Dostana : Music Review

Dostana's Music is releasing on 1-Oct.
Composers are Vishal-Shekhar.

The review will be up in the next few days. Do check out this page for a detailed review.

A Wednesday : Movie Review

Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher, Jimmy Shergil, Aamir Bashir
Story, Screenplay, Direction: Neeraj Pandey

The screenplay of this movie beats that of even some of the good Hollywood suspense thrillers. 'A Wednesday' is a superb thriller and echoes the sentiments of the average Indian living in utter insecurity amidst every day terrorist attacks. On seeing the faces of Anupam Kher and Naseeruddin Shah on the posters, you might expect it to be some highly emotional art movie. But the movie is a wonderful thriller keeping you on the edge of the seat till the end.

Naseeruddin Shah is brilliant as usual amazingly fitting into his well sketched character. Anupam Kher truly has done an amazing job. After watching this movie, I felt Anupam Kher has so far been grossly under-utilized by Bollywood film industry. Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher together amaze the audience with their performances. Naseeruddin Shah, in a common man's attire just shines through the movie and Anupam Kher matches his brilliance with razor sharp dialogue delivery and amazing portrayal of a composed Police Commissioner.

The movie starts at a fast pace wherein the Police Commissioner Rathod (Anupam Kher) gets an anonymous call from Naseeruddin Shah warning him of blasting the city if he doesn't get his favours done. What follows is an amazing edge-of-the-seat stuff which beats some of the Hollywood's best flicks. And believe me, no Will Smith, no Tom Cruise/Bruce Willis can beat the performances of Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher.

The direction is amazing and the whole beauty of the movie is in its screenplay. The way the story unfolds is very skilfully done and the director keeps surprising the audience with his brilliance. Jimmy Shergil's role as 'Arif Khan' is probably his career best so far and he amazingly fits into the role of an aggressive cop. Aamir Bashir did a good job as 'Jai Singh', the duty-minded police officer. Overall, this movie is a great thriller with amazing performances by the lead cast.

Rating: 4.5/5

Best of Nadeem-Shravan

A playlist of Nadeem-Shravan's best compositions.
These songs are sorted in alphabetical order.
Don't confuse them as ranked in the same order.

