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Namastey London - The Patriotic Love Story
Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
Movie: Namastey London
Director: Vipul Shah
Year: 2007
Stars: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Upen Patel and Rishi Kapoor
Snapshot of the story
Namastey London is an unusual and a fresh love story, director Vipul Shat has taken this movie to new heights after his last crime thriller Aankhen.
Namastey London is a story of Brit girl Jazz born and brought up in London and daughter of Indian parents. Jazz’s father Manmohan Malhotra (Rishi Kapoor) decide that he will make Jazz marry one of his friend’s son Arjun (Akashay Kumar) so that she can learn the Indian culture. Jazz refuses to do so but finally agrees to get married under a condition that she will not stay in India and Arjun has to come to London. Jazz never accepts Arjun’s love and continues to love her London based boyfriend Charlie (Clive Standen). Story becomes interesting as how Akshay Kumar manages to win Jazz’ heart and take her back to India.
Movie Ratings and Review of Namastey London
Storyline
Namastey London is the story of Arjun (Akshay Kumar) who loves his motherland and their customs and his struggle to find his true love. Jazz (Katrina Kaif) is in love with Charlie (Clive Standen ), however Jazz’s father Manmohan (Rishi kapoor) wants Jazz to marry Arjun so that she can learn Indian tradition and customs which he was not able to cultivate during her upbringing.
On their visit to India Jazz gets married to Arjun but as per the pact Arjun comes to London and starts living in London. After coming to London he realizes that Jazz does not love him and want’s to divorce him and tie the knot with Charlie. Arjun (Akshay Kumar) uses all sorts of ploy to create the love inside Jazz for him. Akshay Kumar fans would love his performance in this movie were he is in a more romantic role leaving behind his action hero image. Arjun (Akshay Kumar) finally manages to impress Jazz (Katrina Kaif) and take her back to India. There are few moments in the movie that ignite patriotism in every Indian who watches the movie. Movie does not loose the grip and flow very smoothly keeping the audience engagd and interested. This has been one of the highlights of Vipul Shah’s direction. Comic timing of Akshay Kumar is good and Upen Patel also did a cameo and was looking very good.
Himesh Reshammiya looked versatile in this movie and successfully experimented different styles of music which was appreciated by the audience. Himesh Reshammiya has matured as a music director since 1998 making his debut with “Pyaar Kiya to Darna Kya”. Sunidhi Chauhan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Alisha Chinai, well known US based DJ RBD and Himesh himself did a fantastic job in rendering the songs. Movie did average of $15 million in the box office worldwide which is something.
Final Thoughts
Namastey London has all the ingredients to be a highly entertaining movie with a touch of patriotism. Katrina Kaif looked beautiful and she ha done justice to her role. This is very close to her real life as she joined Bollywood after coming from London. In his second movie Vipul shah has shown signs of a good director. Rishi kapoor played a mature role as Jazz’s father and looked good.
Rating
Namastey London scores 7 out of 10 because of solid performance by all the cast especially Akshay Kumar. Namstey London failed to attract large audiences which could be because of a weak storyline but a good one time watch movie.
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Inspired Love Story From Frech Kiss, Pyar to Hona Hi Tha
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Movie: Pyar To Hona Hi Tha (Love Had to Happen)
Director: Anees Bazmee
Year: 1998
Stars: Ajay Devgan, Kajol, Kashmira Shah & Bijay Anand
Snapshot of the story
Pyar To Hona Hi Tha is a love story of a thief and is inspired by the famous Hollywood movie “French Kiss” starring Meg Ryan, Timothy Hutton and Kelvin Kline. Pyar to Hone Hi Tha is based on a similar plot where Sanjana (kajol) staying alone in Paris comes to India to get married. She meets a Shekhar (Ajay Devgan) who use her bag to smuggle a necklace into India. This sets the tone for the movie as the plot goes through twists and turns.
Storyline
Pyar to Hona Hi Tha can not be called an original story as it is inspired from the movie “French Kiss” but it has a strong storyline. Sanjana lands in India and soon comes to know that Rahul (one who she will marry) is in love with Nisha (Kashmira Shah) and the only reason he is entertaining Sanjana is for her money. Sanjana comes to know all this and also wants him to teach a lesson and sends a strong message that she too has a boyfriend and seeks help from Shekhar (Ajay Devgan). Shekhar agrees to this as he wants the smuggled necklace back which he hides in Sanjana’s bag.
