Om Shanti Om : Farah Khan

Shah Rukh Khan and Farah Khan’s OM SHANTI OM is a true-blue masala entertainer. If MAIN HOON NA was a four, this one hits a sixer!

Now let’s clear some myths surrounding OM SHANTI OM. Is it the 2007 adaptation of Subhash Ghai’s immensely likable reincarnation film KARZ? Does it have traces of KUDRAT? Or MADHUMATI? Or MILAN? Or KARAN ARJUN? Hold on, there’s a dash of KARZ, a bit of KARAN ARJUN, a sprinkling of KUDRAT, but beyond that it’s a film that makes you nostalgic about 1970s Bollywood.

To sum up, OM SHANTI OM is paisa vasool entertainment. We haven’t seen SRK in a hardcore masala film since quite some time. He had drifted to other genres, which proved his range as an actor of repute and cemented his status further. With OM SHANTI OM, he gives back to the audience what he himself grew up on — a thorough entertainer that will have the audience thirsting for more.

This Diwali, have a blast!

OM SHANTI OM tells the story of Om [Shah Rukh Khan] and Shanti [Deepika Padukone]. Om is a junior artist in the 70s. Shanti is the reigning superstar. He is her biggest fan. He is in love with her. Om dreams of being a superstar, but an incident changes his life forever.

Om dies in a mishap, but is reborn into the present day. He attempts to discover the mystery of his demise…

The first twist in the tale [Arjun - Deepika’s heated confrontation, with SRK listening to this important conversation] comes as a bolt from the blue. The second jhatka comes slightly before the intermission, when Arjun takes Deepika to the set of his film ‘Om Shanti Om’ and the entire episode that follows, right till the intermission, is spellbinding. That’s a brilliant stroke from the writing [screenplay: Mushtaq Shaikh and Farah Khan] as also the execution point of view. When the opulent set is set to flames, it leaves you wide-eyed and awe-struck. Such is the impact!

The post-interval portions only get better and better! If the initial portions are laced with humour [the premiere of ‘Dreamy Girl’, the Manoj Kumar episode, Ghai directing Rishi on ‘Om Shanti Om’ song, et al], the second half moves into a new zone completely.

It’s punar-janam now, but thankfully, there’re no lightening, no fireworks, no zooming of the camera on the idols of Gods. The drama builds up gradually. The voices that SRK keeps hearing, the ‘fire’ soon after the ‘Dard-E-Disco’ track, the mother [Kirron Kher], an old lady now, chasing Om’s car [reminds you of Raakhee of KARAN ARJUN], the flashes of SRK’s earlier birth while receiving the Filmfare Award — the incidents that make him realize that his life was cut short in his earlier janam have been well structured.

When Deepika re-emerges as well, the viewer is confused, but the mystery is resolved towards the end, which, again, takes you by complete surprise.

For the rest well you watch the movie and tell me. Ill not unravel the surprise.



Deepika has all it takes to be a top star — the personality, the looks and yes, she’s supremely talented too. Standing in the same frame as SRK and getting it right is no small achievement. She comes as a whiff of fresh air!


Cast : Shah Rukh Khan,Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, Shreyas Talpade
Director : Farah Khan.
Producer : Gauri Khan.
Music : Vishal and Shekhar.

Saawariya : Sanjay Leela Bansali

Irrespective of how his films fare at the box-office, you cannot shut your eyes to the fact that Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s films have so much to offer in terms of style and substance.Alas, SAAWARIYA is all style, no substance. When a director of the calibre of SLB attempts a love story, you expect to experience the various emotions that you generally associate with romance. Sadly, the emotions you experience while watching SAAWARIYA is sorrow and after the screening, anguish.

With splendid backers like Hollywood giant Columbia/Sony and a dream cast, Bhansali falters big time in SAAWARIYA. It doesn’t give you the feeling that you’re watching an SLB film or a film of epic proportions. Instead, you constantly feel that you’re watching a 2-hour play.

Dostoevsky’s short story WHITE NIGHTS may sound interesting on paper, but SLB’s adaptation suffers because there’s not much meat in the plot. In fact, it wouldn’t be erroneous to state that SAAWARIYA ranks amongst SLB’s weakest films, as far as scripting is concerned.

To cut a long story short, SAAWARIYA disappoints big time. You expect the moon from this genius film-maker, but you’re disheartened as you watch his new creation.

SAAWARIYA is about two young star-crossed lovers. A musician, Raj [Ranbir Kapoor], is certain that he has found his ultimate dream when he arrives at a picturesque town. However, destiny paints a different picture for Raj. One silent night, he spots a mysterious girl draped in black, standing alone at a bridge.

This chance encounter introduces him to Sakina [Sonam Kapoor], a shy and quiet girl, who continues to intrigue him. Thus follows the beginning of a new friendship, where Raj, with his most charming ways and an undying spirit, tries to win Sakina’s heart.

