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December 19th, 2008

Ghajini is one of the most highly anticipated movies of the decade, remake of a superhit which was the remake of a hollywood classic, this started gaining attention when it was announced, the real deal started when Aamir Khan fresh from the success of Taare Zameen Par made his appearence with the trendy buzz cut, followed by Ipl appearence and his regular digs at “good friend” Shahrukh. After the announcement of Ghajini everyone got to see the new and improved media friendly Aamir Khan and his fans were finally getting what they had been starving for from years.  As Ghajini is only a week away before it hits the theaters no one has doubts that the opening week will be recordbreaking, so is it really the star power of the mighty Khan or all the gimmicks before the release? Lets try and find out!

Ghajini has has tied up with several channels such as Sony, Mtv, Star and Zoom for exclusive promotions, a record of sorts as it is easily the most heavily promoted movie of the past several years. Aamir Khan’s bulked up body and his hair style has gained maximum eyeballs, superhit music by the master Arr, with everything going in favour lets try and find out where the risk is?

December 5th, 2008

Dear All

I have been  a member of Naachgaana for some months now, a Pakistani member, yet i always felt like a part of the family, lately I havent been visiting Ng reason being the Mumbai attacks, everybody is upset, so am I. Last night led me to make a decision, I have not been treated badly or anything like that, but some comments made by certain members made me upset, very upset. I always thought terrorism is a global problem, i certainly want to believe it, because if Pakistan was feeding these people to go on killing people in other countries i wouldn’t be losing friends and other fellow beings here in Pakistan everyother day,  today a blast in Peshawar has killed another 30 people and several injured. I have family in India, i am a Pakistani, Pakistan and India has a sad sad history, things were getting better because of sports, music and movies, the recent Mumbai tragedy made me realize that maybe its was just a small beautiful dream, where we can live peacefully with our neighbours, but wait? are we really only neighbours? To be honest, i dont think so, we share alot, history, families, culture and love. I might be wrong though.

Yesterday when people were saying that Rab ne Bana di Jodi should not be released in Pakistan, well, because Pakistan gives you death and you give us entertainment in return? I am sorry but i am a part of Pakistan, a tiny part but i am, i represent Pakistan, and i didnt give any one death, i didn’t kill anyone, people of Pakistan didnt. Some said they want to watch Gadar all over again.

I dont know what will happen between these two countries, another war maybe? I just made this post to say that humanity is much more important than India and Pakistan, the govts keep fucking things up anyway, now there are terrorist organisations, so if people get in the mood of war, why don’t we all just kill ourselves? why waste time in war?

In a way Ng is providing me entertainment, a Pakistani and being a Pakistani, citizen of the country which is speculated to be involved in Mumbai attacks, maybe some members should demand me being blocked to visit naachgaana.

October 5th, 2008

Besides high-end hotels and commercial complexes, the Boulevard will also have an underwater discotheque and lounge connected by a glass tunnel, a sit-in theatre, a shopping mall, called the Shah Rukh Khan Plaza, and a public square on the beach, the first of its kind in the world.
TSA Group will showcase the Shah Rukh Khan Boulevard at Cityscape Dubai 2008 running from October 6 to 9 at the Dubai International Convention Centre. The project will be featured at the stand no: ZG 20.

“Taj Mahal is beautiful, but this will be nice too.” That’s how Indian movie icon Shah Rukh Khan describes the Shah Rukh Khan Boulevard, a Dh8 billion signature beachfront residential development at the picturesque Dana Island in Ras Al Khaimah, one of the seven Emirates of the UAE.

Besides 10 premium residential towers and its fair share of high-end hotels and commercial complexes, the Boulevard will also have an underwater discotheque and lounge connected by a glass tunnel, a sit-in theatre, a shopping mall, called the Shah Rukh Khan Plaza, and a public square on the beach, the first of its kind in the world.

Every time I come to the UAE, I find something new. I think the only thing that’s constant in this country is the love and affection that I get from my fans. Shah Rukh Khan

“This is the first time that I am venturing out into something which doesn’t require me to sing and dance around trees,” said Khan, 42, addressing a press conference at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dubai on Sunday.

October 5th, 2008

Welcome to Sajjanpur is a delightful comedy, kudos to the writer director for making this movie!

Watching Shreyas in a lead role after a while is a treat, given the right oppurtunities this guy will end up being a legendary actor, he portrays emotions with such ease and is the one to watch out for. Amrita Rao is very effective and the camera loves her. Overall all the performances in the movie are top notch.

However the music could have been better, no music would have worked just fine, maybe it’s just because the viewer is so desperate to see what happens next.

