Fashion Movie Review

Director: Madhur BhandarkarCast: Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut, Mughda Godse, Arbaaz Khan, Kitu Gidwani, Arjan BajwaFor all that hype around Madhur Bhandarkar exposing the Fashion Industry and its crude realities in this film, sorry to say – Fashion is not as hard-hitting as Chandni Bar or Page 3.The film is built around clichés and stereotypes, which were obviously not expected, not from Madhur at least.

The story revolves around Meghna Mathur (Priyanka Chopra), a middle-class girl from small-town Chandigarh who dreams of becoming a model after winning a local beauty contest. The story is about how she reaches the top and falls from there only bounce back and regain her stardom. Parallel to her is Shonali Gujral (Kangana Ranaut) who has a similar story, the only difference being, she is hit harder by her failure that leads to a complete mental and emotional breakdown.

The film could’ve been more realistic if there were slight changes in the storyline. Our heroine seems to meet too many good Samaritans in the industry who help her to get up there. She is shown to be a very nice girl who makes no compromises on a personal level (except for doing a lingerie advertisement) in her struggling days. She doesn’t manipulate, snatch, and carve her way up, things just happen for her… that feels a little ‘too-good-to-be-true’… especially in the big bad world of fashion where everyone looks towards their own benefit… as Madhur wants to show.

She meets Arjan Bajwa a fellow struggler who she falls in love with but loses him out because their egos clash. She meets Mugdha Godse, a nice hearted fellow struggling model, who doesn’t make it quite big because she is just not the leading lady of the film. She befriends business tycoon Arbaaz Khan who finally ‘makes’ her career only to end up in bed with her. Throughout the film, Madhur gives us reasons to sympathize with Meghna Mathur, he doesn’t leave it to us to decide whether she is worth sympathizing or not.

The movie is fairly predictable. Kangana Ranaut does an extension of her Wo Lamhe act. But she looks extremely professional when she walks the ramp. Looks awesome too. We are expected to sympathize with her too – abusive boyfriend, emotional instability etc etc. Her famous wardrobe malfunction scene is shown as an ‘accident’ that finally leads to her breakdown – positive disposition again – ruins the realism factor.

Gay stereotypes were a bit too many – Harsh Chhaya the best of them. But Sameer Soni deserves a pat for his performance. He breaks the stereotype of the effeminate gay fashion designer and comes across as a very normal, ordinary fashion designer who happens to be a gay. Wish his gay kissing scene was included in the film, would’ve added depth to his portrayal.

So basically Madhur wanted to tell us, through this movie, that Fashion world is all about - bad brutal competition, selfishness, wardrobe malfunction, design theft, drugs, promiscuity, homosexuality, incessant smoking and drinking. Good effort. But this reality could’ve been more real to be as hard-hitting as he’d wanted it to be. Worth a Watch! Rating - 3/5

Clean Shaven head Aamir Khan in ‘Ghajini’

In a screening press conference for much awaited ‘Ghajini’ that is awaited to be released in December. Amir Khan stole the show being as good story teller and interpreter for the movie. Amir Khan Produced and starred movie have also other stars like Asin Thottumkal, Jiah Khan and Riyaz Khan. ‘Ghajini’ is a remake of 2005 Tamil film about a man amnesia (Aamir Khan), who wants to avenge his wife’s murder (Jiah Khan). The plotline of Christopher Nolan’s American film ‘Memento’ (2000) is similar to that of ‘Ghajini’. A. R Rahman directed songs of the movie are shot at Namibian desert and Cape Town in South Africa.  In the movie Rehman has sported a different as you will see him in clean-shaven head in the movie.

SRK’s Temptation Reloaded Has Added More Ammunition to Blast

Shah Rukh’s in his ‘Temptation Reloaded 2008’, a live concert world tour bandwagon has added more stars to rock the world. In the next event for the tour at Dubai Festival City Arena, Katrina Kaif and Arjun Rampal have joined the SRK’s group. Hard Kaur, Anusha Dandekar and Ganesh Hegde are other stars who would perform along SRK at the show.However, shows in Germany and Spain have been cancelled and SRK is in tight spot due to breach of contract. The show is also to be part of coronation celebrations of Bhutan’s new king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk in Thimpu, capital of the Himalayan kingdom, from November 6-8.

Aishwarya- A Totally Bankable Star

Bollywood gurus believe that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is one of the most bankable stars in the Indian film industry. Film critic, Taran Adarsh confirms, “Aishwarya’s career graph has been very good though not excellent but she is the only actress who can attract national and international crowds. She is the face of so many international brands and a very good actress also.” Jagmohan Mundhra who directed Ash in provoked said, “She is a superstar. Not only is she a recognised name worldwide; she is a totally bankable star. My personal experience with her from ‘Provoked’ says that the film wouldn’t have worked without her.”

