the release of DHOOM 2 jus got closer!!!
So the big day is coming close huh… I’m talking about the release of Dhoom 2 guys… ya I know that it’s on the 24th of November and is almost a month to go… but what to do! Time just doesn’t seem to pass and the only way to pacify myself everyday is to tell myself again n again that the day is coming closer (at least by a day 
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By the way do you know about its basic story line??? Well, it’s definitely a cop n thief story that’s sucked up a moolah of around a whopping 90 crores!!! And that’s because the story ranges from the desert of Namibia to the backwaters of Goa, the mean streets of Mumbai and the ancient forts of Rajasthan, and finally to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!!!
Needles to mention, the stunts and technologies used in the bike flick are top class and match the international standards of action film making… so it’s just not Aishwarya Rai and Bipasha Basu in bikinis that we’re looking forward for, right??? 
Ram Gopal Varma – Sex Haazir Ho!!!
Sounds weird, doesn’t it? Well that’s what Ram Gopal Varma’s nest film will be… ‘Sex Haazir Ho’!!! The man who’s busy making the highly awaited and anticipated ‘Ram Gopal Varma ke Sholay’ has already decided upon the film he’s going to do after RGVKS hits the theatres… and he’s once again teaming up with the controversial production house of PNC.
However provocative or controversial the title may seem, RGV makes it clear that he’s not gone insane and is NOT making a porn film… he says the project is based on the sexual hypocrisy rampant in the Indian society… needless to say, it’ll have a lot of censorship bashing too… wonder what certificate will it get from the biggest hypocrites of the country???
P.S. that was the censor board I was talking about (duh!)
DON ki sabse badi galti yahi hai – ki woh DON ka remake hai!!!
Oki people… thanks for flooding us with your comments for my reviews on DON… you need to see them to believe them… and the vast differences in them was the most amazing factor…. there were people who said that SRK was brilliant in the movie and did full justice to the character… and on the other side, this girl actually wanted to be paid for bearing with the SFX bonanza!!!
)… both the films (the original and the remake) had their own pros and cons… I mean, there were hundreds of technical errors in the 1978 version of the story which were accepted without a blink of an eye lid that time because of the limitations of that age … but the acting talent and screenplay were mind blowing, making the film accepted with open hearts and arms by the audiences!
Whereas in today’s time, we have a galore of technologies and ways to create a painting on celluloid… the cinematography and costumes were par excellence in the newer version… leaving hardly any place for an error or complaint… but it would take a miracle to recreate the charisma of Amitabh Bachchan as Don or the larger than life screenplay by Salim-Javed (except the lifted dialogues )…
So in short… watch both of them and enjoy them for their own fortes!!!! Kya bolte bhai log?????????
Abhishek Aishwarya to tie the knot in Feb ’07!!!
Now is this going to be the biggest match in Bollywood till date??? Well, it might not be official just yet. But it seems star couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai are certain to walk down the aisle in February 2007. At least that’s what the family astrologer is claiming.
The duo has been touted to be in love with each other but have never quite made it public. Abhishek’s uncle in the past has made visits to Chandrashekara Swamiji (the family astrologer) but it just turned out to be a rather damp squib in the end.
And to make it an out and out Bollywood match, there have been whispers going around about Abhishek’s dad, the Big B himself being not so warm to the match. Too many hurdles before they tie the knot, but which Bollywood flick is complete without such melodrama, keep watching this space and we’ll keep you posted…
John Abraham n Bipasha Basu finally reach their ‘Goal’
Bollywood celeb couple John Abraham and Bipasha Basu are no longer in hiding about their relationship and it’s problems… they have finally come out in public that the major problem with their relationship today is that there is ——- NO PROBLEM AT ALL!!!
“If we do a film now, it has to be something spectacular.” Said the Bangle bombshell when asked as to what was so special about ‘Goal’… now that DHOOM 2 is all set for release, lets see how busy the dame gets after it and how her dates get allocated after the venture’s success (positively!)…
Abhishekh Bachchan – Guru!!!
Have you seen those candid pics of chocolate boy Abhishekh Bachchan with those retro style ray bans on??? GURU is what is embossed on him… and indeed, that’s what he looks like… the GURU of all! The dude had rocked the industry with his look in bluff master and his rapping skills… lets see what he has in store for us now!
Now this one’s gonna be new for AB Jr. … lets see how he machaaofies dhoom with the corporate set up this time……..
Don ko phir se banana mushkil hi nahi namumkin hai!!!
Farhan Akhtar must have taken a leaf out Sanjay Leela Bhansali to script this film. Why? Well Bimal Roy’s Devdas was too simple and he made the audience connect to Devdas easily. And to avoid this Sanjay choose a GRAND setting, larger than life background to make his movie.
Same is the case with DON (2006).
Screenplay and Direction: Farhan Akhtar Chandra Barot’s Don was stylish, and screenplay driven. But when you are making a remake (and that too of a film like DON) you can hardly break free out of it, no matter how much you change the finer elements. So Farhan Akhtar uses SFX, John Wooish (Mission Impossible) and Warchoskish (The Matrix) style of chases and fights.
And that’s why I think Farhan Akhtar Rocks. Yep the film is too long, but you will only feel it when the not so good songs are playing.
Cinematography: Mohanan Excellent. Just Excellent. In Dil Chahta Hai, it was Ravi K Chandran and here is a new find Mohanan. Why don’t others find good technicians yaar? The skyjumping scenes, the lighting when Don re-enters, they work wonders for you, and go nicely with the screenplay.
Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy: Disappointing. Yep. Probably the trio have been dwelling too much with Karan Johar, they end up disappointing. Or may be the hype and the pressure of Don got to them. Except the tunes from the old one, the others fail to impress.
Dialogue: Farhan Akhtar & Salim Khan: I don’t know if he is the same guy from the famous Javed & Salim team, but for me the dialogues could have been punchier. Or this is the comparison in me talking. Except when you are taken completely by surprise by the story, the dialogue is just sufficient.
Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Esha Koppikar, Kareena Kapoor, Boman Irani, Om Puri, Chunkey Pandey, Arjun Rampal. Well after seeing the cast, you know who does what and how.
Shahrukh excels as Don, but much better you don’t compare him to Amitabh Bachan (You know who hams and who doesn’t). About the Pepsi girls, lets not talk. Esha Koppikar actually does good. After all she has been in the “company” of “Factory” guys.
Om Puri does best with whatever screen time he has and Boman Irani… Oh my God. He is too good. Forget Munnabhai(s) he will have more films in his bag now.
Don is not “Oh!Great Film”. But it is a very good action film, as long as you won’t compare it to the original one. And if you want to make comparisons, well you can and you will;but, you won’t realize you are in for a surprise.
DON – Movie review
“I am the KING”
You must have heard ShahRukh Khan say this hundreds of times… but you need to see DON to believe those lines!
When I sat in the hall (my neck still paining due to sitting in the first row of an IMAX! ) I had this thought that SRK will never be able to play Don the? way the legendary Amitabh Bachchan did… and I was proved quite right…
ShahRukh could not be the suave, composed and all supreme Don who did things with such exuberance that made the impossible seem possible… He could not portray arrogance in a subtle manner, but created his own mannerisms (as usual)!
With the help of the typical SRK addititives and mind boggling screenplay, editing, storyline, SFX etc etc provided by Farhan Akhtar, he’s made DON be more mean, menacing, cunning and unpredictable than ever!!!
Though there isn’t much of scope for the ‘pan’aholic Vijay, SRK knows how to draw the distinct line between Don and Vijay… and also blend the latter into the former as the storyline progresses…
Coming to the other characters… Akhtar Jr. hasn’t given enough justice to many of them in this ever so stylish venture…
The DCP D’Silva played by Boman Irani is definitely the most balanced dude in the camp… wonder what he does to get into the skin of his role, but he manages to give in a 100% to every shade of it (even the manipulative part )
Poor Interpol officer Mallik (Om Puri) doesn’t get much of screen presence and neither does Don’s girlfriend Anita (Ishaa Kopikar)… Roma (Priyanka Chopra) is as sizzling as ever… though she’s made to look more glamorous than vindictive and ferocious “Junglee Billi” … Kareena Kapoor too was nothing more than an item no.!
Maintaining balance was the key out here… balance between Don and Vijay. Balance between the old and the new DON. Balance between Vardhaan and……… nah guys! We ain’t letting the kity out of the bag… a Vardhaan does exist in this one too… and is portrayed with outmost BALANCE!
Talking about the most unique feature of any masala Bollywood film – the music! Don’s music fails to impress… though the background score is amazing, but the remixed songs don’t leave much of an impact! Even the “khai ke pan banaras wala” no. doesn’t have the rusticity in it! Wonder what Shankar Ehsaan and Loy were thinking when they included two new songs(read duds) like ‘moriya re’ and ‘aaj ki raat’ in an album like DON???
The original storyline has been followed and the director has actually been able to relate the audience to the original seamlessly… though at times, the editing and scene change doesn’t justify the continuity of the story, you still are ready to believe all they say coz they say it with such style!!!
The vision of Farhan Akhtar has definitely taken the concept and screenplay to a greater level in this creation of his… Kudos to the young man for that…
Our verdict — ‘DON’t miss it!!! And ‘DON’t get up from your seat before the final credits… the final scene will automatically make you jump up in surprise … just the way I did!!!
P.S. do remember, Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahin, namumkin hai (if you know what I mean )!!!
How will Sanjay Dutt’s Diwali go???
Bhai log… kabhi sochela hai ki apne Munna Bhai ki Diwali kaisi jaayegi??? I’ve got the answer – BAKWAAS! This is because the TADA court has gone much lazier than expected and has delayed the verdict to his 1993 case till after the Deepavali holidays…
If special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam is to be believed, the final verdict would come out soon after the holiday period… but considering the speed with which Indian courts function, I’m not too sure whether it will be after this Diwali
Verdict says Sanjay Dutt has a longer relationship with TADA!!!
Sanju baba has been dealing with the biggest pain in his ass for over 13 years now… don’t we all know that it’s the 1993 Mumbai blasts I’m talking about! Today was supposed to bethe day of the final hearing for his case.. but it ended only as a supposition!!!
Sanjay Dutt was summoned by the TADA court for posessing and destroying a rifle with the help of four of his friends… all of them have been granted bail but the final verdict has been postponed once again!
ShahRukh Khan – there’s more than DON coming our way!!!
“Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahin, namumkin hai!“ was and still is one of the most famous line that’s come out of Amitabh Bachchan’s mouth… and for all you know, ShahRukh Khan might just prove him right by making him the uncaught thief forever in his venture – DON 2!
One question – do you think King Khan had gone anywhere??? He still rules our hearts, right?
ShahRukh Khan killed in Pakistan!!!
Shahrukh Khan… a name that can sell packed houses of any stadium across the globe… who’s energy has no parallel… and the amount of support he gets……… can’t think of an adjective to describe that!
Indians love the movie as it gives a new angle to film making… well, we love the movie or not… the bottom line is that we love SHAHRUKH!!! Koi shak???
