Bindis and Bollywood!

What form of justice is this..

2011-12-15T21:54:00.001-05:00

Afghan victim 'may marry' rapist

Sridevi in Vanish AD!

2010-04-19T15:39:00.001-04:00

Sridevi's new ad for Vanish detergent, I love that scene from Sadma!

Salman in Wheel AD

2010-03-04T21:21:00.001-05:00

Salman Khan in an Ad for laundry detergent with Prachi Desai. Lucky girl! They both are so cute though.

First look: Atithi tum kab jaoge?

2009-12-22T22:16:00.001-05:00

this looks interesting, it about a couple and an unwanted house guest.

First Look of Veer!

2009-11-25T01:14:00.003-05:00

I am veryyyyy excited about Veer..it is Salman's dream project after all.

First look at Kurbaan

2009-10-02T20:41:00.005-04:00

The first trailor of Kurbaan from Dharma Productions is out. Looks good though it reminds me a bit of Fanaa. Hopefully it's good because I'm looking forward to it.

Sonam and Anil Kapoor Mont Blanc Ad

2009-09-23T22:30:00.003-04:00

Sonam and Anil Kapoor's Mont Blanc Ad is out. I think the Ad is really nice and classy. He definitely doesn't look old enough to be her father though, as she always says.Let me know what you guys think.

Mont Blanc from Campaign India on Vimeo.

Salman on the Ramp! updated

2009-09-14T23:57:00.000-04:00

Salman Khan walked the ramp in Delhi at a Van Heusen Men's Fashion week show. He looks awesome!

Updated with pics!

Fav songs: Karisma And Govinda!

2009-09-07T21:09:00.004-04:00

Work and the new semester is kicking my a**! Sooo the posts will unfortunately be even less frequent than usual.
Karisma and Govinda did many movies together and have many hits together. theyre considered a pair along wiht David Dhawana and have a some crazy songstogether with crazy dance moves. They always matched each other step by step.

1. Yaad sataye teri neend churaye- Raja Babu
Most people prefer 'sarkailo khatiya' because its funny and vulgar and just plain crazy. But i like this song because its catchy and along the lines of a sridevi-jeetendra song. the colors, beach sequence and instruments.

2. Meri pant bhi sexy- Dulaara
Govinda sang this song himself.

3. Tumsa koi pyara- Khuddar
one of the few non-comic movies that the two did. It had a very good story and this song was a classic.

4. Sona kitna sona hai- Hero no 1
My favorite movie from that pair, Ive watched it many times over. its not so much as funny as romantic. Another song i also like is 'mohabbat ki nahin jaati' which is a romantic song and they manage to throw in a comic element into it.

5. Husn hai suhana & Main to rasthe se ja rahi thi- Coolie no 1
The first song shows what awesome dancers the two were and hwo they matched step by step. The second song has crazy lyrics about eating ice cream and not caring if grandmothers dying.

6. i love you bol daal- Haseena Maan Jayegi

Fav songs: Preity Zinta!

2009-08-27T21:08:00.004-04:00

Preity Zinta has her own distinct style of acting and is adorable. She also hates being called so! She is one of the better actresses of the Millenium.

1. Jiya Jale - Dil se
her first movie and most famous song.

2. Jaane Kyun- Dil Chahta hai
One of my fav films and a cute song with PZ and Aamir's characers arguing about falling in love.

3. Dil Laga Liya- Dil hai Tumhara
She really does look like a doll here.

4. Piya Piya- Har dil Jo Pyar Kareha
Preity and Rani were rivals but worked wonders together, along the lines of Sridevi and Jaya Prada.

5. Tu Jahan Main Wahan- Salaam Namaste
PZ made the best pair wiht Saif Ali Khan.

6. Bol na halke halke- Jhoom Barabar jhoom
Horrible movie, awesome song.

Guess who? Baby SK!

2009-08-23T00:05:00.003-04:00

Look at baby Salman Khan, howwwww cutttteeeee issss heeee? I think he looks exactly the same. Salman and his mother Salma were on the first episode of Farah Khan's new chat show 'Tere mere Beach mein'. The theme was about being a Mama's boy. I'm looking forward to the other episodes which will continue to have a theme and bring together two celebs who have something in common (small towners who got fame, those who battled with weight etc.) I watched the show and it was very nice, not bitchy or boring and different from Karan Johar's show, which it will obviously be compared to.

Fav songs: Manisha Koirala!

2009-08-16T20:22:00.002-04:00

Manisha was one of the prettier actresses of the 90's even if she was bigger and not such a great dancer.She must have been a favorite because she was a part of some of the better movies of the time like Bombay, Akele hum akele tum, Dil, Company etc.
(Also, i didn't know earlier when i was posting but it happens to also be her birthday, so happy birthday to her too!)

