Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

Director: Rajkumar Santoshi

Star Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Darshan Zariwala, Smita Jaykar, Zakir, Upen Patel and a Superstar in a very special appearance.

Till couple of years ago Rajkumar Santoshi claimed that he never repeated a genre in the films he made. But he can no longer do that as he goes back to comedy after 15 years of making the cult classic “Andaaz Apna Apna”. Well, comparing APKGK with the Salman-Aamir starrer would be blasphemous, but the present film is hilarious and will make you roll with laughter.

The film is about Prem (Ranbir Kapoor) a happy go lucky guy in a hill-town who runs a Happy Club with a bunch of funny morons. He has an adorable family. Jenny (Katrina Kaif) is a simple girl who shifts to the town and Prem falls in love at the first sight. However, the man who helps lovers unite is quite unable to express his own feelings and soon discovers that his lady love already belongs to someone else. However, Jenny does not have a hunky dory love story either because of dushman-zamana. The rest of the film is about Prem’s efforts to put Jenny’s life in order and see her happily married to her beloved.

The film is a welcome change from the crude comedies that have been served in recent times. APKGK is a clean comedy and in our times making a comedy without any innuendo is almost unimaginable for which the director should be applauded. It is a mix of both situational as well as slapstick which results in non-stop laughter. The villains den, kidnapping the heroine – it has everything with super hilarious climax. The film also takes the Bollywood setting to a small town, which is very rare in this multiplex-era. The town has a lot of innocence and purity which makes a great backdrop to the unrequited love story of Prem. All praise to the director. Though he has been making great films, box office success has often eluded him. Perhaps APKGK will end that.

Ranbir Kapoor has pitched in a great performance. He is funny and adorable at the same time. Till now I thought of him as an overrated star but he is the big star material. Katrina Kaif is superb. Finally the girl has ‘learned’ acting. In couple of scenes she will move you to tears. She is convincing as the de-glam girl. But when Prem wants to transform Jenny into ‘Katrina Kaif’, she actually turns super hot in a song sequence. She is in her best form. The rest of the cast has ably supported them.

Music by Pritam is terrific as it is already climbing the charts. Cinematography finely captures the beautiful location.

Overall, APKGK is a hilariously funny film with a sweet romantic track. The film is an ode to a superstar. If you can’t figure out who I am talking about from the title of the film then Go watch it and have a great time. At the box office, the film is gonna rock. Another hit on store.

BLUE - Movie Review

Director: Anthony D’souza

Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Zayed Khan, Rahul Dev and Katrina Kaif (Spl App)

Anthony D’ Souza is a first timer who dons the cap of directing one of the biggest films in recent times in terms of canvas and star cast. The expectations are bound to go high and that’s what goes against the film and most importantly the director. The same thing happened with Kambakkht Ishq which showed that only packaging does not make a film great; you need to have a competent director as well. To Akshay Kumar’s woe the phenomenon gets repeated here. Anthony D’Souza needs to learn a lot before he can handle such huge project.

Post India’s independence its treasure kept in Bahamas, a British colony, was supposed to be returned to the home country which gets lost due to ship wreck. Come to present, Akshay Kumar owns a fishing company but his main goal in life is to find that treasure apart from womanizing of course. But he needs Sanjay Dutt’s (his employee) help to unearth the hidden secret. Both have their secrets and a connection to that treasure. How turn of events lead these two to go for treasure hunt forms the rest of the story, which you will figure out very easily due to poor writing and direction.

D’souza fails to extract even decent performances from Dutt and Kumar who can deliver when required. The climax is abrupt and is quite non happening. The treatment is ordinary. The flaws of Blue are because of flaws of the director.

Coming to the good part, Lara Dutta is super hot in her bikini scenes which are quite a few. A R Rahman’s music as well as background score is outstanding as usual. The canvas is huge and cinematography is excellent but the best part is action. Done by a Hollywood director, action is the USP of the film. Though under water sequences don’t offer much due to the story, the surface action is at par with Hollywood and sets new standard for action films in Bollywood and the film deserves to be seen just for that.

Among actors, Sanjay Dutt’s character needed a much younger actor, younger to even Akshay. At 50, Dutt is anything but convincing as a struggler, who is yet to settle with his girlfriend. Akshay is good but not outstanding. Zayed is still stuck on his Main Hoon Na days and Lara does not have much to do except showing her well toned body which a treat.

