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10
Jun

Bollywood tackles rural suicide in ‘Summer 2007′

A new Bollywood film puts the spotlight on the sensitive issue of suicide in rural India, where some 150,000 farmers have taken their own lives in the past decade.

The makers of “Summer 2007″ say they hope to raise awareness of the plight of cultivators in Vidarbha region — an arid cotton-bearing plateau in central India.

While India, Asia’s third-largest economy, grew 9 percent in 2007/08, an inescapable cycle of debt stalks the farmers of Vidarbha.

In “Summer 2007,” which opens in cinemas on Friday, five medical students from Mumbai stray into a village, unprepared for the deaths and misery they encounter there.

“They get embroiled into this whole saga of who’s responsible, why is there so much poverty and disparity,” said Atul Pandey, the film’s producer.

Farming and related activities provide a livelihood for more than two-thirds of India’s 1.1 billion people.

“A Bollywood film has certain set notions. It’s always a little difficult to say something which is not a love story or a revenge potboiler,” director Suhail Tatari, 44, said.

The five medical students can do little to alleviate the suffering of the villagers and yet “Summer 2007″ ends on a note of hope.

30
Mar

One Two Three Movie Review

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Did you ever see the comedy serial Office Office, yeah the same comedy serial who consecutively won the award for best comedy sitcom year after year. What happens when the person behind Office Office comes out with his first directorial debut movie. You expect a blast, but then Ashwani Dhir’s One Two Three not only blasts but also buries your expectations.While going out for One Two Three, keep in mind to open up your head, squeeze out your brain and stuff some hay into your empty head, because for the next three hours what you see is complete nonsense. The dialogues are good, the lifted witty one-liners were ok but the script lacked the punch.Here is the story of the movie from One Two Three’s official site:

Diamonds worth ten crores are stolen from dangerous Don, Papa. The diamonds accidentally fall in the hands of young love birds - Chandu (Upen Patel) and Chandni (Tanisha), who quickly hide them in a car. Papa and his idiotic henchmen Alberts(Vrijesh Hirjee) and Pintos (Manoj Pahva) are desperately hunting for the diamonds while hot headed police officer Mayawati Chautala (Neetu Chandra) is on the prowl looking for offenders of any kind.

Enter the first Laxmi Narayan (Tusshar Kapoor). He’s from a khandani mafia family and his mother prays that with a few murders under his belt, he will be settled for life. After botching up badly in his early attempts, he’s got a final chance to redeem himself as a Bhai. He comes to Hotel Blue Diamond, Pondicherry because he’s taken supari to bump of Papa (Mukesh Tiwari).

Enter the second Laxmi Narayan (Suniel Shetty). He’s an MBA from Darjeeling and lives his professional life by following two simple rules - 1) the boss is always right. 2) If the boss is wrong, follow rule number 1. He is sent to Hotel Blue Diamond, Pondicherry to collect a new car for his boss from Laila (Sameera Reddy).

The third Laxmi Narayan (Paresh Rawal) is a hawker who has made so much money selling underwear on the footpath, that he has set up a lingerie factory for his son. His son sends him to Hotel Blue Diamond, Pondicherry to collect lingerie samples from upcoming designer Jiya (Esha Deol).

One… 2… Three…Laxmi Narayans in the same place at the same time.
One… 2… Three…Laxmi Narayans waiting for messages at the hotel reception desk.
One… 2… Three…Laxmi Narayans getting letters and photographs meant for the other.

First Laxmi Narayan gets lingerie designer Jiya’s photo and goes to kill her, only to end up as her hero. Second Laxmi Narayan gets Papa’s photo and goes to collect the car from him, only to be mistaken for a killer and gets beaten black and blue. Third Laxmi Narayan gets Laila’s photo and asks her to show him her underwear, only to be branded an old pervert.

Meanwhile Chandu and Chandni are determined to stop anybody from buying the car where they have hidden the diamonds. But Laila has to sell the car to save her showroom. And Jiya has to sell her designs to save herself from lecherous Mende’s clutches.

One…2.. Three - A case of not one mistaken identity but three!
One…2.. Three - A crazy bunch of people doing the wrong things for the right reason!
One…2.. Three - A laugh riot from beginning to end!!

