Archive for June, 2008
Posted on June 29, 2008 - by Reema
Music Review: Kismat Konnection
Finally, music for Shahid’s next release, Kismat Konnection. Thought I’d write a little review.
Music: Pritam (let’s play “Find the copied song”), Sajid-Wajid
Lyrics: Sayeed Quadri, Shabbir Ahmed
Label: Tips
01 - Aai Paapi (Tu Hai Meri Soniye) - Neeraj Shridhar - If you feelin me make some noise, ladies and gentleman raise your voice, na na nananan na na na na na nanana na na. Didn’t like this song when I first heard it in the promo, but that was mostly because of the English. That hook right there is very catchy now, I love it. And the song grew on me as well. Still don’t like the ‘rap’ in the middle, but oh well. Best song on the album. Can’t wait to see Shahid dance to the full song.
02 - Bakhuda Tumhi Ho - Atif Aslam - Atif Aslam’s song. Atif starts out great, but when he starts yelling, he doesn’t sound as good. It seems like he does that with a lot of his songs. Also, his voice doesn’t suit Shahid that well. I like Alka’s part, but I’m surprised she was used. Shreya might have been better. Overall, a nice song, but I don’t think it’s one I’d listen to over and over. Maybe I’ll like it more after seeing the movie.
03 - Move Your Body Now - Shaan, Suheil, Hard Kaur, Akriti Kakkar - Hard Kaur is everywhere now. She’s not bad, she’s just everywhere. I like this song, but I really hate the ‘party’, ‘naughty’, ‘freaky freaky raat’ parts. I hate when they emphasize the English. It would have flowed nicely without those words. Other than that, it’s a good song. I really love Akruti Kakkar’s part. She sounded great in ‘Dil Vich Lagiya Ve’ in Chup Chup Ke, and I wondered why she didn’t sing more. I love her voice.
04 - Is This Love (Kahin Na Lage) - Mohit Chauhan, Shreya Ghoshal - With that title, you know where I’m headed. Noooo. Don’t use English when it doesn’t flow. The song is really good until we hit the chorus. “Is this love” could have been translated into Hindi. And sounded just as good. Mohit Chauhan sounds a lot like Kunal Ganjawala. Shreya sounds great. And here’s the copy from Pritam. Apparently the chorus is copied from an American song. It’s Pritam, we had to figure one song would be.
05 - Soniye Ve (Dhak Dhak Dhak) - Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan - Really disappointed with this one. I love Shahid in bhangra numbers, but this song is just not good. It has a major ‘Aaja Soniye’ hangover. It’s a run-of-the-mill Bollywood bhangra song with nothing new to offer. Hope the picturization is really good, because the song is below average. This is Sajid-Wajid’s only track. You can tell, it’s so different from the rest of the album.
The rest of the songs are repeats, another version of Move Your Body Now, a remix of the same, and remixes of all the other songs. The remixes I like the most are Aai Paapi, Move Your Body Now, Bakhuda Tumhi Ho.
Bakhuda Remix. Yum
Overall, it’s a decent album, but too much English used, which is usually my gripe with albums by Pritam.
Best song: Aai Paapi
Worst song: Soniye Ve
Rating: 
Tags: kismat konnection, shahid kapoor, vidya balan
Posted on June 23, 2008 - by Reema
Movie Review: One Two Three
“One Two Three, One Two Three, Duniya Mein Aana Hai Free, Duniya Se Jaana Hai Free”
Guess they couldn’t think of anything else to rhyme with three. :/
Watched this I think last week, so I can’t remember too much of it. I’ll keep this short.
This movie is about three men who have the exact same name. So you already know where this is going. You know it’s gonna be a case of mistaken identities.
It’s the kind of movie where you should cringe at every attempt at humor, predict what’s going to happen next, and wonder what the actors were thinking when they signed the movie. I thought all of these things.
But I still enjoyed the movie, go figure.
It’s silly comedy, but every once in a while you just have to sit back and laugh at the stupidity. It’s more fun that way. You just have to laugh at the gangster who adds an ‘S’ to the end of all his words. And at the wannabe Don who can’t seem to shoot anybody, and his mother who asks the boss for another chance for her son. And at the buffoon who can’t seem to get left and right straight.
Suniel Shetty’s been in quite a few comedies. He’s not the best comedic actor, but he always does well. Though he always seems to be the one we’re laughing at, not with. Paresh sails through movies like this. Tusshar tries a bit too hard, but he’s fine.
Out of the girls, I liked Sameera the most. I actually do like her, she’s not one of the size 0 girls prancing around, but she’s still beautiful. This role is much better than her stupid one in Race, where she was completely useless. Esha’s ok, but still can’t act.
And these two are just useless. They are barely there for 20 minutes (thankfully) and cheese up the place with their ‘acting’. Upen, go back to London, and Tanisha, find another job. You have too big of a name to live up to.
Overall, it was fun to watch, a nice way to spend 2+ hours. It may be stupid, but who cares? Sometimes all the seriousness can get to you. 
Rating:
Tags: one two three, sameera reddy, suniel shetty, tusshar kapoor, upen patel
Posted on June 21, 2008 - by Reema
I’m still here
So, for those who don’t know, I had website trouble. My old host deleted my SRK site, while in the middle of my backup. So, I’m slowly piecing things back together, and the blog wasn’t as high priority. But things seem to be back in order, so hopefully I’ll be able to update this thing more.
I do have movies to review, such as One Two Three, Tashan, Mr. White Mr. Black (well, at least some of it), and just finished Bhoothnath. Reviews coming soon.
