Posts Tagged ‘new hindi movies’

Rocket Singh – Salesman of the Year

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

Bollywood has had a mixed year so far. Some big names have worked and some others have not. Still, the year has one-two month left and some releases are eagerly anticipated. Some upcoming releases include Paa, 3 Idiots, De Dana Dan, Kurbaan etc. Some of these are from big banners are have glittering star cast. One movie that is being talked about in silent whispers is ‘Rocket Singh – Salesman of the Year’. Movie is creating all sort of right buzz and newspapers and filmy magazines are already going ga-ga over its theme. Movie stars hot favourite Ranbir Kapoor who will be donning a completely new avatar. Yes, we will see Ranbir kapoor in a frame that he has not tried before. He will be wearing turban in this upcoming venture with Yash Raj Films. As the title suggests he will be playing the role of Rocket Singh in the movie.

The movie has been written by Jaideep Sahni and directed by Shimit Ameen of Chak De fame. Both the director-writer combo augurs well for the movie because of their previous combined venture Chak De and its huge success. The movie starred Shahrukh Khan and earned both box office acclaim as well as critical acclaim. They are expected to create magic once again.  Ranbir Kapoor is also fresh with his successful movie ‘Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani’. The movie has performed well on the box office and people have really appreciated Ranbir’s comic talent.

Yash Raj Movies are also in search of an elusive hit after the bombing of Tashan, Kabul Express and Dil Bole Hadippa. Apparently, in the movie Ranbir is playing a clever and enterprising character of Rocket Singh who manages to do well in the world afflicted by recession. His turban look is already attracting media publicity and hope movie stands up to the hyped expectations.

Great Romantic Movies

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

Hindi movies have a glorious history. The Hindi film industry offers all types of movies in every genre. You name it and you have it. From comedy, romance, action to thriller, horror, social themes or parallel cinema, Bollywood offers it all. If we just talk about romantic movies, it will be hard to figure the total number of movies belonging to the said genre. We have witnessed great romantic cinemas that have created history on box office. The golden era of bollywood gave numerous such love films and that are still admired and appreciated. In fact, romantic movies are one genre that has never gone out of fashion and will remain the same even in coming time. Let’s talk about some of the popular romantic cinemas of Hindi film industry. Of course, we can cover hundreds of such beautiful movies but we can always cover some of them.

Bobby was released in 1973 and was directed by legendary Raj Kapoor. Movie also signalled arrival of top bollywood actors Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia. This movie was based on teen love story and was an astounding success. Raj Kapoor had made this after disastrous collections of his dream venture ‘Mera Naam Joker’ and movie proved to be a runaway success. The success of this movie brought spate of several other romantic movies.

‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’ was released in 1988 and was directed by reclusive Mansoor Khan. The movie had lead pair of Aamir Khan-Juhi Chawla and once again, a fresh romantic movie with a first time actors and directors and wonderful songs registered phenomenal success. Songs like Ae Mere Humsafar, Papa Kehte hain etc have become immortal.

EK Duje Ke Liye was released in 1981 and starred Kamal Hassan and Rati Agnihotri. Movie was directed by K Balachandar and movie buffs lapped it immediately. A sad love story but a major hit. We will talk about some more romantic movies in next articles.