S. No.	Song	Movie Name
1	aaye ho meri zindagi mein (female)	Raja Hindustani
2	ab tere bin	Ashiqui
3	adayein bhi hain	Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin
4	aisi deewangi	Deewana
5	akha india janta hai	Jaan Tere Naam
6	ankh hai bhari bhari (male)	Tum Se Achha Kaun Hai
7	bahut pyar karte hain	Saajan
8	bas ek sanam chahiye	Ashiqui
9	bas ek tamanna hai	Salaami
10	chain aapko mila	Hungama
11	chehra kya dekhte ho	Salaami
12	dekha hai pehli baar	Saajan
13	dheere dheere pyar ko	Phool Aur Kante
14	dheere dheere se	Ashiqui
15	dil gaya mera dil gaya	Tum Se Achha Kaun Hai
16	dil hai ki manta nahin	Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin
17	dil hai tumhara	Dil Hai Tumhara
18	dil jigar nazar kya hai	Dil Ka Kya Kasoor
19	dil ka aalam	Ashiqui
20	dil ka kya kasoor	Dil Ka Kya Kasoor
21	dil ne yeh kaha hai (sonu)	Dhadkan
22	dil tera aashiq	Dil Tera Aashiq
23	do dil mil rahe hain	Pardes
24	dulhe ka sehra	Dhadkan
25	ek baar ek baar	Sambandh
26	ek haseen ladki se	Barsaat
27	galyat sankli sonyachi	Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin
28	gawah hain	Damini
29	ghoonghat ki aadh se	Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke
30	hum ho gaye aapke	Hum Ho Gaye Aapke
31	hum lakh chhupayein pyar magar	Jaan Tere Naam
32	hum tere bin	Sadak
33	hum yaar hain tumhare	Haan Maine Bhi Pyar Kiya Hai
34	humko sirf tumse pyar hai	Barsaat
35	ishq chhupta nahin	Bewafa
36	jab haal-e-dil tumse	Salaami
37	jab se tumko dekha hai sanam	Damini
38	jahan piya wahan main	Pardes
39	janejigar janeman	Ashiqui
40	jeeta tha jiske liye	Dilwale
41	jeeyein to jeeyein kaise (kumar sanu)	Saajan
42	jo bhi kasmein	Raaz
43	kabhi bhoola kabhi yaad kiya	Sapne Saajan Ke
44	kal college band ho jayega	Jaan Tere Naam
45	kisi din banoongi	Raja
46	kisi se tum pyar karo	Andaaz
47	kitna haseen chehra	Dilwale
48	kitna pagal dil hai (female)	Andaaz
49	kitna sukoon	Saajan Ki Baahon Mein
50	kitni bechain hoke	Kasoor
51	koi na koi chahiye	Deewana
52	love tujhe love main	Barsaat
53	main duniya bhula doonga	Ashiqui
54	maine pyar tumhi se	Phool Aur Kante
55	mauka milega to hum	Dilwale
56	mera dil bhi kitna	Saajan
57	mera dil tere liye	Ashiqui
58	mere mehboob ki yehi pehchan hai	Salaami
59	meri mehbooba	Pardes
60	meri wafayein	Sainik
61	mohabbat ho na	Kasoor
62	mujhe tumse mohabbat hai	Tumsa Nahin Dekha
63	nahin hona tha	Pardes
64	nahin yeh ho nahin sakta	Barsaat
65	nazar ke samne	Ashiqui
66	nazrein mili dil dhadka	Raja
67	o mere sapnon ke saudagar	Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin
68	o yara dil lagana	Agni Sakshi
69	pardesi (female)	Raja Hindustani
70	payaliya	Deewana
71	pehli baar mile hain	Saajan
72	premi ashiq awara	Phool Aur Kante
73	pyar ka anjam kisne socha	Bewafa
74	pyar se pyar hum	Raaz
75	rahne ko ghar nahin	Sadak
76	rone na dijiyega	Jaan Tere Naam
77	saat rang ke sapnon mein	Saat Rang Ke Sapne
78	saaton janam mein tere	Dilwale
79	sapne saajan ke	Sapne Saajan Ke
80	sochenge tumhein pyar	Deewana
81	teri isi ada pe sanam	Deewana
82	teri ummeed tera intezar	Deewana
83	tu meri zindagi hai	Ashiqui
84	tu pyar hai kisi aur ka	Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin
85	tu shayar hai main teri shayari	Saajan
86	tum agar samne	Raaz
87	tum dil ki dhadkan mein (abhijeet)	Dhadkan
88	tumhein apna banane ki	Sadak
89	tumhein chhede hawa chanchal	Salaami
90	tumko dekha aur ho gaya	Waqt Hamara Hai
91	tumse milne ki	Saajan
92	tumse milne ko dil karta hai	Phool Aur Kante
93	woh humse khafa hain	Tumsa Nahin Dekha
94	yeh dhuan dhuan	Tumsa Nahin Dekha
95	yeh dil deewana	Pardes
96	yeh dua hai meri	Sapne Saajan Ke
97	yun hi kat jayega safar	Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke
98	zindagi ko bina pyar (duet)	Haan Maine Bhi Pyar Kiya Hai

Best of Jatin-Lalit

A playlist of Jatin-Lalit's best compositions.
These songs are sorted in alphabetical order.
Don't confuse them as ranked in the same order.

