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Delhi Belly : Movie Review

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 05:21 AM PDT



Starring: Imran Khan, Vir Das, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Vijay Raaz

Director: Abhinay Deo

Rating: 4/5
It is a cliche as old as this nation - of the many Indias that breathe under one India, Indian cinema has hardly been representative of even a few of these. Yet, one would have expected, after globalization and the emergence of a new bold, urban India, that at least this class would get representation in commercial cinema.

Though there have been successful attempts in the past, it is with "Delhi Belly" that the urban, money-is-everything, foul-mouthed India has been captured with aplomb. And that, depending upon your morality, is good or bad.

Tashi (Imran Khan), a Delhi-based journalist living filthily with two roommates, winds up with a bunch of 'desi' goons chasing him and his mates after a mix-up. The three are forced to navigate the dark underbelly to survive, while encountering one situation after another and one idiosyncratic Indian after another.

The beauty of Abhinav Deo's film is not its smooth story, loosely inspired by the type of films made famous by Guy Ritchie, 'Lock Stock..' and 'Snatch' among others, neither is it Ram Sampath's catchy music that beats to the rhythm of the film, or the slick, seamless direction, or its immaculate casting and performance or even its wickedly witty dialogues.

The true beauty of the film is in all these elements together creating a madcap image of a new, unabashed, even shameless section of India.

Though Delhi is referred to in its title, it is not the real Delhi that Dibakar Banerjee captures with satirical reality in his films. Instead, it is the image of a Delhi populated by young, educated, newly 'liberated' urbanites.

In that it is the splitting image of that young urban India anywhere perpetually churning like the stomach of a character in the film, a showcasing of this nations new neo-liberal underbelly.

However, the other Indias might not take kindly to the film. Hypocritical Indians okay with female infanticide and dowry would be aghast at how almost every 'bad' word that they know is spoken everywhere on the streets and in homes, finds a place in the usually moralistic Bollywood.

Cinema purists too may cry foul that the film does not really have a soul and is not really trying to say anything.

Though a legitimate accusation, in not having a soul and not really being concerned or serious about anything, the film holds a mirror to a large section of the country. And that is a big statement in itself.

For decades Indian cinema has been shackled with a morality that has not kept pace with the changing morality of life around.

Though the morality of the film is strictly of urban, young, middle-class India, and isn't representative, it is welcome as this is the farthest Bollywood has gone to truly representing urban life.

And just for that, hats off to Aamir Khan for yet again, after "Peepli Live" and "Dhobi Ghat", believing in a different kind of cinema, even while he doles out a "Ghajini" in the same breath.

The last scene of "Delly Belly" is bound to become as iconic as the one in Mahesh Bhatt's 1990 musical 'Aashiqui'.

If there the lovers were so embarrassed of their surroundings that they had to kiss under a coat, here the lovers who are not even girlfriend-boyfriend are so brazen and caught in the heat of the moment that the guy kisses the girl in full view, half his body hanging out a slowly moving Maruti car symbolic of old India, unconcerned whether others are looking (which they are not).

If that isn't the urban, chic, and unconcerned-about-others India that has moved away from the morality of an un-liberalized India in 'Aashiqui' then what is?

Bbuddah Hoga Tera Baap : Movie Review

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 05:15 AM PDT



Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Hema Malini, Raveena Tandon, Prakash Raj, Makarand Deshpande, Charmee Kaur;

Written & Directed by: Puri Jagannath

Rating: 3.5/5
Folklore has it that wherever the Big B stands, the queue begins. It's time to queue up for a film that reads like a running commentary on the Bachchan legend. Blessed are the generations that get to see India's most iconic and enduring screen-hero play a variation on all his most cherished roles.

And then some more. To the angry Vijay persona that the Big B created through those brilliantly-written films of Salim-Javed in the 1970 and 80s, the actor still sprightly enough to make all the bachcha-log of Bollywood look like performing midgets, adds dollops of wry cynicism that goes well with our times.

Make no mistake Telugu cinema's most successful director Puri Jagannath is not just a Bachchan fan. He's also a master storyteller. To the mix 'n' match tale of an Angry Young Man's journey into his advancing years of unrelenting lividness and self-mockery, Puri brings a crackling contemporary commitment to telling a story that has no room for humbug…only space for hectic hijinks.

Written with supersonic dexterity, the screenplay races through numbered days in the life of a Paris-returned gangster who is called back to Mumbai by a gangster with a serious concentration problem (Prakash Raj) to finish off a particularly troublesome cop(Sonu Sood).