“The best thing about her is that despite her stature, she is completely a director’s actor. She would also give her inputs in the character and would never come back to see a shot once the director approves it. She is thoroughly professional,” Mundhra added. Priyanka Chopra also has some praises to heap on Ash, she says, “She is a gorgeous lady, a very elegant person and a great representative of India abroad and I think she has made some great cinema recently. I’d like to watch a lot more of her in films,”

Saif Is My Perfect Man: Kareena

Kareena Kapoor, as she grows older, is being more and more candid with the media. In a recent interview, she was more willing to talk about things like her diet, Shahid, and Saif. Kareena said she is now a better - calm and stronger person now. She said, “I’m a stronger girl now, far more at ease with myself than I was earlier. I’m doing things, which I want to.” Talking about her break-up with Shahid Kapoor she said, “It was a very difficult perieod. Whatever went wrong between Shahid and me is very personal. I have always maintained that Shahid will always be a part of my life. But, we are better off as friends. There is no animosity… Some times there are no reasones for things that happen in life. Even if there’s one, I dont think its right to talk about it openly.” Moving on to Saif, Kareena says he is her perfect man. “He is fun and extremely loyal. He has all the qualities which I always wanted in a man. He is also very supportive and gives me space.” Marriage she says will happen in about 2-3 years time hopefully with Saif. Till then she just wants to be with him

Meet Kajol and Ajay’s daughter Nysa

Look how much Kajols daughter Nysa has grown  

When Hrithik let his hair down…

Returning home after a long and hectic schedule of his home-production Kites, Hrithik Roshan decided to spend some quality time with his family. And what better occasion than his wife, Sussane's birthday last Sunday to let his hair down? Hrithik invited the crème-de la crème of Bollywood to join him to wish Sussane a very happy birthday.
It so happened that we were passing by Hrithik's house (Palazzo Apartments in Juhu) and noticed some heavy duty lighting and music emanating from the house. The buzz at the Roshan house set us into a fact-finding mission. In fact, the flats of Rajesh Roshan and Rakesh Roshan who occupy the top three floors in the building - floor 8, 9 and 10, (see pic), were also lit up.
So what did the guest list read like? Among a host of Bollywood biggies there were Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Karan Johar, Kajol, Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut, Neelam, Yash Chopra and Uday Chopra.
Our source from Bollywood who attended the party said, “Every year, Hrithik celebrates Sussane's birthday in great style. Unlike the past years, Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukherji were conspicuous by their absence this year.

Shah Rukh couldn't make it as he was in Dubai. Yashji came in for 10-15 minutes only. Abhishek and Aishwarya stayed late and it was good to see the couple enjoying themselves. Recently, both of them have had a stressful time because of their fathers' illness and it was time that they had a night out.”The party that began at 11 pm wound up only after 2.30 am. Our source close to the Roshans said, “It was great to see the superhero, Hrithik, in a family-man avatar, letting his hair down and shaking a leg to some racy numbers.”

Sameera Reddy joins ‘De Dana Dan’

Priyadarshan’s next comedy “De Dana Dan” has the star-cast of Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Suniel Shetty and Neha Dhupia. Now, an added member to this team is Sameera Reddy.Sameera confirmed the news and said, “I’ve never worked with Priyan before. But I think he liked my comic timing in ‘Race’ where I played Anil Kapoor’s airheaded assistant. That’s how I am in ‘De Dana Dan’ too. I’ve always been a big Priyan fan, by the way.”However, Sameera will have to wait for sometime before she gets to work with Priyadarshan because Priyan has shifted this comedy from November 2008 to January 2009 because he is busy with “Bam Bam Bhole” starring child actor Darsheel Safary of “Taare Zameen Par” fame.And the director sure is excited about it.“‘Bam Bam Bhole’ is not a small arthouse film. It’s a full-on entertainer. And it needs nurturing. Once I release ‘Billo Barber’, I need to promote ‘Bam Bam Bhole’ properly. ‘De Dana Dan’ with Akshay, Katrina, Sameera Reddy, Suniel Shetty and Neha Dhupia has gone forward by a few months.”

