Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Om Puri, Vivek Oberoi, Dia Mirza, Kirron Kher
Director: Rensil D Silva
Producer: Karan Johar, Hiroo Johar
Banner: Dharma Productions, UTV Motion Pictures
Music: Sulaiman Merchant, Salim Merchant
Background Music: Sulaiman Merchant, Salim Merchant
Sound: Nakul Kamte
Lyrics: Prasoon Josh

Ehsaan (Saif Ali Khan) comes to New York with Avantika (Kareena Kapoor) to set-up a home and live happily-after. They move into an idyllic neighbourhood and things are rosy and calm; for a time.

In-between removing each other’s clothes and performing lewd sex acts (that’s with each other) they somehow notice that their next door neighbours are part of a secret terrorist cell who are planning to blow up law-abiding American citizens in the not too distant future; the fact that they are Afghans and look like Osama-bin-Laden wannabes shows otherwise?

Anyway, Avantika then stumbles upon her husband also plotting to do the same. Apparently, his family were done bad by the American government and he is out for revenge. Blah! Blah! Same old story!

Avantika, the poor girl, now has a major situation on her hands. She has to stop having sordid sex with this Mullah Omar duplicate and try to save the citizens of New York. Hmm. Hard decision, don’t you think?

The rest of the story is about how she goes about trying to restrain herself from having intercourse with him. Hmm, well maybe not! I might have exaggerated a little. You will too once you come out of the cinema watching 160 minutes of total nonsense.

Who cares about America wanting to take control of the world’s oil fields? And I don’t give a toss about why a man becomes a terrorist in the first place and his reasons behind blowing the poor New York residents. All we want is 2 hours of entertainment. If we wanted a history and morality lesson then we have numerous TV channels for that, don’t we?   

When Karan Johar began writing the story for Kurbaan he most definitely would have thought the terrorism subject as the film’s pivotal promotion tactic. But, as things usually happen differently than planned in life, it is the sex scene between the two lead stars that became the film’s ‘only’ selling point. These days a film is promoted with such force on Television that a viewer is already in a frame of mind prior to the opening credits.

Terrorism, what terrorism? This film is a soft-porno made to pleasure Karan Johar’s dysfunctional mind. If he wanted to see Kareena topless, why not just pay her to come to a private hotel room and take her clothes of? Why subject a fanatic Bollywood-loving community to 2 hours and 40 minutes of utter trash?

Now getting all that of my mind we come to the performances. Saif and Kareena are good together. They are good at headlining parties, they are good at visiting sick children to promote their upcoming films and they are indeed good in front of the camera. There is a unique chemistry between the pair that is distinctive to them only. You will not get to see anything more special between anyone else. In fact, both feed of each other. Both need to make more films as a couple. We need more Saifeena!

Vivek Oberoi is so-so. Any Tom, Dick or Upen Patel-like actor could have done his part and made it look less lame then he has. One has to also take note of Om Puri and Kirron Kher. These two sensational actors are under-used in Indian films. We want more of Omiron!

Karan’s story is lame and he brings nothing new. Rensil D’Silva is also average. Music on the other hand does fit in well with the film. Hands up to Salim-Suleiman.

And for the wrap… I personally did not find anything new in this film. I have seen tons of films since 9/11 about how a man becomes a terrorist. I was expecting something new in Kurbaan but, apart from the sex scene, there was nothing else. At the Box Office the film will do initially very good, after all every one is eager to see Kareena topless (or is that backless – can’t see the difference myself in her case).

RS Rating: 6/10

Reviewed by Tony

Director: Glenn Baretto
Star Cast: Aftab Shivdasani, Aamna Shariff, Johnny Lever

Aao Wish Karein is a story about a boy who wishes to be all grown up after receiving some bad news. And, as expected, the following morning he becomes Aftab Shivdasani. A hunky 20-something guy with a smile bigger than his face. The rest of the tale shows how he copes with life as an adult and his new-found feelings for the opposite sex, in this case the sexy Aamna Shariff.

There is nothing new in this story; numerous Hollywood films have tackled the issue of growing up before your time and in some cases Bollywood also. Director Glen Baretto does not put anything different in this film. The man seems to have been confused with the whole script as it is neither a children’s film nor one targeted towards the 20 some-things. Not one scene is notable for its execution and the second half of the film fails miserably with over-dun musical numbers.

Aftab Shivdasani irritates the viewer with his over-acting, looking eager to please his new-found real-life love Aamna Shariff. Shah Rukh Khan he is not. Talking about Aamna, the former TV starlet seems to be fitting into a mainstream actress’ shoes very well and is one babe to look out for in the coming years. My only advice to her is to ditch Aftab as a boyfriend and sign up against other Bollywood heroes. Appearing on-screen opposite Aftab for a second time so soon after your debut flick, is not a good career move. Aamna has sex appeal oozing from every inch of sizzling body and needs a wider audience to see that. Continuously appearing with a B-grade actor is hindering her to no ends.

As for the wrap… Well in a day and age when filmmakers are crossing boundaries to tell stories from unique perspectives, Aao Wish Karein disappoints. Then again disappointment only comes into the foray if one has been excited about the impending. In this case one has not.

RS Rating: 2/10

REVIEWED BY TONY

Director: Kunal Deshmukh
Star Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Soha Ali Khan

Before we go to watch this film we already expect what it is about; the 2005 Mumbai floods. Then again the film has been promoted with emphasis laid on a certain lip-lock between the lead pair. So it probably has a love element too.

Four and half years ago disaster struck Mumbai as floods ravished the glorious city with loss of life in abundance. Many lives were changed then and this is a story of such. Most people lost loved ones but in Tum Mile’s case, it is about meeting someone because of the tragedy. This is the film’s main hindrance.

Emraan Hashmi and Soha Ali Khan’s characters fall in love and after some time fall out of love. Then six years later they meet during the floods and fall back in love. The rains bring them together. That is the only storyline in the film. Enough said!

Jannat was a pretty damn good film, so one expects director Kunal Deshmukh to do better with his next. He actually does worse. Special effects are under-used and more than necessary screen time is given to the romance. One gets confused as to what type of film this is; a disaster flick or a lovey-dovey mushy romance. The confusion ponders over the mind throughout the total length. It is a director’s responsibility to ensure the final product is watchable; Deshmukh fails.

The only two good things to come out of Tum Mile are Emraan Hashmi and Soha Ali Khan. Both actors perform out of the box and show every one of their critics that they have what it takes to succeed in Bollywood. Emraan is quite possibly the industry’s most under-valued performer and one of these days will hit gold; mark my words. Soha shows in this film that she is every inch her own mother’s daughter when it comes to lighting up the big screen. Brother Saif may be winning all the accolades but little sister is fast galloping close.

Box Office predictions for Tum Mile are average. This is not a Bollywood Titanic, just your normal run-of-the-mill product from the Bhatts.

RS Rating 4/10

REVIEWED BY TONY

Director/s: Rajkumar Santoshi
Music: Pritam
Star Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Salman Khan

What happens when a director known for his hard-hitting subject orientated films decides to go down the path of a romantic comedy? Well we get to find out the answer to this question if we watch this week’s big release Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani.

With comedy flick’s making exceptional money at the Box Office, a recent example being the Ajay Devgan produced All The Best, it becomes feasible for Rajkumar Santoshi to do the same. After all it’s the returns the film receives that count at the end.

