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Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic is released now and it is not doing well at the box office. But I think thats how they decided to market the movie. Since it is a fun family comedy and released during summer vacations when schools are off and children are bored playing all day. So they would tell each other about the fun new movie they watched and then other children would take their parents to theaters and thats how it will pick up momentum. A friend of mine has seen the movie and she thinks that it is a wonderful movie specially for children, families and romantic comedy lovers (I don’t trust her much when it comes to selecting my movies).

Rani Mukherjee is playing the role of an angel who is sent to earth to help Saif Ali Khan. Saif is playing the role of a busy businessman who suddenly becomes responsible for taking care of four orphan children.

There are lots of similarities between Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic and Hum Tum. Both has Rani Mukherji and Saif Ali Khan, both are filmed in bright colors at trendy locations, and both use animation. Since I haven’t seen the movie yet so I can’t say how they are using the animation, graphics and visual effects. But I think that since movie is about magic so Kunal must have used animation to create magic.

This movie is really important for Rani Mukherji’s career. Her last two movies (Saawariya, Laaga Chunari Mein Daag) were big disappiontment among the masses and the critics. Media has already started talking about her getting engaged with Aditya Chopra. Which is a sign that Rani’s career is about to touch the deadly lowest level. Same thing happened with her predecessors Madhuri and Sri Devi.

Tashan is one of the most awaited films of 2008. Starring Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and Anil Kapoor. This movie is directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya. Mr. Acharya, who wrote screenplay for the Dhoom and Dhoom 2, is debuting his career as a director with this movie. Produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films. We don’t know much about the story and plot of Tashan yet. But rumors are that Kareena will be seen wearing a bikini in this movie, Akshay will be playing the main character as Bachchan Panday, and Anil Kapoor is playing the negative role as Bhaiya ji. Music and songs of Tashan are composed by Vishal Shekhar.

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Trailers and Songs of Tashan

The music of Ta Ra Rum Pum is melodious and is definitely not going to disappoint audiences who expect great music with every Yash Raj film. Vishal-Shekhar has composed a fun filled pack of six tracks. However I had this feeling that they haven’t come out of Salam Namaste and the tunes have some similar themes.

The title song, Ta Ra Rum Pum is a happy number. It is on air to promote movie and shows animated characters dancing with the main cast of the movie. Saif Ali Khan opens the song by telling that it is a story of four people Ta Ra Ma and Pa. Ta and Ra are the children and Ma and Pa are the parents. The song is just as sweet and cute as you might expect from a feel good film like this one. Shaan and Mahalakshmi Iyer has performed their vocal magics wonderfully and to add more fun to it Sneha Suresh and Shravan Suresh sing for the two kids in the movie.

Hey Shona is a romantic song with the voices of Shaan and Sunidhi Chohan. The song is light, melodious and has a very romantic tune to it.

It is a movie produced by Yash Raj and there had to be some bhangra filled, family centered, party dance number in its music. So we have ‘Nachle Ve‘. It is a below average number but I expect that the director Siddharth and choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant would put their best efforts on the song to make it look great on screen.

Ab to Forever reminds me of ‘My dil goes mmm” from Salam Namaste. K.K., Shreya Ghoshal, Vishal Dadlani has sung the song. A nice romantic song with the energetic voice of K.K.

I would like to rate the music higher but I feel that these songs are actually tailored for the movie and rating them without watching the movie is not possible. We will have to wait for the movie and check out how the songs fit in the story and how they are presented on screen. Since this is a Yash Raj production I think the picturization of songs will not disappoint the viewers and listeners.

You can listen and download songs of Ta Ra Rum Pum from Yash Raj Music’s website.

Yash Raj films and producer Aditya Chopra come with yet another brilliant idea directed by Siddharth Anand who previously directed Salam Namaste for Yash Raj Films. The story comes from Siddharth himself but unlike Salam Namaste this time he has hired Habib Faisal to write screenplay for Ta Ra Rum Pum. Music composed by Vishal-Shekhar and lyrics by Javed Akhtar.

This is a story of a family and how they struggle together in the time of trouble to overcome the challenges of life. Our hero, Rajveer Singh (played by Saif Ali Khan) is a pit-crew worker in a racing team with a passion for driving. He gets discovered by Harry (Jaaved Jaaferi), a team manager and the same day Rajveer Radhika (Rani Mukerji), a music student who he falls for instantly. His career boosts and he becomes the car race driver for ’speeding saddles’. He marrys Radhika and becomes father of two cute kids. But after a car racing accident Rajveer’s life takes a new turn. He is no more the top car racing driver in the country and he finds him self mentally scarred. He is forced to auction his house and he moves to Bronx style neighborhood. Rajveer and Radhika now decide that they are not going to hide reality their children. Begins a new journey where Rajveer has to fight his inner demons while keeping his family together and happy like they were before the accident.

