Aainaism

Yash Raj Films is here yet again to (as the tagline goes) steal your homes and hearts with Bunty aur Babli starring Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee and Aishwarya Rai (in a guest appearance). Shaad Ali, who has already given Bollywood a big hit, Saathiya, decided to try his luck once again as a director with Bunty aur Babli. The soundtracks are composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and lyrics by Gulzar. So, let’s find out if the songs are full of miraculous flavors or lack freshness.

The album opens with Dhadak Dhadak. It’s hard to describe this song as anything but lively. Udit Narayan, Sunidhi Chauhan and Nihira Joshi offer their best to this song. The song starts off with Amitji’s voice with a quote about people in the world, “Do tarah ke log hote hain, ek jo sari zindagi ek hi kaam karte rehte hain, aur doosre jo ek hi zindagi main saare kaam kar dete hain.” He goes furthur with introducing Bunti aur Babli. Although, the starting tune sounds a lot like the ‘Dhin Dhinak Dhin Dhin Dhin ta’ in ‘Goriya re’ from the movie Aaina, it doesn’t seem like ‘S-E-L’ copied the piece. This chorus is carried out throughout the song in the background. The energy level in the voices as well as the music is tremendous. Gulzar’s lyrics are out of ordinary. Simple yet trendy!

Chup Chup ke follows Dhadak Dhadak. This song is a bit slower that the one before it but the beats are a plus. The credit for the incredible singing goes to Sonu Nigam & Mahalaxmi Iyer. Unique instruments are compiled to give the song a different traditional and western sound. This song is created as a love song for Bunty and Babli hence, the slowness is justifiable. The more you listen to the song, the more you will get accustomed to it. The lyrics are somewhat predictable. Peaceful and very sweet!

Nach Baliye is a fast, upbeat song. It’s ideal for parties and clubs. The chorus is noticeable throughout the song and gets a bit annoying after a few minutes through the song. Shankar Mahadevan, Sowmya Raoh & Loy Mendonsa give their hundred percent. The instruments and music sound traditional and it feels like you have heard something similar before but the song definitely has the capability of getting one on his/her feet or hands up in the air. Gulzar has written awesome lyrics, a combination of Punjabi, Hindi and English words. A racy number!

Next comes the title track, Bunty aur Babli. It starts out with a peculiar tune and right from the beginning we know that the song has something good to offer. The music is very original and has a good feel to it. Listeners will also have an opportunity to hear a different style of Sukhwinder Singh. Shankar Mahadevan, Jaspinder Narula and Siddharth Mahadevan follow the pitch well. The singers work in full co-ordination to give an excellent performance. The lyrics simply rock, giving the listeners an idea of what the character of Bunty and Babli are like. Exceptionally original!

B N B reminds one of U n I from Hum Tum, to some extent. The song adds a spark to the soundtrack of the film. It’s a big asset to the music. Blazee penned down the lyrics and sang the song along with Shankar Mahadevan and Loy Mendonsa. It’s beautifully sung, in respect to the beats and music. Listening to the lyrics is more important for this song because Blazee tells bit of the story of Bunty aur Babli. The chorus stands out and is very melodious. The song is sure to leave you singing for a while. Stuck in your head!

Kajra Re is a qawali. One can imagine the picturization to be a dance in a hall like most mujras or qawalis. There is a significant difference in the style that Alisha Chinoi sings this song. The change is a positive one! She sings magnificently. Javed Ali and Shankar Mahadevan accompany Alisha. The lyrics are great. Even though the song is full of life and sounds nice to the ears, it seems like it’s extended unnecessarily. Bar a few inadequacies, the song is worth listening to. Not bad at all!

Not sure about homes but the album is bound to steal loads of hearts! It’s a must to listen to this album at least once. So, Grab your copy now here.

GANGULY EXAM

Max. Marks :[100]

[Time: 3 Hours]

Instructions:

1. Answer all questions
2. All the answers should comply with Ganguly’s
standards
3. Assume anything if necessary
4. Answers should be copied from the question papers
only
5. Use proper slangs if necessary

Note: Only Ganguly can score 100 out of 100 marks. If anybody found to score 100 marks shall replace Ganguly in the Indian .Squad

[I] Answer any 5 Questions (2 marks each)

1) What is common to a 100 mtrs race and Ganguly’s innings?
Ans: They both last for the same time

2) How can u say “Get Out” to Ganguly politely?
Ans: Ask him to go to bat

3) If Rahul is “The Wall”, what is Ganguly?
Ans: The hole in the wall

4) How can Ganguly save time everyday?
Ans: By not bothering to pad up

5) Who is the only cricketer who does not bat, bowl or field and yet plays international cricket?
Ans: no comments…

6) Why has Saurav Ganguly been recommended as the fielding coach for India after retirement?
Ans: No one else can provide catches as easily as Ganguly.

[II] 5 marks questions (Answer all) Total 20 marks

Q1.Which are the 5 ways to get the wicket of Ganguly?
Ans:
1) Bowl to rib cage. Ganguly jumps in his place. mistimes pull. Easy catch for short midwicket
2) bowl good length outswinger. Easy catch to keeper/slip
3) full length delivery at off stump. Easy catch for gully
4) bowl short pitch outside offstump. Ganguly drags on to the stumps
5)bowl a flighted delivery. Earlier Ganguly would hit sixes. Now he either gets bowled or stumped or catch to close in fielders.

