Govinda loses 10 Kilos for Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra's svelte figure has inspired Govinda to shed weight. The two are paired opposite each other in their next release, Junoon-The Madness of Love.



The much-delayed K C Bokadia film stars Govinda as a man who ends up telling lies to impress his love, played by PC.


Govinda lost 10 kilos to look good opposite the actress. The stills don't look too promising, though. The film is scheduled to release this Diwali.
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Tigmanshu Dhulia's Govinda starrer titled Con Flick

Govinda's next film which is being directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia has finally found a title for itself. As per reliable sources, the film is being titled Con Flick. Now that's quite an interesting title for the film since it features Govinda as a conman.

Confirms the source attached to the film's crew, "Though a formal announcement would be made shortly, Tigmanshu has more or less closed on Con Flick as the film's title. It is a fun film and since the lead protagonist is a conman here, it made sense to have the kind of a name which justifies the essence of the subject."

Tigmanshu Dhulia, who has earlier directed films like Haasil and Charas (both starring Jimmy Sheirgill in the lead), has another ace up his sleeves in the form of Rimi Sen who would be playing an obese woman weighing as much as 160 kilos. She plays Govinda's love interest and the film promises to showcase some amazing chemistry between a young obese girl and a not-so-young man.

Also starring Vidya Malavade and Kabir Bedi in principal roles, Con Flick is quite a departure for Dhulia who in the past has been labeled as a filmmaker with a knack for making hard hitting films, courtesy Haasil and Charas. This time around, he takes a comic route by roping in Govinda, the uncrowned king of comedy and Rimi Sen, who has 'seriously' made a great impression with comic portrayal of a gold digger in recently released De Taali.

It should be quite en eventful journey for Tigmanshu Dhulia from this point because while he heads for the shoot of Con Flick, he already has wrapped up the principal shoot of Shagird which stars Nana Patekar, Anurag Kashyap and Mohit Ahlawat in lead along with Rimi Sen (again)!

Some of the other films to be directed by Dhulia which were announced in the months gone by but are yet to see some progress are Fame (Sunil Shetty, Govinda, Kay Kay Menon, Anjori Alag), Ghayal 2 (Sunny Deol, Om Puri) and Ghulami (Sunny Deol, Sameera Reddy). However, one hopes that after being in the wait for years, Dhulia does manage to mark a comeback with Con Flick and Shagird.

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Govinda isn't a latecomer anymore

One thing about Govinda that has snubbed his colleagues in the film industry is his late latif ways. Hear of Govinda and one would hear his co-actor or director complaining about Govinda not reaching the sets on time. But all this has changed and how?

After entertaining audiences with his comedy, trying his hand in singing and even cutting an album, Govinda chose to bid adieu to the arc lights and venture into politics.

But now he is back and back with a change! Govinda made a fab comeback with Partner , and has recently finished recording a song – Heeng lage na fitkari rang chokhkha hoy – for the film Loot . He partnered with music director Shamir Tandon for this one.

We're sure that the actor must have done a great job, but we got in touch with Shamir simply to find out if Chi Chi...oops Govinda...he doesn't like the 'C' word anymore... was on time for the recordings. Or was he still the late latif we once knew?

Shamir said, "Govinda was bang on time, in fact a few minutes before time. He participated actively in the pre-recording, the lyrics and music composition as well. He rehearsed a few days before the recording and also came a day post the recording to review the song and make corrections. And there again, he was a little before time."

We are sure that we won't get to hear anymore complains or hear actors cribbing about the once 'latecomer' Govinda. That's some 'timely' change we say.
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Govinda, Sushmita Sen, David Dhawan and Vashu Bhagnani at the Press Conference of Do Knot Disturb

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Winners of IIFA Awards 2008

Best Actor
Shah Rukh Khan - Chak De India

Best Actress
Kareena Kapoor - Jab We Met

Best Film
Chak De India

Best Director
Shimit Amin - Chak De India

Performance in a Supporting Role (Male)
Irrfan Khan - Life In A... Metro

Performance in a Supporting Role (Female)
Konkona Sen Sharma - Life In A... Metro