Some interesting details about the movie:

• Manish Malhotra is not designing the costumes for Rani in this movie. Surily Goel has designed the costumes for Rani Mukerji and Mamta Anand has designed the costumes for Saif Ali Khan. We don’t know for sure but it seems like Rani has abadoned Manish altogether.
• The film is shot in entirely in the United States and only a few scenes were shot in Mumbai studios.
• It is rumored that Abhishek Bachchan would make an special appearance in the movie.
• Hollywood stunt coordinator Steve Kelso was hired to do the stunts for the movie. So I think it is going to have some better stunts something more brilliant than Dhoom?

Official website: Ta Ra Rum Pum

We are using 103bees to track and understand visitors of this blog. 103bees has a feature called Questions. It shows us the questions people typed in search boxes to find out Desi Galaxy. Many of you, specially the smarter ones would think that typing questions in a search box sounds really weird when you can find the exact information by trying a few keywords. You are right, but surprisingly there are many people out there who type real questions to find the answers. Below are some questions people asked to find out Desi Galaxy:

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Yes some one asked this question. Just imagine how difficult it is to answer this question. And why would any one put this information on the web until Kareena herself reveals this information.

Is Shahrukh khan gay?
We have also been asked about Saif Ali Khan and Karan Johar’s sexual orientation. Shahrukh is happily married to a wonderful woman and has kids. Saif Ali Khan married and divorced Amrita Singh and they have kids too. Why would any one want to expeculate that these guys might be gay? You people are so evil. What about Karan Johar? We will ask Karan when ever he agrees to have Koffee with Sabeen.

Who is Priety Zinta’s boyfriend?
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I love this movie. I can watch and enjoy it anytime. Like many other bollywood movies, it is a love story but this one is so beautifully filmed that you totally forget the fact that you have seen movies with similar stories. You forget that it takes many elements from other movies, like it has a song ‘Its the time to disco’ that looks and sounds a lot like ‘Koi Kehay’ from ‘Dil Chahta Hai‘. A person bringing happiness to a shattered family (like in Bawarchi and countless other movies). A love triangle (A universal romantic movie formula). You forget all this and you just sit down and relax to enjoy the magic this movie creates.Nikhil Advani stepped in as a director for the first time with the release of Kal Ho Na Ho in 2003. Previously Nikhil assisted Karan Johar in Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham. The producer Karan Johar who also wrote the screenplay for this movie is to be equally credited for this movie. The Karan Johar style is very obvious in the movies in various scenes. Repeatition of theme song during the sad moments in the story and adding guest appearances by Rani Mukherji and Kajol is typically Karan Johar.

StoryThis is the story of Naina (Priety Zinta), an Indian girl who lives with her family in New York City. The story is narrated by Naina. Naina’s life is troubled. Her father committed suicide when she was young. This incident left a huge impact on her life. She is doing MBA in an evening college and works at her mother’s resturant in the morning. Naina’s mother Jennifer (Jaya Bhaduri) is a christian and her paternal grand mother Lajjo Kapur (Sushma Seth) who also lives with them in the same house is a devoted Hindu. The relationship between Jeniffer and Lajjo is that of a typical Indian Saas Baho. They can not stop arguing, the grand mother lives in a culturally isolated world and Jennifer wants her children to grow up naturally in the culture they are living in. The culture of the Indian families living in United States not that of Indian families dreaming India while living in United States. Naina has a younger brother who is unable to walk due to disability and a younger sister. Naina’s younger sister is not from Jeniffer, she was the result of her father’s discreet relationship with a white woman who left Naina’s father and abandoned the baby. Jeniffer took up the responsibility to take care of this little girl as her own daughter.

It was not just the cold war at home. Naina who is very close to her mother knows very well that their restaurant business is not doing so well and they are unable to return the money they loaned from the bank. The only little happiness Naina had in her life was her best friend Rohit (Saif Ali Khan).

Then one day a guy comes from India to live next door. Aman, (Shahrukh Khan) is a happy go lucky sort of guy. He is charming and handsome and every one loves him. Initially Aman’s friendly nature and his never ending attempts to bring happiness to other’s lives frustrates Naina. Later, Naina realizes that Aman has all the things missing in her own life, Aman knew the formula to happiness and she falls in love with Aman. However, Aman has some different plans to bring life back into Naina’s troubled life. He tries to set her up with Rohit.

