Saawariya - Not All that Bad!

I got to see the movie today.Actually it was quiet nice. Ranbir and Sonam have performed great and their chemistry on screen is absolutely outstanding! Sonam and Ranbir look stunning! Agreed the movie is kinda slow, but for the story and theme it fits in well! Guess public response was kind of really harsh.I had also mentioned in one of my blogs that people said that the movie put Mumbai to sleep, my apologies!Infact, I liked it better than Om Shanti Om, in which the second half was dumb!
SRK fans might not agree! Well that's how I feel.The sets in Saawariya is like being in a fantasy world. Costumes of Sonam were OK, could have been better.Rani did her part welland Lilly Pop's role was very emotiional.The songs are enchanting and well picturised.On the whole, I liked it better than OSO.

Feel free to post your comments!

Meera signing off...

Billa 2007 - A Preview

Time for Ajith fans to fasten their belts! Ajith's next project "Billa 2007" for the year is almost done and is awaiting the release on 12th December.The movie is directed by Vishnuvardhan and Music is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja.The movie has the hottest stars- Ajith, Namitha, Nayanthara, Prabhu and Rahman.Most of the movie is shot in Kualalampur. The theatrical trailer was released in Diwali on screens and proved to be the talk of the town.It is becoming a trend to remake hit movies of the past, and Billa is another one. Rajini launched the movie in April'07.

Movie Plot:

In 2007, drug trade is booming. The Malaysian Intelligence and Anti-Narcotic Department are called upon for assistance by their Indian counterparts. There are rumours that a drug gang has recently moved their headquarters to Kuala Lumpur.

The Indian team is headed by the DCP (Rahman) who wants to break the back of the drug operations of a drug lord. He believes that capturing the drug Lord's dangerous and elusive lieutenant, Billa, (Ajith Kumar), will be the most effective way of accomplishing this. Billa's gang consist of Narang (Santhanam) and Anita (Namitha). Soon, Roma (Nayanthara)joins them but she has other plans - kill Billa. Billa was responsible for killing her brother Ramesh as well as his fiancee, Kamini.

During a chase with the police the real Billa is critically injured and is captured by the DSP. He keeps it a secret that he has captured Billa, even from his fellow officers, and tracks down a look-alike called Jeeva, a lowly singer (also played by Ajith Kumar). He asks Jeeva to infiltrate Billa's gang by pretending to be Billa. In return he will make sure that the child Jeeva found and adopted, Deepu gets a proper education. Meanwhile Jasjit who has just been released from prison sets out in search for his son, Deepu, and to get his revenge on the DSP who arrested him and prevented him from rescuing his wife and child from black mailers, this in turn killed his wife and left his son missing.


A song sequence in Malaysia The DSP(Prabhu) trains Jeeva and admits him in a hospital (in which Billa is also admitted and supposedly in coma) to surgically give him all the scars and birthmarks the real Billa has on his body. However Billa dies of heart failure suddenly in front of the DSP and the doctors, who are unable to save him. While Jeeva is infiltrating Billa's gang, the DSP is captured and killed in a fire blast; and Jeeva is forced to run from the police as well as Billa's gang members -- pursuing the last piece of evidence (a disc) which has all of Billa's criminal activities loaded on it, a disc which can get him out of this mess.

Through various plot twists, Jeeva recovers the disc. Eventually, it surfaces that the DSP is alive and is actually Vardhan, a notorious underground criminal with a grudge against the Drug Lord, Billa's boss, and eventually ends up killing him. Jeeva arranges a meeting with Vardhan and assists in his capture.

In a final twist, it emerges that the real Billa is still alive, and was pretending to be Jeeva who he killed and replaced while in the hospital. It was actually Jeeva who had died in the hospital of heart failure in front of Vardhan. In the end both Billa and his girlfriend Anita (Namitha) escape, bewildering the police and Roma.

Music Score and Songs: The music score is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The music was released on 28thNov'07 by Ayngaran International and Rajinikanth at his rescidence in Poes Gardens.

Billa Theme:The beginning of the theme music reminds me either of Anniyan score or Manmathan.The music is kind of loud though.

