Showing posts with label Vishal Shekhar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vishal Shekhar. Show all posts

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Hindi Movie - Bachna Ae Haseeno (released in 2008) - Starring Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, and Bipasha Basu

When you get a movie that has some of the most charismatic, sexy and young faces of Bollywood, you would expect a very interesting movie. I would not call 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' an incredible movie, but it was a very interesting movie with a subject that was different. For the likes of Ranbeer Kapoor, doing a role that also subjected to him being humiliated on screen, having to follow the dictates of somebody whom he had ditched, gives him a reputation for looking out for interesting roles. Further movies he has done after that include such movies as Rockstar, Rocket Singh and Barfi. The music for the film was given by Vishal-Shekhar, and the song 'Khuda Jaane', sung by KK, became very popular.
The movies stars such young stars as Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and Minissha Lamba, and also an experienced and sexy star such as Bipasha Basu. The movie, produced by Aditya Chopra, was directed by Siddharth Anand, an experienced director (who had some successes such as Salaam Namaste (2005) and also a failure in the form of Ta Ra Rum Pum (released in 2007)). The selection of the leading ladies for the film took a fair amount of time, with some of the actresses being considered including Preity Zinta, Katrina Kaif, Amrita Rao. However, even though the story included 3 actresses, the story weaved in and out, and there were almost no scenes where the actresses were in the same scenes, keeping the spotlight firmly on Ranbeer Kapoor, since he was there in all the scenes.




(If you don't want to read the story of the movie, don't read any further)
The story in a nutshell is the story of a young man, who goes from one love affair to another, but who decides on his own when to stay and when to leave the affair, irrespective of the feeling of the girl he is with, and what this does to the girl when she finds out.
Raj Sharma (Ranbeer) first meets Mahi (Lamba) who is out on a trip on a train in Europe. She is like the typical romantic, somebody who believes in true love and who will sweep her off her feet. She misses her train, and who does she but Raj, apparently missing the train because she had missed her train. He offers to help her catch up by getting her to the airport, and even writes a poem for her. As expected, she falls for him, but he was just doing time pass, and then hears him boasting to his friends about what they did, and is shocked, and he sees her when gets shocked.
Next episode, he is working with Microsoft and has a modern neighbor in the form of Radhika, an upcoming model. Soon they fall for each other and start having a live-in relationship. But when he gets an offer to move to Sydney, he expects that he can easily break the relationship and she will not have a problem, being a modern girl. However, she has love and marriage on her mind, and she finally ends up being ditched at the registrar's office. 2 girls ditched so far, and both of them carry deep wounds because of this.
And then the reverse. He meets a girl called Gayatri (played by Deepika) who is truly an independent women. She drives taxis, she studies and so on, but when he falls for her and proposes, she has no interest and refuses. This finally causes him to realize what he did to the earlier 2 women in his life, and taking this further, decides to go back to Mahi and Radhika and apologize for what he has done to them.
What happens next ? Do these girls decide to forgive him for what he had done ? What about Gayatri ? See it on TV or get the DVD.

Hindi Movie - Bachna Ae Haseeno (released in 2008) - Starring Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, and Bipasha Basu

Monday, March 26, 2012

Tashan (released in 2008) - A much awaited movie, but acclaimed as a major disaster

Tashan was one of the most awaited movies of 2008. The movie was the first movie together of the new star couple (Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan) and hence very awaited. In addition, Akshay Kumar was also part of the star attraction, combined with Anil Kapoor in a negative role, some much awaited (and different) music by Vishal-shekhar, and the much-talked about major attraction of the movie, Kareena Kapoor in a size zero and in a green bikini.
And this was also one of the biggest stinkers of the year, getting a just about average rating from critics, and getting pretty bad word of mouth. This was compounded by the fact that there was a huge dispute about revenue sharing between the multiplex owners and the film producers and it took some time to get this dispute resolved. This dispute also resulted in some reduction in the bookings for the movie; but the bigger problem was that most people did not really like the movie. The saving grace for the movie is that the CD / DVD of the movie is a good seller, which means that people like this movie when they can see it at home, but did not really want to see this movie at the hall.