Film-makers like Anees Bazmi, Priyadarshan and Sajid Khan who get crores of money to waste on showing long legs and cleavage should take a lesson from this movie to understand that clean humorous movies can be made with a modest budget.

September 16th, 2008

A panda (in this case a person) is the one who can save the world and he doesn’t even know it, people make him realize that he’s the one!

Please, dont take this comparison seriously, it was just something I was wondering after seeing the recent Drona promo. Drona, a big budger extravaganza is a very important film for everyone involved and if this film bombs the bollywood world of some of the people may just near it’s end, ha ha, i’m not talking about Abhishek Bachan! He’s gonna be around as long as Big B and Ash are there, but lets hope for the sake of Goldie Behl that this film works because his wife is way to beautiful to be married to someone unsucessful.

So far the Drona Promos seem strictly decent and somewhat inspired, the promo in which Drona punches the ground followed by the world shaking is a video game move i’ve been trying to perfect for a while. Instead of spending 20 crores on the look of the villian of the movie the director could have easily made the leading man of the movie more attractive, seriously, what kind of a costume is that? Krissh the last and the only sucessful superhero movie of bollywood was a completely inspired effort as always by the director Papa Roshan but the packaging of the movie was very well done, and Hrithik Roshan’s star power helped the movie to be a blockbuster.

The Promotions of Drona are on a full flow and some of the movie promos are looking great, the female version of the title song looks visually very appealing and Priyanka Chopra carries her look with elan as if she came out of a comic book into the television screen, Abhishek Bachan can be expected to give a decent performance but everything rests on the shoulder of the captain of this ship, if he doesn’t screwup, Drona is surely going to be a exciting ride irrespective of its boxoffice outcome.

August 31st, 2008

Each Friday the luck of a bollywood actor changes, some become the Sunny Doels of bollywood while some become the Akshay Kumars, some have been huge for decades and show no signs of slowing down while some aren’t important enough to talk about. Friday is always a significant day for bollywood but the question arises how many Friday’s are enough for a particular actor to leave all his competition behind. Recently we have seen movies like Race & Singh is Kinng which open hugely, suddenly with all the hype and moolah Saif Ali Khan was credited for the opening of the movie and everyone declared that the Nawab has moved into the top bracket of Bollywood alongside stars who’ve been there for years, later the same actor delivered some duds namely Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic & Tashan co starring Akshay Kumar. Another actor who delivers blockbuster hits when least expected is Salman Khan, when everything is going against him he comes up with a hit from nowhere and surprises everyone, the question arises, who actually are the big guns of bollywood when all the power is in the hands of the people who will pay to watch the respective movies of the actors.

The current top league of bollywood has stars like Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar and Hritik Roshan. What does it take for them to be unanmously called the Numero Uno star as with each of their releases everyone has been called the No. One of the lot.

Shahrukh Khan had been given the top honour for years but now with the competition heating up, stars like Aamir Khan getting more media friendly, Akshay Kumar delivering one hit after another while the slow but steady Hrithik Roshan making sure that he doesn’ t tumble once again, delivering a hit with each project he takes up, it is time to decide what actually takes to be the Numero Uno star, if a Numero Uno star can exsist in this situation or not, but why shouldn’t a Numero Uno star exsist when each of them is fighting for the top slot?

The last three movies of Shahrukh Khan -

August 13th, 2008

Shah Rukh Khan has sprained his neck after shooting with a Sumo wrestler for “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi”.

SRK has been asked to take rest and that’s why he has been at home for a few days.
Shah Rukh Khan would sport not just one but several different looks in “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi”.

According to sources in the industry, King Khan has already shot for “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi”sporting different looks. One of the looks included a Charlie Chaplin style moustache.

