Sunday, December 7, 2008

Dil Kabadi Trailer

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi ‘Haule Haule’ Exclusive Song

Release Date: 12 December

2008
Cast: Shahrukh Khan and introducing Anushka Sharma 
Written & Directed by: Aditya Chopra
Produced by: Yash Chopra & Aditya Chopra



Film Overview: Aditya Chopra's third directorial venture after eight years, "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" starring Shah Rukh Khan, will remind audiences of the magic touch that has made "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" the longest running motion picture in Indian cinema history. Indeed the jodi of Adi and SRK will once again be a treat for film audiences and the romantic confection of "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" looks set to capture hearts across the globe all over again. 

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Kollywood Top 5 Films







1.    Aegan – Director Raju Sundaram has lots of innovative potentials, but he has to get along with it on with perfectionism. Since, Diwali didn’t have any better releases than this, Aegan clings onto this position.

 

Plus

Minus

Ajith’s performance

Imperfect star-castings

First half

Second Half, dragging screenplay

Choreography and stunts

Cinematography, Musical score by Yuvan

 

 

2.    Saroja – Amidst of Diwali, the film holds same position and it’s running house packed in many theatres. Directed by Venkat Prabhu, the film doesn’t carry much of A-rated star casts except Prakash Raj and Jayaram.

 

Plus

Minus

Screenplay

Remake of Hollywood film ‘Judgment Night’

Performance by all star-casts

 

Music and cinematography

 

 

 

3.    Jayam Kondan – Directed by debutant Kannan, the film is a extraordinary family entertainer for all the audiences. Good performance by all…

Plus

Minus

Decent work by Kannan

Musical Score by Vidhyasagar

Dialogues by Pattukottai Prabakaran

Kishore portrayed as Telugu villain

Laudable performance by entire star-casts

Bhavana dubbing for her own voice

 

 

4.    Netru Indru Naalai – Ravi Krishna deserves a pat for opting for better script. Nothing big to appreciate on the role of star-casts, it’s completely a Director’s show.

 Plus

Minus

Ravi Krishna’s moderate performance from previous films

Shouldn’t be dubbed from Telugu. Would have been nice if made as a direct film

Extraordinary screenplay and Direction by Lakshmikanth

Songs needn’t be there for a gripping screenplay

Cinematography, background score and Editing

Stereo-typical villains of Telugu type

 

 

 

5.    Seval – Nothing but a great disappointment from Hari. Why should he hop from commercial themes to emotional quotients is a billion dollar question?

 Plus

Minus

Performance by Simran and Poonam Bajwa

Bharath

Priyan’s cinematography

Other technical aspects

 

Annoying story and screenplay

 

Thursday, October 30, 2008

First Exclusive Ghajini Trailer

Winning accolades with his stunning directorial for ‘Taare Zameen Par’ including the official entry into Oscars, Aamir Khan is ready for his next. A remake of Christopher Nolan’s Mementos, Director A.R. Murugadoss, just adapted the theme to the style of Tamil audiences. Surya donned the lead role along with Asin and Nayanthara. The film won best credits for everyone including A.R. Murugadoss who has wielded megaphone for Hindi version too.


Ghajini – The film featuring Aamir Khan in lead role is about India’s richest person and a girl falling in love with him without knowing his identity. At the moment, he wants unveil his identity, she is stabbed to death and he is thrown into pits of distress possessing ‘Short Term Memory Loss’ where he cannot anyone, anything more than 15mins.

Asin herself plays female lead with Jiah Khan in another role and A.R. Rahman scores music…

With the film hitting screens on December 25, here goes the first look on teaser…

 



Tuesday, October 28, 2008

First Exclusive Trailer - Raaz The Mystery Continues

Raaz – The Mystery Continues

Enigmatic mysterious thriller is back again to chill your spines… Horrendous film ‘Raaz’ that was produced by Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt before 3 years was a stupendous blockbuster in box-office. Though not a sequel to Raaz, the film has its own unique concept that would offer a great experience for the audiences…





Directed by Mohit Suri, the film features anchor-actor Shekar Suman’s son Adhyayan making his debut in lead role. Emraan Hasmi plays the other lead role with Kangana Ranaut in female lead. Adhyayan performs the role of a documentary filmmaker while Kangana Ranaut as a supermodel and Emraan Hasmi as an artist.