My Name is Billa: A reprise of Rajin's "My Name is Billa".The singer's voice seems to be softened because of the jarry music.But the beat is fine though and is enjoyable.

Vethalaiya Potendi:Shankar Mahadevan has this song to his credit. The song is a catchy one,again a remake.A typical "Dappanguthu" background blended with guitars!Worth listening, not terrific though!

Sei Yethavathu:This song is rendered by Nithya Mahadevan.When the music started I thought it would a nice melody but dissapointed! The beat of the song was good, but a music director like Yuvan could have created wonders! It's OK... nothing special,just a usual cool song.

Seval Kodi:A real fast number,having a blend of Nadaswarams,and Dangu Dakra music! hihi. The song is rendered by Vijay Yesudas,and a song for the people. I think people may like it. Not sure though! We also have a bit of 'Konnakol' which means reciting a Jathi.I wonder how the actors would have danced.... a way too fast track!

Naan Mattum:Begins with the guitar again. The song is redenderd by Deepika, a new comer. She has a cool husky voice and am sure would blossom into one of the best singers in the future.The song has a violin interlude which is a nice one.

On the whole, the album is OK. I heard that the shops in Chennai are running out of Audio CDs of Billa, which is nice to know and ofcourse one cannot expect a melody or romantic number for a movie like Billa. So, Yuvan can surely get a cheers for his work!

Ifluences: The movie has pulled influences from the originals of Rajini's Billa, Big B's Don and SRK's Don again. Most of them been drawn from SRK's Don.

Hmmmm... Looks like Ajith's fans are in for a treat! Good luck to the whole team!

Meera signing off...

Billa Teaser Trailer Exclusive:

Source: Wikiepedia.

M.F.Hussain Books a Theatre for Madhuri's Comeback!

A cool news for all Madhuri lovers! Indian artist M.F.Hussain has booked a entire show for Madhuri's comeback in Aaja Nachle at Lamcy Theatre in UAE, for special guests from all walks of life.True, Bollywood has been missing such a glorious actress cum dancer for the past 5 years!

A double dhamaka for the ticket invites because they would receive a autograph of Hussain along with one of his sketches of Bollywood diva in the theatre.
He says:

I'll also be exhibiting paintings of Madhuri in the foyer of the theatre. I have made these paintings based on her great hits," he told the Khaleej Times.

"In fact, the paintings are a part of a series I have undertaken and will be exhibited sometime next year as my tribute to Bollywood, the biggest and greatest movie industry in the world."

"It's a tribute to not only her beauty, but also her talent as an actress."

Madhuri told reporters that she was overwhelmed by his gesture and feels flattered!

I feel great for Madhuri and hope her comeback is really very successful.

East or West Madhuri is the best!

Please feel free to comment on what you feel about Madhuri and her come back!

Lehren T.V. on her comeback!


Meera signing off... Stay tuned!

Madhuri's Come Back in Aaja Nachle

As an ardent Madhuri fan, I just cannot hold on to see her back in her next movie after such a long time. Right from her "EK Do Teen from Tezaab, to Maar Daale in Devdas Madhuri has proved to be the most versatile actress and the best dancer that Bollywood could ever have! And Yaa! she is back under the big banners of Yash Raj Productions.Madhuri looks great in the wall papers and promos of "Aaja Nachle."

Movie Synopsis: Dia(Madhuri) was born and brought up in a small village Shamli. There she spent her childhood learning to dance from Guru Makarand.Dia is forced to go New York due to family issues. After a decade she receives a call from her village that her her Guru is very sick.Unfortunately he dies and so does his well groomed Ajanta Theatre. Ajanta Theatre was a local hub then and the most happening place in Shamli village and Dia has a lot of memories attached with it. Dia decides to bring back life to this theatre by staging a show which has participants from Shamli village only. The story is thus about Dia's attempts to resurrect Ajanta Theatre amidst hustles and troubles created by the local politicians who want to destruct Ajanta for it's real-estate value.

Music:The music score of the movie is composed by Salim-Sulaiman. The title song "Aaja Nachle Nachle" is the best track of the album. The music could have been much more better for Madhuri's comeback.

