Which is the last Bollywood film you saw ?

Oh ok.
appo Maddy kEtta maadhiri Synopsaradhu.

btw type paNNi save paNNi post paNNaama vachirundhadhai andha thiriyila pOduradhA sonneeyaLE....

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As a matter of policy I don't watch film which the viewers will like ONLY if they understand.That's what the promos/reviews felt like. Adhunaala 'well left'.

And it's vexing for me - not interesting - to see the 'understanding' tending to: 'neenga solra maadhiriyum sollalaam, avar solra maadhiriyum sollalaam'.

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illa illa, i found it very interesting and engaging to see the free fall of John's character into a "dark" fantasy land........the narrative was distorted to dizzying extent that i couldnt tell whether what was happening around me :lol:....very very engaging watch - ungala madhiri "taste-aana" aalungalakkellam must watch :D .......since u get to know creators' idea behind a creation than most of us get, i just requested you - try pannunga, free tiathhla :)

adhula paarunga, i took BR's review today and was shocked to see he had echoed my thoughts exactly :bow:

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As for me, after my engagement with No Smoking, here’s what I took away – the image of K descending, Orpheus-like, into an apparently bottomless underworld

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the spectral visions that ripple past the screen as if spooks had gotten stuck in the theatre’s projection system, and what these eventually turn out to be

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http://www.desipundit.com/baradwajra...ew-no-smoking/

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Originally Posted by equanimus

No, on the contrary, this was a film which was not liked (or was widely criticised) because the viewers insisted on "understanding" it! I thought this was a dreamy stream-of-consciousness film which isn't interested at all in setting up the viewer to "decode" it. Beyond a point, it becomes just impossible to distinguish the real from the surreal, but there's an overall sense to it regardless.

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adhu dhaan ennaaanu suthhama puriyala enakku or i donno if wat i thought abt it was right.......so, "enakku oru unmai therinjaaganum"-nnu tonti-fi yrsa alaya vechhittaanga :P

I've read that article before MADDY and that's what convinced me I wouldn't like the film. And to some extent convinced me I wouldn't enjoy Baradwaj Rangan's writing as much as many others do.

kurippitta sila vishayangaL dhaan pudikkudhu. whattodo

How does one 'engage' without understanding ? I used to think that perhaps my 'negative reaction' to such works is because of the unease that comes with my understanding suddenly being messed with/suspended. I used to be respectful and accord some credit to the maker for creating such an experience. I gradually stopped being that generous when I began to 'understand' that to mess with someone's understanding isn't the hardest thing in the world. If not "idhuvum oru isai" maadhiri pOyirum.

Unless I am able to discern some semblance of creative vision/control I find it impossible to appreciate.

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Unless I am able to discern some semblance of creative vision/control I find it impossible to appreciate.

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ennavo ponga......art films naale ippadi dhaan, remba scattered-a, confuse panra madhiri dhaan irukkum illaya?.....(only other art film i saw was meenaxi, that too for thalaivar only)

Mumbai Meri Jaan
bittubittA paarthurukkEn..innikku dhaan full-A pArthEn

Enjoyed it

Irfan Khan, Madhavan, Paresh Rawal, KKay Menon - excellent performances

Even (raththa) sogai was not bad at all.

Indhi acting :clap:

I saw AnjAdhe yesterday. The visual-style continues to impress but acting was just :x

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I saw AnjAdhe yesterday. The visual-style continues to impress but acting was just :x

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dialaaks mattum ennavaam :P

but yes, very very impressive camera work......

Some dialogues were not bad

When Ponvannan says Parthiban was shot
Chappai: thuppAkkiliya ? mokkai paya saar avan. sinna kathila pOtturukkaNUm...periya aaL aakkittaanga :lol:


OTOH some of the lines were hilarious when spoken :lol2:

AC: What's the plan Keerthi ?
Ponvannan: We are planning to sniff Chappai sir :rotfl:

adhu ennamo, i felt important dialaaks to be funny as well - esp the ones where prasana tries to provoke Ajmal :lol:

Prasana kErattarisationE funny-A irukkum.
adhai neengaLum naanumE sonnA, edhirkatchikkaaran pArthA enna ninaippAn. :oops:

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Prasana kErattarisationE funny-A irukkum.
adhai neengaLum naanumE sonnA, edhirkatchikkaaran pArthA enna ninaippAn. :oops:

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aama aama, avaru namma settu :lol:

Plum, ivana BS-nnu sonnadhula thappe illa :evil:

http://spicezee.zeenews.com/articles/story48088.htm

vada poche

Oh SeeniyammAL-DEsamugan split-A ?

