Sadness

If at times you feel you want to cry
And life seems such a trial
Above the clouds theres a bright blue sky
So make your tears a smile.

As you travel on lifes way
With its many ups and downs
Remember its quite true to say
One smile is worth a dozen frowns.

Among the worlds expensive things
A smile is very cheap
And when you give a smile away,
You get one back to keep.

Happiness comes at times to all
But sadness comes unbidden
And sometimes a few tears must fall
Among the laughter hidden.

So when friends have sadness on their face
And troubles round them piled
The world will seem a better place
And all because you smiled.

Home Delivery

The First Movie EVER in Backdrop of the Great Festival - Diwali, thats the thing, iwill remember on my mind, and diwali spirit is shown so well that i feed really proud to be associated with it.....................always i used to think when i watch a christmas movie every year.........that someone should make a DIWALI movie.......this is it.....little late but ya..........it is here........oh my god, have anyone seen so much long list of of songs or special appearances??

12 special appearances and 12 yes 12 songs,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,mind blowing isnt it? i am not naming them all to ruin your surprise... but movie is not that good...as it sounds.........movie is abt a writer [viveik aanand oberoi] who thinks he is greatest of all and suddenly have a writer's block. Things are totally gone against him and he has to complete script of his first ever movie as a script writer for none other than Karan JOhar........yeah...aayesha takia plays a better half [not actually as they are living in] and looks gorgeous...suddenly mahima comes in his life and things become going wrong...2 crappy neighbours....saurabh shukla and tiku t. are just okay........Director Sujoy tried to create Jhankaar magic here also but we hardly can laugh at some scenes.........on the other side some scenes like southern movie sequence and tv program shoot are really awesome......

mahima shows more and more cleavage due to "demand of the story" [u know]..also music of vishal and shekhar is just about okay...but to admit this is kinda A Musical where story goes with songs...which is a nice try...but lemme admit here that THEY HAS GIVEN FIRST EVER DIWALI SONG in India which is a mainly Hindu country and everyone celebrate diwali with so much joy, Diwali song is really good......Boman Irani..........steals the show when he says "happy diwali" gosh........i can never explain wht feelings are there in mind...his role should be more developed so he could give more great appearance but.........anyways............climax is also okay dockey.....OVERALL ITS A FUN MOVIE WHICH CAN NOT BE HARMFUL TO YOUR POCKETS IF U WATCH IN MORNING SHOW [LIKE I DID-There were only twenty people in hall and many of them were thinking ''where is home delivery in movie?"] actually this movie should be named HAPPY DIWALI....kyon Boman?

P.S. Since i had a little time to write this, please dont get disappointed by so short review Dear Readers.

Three most beautiful Bedtime songs [Lullaby] from Movies...

The Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King

Lay down
Your sweet and weary head
Night is falling
You have come to journey's end
Sleep now
And dream of the ones who came before
They are calling
From across the distant shore

Why do you weep?
What are these tears upon your face?
Soon you will see
All of your fears will pass away
Safe in my arms
You're only sleeping

What can you see
On the horizon?
Why do those white gulls call?
Across the sea
A pale moon rises
The ships have come
To carry you home

Dawn will turn to silver glass
A light on the water
All souls pass

Hope fades
Into the world of night
Through shadows falling
Out of memory and time
Don't say
We have come now to the end
White shores are calling
You and I will meet again
And you'll be here in my arms
Just sleeping

What can you see
On the horizon?
Why do those white gulls call?
Across the sea
A pale moon rises
The ships have come
To carry you home

And all will turn to silver glass
A light on the water
Grey ships pass
Into the West


