UPCOMING MOVIES

Wednesday 11, Aug 2010Sadhu
Telugu
Action
Wednesday 11, Aug 2010

Thursday 12, Aug 2010Miss Chintamani MA
Telugu
Comedy
Thursday 12, Aug 2010

Tholi Pata
Telugu
Music
Thursday 12, Aug 2010

Jeeva Poonga
Tamil
Action
Thursday 12, Aug 2010

Friday 13, Aug 2010Help
Hindi
Horror
Friday 13, Aug 2010

Priest
English
Adventure
Friday 13, Aug 2010

And Once Again
Hindi
Drama
Friday 13, Aug 2010

Peepli [Live]
Hindi
General.
Friday 13, Aug 2010

Eat, Pray, Love
English
Drama
Friday 13, Aug 2010

Eat Pray Love
English
Drama
Friday 13, Aug 2010

The Expendables
English
Action
Friday 13, Aug 2010

Saturday 14, Aug 2010Sare Nee Istam
Telugu
Drama
Saturday 14, Aug 2010

Kaleja
Telugu
Action
Saturday 14, Aug 2010

Nagamani
Telugu
Comedy
Saturday 14, Aug 2010

Sunday 15, Aug 2010Jayahey
Telugu
Action
Sunday 15, Aug 2010

100 Devudostaadu
Telugu
Action
Sunday 15, Aug 2010

Bhavani IPS
Telugu
Action
Sunday 15, Aug 2010

Brindavanam
Telugu
Action
Sunday 15, Aug 2010

Thursday 19, Aug 2010Sivappu Samy
Tamil
Action
Thursday 19, Aug 2010

Friday 20, Aug 2010Lafangey Parindey
Hindi
Romance
Friday 20, Aug 2010

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
English
Drama
Friday 20, Aug 2010

The Hole
English
Thriller
Friday 20, Aug 2010

Big B
Telugu
Action
Friday 20, Aug 2010

Mr. Bhatti On Chutti
Hindi
General.
Friday 20, Aug 2010

Saturday 21, Aug 2010Manasa Thulli Padake
Telugu
Action
Saturday 21, Aug 2010

Anukokunda
Telugu
Drama
Saturday 21, Aug 2010

Ardham Chesukoru
Telugu
Drama
Saturday 21, Aug 2010

Bhale Ammailu
Telugu
Comedy
Saturday 21, Aug 2010

Thursday 26, Aug 2010Rosham
Telugu
Action
Thursday 26, Aug 2010

Kavalar Kudiyiruppu
Tamil
Action
Thursday 26, Aug 2010

Chukkalanti Ammayi Chakkanaina Abbayi
Telugu
Romance
Thursday 26, Aug 2010

Friday 27, Aug 2010Benny And Babloo
Hindi
Comedy
Friday 27, Aug 2010

Paan Singh Tomar
Hindi
General.
Friday 27, Aug 2010

Oh My God
Telugu
Action
Friday 27, Aug 2010

Hello Darling
Hindi
General.
Friday 27, Aug 2010

Antardwand
Hindi
Crime
Friday 27, Aug 2010

Peter Gaya Kaam Se
Hindi
General.
Friday 27, Aug 2010

The Last Exorcism
English
Thriller
Friday 27, Aug 2010

Aashayein
Hindi
Drama
Friday 27, Aug 2010

Life Express
Hindi
General.
Friday 27, Aug 2010

Do Dilon Ke Khel Mein
Hindi
Comedy
Friday 27, Aug 2010

Dunno Y...na Jaane Kyun
Hindi
Romance
Friday 27, Aug 2010

Run Bhola Run
Hindi
General.
Friday 27, Aug 2010

Soch Lo
Hindi
Action
Friday 27, Aug 2010

Saturday 28, Aug 2010Lechipodhama
Telugu
Drama
Saturday 28, Aug 2010

Bunty...The Bad Boy
Telugu
Drama
Saturday 28, Aug 2010

Friday 03, Sep 2010Mallika
Hindi
Horror
Friday 03, Sep 2010

A Distant Mirage
Punjabi
Drama
Friday 03, Sep 2010

Saturday 04, Sep 2010Nandhalala
Tamil
Drama
Saturday 04, Sep 2010

Sunday 05, Sep 2010Pilla Dorikithe Pelli
Telugu
Comedy
Sunday 05, Sep 2010

Thursday 09, Sep 2010Lava Kusa - The Warrior Twins
Telugu
Animation
Thursday 09, Sep 2010

