Khanna O Rama

So recently, I noticed that there was a big Khanna family movie festival going in the blogworld. I decided to contribute my share to the series as well.

I decided to talk about Akshaye. The other Khannas will be in the upcoming posts.

There was a time when I was a really big Akshaye Khanna fan. I always looked forward to every movie of his, but after some point I lost interest. I don't know if it was because of the lackluster films of his, or if it was because I became tired being a fan. Any how, I decided to talk about Akshaye again.

Akshaye in my opinion is a very talented actor, but he often chooses the wrong movies to act in and doesn't have luck going in his favor. I don't know if he chooses these movies, because that's all he gets, but anyhow he is capable of doing better.

He's by far one of the most natural and talented actors we've seen in Bollywood since 1997 (when he made his debut). None of the actors since then can even compare to his style of acting and dialogue delivery. In addition, he is very good looking and is charming.

Acting:

His best acting came in movies like Border, Aa ab Laut Chalen, Doli Saja Ke Rakhna, Dil Chahta Hai, Deewangee, Humraaz, Gandhi my Father, and Aaja Nachle.


Border

The character in Border requires a great deal of sensitivity to carry forth. Akshaye excelled in portraying that character, and he really made you feel sympathetic towards him and the battles he had to overcome.

Doli Saja ke Rakhna

This role was one of those typical lover boy roles. Love at first. Akshaye runs off with the girl. The guy is supposed to be charming and does everything to win the heart of the girl of his dream. Akshaye does will with these sorts of roles.

Aa Ab Laut Chalen

Akshaye's character was both caring, charming and foolish. He gets all caught up in the whole Green Card mess. He definitely exceeded in carrying forth the character's nature.

Dil Chahta Hai

The character of SID was sensitive and a thinker. He didn't say much, unless he really had a point to make. Akshaye was superb as Sid, and I can't really imagine any other actor doing this role the way Akshaye did.

Humraaz

Akshaye was the baddie in this one. The character was cunning and shady, and this was Akshaye's first time playing a role which had grey shades. He suceeds in making you hate him.


Deewangee

As the lawyer, Akshaye excels. He holds own against Ajay Devgan, who has a complex character. Though Ajay end up running away with accolodes, Akshaye as the lawyer was just as good.


Gandhi my Father

One of the most interesting roles of Akshaye in his career and another a real life character he's portrayed after Border. Akshaye did a great job portraying Gandhi's troubled son.

Aaja Nachle

This was a sweet role- filled with humor and sarcasm. Akshaye and Madhuri's scenes were pleasant.



The hair

The hair!!! Oh my gosh. Akshaye dude, your hair never seems to be right. I think your best hair was in the really early films of your career (Mohabbat, Border) and even in Humraaz your hair was nice (even though it was wig). Either wear the hair naturally, or get a nice hair transplant to avoid wigs.I'm pretty sure you have a ton of money to afford to do so.

The Smile:

Akshaye has a lovely smile and it definitely resembles his father's smile. Extremely adorable.

















Overall Akshaye is a great actor, who can do better than his current situation if he actually tried.

Ages since last Post

Wow its been so long since I have blogged. Yeah, so I've decided to come back and start blogging again.

I decided to talk about the current state of Bollywood.

Does anyone think Bollywood is really sucking these days? The newer lot of actors lack charisma and the actresses are quite frankly nothing special.

Gone are the days when you could get through watching a Bollywood movie (even despite the flaws being evident). Now its just unbearable.

So recently, I came across an ad on B4U Music for a film called Badmaash Company. It had Shahid Kapoor and the girl Anushka Sharma (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi) fame. The title of the song was called "Badmaash"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0tUkNJ1Zy8

Even the music scene is becoming horrendous!

Anyways, that's my vent for the day.

My movie review of Race

Hi guys, I've been so out of blogging for awhile. I recently watched Abbas Mustan's new film Race starring Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Anil Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif, and Sameera Reddy.

My views about the movie: It was a good entertaining timepass type of a movie. Its no where near Abbas Mustan's absolute best, but it certainly ranks amongst their better films. It was definitely better than Naqaab, Aitraaz, and 36 China Town.

I wanted to talk about Akshaye here.

-Akshaye Khanna- I'm an Akshaye fan, so I want to discuss about him . His performance was good- its not his best though. There were a couple of scenes where he didn't impress me much acting wise- I was just thinking Akshaye, you can do much better than this. Also what was up with his styling? First off, he had such an awful wig and poor styling- which made him look more older instead of looking like Saif's younger brother- which he was playing. Saif was looking quite fresh, whereas Akshaye looked jaded.