 

Neha Dhupia & Ritwik Bhattacharya - Love-birds go public

Open confession of love started with Ranbir-Deepika and Saif-Kareena making their relationship public and it is the color of the season now. One more celebrity couple makes a confession of their love relationship in the November issue of the ‘People’ magazine.We are indeed talking about the gorgeous Neha Dhupia and the squash player Ritwik Bhattacharya, who had been denying their courtship for a very long time. The issue has Neha say, “There has been a lot of speculation in the press about our relationship. There were stories about us not being together”. Ritwik adds, “People who needed to know always knew about our relationship. Also, now we are more comfortable with each other. So, I guess this is the right time to talk about our relationship.”The issue also has the couple speak about their take on past relationships, on taking the next step, on marriage, on parents’ reaction etc…

Lakme Fashion Week summed up with a Fashion Parade

It was a fiery end to Lakme fashion week in Mumbai where a number of celebrities walked on the ramp in designer outfits on the final day of the 2008 season. On the day, Celina Jaitely and Mandira Bedi were dressed up in designer outfits of Babita Malkani and Archana Kochhar. Where Anil Kapoor had a very interesting dress up designed by Kunal Rawal. View the pics from the final day of the Mega event.

Priyanka Chopra on the 12th anniversary issue of ‘Cosmopolitan’

Inspite of giving a series of mega budgeted flops like ‘Love Story 2050’, ‘Chamku’ and ‘Drona’, Priyanka Chopra is very much rocking these days, especially when her eagerly anticipated ‘Fashion’ is about to hit the screens. So, she was but the natural choice by the editor for the twelveth anniversary issue of ‘Cosmopolitan’. Priyanka add the right glamour quotient to the cover with her dazzling smile. Though clad in a simple green dress, she just looks worth a million dollars. What say pals?

Sonu Sood: The young Big B

Well if you are are craving to have a look at younger version of Big B,you can now have a look at aspiring actor Sonu Sood, as he has been officially branded as a look alike of Big B when he was young by none other than Jaya Bachchan.Sonu Sood has bagged a role in ABCL production, King Ashoka, for the character of Teevar on Jaya Bachchan’s recommendation.Sonu says, “Jayaji feels I look like Amitji in his youth. I only got to know she recommended me for the role much later. I promise I won’t let the Bachchans down.”What do you feel guys? Does he look like Amitabh Bachchan?

Katrina Kaif set to perform at J.W.Mariott this 31st December

J.W.Mariott at Mumbai has always managed to get the best of Bollywood beauties to groove their body at the new year’s eve. One year it was the controversial performance from Mallika Sherawat for 50 lakhs, the year next was Bipasha Basu who pocketed in a whopping 90 lakhs for half an hour performance and guess who will give her performance this year. Definitely none other than Katrina Kaif who has given a series of hits at the box office lately including ‘Namastey London’, ‘Welcome’, ‘Race’ and latest being ‘Singh Is Kinng’.Needless to say, the actress has been paid a huge sum of money amounting to about 1 crore for this performance. Noted designer Rocky S would be in charge of her costumes while Bosco-Caesar will be choreographing her act.When contacted, Katrina, who is in New York where she is currently shooting for Kabir Khan’s film, New York, refused to confirm the amount but said, “Yes, I am performing at the Marriott on December 31. We have finalised the deal.”“It will be good fun. I am looking forward to it. I have a very comfortable equation with Rocky S,” she said.So what songs will Katrina shake a leg to? “We haven’t listed the songs as yet. But it will obviously be some of the hit songs from the films which I have acted in,” she added.

Preity Zinta best actress in Chicago

Well Preity Zinta has finally got her hands on the coveted trophy of the Best actress not at the very publicized Filmfare awards but at highly acclaimed Chicago International Film Festival for her performance in flick Heaven on Earth.The bubbly actress excitedly exclaims, “I am so happy and excited. I’m going to have a blissfully debauched celebration this evening. It was my director Deepa Mehta who informed me on Saturday afternoon that I had won. Neither Deepa nor I could go to Chicago, I’m thrilled that I’ve done it without any lobbying,”Preity who has switched to offbeat movies like The Last Lear, Heroes and Heaven on Earth recently is on cloud nine.She adds, “I’m walking on sunshine. Do you know everyone discouraged me from doing Heaven On Earth and Heroes? But I wanted a change.”We congratulate Preity on her well deserved success.:)

When Shilpa lost her luggage

Well losing luggage can be nightmarish for anyone who is traveling abroad, but imagine losing seven suitcases at a go? Well that’s what has happened to Shilpa Shetty when she was going to Miami from London.Shilpa reveals, “Imagine losing all that you had carried for a long stay abroad. It was such a maddening situation. I lost all my seven bags at a go. It wasn’t just my bags; even my entire staff’s bags were misplaced. It was a nightmare. I lost everything, right from all my basic essentials to creams, shampoos, conditioners, and of course my clothes. I had to buy each and everything within a day as I had absolutely nothing left with me and still had to carry on with my professional commitments. Thankfully, I wasn’t carrying my Dostana costumes designed by Manish (Malhotra).”Shilpa is performing a sizzling beach song in Dostana. It’s Shilpa’s narration after the song that introduces the heroes John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan in the movie.

