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Happy Ending is Happy Entertainment

21/11/2014

Saif Ali Khan- Eros produced aur DK Raj directed Happy Ending kahani hain ek successful writer ki, jo kuch naya likhna chahta hain, magar likh nahi paata.

Signing amount ke saade paanch saal baad bhi, jab Yuddi apni doosri kitab nahi likh paata, tab Yuddi ke publisher unki gaadi unse wapas le lete hain.

Iske pehle ki Yuddi ka ghar bhi publisher wapas le le, Yuddi ko apni doosre kamyaab kitab jald likhni hain.

Superstar Armaan Yuddi se apni nayi film likhwana chahte hain aur romantic film likhne ke liye, Yuddi ko zaroorat hain pyaar ke anubhav ki.

Pyaar mein kuch naya nahi hota, isliye Happy Ending mein bhi kuch naya nahi hain...

Pyaar karne wale bhi repetitive hote hain, isliye hero Saif Ali Khan wohi karte hain jo unhone Hum Tum, Love Aaj Kal aur Cocktail kiya – yaane confusion!

Film ka minus purana plot… Film ka plus film ke performances.

Hero ke dost ki bhumika mein Ranvir Shorey superb hain aur superstar ki bhumika mein Govinda lajawab!

Saif Ali Khan double role mein hain aur mota wala Saif hero se behtar hain.

Happy Ending kuch khaas nahi phir bhi khush mizaaj manoranjan hain!

Happy Ending ko Big Entertainment Ratings milte hain 3 stars – 1 Ranvir Shorey ke liye, ek Govinda ke liye aur ek Saif Ali Khan ke liye!

Bhawana Somaaya/ @bhawanasomaaya

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Kekoo, Kali & Jehangir Framing a Collection

19/11/2014

Kamini Sawhney presents her second event in the series of programmes conceived around the current exhibition “Kekoo, Kali & Jehangir Framing a Collection”. 

Three leading gallerists of the city Dadiba Pundole, Shirin Gandhy and Sree Goswami will discuss the transformation of gallery practice over the years, with cultural theorist and curator Ranjit Hoskote.

Date:  Wednesday 19 November Venue: Jehangir Nicholson Gallery, CSMVS . 

Tea will be served at 5 pm and the programme will begin at 5.30 pm.

Bhawana Somaaya / @bhawanasomaaya

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Tanishaa Mukerji Launches TM Style

18/11/2017

Actress and producer Tanishaa Mukerji will soon be launching a website called TMstyle.com where audiences internationally can buy some of the outfits which Tanishaa has worn at media events and public outings for a fraction of the price.  The proceeds will go towards charity from all the sales made on TMStyle.com. 

Tanishaa is recognized as a fashionable actor and has had a unique sense of style.  She’s never followed fashion blindly and rather has made an effort to create her own fashion trends.  With TM Style, Tanishaa will be auctioning outfits which have a story, an emotional attachment. 

Chief Guest at a fund raiser for CHIP Tanishaa auctioned today her lucky costume she wore at her first outing as a co-producer.  There has been no looking back ever since. The peach and pink flowing chiffon dress started with a bid of 7000 and was purchased at 12,000 by a lady excited to own the dress.

TMStyle will be officially launching on January 30 and this is the first effort of  this kind by a young actor.

Bhawana Somaaya / @bhawanasomaaya

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Humming Bird

17/11/2014

I am Thy tiny humming bird, whirring with Thy power and ever searching for Thee.

I am Thy tiny humming bird, darting afar to discover Thy rarest blooms; and to revel on high mountain crags in Thy colour symphonies.

I am Thy tiny humming bird, creating by my swiftness the hum that is praise of Thy name.

I am thy tiny humming bird, dipping my beak into the hearts of life’s multicolored flowers. May Thy grace prevent my tasting any evil poison plant.

I am Thy tiny humming bird, sipping nectar from blossoms in humble wayside plots of human sweetness and in Thy secret gardens of glory.

Bhawana Somaaya/ @bhawanasomaaya

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Garam Hawa relevant after 40 years. Kill/ Dil disappoints.

14/11/2014

Ishan Arya produced aur M S Sathyu directed Garam Hawa ab tak ki partition filmon mein sab se bahtareen film hain.

Wo isliye ki azaadi ki kahani hote hue bhi ismein koi hinsa nahi dikhayi gayi hain.

Batwaare ke 26 saal baad, jab ye film saal 1973 mein release hone ko thi, tab sab se pehle, Censor Board ne subject ke khilaaf objection uthaya.

Baad mein Bombay ki ruling party ne virodh kiya aur aur phir Opposition ne isse Pakistan funded film bataya.

Jab Revising Committee ne aakhir mein film ko pass kiya, tab protestors ne film ko uttejit batakar ban  kar diya!

Ye alag baat hain ki Garam Hawa ko sabhi rashtriya aur antarashtriya puraskaron se sammanit kiya gaya.