Overall, Blue does not belong to its actors or to the director. It belongs to the technicians. Since the length of the film is lower than 2 hours, there is not much scope to get bored despite its mediocrity. For a regular moviegoer it is definitely recommended! It’s a visual treat.

***1/2

WANTED - Movie Review

Star Cast: Salman Khan, Ayesha Takia Azmi, Prakash Raj, Mahesh Manjrekar, Inder Kumar, Manoj Pahwa, Mehak Chahal and Vinod Khanna.

Director: Prabhu Dheva

Story: Puri Jagannath

When your all time favourite actor and actress decide to come together for a film, immediately it becomes the most awaited film for you. At the same time, you would be apprehensive whether or not the film is going to be a memorable one. But if it’s a remake of one of your favourite films, then you are pretty sure about the outcome. So you can’t resist watching the film even if your end term exams are underway!

Wanted is story of Radhe (Salman Khan), a mercenary goon who soon graduates to a criminal working for the infamous Mumbai mafia. With his fearlessness and effective strategy, he soon becomes the dependable man for the Don as he single handedly eliminates his enemies. Jhanvi (Ayesha Takia Azmi) is a middle class girl who works to earn bread and butter for her family of mother and a young brother. After couple of chanced encounters, she falls in love with Radhe despite the fact that he does not fit her dream boy’s bill. But before she could commit herself, she discovers the ruthless side of Radhe. As her repeated attempts to change him fail, she also fails to stop herself from loving him. To add to the mayhem, there is a lecherous cop (Mahesh Manjrekar) who wants to take advantage of Jhanvi’s family condition, there is an over-aged landlord (Manoj Pahwa) pursuing her relentlessly.

But not everything is what it seems. There is a well kept secret which when revealed will bring endless destruction. Sacrifices have to be made. The question is not whether it would happen or not. The question is when!

The film is a wholesome entertainer with a potent mix of action, romance, comedy and tragedy. A great reminder of the films of yore which was all about heroism but done in a very contemporary, slick way without using much of the clichés. Though action is predominant throughout the film, it has a beautiful love story imbibed within and Ayesha Takia makes it much more lovable! It has few beautiful moments between the top actors that you savour much after the film gets over. While action gives the thrill, the comedy laughter, the romance brings the sensitive part of the story. The dialogues are witty and there are plenty of ‘whistle’ moments. Overall, it is a fast paced film which takes you for non-stop entertainment.

Salman Khan hits back after a slew of mediocre films in past two years. He just has to be in the frame to be the character. He looks fabulous, dances great and perhaps this is his best action role till date. When he beats up 20 guys at one go, it is actually believable – the only aspect where Wanted did better than its original. Though the action is same as the original just that he makes it more believable by his sheer presence. He romances Ayesha Takia well too. But in the later part of the film, he shows the same ‘angry look’ which he reserves for his rivals to Ayesha as well which I think didn’t work for the story. There are few emotional scenes and he carries them really well.

To me Ayesha Takia is the best actress ever born and she always stands up to the expectations. Though she is better in subtle scenes, she carries her ‘masala’ part well too. She brings the much needed balance to the film, an opposite of the violent and arrogant Salman Khan.

But the scene stealer is Prakash Raj as Ghani Bhai. The two time national award winning actor is the main villain in the film and he is unlike any you have seen before. He is comical and menacing at the same time. He is the only actor who is part of all three films. Perhaps no one else could have done the role except him. The significant change made is Wanted is that Prakash Raj’s role has been extended and he is effective to say the least.

Mahesh Manjrekar as the lecherous cop is good. Inder Kumar, Mehak Chahal and Manoj Pahwa extend able support to the film. Vinod Khanna in his brief role does the best scene in the film. In fact the pre-climax scene is sure to give you goose pimples.

The person who needs to be applauded the most is Puri Jagannath, the writer of the story as well as the director of Pokiri, the Telugu original. The script is foolproof. The fact that it became super hit in Tamil and now in Hindi gives enough testimony for the script. As a film too, it’s a scene to scene copy of Pokiri which talks volumes about Jagannath’s directorial abilities. Prabhu Dheva did make some changes and he is quite effective in that but it’s too less and insignificant to give him the credit. The film is essentially Puri Jagannath’s dream.