1. Mushkil bada Yeh Pyar hai- Gupt

2. Yeh dil Sun Raha Hain- Khamoshi
Sanjay Bhansali's first film and my favorite one.

3. Tu Mile Dil Khile- Criminal
Awesome song, never gets old.

4. Kehna hi Kya- Bombay
A Mani Ratnam film and a soundtrack by A.R Rahman never goes wrong.

5. Telephone Dhun-Hindustani

6. O yara Dil lagana -Agni Sakshi
A movie about domestic violence.

Fav Songs: Saif Ali Khan 90's edition!

2009-08-02T22:57:00.005-04:00

Saif's new film 'Love Aaj Kal' release this week, it is his first as a producer. Here's a look of my favorite songs from his previous work in the 90's (A.k.A before he was initially considered the '4th Khan'). Enjoy!

1. Jab bhi koi ladki (Ole Ole) - Yeh Dillagi
Saif played the Casanova brother in this movie and this was the song that pretty much got him noticed. I also love the picturization of 'Naam kya hai' on him and Kajol. That song always somehow shows up in a game of Antakshri.

2. My adorable darling- Main Khiladi tu Anari
He was nominated in Filmfare's best supporting actor category for his role as the romantic hero Deepak Kumar. All the songs are pretty hot but I like this one alot, which features Raveena Tandon in a guest appearance.

3. Neela Dupatta Peela Suit - Hameshaa
The movie wasn't all that great but I remember this song was all the rage back when it came out. Its pretty catchy and one of my favorite 90's songs.

4. Ek Jawani teri ek jawani meri- Kachche Dhaage
Saif got another Filmfare supporting actor nomination for this film. I cant really choose a favorite because all the songs are pretty great; the music was by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. I also like 'Dil Pardesi Ho gaya'.

5. Title Song- Main Khiladi Tu Anari
No explanation needed. If you don't know about the Akhay-Saif pair, you don't know anything. Just get out of here ;p

Salman and Salma!

2009-08-02T18:35:00.008-04:00

I used to think Salman Khan resembles his father Salim Khan, who is also quite handsome even now. Looking at pics from a recent event, I think he has his mommy's smile :)

Source

Salman's Wanted Trailer out!

2009-07-29T21:05:00.002-04:00

The very first theatrical trailor of 'Wanted' directed by Prabhu Deva is out starring Salman Khan and Ayesha Takia. We can see SK doing some straight up ass-kicking, dancing and shirtless. Love it.

Non-film song of the week! Kailash Kher

2009-07-28T23:56:00.002-04:00

I love most Kailash Kher song and especially his last album. They've released a new album called 'Chaandan Mein' , and I love the earthy/ethnic touch in most of the videos. Here's the video for a song from the album called 'Aao ji'.

Throwing in the 'Teri Deewani' also because I love it :)

Fashion at IIFA 2009

2009-07-26T23:05:00.000-04:00

The turnout for years' IIFA awards weren't all that. Either celebrities were busy, boycotting it, or didn't think it was important enough. There were performances by Bipasha Basu, Sonam Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Shahid Kapoor, Govinda and Riteish, Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Ashutosh Gowariker created another scene by going on stage and saying something about Priyanka Chopra not deserving the best actress award and it should have went to Aishwarya; It was edited out when telecast a few weeks later. Anyway, here are a few of my favorite celebrity looks from IIFA 2009

Favorite Songs: Raveena Tandon

2009-07-22T14:53:00.003-04:00

1. Tip Tip Barsa Paani -Mohra
This is definitely one of the hottest rain/seduction songs in Hindi cinema. All of the songs of Mohra are pretty awesome so its hard to pick one but I'm sure tons of people would pick 'tu cheez badi hai mast mast'. I personally love 'Ae kaash kahi aisa hota' and 'subah se lekar shaam tak.'

2. Shaher ki Ladki- Rakshak
She made a special appearance in an 'item number' in the movie. She was lying low for a bit before that because she was thinking of quitting and also because of her drama with Akshay Kumar. She bounced back with this song and did some of her best work afterwards.

3. Kisi disco mein jaye - bade miyan chote miyan
whether you Love Govinda or not, this song is enjoyable because of the lyrics and the fun video. They did a whole bunch of movies together in the late 90's until they decided to take a break from each other.

4. Chaha to Bahot- Imthihaan
The whole soundtrack is this film is lovely so its hard to choose just one. My other favorite is "Iss tarah Ashiqui ka'.

5. Ya Mustafa- Aatish
one of favorite 'couples' songs. Love the outfits and the the choreography. Farah Khan mentioned on Koffee with Karan how it was crazy during the shooting.There was rivalry between Karisma and Raveena at the time and would they would stepping on each other and whacking each other with their hair. Supposedly now their daughters play with each other in the same school.