Q2. What has been Dada’s best performance?
A. In the advetisement of “Sona Chandi Chyawanprash”

Q3. What would be the name of Dada’s new book?
A. Cricket - a complete Idiot’s guide

Q4: What is the difference between God and Dada?
A: At least God does not think he is Dada.

[III] Convert the following into Indirect Speech. (10 Marks)

Ganguly to Kaif: — How do you manage to keep so fit for a match?
Kaif — I think nothing of getting up at five, running round the stadium for two hours, then getting in three or four hours net practice before a cold bath.

Ganguly — That’s funny. I don’t think much of it either!

[IV] Write an essay on “Saurav caught as disguising media” (25 Marks)

After the shameful defeat of Indian cricket team to Pakistan in Bangalore, the team members were not able to show their faces to people and they chose not to go in public and rather just pack up in hotel rooms.

Ganguly could not resist for too long to be in hotel and not able to go out shopping and have fun. So he disguises himself as a Sardar and goes out. he meets a woman at the exit of the hotel who greets him “Hi Saurav !”

Surprised for having been caught he comes back and makes himself up as a Muslim woman - in Burkha etc and goes out. Yet same again - the same woman greets him “Hi Saurav!”.

Ganguly comes back determined to give it yet another try with the make up of a Hippie wig and shorts etc. All in vain - the same lady catches him again and greets him “Hi Saurav!”.

Bewildered by now, he could not help asking, “How come u recognize me everytime?”

The lady replied - “I am Laxman..Yaar!”

[V] How can you preserve your records? (10 Marks)

This one is not for Dada…….

Q: How to preserve your records??
A: If someone is nearly His double century.. Then declare the team-innings.

[VI] Write an essay on “Back to the Pavillion in 2 minutes” (25 Marks)

Best Seller by Ganguly: Back to the Pavillion in 2 minutes

- Shoiab Akhtar admits Ganguly is faster and quicker than him. “I haven’t seen any one get out so fast. Man, I envy his speed. I am quick but he is quickest.”, he says. “I think I should now cut my run up short when I bowl
to him. Or else, he might be gone when I am half way thru my run up.”

- Narain Karthikeyan to get some tips on Speed from Ganguly. His sponsorers have asked him to talk to the Prince of Kolkotta. They are also planning to endorse Ganguly.

- Dinesh Karthick confesses that his skills in getting ready and padded have improved a lot. As soon as Ganguly goes to bat, I know there is very little time in getting ready. “I must have broken world records a few times in this series” , says the Indian dimunitive wicketkeeper.

Q: Any Guesses which is Ganguly’s favorite movie?
A:Gone in 60 seconds.

- Railways keen on Ganguly: Atleast we’ll be having someone who comes (back) before time. This will help them improve the image with the Indian public.

Q: Which was the hottest place in B’lore Chinnaswami Stadium for the past few days?
A: The seat Ganguly was sitting in while in the Pavillion.

- Ganguly to donate all his bats to charity. “I don’t require a bat nowadays”, said the Indian southpaw.

Two of the biggest names of the India Film Industry, Yash Chopra and Karan Johar, have joined hands for a Magnum Opus, also known as ‘the dream movie’ in Yashji’s own words. Karan Johar is overwhelmed with the idea of making a film such as this one. He claims that every Indian is going to want to watch this movie after they see the trailors. Well, here’s why the dynamic duo is so excited about this movie…

This masterpiece will be nothing like the movies seen in the past. One reason for this is the biggest star cast ever seen in a film. The film includes thirty-four talented stars! It’s not very often that one gets to see a film full of actors from three generations. Yashji and Karan Johar believe that this is by far the biggest advantage of this movie. They emphasized that by getting the three generations of actors in one big film, they will be able to fill the movie with a lot of emotions. Johar adds that in this way, the newer generation of actors can also learn a lot from the more experienced one. And of course, the biggest advantage of a muti-starrer would be to completely entertain the audience.

Director, Karan Johar was kind enough to provide us with the list of the star cast and here it is: Amitabh Bachchan – Rekha, Dharmendra – Hema Malini, Rishi Kapoor – Neetu Singh, Rajesh Khanna – Sharmila Tagore, Shahrukh Khan – Kajol Devgan, Aamir Khan – Karishma Kapur, Salman Khan – Madhuri Dixit Nene, Saif Ali Khan – Rani Mukherjee, Akshay Kumar – Priyanka Chopra, Hrithik Roshan – Preity Zinta, Vivek Oberoi – Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan – Sushmita Sen, John Abraham – Bipasha Basu, Shahid Kapoor – Kareena Kapoor, Dino Morea – Lara Dutta, Arjun Rampal – Diya Mirza, Zayed Khan – Esha Deol. Isn’t that the star cast of a ‘dream movie’?

What’s surprising is that the star cast worked out perfectly. These were the jodis that Yashji and Karan had in mind when they started planning out the movie. All the stars agreed, despite a few date problems. Preity Zinta cheered and danced around in here bubbly self, after signing the contract at the pre-shooting press conference held at none other than the humble actor, Shahrukh Khan’s residence, Mannat. Bar a few absences, all the stars were present at the party. Here, Yashji disclosed names of the others involved in the project such as the music director, lyricist, choreographer, action director, etc but the film still remains to be titled. Since we were able to catch up on the details, music of the movie is to be directed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. The lyricist is none other than the renowned Javed Akhtar and Farah Khan will make the stars dance on the tunes.

Now, won’t this be your dream movie? Mine too! Too bad it’s not true! Happy April Fool’s day to you…hope you get fooled again.