Monika’s Pensieve

{FILM SPOTTING}
New York (India, 2009)
Polish Distributor: I have no idea if there will be one or not
Release Date (worldwide): sometime early in 2009
Director: Kabir Khan
Cast: John Abraham, Katrina Kaif, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Irfan Khan
Production House: Yash Raj Films
Plot: (from nowrunning.com)
“New York” is a contemporary story of friendship set against the larger than life backdrop of [...]

I’ve naturally been following how Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi has done for itself and tried to make out from the responses and its further promotion what sort of film it is, but I’m still confused ;-P
Anyway, despite being released right after the 26/11 attacks, it’s a big hit.
It’s done well in India, but the [...]

So here’s a list of the top 50 most powerful people in the world according to Newsweek that I’ve just spent loads of time browsing and it’s actually quite interesting ;) Many names from all round the world that I didn’t know are on it and some are very curious. My personal “WTF? OMG!” one [...]

{FILM DIARY}
Aitraaz (India, 2004)
Seen: Tuesday, 23rd December 2008 (DVD - a magazine edition)
Runtime: 163′
Polish Distributor: doesn’t seem to be one - the one on the box is American…
Director: Abbas-Mustan
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Paresh Rawal
Production House: Mukta Arts Ltd.
Plot: The story of a guy who is sexually harassed at his workplace [...]

{FILM DIARY}
Murder (India, 2004)
Seen: Tuesday, 16th December 2008 (DVD)
Runtime: 130′
Polish Distributor: I’m not sure if it has one…
Director: Anurag Basu
Cast: Mallika Sherawat, Emraan Hashmi, Ashmit Patel
Production House: Bhatt Productions
Plot: A murder, an extra-marital affair and generally a combination of a lot of sex and violence :]
Interview Clip Mentioning the Film
For me the main reason to [...]

{FILM DIARY}
Dil To Pagal Hai (India, 1997)
Seen: Monday, 15th December 2008 (DVD)
Runtime: 179′
Polish Distributor: Epelpol (April 2008)
Director: Yash Chopra
Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Karisma Kapoor, Akshay Kumar (special appearance)
Production House: Yash Raj Films
Plot: Nisha loves Rahul, but Rahul doesn’t love Nisha. He loves Pooja instead. Ajay also loves Pooja. And Pooja is confused. In the [...]

{FILM DIARY}
Jodhaa Akbar (India, 2008)
Seen: Sunday, 14th December (cinema, special screening)
Runtime: 213′
Polish Distributor: Blink (should be out on DVD sometime next year)
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachchan (narrator)
Production House: UTV Motion Pictures, Ashutosh Gowariker Productions Pvt. Ltd.
Plot: Based on legends and historical accounts, the story of what may have transpired between Akbar, [...]

{FILM DIARY}
Mr And Mrs Iyer (India, 2002)
Seen: Sunday, 6th December 2008 (cinema, special screening)
Runtime: 120′
Polish Distributor: Blink (I think the DVD release will be sometime next year)
Director: Aparna Sen
Cast: Rahul Bose, Konkona Sen Sharma
Plot: Hindu-Muslim riots bring an orthodox Hindu Brahmin woman and a (not so orthodox) Muslim man together during a bus trip to [...]

{FILM DIARY}
Kabul Express (India, 2006)
Seen: Tuesday, 2nd December 2008 (DVD)
Runtime: 106′
Polish Distributor: None yet (AFAIK)
Director: Kabir Khan
Cast: John Abraham, Arshad Warsi, Salman Shahid, Hanif Hum Ghum, Linda Arsenio
Production House: Yash Raj Films
Plot: Two Indian journalists and an American one are looking for news stories in Afghanistan. They have an Afghan guide and are sort of [...]

Since the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai a lot has been said in Bollywood about it. People want and need to talk about it and I guess that understandably the media wants to cover celebrities’ reactions to it.
Some of the reactions have been extremely emotional (people cancelling their film shoots and/or any trips outside the city), [...]