Twelve
English
Drama
Thursday 09, Sep 2010

Friday 10, Sep 2010No Problem
Hindi
Comedy
Friday 10, Sep 2010

Albino Farm
English
Horror
Friday 10, Sep 2010

Aakrosh
Hindi
Action
Friday 10, Sep 2010

Dabangg
Hindi
Action
Friday 10, Sep 2010

We Are Family
Hindi
Drama
Friday 10, Sep 2010

Resident Evil: Afterlife
English
Action
Friday 10, Sep 2010

Saturday 11, Sep 2010Housefull
Telugu
Thriller
Saturday 11, Sep 2010

9th Class
Telugu
Romance
Saturday 11, Sep 2010

Cheta Venna Mudda
Telugu
Romance
Saturday 11, Sep 2010

Sunday 12, Sep 2010Ramdev
Telugu
Romance
Sunday 12, Sep 2010

Monday 13, Sep 2010Pandavulu
Telugu
Romance
Monday 13, Sep 2010

Tuesday 14, Sep 2010Love You Raa
Telugu
Romance
Tuesday 14, Sep 2010

Alallu
Telugu
Romance
Tuesday 14, Sep 2010

New
Telugu
Drama
Tuesday 14, Sep 2010

Allam Vellulli
Telugu
Comedy
Tuesday 14, Sep 2010

Yuvarajyam
Telugu
Social
Tuesday 14, Sep 2010

Badmaash
Telugu
Comedy
Tuesday 14, Sep 2010

Wednesday 15, Sep 2010Orey Vasthava Raava
Telugu
Action
Wednesday 15, Sep 2010

Friday 17, Sep 2010Flipped
English
Comedy
Friday 17, Sep 2010

Saturday 18, Sep 2010Jalak
Telugu
Romance
Saturday 18, Sep 2010

Tuesday 21, Sep 2010Najarana
Telugu
Social
Tuesday 21, Sep 2010

Wednesday 22, Sep 2010You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger R
English
Comedy
Wednesday 22, Sep 2010

Thursday 23, Sep 2010Prasthanam
Telugu
Drama
Thursday 23, Sep 2010

Friday 24, Sep 2010Crook: It's Good To Be Bad
Hindi
Social
Friday 24, Sep 2010

Allah Ke Banday
Hindi
Adventure
Friday 24, Sep 2010

Anjaana Anjaani
Hindi
General.
Friday 24, Sep 2010

Friday 01, Oct 2010The Roommate
English
Crime
Friday 01, Oct 2010

Sunday 03, Oct 2010Ninu Chusina Kshanana
Telugu
Romance
Sunday 03, Oct 2010

Tuesday 05, Oct 2010Abbo Vaada
Telugu
Action
Tuesday 05, Oct 2010

Prateekara Jwala
Telugu
Thriller
Tuesday 05, Oct 2010

Subadra
Telugu
Thriller
Tuesday 05, Oct 2010

Thadaka
Telugu
Action
Tuesday 05, Oct 2010

Wednesday 06, Oct 2010Taanokkade
Telugu
Thriller
Wednesday 06, Oct 2010

Thursday 07, Oct 2010City Life
Telugu
Comedy
Thursday 07, Oct 2010

Friday 08, Oct 2010Going the Distance
English
Comedy
Friday 08, Oct 2010

Kasi
Telugu
Romance
Friday 08, Oct 2010

Phillum City
Hindi
General.
Friday 08, Oct 2010

Sunday 10, Oct 2010Alpha and Omega
English
Animation
Sunday 10, Oct 2010

Monday 11, Oct 2010Veedu Manavaade
Telugu
Action
Monday 11, Oct 2010

Tuesday 12, Oct 2010Preminchina Kothalo
Telugu
Action
Tuesday 12, Oct 2010

Young Boys
Telugu
Drama
Tuesday 12, Oct 2010

Wednesday 13, Oct 2010Mitaayi
Telugu
Drama
Wednesday 13, Oct 2010

Thursday 14, Oct 2010Baburao…Ninnodala
Telugu
Comedy
Thursday 14, Oct 2010

Mohini Jaganmohini
Telugu
Fantasy
Thursday 14, Oct 2010

Chicchaa
Telugu
Romance
Thursday 14, Oct 2010

Plus Two
Telugu
Drama
Thursday 14, Oct 2010

Joru
Telugu
Romance
Thursday 14, Oct 2010

Ravi Gaadu
Telugu
Action
Thursday 14, Oct 2010

JOKES

1. Women are unpredictable.

Before marriage, she expects a man,

after marriage she suspects him,

and after death she respects him.

