Jaldi Aa Rahi Hai Cinema Gharon Main (Coming Soon in the Cinemas)

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Trailer(WMV, 3.04MB) for Woh Lamhe..., from the team that brought us Gangster.
The promo features scenes shot at Dubai Marina.

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Trailer(WMV, 3.04MB) for Woh Lamhe..., from the team that brought us Gangster.
The promo features scenes shot at Dubai Marina.

wow.. the trailer looks very interesting. and i loved the Song - Kya mujhe pyaar hai so much, i downloaded it the very next instant, infact i downloaded the entire album of both Woh Lamhe and Naksha.
Naksha has got some really good foot tapping music, espclly U & I lets do balle balle, dunno how the movie will turn out, but for now, music of both these albums are high up my favorite's list

and yes, Woh Lamhe includes a very lovely track by some pakistani singer called Jawad ahmed too.

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Ready for another flop from the Rajshri camp. This is the latest from Sooraj Barjatiya starring Shahid Kapur and Amrita Rao.

Vivah (click for file to open)

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Jai Santoshi Maa (sadly I doubt this movie will be released here...)

"The remake season continues.

Ram Gopal Varma is remaking Sholay, David Dhawan will remake Amar Akbar Anthony, Farhan Akhtar is remaking Don...

Now, it's the turn of the 1975 hit Jai Santoshi Maa to be remade.

Jai Santoshi Maa was one of the biggest hits of its time, grossing about Rs 62 crores (Rs 620 million). It released around the same time as Ramesh Sippy's classic Sholay."

More interesting stuff:

They say that movies do have a severe impact on society at large. And there have been innumerable films which have proved this adage to be true. But none of them can even come close to the 1975 monumental hit, ‘Jai Santoshi Maa’. The film almost gave rise to a new Goddess, causing the greatest impact ever among the Indian masses.

It was a small budget mythological film, made essentially to cater to a specific target audience. 1975 was the year of action-packed movies like ‘Sholay’ and ‘Deewar’. The trend in Hindi cinema was slowly going through a metamorphosis. Sure there was a market for mythological movies — but that was way back in the 30s and 40s. During the time when ‘Jai Santoshi Maa’ was released, this genre of movies was considered downmarket and as they say in typical movie terminology, B-grade.

That’s exactly why the unprecedented success of this movie shook the entire trade.

The story of the film revolved around Satyavati (Kanan Kaushal) who has complete devotion for Goddess Santoshi (Anita Guha). And that’s exactly what rankles the minds of those who envy this Goddess — particularly the wives of the three superpowers, Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh. After Satyavati gets married to Birju (Ashish Kumar), the envious trio harass her endlessly with loads of problems. Goddess Santoshi then comes to her rescue and guides her through the mess. In a rather melodramatic finale, the fury of Santoshi makes the other three Goddesses see sense and Satyavati is applauded for her undaunted devotion.

Until this film’s release, Goddess Santoshi was not a very well-known idol of worship. But this movie’s spectacular success made her a household name all over India. Housewives across the country began observing Fridays as the day of worship of Santoshi Maa.

The film had such a phenomenal effect on people’s minds that in most theatres where the film was being screened, audiences would remove their footwear outside the cinema halls, as a mark of respect to the Goddess.

Technically, the film was shoddily shot with special effects ranging from poor to average. But all that didn’t make any difference to the fate of the film.

The music by C. Arjun was highly popular, especially the song, "Main to aarti utaaru re, Santoshi mata ki". The number almost became like the nation’s new anthem and even today, it’s a must at all religious functions and ceremonies.

Director Vijay Sharma tried repeating his formula with a few more mythological films after this but none was even half as successful and impactful as ‘Jai Santoshi Maa’.

There have been many films before and after, ‘Jai Santoshi Maa’ which have stirred the mindset and psyche of the Indian audience. But none could match the overwhelming influence of ‘Jai Santoshi Maa’.

http://www.stardustindia.com/display_Standard.asp?section=classics&subsection=&xml=September2004_classics_standard47

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Anyone heard of this:

Sanaa – From dust to human dirt

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Aadesh Shrivastava's short-film wrenches your guts for various reasons. First of all it’s the first film to focus on the thorny and unbearable subject of child prostitution. It features the Black prodigy Ayesha Kapoor. Within a span of less than ten minutes little Ayesha takes us on a nerve-wracking journey that spins us into a dizzy web of guilt, accusation and regret for the lost childhood that we owe to all the Sanaa’s of this vicious and insensitive world.

Music-director turned filmmaker Aadesh Shrivastava packs in plenty of punch in his compact film. The abundance of talent helps to give the story an immediacy and credibility, as does the real locations where Sanaa moves within minutes from impoverished innocence to enforced and irredeemable corruption.

Pratima Kazmi puts in a cameo as Sanaa's mother and Seema Biswas chips in as 'Mausi' managing the monstrously perverse careers of the children. Akhilendra Mishra has the thankless role of the 'Seth' who seduces the 9-year old child. Someone has got to do the dirty work.

Admirably Aadesh Shrivastava has stuck his head into a dark and disturbing area of our lives. Ishwar Bidri's camera takes us through a complex geographical, emotional and sexual labyrinth, as we see Sanaa's innocence crushed to the ground.

A lot of attention is paid to intrinsic details. Manas Choudhary's sound design, replete with routine traffic noises in Mumbai and screams piercing through the mundane landscape, and Jayant Deshmukh's art direction lend an aura of agonizing aestheticism to this bitter film about the end of innocence.

Aptly, it ends with Shabana Azmi warning us of how many more Sanaas will be driven into the streets if we don't learn to take care of our children.

But are we really listening? 

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Anyone heard of this:

Sanaa – From dust to human dirt

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Aadesh Shrivastava's short-film wrenches your guts for various reasons. First of all it’s the first film to focus on the thorny and unbearable subject of child prostitution. It features the Black prodigy Ayesha Kapoor. Within a span of less than ten minutes little Ayesha takes us on a nerve-wracking journey that spins us into a dizzy web of guilt, accusation and regret for the lost childhood that we owe to all the Sanaa’s of this vicious and insensitive world.

Music-director turned filmmaker Aadesh Shrivastava packs in plenty of punch in his compact film. The abundance of talent helps to give the story an immediacy and credibility, as does the real locations where Sanaa moves within minutes from impoverished innocence to enforced and irredeemable corruption.

Pratima Kazmi puts in a cameo as Sanaa's mother and Seema Biswas chips in as 'Mausi' managing the monstrously perverse careers of the children. Akhilendra Mishra has the thankless role of the 'Seth' who seduces the 9-year old child. Someone has got to do the dirty work.

Admirably Aadesh Shrivastava has stuck his head into a dark and disturbing area of our lives. Ishwar Bidri's camera takes us through a complex geographical, emotional and sexual labyrinth, as we see Sanaa's innocence crushed to the ground.

A lot of attention is paid to intrinsic details. Manas Choudhary's sound design, replete with routine traffic noises in Mumbai and screams piercing through the mundane landscape, and Jayant Deshmukh's art direction lend an aura of agonizing aestheticism to this bitter film about the end of innocence.

Aptly, it ends with Shabana Azmi warning us of how many more Sanaas will be driven into the streets if we don't learn to take care of our children.

But are we really listening? 

nope. Never heard of it. But reading the story outline just gve me Goose bumps.

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Esha D & Salman RocKhan together - AWESOME!!

Unfortunately.............. it weren't Esha D.

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Looks like a very interesting concept! Will watch out for it.

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