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Rascals : Movie Review

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 10:39 AM PDT



A very safe bet in Hindi film industry is to release a comedy on a festive occasion. No matter how it is, it always breaks records. Taking the safer route comes Sanjay Dutt who releases his debut home production venture Rascals on Dusshera. Whether the festivity translates in to huge queues at the ticket windows or not remains to be seen.

Two conmen Bhagat Bhosle (Ajay Devgn) and Chetan Chauhan (Sanjay Dutt) spend most of their time trying to outdo each other whenever their paths cross. After having duped a small time don Anthony (Arjun Rampal) the two take off to Bangkok and meet a hot and rich model Khushi (Kangna Ranaut). That's when their new conning plan takes off and both try to outwit each other by winning Khushi's heart and money. Who takes the cake eventually follows through a series of madcap incidents.

Directed by David Dhawan, a man once known solely for tickling your funny bones seems to be in his struggling phase. That's the only way one can define the poor direction effort made in this slapstick comedy. Though the film takes off very well it ends up being the same old comedy one is seeing over the last few months.
Bollywood filmmakers definitely have found some combination of comedy and noise and maybe that's just why almost all recent comedies have ended up being blaring. For example, Bin Bulaye Baraati, Double Dhamaal, Chatursingh Two Star, Ready, Tere Mere Phere and the recent Hum Tum Shabana. Even Rascals falls in the same category. The entire second half where the main confusion lies is all about loud and jarring background score and actors yelling without any mercy on the audience.

Though thoughtful, the dialogues throughout the film are mostly rhythmic bordering on almost sounding corny. For example, Ghadi ho toh Rado, Gaadi ho toh Prado aur serial ho toh Na Aana Is Des Lado.

Some of the jokes do make you guffaw and chuckle while some over used and abused SMS jokes turn out to be big irritants. The cinematography of the film is very glossy and stylish and definitely there seems no cut back on the quality of the shoot. Rascals could've been better, more like All The Best that had both Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Dutt had it been for better situational comedy instead of the conmen drama.

On the acting front both Ajay and Sanjay do a decent job. Just because the film may have taken a substantial amount of time in the shooting, Sanjay Dutt's hairdo painfully keeps changing throughout the film making you easily point out the continuity errors. While in one look he has black wig with a look reminding you of the terrorising Chatursingh Two Star, in the other the colour of the wig changes to light brown.

Despite her consecutive failed attempts at comedy like No Problem, Ready, Double Dhamaal Kangna stills finds her way in Rascals without showing no improvement whatsoever. The actress is as bad in her comic timing as she was in her first attempt at comedy. Lisa Hayden is clearly dubbed and has nothing but a few scenes here and there apart from her item number Shake It Saiyyan. Arjun Rampal in his cameo acts well while Chunky Pandey is passable.

Over all, Rascals will work only with those who love to wishfully forget their brains at home while going for a film. For those seeking substance in cinema, Rascals will make you look like a rascal for having made the choice.

Soundtrack : Movie Review

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 10:42 AM PDT



When you remake a film officially, you have so much to fall back on - a readymade story, the entire scenario, and the screenplay etc. In such cases, one expects a good watch by default. Though not a lot of people may know that the minimally publicised Rajeev Khandelwal starrer Soundtrack is an actual remake of Canadian film It's All Gone Pete Tong one does expect some strong storyline from the looks of the promo. Whether it lives up to the expectations or not remains to be seen.

Soundtrack is the story of a music composer cum singer cum DJ Raunak Kaul (Rajeev Khandelwal) who comes to Mumbai with dreams of making it big in Music industry. He starts out as a DJ and turns out to be huge star of a club Tango Charlie run by Charlie (Mohan Kapoor). While the chronic alcoholic takes to alcoholism, drugs and smoking in a big way, success keeps following the DJ until a cruel turn of events changes his life forever. Soundtrack traces the rise, fall and 're-rise' of a character who eats, sleeps and thrives on music.

