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 Babloo is dull Hasse Toh Phasee doesn’t make you laugh and Heatless is Heartfelt

07.02.14

Panda/ Singh produced - Nila Panda directed Babloo Happy Hai teen dost Jatin, Harsh - Rohan ki kahani hain.

Tamanna ko Rohan se pyaar hain. Rohan Natasha se aakarshit hain. Jatin pyaar se nakhush hai aur Harsh- Gazala abhi abhi dost bane hain.

Bachelor party aur shaadi sangit se shuru hote hui, dhabe par rum aur item number me piroie kahani barfeeli Manali pohachti hain. 

Manali aane ka maqsad Student Project Research hain...

Film ka plus film ke sundar locations aur social message.

Film ka minus unengaging screenplay aur bikhre hue characters.

 Agar aap Manali jaana chahte ho aur nahi jaa paye ho toh Babloo Happy Hai dekh sakte ho.

Babloo Happy Hai ko Big Entertainment Ratings milta hai 1 star.

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 Dharma Productions/Phantom Films produced aur Vinil Mathew directed Hasse Ton Phassee shaadi ke

mahaul mein palli kuch tedhi medhi aur uttpatang love story hain.

Nikhil Bharadwaj yaane Siddharth Malhotra abhi tak career mein settle nahi hain magar shaadi ke liye taiyaar hain.

 Nikhil ki mangetar Adah Sharma bhi shaadi ke liye taiyaar hain, condition ye hai ki sab kuch uski marzi se hona chahiye.

Film ka plus Kulkarni/ Kashyap ke dialogues unusual characterizations aur saare performances khaas taurpe anokhi bhumika mein Parineeti Chopra.

Film ka minus film ka pace – lambe samay tak samajh mein nahi aata kya ho raha hain.

Film ka title Hasse Toh Phasee hain magar humour quotient bohat kum hain.

Hasse Toh Phasee ko Big Entertainment Ratings milte hai 2 stars.

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Shekhar Suman produced aur directed Heartless ka hum kai tarha se vanan kar sakte hain.

Isse hum love story keh sakte hain aur betrayal story bhi keh sakte hain…Dosti ki kahani keh sakte hain aur duvidha ki kahani bhi keh sakte hain…

Heartless medical premise mein sajayi maa bête ki kahani hain – ek aisi kahani jo hum ne bachpan mein suni thi aur writer Nina Arora ne yaad taaza kar di.

Film ka plus, original story, imaginative visuals, anokha music aur refreshing writing. Film ka minus film ki length woh bhi first half.  

Interval ke baad Operation Theatre ka scene aap ke raungte khade kar dega!

Nayi ladki Ariaana Ayam competent hain, Deepti Naval aur Adhyayan Suman outstanding!

Heartless aaj ke medical world ka sach hain. First time director Shekhar Suman ko Anesthesia Awareness ka mudda uthane ke liye Big Entertainment Ratings milte hain 3.5 stars.

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Highway Diaries-the Ajmer all-nighter

06.02.14

Imtiaz Ali's much-awaited Highway traverses six states of north India and captures the landscape of the different regions as it goes along. Highway Diaries are video snippets that capture the journey of the film and all the exciting experiences that the cast and crew had during its making.
In the latest episode of Highway Diaries, the crew of the film is seen shooting all night in the lanes and by-lanes of Ajmer in Rajasthan. From dargahs to dhabas there are glimpses of the regions and the locals. Jab trailer itna acha hain toh film kaisi hogi…?

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Single Woman Syndrome

05.02.14

 

This is a forward from the FaceBook written by a single woman for sure.