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The movie saw a lot of interviews before the release, with a lot of coverage of Kareena Kapoor for the size zero she achieved, and the exercise regime she followed for getting there. And there were the sound-bites by Vishal-Shekhar about the music they had released, and how it would become a landmark event, just because of the different kind of music. Anyhow, all this hype fell flat, and let us get some idea of the story.
The movie is a bit of a madcap, chase, deceit, love, and a lot of courage. In addition, the romance is shown in the end between Kareena and Akshay rather than between Kareena and Saif. So, you have Jimmy (Saif Ali Khan) as a person teaching English at a call center. Into his life comes Pooja (Kareena), wanting him to teach English; he assumes that he will be teaching her and agrees. However, it is actually her boss Bhaiyyaji (Anil Kapoor) who wants to learn English. Pretty quickly, Pooja is able to get Jimmy on her side, convincing him that she owns money to Bhaiyyaji and wants to go to her father's funeral at Haridwar. So, Jimmy agrees to help her steal money from Bhaiyyaji, and they run away. He does not know too much about Bhaiyyaji, and when he learns that Bhaiyyaji is a mafia don and known for his cruelty, he wants to warn Pooja but she has already run away with all the money.
Bhaiyyaji sends Bachchan Pande (Akshay Kumar) to go after Jimmy; and when Bachchan catches Jimmy, they head off towards Haridwar to get Pooja. However, she sees them and runs away, and in a fight between Jimmy and Bachchan, the car has an accident, and falls into the water, the same water from which Pooja emerges in a scene meant for the front-benchers. Some episodes later, Pooja realizes that Bachchan is actually her childhood love, and that long lost love is reactivated. However, Jimmy has changed the money with stones, the same stones that Bachchan is now taking towards Bhaiyyaji. And then follows a fight at Bhaiyyaji's place, where they are surrounded by a lot of henchmen, but then they defeat everybody and Bhaiyyaji gets killed.

Tashan (released in 2008) - A much awaited movie, but acclaimed as a major disaster

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Dostana - Interesting movie

I consider Dostana a new age movie. Here is a movie that took a subject that arouses great controversies in India (remember the controversy about Fire?) and makes a comedy about it, if you ignore the last 30 minutes of drama. The movie is eminently watchable, and does not try to preach in any way. At the same time, since the concept of the movie is more about normal guys pretending to be homosexuals, the movie really does not dwell too much on the parts that tend to squeamish to straight people (there is hardly any hugging or other intimacy, or even romantic talk shown between the 2 leads), and hence the movie certainly will not be portrayed as a movie that can be seen as the coming of age of homosexual movies in Bollywood.
However, the movie treats homosexuality as perfectly normal, to the extent that normal, single (and easily sexed up guys - since the opening shot shows these 2 guys getting up from beds after having spent a night with women) and handsome guys decide to play gays in order to get a house. The other people in the movie do not seem to have any problem whatsoever with them, and even the Punjabi mother accepts the situation after the initial shock and ritually accepts the partner as her 'bahu'.


The movie starred three hot actors, Priyanka Chopra, Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham, with the location set as Miami. Abhishek and John do not know each other, but run into each other a few times, most recently as when they are looking at the same house together. They are fascinated with the house that is available, but are told that they are not eligible since the young niece of the owner is already staying there, and 2 males in the same house will not be permissible. That is when they (with Abhishek taking the lead and John being more reluctant) decide to act as a gay couple. If they are a gay couple, then there is no problem, and they get the part. Things are going well, and they bond with the girl as well (and the scenes between them are fairly good).
There are circumstances in between, when one mother (Kiron Kher) turns up (since she receives a document confirming the gay relationship) and is horrified at the relationship her son is in, but she slowly accepts the relationship and is fine after that. There is an absolutely hilarious scene when Priyanka's boss (Boman Irani in a short but great role), who is quite obviously homosexual, comes for a party at her home (in fact, he is called since Priyanka wants to impress him in the hope that he will make her the boss before he leaves). He however, does not oblige, and makes Bobby Deol the new boss of the magazine.
Slowly, the duo finds that they are coming closer to her, while she is falling for Bobby Deol and he is falling for her. This is when the movie starts to lose its sheen; you start to see emotions being displayed and the story starts to stutter at this point. Maybe the actors were not really good for such a role. They plot as to how to separate these 2 (although there is one interesting situation whereby when Priyanka gets to know about their efforts, she suspects that these 2 are after Bobby Deol (not after her)). They eventually use Bobby's 5 year old son to plant differences and succeed in their plan (although Priyanka turns both of them down and kicks them out of the flat when they profess their love for her). In the end, they repent and try to bring them together.
Lot of skin show (including an item number by Shilpa Shetty), one great song (Maa Ka Ladla and maybe also Desigirl) and some good views of Miami. The movie is eminently watchable and worth buying and keeping. The movie is directed by Tarun Mansukhani, and produced by Karan Johar. Music is by Vishal-Shekhar.

