Meera Achrekar, a mathematics teacher at Vishwaprem Vidyalaya, has been a happy single for quite a while now. The great love of her life has been, and will always remain, cricket and Anil Kumble. The meticulous number cruncher is, despite not being the classic eye-candy-teenage-fantasy-fodder, a huge hit in class. And that's because Meera, unlike most teachers of her school, is more fanatical about her religion, cricket than even the school cricket captain!

Living with her family in their small home in a Mumbai chawl, Meera was initiated into her temple of Wankhede Stadium by her brother, Manoj. Manoj Anant Achrekar played cricket at the Ranji Trophy level. Sadly, middle class making-ends-meet economics got the better of the impressive Maharashtrian leggie, and passion had to make way for responsibility. Mahesh is today a cricket cynic. While Meera bunks classes and fights for season tickets to every cricket match that is played at Wankhede Stadium, Mahesh even steers clear off cricket scores!

While the folk at Bhaktiyog Society have cast aspersions on her craze towards the game, the bigger problem that worries the Achrekar family is Meera's still-single status. Love suddenly blossoms with heart-specialist, Dr Arjun Sachdeva and Meera realizes that perhaps there is more to life than praying for Team India and Anil Kumble! However, in between this fabulous exchange of text messages, Valentine's Day outings and walks along Chowpatty, she confesses to Arjun that she is already married to cricket!

So, while the maiden's heart beats for Anil Kumble and India's fortunes, the more important question is: will Meera be able to commit to her non-striker beau and keep her prospective father-in-law at bay?

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Sahil Khan as Raama and Tanushree as Samara in Raama-The Saviour

A few months back, the whole country was abuzz with the arrival of popular WWE wrestler, 'The Great Khali'. During his stay in India, Khali did shoot for a few films, gave countless interviews and even participated in many promotional activities. Needless to say, fans (especially children) went berserk on seeing their favorite wrestling champion.

Soon, cine-goers will also get to see 'The Great Khali' in a film titled Raama- The Saviour. The film, directed by Hadi Ali Abrar stars Sahil Khan and Tanushree Dutta along with 6 children in lead roles. The film is an adventure drama and revolves around six school kids who while playing a video game get transported to a magical island called 'Azra'. They have to survive in an environment where reality meets the gaming world. Its here that they befriend Raama (played by Sahil Khan) a resident of Azra, who can control animals and even speak to them telepathically. The rest of the film deals with how Raama helps the children get back home after an adventurous journey.

Sahil with his toned-up physique looks every part the character of Raama, while the glamorous Tanushree Dutta would be seen playing the character of Samara. Dalip Singh better known as 'The Great Khali' is the added attraction in the film and he plays the character of Vali.

With Khali-mania that is going on, one thing is for certain that kids will surely flock to watch this film when it opens across theatres on Oct 2, 2008.

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Khoya khoya chand is based in bollywood of 1960's and 70's, there are rumors that movie is allegedly inspired from real life of Guru dutt.The movie stars Shiney ahuja and Soha ali khan in the main lead, and is directed by sudhir mishra...........

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Here is an exclusive first look of Jodha Akbar, starring Hrithik roshan and Aishwarya rai.Aishwarya rai is looking really gorgeous as a princess jodha, and for the first time you will be seeing Hrithik roshan with a mustache

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Kareena kapoor and Saif ali khan shooting for their upcoming movie 'Tashan'.Its a Yashraj movie which also stars Akshay kumar, and Anil kapoor, who will be playing a negative role for the first time.All the stars in the movie have been given new look.

It is said that during the shoot of this movie Kareena and Saif became lovers

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After doing series of comedy flicks and romantic love stories, Akshay kumar is back to what he does best.In Singh is king, Akshay will be dong lots of action sequences and its first time that he is playing a sardar, to be frank, I have never seen a sardar without a beard, he is playing a spy in the movie so may be there is a reason behind that

Singh is king is directed by Anees bazmee the same guy who made mad comedy no entry, it also stars Katrina kaif and Neha dhupia, they will be doing what they do best as acting is not their cup of tea

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Both the the Debutants (Sonam, Ranbir)got certain innocence about them, and credit for that must go to Sanjay leela bhansali.Both of them should consider themselves really lucky to get break with such a fine director

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Latest promo of Sanjay leela bhansali's Saawariya, this time he does shows the faces of the lead stars of the movie.The budget of the marketing of the movie is believed to be whopping 200 million rupees, I bet half a couple of low budget movies can be made with that sum.It only goes to prove that marketing has become most important, but its can also prove to be a double edged sword if the product doesn't lives up to the expectations

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Did you ever wonder where did the guy disappear who made racy and slick thriller like 'Ek hasina thi'. Sriram Raghavan a RGV prodigy is back with another thriller strangely titled johny gaddar, but none of the character's name is johny.It is said to be a tribute to 'Johny mera naam'

Characters

Neil Mukesh as Vikram
His taste for fast money and the fast life was first realized with the huge profits he earned by speculating on stocks with other people’s money. A smart and charming young man. Vikram was unfazed when he was fired from work. Money is everything for him and he is willing to get it irrespective of the means.

Rimi Sen as Mini
A lovely girl who studied with Vikram in college. She’s very much in love with Vikram and desperalety wants him to quit the gang before it is to late. She’s a complete innocent and yet, deep within her lies a dark secret that could shatter the group and her life forever.

Vinay Pathak as Prakash
Is a compulsive gambler which would have been alright if he wasn’t in charge of running a gambling club. The Deepa social club was in dire debt and bailed out by Seshadri and Shardul and they all became partners in the club. The club attracts moneyed clients and on certain days, the stakes run into several lakhs of rupees. Prakash is in touch with a range of underworld types. He is happily married to Varsha - a beautician, who is worried about her husband’s association with the likes of Shardul.

Dharmendra as Seshadri
An ex-gangster and a gentlemen. Seshadri was a smuggler during the seventies who quit after spending some time in jail during the emergency. He loved his wife and totally lost belief in God when she died of cancer many years back. He was broken and yet he believed neither in self pity nor self abuse. He sought out some of his old contact, men younger than him, different from him and formed the syndicate. Vikram joined the group to use his intelligence and further his prospects. The fact that the activities of this group are not completely legal do not matter, after all, crime is only a left handed form of Human Endeavour.

Zakir Hussain as Shardul
Till a few years back, he ran successful, somewhat sleazy dance bar. But the recent government ban on such bars forced him to convert his vice palace into a chic lounge bar, catering to the moneyed kids from the IT and PBOs in the vicinity. Shardul’s only handicap is that he has no clue about their taste in music and relies on Vikram to guide him in this venture. Hugely ambitious, he has good contacts both with the cops and the underworld. His robust and agreeable manner barely conceals his utter ruthlessness.

Shiva as Daya
A bachelor in his mid thirties. A brutal and virile chap he lives with his ailing mother. She is presently in hospital and Shiva is worried about her health. He is from a family of wrestlers in Kolhapur and does the strong arm work for the group. He’s the kind who’d never hurt a fly, unless it bothered him.

Synopsis

Johnny Gaddaar is a caper thriller focusing on a small section of the city’s notorious nightlife.

Five men, the eldest is 60+, the youngest in his 20s. This ensemble group has their fingers in various activities. The story starts with one of the gang members Seshadri getting an offer to make a fortune in four days. All the gang members are up for it as this is the deal that will catapult them into the big league.

The youngest member of the gang Vikram plans to disappear to some unknown city and start his own life with his love Mini when a devilish thought crosses his mind. What if he grabs the entire jackpot? Vikram’s opening gambit is a neat double cross. But as he plunges further into his diabolical plan…he realizes that the stakes in this game are high. And the only losers he can afford to leave behind are dead ones!

Johnny Gaddaar, A tingling tale of crime and betrayal, love and murder.

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Bollywood is not known for making sports oriented movies, infact the number of bollywood movies ever made on sports can be count on fingers.This year we have already seen two movies on sports, Apne and Chak de, while Apne was a usual piece of crap, chak de was a gem, which won the heart of the cricket crazy nation despite being a hockey based film.

And now we are going to see a movie based on football, Goal, directed by Debutant director Atul agnihotri, it stars Boman irani, John Abhrahim, Arshad warsi, and Bipasha basu

Southall United Football Club is facing its deepest crisis ever. Bankrupt, with no stars, no coach, no sponsors, no takers, no spectators and most importantly no owner. After the city council sends an eviction notice, it’s the last chance to save the ground, the club and their honor. Now, Southall United must win the Combined Counties Football League in their otherwise last season. One man's dream takes the team on a remarkable journey in this football-themed drama. Shaan (Arshad Warsi) takes up the challenge to save the club from extinction. After a disesteemed ex-player, Tony Singh (Boman Irani) joins them as the coach, in spite of the being sniggered, and laughed at, he and Shaan, work to gather the worn out team. Its hard work as they approach their first game.

Sunny Bhasin (John Abraham) dreams to play for England crashes after his club does not select him. The reason is apparently not his game but the color of his skin. Sunny himself had always laughed at his own community and Southall United. Sunny and Shaan could not ever see eye to eye. Adding to their personal chaos is Shaan’s cousin sister Rumana (Bipasha Basu) who is in love with Sunny. Tony manages to convince Sunny to play for Southall United. It takes a while before Shaan and the team warms up to Sunny. With Sunny joining Southall United the team gradually starts climbing the points tally. The city council is worried.

The only goal that the pragmatic Sunny has is winning- with all of the material perks and fame that he can acquire. He is more interested in being noticed himself, than Southall United winning the cup. Johny Bakshi (Dalip Tahil) a commentator and a frontman of the council, plan to lure Sunny away from Southall United. Sunny will need to sacrifices everything he believed in for something which he never believed. His love for Rumana, his relationship with his father and his life are at stake.

Set within this is a contemporary story of the Asian community in UK told through the dynamic prism of professional sports. Competitive football only provides the action-packed backdrop, as the story takes an intimate look at a cross-section of Indians, Pakistanis and other Asians living in England.

The promo of the movie looks quite promising, lets hope it lives up to the expectations, but only time will tell whether movie is able to create same hysteria as Chak de did.As a sports love, I really hope this movie does well

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Industrialist Aditya (Shahid Kapur) feels defeated as the girl he loves is getting married. He drifts out of the gathering, and finds himself on a train, speeding away into the night. A young girl Geeta (Kareena Kapoor), who is leaving Mumbai to elope with her boyfriend, meets Aditya. She irritates him to the point of leaving the train. They are stranded on a desolate station, without luggage or money. They reach Ambala, her house, through highs and lows, only to be mistaken as lovers by the family. Geet then plans to run away to Manali to meet the man of her dreams.


By Manali, he has begun to see her in a different way. To realize later that her boyfriend had not accepted her. And she was missing. Her family traces him to get her back.

It is up to her to tell her family the truth. Only that she realizes that the misconception was the truth.. And they are meant to be together, always.

Girl running away from home to meet her lover, getting straded on railway station with an stranger, and no money, and the stranger helps her to get her to the destination only to fall in love with her.


The plot is very much similar to what we have seen in Dil hai ke manta nahi, the movie starring Aamir khan and pooja bhatt and was directed by her father Mahesh bhatt
Pooja bhatt played the role of spoil rich kid with innocence and vulnerability ,and aamir khan was brilliant in his portrayal of the character name Raghu, damn I still remember the name of the character he played, its the magic of his performance that he lives the character rather than just playing it.
Even though Dil hai ke manta nahi was also lifted from hollywood classic 'It happened one night', but it still takes some doing making a success out of a remake.Sholay and don are prime example and all those movies lifted from hollywood aren't always a box office spinner

Here is trailer of the movie, Shahid is playing a industrialist, so give him a glasses and certain accent, and kareena must shout her lungs out because she is playing a punjaban.When will we get over these stereotypes and build real life characters



Frankly speaking, I thought we had seen the worst of kareena in the rajshree disaster of the century 'main prem ki deewani hoon', her overacting was unbearable in that movie and could have won her an award for ham queen.If the trailer of the jab we met is any indication, worst is still to come for kareena.

There have been rumours that Shahid kapoor has requested kareena kapoor to hide their alleged break out until the release of Jab we met.I don't know how much difference is this going to make as every one on this face of the world knows that Kareena is now seeing Saif ali khan

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STARCAST:
Sharman Joshi, Tusshar Kapoor, Kunal Khemu, Tanushree Datta, Rajpal Yadav, Om Puri, Payal Rohatgi, Arbaaz Khan, Murli Sharma, Rasika Joshi, Asrani, Tareena Patel, Tiku Talsania, Farida Dadi
DIRECTOR: Priyadarshan

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The promo of Anurag kashyap's No smoking is finally out and we will get to see the movie in october.
The promo is very interesting and and makes you curious about the movie, the background music is pretty cool.I'm not a john abhrahim fan or for that matter Ayesha takia, but will watch movie for Paresh rawal was awesome in the promo
It may not give you much about the movie, but one thing is for sure, No smoking is not some preachy movie urging people to quit smoke, but a wild and whacky thriller

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Farah khan is not going to leave any stone unturn to make her movie the biggest blockbuster of the year.As, we all know that Om Shanti Om is a Star studded affair, having stars like Saif ali khan, Sanjay dutt, Salman khan, Amitabh bachchan and many more.They all will be featuring in a much hyped about song sequence

Now, it has become even bigger and better as Stars like Hrithik, Akshay, and Abhishek have agreed to do a little cameo but they won't be featuring in that song.Why aren't the three part of the famed song? “In the film, the three are the final contenders for the Filmfare Best Actor Award and since they lose the award to SRK, it would look odd if we showed them sing and dance in the post-awards celebration party-song,” she clarifies.

Meanwhile, SRK and Farah have decided to launch the music of the film with pomp and gaiety on 18th September at a suburban hotel.

On the personal front, Farah has started supervising the post-production work from the cool comforts of her home and there's a valid reason for it. Farah and husband Shirish Kunder are going to become parents soon -- Farah is expecting triplets.

Source:india fm

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No smoking stars John, Ayesha takia, Ranvir shourie, and the very talented paresh rawal, he isn't playing the funny man this time around as he is the villainous 'Shri shri prakash Guru ghantal baba bangali sealdah wale' some name that, and John abhrahim is playing the most challenging role of his short acting career.The movie is written and directed by Anurag kashyap, and has music given by Vishal bharadwaj, who also happen to be the co-producer of the movie.It also has Saif ali khan and Bipasha basu making a special appearance.Jessy randhawa has done a really hot item number

I really hope that this movie does well at the box office, as the box office success is benchmark for recognizing real talent, which Anurag kashyap has in abundance, but the box office success has still eluded him

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So, after doing all those item numbers kareen kapoor is back to doing main leads.In this movie she once again stars opposite Shahid kapoor.Its second time that they are doing a film with each other.The title of the movie 'jab we met' was decided through public poll




Once inseparable kareena and shahid have split as Kareena has find her new love in Saif ali khan (John abrahim is the happiest man), can't say same thing about Shahid.Rumours have it that kareena came close to him when Saif did a hero act in Ladakh and got a beating from misbehaving fans because of her
So the title of the movie should have been Aab we never meet

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The tag line of the Movie says

for some love stories.......
one life time is not enough

Farah khan hasn't fallen to the trap of making women oriented movies or meaningful cinema just like her other female counterparts.She likes full time masala maar ke kick ass movies and that is exactly what she has done with her new venture Om shanti Om, starring her favourite shahrukh, who is also the producer, and introducing Deepika padukone
If you are wondering why the movie called OM SHANTI OM
, and it has nothing to do with that song Om Shanti Om from Karz, it is because the story is about Om shanti and Om.Om is a junior artist struggling to make it big in movies, who is deeply in love with Shanti who happen to be the superstar, but om fails to win his true love as he tragically dies but the story doesn't end there, Shahrukh khan is reborn and becomes the superstar that he always wanted to be in his previous life, and he does get his true love in this life, of course shanti is now old and not a superstar that she once was...........

The story of the movie sounds pretty interesting and original, but the screenplay and the direction is the key to the success of any movie, everything else is secondary

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Here is an exclusive first look of Aamir khan's upcoming movie which is a remake of South indian super hit Ghajini.The movie stars Asin and Jiah khan.
Aamir khan has turned director with this Venture.

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