Shahid green sand-nga. idhellAm promo.

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Oh SeeniyammAL-DEsamugan split-A ?

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unga appa , ini eppa CM aaguraaro appa dhaan naama onnu sera mudiyum-nnu sollirupaaha :lol:

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Shahid green sand-nga. idhellAm promo.

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avan, yaaru endha padathukku epaadi moonja vechhirakanum-nnu correcta theriyum...........avana pala theeya sakthigal(kareena, vidya balan) nerungiyum onnniyum aagala......

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Prasana kErattarisationE funny-A irukkum.
adhai neengaLum naanumE sonnA, edhirkatchikkaaran pArthA enna ninaippAn. :oops:

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Okay, statement recorded. :twisted:

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Plum, ivana BS-nnu sonnadhula thappe illa :evil:

http://spicezee.zeenews.com/articles/story48088.htm

vada poche

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Maddy,
Manam thalaraadheenga, summa lulululaaeee :razz:
Look at me

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Reportedly, the actor is now flirting openly with his ‘CPD’ co-star Genelia D’Souza over social networking sites, and the actress too seems equally interested!

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:rotfl2:

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Plum, Paa pArthAchA ?

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illai :-( - Very bissy weld tour :-)

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Oh SeeniyammAL-DEsamugan split-A ?

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idhu yaaru? :oops:

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Oh SeeniyammAL-DEsamugan split-A ?

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idhu yaaru? :oops:

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Naan romba neram yosichuttu irundhen. Office-la irundhadhaala andha 'spicy' link ellam open panna bayama irundhudhu. Appuramdhan therinjudhu adhu Genelia - Ritesh Deshmukh :twisted:

Genelia - SeeniyammAL how yA?

yaaraavadhu idhukkellAm glossay pOdanum :twisted:

G.Lia-Hritesh Deshmukh va solraaru :lol:

yapPaa

Cheeni kum's hot zafrani pulao confrontations and sweet music of raaja were lingering fresh when i stepped into theater to watch paa. I would be lying if i say Amitabh's 12 yr old getup, teasers, trailers on television channels were not drawing me. As soon as i saw Mrs.Bachhan reading out title credits, i smelled a rat (dead one at that). Film opens with Abhishek Bachan as aMOL, the idealist politician, who gets to meet 12yr old Auro(with a phsyique of 80 yr old) in a school function. Principal saab explains this condition as a disease called Progeria but goes on to term him very talented and creative. (Why do kids with special conditions need to always compensate with something else like brilliance etc? to me, its equivalent to saying "guy is dark but is still handsome"). Hold on to your seats, because The script then starts oscillating and starts shaking badly once we are thrown into love, pregnancy, practicality, emotions flashback of Vidya balan. Raaja tries his best to hold us with his rousing happy version of Mudi mudi and female(only) version of mudi mudi in the background. The movie then moves on to the shocker of seemingly never ending sub plot - "Abhisehk v Media" where Balki tries to get inspired from masters like Maniratnam but ends up as not even a patch on Shankar(master of such masala commentaries). The 12 yr old, seems to take a backseat as this sub plot thickens. There are very little details given about Auro or did i miss it in this rumble of indecent writing. The movie then veers into a "tamil-tv-serialisitc" mode with the director tying to interest us with the knot of "when Auro will actually meet his paa". The "so-near-yet-so-far" scenes adds to misery of the viewers. Raaja and his BGM are mute spectators to this misery.

