Wednesday, 25 April 2007

Monday, 16 April 2007

Bollywood मोविएस, songs and Awards

Bollywood (Hindi: बॉलीवुड}} is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindustani language film industry in India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema.

The name is a portmanteau of Bombay (the former name for Mumbai) and Hollywood, the center of the American film industry. Though some purists deplore the name, arguing that it makes the industry look like a poor cousin to Hollywood, it seems likely to persist and now has its own entry in the Oxford English Dictionary.

Bollywood is also commonly referred to as "Hindi cinema", even though Hindustani, the substratum common to both Hindi and Urdu, might be more accurate. The use of poetic Urdu words is fairly common. The connection between Hindi, Urdu, and Hindustani is an extremely contentious matter and is discussed at length in the linked articles relating specifically to the languages.

There has been a growing presence of English in dialogue and songs as well. It is not uncommon to see films which feature dialogue with English words and phrases, even whole sentences. A few films are also made in two or even three languages (either using subtitles, or several soundtracks).
Bollywood and the other major cinematic hubs (Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam and Assamese) constitute the broader Indian film industry, whose output is the largest in the world in terms of number of films produced and in number of tickets sold. Bollywood films are widely watched and understood in Pakistan and other Islamic countries. It also has large diasporic audiences in the UK, Canada, Australia and the U.S., all of which have large Indian immigrant populations. Bollywood is a strong part of popular culture of not only India, but also of the rest of South Asia, the Middle East, parts of Africa, parts of Southeast Asia, and among the South Asian diaspora worldwide. The Bollywood film industry produces the most motion pictures in the world

Lately, other companies, such as Stardust Magazine, Zee TV, etc have joined the movie award bandwagon. Some of the other popular awards are:

Filmfare Awards
Zee Cine Awards
Star Screen Awards
Stardust Awards
IIFA Awards
Most of these award ceremonies are lavishly staged spectacles, featuring singing, dancing, and lots of stars and starlets.

Since 1973, the Indian government has sponsored the National Film Awards, awarded by the government run Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF). The DFF screens not only Bollywood films, but films from all the other regional movie industries and independent/art films. These awards are handed out at an annual ceremony presided over by the President of India.

I'M.in.Love.2007

Based in and around London, the film deals with the life style of an Indian-British businessman Karan Kapoor aka KK (Arjun Gaur). KK has a passionate and long standing desire to set up a Cambridge university certified school in India, so he embarks on this development to be called Cambridge international academy.

Situated in acres of sprawling countryside, 60 miles east of Mumbai (India), fronting on to a river and surrounded by 360' of mountain range, this multi million dollar school set boasts mock Tudor buildings, a chateau, a man made lake and most of all the princess Diana island (pdi), complete with life size marble statue of the late Princess on a black granite base, as a mark of respect and permanent monument to the late ambassador of peace and a committed teacher.

While pursuing this project his wife sustains a fatal head injury in a freak accident, but KK had to uphold his moral obligation to his most passionate commitment to the gift of life and hence, he decides to donate her heart to a dying young man against mountain of opposition, tremendous superstitions and taboos against organ donation.

Broken, sad but still determined KK carries on with his dream of supporting his school and one day while attempting to avoid a shoot out himself, gets shot. This was an unfortunate fatal accident but his determination provides him yet another opportunity to do what he preached all along. He donates all his body organs including his face to the public at large.

KK died but his legacy of Organ Donation lives on...

Shakalaka Boom Boom (2007) Story reviews



Shakalaka Boom Boom (2007)
Set against a backdrop of the international music industry, Shakalaka Boom Boom delves into the complex relationship of two dramatically different men who have but one thing in common – their passion for music. If ruthless, manipulative, cut-throat… is considered synonymous with the music industry, these terms certainly do not apply to AJ – the most loved, the most popular singer/composer New York has seen.

If prodigious talent, passion, attitude… is considered synonymous with the music industry. Then Reggie fits the bill. Young and hugely talented, he hungers for what AJ has; he craves to be where AJ is – on the top. Into the lives of these two men enter two beautiful women – aspiring singer Ruhi and ambitious PR professional Sheena.

On the professional front, Ruhi admires and looks up to AJ. On the personal level she has been wooed and won over by Reggie. On the professional front, Sheena has done a lot for Reggie. On the personal level, she holds a huge grudge because he has spurned her. As ambition, manipulation and desperation take centre stage, Ruhi and Sheena become pawns in a ruthless game…

As AJ and Reggie face off against each in a do or die battle… envy and betrayal rear their ugly heads… As talent struggles to survive the onslaught of a carefully orchestrated smear campaign, Music will be the ultimate winner… and the loser… In Shakalaka Boom Boom.

Best Online Indian Movie with High quality

The Internet is filled with websites that offer free streaming videos. The contents of these videos range from a wide variety of shows. From a real-time view of a certain road in Germany to a short clip from a cooking show that aired today, the contents of free streaming videos are so diverse that it is almost like having a television with a thousand channels to choose from.

Many of the free videos being streamed are clips from newscasts - the weather report or an interview with a politician or celebrity. Movie and music companies also offer free streaming videos in the form of movie trailers and music videos. Sports websites offer free streaming videos of the day's sports highlights - the dunk from a basketball game or the grand slam homerun from a baseball game.

News and sports websites also have a portion of their webpage space dedicated for streaming advertisement videos. Internet users are treated to a whole array of commercials that they also see on the television.

A lot of educational organizations provide free streaming videos of lectures, presentations, and demonstrations. Other organizations even provide videos of documentaries.

Although most of the free videos flooding the Internet are considered mainstream, there are also a lot of free videos posted online by your average Internet user. There are a lot of websites that offer free video streaming services, allowing users to upload their "homemade" videos and share them with the entire Internet-surfing population.

Another type of content that currently takes up a large share of the free streaming video market is made by adult video companies. Internet pornography accounts for a large portion of Internet users' consumption.

So while there are advantages to having free access to streaming videos online, there is also a risk involved, especially with children who use the Internet.