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2. There was this guy who told his woman that he loved her so much

They got married - and now he is going thru hell.

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3. A man inserted an `ad' in the classifieds :

"Wife wanted ". Next day, he received a hundred letters.

They all said the same thing :

"You can have mine."

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4. When a man opens the door of his car for his wife, you can be sure

of one thing:

either the car is new or the wife.

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5. It's easy to tell if a man is married or not.

Just watch him drive a car with a woman sitting beside him. If both his hands are on the wheel, you can be sure he is married.

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6. A man received a letter

from some Kidnappers. The letter said, " if you don't promised to send us $100,000 I swear that we will kidnap your wife."

The poor man wrote back, " I am afraid I can't keep my promise but I hope you will keep yours."

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7. What's the matter,

you look depressed." "I'm having trouble with my wife."

"What happened?" "She said she wasn't going to speak to me for 30 days."

"But that ought to make you happy."

"It did, but today is the last day."

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8.WOMAN

When she is 18 - She is a football, 22 men going after her.

When she is 28 - She is a hockey ball, 8 men going after her.

When she is 38 - She is a golf ball, 1 man hitting on her.

When she is 48 - She is a pingpong ball, 2 men pushing to each other.

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9.MAN

At 20 - A man is like a coconut, so much to offer, so little to give.

At 30 - He is like a durian, dangerous but delicious.

At 40 - He is like a watermelon, big, round and juicy.

At 50 - He is like a mandarin orange, the season comes once in a year.

At 60 - He is just like a raisin, dried out, wrinkles and cheap.

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10.Marriage Humour

In the beginning, God created earth and rested.

Then God created man and rested.

Then God created woman.

Since then, neither God nor man has rested.

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LIFEBOOK 2010

Health:

1. Drink plenty of water.

2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.

3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants, and eat less food that is manufactured in plants (factory).

4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.

5. Make Time for Prayers.

6. Play more games.

7. Read more books than you did in 2009.

8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day & meditate/pray.

9. Sleep for 7 hours.

10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day -- and while you walk, SMILE !!

Personality:

11. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

13. Don't overdo; keep your limits.

14. Don't take yourself so seriously; no one else does.

15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.

16. Dream more while you are awake.

17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..

18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.

19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.

20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.

21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.

23. Smile and Laugh more often.

24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Community:

25.. Call your family often.

26. Each day give something good to others.

27. Forgive everyone for everything.

28. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 7.

29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.

30. What other people think of you is none of your business.

31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:

32. Do the right things.

33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

34. God heals everything.

35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

36. No matter how you feel; Get up, Dress up and Show up!

37. The best is yet to come.

38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.

39. Your inner most is always happy, So be Happy!

ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAI- REVIEW

Can’t remember the last time I saw an underworld thriller having so little violence and yet such simmering, understated intensity that it was hard to take the eyes off the screen to admire other things in theatre. Three gunshots. Yes, three gunshots and some tight slaps and fisticuffs is all Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai has in the name of violence. There’s no cops n’ gangsters shootout, no flashy pyrotechnics, no nail-nibbling chases, no bloodbath and hardly any inter gang rivalry. Nothing of the sort we are used to seeing in crime capers by the self appointed gurus of the genre. Once Upon A Time gives us a glimpse into Mumbai’s underbelly like we’ve never witnessed on the silver screen before.

There is a scene where Sultan Mirza, the all-white-clad smuggler played by Ajay Devgan, is in a fix. He’s taken on a smuggling assignment but can’t pull it through because the doggedly determined ACP Agnel Wilson (Randeep Hooda) has put up check posts at every crossing. Sitting in his lair, Sultan is surrounded by a bunch of lackeys, including the new recruit Shoaib (Emraan Hashmi), the insolent, overambitious, unscrupulous wannabe who hopes to step into the don’s shoes one day. Suggestions fly thick and fast. But Sultan silently puffs on his ciggy. He hears everyone out quietly, inhales and exhales smoke. His eyes flit from one crony to the next, and rest on Shoaib. The young wannabe steps up and takes the job. Sultan’s penetrative glance weighs him. You expect a punchy dialogue from Sultan, but none comes. What flashes rather is a slight grin on the don’s face. No word is spoken, yet all is said.

It’s these little masterstrokes that make Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai a film worth experiencing once at least. And the credit goes as much to actors as to the director Milan Luthria who takes us back to the 1970s, the era of bell-bottoms and sideburns when revolvers were a rarity and automatic pistols a thing of the future. It’s in this decade that an orphan rises from ruins to become the uncommon crime lord of Mumbai, who believes in making friends than enemies, and is an urban Robinhood to the city’s poor. But his rise and reform is halted by a hot-headed upstart.

