'Aiyyaa' | First Look

Why This Kolaveri Di

thanks Vidha Saumya for sharing this!
MASI loves it.

Khoya Khoya Chand | Suman Sridhar

Photo - Shiv Ahuja

The song that MASI was eagerly waiting to be released in the public domain is finally out! A timeless classic gets revamped and re-jazzed as 'The Bartender' album serves 'Khoya Khoya Chand' from Shaitan -- shaken, not stirred! The remix version of Mikey McCleary's Khoya khoya Chand in Shaitan was sung by Suman Shridhar.

Videokaaran | Indie Movie

Videokaaran ( 73 mins )

Dir- Jagannathan Krishnan
Edit- Pallavi Singhal
Sound- Jayadevan Chakkadath

Cinema can help you better your life, film stars can give you moral
and spiritual messages that can uplift you. Sagai believes this. Sagai
is a film buff and his idol is South Indian Superstar Rajnikanth.
He grew up watching films in a semi legal video parlor in the mumbai
slums. When he came of age he started working in the same place as did
his father before him. The video theatre no longer exists. In a
charming, eloquent and often politically incorrect street speak, he
shares the story of his video theatre alongside his trip with films.

KARMA IS A BITCH | song from Shor in the City

SHOR IN THE CITY | First Look

This gritty, grounded film revolves around three loosely interconnected stories set in the midst of the noise and grime of Mumbai. In the overcrowded urban landscape that forms the backdrop of this film, the right and wrong are blurred, giving way to the more basic need to survive and succeed.

DUM MARO DUM | First Look

Gandu | Indie Film

//Viewers Discretion Advised//

7 Khoon Maaf | First Look

This Valentine, John Abraham, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Naseeruddin Shah, Irrfan Khan, Anu Kapoor, Vivaan Shah and Aleksandr Dyachenko will lose their heart and fall prey to Priyanka Chopra's lethal charm in Vishal Bharadwaj's & UTV Motion Picture's much awaited thriller, 7 Khoon Maaf! Here's the first look. The film releases on 18th February, 2011.

No One Killed Jessica | First Look

New Delhi, 1999. The guns at Kargil are still blazing when another one goes off, this time in the nation's capital. Jessica, a young attractive model trying her hand at bartending, is shot dead at a celebrity party. Her crime - refusing to serve a drink after closing hours! The culprit Manish, son of a prominent politician, inebriated by a deadly cocktail of alcohol and a sense of entitlement, pulls the trigger in a fit of rage. With 300 of Delhi's swish set present at the party, many of whom are witnesses to the murder, Manish looks all set to go to the gallows. Except, that it doesn't quite turn out that way! Now two women, Jessica's sister, Sabrina and the feisty TV reporter, Meera will have to drum up every resource at their disposal to outwit Manish at his own game, if the truth is to have any chance of prevailing over money and political clout.
No One Killed Jessica, a dramatic new thriller from UTV Motion Pictures is inspired by real life events that followed the shocking murder of Jessica Lal in 1999. Directed by Raj Kumar Gupta, the film stars Vidya Balan and Rani Mukherjee and will release on 7th January 2011.

Guzaarish | First Look

Watch Sanjay Leela Bhansali create magic yet again along with the most mystical pair in Bollywoood - Hrithik Roshan & Aishwariya Rai Bachchan, in his upcoming film - Guzaarish. The Film releases on November 19th 2010.

MONSOONS | Evergreen Song

Song from Monsoon Wedding

Directed by Mira Nair

aisha | First Look

Check out a song from a new Bollywood contemporary romantic comedy film which stars Abhay Deol (Road, Movie & Dev D), Sonam Kapoor (Anil Kapoor's daughter) with other promising debutantes.

This song has already got MASI groovin'! Balle Balle to the Monsoon Wedding season!

Song Trailer -

Film Song - Gal Meethi Meethi Bol - From Aisha (Full Song)
From PVR Pictures & Anil Kapoor Productions
Releasing August 6, 2010
Artists - Tochi Raina

Lagaan | The Rain Song

From the critically acclaimed movie Lagaan comes a song dedicated to the long awaited rains in a village.

The movie was also nominated in 2002 for the best foreign language film at the Academy Award nominations ceremony.

India is a country which celebrates not just festivals but the arrival of rains, harvest, & ofcourse arts!

Cheers to....

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Incredible India!

R.D. Burman | The Legend

R.D. was assitant to his father in this film and he has used his skills to create this wonderful piece of music with himself playing the harmonica.

Harishchandrachi Factory | India's Official Entry To Oscars

Marathi film "Harishchandrachi Factory", by theatre-veteran Paresh Mokashi has been selected as India's official entry to this year's Oscars in the Foreign Film Category.

The two-hour-long film depicts the struggle of Dadasaheb Phalke, the father of Indian cinema, to make 'Raja Harishchandra' in 1913, India's first feature film.

"Harischandrachi Factory" beat off competition from 15 films including Bollywood movies like "New York" and "Delhi 6" to get selected for the honour.

The nomination of the Marathi film was announced by The FilmFederation of India (FFI) and the jury was headed by noted actress Asha Parekh.

Azeem-O-Shaan Shahenshah | Performed by Molee & Nathan

First Look: ISHQIYA | इश्किया

Abhishek Chaubey, writer & assistant of Vishal Bhardwaj, makes his directorial debut with Ishqiya. It stars Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi and Vidya Balan.

And if you havent seen the controversial promo of the year, do check out the video as well. Packed with some of the best lines….tumhara ishq ishq aur hamara ishq sex!

A day in a life of performers | Bollywood Pre-Show Night

{SURE SHOTS} | Timeout Mumbai

Hindi movies are looking better than they ever have before. But is it mostly surface appeal with little substance? Nandini Ramnath surveys the scene. Also in this issue, Suhani Singh finds out if we’re ready to go digital,and cinematographers revisit their key films. Plus, we profile VK Murthy, Ashok Mehta and PC Sreeram.

They have state-of-the-art equipment at their disposal.

They get noticed in reviews and their names are often included in the publicity material. They are paid vastly more than they were a few years ago. So why do cinematographers complain so much about the state of camerawork in India’s largest film industry?

Projection facilities are often poor, especially outside big cities. The luminescence and colours of film prints that cinematographers see in a processing laboratory take on a different look if they aren’t projected properly.

Here’s a sample of what some of Hindi cinema’s leading cameramen have to say. KU Mohanan (Don, Aaja Nachle): “In Hindi films, even if you’re ill or dying, you have to look fantastic. We do what I call cosmetic lighting. The lighting is to cover up flaws. When you do that, the mood you want to create goes for a toss.

Several cinematographers confirmed that a big-ticket actor’s make-up, wardrobe and hairdo take precedence over the story’s requirements. “Often, costume designers start buying clothes as soon as they get an oral narration of the story idea,” Ravi K Chandran said. “They dress their actors according to the latest fashion trend. Costumes will be decided upon without consulting the art director or the DoP.”

Subrata Mitra, the acclaimed cinematographer who shot Satyajit Ray’s earlier films, once declared that only a handful of cinema halls in India projected films the way they were meant to be seen.

“When we shot a night-time battle scene in Lakshya, all we could see and hear on the screen was the sounds of guns and flashes of light,” said Farhan Akhtar, the director of Dil Chahta Hai, Lakshya and Don. “So the next time I’m doing a moonlit sequence, I will worry about the audience that is watching it in a single screen.”

Source: TimeOut Mumbai

Edited for blog: Abhinit Khanna

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