Performance in a Comic Role
Govinda - Partner

Performance in a Negative Role
Viveik Oberoi - Shootout At Lokhandwala

Music Director
A.R. Rahman - Barso Re Barso Re (Guru)

Best Story
Jaideep Sahni - Chak De India

Lyrics
Javed Akhtar - Main Agar Kahoon (Om Shanti Om)

Playback Singer (Male)
Shaan - Jabse Tere Naina (Saawariya)

Playback Singer (Female)
Shreya Ghoshal - Barso Re (Guru)

Achievement in Indian Cinema
Mumtaz

Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema
Shyam Benegal

Outstanding Contribution by an Indian in International Cinema
A. R. Rahman

STYLE IDEA AWARDS
Abhishek Bachchan
Katrina Kaif and Neil Nitin Mukesh were also awarded special awards

Technical Awards

Best Cinematography
Sudeep Chatterjee (Chak De India)

Best Editing
Amitabh Shukla (Chak De India)

Best Sound Recording
Manas Choudhary & Ali Merchant (Chak De India)

Best Sound Re-recording
Anuj Mathur (Chak De India)

Best Screenplay
Jaideep Sahni (Chak De India) & Anurag Basu (Life…in a Metro)

Best Art Direction
Sabu Cyril (Om Shanti Om)

Best Special Effects
Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (Om Shanti Om)

Best Costume Designing
Manish Malhotra, Karan Johar & Sanjiv Mulchandani (Om Shanti Om)

Best Makeup
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IIFA set to enthrall Bangkok from Friday

The glitz and glamour of Bollywood is all set to dazzle Bangkok with the ninth edition of the three-day International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) commencing in the Thai capital from Friday.

Mumbai: The glitz and glamour of Bollywood is all set to dazzle Bangkok with the ninth edition of the three-day International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) commencing in the Thai capital from Friday.

Apart from the awards ceremony on June 8, the highlight of the weekend will be the premiere of Ram Gopal Varma's Sarkar Raj starring Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan on Friday.

IIFA is often derided as the Bachchan family show in India and called the Bollywood Oscars in the foreign media and the host country.

It has come a long way since 2000 when it debuted at London's Millennium Dome as a one-day award show to a three-day event that embraces trade, business, tourism, film premieres, fashion extravaganzas, bilateral engagement and an awards ceremony.

Bollywood fans in Bangkok will not get to see Shah Rukh Khan in action at the weekend despite his home production Om Shanti Om and the critically acclaimed box office success Chak De India featuring him in the lead role are contenders for IIFA trophies in various categories.

Shah Rukh has not been attending the IIFA since 2005, lending credence to the much reported cold war between the Big B and SRK.

However, Shah Rukh has said that since the IIFA weekend coincides with the summer holidays of his children, he prefers spending time with the kids rather than spend three days abroad.

Aamir Khan's Taare Zameen Par, which has won awards in several categories at all popular film award shows, does not feature in the nomination list.

According to Big B, the brand ambassador of IIFA, Aamir who is the producer of Taare Zameen Par did not enroll his film to be selected for IIFA nomination.

Aamir's first home production Lagaan premiered at IIFA a few years ago.

With Salman Khan busy with his debut on television, Akshay Kumar will be the star attraction of the awards nite along with top stars like Kareena Kapoor and Govinda.

Other performers include Priyanka Chopra and Harman Baweja, Ritesh Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani, Fardeen Khan, Dia Mirza, Zayed Khan and Vivek Oberoi.

The awards show will be hosted by actor Boman Irani.
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Govinda meets KKR, but not SRK

Govinda was in Kolkata recently for the shoot of his movie Garam Chai and was residing in the same hotel as the Shah Rukh Khan and his Kolkata Knight Riders.

During his stay, he met all the players of SRK’s team but didn’t make the effort to visit Shah Rukh Khan who was staying in the same hotel, Sonar Bangla.

According to a unit member, “On arriving in Kolkata, Govinda directly went on to his sets of the film.