It's a skilfully written yarn that doesn't stray into the yawn zone for even a second. Every character, even the relatively minor ones like the Bachchan's landlady who keeps jabbering to an unseen husband in Dubai, adds a sheen of zing to the shindig. Though the narration seems to leap before it looks, the director actually manages to create a controlled atmosphere of plot development within the chaos of Mumbai's streets clogged with scampering gangsters, cops and their minions.

Jagannath Puri displays a fabulous flair for the funny and the ferocious. The comic scenes contour the mega-star's proclivity to laugh at himself and the self-important world around him comprising gangsters, collegians, cops and other on-the-move urbanites. Vishal-Shekhar's austerely-used music creates evolved rhythms for the Bachchan persona. You can't miss the insistent beat.

As for the action, the camera (Amol Rathod) moves to the rhythm of the Big B's super-controlled body language creating for the assorted villains a kind of disembodied dynamism that we see in a far cruder avatar in the South, in the cinema of Rajnikanth.

Here, it is the Big B at work. And boy, that does mean something, doesn't it! The iconic super-hero maneouvres through his tailormade role with a devastating dexterity, creating a celluloid combustion that leaves a trail of smoking guns, screaming tyres and satiated expectations that audiences felt and experienced in the heydays of the Bachchan Raj.

The reign never ends…thank God for small mercies! "Buddah…Hoga Tera Baap" offers a pleasurable romp into the star-power of the Big B. The rapport that his character builds up through some lovely actresses of several generations (Hema Malini, Raveena Tandon, Sonal Chauhan, Charmee) is so bloody robust and funny, you are left wondering how much of the sly subtle foxy flirtatiousness comes from the star and how much of it was there in the screenplay.

Undoubtedly well-written and directed with sure-handedness that cannot hide Puri Jagannath's boundless admiration for the Bachchan phenomenon, "Bbuddah…Hoga Tera Baap" is one of those garam-masala products that's far clever than the outward flamboyance of the main character and execution suggest.

Cut through the blizzard of bravura that the Big B projects so insouciantly and at heart this is an emotional father-son story. See how cleverly the director moves from a kind of italicized derringdo to a clamped emotional finale…. See how skilfully the other actors support the Big B's towering presence. Prakash Raj as the arch-villain brings a sense of madness to the proceedings while Makarand Deshpande as a quiet gangster is a glorious foil to the Big B's repartees and rejoinders. Sonu Sood as the cop who keeps running into the old-young super-hero manages to hold his own in front of the Big B. And Raveena as the Big B's besotted bombshell beloved from the past has herself a blast.

So do we. Right to the last frenetic shootout, we are with the director laughing cheering and saluting the star-power of this super-phenomenon named Amitabh Bachchan.

And when the Big B does a medley of all his old songs it's time to forget that the Bbuddah has just become a grand-baap all over again. Just get up and dance to the rhythm of the Big B's star power. Don't waste time watching the smut. "Bbuddah…Hoga Tera Baap" is the past present and future of mainstream entertainment.

News : Sonam Kapoor misses an opportunity

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 05:12 AM PDT



Sonam Kapoor seems like going through a really bad phase of her health. Off late there have been reports of the pretty actress falling ill quite often and her ill-health recently was also the reason of her missing a lucrative opportunity. Recently New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key visited the sets of her upcoming film 'Players' but Sonam could not be present on the sets citing her health issues.

Abbas-Mustan's 'Players' has been extensively shot in New Zealand and the makers have formed a special bond with the PM. The cast including Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu et al had a chance to share pleasantries with the PM and interact with him but unfortunately Sonam missed the opportunity.

But health certainly comes first; opportunities like these would come and go, especially when Sonam has just got started with her career.

Hot : Aishwarya Rai goes the IVF way?

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 05:10 AM PDT



Actress Bhairavi Goswami has made a shocking disclosure about Aishwarya Rai. She claims that the actressi, who is four months pregnant, has undergone an IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) procedure at a Bangkok clinic that specializes in providing male babies.

Bhairavi particularly took on Abhishek Bachchan who earlier posted on his Twitter page that he hopes for a baby girl.

Bhairavi Goswami wrote on her Facebook page: "Nauseating 2 read superstars giving interviews abt wanting a girl baby whn she has gone 2 Bangkok to an IVF clinic which specializes in boy babies. Height of hypocrisy. They knw damn well its a boy, aftr all she has to produce a male heir at any cost – Typical UP mentality, no wonder that state has such high female foeticide."

Bhairavi is so confident of her claim that she has refused to retract her statement even after a backlash from the fans of the Bachchans.