MISSION KASHMIR

so ja cha.nda raaja so ja	Sleep, my lovely moonchild; sleep, my prince.
chal sapno.n me.n chal	Come to the world of dreams; come.
nii.nd ki pariyaa.n pehan ke aavi pairo.n me.n paayal	The sleep-fairies are here wearing anklets on their feet.
tujhko apne naram paro.n par leke jaa'e.nge	On their soft wings they'll waft you away
sone ka ik des hai jiskii sair karaa'e.ngii	for a stroll in a country of gold.
dhartii se kuchh duur kahii.n saat samandar paar	Far from this earth, somewhere across the seven seas,
aakaasho.n ke biich hai sapno.n ka sa.nsaar	amidst distant skies, is the world of dreams.
vo zamiin hai pyaar kii vahaa.n sirf pyaar hai	That is the land of love, where there is only love.
mere chaa.nd jaa vahaa.n tera i.ntazaar hai	My darling moon, go there, the fairies are waiting for you.
Chorus
jin pariyo.n ke husn par jannat ho qurabaan	These beauties who dazzle heaven,
un pariyo.n ke des me.n hoga tuu mehamaan	in their land you'll be a guest.
hai.n naviin kahaaniyaa.n jo tujhe sunaa'e.nge	They'll tell you new stories,
tere saath naache.ngii tere saath gaa'e.ngii	they'll dance and sing with you.
Chorus
tujhko apne naram paro.n par leke jaa'e.nge	On their soft wings they'll waft you away
sone ka ik des hai jiskii sair karaa'e.ngii	for a stroll in a country of gold.

SWADES

ni.ndiya tuu aa	Oh sleep, come to me
aahista ahista	slowly, slowly
ni.ndiya tuu aa	oh sleep, come to me
in do naino.n me.n	into these two eyes
halke se haule se	softly, gently
kuchh sapne bhole se	some innocent dreams
ni.ndiya tuu laa	oh sleep, bring to me
in do naino.n me.n ho...	into these two eyes
bahe soyii-soyii jaise saarii hawaa'e.n	the winds flow sleepily
samaa bhii hai soya-soya sa	the atmosphere is drowsy
ni.ndiya re ni.ndiya re tu mere a.nganaa re	oh sleep, in my arms
aa jaa re	come to me
in jhuktii palkon pe chha jaa re	spread in these half-closed eyes
aahista aahista	slowly, slowly
ni.ndiya tuu aa	oh sleep, come to me
mulaayam mulaayam sii niilii niilii raat hai	the dark blue night is soft and tender
thapaktii hai is dil ko yaade.n ka'ii	many memories tap on my heart
yaado.n ke paalne me.n koii khoyii khoyii baat hai	in the cradle of dreams lie forgotten matters
ni.ndiya ab aake tu merii biiti lorii gaake	oh sleep, come and sing a lullaby of days gone by
mere khoye sapne dikhlaa de haay	and bring back my lost dreams
yaado.n ka palna jhulaa de	rock the cradle of memories
aahista aahista	slowly, slowly
ni.ndiyaa tuu aa....	oh sleep, come to me
mahakii hawa kii reshmi chaadar kaho to bichhaa duu.n	I can spread a silken blanket of scented air if you wish
niil gagan se chaa.nd ko leke takiya banaa duu.n	from the blue sky I can take the moon to make a pillow
chaa.ndanii laake tumko oRHaake mai.n gungunaa'uu.n giit koii	I can cloak you with the moonbeam and hum a tune
us pal hii chupke se phir ni.ndiya aa jaaye	and that very moment sleep will come to you
palko.n pe jaise THahar jaaye	and rest on your eyelashes
miithi miithi ni.ndiya aaye	sweet sweet sleep will come
aahista aahista ni.ndiya tuu aa	slowly, slowly come oh sleep
in do naino.n men....	into these two eyes

go and listen to them .......u will surely get sleep

The Rising - Mangal Pandey

Mangal mangal mangal ho….

I swear its been 1.5 hours since I watched the movie & its still on my mind [even after hearing cd again]. Damn good song no one can resist to sing along. Full marks to A.R.R. I have quoted in earlier blog that may be I would like the music after watching the flick. That’s right.

Talking about movie, this was my first ever experience of a first day first show. It has to, because I can’t wait anymore to watch in most controversial getup and after four years, its like ‘lambi judaai’ for me.