After his pack up later that evening, the actor-turned-MP went to his hotel and heard about the Kolkata team staying at the same hotel. On an impulse, Govinda decided to go meet the players and wish them good luck.”

Although SRK was at the same hotel with Gauri, Govinda didn’t bother to meet him and chose to hang out with the players instead. Shah Rukh was residing in the Presidential suite, which was on the same floor as Govinda’s Queen suite.

When contacted, Govinda admits, “I was in Kolkata for a day for my shoot. When I returned to the hotel, I was informed about Shah Rukh and his team being present at the same hotel. I met a few players but missed SRK, as he had already left.

The next day, on my way back, Knight Riders and I were in the same flight. It was then that I had an official encounter with them and wished them luck.”
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Premiere of Jimmy

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Govinda & Celina give their version of The Mall Trouble

Govinda seems to be followed by trouble wherever he goes. And when you have Celina Jaitley who's lately been having her own share of run-ins with celebrity-harassment then you're in for trouble. On Friday while shooting at the City Mall in Oshiwara for Aditya Dutta's romantic musical, Garam Chai Govinda's bodyguards allegedly got into a scuffle with a shopkeeper.

Speaking on the incident for the first time Govinda said, "I didn't know Garam Chai would turn out so garam. It seems I am not fated to have any peace. We had got the required permission to shoot. But it seems the mall's builder and some shop owners had a long-standing dispute. Of course, we had the relevant permission. Without it, I don't shoot at public places. Our arrangement was with the builder. So while we were shooting one of the shop-owners came and stood in front of camera." The situation got uglier. "He started to abuse the entire film industry using the choicest maa-bahen expletives. I tried to reason with him. But no one could talk to him. But the man seemed fearless. He was scared neither of the law nor of anything else. He had a few of his colleagues with him. And they all seemed to pride themselves for not being scared of anyone. He even raised his hand on a cop, armed with a machine-gun, mind you. I found the whole situation very weird. But I'm only the actor in the unit. I was told to stay aloof."

Govinda is all praise for his co-star Celina. "She behaved very graciously. We're doing a lovely film together. I hadn't done a romantic film for ages. And the songs were lovely. Chai Garam has very sensuous, very Bengali feel to it." After a pause Govinda says, "It's not easy to remain quiet and famous in this city. They keep talking about my late coming. But no one speaks about how I've completed Money Hai To Honey in three months flat. Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai is also complete. I'll have four releases this year. I'm just happy I'm able to do my work. And if being a busy actor means you get the wrong kind of notice then I'll just take it in my stride."

In Ravi Chopra'a film, Govinda plays a lawyer again after Kyunki Main Jhooth Nahin Bolta. "In the earlier film I felt we went wrong because what I was fighting for wasn't highlighted in the plot. In Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai I fight for a very topical cause. A group of youngsters in Mumbai, get into trouble for no fault of theirs. Nowadays we always hear of youngsters getting into trouble, so much so that they're afraid to step out of their homes to have fun. Why only youngsters? Even we of an older generation aren't spared."

Adds Celina Jaitly, "Quite a beginning for Chai Garam it was Me and Chi Chi (Govinda). We were giving a shot when right in the middle of it this guy came in abusing and shouting. We were shocked speechless. Chi Chi and I just kept staring at him. Somewhere a scuffle started."

Subash K. Jha

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Upen shares dancing shoes with the inimitable Govinda

Lately, Upen Patel has been uncharacteristically nervous. "That's because I've been shooting a music video with the one and only Govinda. Can you imagine me just a four-film old newcomer with two left foot doing a jig with the awesome Govinda?" So who says senior can't take to their juniors kindly?

Upen's face lights up as he talks about Govinda's on-camera largesse. "Govinda just adopted me on the sets of Money Hai To Honey Hai. That's the film for which we're currently shooting the promotional music video. The song is a very racy Race kind of dance track by a new duo named Nitish-Soni. I died when I realized I had to dance with Govinda for this song. On top if it, the film's director Ganesh Acharya was the choreographer. Govindaji and Ganeshji have done…like a million films together."

