Why the Raees trailer offends me

It reinforces the Muslim stereotype, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.

I wonder if you've heard of Wali Mohammed Wali?

Before you Google his name, let me tell you something personal about 9/11 (For those of you who may not remember, 11/9/2001 was when two planes flew into, and destroyed, the Twin Towers in New York, forever marking Muslims -- and those non-white skinned people who happen to wear a beard and a turban -- as terrorists in America).

As for me, an Indian Muslim, there were two things I constantly got to hear after that horrific day.

The first: 'Muslims are a violent race and want to establish their supremacy in the world through jihad.'

The second: 'No community in the world has got as much daring as Muslims.'

The images that both these statements convey are completely wrong.



And this is what bothers me about the just released trailer of Shah Rukh Khan's next film, Raees.

It makes you feel that the star, though his dialogues, is stereotyping the Muslim community.

For example: 'Baniye ka dimaag, Miyabhai ki daring' ('The brains of a merchant and the daring of a Muslim').

One may argue, in defence of the trailer, that Raees is based on the life of the late Abdul Latif, an Ahmedabad-based gangster and associate of Dawood Ibrahim.

But that is not the point.

The point is: Why stereotype an entire community in the promotional dialogue for a film that stars, and is produced by (along with Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani's Excel Entertainment) one of the nation's biggest superstars?

By doing this, the scriptwriters -- Rahul Dholakia (who also directs Raees), Harit Mehta, Neeraj Shukla and Ashish Vashi -- are only re-confirming the belief of those who are convinced that 'Miyabhais are a violent people' and influencing those who are considering the possibility that 'Miyabhais are a violent people.'

Also, if Raees calls himself 'Miyabhai' in the trailer, why is he in the business of alcohol which is forbidden in Islam?

Mahira Khan's presence in the trailer is not impressive; from the first look, it seems like any television actress could have been cast in her role.


The only impressive actor in the trailer is Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who makes the best use of his 'punchy' dialogues.

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Bindas Movie : Dil To Baccha Hai Ji movie review

Directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, the movie stars Bollywood actors – the action hero Ajay Devgn, loverboy Emraan Hashmi, chatur Omi Vaidya, Kamal Hassan’s daughter Shruti Hassan, Shazahn Padamsee, tisca Chopra, Shraddha Das and Rituparno Ghosh.

Madhur Bhandarkar said that he moved away from serious cinema to comedy. “’Dil To Bacha Hai Ji’ is a different movie. My movie has always been real and hard hitting. This movie is also real but comedy. I think everybody is related with this kind of story”, said Bhandarkar.

Ajay Devgn described this film as a romantic comedy and included that people from all age group will connect with it.

“It’s a romantic comedy with which I think every young and people from all ages identify. This is one kind of story that happens in everybody’s life but we can’t laugh on it. So it’s different kind of genre,” he said.

‘’Dil To Bacha Hai Ji’’is a story of three men and their love.

Emraan Hashmi said that the title of the movie is appropriate, as it highlights that men normally do not grow up and remain immature.

This story is based on three men who are in the age group of 30, 35, and 39 but still they are fighting with love, and their relationship.

Music composed by Pritam Chakraborty.

This movie is ready to hit the screen on Januarey 28.

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Bindas movie : Yamla Pagla Deewana movie review

After the successful family drama ‘Apne’ in 2007, now they are come back in 2011 to entertain us with comical movie ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana’. This movie brings together the master he-man Dharmendra, macho man Sunny Deol and the forever charming Bobby Deol. ‘Heroes’ fame Samir Karnik along with produced by Nitin Manmohan under Top Angle Productions. Music of the movie composed by Noman Javed, Rahul Seth and Sandesh Shandilya , lyrics by Irshad Kamil, Seth, Rahul and Darmendra paaji, who become lyricist with this movie. ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana’ is going to hit the screen on 14th January.

Sunny Deol as Paramveer Singh Dhillon is an honest and upright NRI work as bank loan recovery agent at Vancouver, Canada and living with his mother Nafisa Ali and his wife Emma Brown as Mary and the two kids. His mother distinctive Punjabi housewife who takes to the knowledge of Paramveer Singh that he has a father and a younger brother. Tired of with his husband’s misleading ways, she decided to leave her husband, with her elder son. With this starts Paramveer Singh’s journey to India fro the search of his father and his brother to unite his family. Meanwhile, father Dharmendra as Daram Singh and Bobby Deol as Gajodhar Singh are the biggest confidence men in entire Varanasi, popular as crooked father –son jodi. Luck appears to prefer Paramveer Singh as he searches his missed family not aware of his shortly to turning a pawn of their con games.