What are some of your favorite Raveena songs?

Salman's Wanted movie posters!

2009-07-21T22:40:00.004-04:00

I've been looking forward to some new Salman Khan movies. Here are some posters of Boney Kapoor's Wanted directed my Prabhu Deva. It's a remake of a south indian movie Pokkiri and stars Salman Khan and Ayesha Takia. I'm looking forward to seeing SK doing some action, being paired with Ayesha for the first time and dancing to Prabhu Deva's style.

Interviewing Salman Khan!

2009-07-16T23:13:00.005-04:00

Here is a little preview of a new Salman Khan interview. Now if you know SK, you know he hates interviews and any questions about his personal life. He will hit you right back with a crazy answer to a question about something touchy. She asks him about marriage, celebrating Katrina Kaif's birthday this year and a patch up with Shah Rukh Khan. This journalist is definitely digging her own grave ;p
In another recent interview with Anuradha Sen Gupta 'Beautiful People', SK tells the journalist that he is only answerable to his fans and he doesn't trust journalists nor does he feel comfortable sharing his emotions with them becuase he does not know them. He's thoroughly honest so it is enjoyable to watch to get an insight into him. Anything he says or does, they turn it around and he hates that. some people might consider him rude or crazy, but this is just him being himself and his fans love him for that.
Just as there is this side to him, there is also the side of him being himself on his show 'Dus Ka Dum'. He interacts with his fans, friends and colleagues and hes enjoying himself, being genuine and funny.

Non-film song of the week!

2009-07-13T16:12:00.006-04:00

Pritam is known for taking inspiration (coughrippingoffcough) from other songs to create his own music, but I would say he does a good job recreating it. I wanted to share a song from Love Aaj Kal and also the original video it was taken from because I love them both.

and the original punjabi number:

I'd like to give credit to my friend Habiba for finding the original ;p

Meenaxi- Yeh Rishta Kya..

2009-07-05T05:35:00.003-04:00

There's just something very appealing about a hot guy, a beautiful woman and bright colors in a desert.

Non-filmi music of the week! Stylebhai!

2009-05-31T04:49:00.002-04:00

Anyone have any more infomation about stylebhai? I don't really know much about him or what he's upto. Ashwini Bhave looks quite good in the video.

Why he is the friggin man!

2009-05-27T23:10:00.001-04:00

Look at those people cheer for him! Even if you love to hate him, there's still love in there that cant be denied :)

Promoting Friends ;p

2009-05-08T17:49:00.008-04:00

I wanted to post a little something unrelated that I am proud of. One of my close girlfriends Farida was on the cover Of the Bombay Times (05/08/09) in an article about the mumbai trains turning violet. She used to live in New York and recently moved to India for career purposes so her accomplishing anything means a lot to me. I want her to be successful and ::knock on wood:: she will. She looks very distorted in the article online itself but Its still awesome that shes on there and they also wrote her name, which is cool ;p Shes the girl in the Violet.

Heres pics of her which are among my favorites:

Non-film Song of the week! Daler PaaJi!

2009-05-05T20:42:00.003-04:00

When I was a preteen in the late 90's i remember tons of frizzy hair and tons of family parties! Aunties and cousins hoisting up lenghas and saris and uncles rolling around on the dance floor doing some odd version of bhangra. The man of the moment was Daler Mehndi! He was popular and had some great danceable songs. Punjabi pop songs were popular because of him and Sukhbir. Now when I listen to them and see the videos it makes me laugh. Whether we understood all the words or not didn't even matter :)
Here's the link to his official website to see what he's been up to.

Here are a few of my favorites..what were yours?

Bolo Tara ra ra!

Ho jayegi Balle Balle!

Sade dil te churiyaan ..

Songs of the week! Female Duets!

2009-04-29T01:15:00.000-04:00

I think I've missed a week or two and I also don't remember what day I wanted to set aside for this. Sorry, but this might happen time and time again because I suffer from ADD ;p
I'm not sure what Id like to call this..but I love when there are female duet dancing songs of either sisters or best friends.

50s: Film: Azaad Song- 'Aplam Chaplam..'
forget the remix, listen to the original! These girls dance so well and they are also sisters in real life.

60s: Film: Parasmani Song: Hasta hua noorani chehra
I love this song, made popular from the pillow game scene in 'Hum Aapke hain koun'

7os: Film: The Burning Train Song: Meri nazar hai tujhpe
This is actually from 1980 but I really love this song and I think it still represents the 70's era

80s: Film- Joshilay Song-'dhak dhak jiya kare'

90s: Film: Kshatriya Song: Dil na kisi ka jaye

2000s: Film: Har dil jo pyar karega Song: Piya Piya o Piya

I have to add in a honorable mention to Karisma and Madhuri's Dance of Envy From Dil to Pagal Hai because it is too awesome.

