The original founder of todays most popular webportal – Yahoo !. Surprised ?
Well, was just kidding, but the word ‘Yahoo’ was actually derived from one of Shammi Kapoor most popular song – Yahoo !. Koi Mujhe Junglee Kahe (Junglee). Popularly known as Indian Elvis Presley in the 1960s, Shammi Kapoor was the first to introduce swing musicals in bollywood. On 21st Oct, this year he celebrated his 75th birthday and we wish good health & happiness to the ONLY swing king of bollywood till date !

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Generally, we don’t cover music releases here in musicNmovies, but this one we couldn’t affoard to miss, after all it was Ravi Chopra’s – Baabul. As written before in preview of the movie, the movie once again deals with social issues and family values on much larger scale. The music of Baabul totally complements, the look and feel of the movie, with much of soft and ethnic music than current Himesh cult. Intresting thing is even Mr. Bachchan have divulged himself in generating one music peice and have rendered that song himself.

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The seasoned director Sooraj Barjatya is back once again on right time – November, the festive season for marraige and he invites everyone to his latest Vivah (means wedding) . After sequence of hit movies surrounding love, romance and marriage Rajshri adds yet another with this Shahid & Amrita starrer. Vivah means marriage and the film revolves around the tagline “A journey from engagement to marriageâ€Â?.

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After watching the directors uncut – Woh Lamhe on the editing table, Mahesh Bhatt couldn’t stop himself but open his heart out about the never been told story buried within dark corner of his heart.

Why human beings have always tried to keep their dead alive – we try to keep them alive in order to keep them with us. ‘Woh Lamhe’ is my last good bye to the memories of Parveen Babi. A woman whom I loved and lost.

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Last week, we had Akshay Kumar in Aaj Tak, Sheedhi Baat program and this week, its none other than heartthrob of bollywood - John Abraham.
He might look sexy, hot and rough with his bike, but sheedhi baat brings up the other side of John Abraham – simple, naive and yet hot !

Watch yourself !

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Well Diwali & Eid weekend didn’t turn out as expected and the verdict is already out – which one is the bigger loser. Just 48 hours ago there was a month long discussion among industry pundits, which will be the biggest grosser between these two biggies – DON vs. Jaan-E-Maan . According to an inside information, both the biggies were sold at extraordinary price to the distributors.

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Nikhil Advani has already confessed his second outing Salaam-e-Ishq has been inspired from hollywood flick Love Actually.
After directing Karan Johar magnum Kal Ho Na Ho, Nikhil feels he have grown enough to make something better independently. With huge starcast and six different parallel love stories between those characters makes Salaam-e-Ishq different from regular bollywood romance fare.

Cast: Salman Khan, Sonali Bendre, Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Akshaye Khanna, Ayesha Takia, John Abraham, Vidya Balan, Govinda, Sohail Khan

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To be brutally honest, it takes time to absorb a new format of storytelling. Within first 30 minutes most of things happen including three songs;

Akshay Kumar floating in space in an astronaut’s uniform engaged in a romantic embrace with a blonde she-astronaut (not a dream sequence).
Filmfare awards with Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Amitabh, etc … while Salman holding trohpy.
Followed by Broadway inspired musical flashback, a punks-infested college campus, a qawaali featuring Snow White’s seven dwarfs to finally enter a swanky neighbourhood in New York City.
Too much is thrown in very less time, but firs ttitme director knows how to handle the chaos.

Trailer/Promo/Teaser

Cast: Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Preity Zinta, Anupam Kher

Rating:

Synopsis

His inspiration, drawn from films like Win a Date with Tad Hamilton, Hitch and Kal Ho Naa Ho, is evident in his tips to tutor ‘Champoo’/Agastya Rao (Akshay Kumar), a awkward NASA type, into a splitting image of himself to impress the elusive dream girl.

A flashback, ten years back in time, reveals Agastya and Suhaan share the same alma mater.

The former was a geek (by filmi definition) of the first order with thick glasses, curly bushy hair, braces and fondness for colourful, frilly shirts and suits. He pretty much resembles the high school version of Ross Gellar (from the hit television sitcom, Friends), sans the moustache, in his hideous avatar.

While Suhaan with his rock star appearance leading a heavy metal band enjoys the cool dude status. And as Kunder would have it, both have the hots for the same girl -� Piya (Preity Zinta).

Whom does Piya love?

Why is Suhaan helping out Agastya?

The twist in the past and the turn in the future are best left unrevealed to enjoy the film better.

Despite fatigue wearing his face, arrogance and self-confidence sit well on Salman Khan. The part is tailor made for him. His changing accent has always been a subject of speculation. He plays on those lines here, putting his best yuppie twang forward, whether for doing an audition for Boo Boo diapers or begging an American filmmaker for a part on television.

Mujhse Shaadi Karogi established an easygoing camaraderie between Salman and Akshay Kumar. Jaan-E-Mann bonds them further. Speaking of Akshay, he may dub ‘Jaan-E-Mann an out-an-out-Salman film,’ but the actor is simply a knockout.

JAAN-E-MANN has its heart in the right place. As pointed out at the outset, it takes time to get used to Shirish’s style of narrating a story. The initial reels may give you the feeling that it’s all gloss, no soul and perhaps, the director has lost his marbles and experimented at the expense of an uncompromising producer [Sajid Nadiadwala], but JAAN-E-MANN catches you slowly, but firmly and doesn’t leave you till the end.