Here takes their confusing and hilarious journey of action, romance errors, emotions and laughter. With the theatrical trailer already evoking positive response. Regarding it was released with ‘Action Replayy’. Watch out for Darmendra’s famous dialogues from ever chartbuster ‘Sholay’ on with some songs and popular legend that certain to keep you hooked to this journey. Watch ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana’ on 14th January and check out the Deol family rock in Bollywood or not.

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Bindas Movie : No One Killed Jessica Movie Review

The much expected movie that takes two actresses unitedly has finally released. Directed by –Rajkumar Gupta, the movie has much of substance backed through great performances by Rani Mukharjee and Vidya Balan.

The movie still does complete justice to the script. Rajkumar Gupta is in right dorm. The movie has a good element of fiction. The movie express you the dirty side of poer game of politics very well.

In the role of spirited journo, Rani Mukharjee who smokes non-stop and discard the swear words every now. She drops her teeth in the character and giving it a lot needed pragmatism that is demands. Her performance is spring to be talked about in coming days. In fact, it would be very unfair if I don’t admit the fact that Rani appears a lot at ease mouthing abusive words.

Vidya Balan gets a opportunity to prove herself. Vidya Balan plays the iconic role of Shbrina Lall superbly. Vidya is poignant even controlled an imposing figure of maturity, veracity and refinement. This movie completes the hat-trick of her praiseworthy performance.

Neil Bhooplam the main witness is fantastic. Especially in the episode when he come for the audition for the movie role and blunders out the truth. Mohammed Zeeshan Ayub, the chief accused, is very good. The actress playing the role of Jessica is a new comer named Myra Karn, is natural. Rajesh Sharma, the investigation officer, is excellent. Shireesh Sharma, the politician-father, is just perfect.

On the entire, No One Killed Jessica is a touching story of two women’s resolution for justice. It’s remarkable fiction and facts inspired through a series of real life episodes. The disturbing and emotional journey, the strength of the common people and the persistence effort of the media have all been most persuasively put together on movie. This daring and heroic movie truly deserves a compellingly applause. It is a good movie.

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Bindas Movie : Toonpur ka Superhero movie review

Toonpur ka Superhero’ brings you away from the every day’s hassles, deadline, rising of onion prices. And it makes for a greatjourney with your children. This movie is totally entertainment.

You are most welcome to the full of action packed world of superstar Ajay Devgn as Aditya Kumar whose dangerous stunts are done by his double while he just poses for macho close ups. In this he missed his son Ameya Pandya as Kabeer’s sports day. When he reached at his home-he found that his son Kabeer charging him of being a face hero. He just urged his father to be a real hero.

The other side, far away in Toonpur- toonasurs (baddies) led through Jagaaro are torturing the Devtoos (The good guys). The good gang led by knowledgeable Gyandev and the cute Bollywood fan sikh child, funkey Parsi scientist and it comprises Bolly, Pandu –the police, Big Ben – the rotund Gujju ben serving dhoklas and also hard licking with her rolling pin to her desecrators, Gappy- the frank musician loaded by golden ornaments, Loveena –a Goan lass and Lappy –the geeky South Indian. They are always dagger attracted by the toonasurs led through menacing Jagaaro.

The good toons wanted to be free from the jaggaro and vanquish him, for that they required one superhero to restore peace into Toonpur.The Punjabi boy, Bolly he suggested the name of Aditya Kumar. He is ensured that only his superstar can do it. That’s why the toons ‘kidnap’ Aditya Kumar and take him into the Toonpur.

The toons kidnapped Aditya from his movie set to Toonpur. And when he realized that he is surrounded by the Television toons. But when toons explain their mission, initially he is not believed but after he decided to take it into his hand to redeem himself into the son’s eye.

Aditya ends up facing Jagaaro who is challenge him to play a computer game. The game is jagaaro has artfully kidnapped his wife Kajol as Priya and his two kids. Aditya has to play this game up to three levels in order to save each member. The game increasing difficulty are very interesting and entertaining –especially for the kids.

The original heroes of the movie are the well animated toons. The flawlessly animation is so praiseworthy. It’s of international standers. The toons and their languages tones of each toon are just amazing.

Ajay Devgn is fully convincing in his play in live and in animation part of the movie. Kajol play her role like pizzazz. Ameya Pandya as son is cute.

So enjoy this movie on X’Mas for fun holiday.

