Saturday, October 23, 2010

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Libra Horoscope | Libra Love Horoscope

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 02:08 PM PDT


Libra Horoscope | Libra Love Horoscope

Your social life is more intense than usual -- but in a good way! You're getting along better than ever with your people, so make plans to hang out if you haven't done so already.

What you see is probably not what you will get in matters of the heart this week. Your ruling planet Venus continues to turn retrograde in mysterious Scorpio, stirring up powerful feelings that don't always make sense. Tuning in with your emotions can be scary but will bring you more truth than counting on reason to tell you where things stand.

Astrology libra horoscope | Love Horoscope Libra

Jhootha Hi Sahi movie review | Cast and Crew | Trailer coming

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 01:24 PM PDT


Many are the ways in which love stories can be told. Some - like Karan Johar - tell it with flourish, using extraordinary situations to tell a pretty ordinary tale and propping it up with generous jabs of melodrama, tear-shedding moments and, of course, many a musical crescendo to boot. Others - like Abbas Tyrewala - prefer the gentle thrum of a brewing romance to an out-and-out eruption of love. Jhootha Hi Sahi, Tyrewala's second directorial attempt and his wife Pakhi's first shot at scriptwriting and acting, is a pleasing drift from Bollywood staple. It's like a lulling boat ride on the sleeping Thames, with A R Rahman's lilting melodies warbling in the background.

John Abraham plays a bespectacled, bumbling geek Siddharth aka Sid, whose phone number is mistakenly printed on the brochure of a suicide helpline in London. Thanks to this mix-up, every night Sid is flooded with calls from guys waiting and wanting to jump from windows or pumping down a bottle of sleeping pills. Sid tries to dissuade them from doing so.

One night he gets a call from a girl Mishka (Pakhi) who's on the verge of ending her life after a bitter break-up with boyfriend (Madhavan). Sid persuades her to hang on to life and slowly a friendship brews between the two.

Trouble begins when Sid lies about himself and tells her that he's an adventurous guy who has scaled mountains, plumbed deep seas and what not, while in reality he's only seen it on National Geographic, that too in half sleep.

The real Sid is a wimp, who stammers, and cowers into a corner when faced with Mishka. So, should he reveal his true identity to her? Or should he play the double role - one as a phone friend in whom Mishka confides and the other as the bumbling Sid whom she grudgingly likes - all this without letting her know that both are the same person?

Hisss Movie Review | Mallika Sherawat's | Cast and Crew Tailor coming

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 01:25 PM PDT


 Hisss Movie Review | Mallika Sherawat's | Cast and Crew Tailor coming

If ever a royal society is to be formed for prevention of cruelty to cinema, Hisss, directed by Jennifer Lynch and starring Mallika Sherawat, ought to be its maiden project. The film is a case study of what all cinema should not be.

Firstly, a subject like a shape-shifting snake-woman or icchadhari nagin on a vendetta isn't exactly intriguing to make you dash for the nearest theatre. Themes like these were done and buried way back in the 1980s when Sridevi writhed in serpentine dances to the sonorous tunes of the been played by Amrish Puri in Nagina.

Now, in the 21st century, it's Mallika Sherawat modestly stripping down to her birthday suit to play a vengeful nagin out to find her abducted mate.

An American named George (Jeff Doucette) is on a mission to find a snake couple with the hope of finding the mythical naagmani that could prevent him from dying of cancer. He captures a male cobra with the intent of making his female counterpart, the nagin, part with naagmani as a ransom to save her mate.

The nagin takes the human form and the next we see is a minimally dressed Mallika Sherawat setting out to hunt for her missing mate and in the course imparting her own justice by killing the tormenters of women.

Irrfan Khan shocks with his presence as a cop investigating the strange murders in this monstrosity of a film. Divya Dutt plays his wife. The question that begs to be asked is what ghoul got in these two actors to make them sign Hisss.

Mallika Sherawat scowls, frowns, glowers and pops out her eyeballs in the name of acting. Of course, she slithers with slimy snakes and even kisses one in a scene. Yuck! The special effects are of the tackiest kind and the direction by Jennifer Lynch is conspicuous by its absence.