The music by Sajid-Wajid is ordinary. Except Dil Leke, there are not many tracks that you would like to take home though you might enjoy them at that moment. The background music by Salim-Sulaiman is subtle unlike the original which is great. The action is raw and well executed, though a lot has been copied from a foreign film. Choreography is of top notch which is obvious when the director is the best dancer in the country.

Wanted may not be a great film per se but it’s one of the best films made in its category. The tender hearted people might find some action scenes hard to see, but there are plenty of beautiful moments to compensate for that. For action buffs, it’s a sheer delight. Above all, if you want to be entertained, go watch Wanted. The film comes with an invisible tag line – satisfaction guaranteed!

Part III?

The trend of making a series of films with same characters or carrying the story forward is very common in Hollywood. The fourth part of Spielberg’s Indiana Jones series released last year after almost two decades. Harry Potter… series is eagerly awaited each time a new installment arrives. The trend of making sequels is very recent in India. The first director who walked on this less travelled path was Mahesh Manjrekar who made Hathyar (2002) as a sequel to Vaastav, his most acclaimed and successful film so far. But the sequel didn’t work and nobody perhaps even remembers it as a sequel.

In the year 2004, Yashraj film’s Dhoom directed by Sanjay Gadhvi became a huge hit. During the promotion of the film the actors were fondly remembering the shooting and wished if a sequel could be made but the culture was non-existent in India. But the idea struck the maverick producer Aditya Chopra and he decided to make a sequel to the film. After the announcement, two other filmmakers whose films had become huge hits in the previous year also chose the path. Rakesh Roshan decided to follow up super hit Koi Mil Gaya with Krrish and Rajkumar Hirani decided to make Lage Raho Munnabhai as a sequel to the cult film Munnabhai MBBS.

All the sequels arrived in 2006. The first one to come and woo the audience the world over was Hrithik Roshan starrer Krrish which became first successful superhero film in Hindi film industry. Though it didn’t receive the same critical acclaim but it went much ahead in box-office collections than the previous one. It was followed by Sanjay Dutt-Arshad Warsi starrer Lago Raho Munnabhai which became much bigger hit than the prequel. Lage Raho… was not a conventional sequel where story is carried forward; rather two most important and popular characters of the first part were kept and a new story was written for the film. Words like ‘gandhigiri’ became a part of popular culture and many incidents happened in real life which was directly influenced by the film. The last film to come that year was Dhoom: 2 starring Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Uday Chopra and Bipasha Basu which went on to become the biggest grosser of the year despite some multiplex chains not playing the film due to revenue issues. These sequels became the top three grosser in the year.

After 3 years, there are no concrete plans to make ‘part three’ to all these successful films though all the makers are very much keen to make their respective films. Post Dhoom: 2, director Sanjay Gadhvi’s contract with Yashraj films got over and he left the production house to make Kidnap with Sanjay Dutt and Imran Khan which was a flop when released last year. He is now planning 7 days in Paris with Imran Khan and Katrina Kaif. It is sure that he is not returning to Yashraj soon and hence the part 3 of this hit franchisee might not be directed by the original director. There were rumours that Aamir Khan and Shahrukh Khan would come together for Dhoom: 3 which will be directed by Aditya Chopra (who makes only romantic films as a director) himself. But proving the rumours wrong Aditya went on to make Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi with his favourite actor Shahrukh Khan which became a big hit bringing Yashraj films back on track. Though no formal announcement about the making of the film has been made yet, it is highly likely that Shahrukh will play the glamorous and ever elusive thief in the film. Still there is time till we can see the adrenaline pumping action sequences in part 3.