There are some films that sound very interesting and thrilling on papers but the moment they translate on celluloid, their magic just fades away. The case with Soundtrack apparently seems the same. Think of that one event in your life that completely takes away all that you ever had or wanted. Scary isn't it? That's exactly something that the film tries projecting with the idea of a passionate and successful DJ suddenly turning deaf; his rise from the ashes giving way to one of the most inspirational stories.

However, nothing quite like that happens on screen. What you get in turn is pretentious plot, pretentious acting and pretentious execution. Raunak Kaul's rise and fall doesn't quite engage you enough to feel the high of getting wasted like a junkie the way he feels, to feel his plight when he goes numb on music or to feel his passion for music when he beats his shortcoming and rises back like a phoenix.

Moreover, there's an angle of Raunak's alter ego nagging him in the form of a clown that stays with him 24*7 never making him wonder or react to it strongly; a very amusing element poorly written.

The first half of the film hangs very loosely on threadbare execution with as many as 3 sequences that could well be interval points. The second half of the film does bring in the crux of the storyline making for an interesting watch. Filmmaker Neerav Ghosh's direction is extremely poor making his film look more like a tawdry piece of work so much so that there are errors that don't need an expert's eye. For example, a bad close-up of a heavily bearded Raunak where even the gum of his fake wig can be seen, or even a scene where Mrinalini Sharma removes her bikini on beach while her skin coloured inner can easily be seen; so much for skin show!

There are many club shots where the camerawork could be better to increase the impact of Raunak's trance mood. There definitely hasn't been any focus on authenticity too as you see Rajeev Khandelwal taking Soha Ali Khan on a date to a fancy restaurant where the two only order for double whiskey shots, don't eat anything and ask for the bill. Even at that the bill for three double whiskey shots comes up to only 530 Rupees, an unrealistic price in today's inflated time.

Rajeev Khandelwal is decent in parts but comes across as a misfit in this story in more cases than one. Even his dialogue delivery seems faulty. Soha Ali Khan is delightfully pleasing while Mohan Kapoor does a good job as Charlie.

Music by various artistes is very good with some of the remixes like Yeh Jeevan Hai, Ruk Jaana Nahi standing out. Editing of the film could've been better.

Over all, Soundtrack is decent in parts and could've made for a very upheaving watch had it been for better execution.

Hot : Shahrukh-Gauri's relationship on the rock?

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 10:46 AM PDT



In the long tenure of Shahrukh Khan's acting career, for the first time, his marital status has been questioned. It is believed that Shahrukh Khan's married life is hitting the rough patch due to his growing closeness with Priyanka Chopra. Gauri doesn't like Priyanka always seen around her hubby in shooting or events.

"The fondness between Priyanka and Shah Rukh has upset Gauri, who nowadays (sic) frequently gets in to arguments with her husband over the issue," says a blog run by a Bollywood assistant director.

"Gauri is quite upset with Shah Rukh's closeness to Priyanka and this has become a major reason of tiff between the two. Shahrukh has devised a new way to deal with this issue and he is keeping himself busy in shooting films and other endorsements," says another insider on the web.

Priyanka and Shahrukh share a great professional rapport and these days they are bonding over personal ground.

Love Breakups Zindagi : Movie Review

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 10:45 AM PDT



The story about love and breakups has been told innumerable times in Bollywood. Despite being monotonous, this particular theme always gets a place in Bollywood and was appreciated by the audience. Sahil Sangha directed Love Breakups Zindagi also falls in the same line. A repetitive story wins the heart of the audience when the same plot is given a different treatment and presented with little twists and turns. But LBZ has nothing new to tell and that is the reason why the film could not win the heart of the audience.

It is a debut production venture of Dia Mirza, Zayed Khan and Sahil Sangha named Bonfire entertainment. Dia and Zayed have played the lead role to give something interesting to the audience. It is a story about friendship, relationship, love and breakups. It talks about the relationship of Zayed-Dia-Vaibhav and Cyrus-Tisca. Two stories run side by side.