Movie is about a martyr who started off the rebellion against the British sultanate.[all knows about it so..Not repeating anymore.]

Movie starts of with first part of title song. Followed by a long shot of a north Indian village from the eyes of a river……comin next is an elephant and there comes the title. And gosh, for the first time I heard a lot of noise from audience. They were just SCREAMING….. Audience started screaming from the first line of song [dhanananan dhanana…]……..till nearly one minute. Ppl were just so excited that it took nearly one minute when they stopped screaming.. And mind u, this was not a mass kind of public…but this was a MULTIPEX audience. I was – as a great fan of Aamir – really surprised and even happier that ppl do like him at this level. The song goes as a prabhyatpheri; on elephant there are 4 ppl including Kailash kher, sionging and waking up ppl. Song stops at British jail. Inside it – a setup for ‘phansi’ [I don’t know proper English word] is there. And here come THE HERO. Surrounded by British sepoys and tied by chains. Just like wounded tiger. Audience again starts screaming. By seeing him just from backside. [my god, look what a great publicity does] setup is ready, jailer asks his last wish, he says ‘u can never fulfil my last wish’ [the first dialogue]. Some how ‘phansi’ gets canceled for few days cause ‘jallad’ denies to hang ‘Mangal Pandey’.

So there, Officer Gordon [Tobey Stephens, who is allover good in the movie] goes into flashback for us & story begins. [with interpretations of Om Puri]

Story begins in Afghanistan, where British troops fighting against afghans. This is quite a short but very well shot moment. Mangal saves Gordon from death. So on they become good friends.

Then come in Berrackpore, where all things happens British parties, slaves, tavayafs, etc. By the time, Gordon & mangal becomes very good friends,. They drink ‘bhang’ together, they sing silly song together, and they save life of ‘jwaala’ [amisha] from being ‘sati’- together.

Untill ‘fat’ [fate] do them against each other. [As u all know it was started when sepoys refused to fight with Kartoos which were made using cow & pig’s fat]



Hey, did I mention Rani is there? OK she’s an imagination of Farookh Dhondi, the script writer. But she’s stunningly beautiful [in whatever seven scenes she has]. In her introductory scene, one man is selling her in a ‘mela’. [a song ‘take take’ comes in this funfair]. A man from Kirron Kher’s [she looks totally weared wearing ‘mallika se bhi low-cut blouse] kotha, buys her. This kotha- as a sweeper describes to Mangal- is only for 3 ppl. Gora, Hijra & Achhut. Rani looks really ravishing, she just do talks with her eyes.



Now coming back to fat, some sepoys found that that is a fact. Gordon Denys it by pressure of his Boss. So there, Mangal do the honourof using them [until he knows the truth]. Then there comes a much awaited mujra. And gosh…Rani DOES act like she is actually a ‘tawayaf’. Expressions are too much real.

Story goes on [no I m not gonna tell you whole story]. Jwala – saved by Gordon, refuses to go to her parents cause ‘Jalim Samaj’ will kill her, lives with Gordon. A song ‘Bata de o goriya’ comes here. It is really useless song. [I think it was added just to get ceetees from the mass. So is with mujra. So is with sex scene between English Couple. So is with cheap comedy at some places. There is nothing to do with Mangal. Shameful Dear Ketan]. But ya song is quite good and exotic. [Sets are totally reminiscent of Lagaan]



So there, Amisha is no more virgin after the song.[actually she’s just ther to fill the time with some GLAMOUR in this male dominated movie, but so sad she doesn’t have any.



By the time Mangal realizes fact about Kartoos, and warns Gordon ‘ab tak tumne humari vafadari dekhi thi……’ etc. [dialogues are not that good, which a patriotic movie should have]



Then comes interval. Till now Aamir gets so much applause for his role.Rani & Amisha gets ceetees and more ceetees. Rani DOES act. Amisha DOESN’T [As usual]. Aamir looks really well prepared for his role, but there are some limitations named ‘ketan mehta’. Because of him, we still can’t feel something SOMETHING for Mangal. Aamir looks so much alive to live his role, a role of a soldier who works for Britishers and now dared to fight aginst them. His heart starts leaning to India.