But Govinda made sure Upen was completely comfortable cavorting in combination for the camera. "He guided me through my steps, made sure our styles matched. He's so spontaneous and free-styled while my steps are far more controlled. But you've to see us together for this number. Not for a second does Govinda let me slip up."

Upen is truly appreciative of Govinda especially at a time when stories about the senior star's eccentricities are being circulated. "I find Govinda so normal, down to earth and nurturing. I've had some bad experiences with established actors. But Govinda makes you forget a thousand you-know-whos," Upen laughs without giving anything way.

Subash K. Jha

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Govinda's chai with Celina

After Money Hai To Honey Hai, Govinda will once again do a film with his BFF of late, Celina Jaitly. The dosti between the two blossomed on the sets of MHTHH and with Chai Garam, their second flick together, the friendship is only bound to get stronger.

Ask Govinda why he hasn’t changed the title for this film as he is wont to do, he laughs, “I quite like the title and have no problems with this movie title.”

Celina has around five comedies going on the floors. She says, “After No Entry and Apna Sapna Money Money, I received a lot of compliments for my roles. I get a different high doing comedies.”

Another reason that has the actress excited is that she’s paired opposite Govinda and the fact that she’s working with Rajpal Yadav, Jaaved Jaffery and Sunil Shetty.

Says director Aditya Datt, “Chai Garam isn’t a slapstick comedy. It’s more of a romcom. The characters are very real and every character depicts humour in its own way.”

The multi starrer goes on floors on April 24 and also stars Anupam Kher and Ravi Kissen.

Says Aditya Datt, “Tea is something that is always with you. When you are stressed you have tea, when you are happy you have tea. At corporate meetings, you have tea, for a date you have tea. Tea forms a very important aspect of every emotion and thus really liked it as my title.”

Sonal Chawla
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What’s going on in Govinda’s mind

Chi Chi Slaps an innocent bystander, is scared of the underworld killing him, thinks he’s being haunted and feels people want to poison him.

BOLLYWOOD is very concerned about its favourite funny man Govinda losing his grip on reality.

Now, the actor, shooting for Loot in Bangkok got the producer to shift him to another hotel as he felt the hotel where the cast is staying is haunted!

Industry people are very concerned about their favourite funny man Govinda. In the recent past, there have been many incidents that point to the actor losing his grip on reality.

The whispers about his delusions of grandeur started soon after the actor-turned-MP slapped a bystander (without provocation) on the sets of Money Hai Toh Honey Hai; in the presence of every television channel in the country.

Then Chi Chi refused to shoot in five countries short-listed by producer Sunil Shetty for Loot because of the presence of the underworld.

Now, the actor, who is presently shooting for Loot in Bangkok — a destination of his choice — got the producer to shift him to another hotel because he felt the five-star hotel where the cast is staying is haunted!

Says an insider, “After staying there for one night, Govinda told producer and co-star Sunil Shetty that there was a ghost in the hotel and he couldn’t sleep.

Sunil tried to reason with the actor but it was in vain. Sunil had no option but to put Govinda up in a different hotel.”

After the actor was shifted, he refused to have his meals there. An insider from the Loot unit adds, “He told Sunil that the management at the new hotel was Indian and he didn’t trust them.

He said he would not eat there as they might poison him. Now, the unit people get Govinda’s food made in the ‘haunted’ hotel.”

Govinda said, “What nonsense! Let me tell you that I am the biggest ghost out here. Bhoot Bollywood heroes se darte hai… aur khas kar mujhse, kyun ki I punch and I slap.

I am looking for a ghost you know, jis din ek bhi mil gaya na… main uski g**nd mein goli daal doonga.”

Amul Sharma, Mid-Day
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Mallikaji, Mujhe aap se milna hei, says Govinda

Govinda is determined to make it in his second innings in B-Town and has been sending feelers to leading actresses’ to work with him.

The actor recently approached Mallika Sherawat to do a film with him, but the hot actress has given him a cold-shoulder.

Says a source, “Govinda called Mallika out of the blue about a month ago and expressed his desire to work with her.

Mallika spoke to him and promised to meet him.

