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Om Shanti Om - Sneak Peek

      Synopsis:  Shah Rukh falls in love with an old woman in om shanti om

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is to be reborn. The cat is finally out of the bag, Farah Khan has finally revealed the synopsis of her new film Om Shanti Om, and it is not a remake.
Rumours going around the media were that Farah Khan was going to base the film on the remake of classic hit Karz, which starred Rishi Kapoor.
But Farah has said that the film is defiantly not a remake but it has similarities with Karz.
The film is set during the 70's and the present. Shah Rukh Khan plays a character who dies during the 70s but is reborn soon after, and starts to remember his previous life when he reached his adult age. In Karz, Rishi Kapoor's character was also reincarnated.
That is as far as Farah Khan has gone, but we here at radiosargam.com can reveal a little more, about the actual story of the film. We were the first to reveal the story of Veer-Zaara, upsetting Yash Raj Films, and we can now reveal the story to this Farah Khan film also.
The story is a mix of Hrithik Roshan's Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai, Rishi Kapoor's Karz, and the Nicole Kidman starrer Birth.
The story begins in the 70s where Shah Rukh Khan's character falls in love with a beautiful young girl (played by newcomer Deepika Padukone). However, certain incidents take place, and Shah Rukh Khan is murdered.
He is immediately reborn, and as soon as he reaches adulthood, goes in search of the girl that he left behind in the 70s. The only problem is that his love is now in her golden age and there is a huge age difference.

Will both overcome that?
Will Shah Rukh be able to avenge his death?
Will both lovers be able to live together?
That is the premise of this film.

Edited by teenindia_usa - 16 years ago

Jhoom Barabar Jhoom : A Sneak Peek
01st May 2007 23.48 IST
By Aparajita Ghosh

'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom' promises to be a very sleek and stylish movie revolving around four young characters.

The film stars Abhishek Bachchan , Preity Zinta , Bobby Deol and Lara Dutta . Amitabh Bachchan makes an extended guest appearance in the film.

After making successful films like Saathiya and Bunty Aur Babli , director Shaad Ali comes up with this musical entertainer. Unlike his previous films that were set in rural India or cities, 'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom' is mostly set in England and France.

The movie brings Abhishek Bachchan and Bobby Deol together on the silver screen for the first time. Earlier, John Abraham was approached for the role that eventually went to Bobby.

Preity pairs with her good friend Bobby in this film after a very long gap since 'Soldier'.

'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom' also has Amitabh Bachchan in a marginal role. Initially, Shaad Ali had approached Big B for a trendy sutradhaar's song that was shot in London. Later, the superstar's cameo was extended and he shot for the continuation of the same song that will feature at the movie's end. The song shows Bachchan dressed in an overcoat, jeans, a black hat (with a feather) and playing a guitar.

Meticulous attention has been paid to the styling of the movie's main actors. Abhishek will be seen sporting a different hairdo (long tresses) and sharply tweaked moustache. Even his dresses (designed by Aki Narula ) are very trendy and colourful.

Bobby Deol will also don different looks in the film. Some scenes have him in straight black hair. Others have him sporting long, blondish hair. Even the film's leading ladies, Preity and Lara, are looking stunning in the promos.

'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom' is produced by Aditya Chopra . The film's music is composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy while lyrics are by Gulzar . Vaibhavi Merchant has done choreography for the movie's songs.

A Yashraj Films presentation, the movie has been shot in London, Paris and Agra. It is slated to release on June 15.
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EXCLUSIVE FROM INDIAFM

JHOOM BARABAR JHOOM-MOVIE PREVIEW

By IndiaFM News Bureau, May 16, 2007 - 08:56 IST

Character Sketch

Abhishek Bachchan as Rikki Thukral

Baadshah of Bhatinda, now Sultan of Southall... Rikki Thukral! Confront him and he pulls out his most lethal weapon... "I got class"... Can't mess with Rikki after that. Classy he is, in his own earthy way... Just watch him engineer a deal... selling pirated films, illegal antiques, rented property, second hand fridges... if need be even the Queen's crown... Rikki makes it look like a cakewalk with his canny cheekiness and charm. Rikki came to Southall with a dream... of acquiring windfall riches. He would do all it takes... The moment he met Huffy Bhai it was like love at first sight. It didn't matter that Huffy Bhai was from Karachi or that he would lift his kurta at the most inappropriate moment... they got on like a house on fire. Him and Huffy live life with the attitude and spunk that shouts out, "We're here now... and now that we're here, Southall is ours!" They stay themselves everywhere... and wherever they go, they set up an independent republic! Together, both of them can arrange anything under the sun... from the best seats at the Cricket World Cup to a fridge at the cheapest price... after all, it's not fashionable for a modern day entrepreneur to have all fingers in one pie. They haven't got a permanent mailing address... and even if they did, nothing would ever get sent there... Always on the move, Rikki's clients' needs are such that he can't contain his business in an office... so the whole of Southall is his oyster.

