My item number will make Dabangg 2 special- Maliaka Arora Khan

Are the words said by Malaika Arora Khan after receiving ‘Sensation of the Year’ at the first ever Jeeyo Bollywood Awards presented by PVR Cinemas and UTV Movies.

In a television interview the actress did confirm that she will return to her Munni avatar in Dabangg 2, which is slated to kick off from next year. Malaika won the sensation of the year for her Munni stint in Dabangg.

Jeeyo Bollywood Awards are first of its kind where viewers not only vote celebrities but also personally present the trophies to them. Malaika over came competition from another fierce competitor Sheila aka Katrina Kaif.

Well, if you are done with Munni, then be ready for some more badnaami as Mrs. Arbaaz Khan has promised it.

Avan Ivan -Tamil

The versatile director Bala who has given revolutionary films in a realistic manner in the past such as Sethu, Nandha, Pithamagan & Naan Kadavul is now back with Avan Ivan starring Arya Vishal, RK, Surya, Janani Iyer & Madhu Shalini in the lead roles. He has one several National Film Fare Awards for his best direction and his current flick Avan Ivan is another masterpiece work which promises to add another credit to his career.

Avan Ivan is simultaneously released in Telugu as Vaadu Veedu. Avan Ivan is produced by Kalpathi S Aghoram under the banner AGS Entertainment PVt. Ltd. Bala who was always known for intense movies has now tried a full lenght comic genre flick for the first time and promises to tickle your bones for this weekend.

Avan Ivan deals with cow smuggling and is set in the backdrops of Theni. Vishal & Arya play as two petty thieves where RK plays the baddie.

Arya`s is playing the role of Kumbudren Samy while Vishal comes as Walter Vanangamudi and the new comers Madhu Shalini plays the role of Thenmozhi and the love interest of Arya & Janani Iyer as the innocent police constable who play the love interests of Vishal. The shooting of Avan Ivan was taken in Theni, Tenkasi, Senkottai, Ambasamudram, Coutrallam & Chenni.

Highlights of the Movie

Firstly & Undoubtedly it`s Bala`s direction 

Dailogues, lyrics & Music 

Outstanding Performance of Vishal 

Kollywood hearthrob Surya in guest appearance

New comers Madhu Shalini & Janani Iyer who jell into their character

Story:The distinctive screenplay of Bala`s 'Avan Ivan' is all about the two brothers of the same father but different mothers, who has lot of ego clashing all the time inbetween them. Both Kumbudrean Sami (Arya) & Walter Vanangamudi (Vishal) will carry us to the interval in a simple way with outstanding timing of comedies between them, is perfect to watch on the Big Screen. GM Kumar who acts as Jammen adds his part of humour to the scenes.

Kumbudren samy`s mother is played by Ambika while Jaya Prabha plays the role of Arya`s mother. Both the families had rivalary between them but an incident that happens in their family brings them together. The entry of RK as villain creates some kind of disturbance among the family members and what happens to Arya & Vishal is to be watched in the Big Screen

Surya plays the cameo role in the movie where he comes to attend a public meeting and talks about his Agaram Foundation & its Operations.

Screen Performance:

Vishal has played the role of transgender with a squint eye and his performance can be noted & enjoyed in every frame that he acted. The credit goes to the Director Bala who can make anyone act like Kamal or Sivaji. Vishal`s character in this movie is a landmark in his career. Vishal was given lot of scope to perform and he too excelled giving an outstanding performance

Arya as an younger brother to Vishal did his role well with his best dailogue delivery and comedy

Yuvan`s musical tracks Avana Pathi Nan Pada Pore & Oru Malayoram were the best of the lists to watch & humm...

Janani Iyer as innocent police constable and the love interest of vishal did justice to her role.

Madhu Shalini another new comer who played the love interest of Arya also did her part well

'Avan Ivan' a rib-tickling flick ready to refresh & entertain you for this weekend.

Love Express

Love Express movie is a romantic comedy tracing the journey of two parallel love stories in a train full of Baraatis from Amritsar to Mumbai. A young couple on the way to their own wedding wants to break-up, while the other couple wants to make up after a five-year-old break-up.The first couple plots to break their wedding because it’s an arranged marriage – arranged by their parents who have been friends for decades - but they are definitely not amenable to an arranged marriage and would prefer to find their own match. So they hatch a plan and are successful but at a heavy cost to their families. Is it too late for them to make amends? A series of situations with several twists and turns take place during this fun-filled and eventful journey on Love Express - a joyride through a Punjabi wedding on wheels that makes you laugh and touches your heart.With most of the lead actors and technicians including debutant director Sunny Bhambhani being alumni of Whistling Woods’ first batch, Love Express is a Subhash Ghai presentation of a Mukta Searchlight production.