Ninne Pelladatha (1996) - Southie!

2009-04-20T22:12:00.007-04:00

I'm so bummed! my laptop isn't working properly because I probably got a virus and I was smart enough to try to use it without an anti-virus program. I just got the darn thing too! Well hopefully I"ll get it fixed up soon. So for now I'm using my sister's yucky old one for this short little post.

Instead of doing my paper last night, I watched a Telugu film called 'Ninne Pelladatha' by Krishna Vamsi starring Tabu and Nagarjuna. I actually watched it without any subtitles and went by any english words thrown in and expressions and setting so sometimes I was a little lost by certain things. I'm hoping someone can help me out with whatever I didn't get.

The story is pretty much that Mahalaxmi (Tabu) and Seenu (Nagarjuna) are from two loving families who are mad at each other. Tabu's mom belonged to Nagarjuna's family (I think she was a sister?) and ran away to marry Tabu's dad the day of her wedding so her brothers beat them up and they didn't talk for all those years.
Mahalaxmi goes Hyderabad on her own to enroll in pilot training classes and ends up living with Seenu's family (How and why that happens I don't know because of language problems so if anyone knows please tell me!) and Mahalaxmi and Seenu slowly fall in love. His family loves her and accepts her but they get separated when they find out who her parents are. Whether there is a happy ending or not, I'll leave that up in the air.

This movie is one of those wholesome family love stories that I loveeeee. It represented so many of my favorite hindi romance movies in almost every scene. Mahalaxmi and Seenu were adorable with each other whether they were flirting or picking on each other. I love when he finds out her nickname by accident and runs around calling her that to irk her because she hates that name (The name was something like Pendu; wonder what it means). Tabu and Nagarjuna were a treat to watch becuase of how well they looked together and individually their expressions and mannerisms were very lively. I beleive Tabu won the south filmfare best actress award for this movie.

photo taken from rasleela.com

Seenu's family was show to be really sweet and loving and I liked that they didn't show any fights within the family. His mom was played by actress Laxmi from 'Julie'; she was a lively character and tabu's character Mahalaxmi is actually her namesake. I couldn't help thinking of 'Hum aapke hain koun' especially when the boys are sneaking up on the woman having their own night of fun and the way she cooks for him one night they are alone and they declare their love each other secretly.

photo taken from rasleela.com

The soundtrack of the movie was done by Sandeep Chowtha and is a very nice album. I've heard all the songs earlier so I beleive they were quite popular and i think some the tunes might have been carried over to some hindi movie or a remake of it. I love the first song 'greeka veerudu' where Mahalaxmi is describing her dream guy (ala DDLJ) to her mother to be like Alexander the great.

Here are some other songs I really liked:
this one sounds like 'chahe dil ke kareeb' from Socha na tha

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Oddly, I started my first sort-of review with a south film. Well it's due to my broken laptop and a film is a film, regardless of language.

Non-film music of the week feat. Alisha!

2009-04-14T04:05:00.002-04:00

Alisha Chinai has a great voice and was considered the 'pop diva' of India and was extremely popular in the 90's; here are two songs that are my favorites.
'Lover girl' featuring Marc Robinson, who now owns his own modelling agency and has previously dated Preity Zinta. 'Made in India' features supermodel Milind Soman (can we say SO HOT?) who has dated Bipasha Basu and is now dating Shahana Goswami. Hope these bring back some memories ;p

Salman Khan campaigning!

2009-04-10T17:14:00.004-04:00

Salman Khan is campaigning and asking for votes for the BJP and Vinod Khanna. I don't particularly care about all that but I'm loving how good he looks after losing that weight and standing next to another favorite hunk of mine..Vinod Khanna!
Aamir Khan advised Salman to give up drinking to help lose weight for the shooting of Veer. It's definitely working!

Here's a video of him talking to the crowd and being funny ;p

Songs of the week!

2009-04-08T03:11:00.015-04:00

Spring break is here for me! a week and a half of not waking up early..hell yea!
Well, the saying goes that 'April showers bring May flowers' so here are some songs about rain for you guys ;p

50s: Film- Chori Chori Song- Yeh Raat bheegi bheeghi

60s: Film- Do Raaste Song- chup gaye saare

70s: Film- Manzil Song- Rhim jhim gire saawan

80s: Film- Betaab Song- Badal yuh garaj tha hai

90s: Film- Sir Song- Sun sun barsat ki dhun sun..

2000s: Film-Guru Song-Barso Re

Non-filmi Music of the week!

2009-04-05T20:20:00.006-04:00

What happened to indipop and even remixes after that? the videos were so good then..
being lazy and a little busy with exams so leaving you guys with a song
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's 'Afreen Afreen' featuring a veryyy hott Lisa Ray.
There was a time when she was the most popular international looking face of India and when Aishwarya Rai [Bachchan] came into the modelling world she was compared to Lisa Ray.