Not content on casting the run-of-the-mill comedy stalwarts, Santoshi brings together two of the industry’s leading eye-candy sensations, Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif. Having never before seen together on screen, the pairing has become the most awaited ‘Jodi’ of 2009. Do they manage to create chemistry? And does Santoshi successfully direct a potential box office winner in this genre? The answer to both questions is a resounding YES!

Do take note of one thing though before you decide to go and watch this on the big screen, the story is not refreshing and certainly not something never seen before. But, the acting by the lead pair and the breathtaking music by Pritam are quite simply astounding.

Ranbir Kapoor plays Prem, a happy-go-lucky chap who likes to see smiles on everyone’s faces. Katrina Kaif is Jenny, the beautiful adopted daughter of foster parents who don’t really give her much time. You see our little Jenny is starving for love and attention and this handsome guy Prem is bursting to give out love. So it makes sense for both to meet and fall in love and be happy ever after, doesn’t it? But as always there have to be twists.

Even though Jenny is unloved she does love ‘someone’ and that someone in this story is Upen Patel. When Prem sees how much Jenny is infatuated with Upen Patel he tries to get the pair married, so that they can live happily ever after. After all Prem likes to see smiles on everyone’s faces even if that means he has to break his own heart.

The rest of the story sees Prem going to great lengths to achieve his task. But, as expected, in the end he wins the girl… or does he?

The film has a handful of great scenes that many will enjoy including one where Bollywood bad-boy Salman Khan makes an unexpected cameo. The one negative aspect of the story is the love between Katrina and Upen’s characters; totally unbelievable and contrived for the story.

Direction wise, Santoshi does show that he can move with the times by making a film that the masses will enjoy and not a select few. After his recent failures many were wandering if he had indeed run his course in Bollywood as a renowned filmmaker. His direction here answers that question.

Pritam has proved once again that when he doesn’t steal music from others he can make quality tunes of his own. APKGK has a soundtrack that will be remembered for many years to come.

Saawariya, Bachna Ae Haseeno and then Wake Up Sid all showed us that Ranbir Kapoor certainly has his family genes for acting. With Shah Rukh Khan now reaching the end of his tenure as King of Bollywood, Ranbir Kapoor will likely take that throne. Other young actors, such as Imran Khan and Shahid Kapur, just don’t have the Factor of X that this boy has; one to watch out for in the years to come.

Many think of Katrina Kaif as just being lucky; she picks films that do well and her acting is very poor. But time and again she proves her critics wrong. After successfully pulling in a hard-hitting performance in New York, in APKGZ she continues to show her versatile powers. If Ranbir is the next Shah Rukh Khan then this baby is the next Kajol; but saying that, Katrina has the potential to exceed far ahead. Keep on going Kat!

Business wise APKGK has all the plus points to create waves at theatres all over the country. This is a film to put on your must-watch list of 2009.

RS RATING: 8/10

Reviewed by Tony

Director/s: Madhur Bhandarkar
Star Cast: Neil Nitin Mukesh, Manoj Bajpai, Mugdha Godse

We have all watched films by Madhur Bhandarkar and seem to enjoy his style of filmmaking. The man takes on controversial subjects and using the platform of the cinema, shows the audience a unique side to everyday life in India. In Jail, Madhur has decided to show everyone life in a prison; a subject previously done in Bollywood. But if Bhandarkar is at the helm then rest assured your eyes will see something very unique.

Let us make it very clear to you from the on-sight; Jail is not a film made for the family audience. Depression is the only thing shown throughout. So do not watch this if you are hoping to throw away the winter blues.

Neil Nitin Mukesh is Parag, a man who has it all; a fantastic job and a sexy girlfriend. But things turn upside down for him and he finds himself in prison. Parag wails to the jailors that he is innocent but his pleas fall on deaf ears. Parag is destined to spend the rest of his life here. So he decides to make a decision for himself, either live his life amongst criminals or vain for freedom. He picks freedom and hence his tale of getting himself free begins.

One thing we would like to mention is not to miss the ending. Never before has something like this been witnessed in a Bollywood film. It will just thump your heart out of your chest.

Bhandarkar’s direction is impressive as one is able to not only see but feel the insides of the prison. One is also able to relate to life within the four walls. Not only that but Bhandarkar has successfully shown how the Indian legal system works, its failings are a huge concern many would relate too.

This has to be Neil Nitin Mukesh’s best ever performance and very difficult to surpass in future; not only his best but quite possibly the best performance by any other actor this year. If Neil does not win any Best Actor awards come 2010 then it will be an ‘injustice’.

Critics will praise Jail but its takings at the box office will be low. The film is made for a select audience and there it will be relished. Jail is THE film of 2009.

RS RATING: 8/10

Reviewed by Tony

Cast: Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan, Asin, Om Puri, Khalid Azmi, Michael Gamarano,, Rannvijay Singh, Babsy, Artner, Brinda Parekh, Adithya Roy Kapoor

Producer: Aashin Shah

Director: Vipul Amrutlal Shah

Music Director: Shankar- Ehsaan-Loy

EXCLUSIVE REVIEW BY HANUMANT BHANSALI

After the super success of Aankhen, Waqt, Namastey London and Singh is King, Vipul Amrutlal Shah presents London Dreams. The main highlight of the movie is Vipul for the first time is working without his lucky mascot Akshay Kumar and ropes in stars- Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan, Asin, Om Puri, Rannvijay Singh and Adithya Roy Kapoor. Post Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, the duo Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan has come together for the movie after almost a decade.

The story revolves around two infancy friends Arjun (Ajay Devgan) and Mannu (Salman Khan). The two friends, completely diverse in their nature and living, however one thing that was common in the two was music. Arjun an ambitious guy from India, dreams to make it big in music world and lands in London forming his own band with Priya (Asin), Zoheb (Rannvijay Singh) and Wasim (Adhitya Roy Kapoor).

Whereas Mannu, on the other hand is a simple guy, young at heart, no great ambitions in life, and enjoying life to the core in India. A talent gifted Mannu, however wastes his talent of singing by performing in local weddings.

Arjun on one of his visits to India, take Mannu to London to include him in his band. Mannu due to his authentic way of performing become’s the favourite of the mass instantly. This makes Arjun feel jealous and apprehensive as what Arjun took years to achieve, Mannu did it at once. That’s when things start taking a catastrophic turns and twists, making Arjun insecure

The envy and the evil spirit further grow in Arjun when Mannu finds a place in Priya’s heart, whom Arjun loved but failed to express the same. It’s then when Arjun plan’s to destroy his best friend. Thus begins the journey of emotions, drama, jealousy and revenge.

London Dreams is certainly the best work from Vipul Shah till date. The director very well expresses the emotions of the die-hard friendship that feel you relate with real life. The movie technically is absolutely flawless and the cinematography by Sejal Shah is top notch. The background score by Salim-Sulaiman goes well with theme of the film. Surely the director has left no stone unturned for his (Dream) project.

Amongst the drawbacks of the film it is the climax and the music. The climax is a bit over-stretched and the concert with which it ends is a bit disappointing as it involves a slow track. The end with a thumping fast track could have been better. On the other hand the music of the film by the talented trio ends with a disappointing note. The music about the movie should have been more impactful as it is all about rock band but fails.

Talking about the actors, undoubtedly their performance has been the best. The chemistry between Ajay Devgn and Salman Khan is amazing and has build up even more in a decade which is very well seen on-screen. Salman Khan is stunning and impressive. Ajay Devgn’s performance is outstanding and flawless. Asin is commendable and does justice with the role. Aditya Roy Kapoor and Rannvijay create an impact instantly.