His hair looked so good in Naqaab - clothes were kinda weird, but whatever-the point I'm trying to make is his hair can look better- hair and good styling plays such a big part in bringing out your sex appeal. Compare his looks in Naqaab and 36 CT- with Race. Which ones looks better?

Naqaab

36 Chinatown

Race

Ranbir Kapoor

I saw the new promo for Saawariya- its the title song promo, and here you get a good glimpse of what the upcoming newcomers- Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor are like. For awhile, I was not very excited about Ranbir Kapoor-but after watching this song promo, I was surprised by what I saw from from Ranbir- here's a newcomer who has shown such enthusiasm and charm in his first movie- well at least in this promo lol, but anyways, its a good start. He seems like a good actor and has some resemblances with Hrithik and Shahid Kapoor as far as acting style is concerned. Even his dancing style is reminiscent of both those actors I mentioned. At times his face looks a bit like Zayed Khan (I cannot stand that dude lol) but at other times he looks so much like his mom like here for instance below:

And he looks quite yummy here haha.



Sonam Kapoor is nice as well, she seems like a Kajol in the making. She seems like a natural actress and I'm interested in seeing how she acts.

But anyways, I'm looking forward to Saawariya seems like a nice film by SLB (who I'm not much of a fan of).

Check out the title song promo here Its a good song.

There are pictures on Indiafm as well, go here www.indiafm.com


In this picture, Ranbir reminds me of Harry Potter- I think its the hair with the tie and jacket combo perhaps

Comments on recently watched Indian movies

I don't have time to write full reviews for all the movies I've seen lately, just too busy in general, but I'll write a short summary about the movies I've seen not too long ago and recently

Jhoom Barabar Jhoom- please avoid this movie at all costs- its such a pointless film with no storyline. Extremely boring as well. Abhishek Bachchan puts in a spirited effort, while Preity Zinta is just fake and annoying. Lara Dutta is okay, and Bobby Deol- was funny at times, but was overall really wasted.

Naqaab-this movie wasn't all that good- I was expecting better from Abbas Mustan. Akshaye Khanna gives a good performance though the role doesn't demand much from his an actor, Urvashi Sharma gives a confident performance as a newcomer, and Bobby Deol is okay- he gets better scope in the second half.

Partner-okay film- not that great. Its an overrated film. Govinda steals the show here- he's in full form. Salman is okay. Lara and Katrina have nothing special to do here. Rajpal Yadav is funny as Don. There were some really funny scenes.

Gandhi my Father-a good film, however its a bit slow. Its one of the better films of the year so far. The performances by the whole cast are excellent. Akshaye Khanna as Harilal Gandhi delivers a fabulous performance- one of his best. Shefali Shah as Kasturba is wonderful . Darshan Jariwala as Gandhi is great as well. Bhoomika Chawla also delivers a fine performance. Worth a watch, but you should have patience while watching it- its a bit slow in the first half, picks up in the second half.

Apne- an okay film, I was a little disappointed with this one. The performances were good by all three Deols- Dharmendra, Sunny, and Bobby. Kiron Kher is very good. Shilpa and Katrina- having small roles deliver as well. Divya Dutta is decent. Music by Himesh is not that good- he's capable of better. Some other thoughts- I didn't really like how the movie was so focused on boxing- it got boring afterawhile. I don't know why Bobby said in his interviews that the film wasn't about boxing- most of it was- there were loads of Boxing in this movie.

SRK- doing a dance in Hrithik/Salman style?

I saw the new promo of Om Shanti Om and to be honest, I wasn't really impressed. First off, the song isn't all that good- Vishal-Shekhar didn't come up with a very good song. Secondly seeing SRK expose LMAO- is he trying to be Hrithik or Salman? It just doesn't suit him in my opinion, though his body does look very toned- I'll give him credit there.

The first promo looks like a classic in front of this. I enjoyed Farah Khan's previous movie Main Hoon Na, but this one doesn't seem all that great. I could be wrong, but it just looks lame.

Take a look at the promo:

My very first blog post

Hi guys, my name is colorfulrani. This is my screen nickname, not my actual name LOL, but this blog is devoted to my take on Bollywood movies- basically my reviews on Bollywood movies in general. Hope you guys enjoy reading it.

Also on occasions, I'll also post my thoughts regarding Bollywood news stories as well just to make this blog a little more interesting.