Songs of the Week!

2009-04-01T20:31:00.008-04:00

I thought I'd do a weekly thing (or more often) of songs I like from each era, this should be fun!

50's: Film: Howrah Bridge Song: Aaye Meherbaan..

60's: Film: Woh kaun thi? Song: lag ja gale

70's: Film: Caravan Song: Chadhti jawani meri chaal mastani

80's: Film: Saagar Song: Sagar Kinare, dil yeh pukare..

90's: Film: Imtihaan Song: Is tarah aashiqui ka

2000's: Film Bhaghban Song: Pehli Kabhi

My top 100 hindi films Part -1

2009-03-29T18:50:00.000-04:00

BBC Asian Network made a list of the top 50 hindi films we should own. I agree with most of their list but I think everyone has their own list of films they would watch over and over again depending on when they started watching or on they've grown up on. I thought I'd share my personal list of favorites (in no particular order) which would probably include more 80's and 90's films and I've made it 100 because I've seen quite a few:
1)Hum tum by Kohli Kohli (Rani Mukherji, Saif Ali Khan) The kind of love that I believe in so it’s my favorite love story.
2)Chandni by Yash Chopra (Sridevi, Rishi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna) I watch this film just about every month for about the last 15 years, Sridevi’s beauty captivates me.
3)Maine Pyar Kiya by Sooraj Barjatya (Salman Khan, Bhagyashree)-the movie that made me and everyone else fall in love with Salman Khan; first hindi film I remember watching.
4)Lamhe by Yash Chopra (Anil Kapoor, Sridevi) -I’m positive if this was released later on it would have been received better. It's one of Chopra’s best works and one of his own personal favorites.
5)Virasat by Priyadarshan (Anil Kapoor, Tabu) -I think I loved Amrish Puri more than Anil Kapoor in the movie and Tabu was just too adorable and innocent.
6)Khamoshi by Sanjay L. Bhansali (Salman Khan, Manisha Koirala, Nana Patekar)- I have too much I love about this film. Watching this film at 10 years old made my craze for hindi cinema emerge stronger
7)Chaalbaaz by Pankaj Parashar (Sridevi, Sunny Deol, Rajnikanth)- She was just too funny and her portrayal of the seperated twins Anju and Manju was so contrasting and fantastic.
8)Hum Aapke Hain Koun by Sooraj Barjatya (Madhuri Dixit, Salman Khan)- My favorite family drama, I don't care how many songs it has, madhuri is awesome
9)Saajan by Lawrence D' Souza (Madhuri Dixit, Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan)- My favorite love triangle; It has madhuri, a hot salman khan and sanjay dutt and gorgeous songs.
10)Hero No. 1 By David Dhawan (Govinda, Karisma Kapoor)- karisma and govinda were the best together becuase theyre both good at comedy
11)Khubsurat by Hrishikesh Mukherjee (Rekha, Rakesh Roshan) Classic family comedy and Rekha was Manju with perfect comic-timing.
12)Jab We Met by Imitiaz Ali (Kareena Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor)- kareena kareena kareena! every dialogue Geet says is hilarious! this was more kareena the actress and less kareena the diva.
13)Hulchul by Priyadarshan (Kareena Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna) -Subtly funny family vs. family film of priyadarshan’s style
14)Darr by Yash Chopra (Sunny Deol, Juhi Chawla, Shah Rukh Khan)- Most people like this movie for a stalkerish SRK but I notice myself watching this over and over becuase the chemistry between Sunny and Juhi is pretty sweet.
15)Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (Juhi Chawla, Aamir Khan) the kids and Juhi were a riot, I think my love for naughty children grew from watching this.
16)Dil Chahta Hai by Farhan Akhtar (Aamir K. Akshaye K. Saif Ali K. Preity Z) Farhan started a new trend in hindi films with this one.
17)Kal Ho Naa Ho (Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta) -I don’t love all the parts of this film but Preitys' character of an angry girl was played out well by her.
18)Omkara by Vishal Bhardwaj (Ajay D, Kareena K, Saif Ali K)the perfect Indian adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello. All the actors played their parts so well which were so different from what they usually do.
19)Khalnayak by Subhash Ghai (Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixi) - Sanjay dutt. ..is Da Man! He was the perfect villain. Awesome songs and Madhuri at her best.