Overall it’s a thumb’s up for the movie!!!

Radiosargam Movie Rating: 7/10

Hanumant Bhansali

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandes, Saahil Khan, Victor Banerjee, Ratna Pathak, Joy Sengupta, Juhi Chawla, Sameera Reddy

Producer: Sujoy Ghosh, Sunil .A. Lulla

Director: Sujoy Ghosh

Music Director: Vishal-Shekar

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Eros International and Boundscript Production brings you Aladin in Bollywood style, directed by Sujoy Ghosh, from the classic tale of ‘Aladin and The Magic Lamp’. The film stars the finest actor of the industry Amitabh Bachchan along with Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandes, Ratna Pathak, Juhi Chawla and Sameera Reddy.

The movie revolves around an orphan Aladin Chatterjee (Riteish Deshmukh), living in the city of khwaish. Aladin has been frightened and threatened since childhood by Kasim and his gang, until he finds Jasmine (Jacqueline Fernandes) who gives him a magic lamp.

The speciality of the lamp is that it lets loose genie Genius (Amitabh Bachchan). Genius is frantic and anxious to award three wishes to Aladin and finish his indenture with the lamp. Moreover to get free of Aladin, Genius the Rock-Star troubles him and makes Aladin life complex and difficult to live.

This continues until the ex-genie Ringmaster (Sanjay Dutt) gets behind Aladin’s life to kill him. This kicks a series of happenings and high melodrama between Genius and Ringmaster.

Aladin takes a kick start and promises to deliver the best of cinematic journey in over two hours. But all that begins well doesn’t end well and same holds true for Aladin. After an impressive start the movie dips with the entry of the Genie. Sujoy Ghosh’s screenplay is extremely disappointing. The film lacks the story and the fantasy which is highly shown in the trailers. Vishal-Shekar’s music is average.

The only good thing about the movie is it’s cinematography. Riteish does justice with the role but Amitabh Bachchan fails to impress. Sanjay Dutt also crashes to make an impact. Jacqueline Fernandez has little to do but looks gorgeous.

On the whole just avoid the movie.

Radiosargam Movie Rating: 3/10

Hanumant Bhansali

Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi, Om Puri, Kirron Kher, Dia Mirza

Producer: Karan Johar, Hiroo Johar

Director: Rensil D’Silva

Music Director: Salim- Sulaiman

Release Date: 20^th November 2009

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Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions presents a thrilling adventure- Kurbaan starring Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi, Om Puri, Kirron Kher, Dia Mirza. The movie is directed by debutante Rensil D’Silva and the music has been composed by the talented duo Salim-Sulaiman Merchant (of Fashion, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi fame).

The story revolves around Avantika (Kareena Kapoor) – a New York returned lady, now teaching in Delhi University. Here Avantika comes across a temporary professor Ehsaan Khan (Saif Ali Khan) and falls in love with her.

A few months later Avantika gets a call from New York University to return for her Fall Semester. Soon Avantika and Ehsaan get married and shift to New York in an Indian neighbourhood. While new to the society, their neighbours Hamid and Anjum invite them for dinner.

The next morning Salma, the women that Avantika had met at dinner, visits Avantika for giving sweets. When Avantika invites her in Salma tells her that she is in grave danger. Thus follows a series of life threatening events and Avantika soon realizes of being used as a pawn in thse events.

Radiosargam Predicted Rating: 8/10

Hanumant Bhansali

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Sir Ben Kingsley, R.Madhavan, Sushmita Sen, Raima Sen, Mahesh Manjrekar, Irrfan Khan, Boman Irani, Jackie Shroff

Producer: Ambika A Hinduja

Director: Leena Yadav

Music Director: Salim-Sulaiman

Release Date: February 2010

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Starring two of the greatest actors of all times Amitabh Bachchan and Sir Ben Kingsley, Teen Patti is a cut-throat adventure movie. Produced under the banner of Serendipity Films, Teen Patti has been directed by Leena Yadav. The movie is all about voracity, ravenousness, trickery, emotions and is high on drama.

Perci Trachtenberg (Sir Ben Kingsley) is world’s greatest living mathematician. One fine day in a casino in London Perci meets Venkat (Amitabh Bachchan) a solitary mathematician from India. Venkat tells Perci about an equation that could change the dialogue on maths forever.

The genius Venkat cracks a theory that would redefine the principles of probability and randomness which has it’s positive side and negative side. Venkat is then boasted by Shantanu (Madhavan) to test this theory in real world and to crack the poker game- Teen Patti that would earn them a ransom amount of money.

However the experiment soon turns out into an uncontrollable game which isn’t possible either for Venkat or Shantanu to handle the situation. Their lives get descended with chaos and get endangered. Now as the two are on a run to save their lives, the mystery gets unfolded slowly and the secrets as well as purpose are exposed.

An razor sharp thriller and a fast paced movie starring two of the greatest actors, the film is surely to create some magic and raise the bar of Indian cinema.

Radiosargam Predicted Rating: 7/10

Hanumant Bhansali

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Boman Irani, Mahesh Manjrekar, Cyrus Broacha, Dia Mirza, Vijay Patkar

Director: Kunal Vijaykar

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Produced under the banner Studio18 and directed by Kunal Vijaykar, Fruit & Nut stars Boman Irani, Mahesh Manjrekar, Cyrus Broacha, Dia Mirza, Vijay Patkar.

The movie revolves Jolly Maker, a simple hard working struggling bachelor employed in the office of a ravenous and crooked builder’s office named Khandar. Jolly is a person in search of love, money and success.

One day Jolly Maker’s colleague Monica gets kidnapped. Thus begins a comic journey and Jolly finds himself in the middle of the plot built by Ex-Maharaja to destroy Mumbai. Whether Jolly will be successful in finding love? Will he be successful in saving Monica and above all will he be able to save Mumbai?

The movie has been made of senseless comedy and fails to entertain till the very end. The humour is irregularly experienced and the dialogues are not that very effective. The plot of the movie is poorly woven and the writing is weak.

The good thing about the movie is its actors and their acting. Boman Irani plays his role well, Cyrus Broacha and Mahesh Manjrekar are perfect. Finally Dia Mirza is impressive.

Radiosargam Movie Rating: 4/10

 Hanumant Bhansali

Genre: Mythological (Animated)

Director: Pankaj Sharma

Producer: Pankaj Sharma, Smita Maroo

EXCLUSIVE REVIEW BY HANUMANT BHANSALI

Animation flicks are rarely made in Bollywood and when made they are liked by all. Movies like Hanuman, Hanuman Returns and Bal Ganesh are few of the successful animated films made in the recent past. Same goes for Bal Ganesha 2 it’s a simple and light movie made for all generation of people.

The movie includes three different stories related to Lord Ganesha. The first story depicts how Lord Ganesha plays a prank on a cat and how Goddess Parvati gives advice to Lord Ganesha about good deeds.

The second story depicts Sage Vyasa. Lord Ganesha writes as well as translates the entire book while writing. The third story (the best out of three) depicts Lord Ganesha fighting with an evil Gajumkhasur.

The sequel undoubtedly experiences a better animation then the first part. Also the movie has a better storyline and is more interesting for the viewers. The narration and voice-dubbing is ideal.