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Movie Review : Mirch

The promos of Mirch movie had abruptly caught one's eye, thanks to its attention-grabbing promos, which are full of love-making scenes. You’re forewarned at the outset that this movie talks of four adulterous people. But the question is, have not we watched men cheating women in so many movies in the past? Haven't women caught their men with their pants down, in the past? So what's new in Mirch? For a change, the women in Mirch are into adultery. They are the ones who are cheating on their husbands and in each of those stories the woman manages to go scot-free when caught red-handed with her lover.

Was asked a pertinent question while watching this movie: Is the audience matures plenty to handle the portrayal of female sexuality on the screen? Well, first of all, moviegoers are mature enough to understand and laud themes and subjects and Mirch which director Vinay Shukla refers to as a celebration of womanhood, narrates four separate stories based on subject of women emancipation and also dabbles with gender equality in a relationship. It is a sex comedy with generous doses of wit; not a serious take on feminism. Once more, it is erotic in parts, but not vulgar. We have seen lots of movies dealing with male sexuality, but Mirch deals with women's libido and that too in a funny way.

Vinay Shukla’s new effort is structurally quite innovative, something that hasn't been tried yet. However, it wishes to clarify that the four individualistic stories in Mirch are not remotely similar to the Dus Kahaniya, Darna Zaroori Hai, Darna Mana Hai format. There is a fifth story that connects to them.

The first story, from 'Panchtantra', is placed in ancient times, the second is placed inspired by 14th century Italian classic 'The Decameron' by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio. The third is from an Italian fable set in contemporary times and the fourth has been written by Shukla himself. All stories are Interesting, but the level of interest in those four stories fluctuates radically. The first two stories are wonderful, mainly because the 'games' women play in those stories catches you by complete surprise, the third and fourth stories are a sharp contrast. You feel let down because they're outright predictable and not a patch on the ones that you had watched in the first hour. 

Mirchs has two stories in the first half [great] and two stories in the second (disappointing), while the fifth one, which binds all the earlier tales, is a downer as well. Eventually, it falls short of expectations!

Arunoday Singh as Maanav is a struggling writer unwilling to compromise on the script he has written. His girlfriend Konkona Sen Sharma as Ruchi, a successful film editor, arranges for him to meet Sushant Singh as Nitin, a film producer. Nitin likes the script, but is not very sure of its commercial prospects. Maanav then suggests a story from the Panchtantra: A woman Raima Sen is caught red-handed with her lover Arunoday Singh by her husband Rajpal Yadav and yet, she manages to wriggle out of it scot-free.

Nitin loves the story, but finds it too short for a feature movie. Maanav then creates three more stories based on the same premise. In a way, the Panchtantra story travels in different versions to the modern times through the movie. The four stories are woven together by a common story.

There is not much scope for music in Mirch and although there're a couple of tracks, 'Badra' sang by Monty Sharma is easily the best of the lot. It has a haunting tune and its placement in the narrative is appropriate. Also noteworthy are the dialogue, especially in the first two stories.

Mirch stars some of the best names in the business. Konkona is excellent, Raima conveys so much through her expressive eyes, Shahana is wonderful and Ila Arun is first-rate. A major part of the movie is placed on Arunoday Singh's broad shoulders and he stands tall with a natural, good act. Sushant Singh is perfect, Shreyas Talpade is sincere, Rajpal Yadav is earnest, Boman Irani is just right, Prem Chopra is flawless and Tisca Chopra is fiery. Saurabh Shukla shines in a brief role. 

Movie review : Phas Gaya Re Obama

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Movie: Phas Gaya Re Obama

Actor: Neha Dhupia, Amol Gupte, Rajat Kapoor, Sanjay   Mishra, Amit Sial, Brijendra Kala, , Surendra Rajan,  Manu Rishi, Devender Chaudhary, Avantica Sumeet NijhawanPandey Vivek.

Director: Subhash Kapoor
Producer: Ashok Pandey  

A funny story, the story starts in the United State where Rajat Kapoor as Om is an American citizen of Indian origin. He becomes the victim of the global recession and is obliged by his bank to pay a vast amount to clear the loan or abandon the home. For this he wanted to come to India and sell his hereditary land. When he reached India the story takes turn. He gets kidnapped by a gang (Manu rishi, Sanjay, Amit sial) who are also victim of global recession. But they don’t know that Mr. Om is also on the road to bankruptcy. What happens from there forms remain of the story. 

Movie Review : Hisss

If ever real society is to be formed for prevention of cruelty to film, Hisss starting by Mallika Sherawat and directed by Jennifer Lynch, should be its maiden project. The movie is a case study of what all film ought to be.

First of all, a subject like a icchadhari nagin or shape-shifting snake-woman on a vendetta isn’t exactly challenging to make you smash for the nearest theatre. These kinds of movie were making and buried in 1980s film. Where Sridevi twisted in snakelike dances on the Been’s sonorous tunes played by Amrish Puri in the film Nagina.

Now, it is Mallika Sherawat modestly stripping down to her birthday fit to play a revengeful nagin out to search her kidnnaped partner.

An American man named George (Jeff Doucette) is going to search a snake couple with the hope of searching the naagmani that could save him from dying of cancer. He kidnapped a male cobra with the intention of making his female partner, the nagin, with naagmani as redeem to save her partner.

The nagin takes form of human and the next you see is a minimally dressed Mallika Sherawat beginning to find for her missing partner and in the course carrying her own justice by killing the persecutor of women.

Irrfan Khan shocks us with his presence as a cop, who is investigating the strange murders in this freak of a film. Divya Dutt plays Irrfan’s wife. The question that prays to be asked is what ghoul got in these two actors to make them sign Hisss.

Mallika Sherawat glowers, scowls, frowns, and pops out her eyeballs in the name of acting. Of course, she slides with slimy snakes and even kisses one in a scene. The special effects are of the cheapest kind and the direction by Jennifer Lynch is blatant by its absence.

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Movie Preview : Peepli Live

This film is about a poor farmer from a tiny place of a giant country, who is about to miss everything. His brother plan to win all it back!

‘Peepli Live’ is all rotate around villagers of Central India known as Natha and his brother and their family. They are unable to repay their loan, therefore they lose their land. Then they listen government’s programmed which offers the compensation of Rs. 1, 00,000 ($ 2000) to that family or whatever farmer committing suicide. The elder brother convinces his younger brother into agreeing to commit suicide. This caused in motion of some events which search Natha (The suicides farmer) in eye of storms. The national media, federal ministers, high ranking bureaucrats, the state government and the local wings all are interested in the mad circus that erupts.

This is the story of today’s India, Rural society, the bureaucracy, media, politics and life.

Movie Preview : I Hate Love Story

The film ‘I Hate Love Story’ is about Jay Dingers (Imran Khan) and Simran Sharma (Sonam Kapoor). Jay is very playful and adventurous. He is not believed in love and he wants to be a movie maker. He is an assistant director who helps his director by producing a commercial film, but he does not believe in love stories. He wants to make his career in commercial film therefore he works hard to do everything to make all things right.

Simran Sharma has a Gujarati mother and a Punjabi father and she has been pampered by her parents. But she works hard to have an independent career. She believes in romance so much that she starts believing that the things happen only by showing in cinema. She is an art director. But she loves to do the commercial romantic film so much that her life begins to correspond it.

Jay is an assistant director of Veer who is a romantic film maker in Indian Film Industry and Jay does not excite with love life. He is made to work under Simran Sharma who is the production designer of the film. It had to work under Simran Sharma, the production designer of the film. They are totally opposed to each other in their concept of the romance. Simran believes in the dreamy life she loves the romantic love stories. Her life is interrupted by Jay’s disbelief. Their life goes through many turns and twists and the movie they’re making ‘The Love story’ changes their lives.

Movie Preview : Badmash Company

Badmash Company, first sight. This is a story set in the 1990s the middle class in Mumbai. These four friends, played by Shahid Kapoor Karan, his love interest played by Bulbul Sharma Anushka, played by Chandu Vir Das and Zing Meiyang Chang played by renowned Indian idol. The story says that the company consists of four to bring the business to drive their dream of making a great day. They are aimed at an incredible success, finding ways in which the system. They realized that doing all the wrong things.... the right way.

Badmash Company Overview, the four friends followed his dream to make fast money willy-nilly and agreed that to run a successful business all you need a great idea and well

implementation of the plan instead of huge investments. Not afraid to take enormous risks to make money until you have decided to close. What happens next is for the public to discover. The movie opens on May 7 in the cinema Hall.

Badmash Company speaks preview of the score music by Pritam borrow. Ear shattering bass, electronic disco, heavy metal signature style of Pritam Sufi-rock Badmash Company has it all. Film scores high on style quotient with Shahid Kapoor Anushka Sharma, and a couple of fresh red flags. Total film seems to feel cool, fresh from making moves. Shahid, who broke his previous image of the chocolate film Kaminey child, is ready to offer another way to break in the performance of the company Badmash.

It is the first film Meiyang Chang who rose to fame after the idol of India. The film produced under the banner of Yash Raj Films is headed by Parmeet Sethi. Company Badmash hits theaters May 7, 2010.

