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Alexandar and Chanakya - two great minds of 4th century

Lovely video that shows how Chankya helped India from a complete take over by Alexander the great. From what I understand, Alexander made 2 attempts to India and did win the 2nd time. This video reflects his first defeat

New Airtel ad - innovative - endless goodbyes

Bruno Mars - Just the way you are - great song

The song has highs and lows and a beautiful video - simple but very clean

Happy Diwali

Rajneeti - Bheegi Si song

I just started listening to Rajneeti track and I like this one, specifically Antara Mitra (Indian Idol) voice. The movie seems to be portraying real politicians and their goal to always Win at any cost.

Raavan - inspired by the epic - worth a watch

I watched Mani Ratnam's Raavan. The movie has aspects of real Ramayan - Raavan (Abishek), Ram (Vikram), Sita (Aishwarya) and Hanuman (Govinda) and focuses on Sita's apharan (kidnapping). The movie reminded me of Dil Se - minus the Preity Zinta part and is not an entertainer but a serious drama.

It is worth a watch due to strong cast, screen play and direction; but story line is not great and the ending is a big disappointment.

Behne De is best song of the movie...

Wake Up Sid - Iktara song

This is 2009 movie, Wake Up Sid directed by Ayan Mukarjee, winner of debutant Filmfare award. At first I was not interested in seeing another college movie, but this is a good watch. It is handling current youth issues - life after college, parents, friendship, struggle for finding a job, living relationships, love without age being a criteria. Performance from Konkana Sen (page 3 fame) and Ranbir is brilliant, however I did not see any screen chemistry between the two. The movie also gives a glimpse of Mumbai - Worli sea face, bungalows and apartments with the city as a background. As far as audio goes, it is OK with "Iktara" being the highlight. I like the start of this song with good lyrics and deep voice of Kavita Seth which fetched her a Filmfare.

Kites movie trailer

FilmKraft (Rakesh Roshan) next K movie is Kites, staring son Hrithik and Mexican television star Barbara Mori. Movie seems to have all the elements for a blockbuster - romance, action and comedy. It is planned to release May 14th and is relatively short - 120 min. An international version will also be launched which will be only 90 min.

Hum Tum Mile Song - Adam Samni

From the movie Shakti, Adam Samni song - deep voice and good tune - enjoy

Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year - Worth a watch

This movie is now in Netflix. I liked the movie - simple, no songs, just a message in a world full of corruption - that being honest and doing things right (without bribes) can lead to success. Ranbir Kapoor is the main star and has done a great job.

The movie is about a college graduate that starts a new job as a salesman in Mumbai. He just does not fit with the normal sales life and is soon pronounced a failure. With little help he starts his own company on the principles of honesty and customer service and wins trust of several new clients.

It is worth a watch.

Tum Mile song

Movie has some good moments but very poor story line. Emraan and Soha are great and the romance on screen does look like a fairy tale, however the story flow is really bad and the use of Mumbai floods is a big waste. I do like this song - enjoy.

Zindagi.... roz class lethi hai...

Interesting ad by Britania.... asking us to reflect on simple things in life and self learning from what you daily.

Love Aaj Kal song - Yeh Dooriyaaa

Great song from Love Aaj Kal. The movie is wicked by Imtaz Ali, a must watch describing how couples find love now and how it was 30 years ago. Saif Ali Khan produced this and hence dominates the movie taking on two roles (not necessary IMO); the best part of this movie is Hardeen who is acted by a Brazalian model, very hard to tell. This movie is planned to be recreated in South Indian languages.

Maula mere maula mere - Roop Kumar Rathod song

I like the melody of this song, the movie really sucked - i was watching few clips - so dry and boring but i cannot get this song out of my head.

Zindagi ne Zindagi bhar gham diye - Train song

This is actually sung by Mithoon one of the composers of hit songs like ‘Woh Lamhe’ (Zeher) and ‘Aadat’ (Kalyug) - he sounds just like Atif.

Life in a Metro - interesting watch

Anurag Basu's last movie Gangster was great and story line mirrored a western movie.  This movie Metro is good but only caters for certain set of population.   The movie is about complications in relationships and adultery.  It makes fun of this serious matter. 

I liked the cast - very talented and superb performances by Shiney, Kay Kay, Irfan, and Shilpa.  However I don't agree that life in metro is really that crazy, o well this is just a movie. The movie got lucky at that time since Shilpa Shetty had won the UK reality show - Big Brother.  

Owl City - Fireflies - catchy song

This is one of my current favorites, small town guy about to become a big star - hear it yourself...

My Name is Khan - Karan Johar movie - trailer

Karan Johar and SRK combined productions, "My Name is Khan" is going to be a tough movie, see the trailer which explains the context of movie. The combination is unique - disability + terrorism - will this work? Shah Rukh and Kajol is a great pair - and this one seems a dejavu for Kajol who acted in Fanna with Aaamir in 2007. Will Karan make another block buster or is this going to be an average like "New York".

Aamir Khan at ET business talk

Aamir Khan talks about "Inclusive Growth", very thoughtful words from this smart man. His message is to start teaching kids to treat his/her peers as friends and not just as a competition. In this age, when parents are more interested in having their son/daughter the Gold medal, it is a very good message to think about others.