FIRST LOOK "LONDON DREAMS"

London Dreams an upcoming Bollywood musical film has Asin Thottumkal as the female lead with Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan playing central characters. Directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, the music for the film was rumoured to be composed by A.R. Rahman, but in the end the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy team did the honours. Adding value are Rannvijay Singh and Brinda Parekh essaying key roles in the project.

Slated for release on 30^th of October, 2009, London Dreams is like an emotional love song. Two childhood friends dream of making it big in the music industry someday. The film follows them as they mature, struggle, form their own band and call it ‘London Dreams’. And as the two friends, the lead singers of ‘London Dreams’ harbor romantic feelings for a dancer in their band our story continues…

A must watch for all those who have a hard life, yet believe in dreams!

KISAAN PREMIERE AT DELHI

MOVIE REVIEW "KISAAN"

Dayal Singh [Jackie Shroff], a widower, raises two very different sons; Aman [Arbaaz Khan] is formally schooled to become a city-based lawyer, while Jigar [Sohail Khan], through lack of funds and inclination towards anything other than farming, is kept by his father's side.

When Sohan Seth [Dalip Tahil], a shrewd businessman, convinces many beleaguered farmers to sell their land for his commercial interests, it shatters the harmony of the village and Dayal's family is jeopardized. Aman and Jigar are pitted against each other. The ground at their feet, is it motherland or simply property?

Surprisingly, KISAAN catches your attention from the word 'Go'. The sequence at the panchayat[Sohail Khan's intro] only enhances your interest in the film, but the film actually takes off when Arbaaz starts drifting away.

At the same time, KISAAN has its share of loose ends. Times have changed and the writers could've updated the content to suit the current times. Also, Arbaaz's change of heart towards the end looks like a complete compromise, from the writing point of view.

Puneet Sira has handled many a dramatic scene well. This is his finest work thus far. Daboo Malik's music is of a mixed variety. A couple of tunes are nice - 'Humko Kehna Hai' and 'Neechhe Saari Duniya Hain'. However, the visuals in the remix version of 'Mere Desh Ki Dharti' look out of sync. The makers should've maintained thedesi look. Neelabh Kaul's cinematography is nice. Action scenes [Mahendra Verma] are rustic, which gel well with the mood of the film.

Jackie is in form after a long, long time. Arbaaz doesn't make much of an impact, but Sohail does. In fact, Sohail is only getting better with every film. Dia enacts her part well, while Nauheed is alright. Dalip Tahil is as usual. Sharat Saxena and Vishwajeet Pradhan don't get much scope. Romeo is passable.

On the whole, KISAAN springs a pleasant surprise. At the box-office, the film is targeted at the Hindi belt and the single screens specifically. Also, this one deserves to be tax-exempted! last kisaan is a good film u watching it with your family..

MOVIE REVIEW "DADDY COOL"

Director K Murali Mohan Rao has helmed several interesting films in the past, but what's this? Sure, DADDY COOL has a few entertaining moments, like the one when Rajpal Yadav reveals the secret [that Sharat Saxena was gay and Rajpal and he were lovers], but the remaining sub-plots fail to cut ice. Adding multiple sub-plots is fine as long as each sub-plot has something fascinating to say, but that's missing here. Even the end is so bizarre, with members of this detached family suddenly professing love for one another.

There's just one song [Raghav Sachar] at the start [a tuneful number] and one towards the end. Dialogues are strictly okay.

With a weak screenplay on hand, there's not much the actors can do. The ones who try hard and manage are Suniel Shetty, Jaaved Jaffery, Sophie Choudry, Chunky Pandey and Prem Chopra.

On the whole, DADDY COOL fails to deliver what it promises - laughter and entertainment.

SALMAN BRING LORD GANESH AT HOME

SALMAN AT JIM OPENING

TUSHAR and PRACHI WITH EACH OTHER