Storywriter Rajat Aroraa’s protagonist is as human as one gets. Sultan is the smuggler with a conscience that considers the poor and a heart that throbs for an actress (Kangana Ranaut) whom he woos with a guava and wins over after a bit of persuasion. And there’s the anti-hero Shoaib (Emraan) who hasn’t as much as a scruple in his overconfident, calculative and sly head. Even his love for Mumtaz (Prachi Desai) isn’t without manipulations.

These characters, however well etched, wouldn’t have worked if not for stellar performances by the duo of Ajay Devgan and Emraan Hashmi. Arguably, this is Devgan’s best till date. His silences, his seething expressions, piercing gazes, reflective musings lend tons of gravitas to Sultan Mirza. Pitched opposite him, Emraan Hashmi holds his place well with a finely nuanced performance. The best bit about Hashmi’s Shoaib is the insolence that the actor brings out in the character. Kangana Ranaut and Prachi Desai deliver well from the sidelines, while Randeep Hooda, as the narrator of the piece, shines with a confident act.

Kudos to Milan Luthria for putting together a film that’s farm fresh despite its underworld theme that’s been dead and mummified. The direction is pretty tight, but how one wishes the dialogues had been less expository. A lot of times in the film, the characters speak a language that’s hardly conversational and more of Salim-Javed genre. Perhaps an ode to the two greats! Music isn’t great shakes either, but what wins your heart is the lilting leitmotif that keeps warbling in the background throughout the running time of the movie.

Once Upon A Time is indeed worth your time and money. It’s a film from which even the likes of Ram Gopal Varma can learn a thing or two.

AAISHA

The thing about shallow people from the beau monde is that they shouldn't be played shallowly when brought to the screen.

Sonam Kapoor in a 'tailor'-made role (where more moolah seems to have been spent on tailoring her chic outfits than on exploring the locations, sound sights scents and, yes, sense of this embarrassing world of excessive self-preening) gets the Jane Austen character right. Quite a leap for the actress.

When she had played the confused lover-girl in Saawariya, Sonam had imposed her own natural-born confusions on the character - rendering it shaky and disembodied.

In Aisha, Sonam is far more in control of her character's misguided emotional compulsions. The fact that the young actress knows this label-centric designer world of chic shenanigans so well, helps Sonam master and contour her character's art of self-deception in a way the original author of the character would have approved.

Sonam's world harks back to Jane Austen's giddy-headed British gentry class where match-making was not an idle chatter. It was religion. When placed in the neo-rich spiced-up politically-charged atmosphere of Delhi, Jane Austen's characters seem to come alive in unexpected spurts of sassy splendour and unbridled joie de vivre. You can't help laugh at these young, often-aimless, people's self-importance.

Aisha is a two-hour celebration of pre-nuptial rituals. Though no one says it, every girl in the film wants only one thing. And it isn't necessarily love, but somewhere close. The bristle and bustle of Delhi comes alive through the slender intellectual faculties of the protagonists.

Let's not forget that Jane Austen had applied great intellectual strength to her frail and shallow people. Aisha converts Austen's world into a frail feisty frolicsome fashion fiesta shot with an empowering affection for the natural light that bathes these somewhat affected people.

The cinematography by Diego Rodriguez and especially the songs and background music by Amit Trivedi create a multi-hued skyline in this saga of sophomore socialites, their loves, lovers and love tattle.

Debutante director Rajshree Ojha gets into this world of titillating trivia and designer dreams with a wink and smile that goes a long way in building a showcase around these metropolitan mannequins on a single-minded match-making prowl.

The casting is as dead-on as it can get. While the guys Abhay Deol, Cyrus Sahukar and Arunoday Singh play the Brain, Nerd and Hunk with absolute relish, it's the girls who keep you chuckling and tch-tch-ing.

Neha Dubey and debutante Amrita Puri put in pitch-perfect performances as sahelis bullied into alliances that seem manipulated on earth rather than arranged in heaven. They have a bright future ahead, single or not.

But the film belongs to Sonam Kapoor, make no mistake of that. She makes the best of a rather rare opportunity for an Indian leading lady to be part of a Bollywood film that salutes Victorian mores and Delhi's elitist affectations in one clean cool sweep.

Engaging and endearing - Aisha makes you wonder if there's anything more important in the world than finding the right match.

Maybe finding the right movie about finding the right match?

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