On the whole Bal Ganesh 2 is a delightful experience. It’s a treat, Go for it!

Radiosargam Movie Rating: 6/10

Hanumant Bhansali

Cast: Gracy Singh, Aseem Merchant, Namrata Thapa, Siddant Mohapatra, Kiran Kumar, Surendra Pal, Anita Das, Sadhana Parija, Mihir Das, Nisha Parulkar

Screenplay: Kadambini Mishra & Sisir P. Mishra

‘Aseema – Beyond Boundaries’ is a maiden project by KJ Dream Ventures. The film is based on the acclaimed Oriya novel ‘Aseema’ penned by noted Oriya poet and novelist Sailaja Kumari Aparajita Mohanty and is the story of a young woman played by Gracy Singh. The film takes you through her journey of life as she displays the strength of her character by sheer resilience and conviction in order to achieve all her goals single-handedly, thereby creating her own identity in the society. Along with the subject of womanhood, the film also brings in the theme of true love – love that is beyond any boundaries. It promises to depict various definitions of love that have seldom been explored before. It’s a story that redefines relationships and revives unadulterated love.

The film also promises to explore various emotions like love, dreams, hopes, expectations, sacrifices and strength, making it a complete rollercoaster ride. It is a commercial film with a hint of realistic cinema that promises to appeal to Indian audiences around the globe.

Apart from Gracy Singh, who comes back after a long gap, the film stars Aseem Merchant, Neha Pendse, Kiran Kumar, Namrata Thapa, Surendra Pal, Aryan and Siddhant.

The director of the film Sisir P. Mishra is known for his narrative style of handling sensitive subjects as in the ’80s classics ‘Bheegi Palkein’ (starring Smita Patil) and ‘Samay Ki Dhara’ (starring Shabana Azmi). With ‘Aseema’, he promises to put Gracy Singh in the same light. The music of the film is by Shamir Tandon, which is in line with the story of the film. The film has been shot on locations in Mumbai and Orissa.

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Suneil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Katrina Kaif, Sameera Reddy, Archana Puran Singh, Neha Dhupia, Manoj Joshi, Rajpal Yadav, Asrani

Producer: Ratan Jain

Director: Priyadarshan

Music Director: Pritam

Release Date: 27^th November 2009

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The entertainers are back!!! The deadly trio- Akshay Kumar, Suneil Shetty, Paresh Rawal are coming this November with their rib-tickling madness. From Hera Pheri to Phir Hera Pheri, the trio will again be seen in De Dana Dan, directed by one of the most known entertainers of the industry Priyadarshan.

The story revolves around Nitin (Akshay Kumar) and Ram (Suneil Shetty) who are jobless and are unlucky in case of earning money. The only thing good about their life is their true love for Anjali (Katrina Kaif) and Manpreet (Sameera Reddy). However this also comes with few complications as both Anjali and Manpreet warn them either to earn money in life so that they can live happily together or forget their love forever.

Frantic and hysterical to earn fast money, Nitin and Ram plan to kidnap the rich Moolchandji. But somehow Moolchand escapes from their custody and police gets into misconception of Nitin being kidnapped. Thus begins the joyful ride along with full of twists and turns.

The deadly combo of Priyadarshan, Akshay Kumar, Suneil Shetty and Paresh Rawal are returning after more than 8 years and are all set to recreate the magic after a long gap. They surely claim to make it big at the box-office and entertain the audience to the core. So let’s wait and watch what’s there in store of De Dana Dan for the audience and will they be able to live up to the expectations!

Radiosargam Predicted Rating: 8/10

Hanumant Bhansali

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Zayed Khan, Lara Dutta, Kylie Minogue, Rahul Dev, Katrina Kaif, Kabir Bedi

Producer: Dhilin Mehta

Director: Anthony D’souza

Music Director: A.R.Rahman

EXCLUSIVE REVIEW BY HANUMANT BHANSALI

This Diwali colour your town with BLUE. The most awaited and phenomenal film of the year- BLUE has arrived. Dhilin Mehta and debutante Anthony D’souza delivers to the audience a high action pack thriller with never seen before underwater stunts. The movie stars one of the most experienced and daredevils- Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Zayed Khan along with hot ‘n’ spicy Kylie Minogue, Katrina Kaif and voluptuous Lara Dutta.

250 feet deep lies the secret of Blue! And the secret is- deep down the ocean in Bahamas lies the treasure.

The story revolves around Aarav (Akshay Kumar) the owner of Blue Shipping &Fisheries. Aarav is one of the richest people in Bahamas. Taking risk is in his blood and daredevilry is his cult. Aarav’s greed and hunger for money has no boundaries and wants to be the richest of all.

 Sagar (Sanjay Dutt) is Aarav’s close friend and employee. He is a simple and down to earth person. Loving Mona (Lara Dutta) and saving his brother Sam (Zayed Khan) is Sagar’s only motto.  Sameer aka Sam (Zayed Khan) is a wanderer with enormous self confidence and never-dying passion for bikes. He unintentionally gets goofed up with the mafia in Bangkok and to hide he takes shelter in Bahamas.

Aarav as always aims big and this time he visions for the biggest of all- the Treasure lying in the arms of Pacific Ocean.  This is a deadly task as it’s believed no one has ever come alive from the ocean. However Aarav has enough guts to fight the danger and face the peril. He pesters Sam for the same and convinces Sagar. And thus begins the hunt…..

This is kind of the movie never experienced in the history of Indian Cinema. It’s a top notch and above all action flicks made in the Industry till date. The movie experiences the great death defying stunts well executed by action director James Bomalick (Fast and Furious fame) keeping you at the edge of the seat. At few incidences one would practice goose- bumps all over the body and few would sure shot take away your breath.

Debutante Anthony D’Souza has lived to the expectations of all and gives an absolute substantial along with commercial flick. The bravery, determination, grit, vision and the financial backing for the project deserve a huge round of applause. The marine beauty has been wonderfully explored in the movie and the journey is absolutely delighting.

The movie has them all- great composition by A.R. Rahman, amazing cinematography by Laxman Utekar and Pete Zuccarini, fantastic sound design by Resul Pookutty, effective dialogues by Mayur Puri, exceptional screenplay by Anthony and Jasmine D’souza and finally last but not the least the extraordinary direction by Anthony D’souza.

However the climax could have been much better which lets you down and hardly makes sense and secondly there could have been more of action along with extra stunts.

On a whole BLUE is a stylish film and is a wonderful experience. The standards of the Indian cinema are surely to raise and induce people to think out of the box.

Radiosargam Movie Rating: 6/10

Hanumant Bhansali

Cast: Salman Khan, Sohail Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Preity Zinta, Sajid

Producer: Ronnie Screwvala, Sohail Khan
Director: Prem R Soni
Music Director: Sajid, Wajid

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Sohail Khan Productions and Ronnie Screwvala’s UTV Motion Pictures gear up and bring together ‘Main Aur Mrs.Khanna’, directed by Prem R Soni. The movie stars Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, and Sohail Khan.

The story revolves around Samir(Salman Khan) and Raina(Kareena Kapoor). The two meet at Melbourne airport and fall in love with each other. The relationship grows older and the two decide to get married. The marriage continues like a fairy tale and everything falls in right place. The bond between Samir and Raina gets stronger day by day.

