Jannat - movie review

This is a good movie and the bettings and money is very real; this does happen and millions of dollars were traded during the past world cup.

The story line is the key for the movie, simple and real. It is always good to see a little guy from Dharavi slums suddenly becoming powerful and rich, as if he has won a lottery.

Direction was generally good for the first half; 2nd half was not carefully planned. Emraan is very natural, Miss India Sonal looks good, but acting was poor and there was no real screen chemistry with Emraan. The Indian police inspector (could not get his name) was promising and I hope gets better roles.

Pritam's music is good, with 2 songs standing out from the rest - title and Zara Sa.

Link to videos:
http://www.bharatmovies.com/hindi/video/Jannat.htm
http://apnaview.com/Hindi-Movies/jannat-2008

Continuation of best sad songs from youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvG7kBeRrJ0 Ai Ajnibi from Dil Se
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilWsRj30H6E Tuhi Re - Bombay

Old songs

Classic sad songs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0TW6xMl9l0 (Ye duniya agar mil bhi...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkKt8cGZPz4 (Jaane woh kaise log....)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS681XZqAoQ& (Waqt ne kiya kya haseen...)

Kishore Kumar songs

These are few of super hits from the legend Kishore Kumar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-6e6zS6XFg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU7ofqh3T0s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ls1uuqaKDw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGry5wA70z8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBKMq88xAoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAlD6zehT5E Zindagi ka safar

Babel review - do not watch

I rented the movie Babel this weekend and the movie is very hard to watch. It is interesting and covers stories in 4 countries - US, Moroco, Mexico and Japan.

Pros: Global movie that shows different lifestyles in their own country. Good preformances from Brad, Japanese girl, Morocan kid and the Mexican baby sitter.

Cons: Some scenes were too graphic and hard to watch - like the chicken's head being cut and headless chicken running around; young kids dealing with their body parts; poverty in Moroco and Mexico (way to real). Also the story is very loosely coupled and the Japan connection is very weak.

Verdict: stay way from this movie.

IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449467/