Raj is unable to accept her haunting past and their friendship pulls him into a whirlwind of desire, madness and romance.

SAAWARIYA suffers because of its writing mainly. Let’s unravel the points that bother the viewer no end…

Even if you subscribe to the theory that it was love at first sight for Salman and Sonam, what is it that keeps their romance going?

Why does Salman disappear suddenly? Besides his name, the girl knows nothing about him. Not his home/native place, work/profession/work place, relatives, nothing absolutely. It’s like falling in love with a shadow, isn’t it?

Why does Rani Mukerji abandon Ranbir, when he comes knocking on her doors and admits that he wants to spend time with her? Why does she lose her temper, although she secretly loves him?

And Salman returns. The sequence that follows and the culmination to the story leave you completely disgruntled and perplexed!

Now to the dream launches! Ranbir Kapoor is supremely talented, no two opinions on that. Yes, he looks handsome, but what you carry home is the sincerity in his performance. If that’s the [high] level of performance in his debut film, this lad will only make the Kapoor clan proud in years to come. It’s a 10 on 10 for this debutante!

Sonam Kapoor is an average actor. However, her role doesn’t give her the opportunity to display histrionics. She looks gorgeous at places, but plain ordinary at times.

Age has started showing on Salman Khan’s face. He looks like an old, mature man in this film. The boyish looks have gone! As for his role, he is completely wasted in this hardly-10-minute appearance. Rani Mukerji is first-rate. Zohra Segal is superb

On the whole, SAAWARIYA lacks soul. It’s SLB’s weakest film to date, in terms of writing.
Overall, disappointing — in terms of content and in terms of business as well!

Director : Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Cast : Ranbir Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Salman Khan , Rani Mukherjee, Begum Para, Achla Sachdev.

Producer : SPE Films & SLB Films.

Music : Monty Sharma, Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Goin Hybrid.

Here is the new Honda 2007 CIVIC Hybrid. This is no ordinary car, the Specialty of this car is that it has Dual engines. A gasoline and an electric engine. This means More pocket Money. More savings. More GIrlFriends. Well jokes apart this hybrid engine actually works. The secret behind all this is a motor- generator action that kicks in every time u slow the vehicle down.
Fact: your car uses up twice the amount of fuel every time you accelerate the car from a stop.
For the first 20-30 kmph speed thee hybrid uses its electric motor and later the Gasoline engine. But the advantage is that the battery is charged with the regenerative action of the motor. Everytime you apply the brakes or slow down the vehicle a considerable amount of kinetic energy is lost. This energy is then used to recharge the battery POOF: More Mileage, MOre savings.
Lets talk something from the ecosystem point of view. Due to the electric motor the emission of green house gases is minimized and the dependence on fossil fuels is reduced by far. So I include it in the eco-friendly cars list.
Out of al the available hybrid cars my pick is the new HONDA 2007 CIVIC HYBRID. With stylish exterior and the branded HONDA engine inside this is a wonder on wheels. So the next time you buy a car Insist on a hybrid

Price : $22,600 (Ex-showroom price).
Accessories : Available.
Engines : Dual.
Mileage : Anywhere between 30-45 kmpl.
My Ratings : 8/10 **********.

ThumbWin- - Desktop Enhancer

Tired of looking at your boring desktop. Want to spice things up. Well here it is the THUMBWIN1.0. The thumbwin (TWIN) is a shell software that changes the way your computer looks. I am the one who is fed up of ALT+TAB ing to change applications. Twin makes thumbnails of ur applications and places them on the desktop. the special feature of this software is that it utilises extremely minimal resource and provides better performance and efficiency. A MUST active windows users.

These thumbs are especially helpful when you minimize so many applications that you spend too much time and waste too many clicks on finding each one of them. Using ThumWin, you'll find the right app just by taking a look at the thumbnails.

ThumbWin's settings allow you to select the size of thumbnails along with other details. Also, they don't seem to hog on resources at all. Bear in mind, however, that they only work if you minimize windows one by one. That is, there will be no thumbnails if you use the "Show desktop" button.



Click here to download the file
License : Freeware
OS : Win 98/ME/2000/XP
File size : 841 KB
Ratings : 3 out of 5 ***

XBOX- 360 Spartan

Yes you are right this is the Xbox 360. But this is no ordinary play machine. This is the limited Spartan edition of the Xbox. This is the most priced possession any High-end gamer wishes to have (those lucky *****). The Spartan edition is one of a kind piece meant to cherish. This is available in 2 fascinating colors -> Gold and Green and with the matching wireless joy-pads WELCOME TO THE GAMING DIMENSION ‘X’.

Well we know a lot about the XBOX-360. But what about its ancestors – the roots of the XBOX.

Here it is the "Big black box" that launched Microsoft into the era of console gaming. The inbuilt library functions make it indispensable to any gamer and not only that with the new addition of “XBOX LIVE” updating those out-dated games is only a click far away. Game on.