Kambakkht Ishq

Directed By-
Sabir Khan

Produced By-
Sajid Nadiadwala

Featuring-
Akshaye Kumar, Kareena Kumar, Aftab Shivdasani,..

Now i apologize if i said Kal Kissne Dekha had the potential to be the worst movie of the year, now here's bollywood's much awaited and talked about movie which will quite simply go ahead and win the award comprehensively in the worst movie category this year. Directed by Sabir Khan, Kambakkht Ishq in one word is "nonsense". I know one could hardly expect anything from Akshaye Kumar after CC2C, but this really broke the barrier of making some real hard core senseless cinema. Its quite impossible to believe the fact that the makers of Kambakkht Ishq actually thought just Akshaye Kumar and Kareena Kapoor could make a movie run at the box office and not the script.

Kambhakkt Ishq's protagonist Viraj Shergill(Akshaye Kumar) a stuntman by profession who strictly believes in the fact of staying bachelor and is quite successful to pass on the same values to his brother Lucky Shergill(Aftab Shivdasani) another stuntman by profession until the day he finds out himself about Lucky's marriage plans with Kamini(Amrita Arora) a model. Now here's where he bumps into Simrita(Kareena Kapoor) , Kamini's friend who thinks the same way about men as Viraj does about women.

Now till about this point, i think director Sabir had a script in place and was seriously planning on something really good with the movie until the first song rolled out. I wonder what the director was thinking while filming this song. The scenes right after the song make you feel like walking out of your seat right away. Kambakkht Ishq, is not a comedy movie if you think it is. Its a movie that even the director is not sure to which genre this movie belongs to. You can actually count the parts that are actually funny ignoring the cheap scenes which lack every hint of homour. Actors like Javed Jaffri, Boman Irani and Kirron Kher are seen on roles which are poorly written and absolutely make no sense in the movie. The cameo's by hollywood stars adds no value whatsoever. The scenes meant for a star like Sylvester Stallone are lame and adds to your frustration.

The music by Anu Malik is as pathetic as the script. The songs are lousy and definitely something that you would love to fastforward if given a chance. I waited patiently till the credits actually rolled for something that could make me like this movie. But sadly, there's wasn't one thing that you can like abut the movie.

For fans of Akshaye Kumar, please avoid this flick if you want to remain his fan for long. And the rest looking forward for this movie this weekend - A big NO !!

I will go with 3 out 10 for Sabir Khan's Kambakkht Ishq.
Double thumbs down to Nadiadwala for making it and Akshaye Kumar for acting in it.

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New York

Directed By-
Kabir Khan

Produced By-
Yash Raj Films

Featuring-
John Abraham,Katrina Kaif,Neil Nitin Mukesh..

The most awaited release from the Yash Raj Banner this year, New York is good yet not convincing. Directed by Kabir Khan, New York is definitely a worth watch. After Kabul Express's disastrous performance at the box office, Kabir Khan had to bounce back with something really impactful and is successful up to an extent. Having actors with mediocre acting abilities, Kabir Khan has managed to pull off a pretty good movie and again with a script that seems quite close to reality.

New York, a movie that revolves around 3 friends,Omar(Neil Nitin Mukesh),Sam(John Abraham) and Maya(Katrina Kaif) in the city of New York and their life post 9/11. The movie starts off with Omar being interrogated by Roshan(Irfan Khan) an agent with the FBI relating to Sam being involved in terrorist activities in the US. Omar is convinced rather threatened to enter Sam's life and dish out information about Sam's other suspect activities. The events that follow Omar entering Sam's Life is for you to watch it yourself.

New York, is very much engaging though predictable in most of the instances. Prominently visible are the glitches in the script. However, even with such glitches Kabir Khan executes it pretty well. The actors are just above average, except for Irfan Khan who looks as stunning as always with his performance. .

The Music by Pritam is the only thing that impresses you right away. Especially "Junoon" and "Tum Ne Jo Na Kaha". Looks like Pritam is back to his glory days with this one.


I will go with 7 out of 10 for Kabir Khan's New York.

The Legend of Mussadi-Man (Blogisode 1)

Enough of stories...Time for some visual adaptations....It's movie time at Writers Lounge...and am here with my homemade Superhero flick "Mussadiman" to entertain you all, all this month....Please note that the script for this movie was written in an hour and the whole movie filmed in a day, during my MBA days. We started off in the evening armed with a digicam shooting scenes around the campus. But as the light faded we had to switch the location to my hostel room, because we had already committed to showcase it before the batch the very next day. The room was so shabby that we had to use a bedsheet in the background to hide the same. I hope that you find the story so riveting that the bedsheet in the background in the subsequent episodes fades into the oblivion...Enjoy my first shot at direction n filming n editing n mixing...he he...a total crackpot of a story....hope you enjoy the 8 part extravaganza!

(*This is a work of fiction. The characters are imaginary and bear no resemblance to anyone living or dead. Any resemblance, if any, is purely coincidental and unintentional :) )

Mussadi was a lonely soul. Right from his school days he had been yearning for friends. Though academically superior, he was always a beggar when it came to friendship and love. These were things alien to him. Was this god’s will to put a condition on his very existence and keep him deprived of these? This was one question Mussadi always asked to himself. From his school days, for reasons unknown, Mussadi always had a penchant for girlish stuff. He would derive pleasure from smelling lipsticks and rummaging through handbags of aunties who visited his home. He used to get strange sensations whenever he did so. He had felt an irresistible and unexplainable power reek into his veins every time he did so. But, never had he known what proximity to a girl was. He had never known what loving a girl was. He yearned for the feminine touch, the care and love his sweetheart would shower on him. He dreamt of a future which would be his. He wanted to conquer the world. As luck would have it, he landed up in mechanical engineering after finishing his schooling. What followed was a 4 year drought wherein he saw guys mingle with girls in other departments. He could not muster the courage to talk with them. Emotions surged within him but he could not find an outlet to his mounting frustrations. Such was his turmoil that he did not mingle with his batchmates even. He could not see anything materialize in his 4 years of engineering. That was when he decided to bell CAT and do an MBA. He had been told that peer to peer learning would be what his soul was looking for. This was to be his nirvana, he thought. He got into the School of Management after a good show in CAT. With dreams to conquer the world and make some close friends he entered the hallowed portals of the School of Management. Lets me take you to the School of Management. Let me take you to meet Mussadi…..