Interval over.

PPL are gathering. Bnoth in hall and in movie’s village. Rebellion is starting, they plan everything. From troops to date of attack. A holi song comes next. [really a good song on screen] some scenes. A Sufi song [e mere daata…. Pretty nice, good, awesome….but not again Kailash kher –this time with close-ups….] and looks who’s here…..Tatya Tope [looks like we’re studying history] All characters are very well weaved.

What happens next, is history. No need to repeat. Rebellion starts early. Mangal’s sena don’t have support of too much troops so his troop alone fights [ action sequences are just okay] [but one scene I must mention, Mangal ‘standing alone’ against thousands of British Sepoys. A.R.R just not interfere. He just added real sound of thousands of boots walking on a ground. No music is there. Soldiers coming to him to catch him alive. Sound is so real. There is no need to add ‘wham – bam – boom’ The scene is a highlight of the movie]

So there, another version of mangal mangal’ comes then. I still cant get enough. Here comes who’s who of 1857 in the song. Peshwa Bajirao, Bahadurshah, Tatya Tope & above all Rani Laxmibai [I m really eager to watch movie abt her – last in trilogy by Ketan Mehta]. So then, THE RISING starts in India [which was not going to stop till 1947]

Case gets filesd against Mangal accusing him ‘bagaawat’ in British Army. One interesting scene, Mangal is just sitting and carrasing his Mustache and case hearing is on. Aamir looks really MANGAL PANDEY. As u all know, he gets death sentence.

Flashback over. Last version of Mangal mangal. Sure to bring tears to everyone.

Then comes a documentary abt how we got freedom.

At the end ‘at least audience in my cinema hall’ was screaming ‘bharat mata ki jay’ by seeing the first flag rising from the Red Fort. Quite a moment to remember.



Now, the criticism. First of all I must say this movie, LACKS of emotions. After all it’s a patriotic movie, but somewhere something is missing. [which was there in The legend of Bhagat Singh, I still cry when 3 friends gets ‘phansi’]. That’s emotion. In a very few scenes, we can feel goosebumps. No comments about Aamir. He is always THE BEST. But to admit, this is not his lifetime best performance [as they said]. Actresses are just okay. Rani’s good while Amisha…….hahaha [i came home and watched interview of her, she said she has read some books, done research on this kind of satipratha and relations of English and Indian, boy and girl….i was still laughing………..all this research for just 4 scenes……….hahaha] [again she was telling, its my dream come true to work with Aamir – poor girl she has just one scene with him – while she was fainted---hahahaha]



Background score, was also just okay. Mangal mangal is the GEM of the movie. The way ‘dhol & nagara’ played is amazing. Provoking. ‘Goriya’ song is exotic and well composed. But useless. Mujra is typical. Yet good. ‘take take’ is useless.



I cant see where the large, lavish budget went. Everything looks under normal. Not paranormal. Which is required in such movie.There was no need to go to Uzabekistan to shoot some scenes. Ketan says that he has read around 1200 books about Mangal. Now whts we are getting? Two imaginations Rani & Amisha, another imagination of friendship between Gordon & Mangal. And so on. OK cinematic liberty is one thing. But in a period film like this, u must be very careful and loyal to your subject. Even useless sex comedy is here in some parts. Shameful again for such a adorable moveie. [don’t want to compare, but I have to – with Lagaan- no useless songs, no useless characters. OK in period films – take Bhagatsingh –Ajay Devgan’s- it was also very authentic; songs in them again by A.R.R. were amazing]



