Throughout the entire movie, it was dead silent. You could literary hear a pin drop. The only time there was noise was at the end when the audience gave the film a standing ovation, cheered, and whistled.

Job well done Karan Johar; job well done.

After having met Shahrukh Khan and Kajol and hearing them talk about the passion, emotion & depth which went into making My Name is Khan, everything was completely understood after seeing their on-screen chemistry that night.Shahrukh Khan plays the character of Rizwan Khan who suffers from Aspergers Syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder, in which affected people show significant difficulties in social interaction, along with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests.

In regards to playing a character with an Autistic disorder, Shahrukh told us:
Actually, I have been very interested in what is known as neruo-atypical behavior. I won’t say I enjoy it, but I’m very intrigued about how a different mind thinks. It’s very easy for all of us to sit down and say ‘Oh this person is abnormal’ but I want to know does he think the same about us? When I was younger, I was in a theatre group and we did a lot of work with autistic children and that’s where the interest started. And about four or five years back, a book had come out called “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime” about a little kid who has autism. I was really moved by that novel and I gave it to Karan and…

But over the past few years, Bollywood has stepped into a different route – animation.

We go out first taste of Bollywood starts in an animated way when the King Khan himself, Shahrukh Khan, lent his voice to a cartoon character in the Disney movie Hum Hain Lajawab. And it was extra-special for SRK as his son, Aryan, accompanied him in this endeavor as well.

Khan had stated, “I was not sure if he would pass the audition test, but he did a good job and I’m happy he has already got his first pay check,” in regards to Aryan’s voice over for the character Tez Pal. Shahrukh Khan was given the character of Mr. Lajawaab in the movie, which is a Hindi remake of Disney’s ever-so popular, The Incredibles.

Khan then went onto say, “In Hollywood cartoon movies characters are written keeping in mind the Hollywood stars who will voice over. But this character is completely unlike me.”

In 2008, we got a real taste of an original, animated Bollywood movie, Rodeside Romeo. The film was written and directed by Jugal Hansraj and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra of Yash Raj Films.  Released and co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures, it is the second Bollywood movie to receive a North American release by a Hollywood studio (the first was the film Saawariya).

The title character, a dog living in the city of Mumbai, is voiced by Saif Ali Khan. His girlfriend, Laila, is voiced by Kareena Kapoor. This was the first time Bollywood actors were speaking…

Global Release:

Lyricist: Niranjan Iyengar

Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy once again left their listeners astonished as the musical trio produced yet another hit album. From their musical hit albums in movies such as Kal Ho Naa Ho, Bunty aur Babli, Taare Zameen Par, and Wake up Sid they now move onto their latest masterpiece, the My Name is Khan soundtrack. The movie, directed by none other than director extraordinaire, Karan Johar stars Sharukh Khan and Kajol. It is set to have a global release on Friday February 12^th 2010.  The soundtrack includes 6 striking songs.

The first track and most popular from the film is “Sajdaa.” Hand down, it is by far the most touching song on the album. This number captures the beautiful relationship between Khan and Kajol in this inspiring movie. The song is sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shankar Mahadevan and Richa Sharma. It’s a Sufi number that tugs at one’s heartstrings. The sounds of tablas and dholaks keep the listener hooked. With great voices behind the mike, “Sajda” is a must hear.

Next is, “Noor-e-Khuda” serves as an inspirational number as it engages it’s listeners with its soft tunes and touching lyrics. It’s an unplugged version sung by Adnan Sami, Shreya Ghoshal and Shankar. It’s a soft, pleasing love ballad that instantly strikes a chord. Most part of the song is male- dominated; nonetheless, it gets an edge when Shreya enters with her honey-tucked voice close to the end of the track.

“Tere Naina” also follows the lead of “Sajdaa” as it goes on to describes the beautiful relationship Kajol and Shahrukh share onscreen. It is a soft melody that captures the romantic side of the movie. Shafqat Amanat Ali renders “Tere Naina” brilliantly. The subtle orchestration and melody make for an interesting hear. It changes gear mid-way when it slips into the qawwali mode which elevates it further.

Next,…

Alright, he isn’t literally marrying her, but the gesture was sweet! When I heard that Shahrukh Khan got down on one knee and proposed to 20-year-old Tillana Desai, I had to get my journalist-cap on and find out the true details!

Ladies and gentlemen, this is the first and only place where you’ll get to see the official photographs of Tillana Desai and The King Khan down on one knee, proposing to her!

So what really happened?!

Tillana told me, “the experience was magical…I did it just to express my admiration and respect for him.” She went onto say, “he’s a fantastic human being…but at the same time, I know I can’t really marry him..so on impulse, to keep my heart, he went down on his knees…I told him I always wanted to marry him since the age of 7…he said I cant marry you in real but we can rehearse!!! And then he asked me, Tillana, will you marry me? There was nothing or no one in the world that would make me say no!”

Words can only express the excitement and feelings that were going through Tillana’s body during this moment in time!

I mentioned to Tillana that I’ll be meeting him in a few days for an interview and she asked me if I’ve met him before. I said no and she replied, “you’ll be surprised! He’s so modest and so down to earth…”

And I couldn’t agree with her more. After seeing his lovely gesture of proposing to Tillana, it all makes us realize that SRK is the sweetest actor of all time. And hello — you read it right! Your’s truly, the Editor-In-Cheif…

So what do you get when you combine a relationship fearing guy and a relationship swearing girl? And what happens when a girl for whom work comes before anything and a guy for whom love is everything try to fix everything? Well, we’re left with a problem even worse than that tongue twister.