However, after a short span of time the life of the two completely changes. Samir starts facing problem in the professional life and to pursue success in his career he leaves Raina, fleeing to Singapore. Raina on the other hand is left lonely but soon finds a new friend in Akash (Sohail Khan). Akash helps getting job for Raina and with the very first sight falls for Raina, inspite of knowing the fact of Raina being married.

Samir in meanwhile achieves success and his professional life returns back on track. He returns to Melbourne to take Raina and the drama begins. The film goes through complications as the marriage registration surfaces.

The positives about the movie are- Firstly it’s songs. Secondly Salman Khan and Kareena’s acting is mind blowing and carry their part well. Thirdly Sajid-Wajid’s composition is amazing. And lastly the beautiful locales of Australia that perfectly set the mood of the film.

The negatives of the movie are- Firstly the script is ordinary, loose and fails to deliver anything new. Secondly the dialogues are silly and one experiences some amateur humour. Thirdly few conversations between Salman and Kareena are completely unnatural and looks like forcefully incorporated in the movie. Finally Sohail Khan’s acting fails to create an impact at all and isn’t entertaining.

Overall the movie fails disastrously.

Radiosargam Movie Rating: 4/10            

Hanumant Bhansali

Cast: Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, Bipasha Basu, Mughda Ghodse

Director: Rohit Shetty

Producer: Ajay Devgan

Music Director: Pritam

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The lethal combo of Rohit Shetty & Ajay Devgan is back again and with a bang. The duo again succeeds to create the magic they had created last Diwali. Produced under the banner of Ajay Devgan Films and directed by Rohit Shetty, All The Best stars Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, Bipasha Basu, Mughda Ghodse.

The movie revolves around Veer (Fardeen Khan) a professional singer staying in Goa and is in love with Vidya (Mughda Ghodse); however hated by Vidya’s father. Veer stays in his elder brother Dharam’s (Sanjay Dutt) house and is insatiable for getting that extra penny from his brother to better his living. Dharma is a successful business man who fulfils Veer’s dream of being a rockstar. Prem Chopra (Ajay Devgan) is a concept car expert and lives on Jhanvi’s (Bipasha Basu) money and is absolutely comfortable in doing the same. Jhanvi is the owner of a gym.

Prem and Veer are in a hurry to earn money and thus seeking shortcuts. However these shortcuts land the duo in a mess and they fine their life surrounded and sunk in debts. However in spite of the debts life goes on smoothly for Prem and Veer, until Dharam pays a sudden visit to the house. Due to Dharam’s untimely visit, Veer lies of being married to Jhanvi and Vidya being Prem’s girlfriend. Thus begins the game of mistaken identities as well as confusion and pass through the hilarious events and joyful journey.

Sanjay Mishra and Johnny Lever also leave no stone unturned in creating laughter and making the journey more delightful. Sanjay Mishra is like a person playing slumdog millionaire, whose life suddenly changes  after winning a lottery and is now the owner of Veer’s house. However he can’t take entry in his own house, because Dharam bash him the every time he enters the mansion.

Rohit Shetty succeeds to deliver another high class rib-tickling comedy and his success formula of a multi starrer film works again. His direction is absolutely perfect and knows his audience well. However like his previous films there isn’t much strong storyline but who cares as far as it makes you feel tension free and makes you laugh. Dudley’s cinematography is incredible and flawless. Dialogues by Farhad- Sajid and Bunty Rathore are amusing, witty and entertaining. Pritam’s composition is respectable.

However the only drawback of the movie is it gets a bit slow in the second half and temporarily makes you feel boring.

Overall All the Best delivers what it promises and entertains till the very end. Go for this hilarious ride and enjoy!!!!!

Radiosargam Movie Rating: 6/10

Hanumant Bhansali

Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Upen Patel

Director: Rajkumar Santoshi

Producer: Ramesh Taurani

Music Director: Pritam

Release Date: 6^th November 2009

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UTV Motion Pictures and Ramesh Taurani bring together a romantic comedy Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. After directing action pack films for more than a decade Rajkumar Santoshi returns to comedy with Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif.

The story revolves around Prem Chopra (Ranbir Kapoor) with happy go lucky nature. Prem’s ideology is simple- to be happy and make others happy. This chocolate boy with innocent looks is really a heart winner.

Jenny (Katrina Kaif) is sweet and loving girl born and brought up by unconcerned and insensible parents. Jenny’s ideology in life is to love and get loved. One day Prem incidentally kidnaps Jenny (Katrina Kaif). From here on starts the hilarious ride woven with beautiful love story.

This love for Jenny turns Prem into a totally different person. His love for Jenny makes Prem more sombre about life and hard working. For Prem, Jenny’s happiness becomes prime importance and would cross all his limits to keep her happy.

The movie has been shot in exclusive locales of Ooty, Mumbai, Goa and Turkey. Overall the movie is predicted to be light film with lots of humor blend in it. It will be interesting to see Rajkumar Santoshi’s return with fun film. With such a beautiful storyline and mushy star cast this is surely one of the most awaited films of the year.

Radiosargam Predicted Rating: 7/10

Hanumant Bhansali

Cast: Fardeen Khan, Manoj Bajpai, Irrfan Khan, Danny Denzongpa, Aftab Shivdasani, Dino Morea, Dia Mirza, Gulshan Grover

Producer: Sanjay Gupta

Director: Suparn Verma

Music Director: Aryan, Shibani Kashyap, Bappa Lahiri, Mika Singh, Anand Raj Anand, Sandeep Chowta, Samir Tandon

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White Feather Films in association with Mumbai Mantra bring together an action thriller Acid Factory starring Fardeen Khan, Manoj Bajpai, Irrfan Khan, Danny Denzongpa, Aftab Shivdasani, Dino Morea and Dia Mirza. The movie has been directed by Suparn Verma and is adapted from Hollywood flick Unknown.

Acid factory is a story about six (Fardeen Khan, Manoj Bajpai, Danny Denzongpa, Aftab Shivdasani, Dino Morea and Dia Mirza) people who find themselves in an acid factory. All of them have one thing in common and that is the fact that each one has no whereabouts as to how they landed in the factory; and the reason being a gas leakage from the container leading to temporary amnesia.

And over the next 70 minutes slowly and steadily the individuals start retrieving their memory leading to a flashback, unfolding the story about their grounding in the factory and this erroneous situation.

The drama continues as to how and why they have been caged and start blaming each other. They are left with no option and wait for one guy who is the mastermind behind this.

The movie has been lavishly shot and Sanjay Gupta maintains his style of presenting things like men in black, stunning women, trendy gears, chic jackets, cool bikes and cars.

Interestingly Fardeen Khan plays the undercover-cop and Irrfan Khan the in vogue villain. The movie experiences some amazing stunts and well executed action sequences. Ironically, the movies best scene is the lip-lock between Irrfan Khan and Dia Mirza.

However the movie has too many drawbacks- Firstly the dialogues of the movie are really poor, stingy and not well coordinated. Secondly, unnecessary hard hitting background score which leaves you with a headache by the end. Thirdly the movie is slow and has nothing in store in the first 60 minutes and fails to build any interest. Finally the climax of the movie is proletarian and could have been much better.

Overall the movie fails to live up to the expectations of the audience and there is nothing new about the movie.

