Chalo Dilli film review

One more Delhi based film... The weirest couple ever... A comedy road movie... And Yana Gupta's classic item number Laila-O-laila... All this has made Chalo Dilli the most awaited movie of the season!

The cast:
Manu Gupta (Vinay Pathak) and Mihika Mukherjee (Lara Dutta)

The storyline:
Shashant Shah, after an emotional debut Dasvidaniya, has brought in a clean comedy for the sheer entertainment of all the desi audiences. Type-casted as a road movie, Chalo Dilli highlights the local affairs in the cities of Mumbai, Jaipur and Delhi and proves to be a pure desi film. The story revolves around a mismatch pair ever Mihika Mukharjee, an uptown investment banker who is on her way to Delhi to meet her husband and Manu Gupta, a saree trader from Chandi Chowk going back home from Mumbai. This journey from Mumbai to Delhi via Jaipur is obstructed several times and is full of adventures, madness and crazy comic moments. After all this fun journey the cultural and class divide gets bridged up. Mihika finally lands up at Delhi, tired worn out and the moral of the story dawn upon her, ‘Do not judge anyone by the face value…including yourself’

What worked:
The film is in whole a desi watch, with elements like dhabas, camels carts, deserts and train journey. The dialogues sounded sharp and witty, specially because of the perfect timing by actor Vinay Pathak. Even after giving a few rough performances, Lara gets the character right and convinces the viewers of being an upper crust entity. Though songs don't play an integral part of Chalo Dilli, 'Laila O Laila', featuring Yana Gupta and 'Matargastiya', were the most noticeable tracks. the director does a smart thing by not having a cliched romantic angle between Manu and Mihika, which is a good thing.

What didn’t:
The writing is inconsistent and so is the direction. Probably, a more crisp and tight writing would have resulted in a more impactful climax. there are shades of the other cult road movie, Jab We Met, which cloud the originality of the script. You are treated to sad jokes by Manu.

Overall:
Chalo Dilli is an exciting and amusing watch, with terrific moments. If you are looking for a decent light watch, with Indian touch, then Chalo Dilli is something that you will like to watch.

Mumbai Masti Ratings: 3/5

Home Stadium...!!!

All couch potatoes, no need to wait and tumble in the never-ending lines for IPL match tickets. Create a stadium-like atmosphere at home and enjoy the IPL match sitting on your lovely couch eating popcorns with a can of coke.

Almost all of us go to stadiums to enjoy the atmosphere rather than to enjoy the match as it’s hardly visible! Hence, bring the stadium at your house and enjoy the atmosphere with each and every bowl. Here are some exciting tips to sit back at your couch and make the match more exciting.

Invite your friends
Bring your friends home and ask them to wear jerseys of their favourite teams. If not jerseys, at least the T-shirts of team colours.

Popcorns and cokes
Arrange for popcorns, cokes and other food items that you would like while enjoying the game.

Rent out chairs
Rent your chairs to your friends. But of course not in return of money. Ask them to bring cokes, snacks, wafers, chips and whatever they prefer.

Sign boards and posters
Hand out hand-painted 4 and 6 sign boards, posters and flags and wave them whenever something exciting happens on field.

Shout your support
Shout and scream on every 4 or 6 or OUT. Support your favourite his team member by yelling out his name whenever he bats or bowls.

Roll a camera
Ask a friend to roll a camera in the middle of the match and whenever the lens captures you, stand up and wave at the camera.

Bet on the bowl
Betting is illegal but not if you are using wafers or chocolates as the wager.

Musical strategic time-out
Play lively music in the strategic time out period and rock the floor.

Party time
No matter whoever wins the match, enjoy a bashing post-party with music, dance and soft (or if you prefer, hard) drinks.

MOVIES RELEASING ON 29TH APRIL,2011

BOLLYWOOD

1. Shor in the city

Genre - Thriller

Cast -

Tusshar Kapoor, Preeti Desai, Alok Chaturvedi

Director

Raj Nidimoru, Krishna Dk

Producer

Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor

2. Chalo Dilli

Genre - Comedy

Cast -

Lara Dutta, Vinay Pathak, Akshay Kumar

Yana Gupta in Item Number (Laila-o-laila)

Director

Shashant Shah

Producer

Lara Dutta, Krishika Lulla, Mahesh Bhupathi

3. I am
Genre - Social/Drama
Cast -
Rahul Bose, Juhi Chawla, Manisha Koirala, Nandita Das,
Purab Kohli, Anurag Basu, Sanjay Suri, Anurag Kashyap
Director
OnirPublish Post
Producer
Onir, Sanjay Suri

