DE DHANA DHAN- Where’s the fun?

- Savio Zacharia
Everything seems in place for this flick on paper. Take a look at it , you’ve got  the ‘Hera Pheri’ core together after ages. Though the title has nothing to do with Priyan’s superhit flick , Akshay Kumar-Suniel Shetty – Paresh Rawal feature in this one. All the more , Priyan’s favorites –Manoj Joshi , Rajpal Yadav too get their share.

If ‘Hera Pheri’ brought about then ; a rather not so popular ‘Tabu’, this one promises bolllywood’s crème –Katrina Kaif already riding high after her previous.

What’s even better is the fact that Akshay too is no less than any Khan today.

Synopsis: Nothing but a money heist with a mix of characters –Priyan style

So what’s gone wrong with this one??

Aaaaaah…well almost everything!

To start off with Priyan offers us nothing new- the same old confusion and the running around for the money, mixed portions here and there of various other flicks you’ve seen of his.

The Kidnapping , the characters running around , mistaken identities galore but the basic plot is just too loose. The dialogues are terrible and barely evoke laughter. All you hear is just a few characters yelling at each other with the typical hindi film style of ‘Tu tu main main’

What’s more annoying are the songs. Firstly , neither are worth humming and Pritam strikes a complete low with this one and to carry things forward these tracks just emerge about anytime in the film completely killing the pace. The song ‘paisa paisa’ could have been totally done away with as it just emerges at such a crux in the plot.

The screenplay is highly flawed. The first half is something you can totally sleep over as scenes don’t connect well enough and you notice sudden jumps from one to another. The introductions of characters are absolutely lame and such a downer for a Priyan flick.

On the acting front , many would rush to the theatres expecting a lot from Akshay Kumar considering his pairing with Priyan has always been entertaining. This one here is a big letdown. Akshay needs to reinvent his comic sense and style. He just overdoes it in this one with those weird expressions and poor dialogue delivery. What makes it even worse is when he seems to be getting better in the 2nd half, the script locks him up in a cupboard and for over 20 min there’s no sign of him in the film.

Paresh Rawal is another who needs to seriously reinvent his style and selection of movies. Though a Priyan favourite, he’s just a mere cut paste of his other flicks. He doesn’t make you laugh at all and is always found yelling.

Sunil Shetty is the worst of the lot . Right from struggling with the dialogue delivery to lip syncing in a song, he’s just tagging along.

Katrina Kaif just smiles her way out and smiles, no scope at all.

Sameera Reddy , like most of her films you wonder what she’s doing besides wearing some skimpy outfits.

The surprise here is Neha Dhupia who appears in a very shady song but impresses in bits and pieces with her acting skills.

Aditi Govitrikar not bad…

Shakti kapoor , Tinu Anand., Chunkey Pandey …wasted

The real showstoppers for those giggles are in order of priority – Johnny Lever ( he cracks you up big time), Rajpal Yadav ( in a few scenes that he has) and Asrani( in bits).

Out and out , with a very poor 1st half and an abrupt end to the flick , wonder if it’s going to woo the masses. If you do watch this flick, do enjoy the promo of the much awaited ‘Veer’.

Rating – 1.5/5

Popularity: 50% [?]

Director Raj Kumar Santoshi, Lead Pair Katrina Kaif & Ranbir Kapoor with Producer Ramesh Taurani attending the Red Carpet Premiere of their new film “Ajab Prem ki Ghazab Kahani” at  PVR Ambience Mall,Gurgaon on 5th of Nov 2009.

Popularity: 6% [?]

After its recent invitational screening at the Pusan International Film Festival in October this year where it was the only mainstream Hindi film to have been screened, Yash Raj Films’ NEW YORK has now been selected as the opening film at the prestigious 33rd Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), 2009. The film has also been selected for the ‘in competition’ section at the festival.

Established since 1976, the Cairo International Film Festival is classified as a category “A” festival as recognized by the FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producer’s Associations) and is undoubtedly the oldest and most important festival in the Middle East and has been an inspiration to several other budding festivals. This year the CIFF will acknowledge its honored tradition and welcome the new generation of brilliant filmmakers from India by honoring Indian Cinema. The festival will be held from 10th to 20th November in Cairo and will be attended, besides others, by Salma Hayek, Samuel L. Jackson, Lucy Liu and Tom Berenger, who is also a member on the international jury.

Directed by Kabir Khan, produced by Aditya Chopra and starring John Abraham, Katrina Kaif, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Irrfan, NEW YORK released in over 900 screens worldwide on June 26, 2009 and ever since has continued to garner worldwide acclaim and recognition.

NEW YORK is a contemporary story of 3 young friends whose beautiful lives are turned upside down by larger events beyond their control. The film was critically acclaimed as well as wholeheartedly accepted by audiences the world over.

Kabir Khan has been especially invited by the Cairo International Film Festival to attend the festival this year. He will address the audience and media after New York’s opening night screening.

Popularity: 2% [?]

Reliance Trends, the apparels and accessories specialty format of Reliance Retail played host to the gorgeous Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif and the charming Ranbir Kapoor at its store at Hill Road, Bandra, today.

At an exciting evening planned for the customers of Reliance Trends, Katrina and Ranbir were at the store to promote their much awaited romantic comedy ‘Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani’. The sizzling duo enthralled the audience and shared some special moments of the film. The most eagerly awaited film presents the new chemistry between Katrina Kaif and Ranbir Kapoor and their funnily weird love story.

As part of the exclusive promotion at Reliance Trends, the first 25 customers, shopping above Rs. 5,000/- got free music CDs of the Movie and the top shopper over the weekend at the store got an opportunity to click photographs with the stars. Another added attraction was the Reliance Trends Graffiti Wall for customers to pen their wishes and messages for the charming actors.

Reliance Trends, the Apparel, Luggage and Accessories division of Reliance Retail, is a one stop shop for all your fashion shopping. Reliance Trends offers a homogeneous mix of private brands and external brands across men’s, women’s and children’s categories to fulfill every customer’s requirement. Some of the most renowned brands in the country like Peter England, John Players, Raymond, Vimal , Reid and Taylor, Basics, Kraus, Duke, etc are present at the store either directly or through their sub brands, most of these exclusively for Reliance Trends.

The Private Label brands include Network range of garments which comprises of formal office wear collection for men and women, while the Netplay range showcases a smart casual collection for the evolving workplace. The DNMX range has been developed with a clear focus on the youth of India, offering them exclusively crafted fashion garments like Denims, T shirts etc. Graviti, the innerwear range for men offer the best of inner and lounge wear for today’s man.

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About Reliance Retail Limited

Reliance Retail Limited (RRL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited opened its first retail store in November 2006 and today operates more than 900 stores in over 85 cities, spanning 14 states with over 4.2 million sq ft of trading space. RRL is a multi-format retailer that operates Reliance Fresh – a neighborhood store concept, Reliance Digital – a consumer durables and information technology concept, Reliance Mart – a hyper market concept, Reliance Trends – an apparel specialty concept, Reliance Wellness – a health, wellness & beauty concept , iStore by Reliance Digital- an Apple specialty store concept, Reliance Footprint -a footwear concept, Reliance Jewels – a jewellery concept, Reliance Time-Out- a books, music & entertainment concept, Reliance Super- a Minimart concept, Reliance Living Homeware – a household utilities specialty store concept, Reliance Living Furnishings-a specialty store concept for home furnishings, Reliance Living Furniture-a home office furniture specialty concept, Reliance Home Kitchen- a kitchen’s solution specialty store concept, Reliance AutoZone – an automotive specialty concept and Vision Express-an optical specialty store concept.

About Reliance Industries Limited

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is India’s largest private sector company on all major financial parameters with a turnover of Rs. 1,46,328 crore (US$ 28.85 billion), cash profit of Rs 22,365 crore (US$ 4.41 billion), net profit (excluding exceptional income) of Rs. 15,637 crore (US$ 3.02 billion) and net worth of Rs 126,373 crore (US$ 24.92 billion) as of March 31, 2009.

RIL is the first private sector company from India to feature in the Fortune Global 500 list of ‘World’s Largest Corporations’ and ranks 117th amongst the world’s Top 200 companies in terms of profits. RIL ranks 75th in the Financial Times FT Global 500 list of the world’s largest companies. RIL is rated as the 15th ‘Most Innovative Company’ in the World in a survey conducted by the US financial publication-Business Week in collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group.

Popularity: 3% [?]