My Name Is Khan – So What?

After having watched the movie, I can only say Shah Rukh should change his line to My Name Is Khan And I “Khan” Act.

Let’s start from the beginning. The movie represented a mixed bag of themes. So many themes, so little time. There’s racialism, Asperger’s Syndrome, America’s Big Brother attitude, communalism and what not! Had the writer stuck to a single message, it would have made sense.

To narrate the story briefly Rizwan Khan (Shah Rukh KKKhan) who is suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome leaves India and settles down in San Francisco with his younger brother (Jimmy Shergill) and sister-in-law (Sonya Jehan) Here he meets Mandira (Kajol) while selling herbal creams and instantly falls in love with her. They get married and everything is pinks and peacocks till the towers crash down. Their son, rather “her” son, gets killed for being a “muslim” and there’s trouble in paradise. Rizwan sets on a journey to meet the President of the USA just to tell him “My name is Khan and Iam not a terrorist”. All this in a span of 2 hours and 40 minutes.

The only person worth the applause for this movie is , your guess is as good as mine, Shah Rukh Khan. With his performance as a person with autism spectrum disorder, he did full justice to the role. Of course, comparing him to Dustin Hoffman (in Rainman) is an exaggeration.
None the less, he has delivered a decent job. Kajol, a refined actor herself, was a waste in this movie. Not only did she go over-the- top but also failed to evoke any emotions in the audience. Even the Shah Rukh-Kajol chemistry was a total fizz out. The rest of the characters were equally mediocre.

The only saving grace of this much-hyped movie is its soothing music. Shanker-Ehsaan-Loy have indeed proved their mettle. The Sufi touch is surely a refreshing change from the usual fast tracks.

I was amused to see that it’s the same Karan Johar who gave us Kabhi Alvida Na Kehana. A very serious issue like extra marital relationship was dealt with great maturity. Whereas in MNIK, KJo has made a mockery of the whole situation. Like the scene of the Hurricane-hit Georgia was ridiculous to say the least. Or the hand shake with the “fake” President Obama leaves you in splits.

I am not saying that the movie doesn’t have its golden moments. It’s just that those moments are so few that you lose touch with them. If you really want to watch a serious movie on racialism go for Khuda Ke Liye. As for MNIK I would say Rizwan Khan could “repair almost anything” too bad he couldn’t repair his own movie script.

Anjaana Anjaani dances into trouble..

The much-hyped film Anjaana Anjaani starring Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra has run into trouble with its cinematographer Ravi K Chandran and choreographer Ahmed Khan at loggerheads. It is reported that they had a heated spat on the sets of the film in the US, forcing Ahmed to fly back to India

Sources said that differences cropped up between the choreographers while shooting for the songs of Anjaana Anjaani, as Ravi didn’t like the camera angles and shots Ahmed wanted. They got into a heated argument after having differences for a few days.

Sonam in love with Punit Malhotra

Bollywood’s new love story in process. The gorgeous Sonam kapoor is in love with director Punit Malhotra!! Punit Malhotra is directing Sonam Kapoor in ‘I hate luv stories’.

During the shooting, both indulge in chatting which does not go well with Punit’s uncle Manish Malhotra and producer Karan Johar. They advise Punit to concentrate only on work.

The two became serious about their love during their New Zealand schedule. Source says, “Punit was constantly taking Sonam’s photos and telling her how gorgeous she looked. Whenever they weren’t shooting, the two would go out and try new places for dinner. In fact, Sonam even told her sister Rhea about Punit.”

Filmmaker Karan Johar is well aware of the love between Sonam and Punit and warned him against Sonam as she is very moody and short temper.

Punit please be careful!!!

Movie Releases for Friday 5th of March 2010

This Friday, i.e. on 5th of March 3 movies are going to be released.

“Atithi tum kab jaoge?” stars Ajay Devgan, Konkona Sen Sharma and Paresh Rawal in the lead. The movie is directed by Ashwani Dhir who earlier directed “One Two Three”. Dheer wrote comedy serial “Office Office” for Sab TV for 8 years. Music of the movie is given by Pritam and lyrics by Irshad Kamil.

Tanushree Dutta and Udita Goswami starrer horror movie “ROKKK” is based on supernatural and inevitable emotions. The film is directed by Rajesh Ranshinge who earlier made TV serials like “Sssh Koi Hai”, “CID” and “AAhat”.

Studio 18’s Abhay Deol starrer “ROAD, MOVIE” is directed by Dev Benegal. This movie will have very selective release and is aimed at selected audience.

I think “ATITHI TUM KAB JAOGE” will do better then other two. However, “ROKKK” and “ROAD, MOVIE” will also do well with the target audience.

Shahid Kapoor requests producer to postpone ‘Milenge Milenge’ release

Shahid Kapoor has three back-to-back releases in the coming months including ‘Paathshaala’ and Yash Raj Films’ ‘Badmaash Company’. As such, Shahid feels that it will affect the performance of all the films and also it will be difficult for him to concentrate on the promotion of all of them together. As a result, Shahid requested the producer of his ‘Milenge Milenge’ to shift the release date of the film to sometime later. The movie has been under making for a long 5 year period and stars his ex-love Kareena Kapoor opposite him.

Boney confirms the news as he says, “Yes. I have postponed Milenge Milenge from April 2 and Shahid did tell me to postpone the film as he felt that for three films to release at the same time would make all suffer and also cut into the promotional events but he also said that the final decision is mine.”

Boney has now postponed his film from April 2 this year to an indefinite date. He is expected to announce the release date in the coming week.