Shooting has been completed and would hit the screens in the first month of New Year…

Watch the First exclusive trailer of Raaz – The Mystery Continues and then…. 

James Bond 007 - Quantum of Solace Trailer


The most expected flick of this year all throughout the World, Guess what it could be? Yup! without guessing for a long time, one can easily utter the time ‘JAMES BOND ‘. Perhaps, I am losing out of my nerves to catch it for the first show in theatres. ‘Quantum of Solace’, at least one among 15 individuals would keep speaking about this film.

                                              

India is more privileged to have the film releasing here first than in United States or in the World. Speaking about this, Sony Pictures has conveyed the message that across the entire world, Indians are those the greatest diehard fans of James Bond. So, we have decided to release the film first in India.

So, your biggest day is on November 7… Go ahead and celebrate the grand fiesta…. 





Thursday, October 23, 2008

Ghajini - First Exclusive Look

The most awaited flick of this year Ghajini is all set to hit the screens on December 25....  Remember this, Christmas happens to be the favorite occasion for Aamir Khan and his previous project 'Taare Zameen Par' released on the same occasion was a sensational hit. Here goes, the first look on Aamir Khan's Ghajini with a stunning presentation..... 

Take a look and download it just at a click 




Sunday, October 19, 2008

‘Mar Jaava’ - Song of the Week

                                  

Loads and loads of releases for Diwali and surely, you must either busy downloading the musicals…. Not just Tamil releases, even you have series of Bollywood biggies hitting screens over here in Chennai for Diwali. Golmaal Returns, Heroes and Fashion…

Not so appealing were the songs of Vaaranam Aayiram and Aegan, so Fashion had something different in its tune… The film directed by Madhur Bhandarkar has Priyanka Chopra and Kangana Ranaut in lead roles.  Musical score by Salim-Sulaiman are scintillating. Watch out for ‘Mar Jaava’ rendered by Shruthi Pathak and Salim Merchant– song of the week and you’ll keep listening to it again and again….

 

Saturday, October 18, 2008

United States will see ‘Aegan’ first


Wow! This sounds to be quite enthralling for Ajith fans in United States, for the film would be releasing over there a day before followed by rest of the world. Bharath Creations that holds the distribution rights of ‘Aegan’ has confirmed date before few hours. Aegan will be hitting the screens of USA on October 24 while in India and rest of the Countries it’s on October 25.
This is the first ever film of Ajith that has been released with more than 12 prints and Ayngaran is more excited about its first endeavor of production. It had produced Billa as a joint venture with Ananda Pictures and it was a blockbuster….
Raju Sundaram is on his visit to Sabari Mala praying for the success of film and Ajith has been visiting almost all the temples in Tamil Nadu and Kerala…

Friday, October 17, 2008

Wanna get back to your Paatshaala?

 

Everyone dreams about journeying down the lane to their school days… It’s a desire that everyone yearns out and must be Director Ahmed seems to have felt the same. Of course, this filmmaker will take us back to our school days with his forthcoming flick ‘Paatshaala’.

The film produced by Ahmed’s wife Shaira Khan features Shahid Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Ayesha Takia and Sunil Shetty in lead roles. The film centers on kids and is set in a school campus.

The exotic ambience of school campus must be really getting you enthralled of it’s original locations. It lies in the innovative quotient of Director Ahmed as he erected those sets in Film City that is inclusive of class rooms, dormitories, principal's cabin, staff rooms, 6/7 huge corridors, basket ball court, garden, assembly hall, music room and canteen. Shooting of the film commenced from January 27 of this year and will hit the screens for coming New Year.