Verdict - Prefer a snake bite to this film.

Hisss Movie Review | Mallika Sherawat's | Cast and Crew Tailor coming | Mallika Sherawat's Strips

Rakta Charitra Movie Review | cast and Crew | Trailer Comming

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 01:25 PM PDT


Rakta Charitra Movie Review | cast and Crew | Trailer Comming

When a proverbial maverick like Ram Gopal Varma sets out to make a film and titles it Rakta Charitra, it's a foregone conclusion that an unrestrained celebration of blood and gore is on the platter. So is the case with this utterly violent film, starring Vivek Oberoi, Abhimanyu Singh and Shatrughan Sinha in major roles.

Now, the bloody question is - how far is Rakta Charitra different from Ramu's previous films of the same genre. The film's plotline, inspired by the story of the Andhra politician Paritala Ravi, is definitely farm-fresh, but the theme of revenge and counter revenge and the bloodbath that follows is something we have seen in lesser degree in Ramu's own films before. What's different is that instead of being gunned down, people here are hacked. Weapons like sickles, crop-cutters, pickaxes and even heavy boulders come handy in this revenge saga with a political angle.

Pratap Ravi (Vivek Oberoi) is a simple collegian who turns into a killing machine to avenge the gruesome killing of his idealist father (Rajendra Gupta) and brother (Sushant Singh). As he slays one rival after another, Pratap becomes a figure of dread and awe in the rural hamlet, sparking a wave of counter revenge from his arch foe Buka (Abhimanyu Singh).

Pratap is taken out from rakta neeti and introduced to rajneeti by a powerful politician Shivajirao (Shatrughan Sinha). Thereby begins an altogether new journey of rise to power of this killer-turned-neta.

Ram Gopal Varma cuts to the chase with a bloodbath right at the onset, making clear to the flummoxed viewers in theatres that he intends to shock and awe them with unapologetic depiction of violence, killing, abductions and rape. To be fair to him, some sequences do hit you like sledgehammer, particularly the scene when Vivek guises as a police officer to do the killing. Even the scenes between Vivek and his mentor Shatrughan Sinha are gripping.

Rakta Charitra Movie Review | cast and Crew | Trailer Comming

'Rakta Charitra' opens well in south; 'Jhootha Hi Sahi' dull Box Office Reports

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 01:12 PM PDT


Three films releasing on the same day are most likely to eat into each other's business. But there's not much to bite into, if the reports of the opening day collections are to go by.

Rakta Charitra, Ram Gopal Varma's most violent film to date, had an excellent start in Andhra Pradesh. The film's Telugu version is running to house-full shows, and the reason could be that the film is based on the story of the bloody rise to power of the Andhra politico Paritala Ravi, played by Vivek Oberoi in the film. In the north, however, Rakta Charitra (Hindi) got a below average response from cine buffs, with mere 25 to 30 percent occupancy in theatres.

In comparison, Jhootha Hi Sahi, starring John Abraham and Pakhi, had a better start with about 35 to 40 percent occupancy, but the mixed reviews it has got from critics isn't going to help it pick up much in the days ahead.

On the other hand, Mallika Sherawat's Hisss, which has been unanimously panned by every critic, had a good start at single screen theatres. But the bad reviews and negative word of mouth might slow its run at box office.

Both Jhootha Hi Sahi and Hisss have got a poor start at the UK box office.

Which of the three films will sail and which will sink at box office will be clearer by Monday.

Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik RoshanGuzaarish Story

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 01:09 PM PDT


Amitabh Bachchan released the music of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Guzaarish with Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai. The music launch was a gala event and was held at Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai.

Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan the stars of the movie and the evening enthralled the audience with a live performance of the film's music.

Speaking at the event, Bhansali said "I learnt music by listening to it over and over again. My association with R. D. Burman saab in Vidhu's film and music composers such as Ismail Darbaar and Monty, helped me to learn a lot."

The launch was also attended by Abhishek Bachchan, Kunal Ganjawala and Kay Kay.
Posted by Suresh at 11:25 PM

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