The same delay happened to other two films as well. Vidhu Vinod Chopra announced Munnabhai Chale Amerika and even released a trailer with Eklavya (2007) but the makers decided to go ahead with 3 Idiots with Aamir Khan in the lead. The film will release by Christmas this year and the director can start working on part 3 only after that. Rakesh Roshan announced Krrish 2 but nothing more has been done to it. Meanwhile he produced Krazzy 4 (2008) and Kites (yet to release). Hrithik Roshan who works on one film at a time is shooting for Sanjay Bhansali’s Guzarish which means Krrish 2 is not happening anytime soon. Meanwhile Ram Gopal Varma paid his tribute to The Godfather with Amitabh-Abhishek starrer Sarkar (2005) which became a moderate hit. It was followed by Sarkar Raj (2008) which couldn’t become a huge box office success either. Varma has no immediate plans to make, if at all it happens, the part 3 of his Sarkar series either.

There is no doubt that part three of at least one of the series will release, but it is taking too long a time and it doesn’t seem to happen soon either. As viewers we have to wait for sometime till our favourite Munnabhai-Circuit make us roll with laughter or desi super hero taking on bad guys to save the world or a cool cop with his buffoon assistant chasing the shadows of an elusive thief.

Kaminey

Written, Music, Directed by: Vishal Bhardwaj

Lyrics by: Gulzar

Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Amole Gupte

When Vishal Bhardwaj does not make films about children (Makdee, The Blue Umbrella) he ventures into the murkier side of human character and society (Maqbool, Omkara). He doesn’t see world in black and white. His world is grey, so are its characters and its colour. Kaminey is no different.

Charlie and Guddu (Shahid Kapoor) are identical twins with physical disabilities. Charlie lisps while Guddu stammers. But the similarities end here. Both are very different in their characters and outlook towards life. They dislike each other and hence live separately. Sweety (Priyanka Chopra) is a young, headstrong Marathi girl who will go to any extent to get her love (Guddu) even if it means not telling him that her brother (Amole Gupte) is a gangster with political aspirations. The problem is that the brother is contesting election from a party which stands for Marathi chauvinism so he can not marry his sister to a North Indian. On Charlie’s part, he has just lost his entire money in Horse racing because whoever he had fixed double crossed him. Accidentally he lands himself in the middle of a drug deal between corrupt anti narcotics department and Mafia. Now, both have to run for their lives simultaneously. Their paths are inevitable to cross and they cannot escape from revisiting their intertwined history.

The film is essentially a ‘Satire’ with element of ‘Absurd’ throughout the film. It is a satire on the divisional politics, law enforcement departments, inter-racial marriage (there is very witty reference to Rizwanur Rahman case), relationships and above all society’s double standards. The director explores the sibling relationship in different milieus. Apart from Charlie and Guddu, there are three Bengali Muslim brothers who are big bookies, two corrupt brothers at anti narcotics department, the two African brothers who smuggle drugs and of course Sweety with her brother. The dynamics between them actually determines the proceedings of the film.

The lead actors deliver their best performances till date. Shahid Kapoor has done so well in the double role that you will feel that two different actors are playing those roles. Priyanka Chopra is superb and greatly convincing - whether she claims to know “Home Science” or when she pleads to save her husband’s life. Amole Gupte (The writer of Taare Zameen Par) is excellent as the opportunist politician.

But the film belongs to Vishal Bhardwaj. Apart from the credits mentioned above, he has also written the dialogues, co-written the screenplay, done the background score (which is superb) and sung the title track. This is proof enough of his versatility as well as completeness as a filmmaker. The characters are very real yet they are entirely new. His understanding of complexities of characters and society is amazing. The film is like an onion with multiple layers in it. You need to keep all your senses open to explore it. He is arguably one of the best filmmakers in the country we have today.

The person who stands tall to him is the lyricist Gulzaarsaab who never seems to resort to ghisa-pita lyrics that we come across in every other film. His lines are extraordinary as expected from a distinguished poet. The music of the film ably supports the lyrics and takes the soundtrack to a different level. No wonder it is ruling the charts.

Finally, this is amazing piece of cinema which will go into the annals of Bollywood as outstanding work. But the only hitch is that as viewers we are so much fed with escapist cinema that it will take some time till we get the hang of Vishal Bhardwaj’s dark yet real world. But keep patience, the experience will be wonderful.