4. Naughty @40
Genre - Comedy
Cast -
Govinda, Uvika Choudhary, Anupam Kher, Shakti Kapoor
Director
Jagmohan Mundhra
Producer
Anuj Sharma, Sandiip Kapur

5. Queens! Destiny of Dance
Genre - Musical
Cast -
Seema Biswas, Vineeth, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi
Director
David Atkins
Producer
Vipul Bangera

6. Men Will Be Men
Genre - Comedy
Cast -
Gaurav Chopra, Zeenal Kamdar
Director
Gorky
Producer
Red Chillies Idiot Box

HOLLYWOOD

1. Fast Five
Genre - Action/Adventure, Drama
Cast -
Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster
Director
Justin Lin
Producer
Neal H. Moritz, Vin Diesel

2. Dylan Dog: Dead Of Night
Genre - Horror, Mystery, Comedy
Cast -
Sam Huntington, Brandon Routh, Peter Stormare,
Anita Briem
Director
Kevin Munroe
Producer
Gilbert Alder, Scott Mitchell, Rosenburg

iPad 2 arrives in India today

The much awaited iPad2 has finally arrived in India. iPad 2 which is slated to launch today that is on 29th April 2011. It will be available in all the Apple Stores from today.

It was expected that the iPad 2 will be very expensive than the iPad. But contrary to what experts believe the iPad 2 is only a tad expensive than its U.S. counterpart.

Price:
16GB Wi-Fi: Rs. 29,500
32GB Wi-Fi: Rs. 34,500
64GB Wi-Fi: Rs. 39,500

16GB 3G + Wi-Fi: Rs. 36,900
32GB 3G + Wi-Fi: Rs. 41,900
64GB 3G + Wi-Fi: Rs. 46,900

The prices are inclusive of all taxes & VAT.

Picture © Apple

Locations in Mumbai where iPad 2 is now available:

1.
iStore by Reliance Digital
SHOP NO S 12B, SECOND FLOOR,
HIGH STREET PHOENIX,
MUMBAI - 400013
Tel. 91 22 43474001/04

2.
iMagine
306, LEVEL 3,
ATRIA MALL DR. ANNIE BESANT ROAD, WORLI
MUMBAI - 400018
Tel. 91 22 24813501

3.
MAPLE
SHOP NO. SB0102 & C2,PLOT NO. 284,
KAMAL APT,( BELOW C.C.D.) LINKING ROAD,T P S III, BANDRA WEST
MUMBAI - 400050
Tel. 91 22 40068888

4.
iStore by Reliance Digital
TIRUPATI APARTMENTS
WARDEN ROAD, OPP MAHALAKSHMI TEMPLE, MAHALAKSHMI
MUMBAI - 400026
Tel. 91 22 40040606/07

5.
iStore by Reliance Digital
SHOP NO G 37, GF,R CITY CENTER MALL,
LBS MARG, GHATKOPAR (W),
MUMBAI - 400086
Tel. 91 22 67258630/31

6.
iMagine
001-002, KOTIA NIRMAN,
NEXT TO MERCEDEZ BENZ SHOWROOM NEW LINK ROAD, ANDHERI WEST,
MUMBAI - 400053
Tel. 91 22 67354000/9820061014

7.
iMagine
F-58,LEVEL 1,
INORBIT MALL LINK ROAD, MALAD (W)
MUMBAI - 400064
Tel. 91 22 28781833

8.
iStore by Reliance Digital
SHOP NO UG 2,UPPER GROUND FLOOR,KORUM MALL,
NEAR CADBURY COMPOUND,OFF EASTERN EXPRESS HIGHWAY,
THANE - 400601
Tel. 91 22 65244161/62

9.
VIJAY SALES
OPP.SIDDHIVINAYAK TEMPLE
384,PRABHADEVI, VEER SAVARKAR MARG
MUMBAI - 400025
Tel. 91 22 64566655

10.
CROMA
SION GARAGE BLDG.,PLOT NO. 112,
SION KOLIWADA RD.
MUMBAI - 400022
Tel. 91 22 61406363

11.
CROMA
BLOCK NO. 43,GRAND GALLERIA,
PHOENIX MILLS COMPOUND,462, SENAPATI BAPAT MARG, LOWER PAREL
MUMBAI - 400013
Tel. 91 22 61406363

