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Confidence speaks for itself. So when I met Sajid-Wajid at their Andheri office, the duo quotes, "We have a room filled with award trophies. And we still have room for more because we are expecting a few more this season."

The music director duo will be walking the red carpet tonight at the this year's Filmfare awards, India's most prestigious awards ceremony which takes place every year now at the famous Yash Raj studios.

On further questioning on why music is the soul of Indian cinema, Wajid quotes, "Music is forever and it is the purest form of creativity. It has so much strength. People have always remembered songs, old or new, but have forgotten the name of the film that song was a part of. Such is the power of music."

If India is waiting for the announcement of the next Filmfare award winners tonight, in Hollywood, our very own A.R Rahman must also be waiting for the Oscar results. Yes, the Mozart of Madras has been nominated twice at this year's Academy Awards under The Best Original Soundtrack and Best Original Song category for his film 127 Hours. Wajid recalls his encounter with the maestro, "Rahman saab is simply great. He deserves everything, not just awards. He keeps very quiet and he is a man of few words with bundles of talent. I've learnt to talk less and work more from A.R Rahman. There is much more to Mr. Rahman than what people believe there is. We will miss him at this year's Filmfare Awards."

Wajid also recalls some of his favourite songs not composed by them last year. "My favourite song has to be 'Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji' from Ishqiya. What brilliant lyrics by Gulzar saab and a beautifully sung and composed song. Everything about that song is perfect. I also like 'Pee Loon' from Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai. I feel that 'Surili Ankhiyo Wali' from Veer was also good but it wasn't nominated.

But a shocker came in the form of Raavan. The music director duo were surprised on finding out that not a single song from Mani Ratnam's Raavan was nominated at this year's many of the award functions. Wajid had his own views, "I really expected Raavan songs to do extraordinary. I personally felt that Raavan songs were overdone and was a desperate attempt to try hard and make it too loud. Simplicity had gone out of the box. But having said that, the production of the album was superb. For some reason, Raavan couldn't touch people's hearts."

And before I called quits, I dropped the most important question, "Can you recall your first Filmfare award victory?" Sajid Wajid laugh out loud and answer, "We haven't won any Filmfare award yet. We've eaten the cake for many years. It's time we eat the cherry and the cream. We have everything except the black lady. Inshallah she'll be ours this year."

Now that's confidence!

127 hours was a package with a lot of feverish value behind it. Danny Boyle and A.R.Rahman fresh from last year’s phenomenal Oscar-winning spree were teaming up again with a real-life super-human story full of grit, determination and courage. Moreover this was in an experimental environment with digital camera, single character, single location and so on.

The film figures in this year’s Oscar-nominations. It is the real-life story of Aron Ralston who was trapped in the Blue John Canyon for five days and ultimately had to cut his own hand to rescue himself. The film tells this story, full of super-human spirit with a complete honesty and respect but above all with a crafty drama that never lets realism come in the way of entertainment or vice-versa. To begin with, this is one of the best achievements of the film.

For a film that remains in one location with one person for 3/4ths of the film it begins on an enthusiastic, high-octane note that establishes character more than setting a mood. A brilliant upbeat exposition shows Aron Ralston off to an expedition in the Blue John Canyon in Colarado with a gusto. He is happy, confident and in love. With adventure and the Canyon. He meets two girls, trekkers, shows them the way to their destination and but not before taking them to his secret haunt a cool, deep pool nestled in the womb of a crevice. The three have the time of their life falling off the crevice into the pool. After this exhilarating experience, Aron sets off to meet his destiny.

Soon enough and as innocuously as it must have happened in real life, Aron is trapped by the boulder. What follows after that is a brilliant expose of human psychology that makes the super-human victory of the story a sub-text.

Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy are in no hurry to tell the story. Neither are they worried that its uni-dimensional nature might bore. Not that they are unmindful of the pace or engagement. They invest the story with drama that is taut and real as well as gimmicky. But the gimmicks are justified in the character’s reality yet serve to bring forth a dramatic pace to an otherwise singular story.

127 hours does not pick on the inherent romance of the courageous story. Rather it picks on the psychology of the situation and tells it with a discerning drama that speaks of a very well-judged and attuned craft both in writing and direction. While the writing zooms into the minutiae of the mind and behaviour, the director keeps his eye tightly on drama yet weaving a kaleidoscope of reality, unreality and surreality of Aron’s situations. His past, present, key moments and those inconsequential, pass through his mind with regularity in bits and flashes adding a character as well as an experience to the story.

Noted for capturing psychedelic, dream-nightmare instances with verve and originality, Danny Boyle presents Aron’s story peppering it with enough hallucinations, dreams and illusions that are a basic outcome of his mental state. This detailed excavation of the mentalscape of struggle and survival makes 127 hours a sparkling, convincing and entertaining story which had all the dangers of becoming a docu-drama. James Franco’s stunningly involved performance is coupled with the claustrophobic absorbing cinematography and it is difficult to believe the actor is just acting.

Exceptional cinematography and a samurai-sharp editing helps Boyle achieve this. A. R. Rahman’s soundtrack matches the film every step with a nimble understanding of drama and realism. The high notes and thumping thundering orchestras give it as much power as eminently well-used silences provide the raw and vulnerable edge.

Woven as a gritty and edgy story the film ends on a somewhat tongue-in-cheek note, making light of Aron’s situation. This refusal to sentimentalise the story adds to emphasizing its importance even more and proves the age-old adage that it is not the story that matters, but the story-telling.

Rating- 4/5

Madhur Bhandarkar’s first comedy venture Dil Toh Bacha Hai Ji hit the silver screen today on 28th January all over the country. As per report of the sources, the filmmaker has claimed that while the movie is funny, it is as real as Chandni Bar (2001) and Page 3 (2005).

The film revolves around three housemates and their tangled love lives. The three men are Naren, played by Ajay Devgn, a mild-mannered banker, separated from his super-ambitious reporter wife; Abhay or Abby, played by Emraan Hashmi, a playboy gym trainer who lives off rich girlfriends and believes that ‘it’s survival of the cutest’, and Milind, played by Omi Vaidya, an earnest poet who is proudly holding on to his virginal status until marriage.

38 year old Naren falls in love with 21 year old June Pinto (Padamsee), Milind in love with ungrateful, opportunist radio jockey Gungun Sarkar (Das), and Abby deeply involved with ex-Miss India and desperate housewife Anushka Narang (Chopra).

Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji has an interesting story with unimaginative dialoguebaazi and jokes which requires explanation thus ceasing to be funny.

However, Bhandarkar as a director has once again proved himself that he could come with different flavours. The only thing which needs a lot of work is writing especially comedy.

There is an inherent clumsiness and in places the film feels long and leaden. Still, if you keep your expectations low, it makes for mildly diverting entertainment. You can give it a try if you have nothing to do coming weekends.

Rating- 2.5/5 

Bollywood’s most famous awards – the Filmfare awards celebrated its 56th year yesterday. Below is the list of the winners of 2011:

Deepika Padukone – Grazia Magazine (February 2011). Deepika Padukone features on the cover of Grazia Magazine Indian edition for the month of February 2011. Deepika Padukone who is currently dating billionaire Vijay Mallaya’s son Sidhartha keeps on refusing to acknowledge but can’t. Deepika is undergoing from rough patch atleast in movies term and her movies doesn’t seems to take her any where. Hope she get some success in her movies as well. Checkout Deepika Padukone Grazia.

Aishwarya Rai – Vogue India (February 2011). Aishwarya Rai Features On The Cover Of Vogue Magazine’s Indian Edition For The Month Of February 2011. Cover looks very stylish, but fonts not appealing. Aishwarya Rai looks stylish and more like international icon on the cover. Last month vogue had mandira bedi who bared for the magazine, this time Aish who knows whats store in the kitty. Stay tuned for inside scans from Vogue. Checkout Aishwarya Rai Vogue.

Source - Songs.pk

• 127 Hours
• Black Swan
• The Fighter
• Inception
• The Kids Are All Right
• The King’s Speech
• The Social Network
• Toy Story 3
• True Grit
• Winter’s Bone

• Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
• Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit
• David Fincher, The Social Network
• David O. Russell, The Fighter
• Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech

1. Natalie Portman, Black Swan
2. Annette Benning, The Kids Are All Right
3. Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
4. Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
5. Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

• Javier Bardem, Biutiful
• Jeff Bridges, True Grit
• Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
• Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
• James Franco, 127 Hours

• Amy Adams, The Fighter
• Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
• Melissa Leo, The Fighter
• Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
• Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

• Christian Bale, The Fighter
• John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
• Jeremy Renner, The Town
• Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
• Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech

Gold Gym Calendar Launch. Check out the pics: