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The Shahid Kapoor-Genelia D’Souza film Chance Pe Dance is drawing heavy scorn from movie critics.

Folks, here’s how some prominent critics have slammed Chance Pe Dance:

* DNA:

Chance Pe Dance leaves you unmoved….

The comedy seems forced, the emotions unreal (and the kinds seen in a number of other such films) and the script trite.

….Chance Pe Dance is the kind of film where you know the end and can’t wait to get there, even if it takes its own sweet time to do so.

* IndiaTimes:

Ken Ghosh’s dance-drama takes no chance in experimenting with storytelling style and ends up being an extended version of the music videos that he used to direct before making feature films.

….So in times when dance talent-hunt shows on television promise more drama and entertainment, you find no good reason why to give this dance a chance.

* IndiaFM:

CHANCE PE DANCE tries hard to present the story of one such aspirant, but fails miserably….

What bogs the film down is that it’s too predictable from start to end. However, predictability is not the sole hitch here. The story doesn’t have the zing to keep you hooked to the screen for most parts and also, it unravels at such a lethargic pace that you break into a yawn at several points of the narrative.

* NDTV:

Chance Pe Dance tries to combine a dance movie with a Bollywood-cinderella story and comes up empty-handed.

….This is a dance film without one memorable dance track.

But the biggest let-down is the script. It meanders and stumbles along bewilderingly.

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(Recommended by SI blog reader Jyoti Ramakrishnan)

We are some 20 odd minutes into A History of Violence.

The only reason we’re watching this 2005 movie is because of Viggo Mortensen.

A top-notch actor, Viggo is most likely unfamiliar to Indian audiences for whom the apogee of acting is Aamir Khan in that junk 3 Idiots, Amitabh Bachchan in Paa or Ajith in the trashy Billa. :(

We’ve seen Viggo’s Eastern Promises, Appaloosa and recently The Road.  Enjoyed all of them.

We’ll update this post after we finish watching A History of Violence.

By the way, if you are curious to know more about A History of Violence you can read the Wiki profile of the movie.

Update:

A History of Violence is a decent movie. No question about it.

Viggo Mortensen, who plays the character of the diner owner Tom Stall whose family life comes under strain as his past returns to haunt him, is delightful as ever.

We also enjoyed William Hurt (who plays Richie Cusak) and Maria Bello (she plays Tom’s wife Continue reading »

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Well, well looks like being ex-Miss Universe or ex-Miss World just does not have the same cachet any more.

These are unforgiving times even for pretty gals.

Look at the fate of former Miss.Universe Sushmita Sen’s Dulha Mil Gaya or Miss World Priyanka Chopra’s Pyaar Impossible.

Both have failed to create even ripples at the U.K. box office (sorry, we don’t have U.S. figures this time).

Here, look at the opening weekend box office numbers for Dulha Mil Gaya and Pyaar Impossible:

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At some Indian restaurants in New York City, the attraction is in the fine food and pleasing service.

At others like Bawarchi on 1st Avenue (at 63rd St) in New York City the highlight seems to be its death wish – An inexplicable, bizarre desire to want to shut its doors permanently at the earliest opportunity, a desire easily realized by serving abominable food and rendering indifferent service.

After a particularly depressing experience at the place, we considered Bawarchi’s sole raison d’etre to be to torment diners unfortunate enough to wander into its hall.

When an Indian restaurant has a big name board outside painted Bawarchi, the least we expect is that inside the kitchen you will not have a bunch of inept bozos plying their trade.

Or a gaggle of waiters wearing mournful expressions in the dining room.

Our recent meal at Bawarchi in Manhattan was a colossal disaster.

It appeared as if a herd of tail-less baboons were running amok in the kitchen abetted by their clueless wait-staff accomplices in the dining room.

Bawarchi NYC – Disgustingly Bad

Only with utmost difficulty could we restrain ourselves from puking our guts out at this rat-hole after one of the most disgusting ‘Indian’ meals of our life.

From the uncooked Saag to the dry rice to the flavorless Lamb Roganjosh to the horrid Gajar Halwa to our wobbly table to the indifferent service, almost everything about this so-called Indian restaurant screamed garbage. Continue reading »

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In these dark, cold winter days on the East Coast, what can be better than closeting yourself inside a warm room with a bottle of gin and club soda by your side and some nice music playing on the PC.

Nirvana, eh? Yeah, baby. Yeah.

And of course buying some music tracks now and then.

Here are some songs we’ve acquired lately (mostly from iTunes but some from our CDs that we’ve now imported into iTunes):

* Baby Elephant Walk (Western) – We purchased this wonderful Henry Mancini composition for the John Wayne film Hatari a few hours back. Of course, we’ve been familiar with this charmer for a long time. You can read more about Baby Elephant Walk here.

* Nilavakku En Mael Ennadi Kobam (Tamil) – Is this the best P.B.Srinivas song ever? The song is from the movie Policekaran Magal.

* Kannale Pesi Pesi (Tamil) – Again, a P.B.Srinivas classic. Beautiful lyrics as with Nilavukku En Mael. This time, the movie is Adutha Veetu Penn.

* Achcha To Hum Chalta Hai (Hindi) – An evergreen favorite of ours from the Rajesh Khanna-Asha Parekh film Aan Milo Sajna. You can watch Kaka and Asha here in this video. Say what you will but Rajesh Khanna was a million times better than that Amitabh Bachcha. Continue reading »

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Say, do you think Bollywood actor and restaurateur Shiva Natarajan ever takes a shower?

If Shiva maintains the same poor hygiene standards on his body that he repeatedly, shamelessly demonstrates at his NYC Indian restaurants, we’re inclined to believe the fella seldom showers.

You can say what you will but the man never tires of showing his contempt for diners visiting his crappy NYC Indian restaurant Dhaba (Lexington Ave).

Shiva, who has played bit roles in a handful of Bollywood films (Khakee, Halla Bolet al), has a seemingly vast arsenal of tricks for insulting diners to his Dhaba Indian restaurant on Lexington Ave. in NYC.

For instance, when we visited the place we encountered lousy food accompanied by poor service (like serving Tandoori Chicken and Vegetable Pakoras in the same plate).

Sure, bad food and poor service are par for the course at NYC Indian restaurants and Shiva Natarajan holds no exclusive rights here.

Dhaba NYC maintains Poor HygieneDhaba NYC – Maintains Poor Hygiene Standards

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And whether Shiva showers or not is of no account but his failure to maintain the most basic hygiene standards at Dhaba NYC is most appalling, most insulting and most worrisome to diners.

At times, we wonder whether Shiva is running a restaurant or a dumpster on Lexington Ave.

Bet even Shiva has no idea whether he’s running an Indian restaurant or a dumpster.

Again and again and again, Shiva’s Dhaba fails the NYC Health Department inspection (including a recent inspection in December 2009) or earns horrid violation points. Continue reading »

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