12.
CROMA
LINK SQUARE MALL
AT PLOT NO.490 & 491,33RD ROAD, OFF.LINKING RD,BANDRA
MUMBAI - 400050
Tel. 91 22 61406363

13.
VIJAY SALES
NEAR TRIBHOWANDAS, OPERA HOUSE
29, MAMA PARMANAND ROAD
MUMBAI - 400004
Tel. 91 22 64566655

14.
CROMA
GRD FLR,VASUNDHARA CHS,
OPP.UTPAL SHANGHVI SCHOOL, JVPD,VILE PARLE(W)
MUMBAI - 400049
Tel. 91 22 61406363

15.
CROMA
UNIT NO 10, G-10,
GROUND FLOOR RCITY, L.B.S. MARG, GHATKOPAR(WEST)
MUMBAI - 400086
Tel. 91 9920446244

16.
CROMA
MALL DHAMAAL,
NEXT TO MULUND BUS DEPT OPP. LBS MARG, MULUND (WEST)
MUMBAI - 400078
Tel. 91 22 61406363/ 91 9975326435

17.
Reliance Digital
MAITHILI'S SIGNET,
SECTOR NO 30A, OPP.VASHI RAILWAY STATION,
MUMBAI - 400705
Tel. 91 22 67958280/7470

18.
VIJAY SALES
THE HUB, NIRLON COMPOUND
WESTERN EXPRESS HIGHWAY GOREGAON EAST
MUMBAI - 400063
Tel. 91 22 26866217

19.
CROMA
1ST FLOOR,OBEROI MALL,OPP.WESTERN
EXPRESS HIGHWAY,GOREGAON(EAST)
MUMBAI - 400063
Tel. 91 22 61406363

20.
CROMA
PLAN SPRING CENTER
GROUND FLOOR MALAD LINK ROAD,
MUMBAI - 400064
Tel. 91 22 61406363

21.
VIJAY SALES
SAI PLAZA, OPP. WONDER MALL
GHODBUNDER ROAD
THANE - 400602
Tel. 91 22 25895159

22.
eZone
C WING, SOBO CENTRAL,
NEXT TO TARDEO AC MARKET, PANDIT MADAN MOHAN MALVIYA ROAD,
MUMBAI - 400034
Tel. 91 9820442073

23.
VIJAY SALES
PRIME CENTRE,18 S.V.ROAD
SANTACRUZ WEST
MUMBAI - 400054
Tel. 91 22 64566655

24.
CROMA
CROMA ZIP, GROUND FLOOR,
ELPHISTONE BUILDING,10, VEER NARIMAN ROAD, HORNIMAN CIRCLE,FORT,
MUMBAI - 400023
Tel. 91 22 61406363

25.
eZone
HAIIKO MALL, LEVEL 2,
CENTRAL AVENUE, HIRANANDANI GARDEN, POWAI,
MUMBAI - 400076
Tel. 91 9769585117

26.
CROMA
MEGA MALL,NEAR LOKHANDWALA COMPLEX
OPP OSHIWARA BUS DEPOT,GOREGAON (W)
MUMBAI - 400102
Tel. 91 22 61406363

27.
VIJAY SALES
1ST FLOOR
INFINITY MALL,LOKHANDWALA
MUMBAI - 400053
Tel. 91 22 64566655

28.
eZone
S-23, 2ND FLOOR, OBEROI MALL,
WESTERN EXPRESS HIGHWAY, GOREGAON EAST,
MUMBAI - 400063
Tel. 91 9702683385

29.
CROMA
LORDS BUILDING, PLOT 35 & 35A, SEC-15,
CBD BELAPUR, NAVI MUMBAI
MUMBAI - 400614
Tel. 91 22 61406363

30.
VIJAY SALES
PLOT NO.57/2,S.V ROAD
NEAR FLYOVER-BORIVALI WEST
MUMBAI - 400092
Tel. 91 22 64566655

Google Chrome 11 can listen to you…!!!!

Google Chrome has brought out its newest version Chrome 11 today. Besides, all of the usual bug fixing & Script reforming there is one particular feature which is catching worldwide attention.

Google Chrome 11 has a voice recognition plug in built into the Browser itself. When you have a microphone connected to it, it shows a microphone symbol. You have to click on it & you have to start speaking into your microphone & it starts entering data into your browser.

This feature was originally present in Chrome 11’s beta version but according to Google it has been improved quite a lot from its earlier beta.