Videos of songs from the movie Dostana (from Youtube):

Desigirl



Maa Da Ladla REMIX



Shut up and bounce



Jaane Kyun



Khabar Nahin




Dostana Movie (2008) starring Priyanka, Abhishek and John Abraham



Lyrics from the movie:

Desigirl (Sung by SHANKAR MAHADEVAN, SUNIDHI CHAUHAN)

(My Desi Girl, My Desi Girl, Girl Girl Girl Girl…… ) - 2

Jhoomka Girade, Jo Mila Le Agar Woh Nazar Se Nazar Mitade
Nachke Dikhade, Sabki Dhadhkan Bhi Kadam Se Kadam Milade
Lehron Se Chal Ke Jaal Bicha Ke,Dil Ko Ye Behaal Banade
Saare Deewane Maane, (Na Dekhi Koi Aisi Girl ) - 2
Dekhi Lakh Lakh Pardesi Girl, Ain’t Nobody Like My Desi Girl
Dekhi Lakh Lakh Pardesi Girl, Sab Toh Soni N Saadi Desi Girl
Who’s The Hottest Girl In The World, My Desi Girl, My Desi Girl
Thumka Lagaike She’ll Rock Your World, My Desi Girl, My Desi Girl

My Desi Girl, My Desi Girl, Girl Girl Girl Girl……
Pade Kamar Pe Jo Nazar, Saare Saapnon Mein Rang Bhar Jaaye
Jo Tham Le Woh Haath Toh, Haske Hi Aashiq Mar Jaayein
Dhoondon Jahan Mein Chahe Kahin, Na Tumko Milegi Koi Aisi Girl
Dekhi Lakh Lakh Pardesi Girl, Ain’t Nobody Like My Desi Girl
Dekhi Lakh Lakh Pardesi Girl, Sab Toh Soni N Saadi Desi Girl
Who’s The Hottest Girl In The World, My Desi Girl, My Desi Girl
Thumka Lagaike She’ll Rock Your World, My Desi Girl, My Desi Girl
My Desi Girl, My Desi Girl, Girl Girl Girl Girl……

Jahan Jahan Bhi Jau Main, Saari Nazrein Toh Peche Peche Aiye
Ruku Zara Mein Jo Yahan, Thandi Thandi Saari Saase Tham Jaye
Sabki Nigahon Ne Hai Kaha, Ke Khwaabon Mein Hai Dekhi (Meri Jaisi Girl ) - 2
Dekhi Lakh Lakh Pardesi Girl, Ain’t Nobody Like My Desi Girl
Dekhi Lakh Lakh Pardesi Girl, Sab Toh Soni N Saadi Desi Girl
Who’s The Hottest Girl In The World, My Desi Girl,My Desi Girl
Thumka Lagaike She’ll Rock Your World, My Desi Girl,My Desi Girl

Jhoomka Girade, Jo Mila Le Agar Woh Nazar Se Nazar Mitade
Nachke Dikhade, Sabki Dhadhkan Bhi Kadam Se Kadam Milade
Lehron Se Chaal Ke Jaal Bicha Ke, Dil Ko Yu Behaal Banade
Saare Deewane Maane, (Na Dekhi Koi Aisi Girl ) - 2
Dekhi Lakh Lakh Pardesi Girl, Ain’t Nobody Like My Desi Girl
Dekhi Lakh Lakh Pardesi Girl, Sab Toh Soni N Saadi Desi Girl
Who’s The Hottest Girl In The World, My Desi Girl, My Desi Girl
Thumka Lagaike She’ll Rock Your World, My Desi Girl, My Desi Girl
My Desi Girl, My Desi Girl, Girl Girl Girl Girl……

