Movie review - U, Me Aur Hum

Tadka spice - The verdict is out and you have got more reasons to watch this one, than for missing it!

Ajay Devgan gets behind the camera, and the world waits to watch what he has got in store for us. Amidst all the hype sorrounding U, Me Aur Hum, the audience is more than willing to watch the magic of Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha pair again, after a looong time. Kajol is back on screen with her husband, and there is nothing that should have gone wrong with the movie, yet it does. But the finely crafted second half of U, Me Aur Hum manages to make up for it all.

Ajay Devgan’s directorial debut U, Me Aur Hum has got a striking relation to Aamir Khan’s directorial debut Taare Zameen Par. While Aamir’s Taare Zameen Par made dyslexia awareness it’s focal point, Ajay’s U, Me Aur Hum is a nice take on Alzheimer’s disease, which Kajol’s character suffers from in the movie. The first half is all about wooing stuff and mushy romance on the high seas, but lacks magnetism. It’s only when Ajay manages to throw away the rose tinted glasses, that the reality strikes!

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Lyrics - song ‘Phatte’ from the movie U, Me Aur Hum

Movie – U Me Aur Hum
Cast – Ajay Devgan, Kajol, Isha Sharvani, Sumeet Raghavan, Karran Khanna, Divya Dutta
Director – Ajay Devgan
Music Director – Vishal Bharadwaj
Song – Phatte
Lyrics – Munna Dhiman
Singer – Adnan Sami and Sunidhi Chauhan

Tadka question - Will a cliche Punjabi take on the husband wife spat be able to do well? Well! Judge for yourself. in this song, ‘Phatte’ from U, Me Aur Hum.

wadde waddeyaan nu… ghuma ke rakh de…
din w ich taare… dikha ke rakh de… haan!
hoy! wadde waddeyaan nu… ghuma ke rakh de…
din w ich taare… dikha ke rakh de…
saari chidiyaan,
saare tote, udaa ke rakh dendi hai…

ho biwi phatte chak dendi hai…
ho biwi phatte chak dendi hai…
ho biwi phatte chak dendi hai…
ho biwi phatte chak dendi hai…

life -ch raita… phaila ke rakh de…
mood de baaje… baja ke rakh de…
life -ch raita… phaila ke rakh de…
mood de baaje… baja ke rakh de…
saari chidiyaan,
saare tote, udaa ke rakh denda hai…

ho miyaan phatte chak denda hai. Read more

Coming up - Subhash Ghai’s Yuvraj!

Tadka spice - Move over Black And White! The showman, Subhash Ghai is coming back, with his next fully commercial venture, Yuvraj.

Subhash Ghai has managed to get himself back in notice with Black And White, but Mukta Arts Ltd’s next venture Yuvraj, will see the showman of the Indian Film Industry, return to romance genre, in an out-and-out commercial venture. Subhash Ghai’s next release Yuvraj, stars Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan, Zayed Khan and Katrina Kaif, and Subhash Ghai IS the director again.

What has been touted as a musical, much like Subhash Ghai’s 1999 blockbuster Taal, Yuvraj’s prospective dates haven’t been announced but some exclusive production shots were released in India’s leading film magazine Filmfare, a few issues back and since then it has gained the initial hype. It has been reported that Salman Khan plays a chorus singer, and Anil Kapoor plays a musical genius in the movie, with Katrina Kaif paired opposite Salman Khan. The pairing itself has increased interest in the movie to a great extent.

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Stars ka tadka - Aishwarya Rai and Saroj Khan

Tadka trivia

Saroj Khan, while making her millions of fans dance across the world through her now famous show ‘Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan‘ on NDTV Imagine, tells interesting tales about the stars (yet another reason to watch her show).

Saroj Khan recounted how Aishwarya Rai, while shooting for the Filmfare Best Choreography Award winning song ‘Barso re megha‘ from Guru (2007), had met with an accident. While filming a scene, Ash was supposed to cycle her way through a bridge, during heavy rains and wind storms, and a gushing stream beneath. Her skirt got entangled in the rear wheel, and she fortunately fell on the bridge, otherwise she could just have been washed away! Aishwarya had suffered bruises on her hand, and Saroj Khan recounted how she gave a perfect shot after getting first-aid, while also mentioning that, had there been any other actress, she would have announced pack-up, but not Ash!

The scene where Aishwarya is seen diving into the pond, was completed only when Saroj Khan made her swim the entire length of the pond. Saroj Khan also praised her for dancing atop a large rock, amidst the thunderstorm. She told that Mani Ratnam got apprehensive about shooting that particular scene as the height was way too much risky, made far more dangerous with the blowing wind and heavy rain. But when Aishwarya learnt that her director was forcibly keeping himself from a beautiful sequence, she stubbornly climbed atop with the help of a crane and gave a beautiful shot yet again, while the whole crew was biting nails with tension, almost waiting for her to slip and fall off! Aishwarya Rai has been Saroj Khan’s favourite dancer, since working with her in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999).

Lyrics - song ‘Dil haara re’ from the movie Tashan

Movie – Tashan
Cast – Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Anil Kapoor
Director – Vijay Krishna Acharya
Music Director – Vishal-Shekhar
Song – Dil haara re
Lyrics – Piyush Mehra
Singer – Sukhwinder Singh

Tadka spice - Sukhwinder Singh comes with an electrifying performance in ‘Dil haara re’ from Tashan.

paagal, manvaa….
kaise bhaage re, paagal manva…
taabad tod naach lun, naach lun, naach lun…
naach lun… re…

oo… woho! oo… woho! oo… woho! oo… woho!
oo… woho! oo… woho! oo… woho! oo… woho!

ho ho, chhappan taare tod naach lun…
sooraj chandaa mod naach lun…
ab to taabad tod naach lun..
main to banjaara re… oo… woho!

ho ho, chhappan taare tod naach lun…
sooraj chandaa mod naach lun…
ab to taabad tod naach lun..
main to banjaara re…

bun ke awaara.. main kis mele mein pohanch gaya hun…
koi to roko… kho jaaun re…
masti ka maara, ye kya bolun main, kise kahun main…
dil ka main haara, ho jaaun re…

dil haara re..
dil hara haara, dil haara haara, main haara…
o yaara re…
dil hara haara, dil haara haara, main haara…
dil haara re.. Read more

Flashback chartbusters lyrics - song ’soniye mil ja’ from the movie Aaja Nachle

Movie - Aaja Nachle
Cast - Madhuri Dixit, Konkona Sen Sharma, Akshaye Khanna, Kunal Kapoor, Divya Dutta, Ranvir Shorey, Vinay Pathak
Director - Anil Mehta
Music Director - Salim Sulaiman Lyrics
Song - Soniye mil ja mele mein
Lyrics - Jaideep Sahni & Piyush Mishra
Singer – Sukhwinder Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan & Madhuri Dixit

Tadka spice - If there wer ever to be a competition for a complete Bollywood number, this one would definitely feature in the top league, and we would recommend it as a compulsory listening!

patang sang udd gaya bachpan…
chanak chanak mann, dagar suhani re…
ladakpan aaya ab to kasak masak, re kya mastaazi re…
arre kyun haaye, jawaani ki hoti hai yehi nishaani re…
ke chitvan tirchi tirchi hui jaaye, haan aayi jawaani re..

hoye, jawaani aayi… saath mein laayi…
pawan ke sang sang…
har ang chale hitchkole leke- gagan ke rang se
urre hain takreer…

ladee umraahi… chali purvaai…
main hun tera Romeo tu meri hai wahi Juliet…
arre main Ranjha tera, tu meri hai Heer…

soniye mil ja mele mein, ke iska naam jawaani - aaha!
ke jo na main hun tere sang to phir kis kaam jawaani - oho!
arre wo nahi jaante hoti hai jis kaam jawaani - aaha!
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Of a few good Hindi film themes and instrumentals …

Tadka spice - Theme music has become an integral part of Hindi movies today and here we are, listing some, which are a must for your music collection!

Theme music is often ignored, even in music reviews but of late, it has become an integral part of not just the promotions, but the movie itself. A R Rahman brought it in vogue with his work for movies like Bombay and Rangeela, and today many music directors are working hard to get the perfect instrumental scores. Not to mention, anyone all over the world can enjoy their beauty.

The beauty of theme music and instrumental tracks lies in the fact that the user doesn’t have to connect to it through lyrics. Instead, one can weave their own story around the tunes. Here we list some of the best instrumentals of Hindi movies…

Cheeni Kum Theme Melody - This Illaiyaraja composition has a very positive feel-good factor to itself. The instruments used are in perfect tandem with a typical London evening mood, and you can’t help but listen to this over and over again.

Daras Bina Nahi Chain from Saawariya - Monty Sharma gives you a high with this soul touching theme song, which has all the highs and lows of the love affair, though a majorly upbeat score, where everything from the sound of a droplet to the anklets will move you.

Heart beat instrumental from Kal Ho Naa Ho - Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy bring you the most under-rated melody with this instrumental. You can almost go through the whole movie throughout it’s length. The gloom, hope and happiness is perfectly matched in the tunes, and it makes you remember the saying “to know happiness, one must experience sadness too”.

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Shame on Amrita Rao, shame on Arshad Warsi!

Tadka question - At the 53rd Annual Filmfare Awards. two of our actors refused to do something - What and why?

Year 1999 - Saroj Khan aka “Materji”is handed the Filmfare Best Choreographer Award by MF Hussain and Naghma (song ‘Nimbooda’, movie - Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam)

Year 2002 - Rakesh Ranjan is handed the Filmfare Best Sound Recordist Award by Shyam Benegal and Sharmila Tagore (movie - Aks)

Year 2008 - Sujata Sharma Virk is given the Filmfare Best Costume Designer Award by Abbas-Mustaan (movie - Gandhi, My Father).

And here’s the sad part. At this year’s 53rd Annual Filmfare Awards, two of our stars simply refused to go on stage to hand over the technical awards. Why? Because they thought that this was beneath them!

Amrita Rao and Arshad Warsi, were requested by the Filmfare team to go on-stage and deliver the Technical Awards, which are also the first set of awards handed out each year, in the oldest and the most sought-after awards night of the Indian Film Industry. But when Amrita Rao was asked to do the honours, she refysed saying, “Send me up for something better na! Please!”.

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Lyrics - song ‘khwaab deke jhoote moote’ from the movie Race

Movie – Race
Cast – Saif Ali Khan, Bipasha Basu, Akshaye Khanna, Katrina Kaif, Anil Kapoor, Sameera Reddy
Director – Abbas Mustan
Music Director – Pritam
Song – Khwaab deke jhoote moote
Lyrics – Sameer
Singer – Monali Thakur, Neeraj Shridhar and Pritam

Tadka spice - When Pritam gets behind the mic, he sure rocks the show. But Neeraj Shridhar and Monali Thakur give him equal fight in ‘Khwaab deke jhoote moote’ from Race!

khwaab deke jhoote mute… battiyaan banaye kaise…
sajna anaari baimaan….

hey mister! you say you wan’t me as a lover…
but tell me now… are you a player?
say what! huh! chickah chickah… chickah chickah

jab bhi dekhe tujhko nazar, baby ghayal ho jaye
jigar… wo ho..
wo ho-ho-ho-ho-ho…

hai ye mere ehsaason ka asar, baby tujhko maanu humsafar
wo ho..
wo ho-ho-ho-ho-ho…

teri har adaa ne mujhpe… ye kaisa jaadu kiya re…
love the game i wanna play..
i am craving for your body now…

khwaab deke jhoote mute…/sexy… lady…
battiyaan banaye kaise…/gets me… crazy…
sajna anaari baimaan…./be my… baby
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Stars ka tadka - Tabu

Tadka trivia

Tabu aka Tabassum Hashmi is one of the most talented actresses in the Indian Film Industry today. When she made her debut opposite Ajay Devgan in Vijaypath (1994), she went on to win a Filmfare Best Debutante Award. But soon the ‘Ruk ruk ruk’ gal made way for meaningful roles, which earned her some commercial, but overwhelmingly huge critical acclaim. She has played a romantic lead in movies like Pehla Pehla Pyaar, provided comic relief in Biwi No.1, done a mujra in Jeet, a village belle in Virasat, played a bar dancer in Chandni Bar (her National Award winning role), played the role of a terror-torn woman in Maachis, a funny nuisance in Hera Pheri, been a part of the ‘Shakespearesque’ Maqbool and much much more. Hollywood star Uma Thurman called her a brave actor for her intense portrayal in Mira Nair’s The Namesake, and this year she went away with yet another Filmfare Award for Critics’ Best Actress, for her to-die-for role in Cheeni Kum. It isn’t for nothing that they call her ‘the thinking man’s actress‘!