Rating ****1/2

Goodbye, Sweetheart

When you came you conquered

The damage you did was irreparable

I ask forgiveness

For I failed to resist you

I forgive you

For your unintentional tyranny

As you leave

Pick up every rubble and go

Let no sign remain

Of your footsteps

Home Truths

Recently Emran Hashmi alleged that a housing society in Mumbai didn’t give him a No Objection Certificate to buy a flat because he was a Muslim. A lot of us might find it shocking that why would somebody deny home to a star. But he is not the first case. Earlier it happened with Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Saif Ali Khan and many others who chose to keep it quiet. The reason I am writing this is because the incident has direct echo in my life. Finding an accommodation is indeed difficult for Muslims in India.

In 2003, I went to Delhi for my further studies. The first house I stayed in Hauz Khas belonged to Muslims. They didn’t have any identification issues. In fact they thought we were Hindus until Eid when we went out to pray wearing the traditional attire. After three years, few of my friends came from Assam and we decided to move to a bigger place because the space wasn't enough. We moved to Gautam Nagar just couple of miles away. We went through a property dealer and he had to do the police verification for us. It took unusually long for us and the dealer got frustrated after a point of time, “Otherwise it happens so quickly, they are taking so much time this time”. Soon police landed up in our flat to check our identities. There was perhaps order from top level to check every Muslim who seeks house in the capital. I knew that the whole verification was being done because we were Muslims, so did the officer and he was not at all comfortable doing it. He kept his cool throughout and politely replied despite some of my caustic comments.

That was the only time I changed my house in Delhi. Last year I came to Calcutta and I didn’t need to worry about my accommodation as my cousin was already staying here. He had come to Calcutta a year before. The day he had come to see the present accommodation Calcutta was flooded with rain. They searched the house walking in knee deep water. The landlady was shifting to a new house and she wanted to make her present house a PG for boys. After the initial talk when she learned that they were Muslims, the landlady flatly refused that she can’t rent her house to Muslims. After the intervention of her ‘progressive’ son, they were allowed. Two years hence, my cousin and his friend are the only guys living in the flat throughout and a darling of the landlady. We pay rent on time, we behave well with her. Whenever she comes, she sits only in our room. We are even more favourite with our maid. Many people came and went, but we have been living here without any issues.

Coming back to Hashmi and Co, this is a lesson for them to know that people love their characters on screen, not necessarily their real selves. I also want to point out that I personally don’t have any grudge with the policeman or this landlady. But when such incidents occur with someone else, those not-so-pleasant experiences come to haunt me, or should I say “us”.

WANTED

CAST

Salman Khan

Ayesha Takia

Prakash Raj

Mahesh Manjrekar

Vinod Khanna

Aseem Merchant

Inder Kumar

Govind Namdeo

CREW

Directed by: Prabhu Dheva

Produced by: Boney Kapoor (S.K Productions)

Music : Sajid Wajid

Story: Puri Jagannath

Background Score: Salim-Sulaiman

Music Label: T Series (Releasing in August)

Release Date: 18 September, 2009

SYNOPSIS

Radhe (Salman Khan) is one of the wheels of the mafias, but with a difference. He is a trained street fighter and shooter who is totally fearless. A man who can keep his cool, in a situation where death itself is looking at him in the eye. He is rebellious and loves to defy authority. He cannot think of being in any other position but the leader's, always fighting his way to impossible goals. He works for Ganibhai, the most dreaded Mafioso, but on his own terms.

Mafia Don Ganibhai (Prakash Raj) has a great mind for strategy, which is razor sharp. He stays in a foreign country but comes to India whenever the need arises. He is revered and feared by friends and foes alike. Ganibhai is the worst enemy anyone could wish for. He is vindictive to the point of being sadistic. He will not only destroy his enemy but wipe him off completely.

Radhe is in love with a girl named Jhanvi (Ayesha Takia). They share a strange love hate relationship. Jhanvi tries to change him by imploring him to leave the world of crime, but Radhe, though he loves her, is too hardcore a criminal to adhere to her wishes.

Radhe moves ahead in his criminal world by single handedly eliminating Ganibhai's enemies with his wit, grit and fearless strategy. A time comes when Ganibhai, whom Radhe has never seen arrives in India specially to meet him. He then offers Radhe a job, which Radhe for the first time refuses point blank, in return making Ganibhai his biggest enemy. Then the surprise element of the story arrives, a twist that changes the very premise on which the story is based on. A shocking twist that makes Radhe - WANTED by the mafia and by the law

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TRIVIA

ü TThis film is a remake of Telugu super hit film Pokiri starring Mahesh Babu and Ileana D’Cruz. When the film released in 2006, it broke all the previous box office record in Telugu film industry.