Cast and Crew:
Madhuri Dixit- Dia
Konkona Sen Sharma- Anokhi
KunalKapoor - Imran
Divya Dutta as - Najma
Ranvir Shorey as - Mohan Sharma
Dalai - Radha
Raghubir Yadav- Doctor
Vinay Pathak - Mr. Chojar
Akhilendra Mishra - Chaudhary Om Singh
Jugal Hansraj - Sanjeev Mehta
Yashpal Sharma - S.H.O. Singh
Nowaz - Dhan Kuber
Darshan Zariwala - Makarand
Sushmita Mukherjee - Mrs. Chojar
Akshay Khanna - Dia's Husband (Special Appearance)
Irrfan Khan - (Sepcial Appearance)
Directed by Anil Mehta and Produced by Aditya Chopra, the movie is releasing on 30 Nov'07,that is just a few more days!

Watch how Madhuri beautifully swings!


Theatrical Trailer of Aaja Nachle



Meera signing off.... Keeping fingers crossed for Madhuri Dixit! Stay Tuned...

Space Mystery

Space has always been a mystery to me, most of us I guess.I have always wondered what is there up beyond the skies? I was browsing ABC when I came across these pictures taken by the Hubble Telescope. Aren't they beautiful and amazing?


The Hubble telescope has captured images of the Veil Nebula, the remains of a star that exploded 5,000 years ago. This is a wide-field image of the star's remains, made as a color composite from individual exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey.


Two galaxies, known collectively as Arp 87, are one of hundreds of known interacting and merging galaxies. The corkscrew shape of the "bridge" of shared matter between the two galaxies suggests that some stars and gas drawn from the larger galaxy have been caught in the gravitational pull of the smaller one. The pair was originally discovered by astronomer Halton Arp in the 1970s.


The colorful, intricate shapes in these NASA Hubble Space Telescope images reveal how the glowing gas ejected by dying sunlike stars evolves dramatically over time. These gaseous clouds, called planetary nebulae, are created when stars in the last stages of life cast off their outer layers of material into space. Ultraviolet light from the remnant star makes the material glow.


NGC 5307 displays a spiral pattern, which may have been caused by the dying star wobbling as it expelled jets of gas in different directions. NGC 5307 resides in the southern constellation Centaurus.


This new photo from the Hubble Telescope shows shells of stars around a bright quasar, known as MC2 1635+119, which dominates the center of the galaxy. The stars presence indicate a titanic clash with another galaxy in the relatively recent past. Scientists believe that the stars' presence supports the idea that quasars are born from interactions between galaxies.


Astronomers used Hubble's powerful resolution to study Comet Holmes' core for clues about how the comet brightened.


NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has probed the bright core of Comet Holmes, which has mysteriously brightened by nearly a millionfold in a 24-hour period beginning 23Oct'07.

Meera signing off.. Stay tuned.

King Khan Says "Sorry"

The most talked news of the town is Manoj Kumar, who was totally displeased with his image being insulted in a particular sequence in Om Shanti Om.He felt so bad that he went to the extent of suing Shah Rukh Khan.

Manoj Kumar asked Vashi, his lawyer if he could sue SRK on any basis,but the lawyer remarked that action should be taken on moral grounds rather than legal grounds.Looks like SRK called up Manoj Kumar and tendered an apology.

Khan said "I was completely wrong...If he is hurt, I apologise".

"I called him in the afternoon, and the first thing he said to me was "it is no big deal, son,"

Shah Rukh Khan told his reporters.

It's OK to make fun of people,but not in way that would hurt their image or self-respect. A good lesson for SRK and Farah Khan.

Meera signing off.. Stay tuned!

Madhuri's Jalwa....

She is the Best Dancer Bollywood has ever had after Madhubala of the Olden times.Now watch a few dance numbers of Madhuri and have fun!

Maar Daala from Devdas


Kay Sera Sera from Pukar


Dholna from Dil to Pagal hai


Channe Ke Khet Mein from Anjaam


Dhak Dhak from Beta


Pehla Pehla Pyar Hai from HAHK

And now she'z back! You always rock, Madhuri!I Love You!

Meera signing off.....Stay tuned.