Language: HINDI
Director: Abbas-Mustan
Producer: Kumar S Taurani, Ramesh S Taurani
Cast: Bobby Deol, Akshaye Khanna, Urvashi Sharma, Vikas Kalantri
Music: Pritam Chakraborty 
Synopsis
Naqaab tells the story of Sophie (Urvashi Sharma), a young girl from a middle-class family. She is engaged to millionaire Karan Khanna (Bobby Deol). When she meets Vicky Malhotra (Akshaye Khanna) her affections shift to him and problems begin in her relationship with Karan.
The focus of the film also shifts to the shady past of all three characters, with some unexpected elements thrown in.
Who does Urvashi choose?
Who does she really want?
What are their shady pasts?
Expect a rocking thriller once again from the masters of this genre- Abbas-Mustan.
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Naqaab
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Mallika in 100 most beautiful list
Mallika Sherawat seems to be the hot favourite with the Chinese. First it was her role opposite Jackie Chan in The Myth, and then she walked the red carpet at Cannes on his arm and now this! One of Hong Kong's premier magazines has listed her as one of the 100 most beautiful women in Asia.
Cover, which is a leading fashion magazine of Hong Kong, feels their list of 100 most beautiful women in Asia, would not be complete without Mallika. 
Besides Mallika, the magazine's list of beautiful women also includes actors, models and socialites and television presenters from all over Asia. The magazine now intends to do a special feature on Mallika in one of their forthcoming issues.
Source: msn.co.in
Mid year report : Dismal show by bollywood
The world's biggest film industry struggled to make a profit in the first half of 2007. Star appeal, big budgets and swanky foreign locations have all failed to bring cheer to Bollywood. Analysts blamed weak scripts for the failures.
It was almost impossible for Bollywood to repeat the success of 2006 -- its best year ever -- but the failure to deliver even one blockbuster so far in 2007 has surprised all.
While some films aimed at niche audiences made profits and a few others won only acclaim, the big-ticket Hindi-language films with top stars failed to set the cashbox jingling.
"Where are the good stories? You can't get away with only star appeal and foreign locales," said Bollywood trade analyst Komal Nahta.
"If you have a good script, chances are you will have a hit, stars or no stars."
Although Guru and Namaste London were declared hits in some circles, there is not a single superhit to make profits in all the territories this year. The films which did the fair business are:
| Movie name | Cost | Collections |
|---|---|---|
| Cheeni kum | 12 Cr | 12 Cr (Running) |
| Life in a Metro | 7-8 Cr | 9-10 Cr |
| Bheja Fry | 60 lakh | ~3 Cr |
| Namaste London | 30-32 Cr | 34-35 Cr |
| Guru | 14-15 Cr | 22-23 Cr |
Salam-E-Ishq and Jhoom barabar jhoom came as the 2 disastrous flops of the year. The list of loss making movies is quite big. However, this is the list of top 5 flops.
| Movie name | Cost | Collections |
|---|---|---|
| Tara Rum Pum | 31 Cr | 30 Cr |
| Eklavya | 20-21Cr | 15Cr |
| Nishabd | 7-8Cr | <5 Cr |
| Jhoom barabar Jhoom | 30-32 Cr | Disastrous Flop(Running) |
| Salam-E-Ishq | 30-35 Cr | 25 Cr |
Analyst have lots of hopes on Apne and Aap ka suroor, both released on 29-june-2007. If both of them together make a profit of 20Cr, that will improve the mid yeear results of bollywood. Both of them are declared hit in some areas, and are expected to make profits.
I will post a separate article on box office collections of these movies.
Please put on your comments, if you like the article.
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Movie Reviews
Please select the link to read the review:
manorama-six-feet-under
dhola
nanhe-jaisalmer
darling
Heyy-Babyy
Chak de
Blue Umbrella
Partner
Naqaab
Apne
Cheeni Kum
Life in a Metro
Golmaal
Corporate
Omkara - music album
Krrish
Fanaa
Shikhar
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Releasing Soon
5 oct 2007
jab-we-met
mrblack-mr-white
12 oct 2007
jodha-akbar
laaga-chunari-mein-daag
halla-bol
bhool-bhulaiya
19 Oct 2007
->Do Aur Do Paanch
->Hello
26 Oct 2007 
no-smoking
->Khoya Khoya Chand
Other Oct Releases
speed
meri-life-mein-uski-wife
-> Dus Kahaniyan
-> Anamika
-> Summer of 2007
-> Welcome
-> Black N White
2 Nov 2007
->Hanuman Returns
9 Nov 2007
saawariyan
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-> Ek- The Power of one
-> Mr. Fraud
16 Nov 2007
->Dulha Mil Gaya
->My Name is Anthony Gonsalves
Other Nov 2007
aaja-nachely
-> De Taali
-> WoodStock Villa
-> Goal
-> Ru Ba Ru
-> Show Biz
Dec 2007 releases
dhan-dhana-dhan-goal
-> God Tussi Great Ho
-> Welcome
-> Chal Chala Chal
-> Team - The Force
-> K5
-> Hum Laakh Chhupayein Pyaar ... Magar
-> Chooriyan
-> The Challenge
-> Wednesday
->Cocktail - The Deadly Combination
Friday, July 6, 2007
Apne : Good to watch with apne
Rating : * * *
Starcast : Dharmendra and others (including Bobby Deol, Sunny Deol, Victor Bannerjee, Javeid Sheikh, Aryan Vaid, Kiron Kher, Shilpa Shetty, Katrina kaif and divya dutta, along with politician Amar Singh and Bhagwant mann in guest appearance).