Editing of Sreekar Prasad is allover well. Cinematography matches the era. Costumes are also good. But one thing Ketan did missed –a man was running with crowd wearing PANTS in 1857??? All in all, I sould say, it could be better than this. Lots of energy wasted in publisizing whole movie till these 3 years. They should put that in movie. [If not, so don’t create such hype that disappoints and cheats people later] People will try to find Big war against Britishers, Lagaan & Gadar kind of patriotism, which is not there. [I m not expecting that, cause after all it was just a start of rising, but after all that the choice of people] so they’ll feel cheted. At once the film is feel good, feel patriot kinda movie. Movie goers will surely go to watch it. But abut 15 or 20% only will be the repeat audience. So there Ketan - oscar – there is always a next time. Better luck again Aamir. U ROCK.



Till then……………mangal mangal…………………



p.s.[Don’t just decide by this review, go and watch the film urself..cause there are lot of efforts put in by people. So please do watch it. This is just my opinion]





Stars: 3.75

Predicted Awards: Male singer [Kailash & Sukhvindar for Mangal mangal], Costumes, Action, Lyrics, Music [tough competition], sound recording.

Mangal Pandey - The Rising - Music

Disapponting.......i think it will be likable only after watching movie...though title song is good.......i just cant understand some songs...cant get words out of music..........got enough dose of Kailash Kher

Dus...- Movie Review

Hear now here now, everybody put your hands up in the air now……dus bahane karke le gaye dil………..

This is running in your mind when u come out from hall. Damn catchy song. Really ‘hap’. Abhi & Zayed lights up the screen in startup of the movie. Absolutely energetic. Title song includes snaps from movie also. And at the end of the song, four black Black cars stops behind each other [with ‘that’ music’] & stars come out from them one by one. Oh my god ‘am I watching a HINDI movie?’ u will think. Title ‘DUS’ comes only after the song.

Movie starts off pretty well. Description of each character is really interesting. For one second u will think about ‘xxx’ or ‘M:I’ but that for one second only. Movie is so much original. I couldn’t figure out any ‘inspired’ scene or plot.

Plot is like this. Sanjay is the head of ATC [anti terrorist cell]. He has got info about 10^th May, that something will cause death for many people. When? How? Where? Why? Whom? He doesn’t know. Certainly ATC has been given notice by Govt. to close Dept. in seven days. [all this happens on 4^th May, movie is divided date by date which is good]. So Sanjay has only seven days to save people and also to save his Dept. Abhi, Shilpa, and Zayed works for him. Both boys go to Canada to solve mystery. Sunil Shetty comes here & Esha also. And the ride starts.

Ok, I’m not revealing it all. But ya I must give full marks to Anubhav-The director; that not a single point is there where we feel ‘’yawn, this is another bollywood potboiler’’ Editing is really slick. Though its not smooth as ‘dhoom’ but well done.

Some mysterious characters really make this movie interesting. Ya story gets a very very very little bit slow [0.5%] after interval, but that’s OK. [may be it was done, to free viewers from ride].

Only two songs, yeah, relief. ‘Deedar de’ rocks as well as title song. Vishal Shekhar scores rocking. The theme is really good. Sets are also good.
So is cinematography. Characters are caricatured and casted so perfectly. Everyone is doing their part very well. Pankaj Kapoor steals the show. He is really a treat to watch. Sanjay & Shilpa makes a nice pair. Abhi plays the same of Dhoom. But nice. Zayed, very well. I don’t know but he carrys a sparklight with him. Whenever he comes on screen, there is a spark. Diya is again like ‘parineeta’, just ‘there’. Sunil looks lost, so is Raima. Esha Deol looks very suitable for role she plays. Actually no one has more to play. But Pankaj Kapoor wins the race.

I was quite unhappy with climax. Wht I thought wasn’t there. I thought about chilling thrilling climax. But this was little bit up the OK. All in all a must watch movie if u r a film buff. Iwill give it 3.75 stars.

Predicted Awards: EDITING, ACTION, SCREENPLAY, SPECIAL EFFECTS.

One word or phrase for the film: ‘Dus bahane karke…’