I’m a bit late on these countdown lists, but better late than never I suppose. There’s lots of songs I liked this year, and lots of albums had a bunch of good songs. I tried not to include a movie more than once, but it happened a couple of times. If there were songs that released in 2009 but the movie didn’t release til 2010, I left them off this list. Those will figure …

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Ok, I’m taking a page from the blogs of FilmiGirl and TheBollywoodFan and a thread at BollyWHAT to compile a list of my 10 favorites from the 2000s, one from each year. I’ll probably have quite a few SRK movies, but will include a couple of honorable mentions if need be.
2000: 2000 didn’t look like a very good year. Kaho Na Pyaar Hai was totally overrated, Mohabbatein was booooring, Hrithik’s other two films weren’t interesting enough. …

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Had to wait for the DVD for this one. Not really worth the wait.
It’s not fair to expect so much from a movie, based on the director, due to that director’s earlier films. Meaning, I shouldn’t have expected another Jab We Met, but it’s hard not to. You figure the same director could create the same wonderful feeling throughout each film they make. But Love Aaj Kal goes terribly wrong, though I can’t exactly pinpoint what …

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This is the first Shahid movie I’ve seen since last year’s Kismat Konnection (haven’t seen Kaminey yet, plan to though). So, it’s been a while. But I was looking more forward to this movie because of Rani. I’ve been a big fan of hers, but very disappointed in her choice of films lately.
Maybe that’s an influencing factor on how I viewed this movie. I’m a big Rani fan and a big Shahid fan, so I’m going …

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I was very reluctant to see this movie. I said when it came out that I would not watch it. Well, it was family movie night last night, and this was the only movie available. So, I had no choice.
I’m glad that I watched it though. I was really enjoying it. Until…
The movie starts out with Neil being framed by the FBI for something he didn’t do, in order to get him to agree to …

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I think I may have lost my sense of humor. The last two movies I’ve seen (Shortkut & Life Partner) are supposed to be comedies. I usually laugh when something is even remotely funny. I totally cracked up through all of Dhamaal, I loved Dostana, Om Shanti Om was hilarious. Has the standard of comedy just gone down lately? Because I didn’t find either of these last two films even remotely funny. Maybe it’s …

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The tagline of this one is rather appropriate. It stars Akshaye Khanna and Arshad Warsi, so you figure that this will at least be a decent film. Therein lies the con.
This one doesn’t even start out on a good note. It’s dreadfully slow, and I found myself almost falling asleep a few times. We start out with the lives of Shekhar (Akshaye) and Raju (Arshad), both struggling to make it big in Bollywood. Shekhar as …

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More quick ones.

LUCK BY CHANCE
I liked this one, but not as much as other people have. It’s a good story, but it moves a bit too slow for me. Found myself getting bored halfway through, wishing things would hurry up a bit. Farhan and Koko were great, they make a cute couple. Loved the ending as well, perfect ending for it, and not a cop-out. Hope to see more of Zoya’s movies in the future.
Songs …

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Haven’t really felt like writing full reviews lately, so here are quick reviews of the last three films I’ve seen.

BILLU BARBER
This was a nice movie, but it could have been a lot better. I’m sure many figured it was an SRK movie, because all the promotion seemed to point to it. I loved the soundtrack, but at least two of SRK’s songs needed to be cut to make for a better film. Love Mera Hit Hit should …

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*contains spoilers, major plot points revealed*
Aditya Chopra’s first film, DDLJ, as we know, was a major blockbuster, and is still running in theaters to this day. Five years later, his second film, Mohabbatein, though not on the same level as DDLJ, was a big hit. And now, 8 long years later, we get Adi’s third film, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. Can it live up to the earlier two movies, especially DDLJ? A film …

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