S. No.	Song	Movie Name
1	aaj main upar	Khamoshi
2	aana mere pyar ko	Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na
3	aati kya khandala	Ghulam
4	ab to tumhein hai dikhana	Yara Dildara
5	ae kash ke hum	Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na
6	ae shivani	Khoobsurat
7	ajnabi mujhko itna bata	Pyar To Hona Hi Tha
8	ankhein bhi hoti hain	Hasil
9	ankhein khuli ho ya	Mohabbatein
10	ankhon se tune	Ghulam
11	aur kya	Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
12	bahon ke darmiyan	Khamoshi
13	bahut khoobsurat ho	Khoobsurat
14	banke tera jogi	Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
15	bin tere sanam	Yara Dildara
16	chal pyar karegi	Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai
17	chalte chalte yun hi (male)	Mohabbatein
18	chand sifarish	Fanaa
19	chand tare	Yes Boss
20	chanda chamke cham cham	Fanaa
21	choodi baji hai	Yes Boss
22	deewana dil deewana	Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na
23	deewana main chala	Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya
24	dekho na	Fanaa
25	dhai akshar prem ke	Dhai Akshar Prem Ke
26	dhoom dhoom luck luck	Dillagi
27	dil ka qarar	Sangharsh
28	dillagi	Dillagi
29	ek din aap yun	Yes Boss
30	gash khake	Khoobsurat
31	ghar aaja pardesi	Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
32	haan haan yeh pyar hai	Dillagi
33	haan mujhe thaam le	Rok Sako To Rok Lo
34	ho gaya hai tujhko	Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
35	hoshwalon ko khabar	Sarfarosh
36	huiya ho	Khamoshi
37	hum ko humi se chura lo	Mohabbatein
38	hum tum (rishie rich)	Hum Tum
39	i am the best	Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
40	is deewane ladke ko	Sarfarosh
41	jab kisi ki taraf dil	Pyar To Hona Hi Tha
42	jadu hai tera hi jadu	Ghulam
43	jana suno	Khamoshi
44	jata hai tu kahan	Yes Boss
45	jawan ho yaron	Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar
46	jo haal dil ka	Sarfarosh
47	khud ko kya samajhti hai	Khiladi
48	koi mil gaya	Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai
49	koi nahin aisa	Dillagi
50	kuchh kuchh hota hai	Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai
51	kya khabar thi jana	Khiladi
52	kya yeh sach hai	Dillagi
53	kyon na hum milke pyar karein	Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na
54	ladki kyon	Hum Tum
55	madhosh dil ki dhadkan	Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai
56	main koi aisa geet gaoon	Yes Boss
57	main kya karoon	Dillagi
58	mehndi laga ke rakhna	Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
59	mera chand mujhe	Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan
60	mera ek sapna hai	Khoobsurat
61	mere hath mein	Fanaa
62	mere khwabon mein jo aaye	Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
63	meri ankhon mein tum ho	Bada Din
64	meri duniya hai (duet)	Vaastav
65	mujhe raat din bas	Sangharsh
66	naraz savera hai	Sangharsh
67	o jana na jana	Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai
68	o o janejana	Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya
69	pairon mein bandhan hai	Mohabbatein
70	pehla nasha	Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar
71	pehli pehli baar	Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai
72	phir bhi dil hai hindustani	Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
73	pyar ke liye	Dil Kya Kare
74	pyar tho hona hi tha	Pyar To Hona Hi Tha
75	rooth ke humse kabhi	Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar
76	ruk ja o dil deewane	Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
77	sachi yeh kahani hai	Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na
78	sanson ko sanson mein	Hum Tum
79	soni soni ankhiyon wali	Mohabbatein
80	suniye to	Yes Boss
81	suno zara	Bada Din
82	tujhe dekha to yeh jana	Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
83	tum hi hamari ho	Yara Dildara
84	tune mujhe pehchana nahin	Raju Chacha
85	wada raha sanam	Khiladi
86	woh jo kaha tha	Yara Dildara
87	woh to hai albela	Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na
88	yahan ke hum sikandar	Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar
89	yeh dil sun raha hai	Khamoshi
90	yeh teri ankhein jhuki jhuki	Fareb
91	yeh zameen hai	Dillagi
92	zara sa jhoom loon main	Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
93	zindagi maut na ban jaye	Sarfarosh

What Happens in Vegas : Movie Review

Cast: Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher
Director: Tom Vaughan

'What Happens in Vegas' is a nice light-hearted romantic comedy. The movie is about how an unusual couple accidentally ending up in a marital relationship hits it off. They may not be the usual couple well known to each other bored with the knowledge of each others' goods and bads, but the freedom they enjoy in each others' company is what sets them apart and makes them fall in love with each other.

Jack Fuller (Ashton), fired from work by his boss cum dad and Joy McNally (Cameron), dumped by her boy friend set out to Las Vegas with their friends to chill out. Their chance meeting at Vegas is followed by a frenzy evening when they get fully drunk and end up getting married. What follows is a crazy turn of events which forces them to live with each other and bear the peculiarities of each other. How their antagonism actually makes each help the other overcome his/her weakness is to be seen on the screen.

The chemistry established between Jack and Joy is good. The various trials each of them sets on to get rid of the other floors the audience with laughter. The movie is light-hearted from the beginning till the end. In the acting department, Cameron Diaz does a decent job. Ashton does not come across as a very natural actor and probably was not the right choice for the role. It is not that he did a bad job, but there are others who could have done a better job. Overall, this is a nice timepass movie.