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Maa Da Laadla Bigad Gaya (Sung by Saleem)

(Munda Sada Doli Chad Gaya, Band Baj Gaya, Oye Hoye Hoye ) - 2

(Chad Ki Saariyaaan Ek Baariya, Dil Nu Laiyaan Ki Bemaariyan) - 3
(Munda Munde Naal Paunda Yaariyan) - 2
Sheraa Panda Nure Aunda Khwabee Maa Da Ujad Gaya..
(Maa Da Laadla Begad Gaya) - 4
(Munda Sada Doli Chad Gaya, Band Baj Gaya, Oye Hoye Hoye ) - 2

Hire Mile Na Isnu Ye Ranjhe Uthe Mar Gaaya
O Ho Hoh Hire Mile Na Isnu Ye Ranjhe Uthe Mar Gaaya
Gora Cheetha Mukhda Dekho Kala Kar Gaya
Yeh Hoya Sagai Ohy Karo
Kismat Chakraiye Ohy Karo
Jag Sara Hasse Ki Kariye
Hun Koi Na Dasse Ki Kariye
Mehendi Launda Sagun Paunda, Khwaab De Maa Ka Ujad Gaya
(Maa Da Laadla Begad Gaya) - 4
(Munda Sada Doli Chad Gaya, Band Baj Gaya, Oye Hoye Hoye ) - 2

(Hoo Rab Hi Jaane Isspe Kisda Peya Parchawa) - 2
Innu Raj Na Aaiyaaan Zulfon Da Thandiya Chaawa
Yeh Dhoop Vich Sadta Mar Janaa
Mere Kehde Padta Mar Jana
Inke Koi Sudhare Oye Roko
Khenda Bhoot Utare Oye Roko
Make Jodiyan Rud Todiyan
Bin Sade Kab Nipat Gaya
(Maa Da Laadla Begad Gaya) - 4
(Munda Sada Doli Chad Gaya, Band Baj Gaya, Oye Hoye Hoye ) - 2

(Chad Ki Saariyaaan Ek Baariya, Dil Nu Laiyaan Ki Bemaariyan) - 2
(Munda Munde Naal Paunda Yaariyan) - 2
Sheraa Panda Nure Aunda, Khwabee Maa Da Ujad Gaya ..
(Maa Da Laadla Begad Gaya) - 4
(Munda Sada Doli Chad Gaya, Band Baj Gaya, Oye Hoye Hoye ) - 2

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Shut up and Bounce (Sung by Sunidhi Chauhan and Vishal)

Bounce, Bounce, Just Keep On Bouncing Baby
Bounce, Bounce, Just Keep On Bouncing..
Mil Mil Ke Raaton Mein Tu
Khwabon Ki Baaton Mein Aa
Bahon Mein Aa Ja Zara Jaaniya…(Jaaniya)
Chup Chup Ke Dhadkano Ki
Sunle Sadayein Aaja
Bahaon Mein Rehle Aaja Jaaniya…(Jaaniya)
Aab To Batoon Mein Rakha Kya Hai
Jab Har Pal Teri Aankein Kehti Hai Sau Kahaniyaan
(Shut Up N Bounce Baby Bounce, Mehki Mehki Hawaein
Behki Behki Jaayein Yeh Jawaniyan) - 2
Bounce, Bounce, Just Keep On Bouncing Baby
Bounce, Bounce, Just Keep On Bouncing..