Art : Sanjay dhabade
Action : Tinu Verma
Choreography : Ahmad khan
Screenplay : Neeraj Pathak
Cinematography : Kabir lal
Producer : Rahul Sughand
Banner : Galmour entertainment Pvt ltd.
Director : Anil Sharma
A legendary actor , finally got his piece of cake. In my review on Metro, I have mentioned that Dharamji’s role was not justified and he needs better matured role. This time he hits the bulls eye.
The movie talks about self respect, dignity, family values, love, emotions, sports spirit, and friendship . Different relations and emotions woven perfectly in this 3+ hour celluloid drama.
The story started well, but looses the pace somewhere in between. It again picked up the pace in second half. This could be one of the best examples of worst script writing (Fanaa is yet another example). The story drags a lot as there is hardly anything to offer in first half. Thank god, it picked up in the second half.
Even with the slow story narration, it manages to keep audience engaged, because of powerful perfomances, extraordinary cinematography, perfect action sequences and equally good background score. All the boxing sequences are so gripping that you can feel the punches, the blood, and the severity of the situation.
The songs are the big let down of the movie. All the songs irritates in the movie. Only "Dekhoon tujhe to pyar" is good melody and is also choreographed well.
Apne belongs to veteran actor Dharmendra . So what, if he is in his seventies, he has proved that age is no bar for an actor like him. sunny and bobby looked like his children, even when it comes to acting. Believe me, this is the best acting I have seen from any of the actors in the movies released till date this year in hindi cinema. I wish, he will get his first best actor award this time. This is the fifth time Anil and Dharamji teamed up, and their 80’s magic still remains.(They have earlier worked on Elan-e-jung, Hukumat, Farishtay and. Tehalaka).
Bobby Deol has got fair chance to show his acting skills, and he deserves full marks. I believe, he is one of the most underrated actors in the industry(He has shown some spark in the initial phase of his career, and than faded with bad selection of movies). Although Bobby's body doesn’t looked like a boxer, he has delivered his role perfectly.
Sunny looked good in a rather unconventional role. It was good to see him in a constrained role, with just one shout scene(too less for die hard sunny’s fans). All the scenes between him and papa Dharmendra are so touching and emotional, that you will burst out of tears.
The ladies (Kiron kher, Shilpa shetty, Katrina kaif and divya dutta) hardly have anything to offer as far as the story demands, but they have done their job perfetly. Kiron kher is as good as she always is. Katrina looked amazingly beautiful. Shilpa is refreshing. Divya dutta too leaves the impact.
What to watch out for :
1> Award winning performance by Dharmendra.
2> Excellent performance by all.
3> Lot of emotional bonding and love.
4> Values of dignity, self respect,
5> Extraordinary fights scenes in the boxing ring.
6> Background music and special effects.
What not to watch out for :
1> Poor script writing and slow narration.
2> A bad music by HR.
Best Dialogue :
1> Agar meri umra ki category ke liye koi competition ho, to shauk se bulaiye. I will compete to win.
2> Fair enough, so, I will kill you in the ring, and, that will be the official death.
3> and lot more from Dharamji...
I missed Anil Sharma’s Favourite Late Ambrish Puri Ji. His demise was a great loss of Indian film industry.
Suggestion to Anil Sharma.
Anil Ji, post Gadar, there is a visible trend that you are focussing more on technicalities of the movie.(You was critisied badly for poor special effects and bad editing of gadar). We appreciate that there is significant improvement in this area. But, still, a good story is a backbone of a good movie. If you concentrate more on the story and script writing, you may give industry another Gadar. But, if you keep ignoring script in your next vnetures, you may see empty halls as well.
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What does * means
* Waste of time and money.
* * Please avoid this stuff
* * * Can be watched once
* * * * A must watch
* * * * * You can't afford to miss this one.