Adlabs has joined in for the production of film… Trailer for this film was launched today in theatres along with Himesh Reshamiya’s  ‘Karzzz’… Tamizhtalkies.com brings you the first exclusive trailer online …

 

 

Karzzz – A real curse indeed






Banner: T-series Super Cassettes Industries Ltd.
Production: Bhushan Kumar, Krishnan Kumar
Director: Satish Kaushik
Star-casts: Himesh Reshammiya, Urmila Matondkar, Shwetha Kumar, Dany Denzongpa, Gulshan Grover, Bakthiyaar Irani and many others.
Music: Himesh Reshammiya
Cinematography: Manoj Soni


Perhaps, Subash Ghai vividly influenced by famous Hollywood flick ‘The Reincarnation of Peter Proud’ crafted the script of Karz. Well, Rishi Kapoor was more apt for the role of a rock star for his good dance. And nearly after three decades, Director Satish Kaushik remakes it. Does his endeavor with Himesh Reshammiya go impressive? Definitely not, I had been there watching this flick today morning for the first day first show and could hear the laughter all over the cinema hall. Reason is so simple, how can a person resist his laugh after getting to watch Himesh Reshammiya’s ridiculous performance. Precisely, Karzzz didn’t look like a remake, but a spoof of original version.

Monty ( Himesh Reshamiya), a famous rock star in South Africa happens to be the idol of music buffs. Amongst one of the night parties, he meets Teena (Swetha) and it’s love at first sight. But then, Teena moves away leaving a great impact on Monty and here starts the mysterious journey. Monty keeps visualizing a strange woman, a temple, a flight crashing and a musical tune indeed. As the situation advances, he finds out that it’s none other than a person called Ravi Varma (Dino Morea), a top-charting tycoon. But again, another flashback reveals that Monty is none other than the reincarnation of Ravi Varma and his real mother and sister are still alive. Ravi Varma gets killed by his wife Kamini (Urmila)….

Meanwhile Monty meets Teena and both fall in love. Sooner, Monty wants to marry her, but Teena pleads him seek permission from his stepmom who is none other than Kamini….
Here gets revealed the dark hidden mystery of love and vengeance and does Monty find his real mother, sister and get back their lost properties forms crux of the story…
The story sounds much similar to many flicks based on reincarnation including Kamal Haasan’s ‘Enakkul Oruvan’, Shah Rukh’s ‘Om Shanthi Om’ and more….
Himesh Reshamiya scintillates with his musical score, but lots of songs do spoil the pace of screenplay. Himesh doesn’t look apt for acting in lead role and he has to change his style in each and every aspects. Debutant Swetha with her good looks doesn’t perform to the expected level. Urmila steals the show with her baddie kind of role and most stunning part is that she looks glamorous despites her age factor. (But not the same Urmila we saw her in Rangeela).
Dany Denzengopa adds more to the humor part uttering dialogues of all hit and flop movies of Bollywood. One among them is Himesh Reshammiya’s ‘Aap Ka Saroor’. Never expected that Gulshan Grover would be depicted in such a stupid way as a mute villain and it’s completely absurd.

Cinematography by Monoj Soni is excellent and don’t miss his captivating shots of Kenya and Cape Town.
On the whole, Karzzzz is a flick that shouldn’t be watched at any cost…
*

What does stars mean?

***** Outstanding
**** Very Good
*** Good
** Average
* Forget watching it

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Exclusive Photo Gallery Yuvvraaj Audio Launch












Realms of trio combo Subash Ghai-A.R.Rahman-Gulzar is set to electrify the musical lovers. Earlier, Subash Ghai and A.R. Rahman had worked together for the film ‘Taal’ that was a sensational hit. Again, after a long time, the pair is back joining hands with lyricist Gulzar for the musical drama ‘Yuvvraaj’ starring Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Zayeed Khan and Katrina Kaif in lead roles.

Audio for the film was launched today evening at Mumbai and perhaps Subash Ghai didn’t seemed to have lavishly hosted the event. There were no big stars of film industry and moreover the musical personalities were invited. Maestro A.R. Rahman was there with his mother unveiling the first copy and playback singer Alka Yagnik receiving the first copy.

Speaking on the occasion, Subash Ghai said that working with A.R. Rahman was a wonderful experience and he has tuned in melodies more apt for the film that demanded for modern yet melodious. A.R. Rahman in turned sang appraisals of Subash Ghai saying that songs are good, but Ghai’s cinematography will enrich the melodies capturing everyone’s senses. “I am sure, you should have noticed it with our previous venture in Taal” added Rahman… 

A.R. Rahman Yuvvraaj Music Review


The sensational duo combo filmmaker Subash Ghai- Musical Maestro after a mind blowing venture with ‘Taal’ are back again with an enchanting piece of work ‘Yuvvraaj’. A.R. Rahman has again arrested our senses. With audio for this musical flick ‘Yuvvraaj’ launched today at Mumbai, Tamizh Talkies brings you the first exclusive music review.