ü TThe film was remade in Tamil by Prabhudeva with the name Pokkiri starring Vijay and Asin which again became a big hit.

ü P Puri Jagannath who wrote the original story as well as directed the original version had earlier worked with Ayesha Takia in Super and wanted to again cast her in Pokiri but she couldn’t do the film due to some problems.

ThT Ayesha is finally working with one of the Khan triumvirate. Earlier she was considered for Shahrukh Khan's Main Hoon Na and Aamir Khan's Ghajini but it didn't work out.

Thi This is Salman Khan's first role as a gangster.

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Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen

Director: Michael Bay

Executive Producer: Steven Spielberg

Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson and John Turturro.

When the film opened on 24 June in the USA it felt short by couple of millions to create history earning US$ 201 million in the opening weekend standing next only to The Dark Knight (US$ 203) in all time big openers. When Michael Bay (Bad Boys, Armageddon, Pearl Harbour) is at the helm of direction, Steven Spielberg (ET, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Indiana Jones series) at the executive production and already a hit prequel, the expectations are bound to go high. Surprisingly it released in India this week without much hype as I didn’t find a single ad on newspapers prior to its release.

The film takes the story forward from the first part of the planned series. It’s been two years since the last encounter with the Decepticons where Optimus Prime, the leader of Autobots came out victorious. Now Optimus heads a military organization with human beings where fellow Autobots have also joined in. While hunting a decepticon in Shanghai, they come to know that the Fallen is planning to take revenge. Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) has graduated from school and is going to join college to learn astronomy while trying to lead a normal life. But his destiny is intertwined with the aliens as he possesses what they seek, much unknown to him. Soon he is drawn into a conflict which apparently is not his. But as the story unfolds it is discovered that the so called aliens are not new to earth as they have been living here for thousands of years. In this grand battle of Autobots Vs Decepticons, the humans must take side with the Autobots to stop the Fallen and save the earth from annihilation.

As it happens with all sequels, the narrative structure of the film follows the trend of the earlier one. Innocent human beings who are going about their lives are affected by the larger than life events and soon they are in the middle of a war and secrets start revealing itself. The best part of the story is that it has been able to camouflage with the real history of Human race over the years. In the film, the main action takes place in the cradle of all civilizations, Egypt and it is wonderfully shot.

Although there could be hardly any scope in this kind of adventure films to show histrionics as an actor, it can be seen that Shia LaBeouf is maturing as an actor. The ‘boy’ is fast growing to a Man and is heading to be a prominent star in Hollywood. Megan Fox’s role is less defined than the previous one hence loses its significance. Josh Duhamel reprises his role as the Major who leads the fight against the awesome aliens and is fairly competent. But the man who steals the show is John Turturro as Agent Simmons who causes much of the trouble to Sam Witwicky in the first part. When things become too formidable for Sam to carry on, Simmons shows the way and indeed seizes his moment to stand out for his country. Also, his comic timing is of top grade.

The aspect where the film is outstanding is its action and visuals. The scale is huge, locations breathtaking, and greatly executed. I am personally fond of aerial shots and the film has a galore of it. It is one of the most extravagantly shot films in recent times. To the film’s discredit, some of the characters which played significant roles in the prequel were not developed properly. Add to that the first part of the film lacks the flow in narration and hence fails to thrill. But as the story progresses the film picks pace and leads to a grand finale.

At the end, the film deserves to be seen for its brilliant action and grandeur. The experience could be awesome. And for all those Transformers fans, the 3^rd installment is already announced. Cheers!

Movies I saw in 3 Months

My summer internship was smoothen by the following factor. I have never seen so many films in such a short span of time.