August 9th, 2008

He has tried to be out of the news for more than four months shooting for his upcoming blockbuster and spending quality time with his family, but everyday you hear news related to him, people talking about him despite of the fact that he has no movie releases, comparing him with other stars, demeaning him, pointing fingers at him, dragging him into the court, desperately trying to pull down his legendary star status, he doesn’t have to kill animals, have extra marital affairs, star in one mindless movie after another, change hairstyles, indirectly or directly declare himself no. one on every public appearence, not to mention naming his dog to his competitors name. Shahrukh Khan has earned popularity all over the world, his last two releases did blockbuster business with one shattering box office records. This is to find out why his name is dragged into the news when Aamir Khan scores blockbusters in Taare Zameen Par and Jaane Tu Ya Janay na, why Amitabh Bachan tries to prove that his show was more popular than Shahrukh’s, why Akshay Kumar has been taking constant digs at him in interviews and his latest release Singh is King, why Salman Khan invites him to his girlfriend’s birthday bash and ends up fighting with him. Over the years there was a notion that Shahrukh Khan can only deliver hits under the banner Yashraj Films and Dharma Productions, Shahrukh Khan can not act, Shahrukh khan only does romantic movies but all these things were proven wrong when Yashraj movies delivered one flop after another until Shahrukh came to the rescue with their last blockbuster ” Chak de India” happened with him in the lead, it not only gave Yashraj a much needed hit but critical acclaim which their films hardly get, movies like Swades and Chakde India proved that Shahrukh Khan is not only the number one star of Bollywood but he is a great actor who can deliver hits in any circumstances under any banner which was proven with blockbusters like Main Hoon Na and Om Shanti Om. With hardly anything left to question on his star status it was now time to team up and attack and that is just what has been happening. With all the top stars of bollywood namely- Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan having a go at Shahrukh Khan we all know what everyone is after. Aamir Khan declares himself no. one while Akshay Kumar with recently gained popularity wanting to be where Shahrukh is constantly chasing the title of the King, the desperation reached an all time high when he decided to make a movie out of the title which he read behind a vehicle, Salman Khan accusing him of having an affair with his ex girlfriend Ashwariya where as Amitabh Bachan who’s hasnt had a hit movie in ages after he did a role in Shahrukh Khan starrer ‘KANK’, accusing Shahrukh of trying to sabotage his concert and putting up false figures up on his blog to prove that his show was more sucessful than the one which Shahrukh has been hosting. The insecurity is not only seen in the stars but in the fans too. Recent release Singh is Kinng opened to massively in India and we keep hearing how Akshay has beaten the record set by Om Shanti Om last year ignoring the facts of inflation, hardly any entertainers this year, higher print count and a solo release, not to take anything away from the movie which has done extremely well. Its a constant practise between the haters of Shahrukh Khan that whenever his movies get historic openings, good reviews then it is said to be paid publicity stunts by Shahrukh whereas when the same critics give good ratings to the movies of his competitors the movie is said to be really good. Shahrukh Khan was recently accused to sabotage “Tashan” Akshay’s last release, not only that but fingers were pointed at him when Akshay Kumar was recieving threatning messeges from an unknown number. This hasn’t happened the first time in Shahrukh’s career has he was also accused to trying to kill Rakesh Roshan in the 90’s when Hrithik became an overnight star with his debut movie “Kaho Na Pyar Hay”.

Shahrukh Khan has been the top star of bollywood for 16 years but now with all the top stars of bollywood chasing him and trying to pull him down, Shahrukh has been mantaining silence and working on his next release “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi” and home production “Billoo Barber”. After the release on the record breaking Om Shanti Om Shahrukh was flooded with offers from Shanker, the very talented Raju Hirani, friend Karan Johar and Farhan Akhtar to star in their respective films but things couldnt work out with Shankar, Shahrukh had to disappoint Raju Hirani once again after ’Munna Bhai’ as he couldnt do his film because of differences with the producers, with the cream of the crop wanting to work with him it is certain that he has alot of years of sucess in him and alot of years for his haters to prove that this is the end of the reign on the forever King of Bollywood.

July 30th, 2008

SRK & Sallu in Khiladi’s way, Fear Factor no competition for Paanchvi Paas or 10 ka dum: If the small screen’s TRPs are anything to go by then Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan have taken the first two spots. Akshay Kumar’s Fear Factor-Khatron Ke Khiladi was hailed as the next big thing on Indian television. But, as per the data from television viewership measurement agency Audience Map (aMap), Akshay’s entry into the small screen with Viacom-TV18’s new general entertainment channel Colors has been somewhat of a damp squib.

The show, which started on July 21, and airs Monday to Thursday at 10.00 PM, opened with lower debut TRPs compared with both SRK’s Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain (KAPPSTH) on Star Plus and Salman Khan-anchored Dus Ka Dum (DKD) on Sony.

In the first three days, Akshay-starrer Fear Factor had an average rating (North, West and East Hindi speaking market, 4+ year audience in C&S homes) of 1.7, 1.7 and 1.5. It had its highest net reach of 42.85-lakh people on July 22, that plummeted to 39.23 lakh on July 23. The programme’s viewership recovered slightly on July 24 with 2.01 average rating and a little over 52.5 lakh watching it.

In comparison, SRK’s KAPPSTH managed an average rating of 4 and a net reach of 78.44 lakh on the first few days of its debut and Salman’s DKD got a rating of 2.5, watched by a little over 64-lakh people.

July 26th, 2008

Must see!

Pakistani Rock Icon Ali Azmat with Ustaad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan student of the legendary Ustaad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan together for the first time Live at Coke Studio!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnZEOFJp_3Y