But after that day Madam M has not been answering Chi Chi’s calls! Govinda obviously is furious about it.”

The source adds, “As Mallika is not taking his calls, Govinda has now started been sending her text messages.

The actor sends close to four messages a day. No one knows why he is trying so hard to work with her!”

A source close to Mallika, who has been shown the messages says, “It is true.

Govinda is trying so hard to work with Mallika; he has been sending messages like there is no tomorrow.

Although his SMSes aren’t rude or anything; he seems to be desperate to work with her.”

The SMSes Govinda has been sending Mallika

Mallikaji, Main Govinda naam ka ek chota sa actor hoon. Mujhe aap se milne ka ek mauka deejiye.

Amul Sharma, Mid-Day
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Return my land, Rani: Govinda

In their buddy days, Govinda had gifted Rani Mukerji a bungalow in Juhu on a plot that belonged to him. In those days, she lived with her parents in an apartment in Andheri and was on the lookout for a bigger place.

When Govinda learnt that Rani was looking out for real estate in the suburbs, he gifted her the bungalow. The papers that were in Govinda’s name were later transferred to the actresses’ name, making her the sole owner.

With time, the duo drifted apart and even ceased to be friends. Now, sources reveal that Govinda wants Rani to return the bungalow to him.

Reversal of fortunes

A source reveals, “At the time he gifted the place to her, he was a big star and she was just an upcoming actress. Today she is the bigger star and he is struggling to make a comeback. Naturally, he thinks he has the right to ask her to return the gift.

He’d gifted Rani the Juhu property due to emotional reasons and those reasons no longer exist. Besides, Rani recently bought a sprawling property in Juhu’s Janki Kutir area, so Govinda thinks it’s the right time to ask her to hand over the bungalow back to him.”

The actor-turned-MP hasn’t yet contacted Rani directly, but has been discussing the possibility with a few common friends. The source continues, “Chi Chi is a very emotional person. In the past, he has gifted close friends and relatives huge amounts of money and lavish gifts.”

Except a few close friends, no one knows about Govinda’s gift to Rani, “She too didn’t mention it to anyone. But now with Chi Chi talking about taking the property back, it will soon be out in the open.”
The moment we mentioned Rani to Govinda, he hung up.

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Salaam-E-Ishq - Music Review

Think Shankar Ehsaan Loy and the name Javed Akhtar comes to mind immediately. After all the four of them have scripted some of the best music together in their association over the years. But the credit details of 'Salaam-E-Ishq' catch you by surprise since Sameer has been roped in as a lyricist to pen the words for SEL to compose their tunes. Another surprise (a good one again) comes from the fact that in an age where each and every album comes with a remix version of 2-3-4 songs, SEL has 7 tunes with none of them being repeated as a remix.

Together, director Nikhil Advani and Shankar Ehsaan Loy had a chartbuster score in the form of 'Kal Ho Na Ho'. With a mammoth starcast in hand and the trio of Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy enjoying the best phase of their career, it is pretty much given thought that 'Salaam-E-Ishq' too would be a winner in the making. It truly is the case as album succeeds in sticking to the genre of the film i.e. 'a tribute to love' and actually conveys the emotions through the 7 songs.

Is it country music that you are hearing? Or are there Caribbean elements to it? 'Dil Kya Kare' is a combination of both (an amazing one at that) and a lot more as it marks the return of Adnan Sami to the big stage yet again as he goes extremely mellow in this smooth-n-silky love song. Sameer's poetry goes quite well for the song of this genre that mainly has a guitar playing throughout with very minimal dose of other instruments in the background. As one hears on the song for long, the classy touch of SEL start becoming quite apparent. A few seconds later, you are truly moved to a different world altogether as Caribbean/African flavor in the song becomes much more visible. A beautiful song that has a brief element of full blown title song 'Salaam-E-Ishq' which comes later in the album.

