Shahrukh Khan’s Don 2 got a bumper opening.

The King had been back. Shahrukh Khan impressed the audience with his brilliant performance in the film Don 2. On the first day it had done excellent business in New Delhi, UP, Kolkata, Rajasthan and other parts of the country. Don 2 had been the sequel of Don – the chase begins. Farhan Akhtar had directed the film. It had been produced by Farhan Akhtar, Shahrukh Khan and Ritesh Sidhwani. The music had been composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy.

In the film Shahrukh Khan was chased by European drug cartelists who wanted the Don dead. He was selling drugs at a lower cost in Thailand and other nations and destroying their business. So Shahrukh Khan surrendered before Om Puri and Priyanka Chopra in Malaysia. In Malaysia he was given death sentence and imprisoned in the same jail where Boman Irani was imprisoned.

Shahrukh Khan and Boman Irani escaped from prison and went to Switzerland. There they blackmailed Aly Khan by showing a videotape relating to killing of a competitor and got the code related to printing plates of money printing bank. Aly Khan hired assassins to kill Shahrukh Khan who instead compelled them to work for him.

After the plates were stolen Boman Irani betrayed him. Kunal Kapoor was hired by Shahrukh Khan and he informed Om Puri and Priyanka Chopra. But Shahrukh Khan again went back to the building in Germany to diffuse the bombs he had planted. In the struggle Priyanka Chopra was shot but she survived. Shahrukh Khan killed the rest and Boman Irani was put back to prison. At the end of the film it was shown that Lara Dutta and Kunal Kapoor met Shahrukh Khan and Kunal Kapoor handed over the actual printing plates.

In the film Priyanka Chopra and Lara Dutta did well, but Lara Dutta was not used to her potentiality. Kunal Kapoor, Boman Irani, Om Puri and Aly Khan did very well. The music was mediocre.

                                     Lara Dutta in Don2.
But Farhan Akhtar’s action sequences were excellent and Shahrukh Khan was at his best. With a bumper opening there is no doubt that Don 2 is going to do business more than 100 crores. It is yet to be seen whether it at all is going to break the record of Salman Khan’s Bodyguard.

IIFA Awards 2010 had some new faces.

IIFA Awards 2010 had some new faces.

IIFA Awards 2010 had some new faces. It had been held in Sri Lanka, and the awards function was glorified by some brilliant dance performances of superstar Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Govinda, Saif Ali Khan and others.

In the music composer category, Pritam received the award for the best composer for the first time Love Aaj Kal. It would have been had he won it for the composition in the film Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani, which had the most romantic tunes of the year. But at least someone else had won it other than AR Rehman who had remained unbeatable at least in the filmfare awards for the last 5 years. But to everyone’s surprise, the best playback singer male went to Shaan for his song “behti hawa” in the film The 3 idiots. It was really sad that Atif Aslam did not win it for his song “tu jane na” in the film Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani. Shaan sang the song very well, but new aspiring singers should also get their dues. Atif Aslam is probably the most stylish singer of the present age after Sonu Nigam. Sonu Nigam also had the nomination for the song “all is well” but he lost it to Shaan for the performance in the same film.

The best female singer award went to Kavita Seth for her song in the film Wake Up Sid. It was a welcome surprise. Shreya Ghoshal and Sunidhi Chouhan used to dominate the scene. They were in the nominations for their performances in the film The Three Idiots and Love Aaj Kal. These days new singers like Rekha Bharadwaj, Shilpa Rao and others create high competition in the bollywood arena.

The best actress award was won by Kareena Kapoor for The Three Idiots and Vidya Balan for Paa. Both are great artists and deserved the award. Amitabh Bacchan got the best actor award for his brilliant performance in the film Paa. He is considered as one of the most dynamic actors of bollywood of all times after Dilip Kumar and Sanjeev Kumar. But new talents like Ranbir Kapoor should win best actor award very soon. The new generation can shape the future of bollywood. Besides, IIFA could have shown courage by giving the award to Boman Irani for his brilliant performance in the film The Three Idiots. He is considered to be the most versatile actor of the present period after Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah.