"Only people wth no balls retract statements, issue denials & clarifications. I hv never felt the need to do any of the above ever," she tweeted.

There has been no reaction from the Bachchans yet.

News : SRK to undergo knee surgery on July 25

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 05:07 AM PDT



Shahrukh Khan has cancelled his plan of going abroad to operate his knee due to personal and professional reasons. Instead, he will undergo knee surgery in Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital tentatively on July 25.

Dr. Ali Irani will be leading the medical team that will operate King Khan's knee surgery.

"Dr Ali Irani will be leading the medical board (expected to be a team of nine doctors), who will take decisions regarding the surgery on Shah Rukh. Shah Rukh's physiotherapy team will consist of three specialists, which will be led by Andrew Leipus as his chief physiotherapist. We are expecting him to recover in one month," says a doctor.

Dr Ali Irani is a specialist in sports medicineis and also cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's personal medical consultant. He has performed Shahrukh's shoulder surgery years back and it is doing fine.

"Ali Irani also led the team of doctors, who performed the operation on Shah Rukh's shoulder. His shoulder is doing fine now. He decided to have him again to perform the knee surgery. Some of his muscle tendons and ligaments are beyond repair. We are taking a call on what the final corrective surgery procedure should be. It has not been decided yet," informs the doctor.

Hot : Vidya to romance Emraan in ‘Dayaan’

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 05:05 AM PDT



Versatile Vidya Balan has no qualms enacting anything unique and versatile. The film which was ousted by Rani Mukherjee has been accepted by Vidya. The script of Vishal Bharadwaj's 'Dayaan' has been liked by Vidya and she agreed to to play the role of a witch. She will star opposite Emraan Hashmi.

Rani liked the script but she waked out of the project as she does not want to portay a negative character as it does not suit her personality. The film is an ambitious collaboration between Vishal Bhardwaj and Ekta Kapoor. The film speaks about a man (Emraan Hashmi) and his relationship with three women and one of them is a witch.

When Rani opted out of the film, Vishal went to Vidya, his 'Ishqiya; heroine and she agreed immediately. Vidya loved the script but dates is the biggest hurdle before her. She has to finish two picture 'Dirty Picture' and Kahaani'.

Hot : Ash-Abhi wants a baby girl first

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 05:02 AM PDT



Now that Abhishek Bachchan and his beautiful wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is heading towards parenthood, many new thoughts are brewing in their mind. Like any other married couple, the duo also desires for two kids. Ash and Abhi preferred baby girl first.

Like Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan, Aishwarya and Abhishek also want two children, first they want a girl child and later a boy just like Shweta and Abhishek. Abhi expressed his desire of having a girl child first and then a boy on his blog.

He too informed in an interview that it was Ash's decision of giving Amitabh the opportunity of sharing the good news to all.

Hot : Ranbir bumps into ex-flame Deepika

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 05:00 AM PDT



At the screening of 'Delhi Belly', many stars were invited and among them were ex-lovers, Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone. Ranbir arrived with filmmaker Karan Johar while Deepika came to watch the film with father Prakash Padukone and sister Anisha.

When Ranbir notice Deepika, instead of taking his eyes away from her, he greeted her warmly. An eye witness reveal,"But Ranbir was very graceful and he spoke very warmly with her". Added the source, "Deepika had flown down from London where she was shooting for Homi Adajania`s Cocktail with Saif Ali Khan. She had told Imran that she wanted to see the film. She had got a couple of days off, so she came."

At first Ranbir thought that his rival Imran Khan's movie will not be liked by the celebrity guests but after the screening was over, the reaction was just opposite. Everyone liked the movie and praised Imran. On looking at the positive reaction of the guests, Ranbir's expression needs to be watched. He was shocked and could not handle the competition.

"So much so that some people present were even sniggering among themselves that suddenly, Ranbir wasn't able to handle the competition," informs a source.

News : Ash will work post pregnancy, next film in 2012

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 04:58 AM PDT



When the to-be grandfather Amitabh Bachchan broke the news of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's pregnancy on the social networking site, question mark arise whether Ash will continue to work after becoming mother or she will stop working and be a complete family person, so here's the breaking news. Aishwarya will continue to work after delivering baby and her next film is with Viacom 18 of which the shooting will start from mid 2012.

Vikram Malhotra, speaking on behalf of the production house, confirmed, "We`ve signed Aishwarya for a film that starts late 2012. We`ve discussed a couple of exciting script ideas that she has liked. She has committed to doing the film next year. She will be consulted for the final subject of the film."