This film has been a low-key affair, a small budget film devoid of stars, not much publicized and now hardly being written about. Nevertheless, under the aegis of Subhash Ghai, it comes from the banner Mukta Searchlight which has produced films like Iqbal, Jogger’s Park and Nauka Dubi earlier. Why this film is worthy of attention is that it has been made (well, almost) by the students of Subhash Ghai’s film school Whistling Woods International in Mumbai. Most of the artists and technicians in the film, including director Sunny Bhambhani are the products of a film school, which raises expectations and makes one curious to see their work.

One would expect such a film to be novel, experimental and above all, fresh. The film is a huge disappointment in this regard. There is hardly any freshness about the film; it is the type that conforms to the safest tradition of storytelling in Bollywood. At a time when Hindi cinema is really coming-of-age, Love Express transports you back in time with its conventional script, garish dialogues and a tinge of melodrama. This is also a time when many debutant directors are hinging their films on style which if nothing more, shows their exposure to cinema of different kinds; but this film refrains from making any style statement either. One will feel deceived if one tries to look for any cinema in this drama-on-train saga, it even feels like a soap opera playing on screen at times.

Why a soap opera? There is a grand setting and there are characters playing out their roles, everything a bit over-the-top. The plot unfolds, and the problem and the resolution happen all on a train journey from Amritsar to Mumbai. One keeps wondering if the setting could have been a bit more realistic: the train is shown to have a cafeteria, a bar and ample space for the vivacious Punjabis to break into song and dance sequences time and again. The film is entirely shot in Whistling Woods Studios and the fact of the far-from-real train wouldn’t have nagged so much had it not been a film from students. Aren’t people passing out of films schools supposed to be more innovative and realistic in their approach to filmmaking?

That said, Love Express can’t be written off so easily. It is warm and entertaining and it succeeds if that is what the purpose of the film is. It is packed with the story of two “rocking-shocking” Punjabi families, some funny situations, and lots of loud and over-the-top Punjabi-ness in a train full of baaratis. The film stands true to the Punjabi ethos and is enjoyable. There is a couple (Sahil Mehta and Mannat Ravi) which finds itself trapped in an arranged marriage and tries tricks to break it off. Then comes the twist in the story following which they eventually fall in love (what did you expect?). There is a parallel story of another couple (Vikas Katyal and Priyam Galav), who had broken up sometime back and meet by chance on the same train. It’s a happy ending for all.

The actors making their debut in Love Express manage to impress as much as the veterans playing the family and the extended family in the film. Om Puri in the role ofdadaji is adorable, and the romance between the aged dada-dadi in the film really heart-warming! Mannat Ravi stands out in her role as the supposedly coy, actually chirpy and talkative Punjabi lass. The problem is that we have seen it all earlier. Why must film school students play so unimaginatively safe, is a bit difficult to understand.

Bheja Fry 2

Bheja Fry 2 is a sequel of Bheja Fry which turned out to be an unexpected blockbuster hit in 2007. After four years of long gap the sequel of this flick is back as Bhejha Fry 2

Bheja Fry 2 introduces some new faces and the expectations were already set high with the success of Bheaj Fry in the past but the sequel fails to impress the audience this time. 

Vinay Pathak is back in his comical role as Bharath Bhusan who has won a lottery in a TV show called 'Ao Guess Karein which is similar to Kaun Banega Crorepati. Bharath Bhushan wins a free trip on a luxury cruise where he happens to find his love interest Minisha Lamba & a businessman Ajith Talway played by Kay Kay Menon who is trying to evade from the Income Tax Department. 

Ajith Talwar comes to know from reliable sources that an Income Tax Officer is on board and he suspects Bharath Bhushan to be the Income Tax officer and tries to get rid of him. A lot of unexpected twists & turns takes place that both Ajith Talwar & Bharath Bhushan are left on a secluded island where Bharath Bhushan takes a ride on Ajith annoying him to his best. 

Bharath Bhushan fails to impress the audience this time with all his gags falling flat in all the sequences and looks like Bheaja Fry 2 was just made to encash the success of Bheja Fry but Bharath Bhushan`s one sided love for Ranjini is the only appealing factor to watch. The flow of screenplay fails miserably by not creating any interesting sequences in the flick. 'Bheja Fry 2' could have been better flick with aspiring script & interesting sequences, echoing the succes of Bheja Fry.