Rikki doesn't consider himself a crook, but rather a maverick who just makes the calls... talks the talk... brings people together... walks the walk... makes his commission and stays happy. Like everything in Rikki's life, even falling in love was 70mm cinemascope. Only Rikki could have fallen in love with his dream girl Anaida when the legendary love-birds Princess Diana and Dodi were leaving The Ritz for the last time.... And then like sparkling magic, as Rikki says, "when two lovers die, another two are born"... they dance... they sing... they're in love!

Lara Dutta as Anaida Raza

Anaida Raza is the sizzling nymph with a soft core. Brought up in the City of Love as a pragmatic, rooted and razor-sharp woman... Assistant Manager at The Ritz Hotel in Paris... she runs her beat with metronomic efficiency and keeps everybody including her staff happy. She's dealt with all types and can be as friendly as she can be foxy. She'll manage a huge hotel and make it look like a breeze... despite thousands of photographers jumping all over the place... but also find the time to pick up Rikki's handkerchief from the floor and return it to him... How was she to know the hanky would turn out bait... and she'd be hooked, in love with Rikki in the flicker of a moment.

Like so many around the world... she gave her heart to Princess Diana. So much so, that despite her otherwise no-nonsense exterior, she cried when she couldn't visit Diana's funeral. She has that alluring combination of passion and charisma that would make any guy go ga-ga... And Rikki is no exception.

Preity Zinta as Alvira Khan

Picture a three foot six inch girl. She stands alone in the middle of a church. Merely six years old, Alvira Khan takes an oath before God. "I'll never marry a brownie kaalakalutaa. Please find me a good-looking gora boy like yourself. Amen." Cut to 20 odd years later. Alvira is your typical Pakistani Brit. She would hate to acknowledge the Pakistani part... She's more Brit than the Queen herself. Despite living in a ghettoized Lahori household, Alvira has that stiff upper lip attitude towards the riffraff... especially those crass Southalliyas with their lack of polish and their over-friendliness. That job she has as Manager at the House of Fraser's is a godsend. She can hobnob with the hip Bond Streeters any time she likes... Yea, that's what she calls 'class'...

She has a princess personality and a virtually rebellious opinion of everything. And on a fated day at Madame Tussaud's, the princess is daringly rescued by her knight in shining armour... her prince Steve, who grabs her from under a falling Superman model... And she's swept off her feet, heels over head in love... Her dream come true!

Bobby Deol as Steve Singh

Steve Singh is the immensely rich and treacherously handsome joint partner of London's reputed Singh & Smith Law firm. Steve is the man's man... the man about town... powerful, intense and very self-effacing... Born to a British Mum and Punjabi Dad, he's a balance of Punjabi impulse – not thinking twice before heroically saving Alvira's life - and he's got suave ritzy genteel from his Brit Mum. Classy. Seemly. Chivalrous. That's Steve.

He has a palace for an office matched only by Mandrake's Xanadu. And wears those dashing suits and up-market cuts like Bruce Wayne. What's more... one meeting and he seemed to know everything about Alvira her religious rituals, where she worked, her pet name... Is he Clark Kent or Superman? He even seems to appear and disappear at will... Yes... That's Steve. He has those natty rugged looks... a scar on his cheek that he got while rescuing a girl who was being forced to dance... But even that Steve doesn't wear on his sleeve. He's Alvira's knight in shining armour... her millionaire lover... her hero...

Storyline

Busy London station. Delayed train from Birmingham. Two strangers waiting for the train... Rikki Thukral (Abhishek Bachchan) born in Bhatinda, living in London; and Alvira Khan (Preity Zinta) more Brit than the Queen herself, however with Lahori blood in her veins.

Crowded caf. One table to share. Two hours to kill. Perfect setting for the start of a love-story. Hitch? Both Rikki and Alvira are engaged and have come to pick up their fiancs who are coming by the same train. To kill time, they end up telling each other their "how I met my fianc" stories.

Rikki met his fianc Anaida (Lara Dutta) at The Ritz (Paris), the same night that Princess Diana and Dodi walked out of the hotel and into the paparazzi. As Rikki says, "When two lovers die, another two are a born". They dance... they sing... they're in love!

Alvira, a princess by nature discovers her prince at Madame Tussaud's. When a gigantic wax model of Superman falls from the ceiling, Alvira is a sitting target. But Steve the Prince (Bobby Deol), a lawyer by profession saves her life but steals her heart! They also sing, they also dance and they also fall in love...

Stories unfold, time passes, the two strangers start enjoying each other. That Alvira is a Pakistani Brit and Rikki originally from India... that Rikki is crooked, earthy, and rakish: dabbler in various businesses; that Alvira is prim-n-proper, wannabe blue-blood, stiff upper-lip: Asst. Manager at House of Fraser's... none of these details matter. They have gotten alarmingly attracted to each other!

Their brief encounter has created a complicated quadrangle... Rikki Thukral and Alvira Khan have gotten themselves and Steve and Anaida into a lovely mess... To get out of it both of them bend over backward, thinking quickly on their feet, dancing around each other's emotions... After all when you're playing musical chairs with love, there's nothing you can do but Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (Dance Baby Dance)!