Radiosargam Movie Rating: 5/10

Hanumant Bhansali

Cast: Anuj Sawhney, Hrishita Bhatt, Farid Amiri, Madhuri Bhattacharya, Sameer Aftab, Pinky Harwani, Sanda Caktas, Areesz Gandhi

Director: Devang Dholkia

Producer: Sunil Pathare, Amit Kumar Mahoto, Devang Dholkia, Ryan Semelha

Music Director: Dabboo Malik

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Maxwell Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. in association with Trio Cafe Pvt. Ltd. bring together 3 Nights 4 Days directed by Devang Dholakia and stars Anuj Sawhney, Hrishita Bhatt, Farid Amiri, Madhuri Bhattacharya, Sameer Aftab, Pinky Harwani, Sanda Caktas, Areesz Gandhi.

The movie revolves around six friends Rahul (Anuj Sawhney), Rocky (Sameer Aftab), Amay (Farid Amiri), Priya (Pinky Harwani), Antara (Hrishita Bhatt) and Zoha (Madhuri Bhattacharya).  The six were the best of friends during college days and have been out of contact since three years.

Each individual is busy with his/her respective careers and aiming high in life. All of a sudden Rocky plans to get married to his girlfriend Marianne (Sanda Caktas) and plans for a reunion inviting all his buddies for the wedding in Goa.

However things are not the same as in the past and Rahul, Priya and Zoha have become people with all set of new ideologies and principles. The three find no time for the wedding and fail to make it for the same. However on the other hand Antara and Amay remain the same with great affinity for their friends and pack their bags for Goa.

And all of sudden Marianne backs from her commitment and leaves Rahul and the film follows passing through various ups and downs.

The movie experiences some fresh blood with good acting capabilities. The theme of the movie is good and is based on today’s youth and culture. A good storyline and a decent direction.

However the promotion of the movie has been not up to the mark and fails to rope in any big star, which could keep away the audience from watching the movie. The music of the movie is disappointing and fails to make the impact.

Overall a decent film!

Radiosargam Movie Rating: 5/10

 Hanumant Bhansali

Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha Basu, Kunal Kapoor, Shernaz Patel, Aman Verma, Yashpal Sharma, Vishwajeet Pradhan, Vipin Sharma

Producer: Bunty Walia, Jaspreet Singh Walia

Director: Rahul Dholakia

Music Director: Mithoon

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G S Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. and Bunty Walia bring together Lamhaa- directed by Rahul Dholakia, starring Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha Basu, Kunal Kapoor and Yashpal Sharma.

The movie is based on kind of situation in Kashmir in the recent times. It’s a story about a company generating enormous amount of wealth, benefiting everyone from politicians to bureaucrats in Indian and Pakistan intelligence.

Soon the Military Acumen discovers a hazardous plot that would end up as disaster for Kashmir and would blow it apart. In order to investigate about the matters , Vikram is sent on the mission with his identity camouflaged as Gul Jehangir. On the day he lands in the valley, Haji a top autonomist endures a blast.

To undo the mystery behind the blast Vikram takes help from Aziza. This follows a series of events of deception, mistrust, treachery and peril to ascertain the truth. In the mid of the all the bond between Vikram and Aziza starts getting stronger and special.

The routine investigation ends up in an operation that would change the life of both Vikram and Aziza as they are on a roll to uncover the truth. The situation intensifies so much that only war seems to be the solution.

Will Vikram be able to accomplish his mission and bring back the situation in Kashmir to normalcy?

 Radiosargam Predicted Rating: 7/10

Hanumant Bhansali

Never had they expected music to solidify their friendship and then test it with catastrophic results…

Arjun, an abandoned child, ran away from an uncle who was his only family in an unfamiliar land. He roamed the streets of London struggling to pursue his sole dream of foraying into the world of music and showmanship. He forged a band with Zoheb (Rannvijay Singh) and Wasim (Aditya Roy Kapoor), two brothers who’d duped their relatives in Pakistan to travel to London in pursuit of their musical aspirations, and Priya (Asin), a beautiful and young music enthusiast.

Far away in Punjab (India), Mannu took to playing in local wedding bands to make ends meet. Shortly after bringing Mannu to London to make him a part of his band, Arjun realized that he had blundered by creating the biggest threat and obstacle to his ambition.

Manu, incredibly gifted, became an instant opiate of the masses with his unique and irreverent style of performing. What took Arjun years to achieve, Mannu did overnight. Arjun felt betrayed by the God to whom he’d surrendered everything in exchange for eminence in music. His (Arjun’s) pangs of jealousy and insecurity became worse when Mannu won over his secret love, Priya.

Battling his inner demons and consumed by rage, Arjun devised a sinister plan to destroy his best friend and adversary. Over a three-city tour spanning Paris, Rome and Amsterdam, Arjun sent a naïve Mannu on a downward hurtling rollercoaster ride of sex and drugs before a grand finale at the historic Wembley Arena, where Arjun hoped to regain and enjoy his moment of glory.

But as a rude shock awaited Arjun, it also turned into a humbling and introspective experience that taught him the real meaning of acceptance.

From Vipul Shah, the maker of supreme blockbusters as Namastey London and Waqt, London Dreams, lavishly mounted and embellished, is an intense and powerful drama about passion, ambition, envy and realization, with a distinct musical backdrop. With a stellar cast, it promises to be one of the most compelling motion picture experiences of 2009.

Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Konkana Sen Sharma, Rahul Khanna, Anupam Kher, Shikha Taslani, Supriya Pathak, Namita Das, Kashmira Shah

Producer: Karan Johar, Hiroo Johar

Director: Ayan Mukherji

Music Director: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

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The trend in Bollywood has changed. From typical family entertainers, comic capers, masala flicks and action films, the industry has started raising the fresh subjects which resemble the life of an ordinary person. The movie Wake Up Sid is no different from such fresh genre film and stars Ranbir Kapoor along with Konkana Sen Sharma, Rahul Khanna and Anupam Kher.

The story revolves around recently college passed out lazy and slothful boy Siddharth (Ranbir Kapoor). Siddharth is a guy who without much efforts gains all what he wishes due to his rich and well-heeled family. But as he passes out from the college the slipshod attitude continues and heads aimlessly in life.

Siddharth continues freaking with his best buddies and takes his life as well as his father’s wealth for granted. Siddharth comes across Aisha (Konkana Sen Sharma), an aspiring writer from Kolkatta and becomes the best friend of his. Aisha finds Siddharth honest, sweet and a funny guy which makes their bond deeper and special.

On one fine day tired of his careless behaviour Siddharth’s father (Anupam Kher) notifies him and tries to make Siddharth realise his responsibilities towards life. This leads to a dispute between father and the son and Siddharth leaves his father’s home and takes shelter in Aisha’s house. This leads to drastic changes in Siddharth’s life as he has to live without his father’s wealth. This leads to a series of events and force Siddharth to introspect himself and take life more seriously.

The movie marks the directorial debut of a young director Ayan Mukherji and is worth applauding. Well directed and a well balanced movie and has raised the story beautifully. The best thing about the movie is the director exactly knows the perception of the audience and has made the film with due care.

The first half of the film is delighting and heart winning. A few emotional adventures touch your heart, few jesting scenes refresh the mind and the music by the trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy completely takes you to a different world.

However the drawback of the movie, the story, seems to be nothing new and would lead to comparisons to movies like Dil Chahta Hai and Lakshya. One would really find Ranbir’s character as seen before.

Ranbir Kapoor’s acting is amazing and this movie will surely take him to a higher level. Konkana Sen Sharma is simple yet beautiful and Anupam Kher, as always, very expressive and an ideal choice to play a responsible father.