Rating: 3.5/5

Rock On : Movie Review

Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Luke Kenny, Prachi Desai
Director: Abhishek Kapoor
Music: Shankar Ehsaan Loy

If you are in that phase of your life where you constantly think and re-think about the choices you have earlier made especially with respect to your career and friendships; or if you are one of those art lovers whether it is music or painting or poetry that you were in love with, who has never had enough opportunities to pursue your passion and might have left certain chance slip by, 'Rock on' would make you relive those emotions you might have felt when you were deeply connected with your true self when you were reflecting whether certain missed chances or broken relationships could be renewed. Set up in the modern era, this movie is about four friends who drifted apart from their common dream of pursuing rock as their career, their passion, their very breath.

The movie starts with the introduction of Aditya Shroff (Farhan Akhtar), an accomplished investment banker who has everything material at his disposal. His wife doesn't help but notice some insufficiency in his happiness, some undercurrents which make him feel angry with himself. She digs up his past to discover that he was always meant to be the lead singer of the rock band - 'Magik'. Upon her insistence and design, the four of them rediscover themselves and their true passion and unfold the remaining of the story. The characters of the four members of the rock band are very well sketched. Farhan Akhtar ROCKS in his debut appearance as an actor and a singer! His voice seems to be very well suited for the rock genre. Purab Kohli is set to have very good offers in his hand after this movie. His jokes and timing are impeccable and offer that light-heartedness required in an otherwise serious movie. Arjun Rampal excels in a silent yet crucial role and imposes his personality through his silence and looks although one may feel he lacks to create the punch one expects from him in the climax scene. That apart, he truly excels in his role.

'Rock on' is definitely a trend-setting movie although one might argue that it takes inspiration from the erstwhile hits - 'Dil Chahta Hai' and 'Jhankar Beats'. The feel of Hindi rock the movie creates with quite different lyrics and rock music composed on par with the western rock genre to suit them is fantastic. Shankar Ehsaan Loy definitely have it in them to set trends in bollywood music. The lyrics from Javed Akhtar - 'mere laundry ka ek bill', 'sinbad the sailor' - are quite unexpectedly different and definitely catch the pulse of the youth. The movie is definitely a trendsetter and is going to rock the audiences throughout.

Rating: 4.75/5

The Dark Knight : Movie Review

Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine

Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Dark Knight’ is the second of the sequel that started with his 2005 film ‘Batman Begins’ that are based on the fictional comic superhero ‘Batman’ created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. Quite contrary to other superheroes, Batman is rather human without any superpowers and trusts his physique, intellect, detective skills, technology, wealth etc. to fight crime in the fictional Gotham City where he lives.

Well, first things first. Before I went to watch the Dark Knight I was surprised at the hype around this film. That the Dark Knight is the best superhero movie ever and all; well boy, it’s true to every single bit of it. The film not just lives up to the expectations it set but also exceeds it many a times. One thing that would contribute the most to the success of the film is undoubtedly the powerful, intelligent and fast paced script by Nolan and his brother Jonathan. With the right story, they just pulled it off with the right cast.

As the film unfolds, we realize that Batman (Christian Bale) is not seen exactly as a superhero by the people of Gotham City, as evil spirits make use of Batman’s secrete identity and costumes to get away with their own crime. Well, the change of image of Batman was the first shock but to lessen the effect, it was smoothly revealed by the script writers.

Later when District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) joins soon to be Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) to fight crime, Batman contemplates on retiring and leading a normal life with childhood sweetheart Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal). The lady in the mean time has fallen in love with Dent thinking that Batman could never retire from his fight against crime and secret life.

And then enters the Joker (Heath Ledger), the cold blooded villain with a Glasgow Smile, who is just out of Dent’s and Gordon’s reach and requires Batman’s intervention. Joker is a man with intentions above just wealth and power and is enacted beyond perfection by late Heath Ledger in a will be Oscar winning performance. His acting is undoubtedly one of the best parts of the film. An at par challenger to Batman, the heroics of Joker and how the Batman tackle those forms the essence of one of the best superhero films ever.

In the pursuits of the Joker, the film throws out the idea of how corrupt can someone become in an effort to fight corruption itself. This irony runs throughout the film and comes out as the major theme of the film.

The film is equipped with some of the great action sequences, with top notch performances from the crew in the cinematography and special effects department. All these make The Dark Knight the best film of the year and arguably one of the best films ever.

Rating: 4.75/5