Shoot on Sight (2008) - Pre Dvd Rip - Watch Online

Starring: Naseruddin Shah...... Tariq Ali, Greta Scacchi...... Susan Ali, Om Puri, Gulshan Grover
Director: Jagmohan Mundhra
Producer: Arun Govil
Music Director: John Altman
Ripper: Don (FilmiJoy)
Synopsis The film has been inspired by the suicide bombings in London of July 7, 2005, in which four British Muslims killed themselves and 52 other innocent people in London. Those injured totalled to about 700. The film unfolds the turmoil in the life of Tariq Ali (Naseeruddin Shah), a Muslim police officer at Scotland Yard. Commander Ali, born in Lahore, and married to an English woman, is tasked to investigate the police shooting of a suspected Muslim terrorist in the London Underground. Distrusted by both his superiors and his fellow Muslims, he finds his inquiry hampered from all sides. When evidence surfaces pointing to the slain man’s innocence, as well as the existence of a terrorist cell operating in his own backyard, Tariq must face the realisation that sometimes, the right decision is the hardest one to make.

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Sanjay Leela Bhansali teams up Deepika and Hrithik

Deepika Padukone is on a joy ride these days. She has a successful ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’ behind her, she has upcoming big one ‘Chandni Chowk To China’ with hit machine Kinng Kumar lined up and she also has Saif’s ambitious home production as well. On the personal front too she has a wonderful beau Ranbir Kapoor alongside which keeps the couple much in news.Now Deepika has another reason too to be cheerful about. Sanjay Leela Bhansali has selected her for a leading role opposite Hrithik Roshan. The buzz is that Bhansali is trying to get the rest of the cast sorted by end of this month and expects to start shooting as soon as Hrithik completes his current movie, ‘Kites.’Hrithik is presently holidaying in Bora Bora, close to Tahiti with his wife Suzanne Khan. He has been busy for the last two months shooting his home production Kites in USA.

Heroes (2008) - Pre Dvd Rip - Watch Online

Starring: Salman Khan, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Mithun Chakraborty, Preity Zinta, Vatsal Seth, Dino Morea, Sohail Khan, Riya Sen
Director: Samir Karnik
Producer: Bharat Shah, Vikas Kapoor, Samir Karnik
Music Director: Sajid, Wajid, Monty Sharma
Singers: Sonu Nigam, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Kunal Ganjawala, Sukhwinder Singh, Soumya Raoh, Wajid, Shail Hada, Parthiv Gohil, Rekha
Lyrics: Jalees Sherwani, Rahul B. Seth
Genre: Social
Runtime: 2Hour and 20Mins

Synopsis
Sammy and Ali are two bosom pals. Everything they do, they do together and are highly dependent on each other. While Sammy is an eccentric, high-spirited and has an uncanny knack of finding humor in the weirdest of situations, Ali is quieter and more mature. When the two friends travel a thousand miles to deliver three letters as a part of their film school assignment, little do they know that the journey that they have embarked on will give them a new meaning of life.

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Posh turns Vogue India hot

Vogue India’s latest issue doesn’t feature a beautiful Indian face on its cover, rather it is ex-spice girl Victoria Beckham gracing the cover of Vogue India.Victoria Beckham wife of Soccer sensation David Beckham and also called Posh Spice is seen in a Indian bridal sari.Victoria says, “I have long been an avid admirer of the Indian fashion and lifestyle culture.”Anahita Shroff Adajania, fashion director for the magazine, reveals that Posh was very excited trying the Indian outfits, “She absolutely loved everything about it — from the ‘maang tikka’ and ‘haath zeb’ (traditional Indian jewellery) to the gorgeous lehengas (traditional Indian skirt with embroidery),” she says.

Well how do you like the Indianized version of Victoria Beckham?

First Look : Raaz 2

Check out the first look of the sequel of the superhit horror movie Raaz - Raaz 2. The film starrs Emraan Hasmi, Kangana Ranaut and Adhyayan Suman.

Although the poster doesn’t reveal much about Raaz 2, you can still have a look at it  and leave your precious comments about it.