Om Shanti Om review: Picture abhi baaki hai mere dost

probably one of the most hilarious movies and I guess the best spoof ever made in Bollywood....Farah is not scared of showing Manoj Kumar, Dev Anand and Sooraj Barjatya in bad light....this is what the new age bollywood movies should be...bollywood is slowly adapting hollywood style of spoofing characters and movies (check scary movie series or epic movie)...but this movie is far better than the western counterpart....

the movie has included a lot of scenes from reel life and real life....the true incident of Sunil Dutt saving Nargis from Mother India's set has been excellently embedded in the movie...even the take on "No sorry, no thank you" from Maine pyar kiya is brilliantly done...

the opening sequence where Shahrukh is watching the shooting of "Om Shanti Om" song from Karz with Rishi and Subhash Ghai in the frame is nicely picturised...the quick murugan episode is also amazing...some of the scenes remind you of Karz and Karan Arjun

some of the dialogues are brilliant...like the direct lift of the Paulo Coelho's Alchemist principle...agar zindagi mein tumhe kuch paana ho to saari kaaynat lag jaati hai tumhe madat karne mein...suhaagan ke sir ka taaj hota hai chutki bhar sindooor....and my favourite Picture abhi baaki hai mere dost..

some of the sequences that stand out in the film are
Deepika's introduction
sequence outside Rajesh Kapoor's house (award acceptance speech)
deepika's sequence with Shahrukh after Main agar kahoon
Quick Murugan and Mohabbat man episode
Deepika confrontation with Arjun in the green room
The interval point..the burning of the Om Shanti Om set
Akshay Kumar gag on Khiladi returns...amazing sequence..this shows why Akshay is a scene stealer even if given a screen time of 30 secs
Filmfare aware scene (specially the acceptance speech)
Shahrukh meeting with Arjun to start OSO project again
Kiron Kher doing rehearsal in the pre-climax scene
Deepika auditioning for OSO role
climax sequence
and all the songs


like Main hoon na each song is brilliantly choreographed and picturised...Dhoom Tana is probably the 1st song in bollywood which has shown an actress dancing with superstars of yesteryears...here Deepika is shown swinging arms with Sunil Dutt, Jeetendra and Rajesh Khanna....Ajab Si and Main Agar Kahoon are the dreamy numbers which gel well with the proceedings...Deewangi is the most awaited song of the yr with 31 actors (ranging from Jeetendra, Mithun to Kajol, Rani) joining Shahrukh in the post filmfare party...Shilpa, Tabu, Juhi, Rani and Karisma are the pick of the lot in this number..this entire song is worth the movie ticket...the title song has a lot of resemblances with Ek Haseena thi and the picturisation too draws inspirations from it...Dard-e-disco is another winner because of six packed Shahrukh...

coming to performances SRK has delivered another master performance... though not in the likes of Swades, Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa and Chak de, it still would rank amongst his better performances...Deepika is camera friendly and looks sexy...she has also acted well considering that this is her first Hindi film..she is pretty confident in front of the camera..Kiron kher is excellent as over the top filmy mother...Shreyas is a revelation and is improving a lot...Arjun too has come up with a good performance...the movie could have been better in terms of direction/editing (second half) but the performances and spoofs make up for it...

after a long time Diwali has seen a good movie (probably after Mohabbatein in 2000)..this movie will surely set the box office on fire and will be amongst the top 5 films in Bollywood in terms of revenues generated...this is a movie that can be watched n number of times just for the take on bollywood...

My Rating: 5/5

Saawariya: Music review

wanted to write the review for this movie a long time back.....but didnt get time to do so....

another nice album to come out this yr...this too like OSO and LCMD brings out memory from past...most of the songs have a subhash ghai feel be it the music or vocals or the sets....

the album kicks off with the title song which is one of the most hummable songs in recent times...this has been rendered by a newbie Shail who does full justice to the number....

this is followed by Jab se tere naina which is a typical Shaan solo number...Shaan is once again amazing in this solo song...the tunes bear resemblance to past Ismail Darbaar numbers...

Maasha allah sung by Kunal Ganjawala is another winner track...he has A R Rahman touch all over it...

Thode Badmaash has a classical feel all over it and Shreya has sung it beautifully..

Yoon Shabnami is a nice qawalli which grows on you on repeated hearings..

Chabeela is the weakest song in the movie...bears striking similarity to Der se aana from Khalnayak...