Both Sanjana and Shekhar pretend to love each other to show off in front of Rahul and Nisha has some success but not completely change Rahul’s mind. Disheartened by this Sanjana decides to go back to Paris but in this game they starts to love each other but do not express each others feelings. The climax of the movie is very exiting as Shekhar wants the smuggled necklace which Sanjana gives to the police, Shekhar is in need of this as he need movie for his brother operation suffering for cardiac problem. Sanjana secretly help Shekhar but he comes to know from the police. Shekhar manages to stop the aircraft and propose Sanjana in front of all the passengers. Sanjana who has come to marry and find her true love.
Final Thoughts
This is amongst the finest performances by Kajol. She has been truly remarkable in all aspects and portrayal of emotions in this movie. Ajay Devgan also good but the Anees Bazmee. Jatin-Lalit’s music was the highlight of the movie and Jaspinder Naroola bagged the filmfare award for best playback singer for the song “Pyar to Hona Hi Tha”
Rating
Excellent direction, best cinematography, hit music by Jatil-Lalit, well rendered song by Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, Pop sensation Remo Fernandes, Jaspinder Narula, Udit Narayan and great Asha Bhosle. Pyara to Hona hi tha was a hit and did $20 million in the box office worldwide.
Reviews and ratings of emotional love story, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
Movie: Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Year: 1999
Genre: Romance, Musical, Drama
Stars: Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan, Aishwarya Rai, Vikram Gokhale and Vinay Pathak
Snapshot of the story
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam is an emotional love triangle between Sameer (Salman Khan), Vanraj (Ajay Devgan) and Nandini (Aishwarya Rai). Nandini’s father is a classical singer and Sameer comes to India from Italy to learn classical songs. Both Nandini and Sameer fall in love, however Nandini’s father has other plans and wants Nandini to marry his friend’s son Vanraj. This sets an exciting tone for the movie and glues audience to their seats.
Storyline
Pandit Darbar (Vikram Gokhle) is a proponent of Indian Classical Music. He has a beautiful daughter Nandini who is also learning music from her father. Sameer (Salman Khan) lives in Italy and wants to learn Indian Classical Music and he comes to India to learn the art from Pandit Darbar. As Sameer and Nandini learn music together they start loving each other and share their feelings with each other.
Pandit Darbar comes to know about this and becomes furious with both of them. He refuses to teach classical music to Sameer and also fixes Nandini’s wedding with his friend’s son Vanraj (Ajay Devgan). With his father’s pressure Nandini has to marry Vanraj and Sameer goes back to Italy. Dil De Check Saman becomes a fast track drama when Vanraj comes to know about the fact and he decide that he will not come in between their way and let Nandini go to Sameer and escort her to Italy. There is yet another twist in the tale as circumstances and incident makes Nandini starts loving Vanraj. The climax of the story was hi-fi emotional drama as Nandini refuse to leave Vanraj.
Final Thoughts
Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali established himself in the industry with this blockbuster hit. Debutant music director Ismail Darbar did a fantastic job by using Indian folk music for this movie. Hum Dil De Cheke Sanam bagged 9 filmfare awards including best movie of the year and best director award. Ismail Dardab received RD Burman award for best music director – debut.
Rating
Movie score of 9 out of 10 for best performance in all departments Ajay Devgan and Aishwarya Rai gave towering performances. It has a good storyline, best screenplay, best music and strong direction that contributed to the success of this movie.
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Romantic Hit of Shahrukh Khan, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Monday, November 28th, 2011
Movie: Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (Relations are Made in Heaven)
Director: Aditya Chopra
Year: 2008
Genre: Family, Romance, Comedy, Musical
Stars: Shahrukh Khan, Anushka Sharma and Vinay Pathak
Snapshot of the story
RNBDJ is story of young man Suri Sahani (played by Sharukh Khan) who is believes in simple living and believes that “Relationships are made in heaven”. Due to unavoidable reasons Suri Sahani has to marry his teachers daughter Taani (Played by Anushka Sharma) who loves other guys. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is interesting love story where Suri Sahani try to impress his own wife by getting a make over and in disguise this results in funny and interesting plot of the story.