Viday Balan, finally decides to reveal to Auro who his paa is. We are then taken to the next boring and recursive sequence of Auro roaming around with his paa throughout Delhi and checking if his "new found" paa and himself have similarities. All this without his Paa actually knowing that Auro is his son. Honestly, by this time, i lost all interest in this movie, since scirpt was not offering anything and we were denied the basic right of songs for more than a hour. As auro's condition worsens just like my patience, in hospital scenes, Raaja decides to move Balki to travellers seat and drives us through a beautiful ride. "Gum sum" song comes across like a Aquafina bottle in a sahara desert tour. But Balki somehow manages to shake us from this little happiness as well, by giving a karan-joahrish-kid-unites-parents twist to the movie. This is the limit and thankfully climax.

The movie broke down for me as soon it showed a 6 yr old characterisation for a 12yr old. The actions, dance moves, his friends were 3rd std stuff and not of a boy who is about to step into his teens. Did you dance in stage after receiving an award when you were in 7th std - God! Looks like most of the time were spent on Makeup, camera angles and Aura of Amitabh than characterisation. Auro comes across as "geoffery boycott's" grandson - adhaan, smart aleck, whose ony readily seen trait seems to be the witty replies. Auro never strikes a chord with audience with such wafer thin, detail-less characerisation. Amitabh only compunds this characerisation by acting like a retard and it looks like no homework done for this character. Vidya Balan, seems to be the knee jerk element in the movie who seems to decide life, love, marriage under 5 mins. Mind you, she is also the idealist, single woman who can fall only once in love in a lifetime. Vidya's mom character which starts with a promise of asking her daughter to give birth to the illegitimate child, later sinks to "aurat ye hai, woh hai" lines in the second half. Paresh Rawal, another idealist, north indian politician who retires in his 60's(how can one get more ideal), dishes out advices, supposedly with a great understanding of dyanmics of Indian politics. he recursively asks his son to wriggle out of the auro mess, but Abhishek decides to stay with his son. Abhishek, once again a victim of poor characerisation, is the surprise element of this movie. His character is of a idealist politician, who wants to change India, set things right and doesent want to marry in memory of his first love by rejecting juicy alliances from VIPs. But Abhishek takes control after the initial "angrez" hiccups. he shows restraint, control, Array of emotions in this performance. The scene where he cries over the bedside for Auro's depreciating medical condition takes the cake. No dialogues - only Raaja, PC and Abhishek. Abhishek, through his acting, stands tall and diminishes Amitabhs' image.

Dialogues were very nice at places but i could hardly detect a smart undertone or nuance in them. The "google se bach ke kahan jaayoge", "mein visiting time ke baare mein bol raha tha" etc and host of other witty Auro replies were good but after a point, they became recursive. Confused characterisations, lack of strong points in the screenplay killed whatever life was left in dialogues. This is so disappointing from a man who created very interesting scenarios in cheeni kum with dialogues and screenplay. Movie seemed extremely slow, since things started compounding for me right from first scene. The screenplay was so worn out and un-crisp, devoid of any timing. So much so that i didnt mind the karan-joharish climax, because it was atleast coming to an end. Abhishek Bachan is the only thing i would take away from this movie where Raaja tries his best to infuse interest, but is definitely not in my list of "DVD-revisits".

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we were denied the basic right of songs for more than a hour

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:rotfl2:

(in this post, flat details paakkala, general-a alasinen).
Padam lighta overrated-a irukkumo nu mild a doubt irundhuchu, aana ippadi irukkum nu edhirpaakkala. Adhuvum oru vidhathula nalladhu dhaan.
Will be watching tomorrow, probably :yes:

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yapPaa

Cheeni kum's hot zafrani pulao confrontations and sweet music of raaja were lingering fresh when i stepped into theater to watch paa. I would be lying if i say Amitabh's 12 yr old getup, teasers, trailers on television channels were not drawing me. As soon as i saw Mrs.Bachhan reading out title credits, i smelled a rat (dead one at that). Film opens with Abhishek Bachan as aMOL, the idealist politician, who gets to meet 12yr old Auro(with a phsyique of 80 yr old) in a school function. Principal saab explains this condition as a disease called Progeria but goes on to term him very talented and creative. (Why do kids with special conditions need to always compensate with something else like brilliance etc? to me, its equivalent to saying "guy is dark but is still handsome"). Hold on to your seats, because The script then starts oscillating and starts shaking badly once we are thrown into love, pregnancy, practicality, emotions flashback of Vidya balan. Raaja tries his best to hold us with his rousing happy version of Mudi mudi and female(only) version of mudi mudi in the background. The movie then moves on to the shocker of seemingly never ending sub plot - "Abhisehk v Media" where Balki tries to get inspired from masters like Maniratnam but ends up as not even a patch on Shankar(master of such masala commentaries). The 12 yr old, seems to take a backseat as this sub plot thickens. There are very little details given about Auro or did i miss it in this rumble of indecent writing. The movie then veers into a "tamil-tv-serialisitc" mode with the director tying to interest us with the knot of "when Auro will actually meet his paa". The "so-near-yet-so-far" scenes adds to misery of the viewers. Raaja and his BGM are mute spectators to this misery.

Viday Balan, finally decides to reveal to Auro who his paa is. We are then taken to the next boring and recursive sequence of Auro roaming around with his paa throughout Delhi and checking if his "new found" paa and himself have similarities. All this without his Paa actually knowing that Auro is his son. Honestly, by this time, i lost all interest in this movie, since scirpt was not offering anything and we were denied the basic right of songs for more than a hour. As auro's condition worsens just like my patience, in hospital scenes, Raaja decides to move Balki to travellers seat and drives us through a beautiful ride. "Gum sum" song comes across like a Aquafina bottle in a sahara desert tour. But Balki somehow manages to shake us from this little happiness as well, by giving a karan-joahrish-kid-unites-parents twist to the movie. This is the limit and thankfully climax.

The movie broke down for me as soon it showed a 6 yr old characterisation for a 12yr old. The actions, dance moves, his friends were 3rd std stuff and not of a boy who is about to step into his teens. Did you dance in stage after receiving an award when you were in 7th std - God! Looks like most of the time were spent on Makeup, camera angles and Aura of Amitabh than characterisation. Auro comes across as "geoffery boycott's" grandson - adhaan, smart aleck, whose ony readily seen trait seems to be the witty replies. Auro never strikes a chord with audience with such wafer thin, detail-less characerisation. Amitabh only compunds this characerisation by acting like a retard and it looks like no homework done for this character. Vidya Balan, seems to be the knee jerk element in the movie who seems to decide life, love, marriage under 5 mins. Mind you, she is also the idealist, single woman who can fall only once in love in a lifetime. Vidya's mom character which starts with a promise of asking her daughter to give birth to the illegitimate child, later sinks to "aurat ye hai, woh hai" lines in the second half. Paresh Rawal, another idealist, north indian politician who retires in his 60's(how can one get more ideal), dishes out advices, supposedly with a great understanding of dyanmics of Indian politics. he recursively asks his son to wriggle out of the auro mess, but Abhishek decides to stay with his son. Abhishek, once again a victim of poor characerisation, is the surprise element of this movie. His character is of a idealist politician, who wants to change India, set things right and doesent want to marry in memory of his first love by rejecting juicy alliances from VIPs. But Abhishek takes control after the initial "angrez" hiccups. he shows restraint, control, Array of emotions in this performance. The scene where he cries over the bedside for Auro's depreciating medical condition takes the cake. No dialogues - only Raaja, PC and Abhishek. Abhishek, through his acting, stands tall and diminishes Amitabhs' image.

Dialogues were very nice at places but i could hardly detect a smart undertone or nuance in them. The "google se bach ke kahan jaayoge", "mein visiting time ke baare mein bol raha tha" etc and host of other witty Auro replies were good but after a point, they became recursive. Confused characterisations, lack of strong points in the screenplay killed whatever life was left in dialogues. This is so disappointing from a man who created very interesting scenarios in cheeni kum with dialogues and screenplay. Movie seemed extremely slow, since things started compounding for me right from first scene. The screenplay was so worn out and un-crisp, devoid of any timing. So much so that i didnt mind the karan-joharish climax, because it was atleast coming to an end. Abhishek Bachan is the only thing i would take away from this movie where Raaja tries his best to infuse interest, but is definitely not in my list of "DVD-revisits".