Overall the film is refreshing and would sure win hearts of the youth. WAKE UP and go for it!!!!

Radiosargam Movie Rating: 7/10

Hanumant Bhansali

Cast: Ritesh Deshmukh, Sushmita Sen, Lara Dutta, Sohail Khan, Ranvir Shorey and Rajpal Yadav

Producer: Vashu Bhagnani

Director: David Dhawan

Music Director- Nadeem-Shravan

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The comedy King of Bollywood David Dhawan is back with a bang with Do Knot Disturb. Like other films of David Dhawan this movie also capers on ultimate comedy with enormous humour and eventual on screen timing.

The movie stars none other than his much-loved star Govinda along with  Ritesh Deshmukh, Sushmita Sen, Lara Dutta,Sohail Khan, Ranvir Shorey and Rajpal Yadav. The movie is produced under the banner of Puja Films Pvt. Ltd.

The movie revolves around a rich businessman (Govinda), who lives on his wife’s (Sushmita Sen) money who is a super successful and a stunning woman. Tired of this dominant life governed by her wife, Govinda tries to find a way out of the loop and falls in love with Lara Dutta (The Supermodel). And thus kick starts a series of events which takes you through the hilarious ride.

To hide his extra-marital love interest Govinda entices and hires a waiter- Riteish Deshmukh to act as Lara Dutta’s boyfriend. Sushmita Sen finds something suspicious and appoints a private detective Ranvir Shorey to unveil the truth.

There is also Sohail Khan an angry young man, the ex-lover of Lara Dutta, whom she leaves  for this rich businessman. But still Sohail is madly in love for the lady.

The positives about the movie are- firstly it’s a David Dhawan film which means it will keep you entertaining till the end by it’s wacky one liners. Secondly the movie experiences the finest comic actors- Govinda, Riteish Deshmukh, Rajapal Yadav and Ranvir Shorey, all with witty sense of humour.

Thirdly, like other films from the director this one too has no logic and impact storyline, though leaving your mind fresh when back home.  And finally one would not like to miss to see two stunning, gorgeous and voluptuous ladies, Lara Dutta and Sushmita Sen in the same film.

The negatives about the movie- Firstly there are few scenes where you see Govinda and Lara Dutta overacting and this bores the audience. Secondly, there is no strong storyline in the movie and leads aimlessly. Thirdly, songs and the music are unbearable and get on to the nerves.  Finally at times the film appears to be lengthy and turn off the interest of the viewers.

Overall it’s an average flick and fails to meet the expectations of the audience and the class of his previous comic adventure.

Radiosargam Movie Rating: 5/10

Hanumant Bhansali

Cast: Suniel Shetty, Sameera Reddy, Bhagyashree, Ayesha Dharkar, Seema Biswas, Ashish Vidyarthi, Makhrand Deshpande, Sunil Sinha, Eshaan Khan, Gulshan Grover, Nasseruddin Shah, Vinod Khanna

Producer: Rahul Aggarwal, TP Aggarwal

Director: Anant Narayan Mahadevan

Music Director: Lalit Pandit

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Bollywood’s Macho-Man and action hero Suniel Shetty has been out of on screen tussle and have been not seen combating villains in the movie since long. The wait is over as Anant Narayan Mahadevan gives audience an action flick, RED ALERT- The War Within, starring Suniel Shetty in a role with a difference along with Nasseruddin Shah, Vinod Khanna, Ashish Vidyarthi, Gulshan Grover and Sameera Reddy.

The movie is based on a real life story. The movie revolves around Narasimha (Suniel Shetty), an unfortunate farm navvy who is in desperate need of money for his children’s education and would go up till any extent for money. Narasimha in mid of his search comes in contact with a group of terrorists.

To begin with Narasimha cooks food for the group. Soon he starts getting trained for weapons and involves himself in shootouts and kidnapping. Narasimha soon begins to realise as to what his destiny was forcing to do to earn his living and had never even thought in his nightmare of such a pointless furthermore helpless situation.

Narasimha’s life gets even more complex and intricate when he lands up in war of words and disagreement with the group leader (Ashish Vidyarthi). This makes his life hell. Now the question arises is- Will Narasimha follow his principles and disagree with the leader’s plans and deeds? Or, will he go against his morals and support the Naxal cause?

This movie will see a comeback for Suniel Shetty in more of serious role. With such a strong script and talented actors, the expectations are really high from the movie.

Radiosargam Predicted Rating: 6/10

Hanumant Bhansali

Cast: Arshad Warsi(Babban), Nasseruddin Shah (Kha) , Vidya Balan (Krishna)

Producer: Vishal Bharadwaj, Raman Maroo

Director: Abhishek Chaubey

Music Director: Vishal Bharadwaj

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After the super success of Kaminey, Vishal Bharadwaj is back with a bang with his new project Ishqiya. Shemaroo productions along with Vishal Bharadwaj Pictures presents Ishqiya- starring Arshad Warsi, Nasseruddin Shah and Vidya Balan.

The movie revolves around two bandits Babban (Arshad Warsi) and Khalujan (Nasseruddin Shah), experts in world of crime, apprehension, passion and treachery. The two are on the trot from their chief Mushtaq.

In the mid of all this during their escape Babban and Khalujan decide to take shelter in the house of an old friend and instead come across his widow Krishna (Vidya Balan). From here on starts the love story between the three. Khalujan dreaming of the typical love that used to be in olden days and Babban visualising modern day a lustful love with Krishna.

Thus, Krishna (Vidya Balan) plays the love interest of both and enjoy the two’s company. However from here on starts the drama, action emotion, longing, voracity and revenge and the movie takes various twists and turns.

The movie has been based on the rustic life and sees Vidya Balan in a totally different role. Vidya Balan will be seen playing a multifaceted character with slight grey shades and speaking the U.P. lingo.

With such an experienced cast and classic direction by Abhishek Chaubey (has assisted Vishal Bharadwaj in many of his projects) as one can experience in the promos, expectations rise high from this movie. Moreover the music of the movie has been given by none other than super composer of Kaminey, Vishal Bharadwaj itself.

Radiosargam Predicted Rating: 7/10

Hanumant Bhansali

Cast: Hurman Baweja, Priyanka Chopra, Dilip Joshi, Anjan Shrivastav, Visswa Badola, Rajesh Vivek

Director: Ashutosh Gowariker

Producer: Ronnie Screwala, Sunita Gowariker

Music Director: Sohail Sen

Lyrics: Javed Akhtar

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UTV Motion Pictures in association with Ashutosh Gowariker Production Pvt. Ltd. brings together What’s Your Raashee?, starring Hurman Baweja and Priyanka Chopra. Known for making extraordinary movies and experimenting on diverse projects like Lagaan, Swades and Jodha Akbar, Ashutosh Gowariker is back with yet another innovative project What’s Your Raashee? The movie is based on the novel ‘Kimball Ravenswood’ by Madhu Rye.

The story revolves around Yogesh Patel (Hurman Baweja) a young man residing in Chicago who enjoys his life to the core. Yogesh is always in search of his love and dreams of getting married to the same, until his family calls him to India and asks Yogesh to get married in just ten days.

Yogesh is in a dilemma and lands in complicated situation, but soon clicks with an idea of meeting a girl (Priyanka Chopra) from each Raashee and giving himself a chance of falling in love with each girl. Yogesh finds this idea the best way of finding a compatible and a perfect bride for himself and goes ahead with the thought.