 

Edited by tklover - 16 years ago

Film: 'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom'; Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy; Singers: Shankar Mahadevan, Neeraj Shridhar, Alisha Chinai, Zubeen, Sunidhi Chauhan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Vishal Dadlani, Vasundhara Das, KK and Sukhvinder Singh; Rating: ***

'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom' marks a new high in the career of music director trio Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa. Here they experiment with a new type of synthesis by composing a genre of music having Indian essence and an amalgamated crust. Perhaps that comes naturally to this team of composers consisting of a singer, a guitarist and a drummer-keyboard player.


The album has seven tracks, including an instrumental piece. Four tracks revolve around the 'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom' theme. Almost quadruplets, these tracks vie for the position of the title track.


In this race, 'Jhoom' crooned by Shankar, nearly makes the mark. The song features Amitabh Bachchan in his new getup. Perhaps there is some deeper meaning inherent in the word 'Jhoom' which instantly touches a chord with your heart. Gulzar's lyrics are predominantly Punjabi, while Shankar tries to touch some raga(s) in between.


Neeraj Shridhar begins 'Ticket to Hollywood' by giving a poetic title to her ladylove. Soon English rap by Loy takes over. Alisha Chinai brings to the track what Neeraj lacks, which is chirpiness. This is a rather slow paced track with constant heavy bass in the background.


'JBJ' is a close contender for the title track. Zubeen, Shankar and Sunidhi Chauhan presumably give voice to the leading pairs of the movie. 'Jhoom barabar jhoom' can be heard constantly behind the main vocals along with the rap by Blaaze and Shantanu. It is a peppy track. It gives you a flavour of traditional music while not rendering discotheque environs anachronistic.


'Jhoom jam' is the instrumental rendition. A synthesis of all the other tracks, it partakes from other tracks with a little extra programming.


Rendered melodiously by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Mahalaxmi Iyer, 'Bol na halke halke' is a slow paced lovey-dovey track. And intensely poetic lyrics come as a mellifluous break after the previous bouncy tracks - though the compressed vocals towards the end turn out to be a bad experiment.


'Kiss of love' is a zingy one crooned in loud power puffed vocals by Vishal Dadlani, and Vasundhara Das joins in with her deep voice. It begins with a warning to stay away from the kiss of love. You would surely want to move a leg or two with this track. Truly rocking.


'Jhoom barabar jhoom' sung by KK, Sukhvinder

Edited by tklover - 16 years ago

Shah Rukh Khan to play a cameo in 'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom'

16th May 2007 09.01 IST
By ApunKaChoice

Yashraj Films has announced that Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan will play a cameo role in their film Jhoom Barabar Jhoom .

But it is being kept under wraps as to what part SRK will play in the film that stars Abhishek Bachchan , Bobby Deol , Preity Zinta and Lara Dutta and has an extended special appearance by Bollywood mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan .

A Yashraj Films source said, "It is not clear what part SRK will play as Aditya Chopra keeps his cards close to his chest. But he will definitely be a part of the film!

SRK has been associated with the production house for a long while and he would never say no to Aditya."

The promos of the soon-to-be-released film already show Big B playing a special role in the film inspired by Johny Depp's character in the Pirates of the Caribbean series.

The promos for the film show Bachchan wearing multi-coloured patchwork long coat, a hat adorned with ribbons, flowers and feathers and beaded hair in the vein of The Pied Piper.

Abhishek too sports a new look in the film as far as facial foliage goes. His customary stubble has been replaced with by a tweaked moustache.

Bobby will also don different looks in the film. Some scenes have him in straight black hair. Others have him sporting long, blondish hair.

'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom' is directed by Shaad Ali who has also made successful films like Saathiya and Bunty Aur Babli .

'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom' is mostly set in England and France and is slated to release on June 15.

http://www.apunkachoice.com/scoop/bollywood/20070516-0.html

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Edited by tklover - 16 years ago

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There's more to this year's Cannes film festival than its red carpet. The event promises to be a very big year for India with the focus being on our 60 years of independence coinciding with 60 years of Cannes.

So, some of Bollywood's biggest names are going to hit the waterfront and they have their reasons too.

India's 'first lady of the festival' Aishwarya Rai has all but become Cannes' unofficial brand ambassador.
For the last three years, she's been a fixture at the Croisette, beaming down from hoardings or fluttering on the red carpet in couture.

This time around, she's sporting one accessory everyone's pleased about, husband Abhishek and perhaps her in-laws too because the Amitabh Bachchan-Tabu starrer Cheeni Kum will premiere on May 20 at Cannes.

But Big B's co-star has other plans. "I have other commitments and may not be able to be at Cannes," said Tabu.

Joining the fun and perhaps also hoping to be a regular at the French Riviera is Preity Zinta. She will be on her second visit for a luxury watch brand.

John Abraham and Bipasha Basu might show up as well for their film Goal.

London's not enough for Shilpa Shetty who seems to have her eye on France after the Leicester Square release of Life in a Metro, hoping to cash in on the Cannes buzz.

From Guru to Rituparno Ghosh's Dosar, one can watch the world and enjoy the best of Indian cinema in France.

Edited by tklover - 16 years ago