The film starts off well but becomes monotonous in the end. The climax is very ordinary. The film has nothing new to offer. Jai (Zayed Khan) is a marketing executive in Delhi. He is of the opinion that opposite attracts. Jai is attracted towards bossy girl Radhika (Pallavi Sharda) who is totally opposite to him.

On the other side, Naina (Dia Mirza) who is a photographer by profession went all out to woo her workaholic investment banker boyfriend Dhruv (Vaibhav Talwar). But destiny has something else stored for them. Jai and Naina get to meet each other at Jai's best buddy Arjun (Satyadeep Misra) and Naina's good friend Gayatri's (Auritra Ghosh) wedding in Chandigarh. Both liked each other but there is little hesitation as both are already in a committed relationship.

Meanwhile, we see Jai and Arjun's friend Govind (Cyrus Sahukar) gets close to Arjun's aunt Sheila (Tisca Chopra). Govind is an interesting character. He is divorced twice but still open to making new girl friends.

The wedding gets over and everybody goes back to their routine work. However, Jai happens to visit Mumbai for some work and decides to catch up with Dia. Meanwhile, Govind's love life also falls on track. He was seen having coffee date with Sheila. Shahrukh Khan plays himself in the film and says in the end, "Eventually in life and films everything has a happy ending".

Salim-Sulaiman's music is ear-soothing. Song Rab Rakkha stands out. As far as the direction is concerned, Sahil Sangha excels in this department. He is very clear about what he is doing. Not at all messy, it is very simple and beautiful.

Speaking about performances, the film totally belongs to Dia Mirza and Zayed Khan. They are the soul of the film. Being a first time producer and experienced actors, both the starts has done full justice to their role. They emote the funny moments and emotional parts with full perfection. Other actors like Tisca Chopra, Cyrus Sahukar, Satyadeep Misra, Auritra Ghosh and Vaibhav Talwar are natural actors and have done a superb job. Umang Jain and Farida Jalal are lovable. However, Soni Razdan doesn't have much to do in the film.

In the nutshell, 'Love Breakups Zindagi' is a lovely light hearted film. Basically, the film is for the youngsters. Not a bad watch.

News : Rani Mukherjee to get married in 2012, confirms father

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 10:50 AM PDT



Wedding bells are soon going to ring for Bengali babe Rani Mukherjee. Rani's father Ram Mukherjee confirmed that her darling daughter has given her nod to tie the knot by next year. Ram Mukherjee is very happy that his daughter has finally agreed to settle down.

Like every year, the Mukerji family celebrated Durga Puja in Mumbai and on the eve of Dussera, Ram Mukerji spilled the beams to the media at the sidelines of the family pandal at Juhu, "The dream of every father is to see his daughter married. I, too, want to see Rani married, and this is what I have asked from Durga Ma this year."

He said that Rani is aware of his wish and has promised to get married by 2012. "Rani is so busy all through the year that she has not been able to find time for her personal priorities like marriage. But I have spoken to her about it. She has promised me that she's going to get married next year. I am very happy to tell you this because I want to see Rani married next year," added the actor's father.

Mukerji is very proud to have Rani as his daughter, "My daughter was very upset because I was not keeping well. But I am happy that I am perfectly fine now, and that my daughter has been able to concentrate on her work. I am blessed to have a daughter like Rani and I must say that I am a very proud father," beamed the proud father.

Hot : Genelia D'Souza engaged to Riteish Deshmukh

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 10:47 AM PDT



In a hush hush ceremony, Genelia D'Souza engaged to Riteish Deshmukh at Riteish Deshmukh's father, Maharashtra CM Vilasrao Deshmukh's residence a fortnight ago. It was a complete private affair and no personalities from the film industry were invited.

The ceremony took place in the attendance of close family members and friends. The exact date of their marriage has not yet been revealed.

Genelia and Riteish have been dating for almost seven years but the couple always avoids talking about their relationship in public. The duo is very much confirmed about settling down but they took time to convince their family as the actor's family wanted Riteish to marry a girl from their community.

