Baabul ( Babul )

Baabul (drama)
Cast : Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Salman Khan, Rani Mukherjee, John Abraham.
Direction : Ravi Chopra

From Baghban to Baabul : Director Ravi Chopra is fast donning the mantle of the ’50s-’60s filmmaker who had perfected the genre of the ‘family socials’ in Bollywood. Then, they made films that celebrated the joint family, derided the westernised daughter-in-law, supported the bulwark of bharatiya parampara and generally raised a voice against untouchability, sati, foeticide and the like. Cut to Circa 21 and you have Mr Chopra telling us that old parents aren’t meant to be abandoned and young widows need to be re-married.

Truly, his films are a severe critique of the modern indian social fabric which either seems to have become too westernised or remained regressively traditional. And the fact that he has Mr Bachchan telling you to behave, grow up and mind your morals, manners and maryada does seem to make a difference. Because Mr Bachchan manages to take all those mothballed dialogues and deliver them in a style that strikes straight at your tear ducts. You watch the next-seat man (we don’t even dare to look at the wailing women) surreptitiously flick a tell-tale tear and you know the message has hit home.

Baabul may have picked up a theme straight out of history books, but don’t we know the modernity quotient of the great indian middle class ain’t too high. Hence, you just might still find a million Ranis in real india too: young widows trapped in the niceties of traditional indian families who have all the trappings of superficial modernity.

Aishwarya Rai had to swim across a lake in GURU

Mani Ratnam does not settle for anything less than real. In
the introduction song for Aishwarya Rai in GURU, Mani Ratnam wanted to shoot the song with Aishwarya cycling away. Infact the song composed by Rahman with lyrics by Gulzar had the beats of cycling too. But when it came to canning the song it had to wait until Aishwarya could learn cycling. Unfortunately, Ash had an accident while trying to learn cycling and so the song had to be abandoned altogether. In its place Rahman composed the song ‘Nanna Re’ almost overnight where Aishwarya is seen crossing many places and it’s a rain song. In one sequence where the lyrics say ‘Main Tair Ke Chali’, Mani Ratnam really made Ash swim across the lake area.

So you see whether its cycling or swimming, you got to do it. Right Ms Rai!

Dhoom2

Dhoom 2 (2006): A Yash Raj Chopra Film (THRILLER)

Dhoom 2 is directed by Sanjay Gadhvi. It stars Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Bipasha Basu and Uday Chopra in pivotal roles. The movie is the sequel to the 2004 blockbuster, Dhoom. This movie is dubbed into Telugu and Tamil Languages and ready for release on same day as Hindi version

The film will be Gadhvi's fourth directorial venture after Tere Liye (2000), Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2002), and Dhoom (2004), and his third with Yash Raj Films. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by Pritam and lyrics are penned by Sameer.

Cinematography for the movie is handled by Vikas Sivaraman and Nirav Shah w

hilst editing is handled by Rameshwar S. Bhagat. Shooting for the film began at various locations in india including sets erected at the Yash Raj Films studios and has now shifted to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. An action sequence in the film was recently shot in Durban, South Africa. The film is slated for release on November 23, 2006.

Plot Summary for Dhoom 2 (2006)

Ali's (Uday Chopra) dream of becoming a police officer has come true. He is now ACP Jai Dixit's (Abhishek Bachchan) 'right hand man'. Together, they are trying to keep a tight leash on the crime in india. Little do they know what they are going to be up against. Enter Aryan - Mr. A (Hrithik Roshan) - A hi-tech international thief. After pulling off a series of impossible heists all over the world, his next target is Mumbai, india.

The case is given to ACP Jai and Ali. Helping them put the pieces of the puzzle together is ACP Shonali Bose (Bipasha Basu), Jai's college mate, now a police officer in her own right. For the last two years Shonali has been tracking these amazing thefts and is now an expert on this thief, who no one has seen. Once in Mumbai, Mr. A finds his match in Sunehri (Aishwarya Rai), a petty

yet clever thief. She makes him an offer he finds very hard to refuse.

A partnership! Aryan accepts. And so the game begins - a game of cat and mouse - a game of good v/s bad. The "COPS" - Jai, Shonali and Ali; and they are after Aryan and Sunehri - "The ROBBERS". From the desert of Namibia to the backwaters of Goa, the mean streets of Mumbai and the ancient forts of Rajasthan, and finally to "Wild n Exotic" Rio, Brazil. Does ACP Jai Dixit manage to nab Mr. A? Or does Mr. A prove to be too much for him?

Cast

Hrithik Roshan ... Aryan / Mr. A
Abhishek Bachchan ... ACP Jai Dixit
Aishwarya Rai ... Sunehri
Uday Chopra ... inspector Ali
Bipasha Basu ... ACP Shonali Bose
Rimi Sen ... Sweety Dixit (Guest Appearance)
Directed by: Sanjay Gadhvi
Produced by: Aditya Chopra Amit Chopra
Written by: Aditya Chopra
Music by: Pritam

Music

The film has six songs composed by Pritam:

All songs have been remixed and have been put on a 2 disc exclusive.

• Crazy Kiya Re - Sunidhi Chauhan
• Touch Me - Kay Kay & Alisha Chinai
• My Name is Ali - Sonu Nigam & Bipasha Basu
• Dil Laga Na - Sukhbir, Soham Chakraborty, Jolly
• Mukherjee, Mahalaxmi iyer & Suzanne D'Mello
• Crazy Remix - Sunidhi Chauhan
• Dhoom Again - Vishal Dadlani & Dominique Cerejo

The audio of the film was released worldwide on October 19, 2006 by Yash Raj Music.

Dhoom2 rocks. Go and watch Dhoom2. Listen to Dhoom2 songs.

Please check the official Website of DHOOM2 on www.yashrajfilms.com