Music
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Aiyyo Aiyyo Honey Singh & The Whole Kikli Kalerdi* About His Songs
You still remember Yo Yo Honey Singh and the whole drama about his songs, no? I ask because in this age of Twitter & Facebook, public memory outrages are terribly short-lived and I thought it would be a good idea to refresh your memory while we talk about Yo Yo Honey Singh. Of course, the Continue reading
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My Top Bollywood Songs Of 2010
Dooriyan Bhi Hai Zaroori from Break Ke Baad is one of my favourite songs from 2010. It appears like I took the line more seriously than required and that perhaps explains the irregularity in posting on this blog. I definitely wish be more regular in blogging in the coming days. Well, there’s another song for Continue reading
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Why Film-making Is Such A Wonderful Experience
You’ll know what I’m talking about if you have been involved in any form of film-making. For those of you who haven’t, you will perhaps understand what I’m saying in about 20 minutes after watching the two videos below. Add a minute or two to read what I’ve written before the videos! These videos are Continue reading
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Welcome (to) Ashok Mishra
Just when we thought no one except Gulzaarsaab, Javedsaab, Kirkireji and to a certain extent Neelesh Mishra could write enjoyable songs for Hindi movies, we have a welcome addition to this honoured club. Let’s extend a warm welcome to Ashok Mishra. Ashok Mishra debuts as a lyricist with Welcome to Sajjanpur. Forget all this nonsense Continue reading
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The Real Hero of Rock On !!
None of the following are the real heroes of Rock On!! Farhan AkhtarArjun Rampal Shahana Goswami Prachi Desai Javed Akhtar(Only he can write both – Zehreeley Zehreely Kaale Neele Peele and Jo Tum Ho Toh Hawa Mein Bhi Mohabbaton Ka Rang Hai with equal ease. Yes he wrote Dard-e-Disco.) Jason West (He’s the cinematographer) Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy Continue reading
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Hazaaron Khwahishein Nahin, Bas Ek Khwahish
Dear Kirkireji, I hope you, like I do, believe that this is your best song till date. I do not say best song ever because I believe, hopefully you also do, that there are many more such gems to come from you, both as a writer and a singer. It hurts me no end when Continue reading
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Happy Independence Day – II
I only have this to say. If it takes a jazzed up version of the National Anthem to market our national anthem to our youths , then God save our country instead of the Queen. Maybe I am a little old-school, finding such an experiment with our National Anthem hard to digest. I’m definitely not Continue reading
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Happy Independence Day
So it will be a Happy Independence Day after all. The Box Office is keeping producers of this movie happy and that the lead character’s name is Happy is only, well, a happy co-incidence. Abhinav Bindra’s win at Beijing has exhausted all possible phrases with the word gold in it. With so many (more) news Continue reading
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Viva la Vida and Brian Eno
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends sees the coming together of two brilliant brains, Coldplay and Brian Eno. Having briefly worked with Coldplay on their last album X&Y, Brian Eno has gone on to produce Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends for them. And by the looks and the Continue reading
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Good Will Hunting Fucking Short Version
Ok, I’m not able to decide which one is better of the two – the movie Good Will Hunting or the following Fucking Short Version. Can you please help me decide? The movie is excellent no doubt, and I was pleasantly surprised to know that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck wrote the screenplay and went Continue reading
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