Hrithik Roshan

Yaadein...
$3.94
Okay, so it can be a little cheesy at times. The alligator scene wasn't the best either. Ha. But, the songs are catchy, the storyline is good, and Hrithik is great to watch. The dialouge he has in this movie is great, and he plays the character of Rohit, a dramatic romantic, very well. I enjoy this movie. Give it a try!

Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage
$6.19
Firstly Hrithik is great and very watchable. In fact all the actors are good. The plot is good. The romance is good and there are some catchy songs and fine dances.
The 'but.." is that the focus of Hrithik's affections is the daughter of a Don and there is some violence around that. In particular there is one extended graphic (and highly unlikely and operatic) scene near the end where there is a fair bit of violence.
So it is one of those Bollywoods that has a different comment for the pre- and post- intermission. The first half has decent romance and the second focuses more on action (and violence which you may want to avoid if this troubles you).

Luck By Chance (Dvd) (2009)
$19.99
"Luck By Chance" has most of the hallmarks of a typical Bollywood production: shimmering visuals, eye-popping colors and costumes, and gorgeous young performers all placed in the service of a slick-fiction melodrama, punctuated by elaborately choreographed song-and-dance numbers that play like glittery shampoo commercials on steroids. The difference here is that since it is Bollywood itself that is the subject of the film, writer/director Zoya Akhtar gets to indulge in some mild self-criticism aimed at a few of the weaknesses inherent in the industry. For instance, the movie questions why nepotism seemingly plays so large a role in the hiring of actors and actresses - a bit of an inside-joke, one assumes, since Akhtar chose her own brother, Farhan, to play the lead character in this film. It also makes fun of the fact that no self-respecting mainstream Indian film would be caught dead without at least a half a dozen musical sequences, even though they are rarely germane to the plot or integral to the theme. That doesn't, however, keep the makers of "Luck By Chance" from fulfilling their mandated quota of said sequences. Apparently, iconoclasm will take one only so far when there are box office receipts at stake.

"Luck By Chance" tells of an aspiring young actor named Vikram (Akhtar) who lands the lead role in what is described as "a big-budget thriller/musical love story." His sudden success becomes a cause of dissension between him and his girlfriend, Sona (Konkona Sen Sharma), since she is herself a struggling actress and has been unable to pick up more than mere bit parts in unimpressive films up to this point. She also becomes jealous of Vikram's co-star, the lovely Nikki Walia (Isha Sarvani), whose over-controlling mother (Dimple Kapadia) was a famous movie actress herself in the 1970s.

In terms of dramaturgy and audience attention-spans, the story could definitely use some tightening, but it does capture some of the frustration, heartbreak and disappointment of trying to make it in the "biz." It also points out the capricious nature of filmdom success, making the case that it is often nothing more than sheer luck - of being at the right place at the right time or of having that indefinable "something" that sets one apart from all others - that ultimately determines who will make it as a star and who will not.

The romantic scenes are nicely played by Akhtar and Sharma, but there's no getting around the fact that the movie itself runs on for such an unconscionable length of time (over two-and-a-half-hours) that audiences (Western audiences, at least) are bound to lose interest in the story quite a ways prior to its actual completion. That's a shame because there's much that is likable and charming about "Luck By Chance."

Jodhaa Akbar (2008) DVD - 3 Dvd Pack
$12.38
This movie is absolutely grandiose; the opening battle scene will show you that Indian movies are really entering into another realm. The songs are beautiful, catchy, and the dances original.
We get to see lots of actors, unlike in many western movies: soldiers, officers, dancers, they really put in the resources needed to make you grasp how big the Mughal empire was.
I watched it with my daughter, and she was so happy to see elephants, a beautiful love story between a prince and a princess! Really a good family movie that you will remember.