20)Yes Boss by Aziz Mirza (Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla) -A time when SRK was more his character and less srk in a film. He played the underdog the best
21)Jodhaa Akbar by Ashutosh Ghowariker (Aishwarya Rai B, Hrithik Roshan) -The picturization and portrayal was perfect, I love the sword fight scene.
22)Pardes by Subhash Ghai (Shah Rukh Khan, Mahima C) -I really liked mahima in this film, I wonder where she is. The contrast between American and India was nice, even though the portrayal of America isn’t my favorite.
23)Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge by Aditya Chopra (Kajol, Shah Rukh Khan) -My generation’s favorite love story , but I do believe it ruined girl’s minds into believing the bad boy turns good thing is true and that we will have a savior/knight in shining armor..ehh lol
24)Abhimaan by Hrishikesh Mukherjee (Amitabh, Jaya Bachchan)- I cry everytime I watch this film. The chemistry between jaya and amitabh is beautiful.
25)Jeet by Raj Kanwar (Sunny Deol, Karisma Kapoor, Salman Khan) -My favorite karisma-salman movie and finally, salman gets the girl! It's Totally 90’s: crazy dance moves, fighting, a mujra and drama.
26)Kabhi Kabhi by Yash Chopra– multi-starrer love stories are always appealing and this one had all the great actors fo the 70's.
27)Hera Pheri by Priyadarshan (Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty) -The dialogues and the interaction between the three actors are classic
28)Masoom by Shekhar Kapur (Naseerudin Shah, Shabana Azmi)- looking at innocent little Jugal Hansraj just makes you cry. I loved the scenery and the portrayal of the happy family and then how it slowly gets ruined by one mistake. The house was decorated so nicely and Shabana was so elegant.
29)Ishq by Indra Kumar (Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Kajol, Ajay D)- funny funny funny, that scene on the wire and aamir-juhi fights were hiliarious! The first half was so comedic and the second half was a bit too sad though.
30)Baseraa by Ramesh Talwar (Shashi Kapoor, Rakhee, Rekha) -sweet story out sisters who love each other and the sacrifices they make, more films should be made like this
31) Main Khiladi Tu Anari by Sameer Malkan (Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Shilpa Shetty) - I had shilpa shetty’s orange outfit from‘churake dil mera’, Saif ali Khan as the ditzy actor was so funny.
32)Luck by Chance by Zoya Akhtar (Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sen Sharma)- this film appeals to me because its on point and realistic portrayal of how the hidni film industry works without only showing the curel side.
33)Bluffmaster by Rohan Sippy (Abhishek, Priyanka Chopra, Riteish Deshmukh)the abhishek-riteish pair still beats the abhishek-john pair for me.
34)Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander by Mansoor Khan (Aamir Khan, Ayesha Jhulka) -I don’t think there has been a college sports film made like this in hindi cinema since, correct me if im forgetting about any worht remembering.
35)Vaastav by Mahesh Manjrekar (Sanjay Dutt, Namrata Shirodkar) -Dutt deserved the best actor award that year and he got it rightly so, hes the best in bad man and gangster roles
36)Beta by Indra Kumar (Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Aruna Irani)- aruna irani and madhuri as MIL and DIL were like an intense game of chess. Is it just me or was tulsi and her MIL in the tv serial ‘kyunki saas bhi kabhi bahu thi’ based on them?Also, how hot is this song?
37)Aitraaz by Abbas Mustan (Priyanka Chopra, Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor) -Priyanka was SEXY! Im a woman and she evengot me, her attitude was what made her attractive rather than skin show.
38)Rangeela by Ram Gopal Verma (Aamir Khan, Urmila, Jackie Shroff) -I learned to dance through the music of rangeela and humse hai muqabla, a.r rahman is awesome and aamir as a tapori is so good. Urmila looked pretty hot and changed her image.
39)Deewana by Raj Kanwar (Rishi Kapoor, Divya Bharti, SRK) -I really liked her; if Divya hadn’t died she would’ve been tough completion for the 90’s girls.
40)Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai by Nasir Hussain (Salman Khan, Twinkle Khanna) -I love salman khan so I’m biased towards loving all his films especially when he plays the bad boy and looks super-duper hot ;p

