Johnny Gaddar

This saturday after a great time pass day with our friends we started to see Johnny Gaddar at 11:30 PM. I had a hard time keeping awake. It was hard for me to decide if it was the late night or just the movie itself. The hype surrounding the movie did not live up to my expectations. Some of my friends had a different view point though. It has a pretty predictable plot inspired by the amitabh thriller parwana. Though predictable still mananged to keep everyones attention watching it :-). I have to admit though it was a well made movie, all characters gave a good performance. A well planned plot that kept going wrong at each point. Keeps you thinking how will it all end, what will happen next. I would give it a 3 stars. Definitely worth the watch for the effort put in to make it a different movie. Makes it a good dvd watch.

Bhool Bhulaiya

Also this weeks bollywood shot was truly the new movie Bhool Bhulaiya starring Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan directed by Priyadarshan. I would give it 3 and half stars. I liked the movie. Had a good laugh and a scare both at the same time. The song "Hare Krishna Hare Ram" is my new favourite to boogie on. The palace in which most of the movie is shot in was pretty beautiful, wonder where in India it was from?. Akshay was funny. Paresh Rawal and the lady who played his wife stole the show though!. Vidya Balan was good but did overact in some scenes. Amisha patel was convincing. I think I liked Shiny Ahuja more in his other movies.

I also wanted to see "Laga Chunari me daag" but was discouraged by the bad reviews and my husband.

Sa re ga ma - Oct 13 2007

I managed to wake up early this weekend to catch the sa re ga ma finals my favorite tv program. It was a good show. I was sad that Raja my favorite did not win. Looks like the votes always goes to folks from assam and bengal like last year with debojit. Nevertheless all the singers were excellent this year. i was happy that they gave the girl winner poonam a car too. Looks like next week Sonu Nigam is going to join the show should be interesting.

My inspiration

Growing up in India and in a family hooked on to hindi movies. Be it my cousins from IIT who perfected their studies both in academics and bollywood masala, or my mom who always has her pulse on the bolly gossip. I too am totally hooked and crave my bollywood shot every once in a while. Be it my favourite hindi movies, or the tv music shows like sa re ga ma or the bolly aerobics dance classes I just joined, I am a total bollywood buff. My husband knows he can make my day when he offers to take me to the local hindi cinema here in the US. What would be more fun but to write about them in my blog.