Movie Review of Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Storyline
Movie is must watch for people who love Sharukh Khan, RNBDJ is an emotional love story, debutant Anushka Sharma looked good and impresses with his acting and dancing talent.
Story of Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi was very weak where a girl gets married to a stranger just because it is her father last will and does not fit in this 20th century scenario. Even after getting married both Suri Sahani and Taani stay away from each other and Suri Sahani wants to do something so that Taani start loving him. On the other side Taani has decided that she will live with Mr. Sahani but loving him is not possible. Taani has great passion for dancing and want to join a dancing one month dancing camp.
Suri Sahani takes this as an opportunity to impress Taani and also join this dancing camp; he goes for his make over to disguise Taani to hide his identity by the name Raj kapoor. Both become the dancing partner. In this one month Raj kapoor tries all his tricks to impress Taani and be Mr. Perfect for her. Taani start liking Raj Kapoor but she knows that she is married and this is some thing would society would not accept. Even Suri Sahani wants to reveal the truth and he chooses the final day of the summer camp as they are the finalist of dancing contest. This becomes the high point of story as Taani would not believe that Suri did all this to impress her but she is already impressed by him.
Final Thought
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is sweet emotional story but has weak storyline but that has been over come by impressing performance by Shahrukh Khan and Anushka Shankar. Director Aditya Chopra did a good task as director to lift the movie, however this effort could have been more appreciated if he has shown similar passion in writing story. Music composed by Salim – Sulaiman contributes heavily in making this hit.
Rating
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Scores 7 out of 10 because of its romantic music, great performances by all actors and good story narration. It could have been a bigger hit if the story has been given more importance.
Love Story of Aamir and Kajol - Fanaa
Friday, November 25th, 2011
Movie: Fanaa
Director: Kunal Kohli
Genre: Romance, Drama, Musical
Time:2006
Stars: Amir Khan, Kajol, Rishi Kapoor and Tabu
Snapshot of the story
Fanaa is big budget movie from Yash raj films with a superb star cast and before the release the hype created by Aamir Khan was a strategic marketing move which generated a huge interest in the opening. Fanaa is an emotional love story of frivolous and flirty guy Rehan (Amir Khan), who is frivolous, flirty, colorful, joyful young and a blind girl Zooni (Kajol) from Kashmir, who is patriotic, emotional and an extraordinary dancer. Fanaa is a romantic story which revolves around these characters and takes a tragic turn when Zooni comes to know of Rehan’s truth.
Movie Review of Fanaa
Storyline
Fanaa sets the tone of the movie with Zulfikar, father of Zooni who teaches her a lesson that “it’s easy to choose between right or wrong, but it comes to us when its time to choose the better one of the two rights or lesser of the two evils”. As she is going to stranger city first time is his life to perform on one republican day. There she meets local guide Rehan who impresses Zooni by his romantic poetry. Zooni starts liking him and expresses her feeling for him. Rehan on the other hand does not believe in love and all he is looking is to fulfill his sexual needs. Zooni does not get hurt by Rehan’s view and decides that she will change Rehan’s feeling one day.
This is the first time when Kajol and Aamir khan made the onscreen presence together. Romance was high when Zooni was making an effort to create feeling for her in Rehan’s heart. To see the beautiful world Zooni goes through a successful eye surgery followed by the sad news of Rehan’s death in a terrorist activity. Investigation reveals some shocking news of Rehan being the mastermind of the terrorist activity.
This unexpected turn gives a dramatic turn and makes the audience tied to their seat. What happens next must be explored by watching the movie.
Final Thoughts
Fanaa is a must watch movie, Kajol and Aamir both gave their solid performances. Director Kunal Kohli looked very mature with the amount of detailing he has put in the story and screen play. Lyricist Prasoon Joshi wrote romantics songs and duo Jatin-Lalit did a fine job in giving them a romantic musical touch.
Rating
Fanaa Scores 8.5 out of 10 with an entire team made of a masterpiece of talents. A strong storyline and screen play, good music and superb marketing skills by Aamir Khan made Fanaa the blockbuster of 2006.
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