Malhotra also added, "The scripts have been selected keeping her stature in mind. We will soon finalise a project in close consultation with her." The actress` spokesperson confirms, "Aishwarya is doing the film next year."

Well, this news would provide some relief to Aishwarya's fans.

Hot : Sonakshi Sinha cheated on Kamal Hassan

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 04:57 AM PDT



Sonakshi Sinha who showed so much interest in starring opposite Kamal Hassan has finally walked out of the project, titled, 'Vishwaroopam'. Her excitement freeze down when the project did not take off on time.

'Vishwaroopam' was supposed to go on floors in June but the director of the film Selvaraghavan fail to complete the shooting of his last film. Hence, without delaying the project, Kamal himself decided to take in charge of the project and the direct the film. But to get into streamline, he wants sometime. In the meantime, Sonakshi had to start the shooting of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Rowdy Rathod'.

Sonakshi explained her situation to Kamal Hassan and without any objection he let her go. The second option of the movie is Deepika Padukone. In this movie, the female lead need to play Kamal's wife.

Hot : Aamir Khan pokes fun at Anil Kapoor

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 04:55 AM PDT



Aamir Khan's style in the item song in 'Delhi Belly' has been inspired from many Bollywood stars and the actor said that the chest hair that he has inscribed in the song has been inspired from Anil Kapoor. The perfectionist least knows that his acceptance would not be taken sportingly by the actor.

At the meet, Mr Perfectionist had said, "The hairstyle is borrowed from Amitji, (Amitabh Bachchan), the dancing moves are inspired from Rishiji (Rishi Kapoor), Mithunda (Mithun Chakraborty) and Govinda, and the chest hair is inspired by Anil Kapoor."

When Aamir launched the music of the film and spoke about his chest hair inspiration, Anil Kapoor was out of the town and he was not aware of it. He might take this as a good humor but his family felt humiliated.

News : Aishwarya no more Bhandarkar's 'Heroine'

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 04:52 AM PDT



Madhur Bhandarkar's highly anticipated movie, 'Heroine' has been shelved due to Aishwarya Rai's pregnancy. After spending four crores on the project already, Madhur has stalled the shooting. The first look of the film was also released but now the director has a change of mind. Aishwaya Rai Bachchan is unsure about the project as she has conceived.

'Heroine' is a women oriented film where the female lead has to be under waterfall, need to smoke and run. But on looking at Ash's present situation, the director is not willing to take any risk. Based on the life of successful actresses like Madubala, Marilyn Monroe and Mahi Khanna, the movie was announced at 64th Cannes film festival.

Madhur is depressed thinking about the fate of the film and is highly upset as why Ash did not inform him before.

Now the big question that clouded the film is who will be Aishwarya's replacement. Whether he will assign as new face or it will be replaced by his 'Fashion' actress Priyanka Chopra. At first Kareena Kapoor was approached for the project but she declined it as the script demands getting cozy with four male protagonists.

Well, let's hope Madhur gets a right replacement for 'Heroine'.

News : Lara Dutta rubbishes pregnancy report

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 04:48 AM PDT



The latest buzz that hits the gossip column is that Bollywood actress Lara Dutta is pregnant. It is rumored that Lara Dutta is in the family way. But the actress vehemently denied the report saying that she is not expecting.

It was also reported that Lara has just finished the shooting of 'Don 2' and is working on her next production. Lara and Mahesh feel that it is the right time to start a family. It was also rumored that the couple does not want to divulge the good news now as Lara has not completed three months.

Not only Lara but the pregnancy hoax has also roped in Shilpa Shetty. Later, Shilpa clarified that she is not pregnant and it is a mere rumor.

Well, this time Lara had to give clarification about the report. Lara Dutta and Mahesh Bhupathi got married on February 21, 2011.

News : Katrina Kaif looking for a house

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 04:47 AM PDT



Katrina Kaif is again on house hunt. The condition of her house on Waterfield road atwhich she is presently residing is horrible. With the arrival of the monsoon, the roof of the house started sucking water due to roof leakage. Most of the rooms of her house have a damp patches and it is quite unfavorable for her to live in that particular house.

The only room that is safe is her bedroom. Hence the actress spends most of the time in her room rather moving around. Thus, she is on house hunt. This is not the first time the Katrina Kaif is unlucky with her house. She has shifted her house many times. Today the difference is earlier her ex-flame Salman Khan helped her to search a sweet residence and after Sallu Ranbir Kapoor helped her to find a suitable house. This time she is all alone.

Well, with hectic schedule Katrina has a tough time in searching for a suitable house.

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