Sunday, July 31, 2011

Bodyguard - Salman and Kareena!


The first long song promo is out! Desi Beats is a catchy enough number but it does have some energetic choreography:
Here is my analysis:
1. Salman is looking quite youthful and fit – best looking Khan today.
2. He is actually dancing to the beat, following the choreography and playing to the galleries splendidly.
3. The backup dancers are shirtless, while Salman has a vest on and shows us his biceps!
4. Kareena is almost a glorified extra with little to do – but at least she indicates she is romancing Salman by looking at him or coming out from behind him.
5. Salman is so focused on the choreography that we get no indication he is even aware that Kareena is sharing the song with him! Reminds me of the kid who memorizes his lines so painstakingly that he forgets to add the expressions as he recites.




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Sunday, July 10, 2011

A tribute to Guru Dutt on his birthday!


Born Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone in Bangalore in 1925, he was renamed Guru Dutt after an early childhood accident. It is also rumored that he was supposed to have dropped the latter part of his name because of his love for all things Bengali. Never formally schooled due to financial troubles at home, he joined the performing troupe of Uday Shankar (brother of Ravi Shankar) and studied with the group until it was closed down due to WWII. He later moved to Bombay and worked at a succession of film related jobs like choreographer, assistant, and also at times as actor.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Delhi Belly – fartastic caper that is predictable but amuses



The only thing desi about Delhi Belly is the fixation on shit and farts, and the copious use of the BC and MC expletives. The rest is a highly predictable caper centering on the mistaken identities between a Babushka doll containing smuggled diamonds and a package with a stool sample. Smuggled goods involve couriers, dons, goons, and lots of guns and the laugh are provided by the hapless trio of Tashi (Imraan Khan), Nitin (Kunal Roy Kapoor) and Arup (Vir Das) who bobble the delivery of the goods. The women in the film are mostly props – be it Tashi’s girlfriend (Shenaz Treasury) who is the eternal ditz or the journalist (the obviously imported Poorna Jagannath), or the various women who seem to be serving food whenever we encounter them.

Friday, July 1, 2011

First Trailer for Tomas Alfredson's 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'


Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Teaser Trailer
How do you find an enemy who is hidden right before your eyes? A fantastic new teaser trailer, the first we've ever seen, for Let the Right One In director Tomas Alfredson's new film Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy has hit the web thanks to The Guardian (via Awards Daily). This is his new British spy thriller starring a hell of a cast:Gary Oldman and Tom Hardy, along with Oscar winner Colin FirthMark StrongCiarán Hinds,Stephen Graham and Benedict Cumberbatch. It's only a quick first trailer, but it's an awesome glimpse of what's to come, and it looks like it's going to be quite a fascinating vintage spy thriller.

The conclusion: Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows part 2!

The HORCRUXES - featurette!