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Author - Vikas Swarup I had bought this book like 3 months back, But after watching Slumdog i couldn't stop myself picking it up. You know i was looking for Vikas Swarup in the Oscars, I am not sure if he was around. I mean after all he is the man, he is the creator. For all those who have not seen the movie and not read the book as well, Its a about a 18 year old guy who wins who wants to be a Millionaire and gets arrested for cheating on the show. Apparently the producer of the show doesent have money to pay the guy thats why he gets him arrested. And then he gets saved by a lawyer, then the whole story is about the guy explaining the laywer how he got all the answers throuh the experiances in his life.
The book is very different from the movie, The movie looks far more realistic in front of the book. The book reads like a mix of bollywood movies. I think movie is a better option.
Cast - Abhishek Bachhan Sonam Kapoor
Director - Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Rakeysh carries on his tradition of making movies with out of the box concept, First was AKS, then Rang de basanti and now Delhi 6. Movie based in the interiors of Delhi shows a American Guy (Abhi) coming down to India (Delhi) with his Dadi. Then movie goes from situation to situation, most of it showing the narrow minded society, Indian beliefs, Unnecessary superstitions.
Hard to believe we also see in the movie a waste collector who is a schedule caste and cannot be touched. Once again a movie touches India' most sensitive topic - Hindu - Muslim tiffs. Though the reason shown for the sudden tiff dint make that much of sense. In all these society crisis we also have a love story booming of Roshan (Abhi) & Bittu (Sonam). Thanks God it was not throughout the movie they were singing love songs and No lovey dovey dialogues. A very suttle Love Angle i must say. Ofcouse we have a villain Father (Om Puri) who wants to get his daughter (Sonam) married as soon as possible, but bittu wants to become an INDIAN IDOL (can you beat that), And YES we also see her auditioning for the same, i am very disappointed that we dint hear Anu MAlik's and Javed saab's comments on her.
Delhi 6 has a very abrupt ending or we may call it a weird ending. A movie with a very strong social message. Every thing that was shown made sense, but it just went a bit hard way. May be we have very high expectations from Rakeysh after Rang de Basanti.
A R Rahman rocks once again. All the songs are mind blowing, and also blends very well in the movie and most of them are taken in the background. Prasoon Joshi's Lyrics were very strong and blended so well with the movie and situation and it was better they were not lip sung. Masakali, Delhi 6, Arziyan, Rehna tu, Genda Phool, all were brilliant numbers. The picturisation and cinematography were simply amazing, Specially if you see the masjid scene with Arziyaan in background, its truly is mesmerising. I am sure Delhiets are going to love watching their city.If we talk about the performances, Abhi (Not too good, but suited the role, Fake accent) Sonam (utterly butterly CUTE), waheda rahman (cold performance), Om puri (could have been strong), Rishi Kapoor (I adore him, but short role and not performance oriented) Vijay Raaz (bang on).All in all a mediocre film, Rakeysh couldn't pull the magic. Music is a very strong aspect of the movie.
RATING - **1/2
Cast - Neil Nitin Mukesh Bipasha Basu
Music Director - Gaurav Dasgupta/Pritam
Music of ADZ obviously had high expectations of being a peppy & "CLUB KINDA" music because of Pritam and Gourav Dasgupta (Dus Kahania Fame).
Title Song is originally from a sanjay Dutt movie. One version of the song is a Dance floor mix and is sung by debutant singer "Neil Nitin Mukesh" himself. Neil sounds really good, gives the song a strong effect. The second version of the song is a Lounge version created by Gourav and sung by Dibyendu Mukherjee, Absolute beauty, Its such a soulfull number.
Another attempt to create a dance number is "Gazab" by pritam, sung by Sunidhi & Shaan. Not all that great, the club mix can hit the clubs.
Two more by Gourav - "Power" sung by Dibyendu, Lyrics strictly ok, can be heard in a party else boring & "Rock the party" sung by Sunudhi and Shweta sounds like a pop number, reminds you of "its the time to disco".Last one is a love ballad by pritam, sung by Aakriti - slow, groovy, touchy & peacefull song. I think the album will give some help to the success of the movie. Am looking forward to it...
Cast - Fardeen Khan Kunal Khemu Dia Mirza Anjani Sukhani
Music Director - Bappa Lahiri
This is Bappa Lahiri's first solo venture as a composer. First song SUFI sounds like a pakistani album, with male vocals by Siam and female byTulsi kumar. Catchy vocals and music but lyrics by Sameer goes a bit weak, Rock version of the same song sounds better.
Then comes one of my favorite number by Omar Inayat - Tenu Le Ke Jana. This song has been released earlier in an pop album. This sounds like a slow punjabi hip hop number. Quite catchy...Good option for a grooovy dance...
Mika back in action with Raja Hasan (SA RE GA MA Fame) in Dhun Lagi. This is a typical "FUULTOO DHAMAAL" song, sure to hit the clubs soon. Last song of Raja Hasan was Mari Teetri. This too is on the similar lines. Two remix versions as well for this - progressive dance & electro. I like the latter.Hard Kaur and Reema Lahiri tried to generate a foot tapping Aisa Lashkara but lyrics not that great and vocals not that catchy.
One more SA RE GA MA singer Mauli Dave launched in JV with Agre Ka Ghagra... Sounds similar to some song, no idea which one, Again an disappointing effort...All in all a below average album exept 2 songs - Tenu Le & Dhun Lagi.