Sham Ye Rangeen Kar Doon Mein, O Yeah O Yeah O Yeah
Bahein Teri Bhar Doon Mein, O Yeah O Yeah O Yeah
Yeh Isharein Rehne Do, Na Mujhko Kehne Do
Kahin Baaton Mein Beete Na Jawaniya
(Shut Up N Bounce Baby Bounce, Mehki Mehki Hawaein
Behki Behki Jaayein Yeh Jawaniyan) - 2
I Feel It (Do It All Night), I Need It (Do It All Night)
I Feel It Tonight.. Ohh.., (Do It All Night, Do It All Night)
I Feel It, (Do It All Night, Do It All Night)
I Need It, (Do It All Night, Do It All Night)
I Feel It Tonight

Aankhein Zalim Yeh Teri, O Yeah O Yeah O Yeah
Rahein Roke Hai Meri, O Yeah O Yeah O Yeah
Is Tarah Se De Dekho Na, Na Mukjko Dekho Na
Yeh Teri Aankhein Kehti Hai Sau Kahaniyaan
(Shut Up N Bounce Baby Bounce, Mehki Mehki Hawaein
Behki Behki Jaayein Yeh Jawaniyan) - 2
Mal Mal Ki Raaton Mein Tu, Khwabon Ki Baaton Mein Aa
Bahon Mein Aa Ja Zara Jaaniya…(Jaaniya)
Chup Chup Ke Dhadkano Ki, Sunle Sadayein Aaja
Bahaon Mein Rehle Aaja Jaaniya…(Jaaniya)
Aab To Batoon Mein Rakha Kya Hai
Jab Har Pal Teri Aankein Kehti Hai Sau Kahaniyaan

Bounce, Bounce Shut Up & Bounce
Bounce Shut Up & Bounce
( Don’t Get Your Body Moving ) - 3 Like This, Like This
Shut Up And Bounce, Bounce Shut Up & Bounce
( Don’t Get Your Body Moving ) - 3 Like This, Like This
( Shut Up And Bounce Baby, Bounce Shut Up & Bounce Baby ) - 3
( Don’t Get Your Body Moving ) - 3 Like This, Like This
Yeeeehhh….

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Jaane Kyun (Sung by Vishal)

(I' ll Be All Right) - 2

I' ll Be All Right
Tu Hai To Tedhi Medhi Rahein
Ulti Pulti Baatein, Seedhi Lagti Hai
Tu Hai To Jhoothe Muthe Vaadein
Dushman Ke Iraade, Sacche Lagtein Hain..
Jo Dil Mein Taare Vaare De Jaga, Woh Tu Hi Hai, Tu Hi Hai
Jo Roote Roote De Hasa, Tu Hi Hai Wohi..
(Jaane Kyun Jaane Kyun Dil Jaanta Hai.., Tu Hai To, I' ll Be All Right
I' ll Be All Right, I' ll Be All Right) - 2

Saari Duniya Ek Taraf Hai, Ek Taraf Hai Hum
Har Khushi To Door Bhage, Mil Rahein Hai Gum
But When U Smile For Me, World Seems All Right
Yeh Meri Zindagi, Pal Mein Khil Jaaye, Jaane Kyun..
(Jaane Kyun.., Jaane Kyun Dil Jaanta Hai.., Tu Hai To, I' ll Be All Right
I' ll Be All Right, I' ll Be All Right) - 2

(Yeah Yeah Yeah, I' ll Be All Right, I' ll Be All Right, I' ll Be All Right
Yeah Yeah Yeah, I' ll Be All Right, I' ll Be.. All.. Right..) - 2
Oh Oo.., Chote Chote Kuch Palon Ka, Dostana Yeah
Jaane Kyun Abb Lag Raha Hai, Jaana Maana Yeah
Cos When Smile For Me, World Seems All Right
Yeah Saare Pal Yehi, Yuhi Tham Se Jaaye, Jaane Kyun, Jaane Kyun
(Jaane Kyun.., Jaane Kyun Dil Jaanta Hai.., Tu Hai To, I' ll Be All Right
I' ll Be All Right, I' ll Be All Right) - 2

Tu Hai To Tedhi Medhi Rahein
Ulti Pulti Baatein, Seedhi Lagti Hai
Tu Hai To Jhoothe Muthe Vaadein
Dushman Ke Iraade, Sacche Lagtein Hain
Jo Dil Mein Taare Vaare De Jaga, Woh Tu Hi Hai,Tu Hi Hai
Jo Roote Roote De Hasa, Tu Hi Hai Wohi..
(Jaane Kyun.., Jaane Kyun Dil Jaanta Hai.., Tu Hai To, I' ll Be All Right
I' ll Be All Right, I' ll Be All Right) - 3