This feature helps all of those who cannot use keyboards effectively or are physically handicapped.

Currently, this feature only supports English but Google plans to introduce more languages soon.

Picture © cnet.com

Exclusive: Google introduces Google Music India

All of us do search for songs sometime or the other on the internet. Google has very smartly introduced Google Music India for all of us music thirsty Indians. 

Google Music India is an online music player which enables us to listen to thousands of songs available on Google absolutely free of cost!

Google has partnered with music sharing sites like in.com & Saavn for this venture. Google simply uses its ever-powerful search engine & finds links of the songs we want on the partner sites & displays it in a playlist format.

We can search for the songs according to the Album, Song Name, Singers, Music Composers even lyricists. Currently most of the available songs are Hindi, Telugu, Tamil & Bengali but Google plans to introduce more songs very very soon.

When I first found out about this service I was completely bedazzled by the collection of songs Google had catalogued. Most of all, I loved this service simply because it saves the hassle of downloading & saving songs & in turn saving precious disk space.

Another important point is that all of the music available is completely legal. So it may save a few bucks that the Music Industry loses because of me every year J.

So go ahead enjoy the musical extravaganza courtesy Google Music India

P.S. All of the songs work fine even on slower internet connections. Mine is one of the most lethargic internet connection available in India but I heard all the songs without a single glitch.

Blackberry Playbook Features & Tech Specs (Simplified)

BlackBerry PlayBook Features:

Ideal for games, media, apps and everything the real Internet offers

True multi-tasking

Crystal clear HD display, Rich stereo sound

Micro USB, Micro HDMI, and DLNA media streaming

Symmetrical dual-core processing

Supports POSIX OS, SMP, Open GL, BlackBerry® 6, WebKit, Adobe® Flash®, Java® and Adobe Mobile AIR

Out-of-the-box compatibility with BlackBerry Enterprise Server

BlackBerry PlayBook Tech Specs

Blackberry OS

This means: Easy to use if you are already using a BlackBerry phone.

7” inch (1024×600 pixels) capacitive touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture support

This means: Good visual quality

1 GHz Dual-core processor

This means: Useful for Multitasking

1 GB RAM

This means: Easily competes with any low-end Netbook available in the market.

5 Megapixels Camera with HD Video Recording

This means: Great camera, best available in a Tablet till now.

3 Megapixels Front Camera for Conferencing

This means: Again hats off, Best in class for a tablet.

Wi-Fi – 802.11 a/b/g/n

This means: Wi-Fi is all regions compatible. No issues even if used in any corner of the world.

Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

This means: Bluetooth is also fine. Though not really the best. Quite enough.

Supports 1080p, H.264, MPEG, DivX, WMV Video Playback

This means: Watching Videos will be a breeze as almost all the video formats are compatible.

HDMI video output

This means: Can be connected to a HDTV directly.

WebKit/HTML-5 web browser

This means: User friendly internet experience.

Adobe Flash Player 10.1support

This means: YouTube & Metacafe Videos can be viewed easily.

Dimensions: 130mm x 193mm x 10mm

This means: Not too huge, not too small just perfect.

Weight: 400gm

This means: Lightweight not too heavy

Blackberry PlayBook Price in India: Approximately Rs. 25,000 (may arrive in India by June)

Dum Maro Dum Review

Rohan Sippy’s latest movie Dum Maro Dum is in news for various reasons. The controversies made it as the most awaited movie of the season.

The cast:

Lorry (Prateik Babbar), ACP Vishnu Kamath (Abhishek Bachchan), Joki (Rana Daggubati), Zoe (Bipasha Basu), Lorsa Biscuit (Aditya Pancholi), Tani (Anaitha Nair) and others.

The storyline:

Giving way to the logo of Ramesh Sippy Films, the movie starts with a small montage of blockbusters of yesteryears. Lorry and his sweetheart, Tani, have sworn to spend their entire life with each other. But love comes with difficulties when Lorry fails to bag a scholarship at an international university while his girlfriend Tani does and she heads to the States for further studies while Lorry stays back due to financial problems. The drug mafia see a potential scapegoat in him and Lorry gets sucked into it!

ACP Vishnu Kamath, head of the Narcotics Department is appointed to cleanse Goa of all the dirt and drugs. Lorsa Biscuit is the wealthiest person in Goa and its self proclaimed Boss, responsible for corrupting innocent lives, and Zoe is one such victim. Then there is Joki - the local lad, a musician, and ex-lover of Zoe and friend of Lorry who also wishes to right the wrongs as he has already lost his girlfriend to Lorsa and doesn’t want to lose Lorry.

