Winners of the 54th Filmfare Awards

Best Film - Jodha Akbar
Best Director - Ashutosh Gowarikar (Jodha Akbar)
Best Actor - Hritik Roshan - (Jodha Akbar)
Best Actress - Priyanka Chopra - Best Actress (Fashion)
Lifetime Achievement Award - Om Puri & Bhanu Athaiya’
Best Music Director - AR Rahman (Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na)
Best Story - Abhishek Kapoor (Rock On)
Best Supporting Actor - Arjun Rampal (Rock On)
Best Supporting Actress - Kangna Ranaut (Fashion)
Best Playback Singer (Male) - Sukhwinder Singh (Haule Haule - Rab Ne Bana De Jodi)
Best Playback Singer (Female) - Shreya Ghoshal (Singh is Kinng)
Best Debut (Male) - Farhan Akhtar (Rock On) & Imraan Khan (Jaane Tu)
Best Debut (Female) - Asin (Ghajini)
RD Burman Upcoming Talent - Benny Dayal (Ghajini)


Best Costumes - Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
Best Background Score - AR Rahman (Jodha Akbar)
Best Cinematography - Jason West (Rock On!)
Best Editing - Amit Pawar (Mumbai Meri Jaan)
Best Choreography - Longinus (Jaane Tu)
Best Lyricist - Javed Akhtar (Jashn-e-Bahara, Jodha Akbar)
Best Sound Design - Vinod Subramanyam (Rock On)
Best Visual Effects - John Deitz (Love Story 2050)
Best Action - Peter Heinn (Ghajini)

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Kaminey Promo

Shahid is looking sooooo good...



especially with those white horses.

Delhi 6 Review

Cast:
Abhishek Bachchan...Roshan
Sonam Kapoor...Bittu

Summary:
Roshan is a young NRI who has never been to India, but his grandmother's soul is still in Chandni Chowk. She gets cancer and has little time to live and insists on going back to her heart, Delhi. Roshan agrees to go with her, and he is immediately taken with the energy and care that everyone has. He spends time getting to know all of his grandmother's friends and neighbors and falls in love with the young Bittu, a girl aspiring to be on Indian Idol. There had been attacks from an unknown person disguised as a kalaa bandar (black monkey) and soon the paranoia goes to new heights. Everything becomes about religion and how Hindus are against Muslims and Muslims are against Hindus. Neighbors and friends start turing against each other and eventually everyone's pent up anger is expressed on the mixed "foreigner" Roshan because he is both Hindi and Muslim.

Review:
This film was basically about the inside of Delhi, and was more a study of it's culture rather than of specific characters and their problems. But rather it was about the culture's problems and the way they have to fix those problems as a society together. Now, I walked into the theater expecting a very good masala film all about Roshan and Bittu's love, but instead I was surprised by this cultural study that I found rather depressing. I think it did a really good job expressing how irrational people become when they are scared. It really showed the deep insecurities in India and how even though people know what they are doing is wrong, they still do it because society has said to do so and done so for so long. I enjoyed this film a lot, but honestly I wish there was more Sonam and Abhishek in it! I think Sonam was really at her best! Bittu was definatly the best character in the film because she seemed so really and I have to say I think she has improved since Saawariya. I would recommend this film if you are not expecting to come away with a good feeling. I came away with a kind of disgusted feeling about how strange society has become and is, and how juvenile and stupid people are. But I still liked it and I think anyone would.

Songs:
I really enjoyed all of the music from this film! I think my favorites are the title track 'Delhi 6' and 'Masakali'. They are not your typical bollywood songs, but this film is not your typical bollywood film!

Billu Barber Review

Cast:

Irrfan Khan...Billu

Shah Rukh Khan...Sahir Khan

Lara Dutta...Billu's Wife

Summary:

A small town barber, Billu, is in the dumps because of a new barbershop down the avenue that is much fancier than his. He has lost all of his customers, and all he has left is his wife(Dutta) and his two children. Billu is trying all the things in the world to make some money to support his family. Suddenly the biggest superstar in India needs to make a film in a small ruel town, and he chooses Billu's town to film in. The town goes crazy! Everyone wants a piece of Sahir Khan while he is in town, and a rumor has been spread that Billu knows Sahir very well, and he's like a brother to Sahir. Billu becomes a local celebrity, and everyone wants the connection to their hero. Billu is a very humble person and gets very bothered when he is pushed around by the townspeople. And he is forced to make promises to get Sahir to see people, and we don't even know if he really does know Sahir at all. If Billu really does know Sahir then all of his problems will be solved, but if he doesn't know Sahir he will become the laughing stock of the town. Its up to kismet to see if they really do know eachother...

Review:

I really enjoyed this film! I thought each character was so nice and they all really seemed like genuine people. You connected with Billu because of his humbleness and you really felt what he was going though, and Sahir seemed like such a real celebrity. He wasn't a hero on and off the sets, he was a normal person who really thought it was strange having so many people literally die to meet him. Even though it was a very simple story, I thought Priyadarshan really turned it into a sweet and touching film. When I walked into the film, I was expecting the worst.As a director, Priyadarshan seems to make more silly films and honestly I don't really enjoy them. I was expecting the whole film to be about Rajpal Yadav and his slapstick acting, but it wasn't! I have to say that the COMPLETE highlight of this film were the item numbers!!!!!!! Deepika, Priyanka and Kareena were so amazing and the sets and clothes for the songs were mindblowing. I would definently recomend seeing this film in theaters because its a really fun film, and very sweet.

Music:

HOW COULD YOU NOT LIKE THIS MUSIC! Most of the songs were absolutely amazing! The best being Marjaani, Love Mera Hit Hit, and You Get Me Rockin and Reelin. Marjaani was a Moraccan themed set with Kareena Kapoor and SRK, Love Mera Hit Hit was a futuristic set with Deepika Padukone and SRK, and You Get Me Rockin and Reeling was with Priyanka Chopra and SRK on a stylish house(?) set. I don't really know how to describe that one. You can see all of these music videos on a previous post 'Billu Barber Song Promos'.

Latoo

I have been listening to this song and its just so good! Latoo from Ghajini.

Latoo - Shreya Ghoshal

Main Aur Mrs. Khanna

Finally some news on this!!! Main aur Mrs. Khanna is set to come out on June 12th, 2009. It stars Kareena Kapoor as a restless housewife in Sydney married to Salman Khan. She starts to have an affair with Sohail Khan. This looks sooooo good! We hope it will be good, because there has not been a very good Kareena film since Jab We Met! Its said that she is supposed to have gained some weight for the role, to look like a wealthy housewife. On another Kareena Kapoor note, it seems that she has bagged a lead in Race 2, the sequel to the 2008 film, Race. She will be opposite Saif Ali Khan, and Bipasha Basu will probs not be in the project.

Billu Barber review will be out by the end of this week.

Another Name Change for Billu Barber!

Goodness! This film has had so many name changes. The latest is that it is not longer 'Billu Barber' but now just 'Billu'. I guess the haircutters of India didn't appreciate being called barbers and they complained to Red Chillies. Shah Rukh stated that he was in no mood to fight with people, and so he let them have their way. “I had a discussion with the association of hair dressers and salons in Maharashtra. And I’ve pokes to the associations in other cities on the phone. I don’t think we were wrong in ever using the word ‘barber’ and that is what be stand by. But they have their own take on that. The film has been made with a good feeling. So, I’d rather not hurt anyone, because it’s not going to affect my film...I think I’m also a little mellow since I’m going for my surgery, so I don’t want to hurt anyone." So all the new adds and posters you see will have just 'Billu' on it. It comes out this friday, the 13th.