 

1.    Dil Ka Rishta

Singers: Nigam, Roop Kumar Rathod, A R Rahman,Clinton Cerejo, Suzanne D'Mello,  Vivinenne Pocha

Lyricist: Gulzar

 

Play this song on your stereos, raise the volumes to extreme and close your eyes. What happens? You’re there in the other world of musical extravaganza. Mind blowing indeed are the style that A.R. Rahman bring in here. Any guesses how a musical piece would would sound if symphonic melody is mixed with Carnatic ragas and contemporary western beats. I am sure this must have enthralled really enthralled you. You would have never noticed Sonu Nigam raising his voice to such high tone of voice and A.R. Rahman gets in creating magic with his voice. 

Filmy extravaganza for Diwali Season









Of course, who can keep their spirits down once they get to hear the long-listed Diwali releases? Of course, being a film buff, I have got my adrenaline shot to the extreme and already I’m there on counting down for Diwali.

Well, I am not just a film buff, but a film critic too… So, you should have understood my situation while watching a flick. Perhaps, this would be the one fine rigid reason I can say about watching each good films couple of times.

Not sure, how many flicks I can watch it on first day of Diwali? Fine! Let me present you with a glimpse over the films that are gonna hit the screens on the occasion of Diwali..

Ajith’s Aegan and Surya’s Vaaranam Aayiram needn’t be given any special notes. Everyone knows about it… But what I felt after watching the trailers of both these films were something peculiar.

Shah Rukh Khan is a kind of guy who churns out the best performance at an ease and I felt Ajith doesn’t get along the same lines. If you don’t agree with me, go on… make a comparison between Shah Rukh’s Don and Ajith’s Billa… King Khan does the bumping off of his enemies with an easy geture while Ajith seems to be stressing a lot over there in those sequences.

Main Hoon Naa is my favorite movie and I am sure you people should have really watched it at least twice. Yup! Satellite channels keep telecasting it over and over; say around 3 times a month. Pretending him to be a student, Shah Rukh gets into college and does the best entertaining parts for all. I am not much sure, how long would Ajith stride on with these aspects.

Let’s not go more on it…. Vaaranam Aayiram, Gowtham happens to say it’s his real life inspiration. Perhaps, the entire portion seems to have been grabbed from Tom Hank’s Forrest Gump. Surya seen in the same hair styles of Tom Hanks and I don’t want to move further more into comparing it again. Watch the trailers of both the flicks and you’ll know it.

I am sure; one best auteur who has the ability of winning race amongst various biggies is Director Hari. Brimmed up with lots of expectations, I am hoping for a good strike from him for ‘Seval’ starring Bharath in lead role.

And again, Diwali this year for Kollywood seems to be Shah Rukh’s day. We have one more remake of his yesteryear blockbuster ‘Yes Boss’. Over here, I am sure Madhavan is a guy who keeps imitating Shah Rukh Khan in all aspects and probably this could have been the reason for King Khan himself roping him in for playing his brother’s role in ‘My Name is Khan’ directed by Karan Johar.

The other releases of medium and low budget genres are Prakash Raj’s ‘Abhiyum Naanum’, SJ Suryah’s ‘Newtonin Moondram Veedhi’, Srikanth’s ‘Poo’ and couple of low budget films are slated to hit the screens on the same occasion…

I am not such an expert in analyzing flicks as Bill Gibron of Filmcritic.com, but being a film buff like you, I feel I have inherited something more on the parts of analyzing positive and negative traits…

According to my expectations, I feel these are the films that would hold positions in box office.

1.    1. Aegan

2.    2. Vaaranam Aayiram

3.    3. Seval

4.    4. Guru En Aalu

5.    5. Abhiyum Naanum

Perhaps, on the levels of star-values, Ajith and Surya would top the chart. When it comes to family entertainer, Seval is the best one and Guru En Aalu is for young lad and missies. Abhiyum Naanum may tread in a different path eyeing for awards….