After a Western/Caribbean flavor, the album takes a twist with a 'qawalli' that begins with a prelude followed by new entrant Shilpa taking over the proceedings. With Sameer around, there is always a high probability of 'saiyaan', 'choodi', 'kangana' and 'jhumka' around and he delivers as expected with the song 'Saiyaan Re'. What takes the cake is the fact that there is a western fusion element to the qawalli that makes it stand out in the crowd. A 'jugalbandi' of sorts with Shankar Mahadevan pairing up with Shilpa and Loy Mendonca doing the supporting act; it is a guaranteed winner in the making due to its beautiful rhythm that hooks you on in the first listening itself. With Govinda in the film, 'Saiyaan Re' seems to be tailor-made for him and if that indeed is the case then it is good news for his fans!

After two (well done) experimental numbers, listener gets to hear a kind of composition that has Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy stamp all over it. Titled 'Mera Dil', it is a sugar coated love song with fantasy ingredients to it which makes it a feel-good number to croon around. Sung by Shaan, the song is also special for Nihira, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa finalist, who had earlier played a supporting role to Sunidhi Chauhan in 'Dhadak Dhadak' [Bunty Aur Babli]. With 'Mera Dil' she makes a confident entry to the big arena and gives a good account of herself as someone who can croon for a girl in her teens or someone just out if it. Is this melodious track the one which has been composed for Ayesha Takia and Akshaye Khanna?

SEL's stint with experimentation continues as they follow up the sound of Bagpiper with Indian 'dholaki' beats. Now that's being innovative! A song that would have made a Yash Chopra or a Karan Johar proud, title song 'Salaam-E-Ishq' is an instant winner due to its overtly catchy and easy to croon appeal! Shot on a grand scale coming across as an ensemble piece with singers like Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Kunal Ganjawala, Sadhana Sargam and Shankar Mahadevan behind the mike, it brings together the majority of starcast together in the song which is truly a celebration of love! Fourth successive winning number in a row!

If one thought that 'Dil Kya Kare’ was the first and last song where SEL experimented with Caribbean sound then you need to hear 'Tenu Leke'. It is quite interesting to hear the sound of 'dhol along with 'band baaja' that actually is played on a Caribbean theme. Hear it to believe it. A marriage song about a guy coming to the girl's place with a 'baraat' and promising to take her away with him, 'Tenu Leke' is a song with an unconventional 'mukhda' which sets the pace for the rest of the song to follow. A dance number that is bound to look good on screen!

Nihira is the only female singer in the entire album who gets to sing two songs as she croons the re-arranged [not remixed] version of the classic 'Babuji Dheere Chalna' [Aar Paar] originally sung by Geeta Dutt. She does a good job in crooning this track which in all probability seems to be one designed for Priyanka Chopra who is shown as an item girl in the film. Good part about the song is that it's soft feel is kept intact without making it as yet another 'beat one-beat two' number and the slight techno arrangements given to create a true 'retro'-spective number makes it an eminently enjoyable number all over again.

With Kailash Kher's name on the credits, one expects a full throated number that is high on spirits. What instead comes a surprise (yet again) is to actually hear him sing on a medium pitch as he goes about rendering 'Ya Rabba', a thoughtful number about 'a problem called love'! A sad song that moves at a slow pace while creating the much required impact, it doesn't drag for a single moment and should be quite engrossing when appearing (expectedly) at different points in the film.

Each of the songs of 'Salaam-E-Ishq' boasts of high quality music. There are some new sounds interspersed with the kind of music that goes well with the Bollywood scheme of things and the final result is something that is going to stay with you for many more months to come. Music of 'Salaam-E-Ishq' is yet another winner before an eminently successful 2006 comes to a close. Also SEL can assure themselves a hat-trick after two back to back successes in the form of 'vKabhi Alvida Na Kehna' and 'Don'.

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Salaam-E-Ishq - Music Review

Think Shankar Ehsaan Loy and the name Javed Akhtar comes to mind immediately. After all the four of them have scripted some of the best music together in their association over the years. But the credit details of 'Salaam-E-Ishq' catch you by surprise since Sameer has been roped in as a lyricist to pen the words for SEL to compose their tunes. Another surprise (a good one again) comes from the fact that in an age where each and every album comes with a remix version of 2-3-4 songs, SEL has 7 tunes with none of them being repeated as a remix.