This hilarious comedy takes us through an emotional roller coaster as we encounter many dynamic characters and see the crazy things one does for love. A unique and charming script, combined with a highly talented cast gave this movie a great outcome.

The movie focuses on the relationship of two confused, love filled couples. The first pair consists of ‘tough guy’ Donsai, played by Fardeen Khan, and the quiet and shy Samarpreet, known by us as the lovely Ishita Sharma. From Donsai and ‘summer’, we are introduced to Shimmer, played by Sushmita Sen, and Pawan Raj, played by the legendary Sharukh Khan.

The confusing tale of these four love birds leaves the audience laughing continuously and envious of the perfect match of these confused lovers.

The movie begins with the introduction of ‘tough guy’ and ladies man, Tej Danraj aka Donsai. With the recent death of his father, he is forced to make a tough decision his father left for him; marry a stranger from a small village or stay a bachelor and lose his million dollar inheritance. Being a spoiled child used to life’s riches, he makes the obvious decision of marriage. From this non-committing, long-term relationship scared player, the movie takes us a small Punjabi village and into the home of quiet, relationship bound young girl, Samarpreet Kapoor. With an innocent and blunt mind, she immediately accepts Donsai’s request and they have a quiet marriage.

All seem too suspicious and…

Special Appearance: Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor

Director: PriyaDarshan

Production House: Red Chillie Entertainment 

One of the most ancipated movies of 2009, hands down, was Shahrukh Khan’s Billu Barber, (which apparently has been changed to Billu because of certain caste issues in India – but we’ll save that for another time).

I just got back from watching Billu Barber, and I thought that is was a good movie! Production house, Red Chillies Entertainment, took it upon themselves to remake another film. Undoubtedly, the star of the film, is ‘Billu,’ played by Irfan Khan (Slumdog Millionaire). Irfan gives an amazing performance as he Billu, a village barber, who is trying to make ends meet for his family. Lara Dutta plays the charater of ‘Bindiya,’ Billu’s wife. Dutta’s acting is applaudable, as it show’s that she’s able to play fun and carefree roles (such as Partner and Masti) but also serious/motherly roles such as her dipiction in Billu Barber. Actresses Deepika, Priyanka, and Kareena also make guest appearences in three different ‘item songs,’ throughout the film. 

Billu’s character is finding it hard to run is barber business as he doesn’t get enough customers throughout the day to pay for milk or bread. On top of that, he has the issue of paying for his childrens’ education. If that wasn’t enough for him to deal with, all of a sudden superstar Sahir Khan (played by Shahrukh) enters the village to shoot parts of his next movie.

From nowhere, rumors start to spread that both Billu and Sahir are close friends, and all of a sudden, the people of the village start to give respect to Billu, getting their hair cut at his stop, giving him new furniture for his shop, and even waiving…

The long awaited song, “You Get Me Rockin & Reeling” with Priyanka Chopra is making it’s way to the top of the charts in India and all over – and why wouldn’t it!? Pritam has done an amazing job with the production of the song, and of course RSK and Priyanka just look too hot to handle!

Pritam stated in a press statement, “Shah Rukh’s song with Priyanka is not an item song. It’s a love ballad that the pair playing Bollywood superstars, emote to in front of the camera. Being a love song Shah Rukh felt there wasn’t enough of the female presemce in the vocals. He made me re-record the song with more for the female vocalist (Dominique) to do since he wanted Priyanka to have an equal number of lines.”

I guess we just have to see it on the big screen to believe it. In the meantime, check out the video below and let me know what you think!
 

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In this latest home production “Billo Barber” he’s got a few sizzling item numbers with some hot ladies like Kareena Kapoor in the song “Marjaani.”

In a press conference SRK said, “All the songs have been made in the same way as one would expect in a Hindi movie, so the song ‘Marjanni’ is done with lots of dancers and then shouts of ‘Marjaani’ which is a bit Punjabi and Sufi-ish, if I might say so but has more of a Punjabi beat to it.”

Drop me a line at mona.bravura@gmail.com and tell me what you think of SRK’s latest item songs

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And you know…I just thought of something… SRK is doing one hell of a number with the love Priyanka Chopra…so in the meantime…why don’t you oogle over this picture and we’ll bring you the video a little bit later…haha!

Once a couple creates brilliant on-screen chemistry, the paparazzi is always the first to stat rumors that something is happening between the co-stars in real life. Yes, there’ve been times when these on-screen romances turn into off-screen ones, but most of the time the actors remain as “just good friends.” With 2009 coming in a few weeks, I thought it’d be nice to look at some of the most “talked about” couples…on and off screen!

10 – Ashwaria Rai Bachchan & Abhishek Bachchan
When they first appeared together in the movie “Kuch Na Kaho,” I knew that there was chemistry in the air. The Bachchan-Rai wedding was the most talked about and press-filled wedding Bollywood has seen in the longest time. Since then, the couple have come a long way, acting together in many movies (though they might not have been smash hits), but they made their mark in Bollywood. On and off screen, they are as cute as can be! I won’t say they’ll go down as one of the “most famous” couples in Bollywood, but they’ll give the next generation a run for their money!

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9 – Hrithik Roshan and Ashwaria Rai Bachchan
Ashwaria might be dancing away to “Crazy Kiya Re,” but whoever thought that the Roshan-Rai jodi was meant to be…well, he thought wrong. The couple later appeared in the movie “Umrao Jaan” which wasn’t the most successful based by boxoffice reports. These two might have a great friendship off-screen…and that’s what they should stick too!

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8 – Bipasha Basu and John Abraham
Ms. Basu and John might not have made any amazing movies appearances in 2008, but they were surely the cause of many couple-related headlines in 2008, especially…