Balraj Sahni ko iss film ke liye Best Actor National Award samarpit kiya gaya magar iss khabbar ke ek din pehle hi, Balraj Sahani ka intekal ho gaya.

Writer Ismat Chugtai ki kahani par adharit, Shama Zaidi- Kaifi Azmi likhi Garam Hawa Balraj Sahni ki aakhri aur Farooque Shaikh ki pehli film hain. Director M S Sathyu aur cmeraman  Ishaan Arya ki bhi pehli film hain.

Ye gaurav ki baat hain ki 40 saal purani film saal 2014 mein restore hokar theatre mein release hui hain.

Ye dukh ki baat hain ki 70 saal baad bhi, communal riots se jude muddein aaj bhi utne hi relevant hain jitne saal 1947 mein thhee, balki usse kai zyaada!

Garam Hawa ko Big Star entertainment ratings dainay ki meri kya aukaad – aap ne agar isse nahi dekha toh apne desh ko nahi samjha!

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Yash Raj Films produced aur Shaad Ali directed Kill/Dil do dost aur unke Bhaiyaaji ki kahani hain.

Bhaiyaaji yaane Govinda ne Dev/ Ranveer Singh aur Tutu/ Ali Zafar ko kachre se uthakar paal poss kar bada kiya hain.

Dev aur Tutu Bhaiyaaji ke liye, kabhi/ kahin aur kissi ka bhi murder kar sakte hain.

Kahani mein twist aata hain jab Dev ko Parineeti Chopra se pyaar ho jaata hain aur wo shareef banna chahta hain.

Film ka first half, unrealistic hone ke bawajood, racy, funny, witty aur engaging hain, problem, film ka second half hain jisme na surprises, na naveenta aur na hi conviction!!

Aakhir tak samajh mein nahi aata, ki kaun, kahan, kaunse shehar ya galli mein rehta hain? Kyon villain ka ghar mahal nazar hain aur hero ka ghar tabela? Kyon Gulzar saab har gaane ke pehle sher sunate hain?

Film ka minus film ka screenplay, film ka plus, film ka music khaas taurpe ShankarMahadevan- SonuNigam ka title song aur saare performances:

Parineeti Chopra, Ali Zafar, Ranveer Singh, Govinda energetic hain magar dil mein ghar nahi karte Jhoom Barabar Jhoom ke saat saal ke baad, director Shaad Ali se bohat umeed thi, magar baat nahi bani.

Kill /Dil ko Big EntertainmentRatings milte hain 2.5 stars.

Bhawana Somaaya/ @bhawanasomaaya

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Gratitude & Forgiveness

13/11/2014

Devotees who, with closed eyes, repeat over and over the affirmations in this book, trying to feel their deep truths, will spiritualize them; that is, rouse their inspiration slumbering beneath the thick silken quilt of words.  

Invocations to the Lord are like ever-living plants that ceaselessly put forth new blossoms. The prayer plants in Whispers from Eternity retain the same branches of words; yet, if watered by the divine dew of meditation, each plant will daily yield fresh soul flowers of inexhaustibly varied insights.

I easily excuse my own faults; let me therefore quickly forgive the failings of others. Bless me, O Father that I not inflict on my companions unwelcome criticism. If they ask my advice in trying to correct them, may I offer suggestions inspired by Thee.

Through the strength of kindness and love, free from the thought of compulsion, teach me to lead all stumbling and stubborn ones to Thee. Guide my understanding and powers, that I turn dark-natured beings into sparkling seers who fully reflect Thy wisdom rays.

May I sympathetically help others to help their selves. Teach me not to condemn their ingratitude if they turn against me and no longer permit me to serve them.

May I forgive (first inwardly, then outwardly) those who have most deeply injured me. I would return love for hatred, sweet praise for sour complaints, and good for evil.

Bhawana Somaaya / @bhawanasomaaya

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Drama of life

12.11.2014

Those who imagine that the Impersonal cannot manifest itself in a personal form are in effect denying its omnipotence and the possibility that man can commune with his Maker. The Lord has often appeared in living tangibility before true devotees. Down the ages He has materialized Himself before the gaze of his devotees in whatever forms they hold most dear. 

The Lord yearns to behold each man playing perfectly his given role on earth. It is by misuse of free will that human beings thwart the divine plan. Absence of the clamor of the egotistical desires enables us to hear and heed the guiding voice within. Free from self-will, men of wisdom carry on their activities in effortless accordance with God’s design.

“Not as I will, but as Thou wilt,” Jesus prayed. No Karma* accrues to the man who rightfully enacts his part in the drama of earthly life.

Divine recollection is the simplest way to achieve God-communion. Our inner assertion of spiritual identity is sufficient to operate the law for fulfillment of prayers. This law has been utilized by saints of all lands. From the depths of his own experience, Christ was able to give us this glorious assurance:

“If ye have faith, and doubt not . . . if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into sea, it shall be done. And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.”

Bhawana Somaaya / Tweets: @bhawanasomaaya