Hot : Preity calls Yuvraj ‘Big Flirt’

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 10:55 AM PDT



At one point of time, Preity Zinta was rumored to be dating Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh. Rumors of Preity and Yuvraj's affair took birth when post 20-20 matches, pictures of Preity hugging Yuvraj Singh did all the round. But Preity lashes out those rumors and with time passes, the rumor died down. Preity on her chat show, 'Up Close and Personal with PZ, she had with her as her guests Yuvi where they unearth some old stories. On chatting, Preity pulled Yuvi's legs and called him a 'Big Flirt'.

On her chat show Up Close & Personal with PZ, Preity Zinta made attempts to pull Yuvraj's legs by saying, "But you are a big flirt and that's why you get linked up with everyone!" Yuvraj answered back, "You were dating someone at that time and I was made the scapegoat in the whole thing. All this only because I was single. You were also linked to Bret Lee earlier, weren't you?"

Emotional Yuvi also claimed that he won't hurry in making his choice as he is victimized by his parents' divorce. "I don't want anyone to marry me for the fact that I play for India or due to my popularity", says Yuvraj. He added that his better half needs to be understanding as he has to travel most of the time.

News : Shahid, Bipasha heading for a European trip

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 10:54 AM PDT



Though they denies, Shahid Kapoor and Bipasha Basu has been in news constantly for their alleged relationship. Now it seems the couple is really looking forward to take their relationship to the next level. Shahid has planned a vacation in European countries with his closest friends and everyone will be accompanied by their girlfriends. Bipasha Basu will also join them.

A source said, "Shahid is placing a vacation in Europe with five of his closest friends. They leave next week and they will be visiting many European countries. It`s a three-week holiday and all of Shak`s friends will be accompanied with their girlfriends. Apparently, he will meet Bipasha in Greece at the end of his travel and they will backpack together."

Bipasha who is also rumored to be dating her 'Dum Maro Dum' co-star Rana Daggubatti might have a change of mind.

News : Another Superstar for Ra.One

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 10:56 AM PDT



Shahrukh Khan is making sure that his Diwali release, and the costliest Bollywood film that has been made to date just gets bigger and bigger day by day. First it was the budget of the film, then it was Akon, then the VFX, the costumes and only a few days ago SRK got Superstar Rajnikanth to play a cameo in the film. Just when we thought it won't get any bigger, King Khan has now also roped in the 'Superstar of the Millennium' Amitabh Bachchan to do voice over for Ra.One.

We know the potential of Big B's voice. And also, Big B is not new to providing voice over either. He's previously done that for films like Lagaan and Jodhaa-Akbar. His voice over for Lagaan was indeed considered an asset to the film. Now that he's doing the same for Ra.One, it would only enhance the film's appeal further.

Now, three Superstars of our time are part of a film like Ra.One, what more could the fans ask for?

News : Pregnant Aishwarya at Sanjay Dutt's Mata Ki Chowki

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 10:58 AM PDT




Many celebrities from the film industry attended Sanjay Dutt's Mata Ki Chowki held at his residence. The actor who grabbed all the limelight was pregnant Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Dressed in a simple salwar kameez, Aishwarya came with her father-in-law megastar Amitabh Bachchan and mother-in-law Jaya Bachchan. Abhishek was not around them as he was busy in shooting.

Manyata played the perfect host and welcomed all her guests graciously with her hubby Sanjay Dutt. Arrived at his Mata Ki Chowki was his new buddy Ranbir Kapoor. He came in his 'Rockstar' style with his mom Neetu.

Kajol and Ajay Devgn also paid a visit to Sanjay's Mata Ki Chowki. Ameesha Patel, Neha Uberoi and Vidya Malvade. Karan Johar, David Dhawan, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Inder Kumar, Bhushan Kumar and Gulshan Grover Chunky Pandey with wife Bhavna, Sudhanshu Pandey, Jackky Bhagnani and Ashish Choudhary also arrived.

