Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan Recites Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan (Best Poems in Legendary Voice)
$7.99
On of the most distinguished poet of India, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, has one various Awards and Titles for his works in Hindi Literature. His son, Amitabh Bachchan is the most inspirational actor of Bollywood who is a milestone in himself. This CD is compilation of the best works of Dr. Bachchan as 13 poems recited by the legendary actor, Amitabh Bachchan. This CD is a must-have for all Amitabh fans and those who like poetry.One of his inspirational poems, Agneepath ("Path of fire"), was used as the theme (and its title as the title) for the 1991 blockbuster hindi movie featuring Amitabh Bachchan, as a ruthless mafia don. This movie was a massive success earning Amitabh Bachchan a National Award for his performance. You can see Amitabh narrating the poem through out the movie.The poem describes the entire gamut of sufferings that the human race had gone through and is going through. Many such inspirational poems are compiled in this CD.

Kuch Naa Kaho
$16.00
LOVED IT!!! LOVED IT!!! LOVED IT!!! LOVED IT!!! LOVED IT!!! LOVED IT!!!

The story, the music... IT WAS SO GOOD!!! GET IT...!!!!

LOVED IT!!! LOVED IT!!! LOVED IT!!! LOVED IT!!! LOVED IT!!! LOVED IT!!!

Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
$9.95
loved the movie also for the songs... that's why I had to buy the soundtrack as well! Pure Bollywood style - I guess, KANK is my very first Bollywood movie and even if it's 3hours long I loved it!

Kyun! Ho Gaya Na
$16.00
Plot is a romance between a girl who believes in marrying for love and a guy happy to let his parents arrange something. There is a subplot built around an orphanage she does work with which is run by Amitabh Bachchan (who plays a man young at heart and full of childlike pranks).

We were disappointed in this one as Vivek Oberoi and Ashwarya Rai, the romantic leads, had no chemistry. In addition Ash (who is in fact 3 years older than Vivek) looked much older and more mature than him and it didn't seem believable that she would see in someone still a boy (unless she is a sucker for male model looks!).

The role Vivek plays has him being a superficial young man who isn't in touch with his emotions. So he is laughing and avoidant when sensitive emotions are on the agenda. His motto is 'love and defeat are not in my vocabulary'. He played this so well perhaps that we weren't engaged with him (as we had been in Saathiya for instance). When together they looked like they were posing together rather than relating to each other. At other times she seemed even slightly annoyed with him (even allowing for the plot). My co-viewer abandoned the movie half way because she didn't like the lack of chemistry either.

This seems to be rated higher by Ash fans so if you are one of them you may like it more. Some of the movie is catchy and some of the dances not bad. It was nominated for several awards in the music categories. Elsewhere on the Net it is rated quite variably - from below average to average mostly but with scoring from about 4 to 9 out of 10. I'm not keeping this one.