next part coming soon!

Aishwarya as Barbie?

2009-03-26T23:49:00.014-04:00

Update** AIshwarya has turned down the offer as of now..

Aishwarya's getting a barbie doll modelled after her. They keep stressing in articles about how the doll will have her green eyes and a dress like her. She's not known for having awesome dress sense and does having green eyes really mean they are prettier? Would she have even been as accepted so beautiful if she didn't have those green eyes that make her non-indian looking? I do believe she is very beautiful but I don't think she deserves to actually represent bollywood besides the fact she's the only one that really marketed herself internationally as being the face of bollywood and 'the most gorgeous Indian face' ever (I feel that crown belongs to Sridevi, but that's a whole different post altogether). She has delivered more flops and hits and more than that, she has more awful performances than ones she can be appreciated in. If some of the other actresses tried they could have achieved that international bollywood rep title as well. Bipasha Basu and Kareena Kapoor have quite an international face and look more Indian than Aishwarya does. They have far better performances and better bodies that work internationally.
Katrina Kaif is also supposedly getting her own doll. She may be a bollywood actress and gorgeous,but well, but she's not INDIAN.
It made more sense when Kajol and Priyanka Chopra got their own limited edition Bollywood Legends dolls.

Kareena getting friendly!

2009-02-20T21:51:00.003-05:00

Looks like Kareena Kapoor is truly making efforts to put behind professional rivalry and personal differences with other leading ladies. Apparently, the fact that she invited Preity Zinta and Bipasha Basu, among others, to Saif's birthday party is indication that the actress on a bridge-building spree.Our source close to the actress revealed, "Kareena broke the ice with Preity when she invited her for Saif's birthday. In fact, Preity jokingly told Kareena, 'Saif is my best friend and I have to be nice to you'. That made Kareena break into laughter and the two have been good friends ever since."Preity, in turn, invited Kareena to her birthday bash at her home recently. “But Kareena could not attend because of a prior commitment in Delhi,” the source said. Recently,Kareena was seen bonding big time with Preity Zinta and Priyanka Chopra at the FICCI event.Kareena even made the first friendly move towards Bipasha Basu. “Bipasha was surprised to receive an invitation to Saif's birthday sent by Kareena,” said our source. Bipasha and Kareena had a major fight with each other during the making of Ajnabee.We tried to contact Kareena, but the actress remained unavailable for comment.

(Article from Mumbai Mirror)

Madhuri Still Perfect!

2009-02-08T18:17:00.008-05:00

Madhuri Dixit is in India and performed live at the NDtv green-a-thon to some of her famous songs..she was just as perfect as before!

Twinkle's Shining!

2009-01-15T09:54:00.015-05:00

I've always considered Twinkle Khanna (Kumar?Bhatia?) to be a very classy lady and lately shes been looking even better!

Happy Birthday Rekha!

2008-10-10T17:02:00.011-04:00

Rekha has done movies with great story lines and she has portrayed her characters beautifully. Some of my favorite Rekha films are :

Ijaazat - plays a patient wife to naseerudin shah; beautful songs like 'katra katra', mera kuch samaan' and 'kali haath shaam ayi hai'

Umrao jaan - one of her most famous films

Silsila - Set a style statement which her look. this film that also was said to portray her affair with Amitabh B. be from real life to reel life.

Khubsoorat - A fun film where she played Manju and goes to visit her sister's 'sasural' and how she changed a stricly disciplined home to a fun-loving environment; my favorite film

Agar tum na hote costarring Rajesh Khanna and Raj Babbar who plays her husband and a photographer who becomes disabled.

Muqaddar ka sikandar -Zohrabai; she enacted the role of a courtesan many times and was convincing everytime.

Baseraa - a story about two sisters (Rekha and Rakhee) who love each other immensely and how circumstances lead them both to be married to the same man (shashi kapoor). this one makes me cry everytime.

Ghar Vinod Mehra playes her husband (who she might havealso been married to secretly for a short while).

Taare Zameen Par goes to the Oscars..

2008-09-22T01:01:00.003-04:00

Aamir Khan is ready for his third outing at the Oscars. We all cried buckets while watching it. Now, joy, Aamir Khan’s directorial debut Taare Zameen Par is set to go to the Oscars as India’s official entry this year. The Film & Television Producers’ Guild of India, headed by Sunil Darshan voted for TZP from among the four contenders - Mumbai Meri Jaan, A Wednesday, Jodhaa Akbar and Taare Zameen Par. The decision was announced on Saturday evening.Taare Zameen Par tells the story of a dyslexic child (played by Darsheel Safary), who spurns the world defiantly, yet cannot but respond to the endearing teaching methods of his art teacher (Aamir Khan). The film is as high on story telling as on passing on a social message to rigid straight-backed teachers and parents about children with special learning needs. When contacted, Aamir Khan said, “I am really happy that TZP been selected to represent India at an international forum like the Oscars. It is a film that is extremely close to my heart. It’s a film that first sensitised me as a parent and as a person, and then went on to have same effect on all the audience in India and across the globe. I hope that it has an equally strong impact on the members of the Academy as well.” Taare Zameen Par has already won several awards and appreciation at the box-office. Aamir Khan’s first home production Lagaan (2001) was also the official entry to the Oscars for that year and Rang De Basanti in 2006.

(article from entertainment section of Mumbai Mirror)

Karisma walks the ramp ..

2008-09-18T22:26:00.000-04:00

Karisma Kapoor walked the ramp for a designer named Manish Ganwani. It was nice to see her in something other than her everyday black and white. I think she looked absolutely fabulous in that outfit. In her own words, "it fit [her] personality." I'm not into the long velvet kameez look but she made it work in the 90's and she makes it work in 2008! (do I see it making a comeback?)

