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BREAKING... Sohal Khan's Mental, starring Salman Khan may hits the screen on Nov 22, this year... As per speculations, it may coincide with legendary Bhansali sb's Raam Leela... Not again yaar...

Aashiqui 2- Movie Review by Shoby

2.5 stars out of 5

Love knows no boundries and music is a universal phenomenon. Romance is, without any doubt the most cherish genre' in film making. Together, they (romance and music) make a world of their own. Bollywood has given the cinegoers a mighty number of classical movies corroborating love and music. Just a couple of years back, we have seen Imtiaz Ali's Rockstar, a film that was made to celebrate love and music in a different way. Why I talked about Rockstar, because a couple of things in Mohit Suri's Aashiqui 2 were having an utmost similarity with the Rockstar. No... Aashiqui 2 is not as grand as the Rockstar. In fact,romance with a backdrop of Metal Rock music, which was used in Rockstar is also used here.

Films like Saanwarya, Mohabbaten, KKHH, HDDCS, Devdas, Rockstar, Dil Se, DTPH, etc, all of them re-defined love. They are still known as "romantic sagas", just because all of them gave a whole new dimension to the word "love" in films.

Attempting a romantic saga, is not an easy job to do and same is proved in Mohit Suri's Aashiqui 2.
Please note that it is not a sequel to 90s Aashiqui. In fact, its a different offering all together. One more thing, it fails to hit the right chords and it completely failed to leave any impact.

The major fault lies in the story itself. A very mediocre script and even a worse screen play. Mohit is a great film director but this time, he was not up to the task. Although he tried his level best to incorporate the required quota of emotions, but without a strong script and in the absence of hard hitting, "straight from the heart" dailogues, only "tear shedding and rage exposure" does not guarantee a good product, so it was impossible.

The only life line for the film is the excellent musical score and awsome acting performance by Aditya. He is a gem, who has already shown his great skills in Guzaarish & Action Reply and Aashiqui 2 was no different. Shrada was looking innocent constantly but her acting was just ok.

Over all, this film is a disappointment for someone like me, as I was expecting another grand saga, which unfortunately I  could not get.

Raanjhna- Trailer Review

See o ge (dekho ge)... Well trailer of Raanjhna is a real roller coster ride... From the man behind hit Tanu Weds Manu, this Dhanush-Sonam starrer makes u ready to witness some gali, mohalley ka pyar... From childhood to manhood, this one hits the right chord... It is full of dance, color, masty and witty humor... And on top of all this, it promises another great sound track from the musical genious, legendary AR Rehman sb... Highly recommended

Ek Thi Daayan- Movie Review

Ek Thi Daayan- Movie Review by Shoby

2.5 stars out of 5

Kannan Iyer was lucky enough to have likes of maverick Vishal Bharadwaj and Ekta Kapoor as the producers for her debut directorial venture. Vishal is known to make films with unique ideas having powerful themes and hard sequences. Of late, Ekta has also managed to make some nice attempts in film making. Together, the both give us a super natural thriller, the genre, Vishal has never tempred upon.
Recent bulk production of horror/thriller genre' based movies (to name some of them raaz 3, murder 3, 3g, aatma, 1920 evil returns etc) has once again provided the audience an oppurtunity to witness some spooky stories on big screen and Ek Thi Daayan is no difference, as far as, the theme is concerned.
On the same time, it is a real unique product, that never tries to haunt u by showing meaningless so-called horor elements. What makes it different is its absolutely unique plot. Stories of daayans and churails have been one of the aspect, our generation has grown up listening to. Our daadis and naanis used to tell us the tales, in which, daayans used to roam around in the nights, in search of children to eat them up (now sounds a bit non-serious). Almost same sort of story is, what ETD is all about.
It is a very strong storyline embedded with some real powerful sequences. Although, at places it becomes quite predictable (especially the climax) but u really fix ur eyes to the screen, till the whole thing ends.
One thing that pinched me during the film is its duration. Some useless narrations do make it a bit lengthy and u seriously wish, how better it would be, if it was edited a bit more wisely.
Here, I would really want to specially mention the goodness of back ground score. Nodoubt, it is very unique and fresh. Imran Hashmi has once again proved his excellence over acting, while Konkona and Huma have also performed their parts well. Kalki did not have much to do, but she completed her assognmebt quite good.
On the whole, it is a good one time watch. Go to witness Imran's great acting and cherish the old stories of daayans.

Go Goa Gone- Music Review

Go Goa Gone- Music Review

2 stars out of 5

Go Goa Gone, the very first zom-com from bollywood has a very unique sound track... Well, as it is the first attempt on zombies, and that too tagged as a romantic comedy, one really cannot predict, what should be a suitable sound track... But after listening to the album, what U find is a very reasonable (read digestible) track... Songs like Khoon Choos Le and Slowly slowly truely depicts, what the film is all about... Fast paced and foot tapping numbers, that gears U up for the party... Khush amdeed frm Shrya is a slow romantic track, that fails to leave any impact... On the whole, just an ok sort of score...

Coke Studio Season VI- Expected Artists

Speculation continues, as the 6th season of the biggest musical event of the year is just about to commence... Coke Studio season 6 may brings U some real hit artists... Some of the possible artists, entering the event are, one of the pioneers of Pakistani pop music Alamgeer, undisputed king of Pakistani Bhangra pop Abrar ul Haq, Bo Kata fame Fareeha Parvez, legendary rock singer Ali Azmat, youth sensation Ali Zafar and the list may also include Jal, Bilal Khan and Uzair Jaswal... Shobywood is wishing all the very best of luck to the super talented Rohail Hayat and the Coke Studio Team...

Nanhi- Innovative Thought

After a very long time, a very fresh concept, in a very innovative way on Pakistani tv screen... Nanhi is a beautiful serial... Awsome treatment by the director... Some top notch power packed acting frm the cast... Get to see some splendid sequences... Great script converted into an amazing screen play... Watched 1st 4 episodes... Bravo!

Sun Raha Hai Na Tu..... Ashiqui 2

(Being a poet myself)
Sun raha hai na tu... Itself yeh misra is hell of a misra... Very powerful... Very deep... Sun raha hai na tu... Like she knows, infact believes that he must have been watching n listening the pain, regardles of the physical distance... Flutes and sitaar makes it go wild... Chain bhi, mera dard bhi, arz bhi, mera marz bhi... Simply insane... Class apart.... Bravo

Chashme Baddoor- Movie Review

2 stars out of 5

With all due respect to the ace comedy film maker david dhawan, chashme baddoor fails to mark any impact... Despite some great acting exposure by Ali Zafar, Anupan kher, Rishi kapoor and rest of the cast, it does not provide u enough room to entertain u through out the movie... Witty dialogues and impromptu scenes alone, never guarantee a great product, and thats why this film does not work even in patches... Script and screen play could have been much better... With all the hype, generated before its release, this film is a serious disappointment... It is just another film, nothing special...

Ashiqui 2... A Musical Treat

Ankit and Mithoon has proved his command over compositions... Flute in the shrya's version of sun raha hai and mouth organ in tum hi ho... Just incredible... Intehai aala

Tum Hi Ho.....

Tum Hi Ho... What a track... First pure romantic num of 2013... What a feel... Turn the lights off... Close ur eyes... Inject the headphone and dream on... It deserves a multiple listening... Ab tum hi ho...