Movie Preview : Raavan

RAAVAN is a advanced version of the great Indian epic Ramayana (It tells the Rama’s story, whose wife Sita is kidnapped by the demon (Rkshasa) king of Lanka, Ravana).

This movie Written and directed by Mani Ratnam, the stars are Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Vikram in the main roles, while Govinda, Ravi Kishan, Nikhil Dwivedi, Kolhapur Tejaswini and Priyamani playing important roles.

He was made simultaneously in Tamil as RAAVANAN with a slightly different distribution. Vikram, who plays in the Hindi version Dev, Veera plays a Naxalite leader (Ravana) in the Tamil version, while Prithviraj plays a police officer. Abhishek Bachchan is that only in the Hindi version, but Aishwarya Rai is in both versions. The movie is duplicated in Telugu and other regional languages.

Mani Ratnam has dealt with the history from the perspective Veera (Ravan).

Music and lyrics is a movie made by Oscar winners A.R. Rahman and Gulzar. Audio rights are the T-series.

RAAVAN, which hits screens in June 2010, is distributed jointly by the Madras talkies, and great photos.

Synopsis:

TEN HEADS

TEN MINDS

ONE MAN

having, as a man ever lived
it was just a myth ... or is still alive today...? What is the line separating good from evil..?

It is our understanding of change, when we look at the opponent’s point of view...?

The link between the hunter and the prey between the sensor and captivity appears to be a link between life and death ... The tension between opposites often feels power, which insulates the rest of the world, leaving only two - one ...Are Ten Heads better then one...?

Is there a Ram inside Raavan?

 And Raavan In each of us?

RAAVAN is not just a story. It is a real world.

Movie Preview : PHOONK 2

Phoonk - DVD

Ram Gopal Varma introduce horror film PHOONK 2, the sequel of PHOONK The first part was directed by  Ram Gopal Varma, is  follow-up directed and written by Milind Gadagkar.


Story:

Ram Gopal Varma introduces horror film PHOONK 2, the sequel of PHOONK. The first part was directed by Ram Gopal Varma, is follow-up directed and written by Milind Gadagkar. The movie Phoonk 1 end with the murder of Madhu, who has hurl black magic spell on Raksha, daughter of Rajiv. PHOONK 2 start with Madhu, return as ghost from her tomb to take revenge of the family. The suitcase of a project for build a new building, Rajiv shift with his family to a new position. Raksha and Rohan start researching the new land site and its surroundings area, abandoned beach and in the woods backside of the house. The panic begins with Rohan and Raksha got a doll in the woods, then it becomes a line of very painful for the entire family.

Manja is the only man, who becomes a frightful death by black magic. Madhu, who has got up  from the grave to take revenge of his death ... to take revenge Rajiv was torture  his wife, his lover and the children Rohan, Aarti and Raksha  in a savage way imaginable. The movie Phoonk 2 prisoners of the concern of a family taken as hostage by the ghost.  The spirit hellish looking cruelly terrorizing. We are watching a greater fear of living incorrect, if the dead person returns against you. It’s the fear that its expectations and skillfully arranged dangerous gap present in front of you. This fear leads to provide a heart to preserve. When the situations take an ominous turn for the worsened, it killed the all hopes to live everyone.

Terrorized by hellish power, performance by Rajiv's soul or he grasses his family and let them go? Will the family survive from the cruel and vicious murder? Is the ghost living with them until they all become ghosts? The choice, Rajiv do in the last moments of the film is a record very disturbing and frightening. It is Rajive’s choice that what he do in the last moment of movie is very troubling and dreadful.

Movie Preview : Housefull

A Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment production HOUSEFULL is presented by Eros International. Produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, the film is written & directed by Sajid Khan, who made his debut as a director with superhit film HEYY BABYY.

HOUSEFULL boasts of huge starcast including Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Arjun Rampal, Deepika Padukone, Lara Dutta, Jiah Khan, Randhir Kapoor, Chunky Pandey, Boman Irani, Lilette Dubey and Malaika Arora Khan.

The music is composed by Sameer and trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. Lyrics penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya.

HOSEFULL is slated to release on 30th April 2010.

Synopsis:

HOUSEFULL is a romantic comedy entertainer which narrates the story of Aarush - the world's unluckiest man. Being jinxed he believes his bad luck can vanish if he finds true love. In this quest for true love how one lie leads to another and how different people from different walks of life come together adding even more confusion to this hilarious comedy of errors resulting in total chaos and mayhem. As Deepika tells Akshay in the film 'Jis jhooth se kissi ka ghar basta ho, voh jhooth jhooth nahin hota'.

Movie Preview : Housefull