people easily that who the composer is, if anybody don't know it is SS, as Pritam is written all over it, as this kinda music is what pritam has perfected over a period of time i.e. Soft ballad with haunting feel to it. Mohit chauhan can undoubtly the best choice to sing this song as he has same capicity like Lucky ali and Faisal kapadia (String lead singer) to make any song special just by his musculine raw vocal cord. He is well supported by Neha bhasin (band Viva member) who I guess has her first bolly number. She was also disappeared long from music scene but I should say that she has voice which can be of some interest to some music director of bollywood but definetly has face to die for so she should try for acting rather then singing alone. Her another Viva member Anouskha too sang some bolly numbers and have definetly better mature voice then Neha. Anyhow, Song really turned out to be great listen and would really be loved by classes and masses.

Aashiyana comes next. Has a very peppy start with Salim again behind the mike for complete song crooning aashiyana words again and again. Song smoothly slip into next gear and become more fast in treatment but comes very easy on ear. Lyrics is ok kind but Salim voice fills the gap and the songs become more then average. It will slowly grip you and I am sure will come out as another winner in already looking magnificent album.

Theame of Fashion is last song of album. It start again with voice crooning in arabic with excellent use of Sontoor strings in backdrop. Then songs become conventional with loud drub beat and inbetween use of Sontoor strings. Also, some alap by unknown singer giving much required feel to theme. Overall, attempt is quite good and I am sure it will be used in movie during fashion shows. This song is again remixed by Midival Punditz with karsh kale. Midival punditz has earn quite a name for themselves in worldwide music scene and has some great work behind them. They have kept the soul of theme intact but made it trance by adding lots of electronic loops. Verdict - good fun listening when car is moving fast and have some shots of vodka working overtime.

I am not commenting on remixes of other songs as I don't like the whole idea of giving remixed versions in album. Let them done by DJ on dance floors. Still, all remixes are done neatly and will liked by people who love loud outdone work on original peices.

Overall, the album has huge potentional and will have all the grooves to turn out as one of the best album of 2008. Still in my opinion, it will be more like by classes then masses.

My Rating: ****/5

Rang De Basanti on Star Movies!!

Last Sunday night, I was sitting at home doing nothing except changing channels of my TV looking for something interesting which will make me feel good (Though I am half way in feeling good as Half of Foster beer is already in). And to my surprise, Star Movie is showing "Rang de basanti" (RDB). Probably many of you might feel why I am surprised cause I rarely seen any Hindi speaking movie on Star movies. Its an English movie channel and 99% of time shows Hollywood movies (Or craps). So thanks to them for changing for good.

Also as I discussed that it was showing RDB, I feel necessary to advocate it for everybody as must see. Reasons can be hundred but in summary, it is a movie which portrays very effectively the essence of India i.e. Youth, their mindset, past of India, cultural integrity and amalgamation, present political situation etc. Performance by lead actors especially Aamir khan is awesome and touching. Hats down to Rakesh Omprakash Mehra for making it.

After watching the movie (if you are Indian), there will be something change in you for a while (Not permanent as I am returned to my old self). And if you are not Indian and want to know something about them apart from what you know so far (i.e. People killing your jobs by outsourcing, creators of kamasutra, Indian curry etc), it will definitely guide you to new world about us. So imbibe yourself in this awesome cinematic experience whenever you get any chance and feel the magic of motion picture.

with love
~AY

Jingles - Hutch and Vodafone

Lots of people whom I know just loved two jingles i.e. Hutch (U and I) and Vodafone (everyday) including me. I searched everywhere from where I can download these and finally found (Inconvenient format). So, included here for easy listening/sharing (in easy mp3 format).

Click here (image) to download both the jingles

You and I





Everyday





Enjoy.

Movie Review: Sarkar Raj

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Govind Namdev, Victor Banerjee

Director: Ram Gopal Verma (RGV)

Review
When I started this blog, I decided to write lots about upcoming movies and music review. I failed. As most of the movie which came off late doesn't pushed me enough to write something about them.

Finally I watched Sarkar Raj (First Day Third show.....why? As I was hugely impressed by Sarkar (prequel) which RGV made on Godfather). Usually it happen with me in past that when I approach any movie with huge expectation, it failed to deliver what I expected. Rang de basanti and Taare Zameen pain though is exception (Both Aamir starer).

Sarkar Raj started from where it left i.e. Abhishek bachchan acting as family power centre controlling his family business of controlling masses and classes of Bombay. A foreign business house (Aishwarya) wants to start a power project which mediators told won't be possible without Nagare family approval. She finally able to win approval and story progress with Abhishek trying hard to get it done. In between lots of up and down happens and finally Senior Nagre required to return back to action. I won't go further with plot as it will kill interest of yours if you really planning to see the movie. If you really are??

Now Pro's of movie. First. Actor working in it. Amitabh as Subash Nagre and Abhishek as Shankar Nagre. Both excel in their roles still Abhishek this time not able to take whole limelight the way he did in Sarkar from his father. Amitabh is at usual best. Aishwarya too did good job apart from looking classy. Other actors too did their work well. The camera work is also good with sepia and blue tint used effectively in most places. Close portrayed face of Amitabh and Abhishek works well as both actors says a lot with their face gestures and eyes. Background music is especially good (even in places awesome). I personally like Govinda chant and Chaah Bhanwar Trishna.