1. Johnny Gaddar (Hindi) Neil Nitin Mukesh, Rimi Sen, Dharmendra

2. Chirutha (Telegu) Introducing Ram Charan Teja (Chiranjeevi’s son)

3. Jodhaa Akbar (Hindi) 3^rd time Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

4. Pokiri (Telugu) Mahesh Babu, Ileana D’cruz

5. Fanaa (Hindi) 3^rd time Aamir Khan, Kajol

6. Saamy (Tamil) Vikram, Trisha

7. Enemy of the state (English) Will Smith, Gene Hackman

8. Boys (Tamil) Introducing Siddhartha, Genelia

9. Charlie’s Angels (English) Drew Barrymore, Charlize Theron, Lucy Liu

10. Khuda Kay Liye (Urdu) 3^rd time Shan, Naseeruddin Shah, Iman Ali

11. The 13^th Warrior (English) Antonio Banderas

12. Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar (Hindi) Ruslan Mumtaz, Hazel

13. The war of the worlds (English) Tom Cruise

14. Vettaiyaadu Vilayaadu (Tamil) Kamal Haasan, Jyotika

15. The Kite Runner (English)

16. Teesri Manzil (Hindi) Shammi Kapoor

17. Rogue Assassin (English) Jet Li, Jason Statham

18. Mumbai Salsa (Hindi) Vir Das, Manjari Phadnis

19. Gharsana (Telugu) Venkatesh, Asin

20. Kung Fu Panda (English)

21. Sins (English) Shiney Ahuja, Seema Rehmani

22. Ghajini (Hindi) 3^rd time Aamir Khan, Asin

23. Independence Day (English) Will Smith

24. Mississippi Burning (English) Gene Hackman

25. Bommarillu (Telugu) Siddhartha, Genelia

26. The Sword Of Tipu Sultan (Series) Disc 1

27. Sunday (Hindi) 8th time Ayesha Takia, Ajay Devgan, Arshad warsi

28. Tere Ghar Ke Samne (Hindi) Dev Anand

29. Apocalypto (English) Directed by Mel Gibson

30. Love Story 2050 (Hindi) Priyanka Chopra

31. Aata (Telugu) Siddhartha, Ileana

32. Poison Ivy (English) Drew Barrymore

33. Fantastic 4: Rise of the silver surfer (English)

34. Devdasu (Telugu) Introducing Ileana D’Cruz

35. Syriana (English) George Clooney, Matt Damon

36. Sahara (English)

37. Rush Hour 3 (English) Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker

38. Idiocracy (English)

39. Enchanted (English) on a very special recommendation

40. Blood Diamond (English) Leonardo Di Caprio

41. Bachelor Party (English) Tom Hanks

42. The Contractor (English)

43. Hindustani (Hindi) Kamal Haasan, Urmila, Manisha Koirala

44. Sye (Telugu) Genelia, Nitin

45. Yes Man (English) Jim Carrey

46. X-Men (English) Hugh Jackman

47. Jugaad (Hindi) Manoj Bajpai

48. The Marine (English) John Cenna

49. Cloverfield (English)

50. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (Hindi) ‘cos my cousin hadn’t seen it