Lisa Hayden, Shraddha Kapoor, Dino Morea, Aftab Shivdasani were among other.

Hot : Ranbir, Nargis celebrate Navaratri

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 10:59 AM PDT



Ranbir Kapoor and his co-star Nargis Fakhri visited various 'dandiya' venues in Ahmedabad to promote their upcoming film, 'Rockstar' directed by Imtiaz Ali. They accompanied by the producer of the film Hiren Gandhi from Shree Ashtavinayak. They visited Karnavati Club, Prasang Party Plot & Shanku's Water Park.

This was Nargis's first public appearance and she looked stunning in red ghaghra choli. Ranbir too looked handsome in black kurta. Ranbir and Nargis greeted the crowds in Gujarati and won their heart.

The music of the film has been composed by AR Rahman. 'Rockstar' slated to release on November 11.

News : Satish Kaushik to Remake the Tamil Hit Pithamagan

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 10:21 AM PDT



For people who do not know about 'Pithamagan', it is a Tamil superhit that starred Vikram and Suriya. Even Bollywood is well aware of both these South Superstars, Vikram played the cop's role in Mani Ratnam's Raavan and we got to see Suriya's acring prowess in Ram Gopal Varma's Rakta Charitra II. Pithamagan was both a critical and commercial success, and fetched Vikram a National Award and Suriya stardom.

Satish Kaushik has acquired the rights of this super hit film and is planning to remake it for the Bollywood audience. If all goes well, Satish plans to rope in Hrithik and Saif for playing the lead roles. Satish Kaushik is not new to remakes and has remade several films in the past, one among which is Salman Khan's Tere Naam, which incidentally was also made by the same filmmaker who made Pithamagan.

So, let's wait and see if Satish can get to cast Hrithik and Saif together, who should be perfect for the roles played by Suriya and Vikram.

News : Police plays spoilsport at Deepika's housewarming bash

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 10:19 AM PDT



Police plays spoilsport at Deepika Padukone's housewarming party. Deepika has owned abode at Prabhadevi, one of Mumbai's most plush areas and she invited many of her friends from the film industry. Party was full on and highly excited Deepika least realized that the music she played was too loud and was disturbing her neighbors.

An eyewitness said, "A police patrolling van stopped outside the building around 3.15am. An officer went to Padukone`s flat on the 26th floor. We learnt that local residents had called up the police control room complaining of loud music.``

Soon after police intervention, Imran Khan and his wife Avantika left the venue. Business tycoon Vijay Mallya, Abhay Deol and his partner Preeti Desai also left as soon police stopped the bash.

The other guests to grace Deepika's party were Amitabh Bachchan, Karan Johar, alleged beau Siddharth Mallya, Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Riteish Deshmukh, Genelia D`Souza, Ranveer Singh and Anushka Sharma.

However, the Dadar Police had a different story to tell, "Our team went to the building as a large number of people had gathered downstairs, including mediapersons, and we didn`t want a law and order problem cropping up."

News : Rajinikanth flies down to Mumbai for Shahrukh Khan

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 10:17 AM PDT



Shahrukh Khan is thankful to Tamil superstar Rajinikath that despite poor health, he will be travelling all the way to Mumbai to shoot for 'Ra.One'. At first for Rajinikanth's convenience, the shooting was scheduled to take place at Ramoji Rao studio Hyderabad but later Rajinikanth himself decided to fly down to Mumbai and shoot his part. The Tamil actor will shoot at Subash Ghai's Whistling Woods Studio in Mumbai.

A source revealed, "The earlier plan was to shoot at Ramoji Rao studio in Hyderabad on October 4. But Rajni sir thought Gandhi Jayanti would be a more appropriate date to resume work. He thought shooting in Mumbai made more sense since the film is in Hindi."

"The `RA.One` team thought shooting at Whistling Woods was safer, since Ghai is an old friend of Shah Rukh`s and would ensure the shoot went off smoothly," added the source.

However, Rajini's daughter Aishwarya refuted the news of her father shooting for `RA.One`.