Con's. Too many to render here in this piece of work. Not to be too critical, the story has no novelty in it. It works absolutely on same level where it works in Sarkar means instead of bringing something new, RGV uses the same formula again in story. Screen play too has lots of loops which failed people to engage with him during 2 hrs experience. Example. When Amitabh are in front of Abhishek photo acknowledging that if that the cost of being fearless, he might not chose the way he did in life. For me, he gave me the one of the best cinematic experience of my life. Top notch performance. Still people in Movie hall started talking to each other. What I want to convey is that people in middle of movie start losing interest in it which is bad sign for any movie. Despite great acting people's mind drifted from story and went else where. I haven't observed the same during Sarkar (prequel).

I still think Satya and Sarkar as RGV best work; and won't put Sarkar Raj in same league.

My Rating: 3/5.

Aishwarya and Cannes!!!

Cannes. A film festival started way back in 1947 is almost unknown to most of Indians, may be to film fraternity of India, but I am talking here about any avg Indian movie buff. Suddenly in last 5 years, there is lots of craze, media attention (which eventually drive in avg media follower) and buzz about this festival. Do u really think that an avg Indian still know what these festival actually about or meant to exist. Nahhh! Nobody Fu&*^%$g interested.

Everybody interested in only ONE thing i.e. Aishwarya Rai and what she will going to wear in Cannes. What an absolute crap thing and I as a blogger so hypocrite that despite I know this is stupid act, is still indulging into it. Why? Because I am another fool who is still love Aishwarya and want to know what she is up to in Cannes ;-)

Still I request everybody and also to Aishwarya to do something more meaningful in life then we merely following her, and she merely displaying her off the standard attire and style. She need a better designer and on top of that a good stylist.

Still we all love her no matter how she looks. Won't we?

Anyhow....find what she has been to in Cannes so far!









Images Belongs to: {majorily-> indiwo.com and some picked from unknown source.}

Amitabh Bachchan......Finally open up!

Amitabh Bachchan!! When an avg Indian person thinks of this name, he draws a picture of a person who has affected his life in one way or another. He is Bollywood superstar, India's best actor, a living legend and one of the most influential person on Indian soil. When he speaks....people in India listen! (at least pay some attention).

From the very start, he spoke less to media, which is the only channel through which anybody can learn, what his thinks. So most of his ardent fans usually don't able to make, what their best superstar thinks about most of things, usually controversies surrounding him. But..But finally at the age of 65..he decided to speak his mind. And the medium he chose his Blog.

Link: http://blogs.bigadda.com/ab/

In his blog, his is mostly (or initially) reacted on things being written about him recently, especially that whole marathi/north-indian conflict. Then moved on to criticize (or defend) other person's opinion about him so Shatru and Salim saheb have some good memories for Amit sahab from nowonwards.

In conclusion, if you love him, you love to read his blog but I personally disliked the content of his blog mostly as person of his stature required to write more wisely and need to behave more maturely. Still he is best person to judge and select the way his want to communicate....in any case...I will still love him for giving me one of the best cinematic moments of my life so far.

Rachel Bilson - Something about her...

I watched JUMPER yesterday. Though I have read lots of reviews, where most of the people actually pen down the movie quite badly, but personally I liked it.
We always not required to be quite technical while watching the movies i.e. How good is CGI, screenplay, camera angles and blah-2. At the end of day, why most of us watch any movie....to pass our time in best possible manner.
Jumper is a good time pass. And the best thing I liked about it is Rachel Bilson. I don't watch US sitcoms usually so never knew that she is regular in O.C.
But probably I will now....I don't know what..but there is a kinda innocence in her which pull me over and forced to right a small words for her ;-) (Good excuse) I liked her performance as well which is no where near to best but still good.

Race - Movie Review!!

Star cast: Saif, Anil Kapoor, Akshay, Katrina, Bipasha, Sameera

Director: Abbas Mastan

Review:
Story of two brothers in which one (Smaller i.e. Akshay) is always wanted to back stab his brother (bigger i.e. Saif) cause he always win the race (no matter whichever is the ground). With lots of twist and turn, finally big one knows small brother plan and change the course of whole thing. There is wicked Inspector (Anil) who help Saif in his plan.

Truly speaking the plot is complete naunsense and even I am not enjoying writing further about it. If you haven't watch or have hand on faced paced Hollywood flick, probably these Indie flicks may excite you i.e. some wire hanging action and some fast paced car's.

Performance wise Saif stands among all. Akshay is some kind of stereotype in his acting especially in this kinda movie (he is too good in Gandhi my father). Anil as good as always. All gals are pretty wasted in movie especially Katrina and Sameera who has nothing to do in movie except some skin show which even not worth enough to cause you some pleasure ;-)

All in all. A dekho kinda movie when you have nothing to watch. Strictly NO for watching on Movie hall as not paisa vasool.

* This time I have intentionally reduced my movie review for giving concluding preview instead of confusing further. Do comment if you dislike/like the approach.