Sanjay Dutt won the award for the best comedy performance in the film All The Best. He deserved it. For a long time he had given landmark performances in comedy role in films like Ek Aur Ek Gyarah, Haseena Maan Jayegi, etc. Sometimes his performances got overshadowed by comedy performances of Govinda. He had been a phenomenon over the years. Boman Irani got the award for the best villain for his performance in the film The Three Idiots.

Hrithik Roshan’s grandfather J. Om Prakash was felicitated for lifetime contribution to bollywood films. He had made romantic films like Ayee Milan Ki Bela, Aye Din Bahar Ke, Aap Ki Kasam, Aasha, etc. Hrithik Roshan gave the award to the legendary filmmaker. Omi Vaidya received the award for the best male debutant for his performance in the film The Three Idiots.

The best supporting award male went to Sharman Joshi for his performance in the film The Three Idiots. He deserved it. The best supporting actress award went to Divya Dutta for her performance in the film Dilli 6. The program had been elegantly hosted by Boman Irani and Ritesh Desmukh. The scene where they imitated Amitabh Bacchan and Shahrukh Khan, the entire act was hilarious. Anil Kapoor won the award for outstanding contribution to bollywood films. He had been an institution by himself for the last 30 years.

It was a good sign, that IIFA had been awarding new faces and changed the monotony of same performers winning the awards year after year.

Arshad Warsi's first production Hum Tum Aur Ghost.

Arshad Warsi’s first production Hum Tum Aur Ghost.

Arshad Warsi had come up with his first production Hum Tum Aur Ghost. The film had been directed by Kabir Kaushik. There is lot of expectation on Arshad Warsi after his film Ishqiya opposite Vidya Balan and Naseeruddin Shahin the early part of the year had become hit.

In the film Arshad Warsi was a fashion photographer. He met Dia Mirza who was a fashion journalist. But Arshad Warsi could not sleep at night as he heard many voices that disturbed.

It had wide significance in the life of Arshad Warsi, as nobody other than him could hear those voices. Dia Mirza got irritated with the behavior of Arshad Warsi, while the friends of Arshad Warsi showed sympathy for him.

Arshad Warsi heard the call of the spirits which only appeared before him and went on a mission to help three characters as advised by the spirits. The three characters included a child named Ali, an old man named Mr. Kapoor and a young woman.

The rest of the film hovered around the theme of helping the three characters. The innovative part of the story is related to that issue. The music of the film had been composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy.

The notable songs in the film included “dekho raste mei” composed by Shreya Ghoshal and KK, “hum tum aur ghost” sung by Shankar Mahadevan, Vishal Dadlani and Arun Ingle, “banware se pooche banwaria” sung by Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan and others.

Arshad Warsi, Dia Mirza and Boman Irani played their roles to perfection. But the film does not have that amount of twists and turns which can make the audience sit in the auditoriums and halls for more than three hours.
The film should do average business.

Did Kambaqht Ishq fulfill the requirements of comedy film?

Did Kambaqht Ishq fulfill the requirements of comedy film?

Kambaqht Ishq had been released a week ago. As the film had both Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor as the lead performers lot of anxiousness was there in the minds of the viewers of the film. Besides, the films that had done best business in the last few years had all been related to comedy subject matter. So as this film was also related to comedy whether the subject was acceptable to the viewers was the main question.

Firstly the story was full of fiction. There was hardly any reality embedded in them. The film had shown that Kareena Kapoor, a super-model cum surgeon operated injured stuntman Akshay Kumar and left her heart-shaped watch, with an hourly alarm that blared ‘mangalam –mangalam,’ in his intestines. The reason of Kareena Kapoor’s hatred towards Akshay Kumar was even more hilarious. It was just because he was man. In fact Kareena Kapoor hated all men and her motive of doing the ridiculous act was to take revenge against Akshay Kumar.

Kareena wanted to get pendant back. So she lured Akshay Kumar, jabbed an injection and hurriedly cut his body to get it back. The sequences with Denise Richards and Sylvestor Stallone were not that impressive. Jafed Jaffery and Boman Irani did not have much to do. In fact instead of the comedy element having predominance Kareena hatred towards all men and treating them like dogs got importance.

The film still has hope considering the committed fan-base of both Kareena and Akshay Kumar. In respect of Kareena even if the film does not click, she has other films to follow this year like Mr and Mrs Khanna. Akshay Kumar badly requires a hit film after the disaster of Chandni Chowk to China and 8*10 Tasveer. If the film ends up being hit, the director and producer will be happy enough. Let us hope for the best.

Boman Irani's indispensability in bollywood films.

Boman Irani’s indispensability in bollywood films.

Viewers of bollywood films for the last 15 years used to consider Anupam Kher, Kader Khan, Paresh Rawal or Amrish Puri as the indispensable actors without whom most of the films would have remained incompleted. Boman Irani joined that elite list after showing his acting skills during the last 5 years.

Boman Irani did not stick to any regular style of acting. In every film he altered his mannerisms according to the requirement of the stories. He played the role of considerate father of Hrithik Roshan in the film Lakshya. He showed the personality of a middle-class father and also the concerns relating to sending the only son to armed forces.

His performance was totally different in the film Munnabhai MBBS. He played the role of the Principal of the Medical College, where Sanjay Dutt came to study medical science. He showed the concerns relating to allowing a student to continue in the college with fake certificates. His daughter never wanted Sanjay Dutt to leave the college as his unconventional style of entertaining patients had helped them to recover, but Boman Irani showed his uprightness in dealing with Munnabhai in the film.

He had shown his comedy skills to perfection in the film No Entry and Lage Raho Munnabhai. In one of them he played the role of politician, while in the other film he played the role of cunning promoter. The performance had both villainish style and comedy style embedded in them. While these films did extremely well, Boman Irani’s performance in flop films were also appreciated by the audience. The best example could be Yuvvraaj. He played the role of the father of Katrina Kaif, who never wanted to get his daughter married to Salman Khan. But at the end of the film he realized the family bond between the three brothers Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan and Zaid Khan and changed his decision.

Boman Irani was sublime as a villain in the film Don. Shahrukh Khan and Boman Irani tried to play games against one another and expand their control over the underworld as such in South East Asia. He never let the audience know about his identity till the end of the film. Hi performance had hardly any mannerisms as tried to maintain his composure opposite veteran actor Om Puri who also was sublime in the film.

The viewers expect the talent actor to experiment with himself even more in bollywood films to be made in future.

Boman Irani – the unique character artist.

Boman Irani – the unique character artist.

Boman Irani has created a unique image of himself after performing in various roles in bollywood films. He attracted the attention of the viewers by playing the role of a strict head of medical institution in the film Munna Bhai –MBBS.

The film was related to a story where Sanjay Dutt, who played the role of Munna Bhai tried to be a doctor. He studied in the medical college and continued his course with false documents. His assistant played by Arshad Warsi, used his muscle power to take the help of professors of medicine.


But it was shown that Sanjay Dutt used his force for the cause of the common man and treated patients in an unconventional manner. Boman Irani’s daughter also loved Sanjay Dutt. But Boman Irani ordered Sanjay Dutt to leave the medical college as he had destroyed the discipline of the institution.

Boman Irani acted even better in the film Lage Raho Munnabhai. In this case he used his money to forcefully evict people from their premises. As Sanjay Dutt and his men were employed for this purpose, he had relationship with Boman Irani. He evicted the old men from their old age home, with whom Viday Balan was associated.

Sanjay Dutt showed his gandhigiri to convince Boman Irani that whatever he was doing was wrong. He used the weapon of non-violence. Ultimately when Sanjay Dutt helped Boman Irani to get his daughter married he understood the strength of truth and admired Sanjay Dutt.


Boman Irani also did a commendable job in the film Don, where he chased the original Don, and kept an eye on Shahrukh Khan who just pretended to be Don, to get the list of other gangmembers. This role was challenging because viewers remember the performance of all the character artists in Big B’s Don which was very successful.

Boman Irani has taken varieties of roles including comic roles and villanish roles and used his own style without copying any veteran actor. He is expected to continue his good work in the years to come.

By: CR Chatterji.