Source

Here's a link of Karisma walking the ramp.

Talented Bengali beauties in Bollywood

2008-09-17T19:40:00.000-04:00

Bipasha Basu

Raima Sen

Konkona Sen sharma

Rani Mukherji

Sharmila Tagore

Jaya (bhaduri) Bachchan

Suchitra Sen

Salman Khan with his Celebrity Girlfriends

2008-03-14T23:47:00.000-04:00

Sangeeta Bijlani -Actress/Model in the late 80's/early 90's, now married to Cricketer Azharuddin.

Somy Ali -Actress/model in the 90's,model, now lives in Florida. She is a documentary filmmaker and human rights activist

Aishwarya Rai (Bachchan) - Actress/Model, former Miss India 1994/ 2nd Miss Worldfrom India, married Abhishek Bachchan in 2007.

Katrina Kaif -Actress/Model, Salman's current girfriend.

C' mon Katrina!

2008-03-12T10:04:00.001-04:00

Katrina Kaif is probably one of the best looking girls of newer lot of girls. naturally beautiful, great body sweet looking and has much more potential than most of the new starlets. She seems like she is probably doing some smart planning on her career moves to get where she wants. I like her a lot BUT I do have some grievances against her...

WHY IN THE WORLD won't she give Salman Khan SOME credit for getting noticed?? She started off with a horrible film 'Boom' and disappeared. She started dating Salman Khan and met so many people. He helped her in so many ways. Helped her get good movies, recommended her for the movies hes been in (maine pyar kyun kiya) even helped her with her Hindi.
She says she does not like to talk about her personal life AKA relationships. That's fine, but I think she could at least acknowledge the fact that shes dating him at times..instead of being offended every time someone mentions him. It makes it seems like she doesn't really care for him and is just using him. So why get offending if someone asks you about Bruna Abdulah?
Sometimes I feel like she doesn't care to be with him anymore or in the future now that shes gotten her own name. Let's face it, there is a difference in age and there at different places in life right now. Its high time he should be married, because he can afford to. On the other hand, shes still got a good number of years before settling down. Well I hope she has her (good) reasons for acting the way she does about him...

Showing a bit of appreciation shouldn't hurt an ego should it?

Govinda Shattered!

2008-02-26T01:01:00.000-05:00

‘ YOU CHEATED ON ME, NOW YOU ARE OPENLY FLAUNTING HER IN FRONT OF ME. I WILL KILL THAT…….. IF NEED BE.’—Sunita (Govinda’s wife)
It happened one night, far away from Bombay. In the remote corner of Karjat. While the world slept peacefully, one couple stood glaring at each other across their bedroom. Peace evaded them. Govinda and Sunita were ready to fight it out. Their lives had been shattered. It would never be the same again….
‘ You cheated on me, now you are openly flaunting her in front of me. I will kill that….. if need be,’ she screamed tears streaming down her face. ‘ Why does it happen to me. I am asking you for nothing but at least give me my due’, Sunita cried. He stood helpless and frustrated. There was very little he could do to calm her down. She was beyond control.
‘ I have done nothing wrong. You are just imagining things. People are feeding you with rubbish and instead of trusting your husband, you prefer to believe total strangers,’ Govinda retorted guiltily. But he knew that this time he had crssed the limits. He did not want to hurt his wife, he loved her. But…. he was in a turmoil. It was an eternal triangle.
Govinda and Sunita, the two angles of a triangle. The third was Divya Bharati, the sexy siren, who was threatening the foundation of their marriage. She was young, a little immature. To her he was her childhood idol, so what if he was a married man. She could not stop liking him.
‘ Yes, I do admit that I have a soft corner for Divya. I know that Divya is a very sexy girl. Just like Maneka who seduced Vishwamitra, Divya too can do the same. She can shake the very being of any man. Of course, sometimes I too do get attracted to her. It is a fact that my wife and I did have a fight over Divya in Karjat.’ He admitted sheepishly.
Once Govinda had gone deep into the archives of his memory, there was no stopping him. Hesitatingly he disclosed more, ‘ I know it sounds very clichéd but Khushboo was another of my favorites. She agreed to work with me when no other heroine was ready to sign a film with me. The first girl I held in my arms was Khushboo.
‘ Before this contact, I was a boy who did puja for three hours. She was the one who made me a man. She was very kind and co-operative; she had no pretensions about herself. Yes, you can say that we were infatuated with each other. The vibes were there. But….’ His voice trailed off. There was an uncomfortable pause.
(Excerpts from Stardust, October 1991)

Karisma and Salman Khan

2008-02-23T23:22:00.000-05:00

one of my favorite one screen couples