There's a Michael Barbossa who controls the entire drug scene, is rumoured to be the master of the universe but is not known to anyone. Hence unraveiling this suspense forms the rest of the story.

What worked:

The slick editing by Aarif Shaikh and great cinematography by Amit Roy works for the film. The way Goa and its rave parties are captured is commendable. Abhishek Bachchan is impressive as a Cop. Rana is a promising find. Bipasha Basu acts decent.

What didn’t:

Deepika's item song is weary and didn't do the job! Out of a sudden Abhishek starts rapping on “Thai! Thai!”. Prateik’s voice is disconnected from the rest of him. The first half of the film has a great build up to an interesting suspense drama but it starts trudging in the second half and even the revelation of the suspense is disappointing. Aditya Pancholi fails to do justice to his character. Pritam’s music works only in parts.

Overall:

A one-time watch movie with a suspense element, action, item number, romance, drama etc that can entice the audience.

Movies on screen....

Dum Maro Dum (Action/Thriller‎‎ - Hindi)

Thank You (Comedy/Romance‎‎ - Hindi)

Zokkomon (Adventure/Children/Fantasy‎‎ - Hindi)

F.a.l.t.u (‎Comedy/Romance‎‎ - Hindi)

Teen The Bhai (Comedy‎‎ - Hindi)

Rio (Action/Adventure/Comedy‎‎ - English)

The RoomMate (‎Drama/Thriller‎‎ - English)

Yogi Bear (‎Action/Adventure/Concert‎‎ - English)

Bharti Airtel to launch iPhone 4 in India

Bharti Airtel would launch Apple's iPhone 4 in India in the coming months.

Vodafone had also issued a press release, in June 2010, about the company's iPhone 4 launch plans in India. But it did not mention any dates.

The iPhone 4 went on sale on June 24, 2010 in five countries including the US, France, Germany, Britain and Japan but is yet to officially launch in India.Even the Apple iPad came to India only a month before the iPad 2 was announced.

iPhone 4 Features

• All New Design

This means: Better handling of phone.

• 3.5″ inch Display (960×460 pixels), 800:1 contrast ratio

This means: Better HD Video Experience

• IPS Technology for superb color & viewing angle

This means: Better colour quality, lesser video glitches

• Stainless Steel Body for strength

This means: Hopefully stronger than earlier iPhones

• 3 axis gyro, accelerometer and compass together for perfect gaming

This means: Better gaming experience

• Glass for scratch resistance and optical Quality

This means: No need of a separate Screen Guard

• Retina display as 326 pixels per inch

This means: Better colour quality (again)

• 3G, UMTS, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth

This means: Has 3G, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (don’t bother about UMTS)

• Dress up your iPhone 4 with a Bumper (six colors option – white, black, blue, green, orange, or pink )

This means: Samsung Corby’s copy J

iPhone 4 Technical Specifications:

• Custom Apple A4 Processor

This means: Better processing speeds(Multitasking)

• up to 32GB of Memory Storage (16GB, 32GB)

This means: More inbuilt memory but can’t be expanded(that’s a catch)

• Quadband HSDPA/7HSUPA .2mbps download/5.8mbps upload

This means: Better 3G speeds

• Quad Band GSM/GPRS/EDGE

This means: Can be used all over the world without any bandwidth issues

• 3.5″ inch Super Display

This means: HD Videos will run without graphical glitches

• 5 Megapixel Camera with LED Flash

This means: Better but not really the best camera available in the market

• HD Video 720p Recording @ 30FPS

This means: HD Video Recording is cool but eats up a lot of battery & space

• Front Camera for Video Recording

This means: Can only be used for 3G Video Calls

• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

This means: Older Wi-Fi Version, could’ve been better

• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR wireless technology

This means: A little faster over current Bluetooth data transfer speeds

• Dual Mic Noise Supression

This means: Better call clarity

• Talktime: up to 7 Hours on 3G
• 40 Hours of Music Playback
• 10 Hours of video playback
• 10 Hours of Wi-Fi Browsing

          This means: Battery is not that great

• Weight: 137 gm

This means: Light in weight. But heavy on pocket.

Price: Rs. 35,000 for 16 GB locked & Rs. 40,000 for 16 GB unlocked.