The plot of movie is very simple and could be explained by the words used by Rohit in the movie “Rohit loves Naina, Naina loves Aman, and Aman… Aman has gone mad”.Cast:

• Jaya Bhaduri as Jennifer Kapur
• Shahrukh Khan as Aman Mathur
• Saif Ali Khan as Rohit Patel
• Preity Zinta as Naina Catherine Kapur
• Sushma Seth as Lajjo Kapur
• Reema Lagoo as Aman’s Mother
• Lillete Dubey as Jaswinder “Jazz” Kapoor
• Delnaaz Paul as Jasprit “Sweetu” Kapoor
• Shoma Anand as Lajjo Kapur’s Sister
• Kamini Khanna as Lajjo Kapur’s Sister
• Ketki Dave as Rohit’s Mother
• Sulabha Arya as Kanta Bhen
• Athit Naik as Shiv Kapur
• Jhanak Shukla as Gia Kapur
• Simone Singh as Camilla

Music of Kal Ho Na Ho

Music of Kal Ho Na Ho is composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. The music is just as melodious and romantic as the movie itself. The title song of the movie ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’ sung by Sonu Nigham sets the basic background theme of the movie. The song has two versions, one in the normal tone and the other is the sad version. I just totally love this song, the lyrics beautifully explain the concept and moral of the story in the movie. Video of the song is even better, shot on different locations in Central Park New York City and Toronto.The film was first going to be shot in Toronto but later Karan Johar moved it to New York. However some parts of the song “Kuch To Hua Hai” in the movie are shot in Toronto.

‘Kuch to hova hai’ is a romantic duet sung by Alka Yagnik and Shaan.

The song ‘Pretty Woman’ is a tribute to Roy Orbison who composed the song for Julia Roberts starrer ‘Pretty Woman’. Kal Ho Na Ho’s pretty woman has Bhangra music and it is a simply fantastic dance number.

‘Mahi Ve’ is a typical bollywood wedding song. Wedding songs in movies are a hall mark of Yash Chopra school of thought. You would see such songs in all movies that are made in Yash Chopra style. The entire cast of the movie would dance and celebrate the occassion in the song. Kal Ho Na Ho ’s Mahi ve is not different from other songs of this genre.

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This was Nikhil Advani’s first movie as a director and it is hard to believe that this is his first attempt to entertain bollywood audience. Nikhil had a very strong support from the producer Karan Johar who also wrote the screenplay for the movie. Karan’s work, suggestions and his style is quite obvious in the movie. Kal Ho Na Ho is a typical bollywood family drama set in Manhattan New York. It shows the lives of Indians living in the United States and their problems in a light comic way. Before the release of the movie every one was expecting it to be a copy of 70’s classic Anand. There is a little similarity between the stories of two movies. However it is not a copy of Anand, it is an entirely different and original story.

Shahrukh Khan, Jaya Bahaduri, Preity Zinta and Saif Ali Khan’s excellent performances create a magical impact on the audience. Dialogues are so refined, yet so simple and powerful. Manish Malhotra designed the costumes for the movies and it was not an easy job for Manish. This was not just a bollywood movie. This movie has a different location and it tells the story of people in cultural chaos. Manish had to come up with costumes that are trendy, casual and depict the culture of Indians based in NYC.

As I said in an earlier post that things are not going too well between Saif Ali Khan and his Italian girlfriend, Rosa. Saif has now confirmed that he and Rosa are separate now.

I can not believe this, I am a true well wisher and I would like to see my dearest, cutest and sexiest bollywood boy to be happy. It is all Rosa’s fault, I believe. I don’t know what made them break up but whatever it is I am with Saif. He had a divorce with Amrita Singh, and I think a divorce is always painful. Then he had this chest pain, and now his girlfriend is gone. There must be pain in his heart, I just wish I could tell him that the pain in his heart could only be cured with love.

Saif Ali Khan is on vacations to completely recover from chest pain and broken heart, spending time with his children. The gaps between love affairs are usually the best times to improve broken relations, meet old friends and spend time with people who just love you for no particular reason. Good Luck Saif!

Saif Ali Khan had a mild heart attack on 18th February. He was rehearsing for a performance in an awards function, when he suddenly felt acute pain in his chest. He was taken to Leelavati hospital where he diagnosed with a minor blockage in his heart.

Saif Ali Khan was visited by many of his co-stars including Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Preity Zinta, John Arbraham and many others. There is no news of his Italian girlfriend Rosa paying him a visit. His mother Sharmila Tagore and sister Soha Ali Khan were there with him in the hospital. According to doctors there was a small blood cloth in Saif Ali Khan’s heart veasels which is already dissolved by medicines and the actor is fine now.

After being discharged from the hospital Saif Ali Khan has declared that his top priority now is to quit smoking. Doctors has advised him that he must quit smoking as soon as possible or this may cause some serious damage to his health.

Saif Ali Khan and his sister Soha Ali Khan will be the guests on Koffee With Karan. Its a must watch for all Saif Ali Khan fans, as it is reported that Saif has talked quite openly about his ex-marital life, children, and his girlfriend Rosa. Excerpts from the interview can be read here.