Thus, Yogesh decides to meet two girls from each sun sign everyday and get to know them all in six days. Next three days to analyze and choose the best amongst the twelve girls and on the final day (tenth day) to get married to the ideal partner.

From here on starts the journey of an eligible bachelor Yogesh meeting and discovering the twelve girls and is seen romancing, singing as well as dancing with different girls. The movie explores girls with different attitude and perception from ambitious-conditional and unconventional-social.

As much as the movie appears to be interesting on paper, it equally disappoints on screen and the reasons for the same are many. Firstly, the length of the movie is tedious, in recent times where people as well as multiplexes for more benefits prefer short movies this movie is as big as 3hours and 30mins.

 Secondly, the screenplay is weak and script is poor. Thirdly, few of the sun-sign stories are silly furthermore they hardly make sense and turn off your interest. Lastly the biggest cause of concern are 13 tracks of the movie which bore the audience.

Priyanka does well in the film and is a complete show stealer. Hurman is decent and carries the role well.

This is a complete disaster from one of the finest and pioneer film-makers of the industry, it’s a thumbs down for Ashutosh Gowariker for this flick.

Radiosargam Movie Rating: 4/10

Hanumant Bhansali

Cast: Rehan Khan, Sheena Shahbadi, Vinod Khanna, Siddhant Karnick, Sabina Sheema, Akshay Kapoor, Mahesh Manjrekar, Bhavna Pani

Producer: Anjum Rizvi

Director: Zaigham Ali Syed

Music Director: Akbar Sami

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Produced under the banner Anjum Rizvi Film Company and Y.T Entertainment Ltd., Fast Forward is the movie about people passionate about dance and for who dance is much beyond an art.

 The movie is directed by debutante Zaigham Ali Syed and the music has been rendered by the Akbar Sami.

The story revolves around two best buddies- Rishi (Rehan Khan) and Sunny (Akshay Kapoor). Rishi and Sunny are incredible dancers and they express everything through their dance. Sunny falls in love with Rishi’s sister Jeel (Bhavna Pani)and he takes Jeel to a complete new and a different world through his love and unknowingly Jeel  reveals Rishi’s dark past.

 The idea appears young and bold on papers but thwart on screen. Direction, screenplay, music as well as acting- everything is negative about the movie. The debutant director Zaigham Ali Syed fails to make any impact on the audience and is unsuccessful to impress the masses. Akbar Sami’s composition is awful.

An out an out disappointment for the viewers and complete waste of the money as the movie makes no sense.  Go at your own risk!

Radiosargam Movie Rating: 2/10

Hanumant Bhansali

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandes, Saahil Khan, Victor Banerjee, Ratna Pathak, Joy Sengupta, Juhi Chawla, Sameera Reddy

Producer: Sujoy Ghosh, Sunil .A. Lulla

Director: Sujoy Ghosh

Music Director: Vishal-Shekar

Release Date: 23^rd October 2009

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Eros International and Boundscript Production brings you Aladin in Bollywood ishtyle. Directed by Sujoy Ghosh, from the classic tale of ‘Aladin and The Magic Lamp’, Aladin stars the finest actor of the industry Amitabh Bachchan along with Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandes, Ratna Pathak, Juhi Chawla and Sameera Reddy.

The movie revolves around an orphan Aladin Chatterjee (Riteish Deshmukh), living in the city of khwaish. Aladin has been frightened and threatened since childhood by Kasim and his gang, until he finds Jasmine (Jacqueline Fernandes) who gives him a magic lamp.

The speciality of the lamp is that it lets loose genie Genius (Amitabh Bachchan). Genius is frantic and anxious to award three wishes to Aladin and finish his indenture with the lamp. Moreover to get free of Aladin, Genius the Rock-Star troubles him and makes Aladin life complex and difficult to live.

This continues until the ex-genie Ringmaster (Sanjay Dutt) gets behind Aladin’s life to kill him. This kicks a series of happenings and high melodrama between Genius and Ringmaster.

Aladin boasts of great special effects and technicalities to the oomph. Aladin is also special as one would be eager to see Amitabh and Sanjay’s encounter. To add on the music has been composed by Vishal-Shekar. 

The movie is going to be really extraordinary and should be a true entertainer for the family. Probably this could be one of the finest movies made this year. All we can do is keep our fingers crossed and wait for the magic to spread all over.

Radiosargam Predicted Rating: 7/10

Hanumant Bhansali

Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Ameesha Patel, Anupam Kher, Vishwajeet Pradhan, Satish Kaushik, Suresh Menon, Murli Sharma, Gulshan Grover

Producer: Mohamed Aslam

Director: Ajay Chandok

Music Director: Sajid-Wajid

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Mohamed Aslam and Ajay Chandok brings together a rib-tickling comedy Chatur Singh Two Star. The movie stars Sanjay Dutt, Ameesha Patel, Anupam Kher and Gulshan Grover. The music of the film has been composed Sajid-Wajd.

The story revolves around Chatur Singh (Sanjay Dutt), a member of Mumbai Police Department and two star signifies his rank in the squad. Chatur Singh is the officer who in his career has made biggest blunders and has been making fool of himself.

Over shadowing his deeds and recklessness Chatur Singh is given over the biggest case ever in the Department’s history and is sent to South Africa. And this jolts in a series of happenings and comical events. To add on Chatur is accompanied by Pappu Panther (Suresh Menon) who praises Chatur that encourages him.

Soon Chatur Singh becomes a trouble for all because of his aimless proceedings which leads to chaos and confusion. Will Chatur Singh be able to conquer his mission? Will he able to prove his ‘Chaturness’ (Intelligence)? Will he make the Department Proud?

To look out for in this movie will be Sanjay Dutt’s masquerade look and his way of investing the case embed with riotous events. This one is sure going to be treat for all.

Radiosargam Predicted Rating: 7/10

Hanumant Bhansali

Cast: Govinda, Riteish Deshmukh, Sushmita Sen, Lara Dutta, Sohail Khan, Ranvir Shorey, Rajpal Yadav, Himani Shivpuri, Rituparna Sengupta, Manoj Pahwa

Producer: Vashu Bhagnani

Director: David Dhawan

Music Director- Nadeem-Shravan

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After the super success of Partner, Bollywood Comic King and one of the most successful director of the industry David Dhawan is back with his new flick Do Knot Disturb. The movie has been produced by Vashu Bhagnani and the music has been composed by the duo of Nadeem-Shravan.

The movie stars the directors favourite actor Govinda, along with Riteish Deshmukh, Sushmita Sen, Lara Dutta, Sohail Khan, Ranvir Shorey, Rajpal Yadav, Himani Shivpuri, Rituparna Sengupta, Manoj Pahwa.

The movie is about a husband played by Govinda, who is in an extra marital affair with a sexy  model Lara Dutta. To hide this from his wife,played by Sushmita Sen, he hires a waiter Ritesh Deshmukh, to act as the Lara Dutta’s boyfriend.

Sohail Khan plays the ex-boyfriend of the sexy lady Lara Dutta.

Another interesting and a different character is Ranvir Shorey who plays the private detective. The man is approached by the Govinda’s wife to unlock the mystery of her husband’s (Govinda) extra-marital affair and get him exposed.

With such a talented cast and with one of the most finest directors of the country the movie seems to be a true roller-coaster with loads of humour.

Radiosargam Predicted rating: 8/10

Hanumant Bhansali