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Other reviews were saying that this is one of the best movies ever made in Indian cinema and declaring that Amitji is the most accomplished actor on the other side of atlantic ocean. What is this? Are they blind or trying to act like ones.

Jail is one movie, which worths a visit in recent hindi films.

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Originally Posted by Maddy

we were denied the basic right of songs for more than a hour

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:rotfl2:

(in this post, flat details paakkala, general-a alasinen).
Padam lighta overrated-a irukkumo nu mild a doubt irundhuchu, aana ippadi irukkum nu edhirpaakkala. Adhuvum oru vidhathula nalladhu dhaan.
Will be watching tomorrow, probably :yes:

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I will wait for DVD.

"Paa"thutten! :D Konjamaachum puriyumaanu doubt-oda ponen, but, surprise surprise, Sathyam-la subtitle oda pottaanga :omg: :bluejump: (They are not playing for all shows, i heard. May be matiness, not sure)

First impression - average dhaan. The screenplay is so bad that, below average nu kooda sollalaam. But, There is a lot to read into the film, i think. Subtext kaNakka. Innoru thadava paakkaNum. Script wise nalla yosichurukkaaru, but execution not upto the mark.

Vidya Balan and Senoir Bachchan are the real stars of the film. Junior ok dhaan. Arundati Naag was very impressive too! If Amitabh suffers from Progeria Grigeria, all the roles suffer from poor writing!

PC Sreeram ku oru :2thumbsup: and Raja ku oru :2thumbsup: (Goosebumps when his name is announced in the credits by Jaya Bachchan, theatre la PC & Raja per announce paNNappo avLO claps :o :notworthy: )

Solla marandhuttanae, padam mudinjadhum, theatre la bayangara claps :o Edhukku nu thelre, may be ippavaachum padam mudinjidhaanu irukkalaam :P But, through out the film, the crowd was enjoying the film.

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Genelia - SeeniyammAL how yA?

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adhukku engaLai maadhiri, neengaLum sellamA Genie-nu kooptirundhA purinjirukkum.

Bolly, here we come.

(got it from venki's FB page)

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Bolly, here we come.

(got it from venki's FB page)

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:lol:

Chak De India :roll: third time though :P

Yet to see pA, but read this article :

BRangan on Balki -

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Thanks to Balki, the rest of India knows now what we Tamils were celebrating in the latter half of the eighties, and all the way up to Roja.

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http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/s...fBHAeKn3LcnQ==

Quite an interesting article, calling Balki an EkalavyA (MR being the DhrOnAchAryA)

i cant believe that Mr.Rangan liked Paa :) .......i agree that Paa had huge traces of Maniratnam everywhere - the scene where Abhishek bachan sends slumdwellers into journalists homes was straight out of maniratnams' communist books :lol: ......

and another person who thinks maniratnam post-roja is a different man......and when Mr.Rangan says that - it carries weight.......hmm, probably, even i need to think on these lines and maybe start neglecting his pre-1992 works :D

maddy did you write that review for Paa? :shock:

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Plum, ivana BS-nnu sonnadhula thappe illa :evil:

http://spicezee.zeenews.com/articles/story48088.htm

vada poche

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they would indeed make a cute couple..

<3 <3


genelia and ritesh deshmukh were dating :shock: :shock: :shock:

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maddy did you write that review for Paa? :shock:

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yes - i know u liked Paa :oops:

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they would indeed make a cute couple..

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thats bcos u havent seen her with me :lol2:

PAA - Onnium solrathukkillai, just a Time pass.. ethukku intha padam? Balki inspired from TZP... but the script is too weak..... IR sir is the only relief to some extend....

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maddy did you write that review for Paa? :shock:

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yes - i know u liked Paa :oops:

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I didn't read the whole review :oops: Too long adhaan ketean avlo periya review neen ezhudhinadahnu :shock:

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they would indeed make a cute couple..

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thats bcos u havent seen her with me :lol2:

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nallavela paathadhilla :lol2:

Khosla ka Ghosla - This film is just about fine. Performances were good. Bomman Irani was :lol: