best of 2008

here are some of the best (definitely/irrefutably best)

My Name is Anthony Gonsalves
Halla bol- title song
Superstar- Mann tu talbat/ Aankhon se khwab ruth kar
bombay to bangkok- dheere dheere

Sunday- Pyar to hona hi hai, Kashmakash
Jodha Akbar- khwaja mere khwaja.. heck, just get the whole damn thing.
Black & White- mein chala.
race- title song. and please send atif aslam back to pakistan.
Bhram- Jaane kyun... sung beautifully by sonu nigam.. and usually, i dont even talk about singing.
u me aur hum- title song, JEE LE.
TASHAN- entire soundtrack, dil haara (one of the best of the year)
Jimmy- yes i even watched the movie, but some songs are good. I wish you all the best in finding it.
bhootnath- the kid song.
Jannat- DOOR NA JA, zara si
AAMIR- haara.
De taali- title song, aaj mein boond hoon
thoda pyaar thoda magic- pyar ke liye, lazy lamhein
Jaane tu ya jaane na- title song.
money hai to honey hai- Desire, rangeeli raat
Mission Istanbul- title song, world hold on, jo gumshuda
ugly aur pagli- talli
singh is king- entire soundtrack.. (i say this with restrained embarassment)
god tussi great ho- tumko dekha
bachna ae haseeno- khuda jaane, title song
ROCK on- how can you not get the ENTIRE CD??/
chamku- aaja milke
1920- tujhe mein pyar karun, theme song
rubaru- tera woh pyaar, manchali, jogi
kidnap-mit jaaye
drona- title song, oop cha, BANDEGI.
karzz- lut jaoon
golmaal returns- tha kar ke, meow
fashion- jalwa, mar jaawa
dasvidaniya- alvida
dostana- desi girl, kuch kum, shut up & bounce. (don't get me started on the movie review)
yuvraaj- manmohini morey, dil ka rishta, tu muskura, every other song, etc
ghajini- kaise tujhe, latoo
rab ne banaye jodi- haule haule, title song

go time

i figure i'd update this as i feel i am perceived as an important entity in the society and everyone has my blog as a homepage. honestly, nothing has changed. i still waste hours with music, movies, the usual. the economy has definitely taken a fall here.. infact, i read india was one of the few countries still showing growth in these turbulent times.. if it was onlyyyy that easy to pack up and leave.. oh yea, i am still unemployed. thats why i brought this up. anyways, i hope to start a list of the best of 2008 music sometimes.. because as usual, i am sure apna darling samajhdar indian public has ignored many gems this year.

the bucket list

It's pretty hard for me to say which type of people will like this kind of movie. in a way, it's equally good for one to be in either category.. its good if you think too much about life, and same vice versa. this movie appealed to me in two ways. travel is a key motif throughout the movie, and the message of living your life to the fullest extent surprised me even though death is right around the corner. why is it hard for me and millions of people to fulfill the philosophy of "enjoying every second of your life" when two cancer patients can do it with no qualms at all? It's easier for me to criticize even though as I suffer from the same mentality. but i hope everyone watches that movie, and successfully replicates the message of the movie into their life.

SHIT!! i am back again

nooooooo.. i am back to this shithollllleeee. week 1 has gone by.. at the pace of a freakin modem speed... anyways, time to earn money again for next trip. DONATIONS welcome.
review of the trip
rourkela- up to expectations.
nalco- boringggg with occasional entertainment
berhampur- on a scale of 0- 5., -2
bhubaneshwar- satisfying
bangalore- FANTABULOUSSSS.

before i leave, my sincere urge to the aam junta ... please watch taare zameen par( and Halla bol if your budget allows). and Please do not miss out on ANY of the songs of TZP. SEL admit its their best effort to date and they are not KIDDING.

oso review

i dont usually do this, but i felt like i need to share this. once i get done with this pointless distraction, maybe i can start studying. so, here's how it goes. i tell everyone that there's nothing new in Om shanti Om( OSO), but I am still going to see it. However, the twist is that after year(s), i see a movie in CAM rip. I usually wait for a movie to come on dvd print, which is 4 days max, but i couldn't restrain myself from downloading OSO as soon as i found it. what is the reason? maybe the songs (daastan!!) , but read on. but I finally admit it. after chak de, I am a SRK fan, and to some extent, even i was excited for the movie. I was dead bent on hating this movie before watching it because of the fact it would be a hit, and it would be another "dhabba" on the indian public's intellect. The movie is very very good in the first half. sense of humor, dialogues, music, etc all were terrific. 2nd half was a letdown. for a while, i thought it was a novel way of incorporating the theme of revenge... (or maybe i still don't know bollywood as well). the "apparition" at the end was bulls***. the romance in 2nd half and the memories coming back to SRK are some of the weakest points of the film. SRK also overacts a lot in the 2nd half, and got irritating for a while. In the first half, it was okay as it was meant to be sarcastic towards the 70's. music picturizations were amazing, and i was certainly not disappointed in that department. My favorite song couldn't have been placed into the plot any better. The lyrics complemented every moment of the plot. Main agar kahoon was also very picturesque and a visual treat. I'll leave the dard-e-disco for you to judge. overall, I like OSO better than main hoon na because I could tell farah khan knows something about directing other than just "manipulating" the indian public.

2 reasons to like being here

I have had enough of this indian public. no wonder there has been no female indian idol and why a crap like dhoom/ krrish is a f***** superhit. and what the hell is up with all this bonus given to indian cricketers. 1 crore to yuvraj for 6 sixes is only the beginning.. i wish i could find the rest of the statistics.


and if i haven't made my message clear with profile name.. watch johnny gadaar pleaseeeeee. its a damn good movie, almost too good for bollywood.

purpose

there are two key reasons why I created this blog.
1) procastinate from my homework
2) share my music and movie knowledge

i'll start with the latter.
music is the only thing that keeps me sane(relatively) in this country. for those of you who dont know, I listen to atleast 4-5 hours if not more of hindi music everyday. music is such a wonderful art that it pisses me off if a particular song goes unappreciated. Since I am not privileged enough to live in India and watch MTV 24/7 to know which song is hit, I will frequently list all the songs that I like, and thus, kickass in all aspects. As much as I love hindi music, I am an equally strong admirer of Hollywood movies. I will take the time to occasionally review some movies as well.
Let's start from this year itself
1) Ya rabba by Kailash Kher composed by the magnificent SEL.
2) Ay Hairathe sung by Hariharan composed by A.R Rehman.
3) Gudgudee sung by Sunidhi Chauhan composed by Pritam (could be plagiarized)




98) Daastan sung by Shaan composed by most versatile VS duo... check it out.. amazing orchestra arrangements..
99) dhundla jo yeh sama... by the 1 and only Kailash kher from Manorama 6 feet under.
This is all I can think of at 1 AM.