Together, director Nikhil Advani and Shankar Ehsaan Loy had a chartbuster score in the form of 'Kal Ho Na Ho'. With a mammoth starcast in hand and the trio of Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy enjoying the best phase of their career, it is pretty much given thought that 'Salaam-E-Ishq' too would be a winner in the making. It truly is the case as album succeeds in sticking to the genre of the film i.e. 'a tribute to love' and actually conveys the emotions through the 7 songs.

Is it country music that you are hearing? Or are there Caribbean elements to it? 'Dil Kya Kare' is a combination of both (an amazing one at that) and a lot more as it marks the return of Adnan Sami to the big stage yet again as he goes extremely mellow in this smooth-n-silky love song. Sameer's poetry goes quite well for the song of this genre that mainly has a guitar playing throughout with very minimal dose of other instruments in the background. As one hears on the song for long, the classy touch of SEL start becoming quite apparent. A few seconds later, you are truly moved to a different world altogether as Caribbean/African flavor in the song becomes much more visible. A beautiful song that has a brief element of full blown title song 'Salaam-E-Ishq' which comes later in the album.

After a Western/Caribbean flavor, the album takes a twist with a 'qawalli' that begins with a prelude followed by new entrant Shilpa taking over the proceedings. With Sameer around, there is always a high probability of 'saiyaan', 'choodi', 'kangana' and 'jhumka' around and he delivers as expected with the song 'Saiyaan Re'. What takes the cake is the fact that there is a western fusion element to the qawalli that makes it stand out in the crowd. A 'jugalbandi' of sorts with Shankar Mahadevan pairing up with Shilpa and Loy Mendonca doing the supporting act; it is a guaranteed winner in the making due to its beautiful rhythm that hooks you on in the first listening itself. With Govinda in the film, 'Saiyaan Re' seems to be tailor-made for him and if that indeed is the case then it is good news for his fans!

After two (well done) experimental numbers, listener gets to hear a kind of composition that has Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy stamp all over it. Titled 'Mera Dil', it is a sugar coated love song with fantasy ingredients to it which makes it a feel-good number to croon around. Sung by Shaan, the song is also special for Nihira, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa finalist, who had earlier played a supporting role to Sunidhi Chauhan in 'Dhadak Dhadak' [Bunty Aur Babli]. With 'Mera Dil' she makes a confident entry to the big arena and gives a good account of herself as someone who can croon for a girl in her teens or someone just out if it. Is this melodious track the one which has been composed for Ayesha Takia and Akshaye Khanna?

SEL's stint with experimentation continues as they follow up the sound of Bagpiper with Indian 'dholaki' beats. Now that's being innovative! A song that would have made a Yash Chopra or a Karan Johar proud, title song 'Salaam-E-Ishq' is an instant winner due to its overtly catchy and easy to croon appeal! Shot on a grand scale coming across as an ensemble piece with singers like Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Kunal Ganjawala, Sadhana Sargam and Shankar Mahadevan behind the mike, it brings together the majority of starcast together in the song which is truly a celebration of love! Fourth successive winning number in a row!

If one thought that 'Dil Kya Kare’ was the first and last song where SEL experimented with Caribbean sound then you need to hear 'Tenu Leke'. It is quite interesting to hear the sound of 'dhol along with 'band baaja' that actually is played on a Caribbean theme. Hear it to believe it. A marriage song about a guy coming to the girl's place with a 'baraat' and promising to take her away with him, 'Tenu Leke' is a song with an unconventional 'mukhda' which sets the pace for the rest of the song to follow. A dance number that is bound to look good on screen!

Nihira is the only female singer in the entire album who gets to sing two songs as she croons the re-arranged [not remixed] version of the classic 'Babuji Dheere Chalna' [Aar Paar] originally sung by Geeta Dutt. She does a good job in crooning this track which in all probability seems to be one designed for Priyanka Chopra who is shown as an item girl in the film. Good part about the song is that it's soft feel is kept intact without making it as yet another 'beat one-beat two' number and the slight techno arrangements given to create a true 'retro'-spective number makes it an eminently enjoyable number all over again.

With Kailash Kher's name on the credits, one expects a full throated number that is high on spirits. What instead comes a surprise (yet again) is to actually hear him sing on a medium pitch as he goes about rendering 'Ya Rabba', a thoughtful number about 'a problem called love'! A sad song that moves at a slow pace while creating the much required impact, it doesn't drag for a single moment and should be quite engrossing when appearing (expectedly) at different points in the film.

Each of the songs of 'Salaam-E-Ishq' boasts of high quality music. There are some new sounds interspersed with the kind of music that goes well with the Bollywood scheme of things and the final result is something that is going to stay with you for many more months to come. Music of 'Salaam-E-Ishq' is yet another winner before an eminently successful 2006 comes to a close. Also SEL can assure themselves a hat-trick after two back to back successes in the form of 'vKabhi Alvida Na Kehna' and 'Don'.

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Bunty aur Babla in Bhagam Bhag

We all remember the fun filled antics of the comical duo Bunty and Babli in the film by the same name, where Abhishek and Rani pulled off funny pranks. And now Akshay Kumar and Govinda, will be playing Bunty aur Babla in Bhagam Bhag. The first time ever pairing of the two onscreen, they are all set to fool people and amuse the audiences with their antics. We are hearing from our sources that the two of them have a magical chemistry onscreen and the pranks and gags are like never seen before!

Priyadarshan's Bhagam Bhag is about the hilarious trials and tribulations, Akshay aka Bunty and Govinda aka Babla together go through as theatre artists with Champak Chaturvedi aka Paresh Rawal's theatre group. A laughathon which involves the comic trio running around from pillar to post trying to avoid unexpected and funny situations, only to find themselves getting deeper into trouble!

Akshay Kumar and Govinda along with Paresh Rawal, Lara Dutta, Tanushree Dutta, Arbaaz Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav, Asrani, Manoj Joshi and Jackie Shroff make up the cast of soon-to-be super entertainer

Produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd and Popkorn Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd, Bhagam Bhag will be releasing December 22nd, 2006.
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Bunty aur Babla in Bhagam Bhag

We all remember the fun filled antics of the comical duo Bunty and Babli in the film by the same name, where Abhishek and Rani pulled off funny pranks. And now Akshay Kumar and Govinda, will be playing Bunty aur Babla in Bhagam Bhag. The first time ever pairing of the two onscreen, they are all set to fool people and amuse the audiences with their antics. We are hearing from our sources that the two of them have a magical chemistry onscreen and the pranks and gags are like never seen before!

Priyadarshan's Bhagam Bhag is about the hilarious trials and tribulations, Akshay aka Bunty and Govinda aka Babla together go through as theatre artists with Champak Chaturvedi aka Paresh Rawal's theatre group. A laughathon which involves the comic trio running around from pillar to post trying to avoid unexpected and funny situations, only to find themselves getting deeper into trouble!

Akshay Kumar and Govinda along with Paresh Rawal, Lara Dutta, Tanushree Dutta, Arbaaz Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav, Asrani, Manoj Joshi and Jackie Shroff make up the cast of soon-to-be super entertainer

Produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd and Popkorn Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd, Bhagam Bhag will be releasing December 22nd, 2006.
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'Salaam-E-Ishq' Promotion starts

If year 2006 was an excellent year for movie lovers, then watch out for 2007 as well!

Because yet again, there are dozens of films lined up for release and one of the firsts in the queue is 'Salaam-E-Ishq.' Directed by Nikhil Advani, the director of Kal Ho Na Ho, 'Salaam-E-Ishq' is a bitter sweet compilation of stories of six different couples with one common problem - love!

Rumored to be narrated in the same format as that of the Hollywood hit 'Love Actually,' 'Salaam-E-Ishq' boasts of a huge starcast that comprises Salman Khan, Govinda, John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, Sohail Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Vidya Balan, Juhi Chawla and Ayesha Takia.

The film's promotion has kickstarted on the small screen and its teaser has fetched an excellent response on the very first day itself. All set for release on January 24th, it is touted to be yet another big money spinner of the season!
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