I could write a book about all those awkward moments when people -- sometimes strangers -- start this type of conversation with me. Once you hit 30, if you are not married, the reflection of your life in some people's eyes starts looking similar to The Hunger Games, where marriage means survival... and helping you becomes everyone's destined mission. The awkwardness starts when those who ask refuse to settle for a casual and simple answer to such a complicated question, questions that require deep introspection (and preferably, not an audience).
I took a stab here at what goes on in the mind of an unmarried girl when she's asked this question. Unmarried guys feel free to relate (or not).
 We are waiting for that someone we can live with and can't live without. Cheesy, but true! While some people meet this person early on in life and are thus spared the social nag, not everyone has the same life path, and this is where problems start. Some girls would prefer to be with no one rather than end up with the wrong one, regardless of how old they are. But as we age and find ourselves still without a partner, it starts to seem that we are falling away from that unified, one-size-fits-all master plan and that we are wasting our lives. Some of us give in to the pressure to settle... and some of us don't.
Some people think of marriage as the future insurance policy that frees them from doubt and regret. I beg to differ. Marriage does not extinguish regret and it doesn't transform a man you don't really love into "The One." Marriage is not a spell that kills demons of regret and doubt. Choosing someone for the sake of getting married now and falling out of "love" in a few years merits as much regret (if not more) than wasting opportunities on dating the wrong person. Unless you have something great that you are completely, entirely and wholeheartedly convinced of, mentally and emotionally, guilt and doubt will start creeping up and marriage will not magically change things. So, if regret is inevitable in the logic of some, at least let people choose what to regret!
Some people are not married yet because they value marriage a lot. Remember the quote in the movie 27 Dresses? "I think you want a wedding, not a marriage, a wedding." This is exactly what some people delaying marriage do not want. They don't want the idea of getting married; they want a strong and healthy marriage. People generalize that those who aren't married are the ones who don't appreciate settling down and being committed. It could be that those people understand the concept so well that they want to make sure they choose correctly. Those who take their time are aware that life is not only about the wedding, the honeymoon and the first couple of years, and they are realistic enough to understand that love doesn't come after you get married -- well at least not the kind of love they want. They understand that things will get real and that "for better and worse" is literal and should last a lifetime.
We teach our girls to be dependent because of an entrenched social belief that women can't or shouldn't do it all alone. Well, some girls (this one included) were taught differently! When the nagging subject is a man, he is being pressured because society wants him to procreate, while with women, society wants them to be safe. We socially accept the fact that men have every right to choose when to get married -- when he is ready and when he has accomplished and seen enough. Women, however, are forced to start racing towards the golden cage, not trained to listen to their needs or wants or to even choose the pace of their own life, believing they have to secure themselves a partner, no matter the cost. Instead of believing in the potential of our girls, encouraging them to work, find a career they love, find a purpose in life, find their strengths and use them for the greater benefit, we make them believe that the journey to knowledge is over with a BA and that the next mission is to get married. If a guy comes along, a girl should consider him, regardless of what her plans are. Of course if we keep doing this to our girls, they will most definitely be incapable of doing it alone.
Getting married is a choice, and any choice is a trade-off. Like Sheryl Sandberg said in the final chapter of Lean In and Professor Joan Williams's theory of Gender Wars, maybe we aren't all entirely comfortable with all of our decisions. I doubt any of us is 100% confident in everything we are doing. As a result, we unconsciously hold that discomfort against those who remind us of the path not taken. Guilt and insecurity make us second-guess ourselves and, in turn, judge one another and our decisions, and this is harmful. It seems to me that society pushes the idea of getting married to an extent where our judgment gets clouded and we start downplaying the negative opportunity cost -- what you choose to let go of or put up with -- and we end up fixated on getting married, no matter what.
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Gulabi Gang

04.02.14

Madhuri Dixit released the music of her forthcoming film Gulaab Gang amidst hordes of fans and travelers in the mesmerizing city of Benaras! Produced by Anubhav Sinha, presented and co-produced by Sahara Movie Studios and Bharat Shah, Gulaab Gang is directed by Soumik Sen, and is based on the life of atrocities faced by women wherein Madhuri Dixit is playing the lead role and her oppressor is none other than her contemporary Juhi Chawla. The day of the music launch was also the National Girl Child Day and Dixit made sure to express concern about the current situation of women in India. 

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BAAP RE BAAP
03.02.14

 

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One By Two is dull and drab

31.01.14

Abhay Deol co-produced aur Devika Bhagat likhi directed One By Two do bilkul hi alag khayalon ke insaanon ki kahani hain.

Samara Patel yaane Preeti Desai apni maa ke saath aalishan bungle mein rehti hain aur dancer banna chahti hain.

 Amit Sharma apne maa baap ke saath apartment mein rehta hain aur ad agency mein jingles likhta aur compose karta hain.

Amit ki girl friend Radhika ne use isliye chod diya kyon ki wo bohat boring hain.

Samara ke pita ne use isliye chod diya kyon ki usne Samara ki maa ko chod diya.

Amit aur Samara ki zindagi saath saath chalti hain aur baar baar dono bilkul aas paas hote hue bhi kabhi nahi mil paate.

Sivay ek baar …

Film ka minus film ki unengaging story, over the top characters, film ki bohat dheemi raftaar aur poor editing hain.

 Film ka plus hain Abhay Deol jo simple scenes ko special banate hain. Preeti Desai jo sundar hain aur bahtareen dancer bhi aur Shankar Ehsaan Loy ka music.

Kuch pheeki aur kuch rukhi One By Two ko Big Entertainment Ratings milte hain 2 stars.

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Wift
30.01.14

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