Even the `RA.One` team is keeping mum on this issue but Oscar Award winner sound designer Resul Pookutty confirmed Rajini's visit. He said, "I am excited that Rajni sir will be part of Ra.One. The thought of seeing both superstars (Rajnikanth and Khan) come together in one frame is exciting."

Gossip : Making of a real love story-Shahrukh, Priyanka

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 10:10 AM PDT



With every passing day, the proximity between Shahrukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra are increasing. Shahrukh who revolt against his friends for inviting Priyanka Chopra during Eid bash held at Mannat raises eyebrows on a show when both get cozy with each other. Their intimate moment was captured by paparazzi and has been posted on net.

Their body language shows that they are very comfortable in each other's company and least bothered what the world, media, friends or family speak about their intimacy. Their scheduled time for arrival at the show was different but incidentally or co-incidentlly, they happened to be at the same place at the same time.

Priyanka shot her part but when she learnt that SRK will arrive after sometime, she decided to stay back.

"Shah Rukh got late and informed through his staff that he wouldn't be able to arrive before 7pm. When Priyanka learnt about it, she decided to wait till Shah Rukh came. The shoot also didn't start as PC waited for Shah Rukh," says a source.

"They shot their segments separately, but in-between spent some time together. Shahrukh even asked the crew members to wait for sometime as he wanted to catch up with Priyanka before he left," the source adds.

Well, Shahrukh and Priyanka might just be friends but this piece of news and their intimate photographs will surely give Gauri Khan some sleepless nights.

News : Aamir’s Next – ‘Dhuan’?

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 10:08 AM PDT



It's been nearly two years, and we have not seen our perfectionist star Aamir Khan on-screen after his outstanding performance as 'Rancho' in the critically and commercially super-duper successful 3 idiots. But, we do know Aamir is right now filming for a cop flick with Reema Katgi who previously made 'Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.' And if sources are to be believed, this cop flick, in which Aamir will be sporting a moustache as well, has been titled 'Dhuan'.

Aamir is planning to soon launch the first look of the film, and following in his good friend's Salman's path, Aamir wants a digital poster to be launched for Dhuan just like Ek Tha Tiger. Aamir Khan was so impressed with the idea of a digital poster from Yash Raj Films that he has asked the creative team of Dhuan to come up with a digital poster for his film as well. Aamir would be discussing the look of the poster with his creative team soon.

'Dhuan' is slated for release in early 2012.

Hot : Bipasha Basu rubbishes marriage rumors

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 10:03 AM PDT



The news of Bipasha Basu's impending wedding with Telugu star Rana Daggubatiti has taken all by surprised. It is reported that Bipasha and Rana will enter matrimony soon but the Bong bombshell has totally denied the report.

Reacting to the rumors of her wedding plans, Bipasha Basu posted on twitter, "Reading reports of my supposed wedding plans, there is absolutely no truth in them."

Bipasha Basu and John Abraham was touted as one of the ideal couples of Bollywood before they part ways months back. After that the actress has been linked to her 'Dum Maro Dum'co-star Rana Daggubati. It is said that both are very happy in their relationship and planning to settle down soon.

News : Aishwarya not expecting twins, confirms Abhishek

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 10:00 AM PDT



Ever since Amitabh Bachchan declared the news of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's pregnancy, rumors started churning that Ash is expecting twins. Numerologist, fans and even one of KBC contestants predicted that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is expecting twins. But Abhishek finally confirms that Ash is not expecting twins.

Actor Abhishek Bachchan has denied reports that he and wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan are expecting twins. On microblogging site Twitter, a fan, krrishon, asked the actor, "Abhi, is d news of Ash expecting twins true? we r thrilled ...plz reply n confirm :) plz plz plz (sic)."

To this Abhishek replied, 'no, it's not'. Well, it is now confirmed that Ash and Abhi are going to be proud parents of a single child.

Whatever, twins or no twins, we wish Aishwarya a cute and healthy baby.

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