Bad things about One Two Three are bad script, bad screenplay, below average cinematography, hamming actors who fail at comedy, dumb actresses and forgettable music from Raghav Sachar. The few good things about One Two Three are: Sanjay Mishra is outstanding in his performance, Manoj Pahwa is brilliant, good editing, usage of funny sound-effects and above all the movie is a great stress buster.

Coming to the performances of other actors, Sunil Shetty is good, Paresh Rawal repeats his monotonous Hera Pheri Act (I am sick of this), Upen Patel- no comments, Mukesh Tiwari and Vrajesh Hirjee are ok, Tusshar Kapoor needs to work on his dialogue delivery, Esha Deol looks dumb, Sameera Reddy’s act is a dud (like her Race’s performance), Tanishaa is bad and Neetu Chandra overacts.

Folks don’t expect anything great from the movie and you might actually end up enjoying it, otherwise it’s a strict no-no, ‘coz the three hours spent on a dingy seat in One Two Three’s torture room can be worse than hell.

27
Mar

Detonating blockbusters

For once, India and Pakistan have realised that there are better things to barter than Howitzers and ‘Gaalis’. Bollywood is crossing the Wagah gates. So are the Pakistani filmmakers. Their mission is to detonate a few blockbusters across the border.

UTV, which released ‘Taare Zameen Par’ and ‘Race’ in India, will release both the movies in Pakistan on March 28. Siddharth Roy Kapoor, UTV executive vice president marketing, distribution and syndication, says that while the Pakistani censor board issued a universal certificate (U) for ‘Taare Zameen Par’ without any cuts, it ordered a few minor cuts in ‘Race’ before granting it a universal/adult (U/A) certificate.

Both the films, for which UTV has worldwide distribution rights, are being released in 15 cinemas each in five major Pakistani cities. Geo TV and Egar Films are UTV’s distribution partners in Pakistan. UTV had also released ‘Goal’ in Pakistan earlier and the movie, according to Kapoor, earned more there than from the UAE market. Now with ‘Taare Zameen Par’ and ‘Race’, UTV is the only Indian company to have three releases in a row in Pakistan.

10
Mar

Movie Preview: Krazzy 4

Movie Preview: Krazzy 4Director: Jaideep Sen
Story and Producer: Rakesh Roshan
Screenplay & Dialogues: Ashwani Dhir
Co-producer: Sunaina Roshan
Music: Rajesh Roshan
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Background Music: Raju Singh
Editor: Meghna Ashchit
Choreographers: Raju Khan, Ganesh Acharya, Ahmed Khan Thrills: Tinu Verma Cinematographer: Ajit BhatCharacter Sketch Juhi Chawla as Dr Sonali As a psychiatrist she knows what’s wrong with her patients; as a sensitive woman she firmly believes that if you really want to make them well, you should treat them with your heart, not just your mind. Arshad Warsi as Raja
Truly the angry young man! His blood boils, his fists clench and he’s ready to beat the daylights out of anyone who upsets him in some way. Irrfan Khan is Dr Mukherjee
He has decided that he’s the Captain of the team! But so obsessed is he by the need to be in control of a situation, he doesn’t realize he’s totally lost control of himself and his mind.

Rajpal Yadav as Gangadhar
He’s marching to a beat only he can hear; he’s fighting for a cause that’s long over. But in his muddled mind he’s still fighting for Swaraj; still hobnobbing with the likes of Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi.

Suresh Menon as Dabboo
Cute and adorable, he’s everybody’s pet and however far gone the rest may be, when it comes to Dabboo, everybody’s super protective. Even if he can hear and understand, Dabboo refuses to speak. And nobody knows why!

Dia Mirza as Shikha
As a TV reporter she controls the news on the channel, but as a woman she’s unable to control the unruly and unmanageable rage of Raja – the man she loves.

Rajat Kapur as Industrialist R K Sanyal
He is Dr Sonali’s husband. But in his quest for power and money he takes a step that will have alarming consequences for his wife and her patients – the krazzy 4!

Zaakir Hussain as Srivastav
He is so neck deep in illegal activities that now he’ll stoop to anything – even kidnapping and murder – to keep him ahead.

Synopsis

It’s a mad, mad, mad world out there
Someone’s nutty about money …



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