51. The Sword of Tipu Sultan (Series) Disc 2

52. Tropic Thunder (English) Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Ben Stiller

53. The Lost World: Jurassic Park

54. Behind Enemy Lines II (English)

55. Dhokha (Hindi) Introducing Mozammil Ibrahim, Tulip Joshi

56. Money Hai to Honey Hai (Hindi) Govinda and others

57. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (English) Harrison Ford

58. International Crook (Hindi) Paying tribute to Feroz Khan on his death

59. The Sixth Sense (English) Bruce Willis

60. Demolition Man (English) Sylvester Stallone

61. Fool N Final (Hindi) Ayesha Takia, Shahid Kapoor

62. Rush Hour (English) Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker

63. Jurm (Hindi) Bobby Deol, Lara Dutta

64. 1947 Earth (Hindi) Aamir Khan, Nandita Das

65. The Train (Hindi) Emran Hashmi

66. Allari Pidugu (Telugu) Katrina Kaif, Balakrishna

67. Videsh (Hindi) Preity Zinta

68. Don (Telugu) Nagarjuna

69. 13B (Hindi) R. Madhavan

70. The Inner/Outer world of Shahrukh Khan (Documentary)

71. If Only (English) Again on recommendation

72. Athidhi (Telugu) Mahesh Babu, Amrita Rao

73. Manorama Six feet Under (Hindi) 2^nd time Abhay Deol

74. Taarzan: the Wonder Car (Hindi) Introducing Ayesha Takia

75. Collateral (English) Tom Cruise, Jamie Fox

76. Romeo Must Die (English) Jet Li

77. The Patriot (English) Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger

78. King Kong (English) Jack Black, Naomi Watts

79. Hulk (English) Eric Bana

80. Rush Hour 2 (English) Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker

81. The Matrix Reloaded (English) Keanu Reeves

82. Jurassic Park III (English)

83. Schindler’s List (English)

84. Antaheen (Bengali) Rahul Bose

85. Tasveer (Hindi) Ayesha Takia, Akshay Kumar

86. Karma Aur Holi (English) Sushmita Sen

87. Bobby (Hindi) Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia

88. No Smoking (Hindi) Ayesha Takia

89. Kalpurush (Bengali) Mithun Chakraborty, Rahul Bose

90. Darr (Hindi) Sunny Deol, Juhi Chawla, Shahrukh Khan

91. Aloo Chat (Hindi) Aftab, Aamna

92. Aliens vs Predators (English)

93. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (English)

94. The Transporter (English) Jason Statham

95. Shoot ‘Em Up (English) Clive Owen, Monica Belluci

96. Harry potter and the philosopher’s stone (English)

97. Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets (English)

98. Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (Hindi) Preity Zinta

99. The Mummy (English)

100. Namastey London (Hindi) 2^nd time

101. Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban

102. Prince No. 1 (Dubbed from Telugu) Preity Zinta, Mahesh Babu

103. Universal Soldier (English)

104. Dhaam Dhoom (Tamil) Kangana Ranaut

105. Thank You for smoking (English)

106. Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom (English)

107. Amar Akbar Anthony (Hindi)

108. Ghajini (Tamil) Surya, Asin

109. Bulletproof Monk (English)

110. Welcome to Sajjanpur (Hindi)

111. Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar (Hindi) Salman Khan

112. Chandramukhi (Tamil) Superstar Rajnikanth

113. Khal Nayak (Hindi) Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri

114. Rangeela (Hindi) 2^nd time Aamir Khan, Urmila, Jackie Shroff

115. Gladiator (English) Russel Crow, Jaquin Phoenix

116. Chachi 420 (Hindi) Kamal Haasan, Tabu

117. Charlie Wilson’s war (English) Tom Hanks, Om Puri, Julia Roberts

118. The International (English) Clive Owen, Naomi Watts

119. Unleashed (English) Jet Li, Morgan Freeman

120. Arahan (dubbed from Korean)

121. Dil Deke Dekho (Hindi) Shammi Kapoor

122. Baaghi (Hindi) Salman Khan, Nagma

123. Sadak (Hindi) Sanjay Dutt, Pooja Bhatt

124. Nijam (Telugu) Mahesh Babu

125. Golden Eye (English) Pierce Brosnan

126. The Girl Next Door (English)

127. Khuda Gawah (Hindi) Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi

128. Indra (Telugu) Chiranjeevi

129. You’ve Got Mail (English) Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan

130. The Good Shepherd (English) Matt Damon

131. Harry Potter and the goblet of fire (English)

132. Die Hard 3 (English) Bruce Willis

133. That Thing You Do (English) Tom Hanks

134. Underworld 3 (English)

135. The Green Mile (English) Tom Hanks

136. The fast and the furious 4 (English)

137. Okkadu (Telugu) Mahesh Babu

138. Aa Dekhen Zara (Hindi) Niel Mukesh

139. Big (English) Tom Hanks

140. Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix (English)

141. The Godfather (English) Marlon Brando, Al Pacino

142. Turner &Hooch (English) Tom Hanks

143. Straight (Hindi) Vinay Pathak

144. Gulal (Hindi) Kay Kay

145. Cast Away (English) Tom Hanks

146. Angels & Demons (English) Tom Hanks

147. Shanghai Noon (English) Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson

148. Pokkiri (Tamil) Vijay, Asin

149. Billa (Tamil) Ajith, Nayanthara

150. My Fair Lady (English)

151. Pyaar Ke Side Effects (Hindi) Rahul Bose, Mallika Sherawat

152. Dashavatar (Dubbed from Tamil) Kamal Haasan, Asin, Mallika

153. Death Race (English)

154. The Last of the Mohicans (English)