Veteran Bollywood Director Yash Chopra has woven a beautiful love story in Dil To Pagal Hai.

Raj (Shahrukh Khan) is a dance group leader looking for a new dancer for his upcoming production Maya. To make things worse for Raj, his usual main dancer Nisha (Karisma Kapoor) breaks her leg during a training session.

The lovely Pooja (Madhuri Dixit) is a dancer, but as a hobbyist. Pooja is a firm believer in love and that God has preordained a partner for every individual and all that remains is to find the partner.

In contrast, Raj is cynical about the very idea of love.

As he’s searching for a new dancer, Raj stumbles upon Pooja at a neighboring dance school. He prevails upon her to help him out.

Before you can say Mama Mia, the two fall in love with each other but Pooja has committed to marrying her cousin and friend Ajay (Akshay Kumar). To make a difficult situation worse, Ajay returns from abroad unexpectedly before Pooja can inform him of the new man in her life and their marriage is fixed.

Like with most Bollywood blockbusters, fine music contributed to Dil To Pagal Hai’s success. The songs are a delight. Our favorites were Are Re Are, Koi Ladki Hai, Dil To Pagal Hai and Le Gayi Le Gayi.

Another treat in Dil To Pagal Hai is the absence of any fights or those infantile action scenes common in most Bollywood films

I like this movie. Pooja Bhatt was my favorite, of course most people would say that it would be Madhuri for obvious reasons.

I liked Pooja’s honesty, because right now its a gimmick to try to be modern. Pooja was Pooja.

I respect Madhuri because she was the ideal woman, she is the women all women aspire to be: the dutiful daughter-loyal wife-and the ideal mother.

They are both very similar than different and this reflects in their upbringing: Pooja had lots of freedom of expression, and Madhuri expressed her creativity through art and dance.

The film industry did not appreciate Pooja and they criticized her…The film industry criticized Madhuri after a certain age but most of her best work came later (Dil to Pagal Hai, Devadas, Pukaar).

The industry is male dominated but I will not tolerate man haters…blaming men is wrong. I can think of a long list of men besides my father in my life who have given me nothing but patience, love and respect—no matter how moody I have been.

There are many sides to a woman, a true man no matter what his age is knows that. Case in point I have come across many guys that can read me like a book and I have not said anything to them, of course there are those who assume things but the wise ones wait…the others quietly regret.

I have nothing much to say about the movie except I remember the ABC…song it was cute. I liked Madhuris photographs. Kinda weird how he kept life size photos of her…did he need a visual reminder of her perfection.

That kind of relation is an illusion, a photo is a worth a thousand words. I think of my Enlish 11 Profs words…he also said he was a Tree in his past life, he told us to eat one egg in the morning for protein, and he was married to the French teacher hehehe.

Getting back to Prem Deewane: Prem means something along the lines of love, and Deewane means love or crazy lover. People are not crazy when they are in love that is a total myth. We have many illusions about love that we create, depending on the social climate of the times. That why it is best to pursue a well-rounded education (no need for phD analysis).

I think I believe in monogamy due to watching Hindi movies of the 90s, but I realize that time changes everything whether we chose to accept this or not is our choice. This movie was fun, it reflected the 90s well.

I never judged Pooja because I knew that she was being honest because she felt secure, and emotional security can only be passed from father-daughter. Mahesh Bhatt’s legacy is his daughter, she is still very young in terms of Hollywood standards. I remember a quote of hers…she said something about being able to live anywhere and survive because she has acquired the tools. I have met many many men like Mahesh Bhatt and it all started in 89 when as a family we watched Daddy on video (not VHS but Beta I believe).

I have to thank my Dad for putting up with me, but he already knows I can see it in his eyes. Expression not repression!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Destiny is like the family we are born into and Free will is what we become.

History is a great teacher, it is a waste of time to make the same mistake over and over…due to fear. Fear of self has to be the greatest fear and that is what causes problems. Experience is necessary for growth because there should be no regrets. If one has regrets then they are missing out. Pooja and Madhuri have none, both of them look fabulous.

I know I went off topic with this comment…I hope someone outthere finds it interesting. I apologize for the grammatical errors

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Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (English: Never Say Goodbye) is a forthcoming film produced under the Dharma Productions banner and is directed by Karan Johar. It stars Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta, Abhishek Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan and Kiron Kher in pivotal roles. Arjun Rampal and Saira Mohan have cameo roles in the film. The film’s score and soundtrack has been composed by the musical trio, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy with lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar. The film had a 90 day shooting schedule in the USA with a few scenes filmed on 4 large sets in Mumbai’s studios. Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna is slated to release on August 11, 2006.

Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (KANK) is Karan Jhohar’s fourth venture after Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and Kal Ho Naa Ho. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Urmila Matondkar, Preity Zinta, Abhishek Bachchan, Saira Mohan in lead role and Kiron Kher, Arjun Ramphal in supporting role.

STORY: There are these two big rival groups who try to outdo each other. And there’s Nishi (Bipasha Basu) who pulls back her hair, wears Allen Solly clothing (don’t get me started on the in-film ads), romances the new vice-president Ritesh (Kay Kay) - basically plays a corporate bitch, who will do anything for a profit. And then she becomes a pawn in the fight between the two companies. Yeah and there’s an item song by Payal Rohatgi too.

REVIEW: The movie has a dry plastic look. But the twists and turns in a slightly predictable story kinda make up for it. CORPORATE suffers from a major PAGE 3 hangover and many of the the latter’s guest stars also have cameos in this one too - Pralhad Kakkar, Dolly Thakore etc etc. Everything else is not great but kinda ok. Thankfully the film steers clear of corporate mumbo-jumbo, though mass audience will find it hard to understand terms like ‘disinvestment’, ‘fiscal policy’ and the likes. The most memorable performance though is by Vinay Apte who plays the greedy minister and has some of the best lines in the movie.

BOTTOMLINE: Watch only if you can sit through the last 15 mins.

Starring
Akshay Kumar …. Raju
Sunil Shetty …. Ghanshyam
Paresh Rawal …. Baburao Apte
Bipasha Basu ….
Rimi Sen ….