i loved the movie 
although it was depressingly romantic and i had to refrain from sobbing every two minutes.. geez i even wanted to cry when Amitabh was playing hockey!
I thought it was really well done, and thank goodness there was no dishoom dishoom and blood shed.. and aaah manoj bajpai :love:.. i nearly died in my seat when i saw him..
i agree, that whole maafi maanging in the end was sorta uncalled for.. but nevertheless a good movie :k:
but they missed one song!!
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Here is a question.. WHY do all Indian films that have this cross border Love theme, always have an Indian guy and a Pakistani GIRL!!!!!!!!
Its never an Indian Girl with a Pakistani GUY.
It not like I have a problem with this theme, but why is it ALWAYS a Pakistani girl and Indian guy, what are they implying?
Just once I would like to see a Hindu, Sikh girl fall in love with a Pakistani guy.. But NO, its always the PAKISTANI GIRL who gets swept away by the dashing INDIAN Hindu or Sikh guy.
Its like they think all Pakistani women just waiting for some Indian prince charming to sweep them of thier feet.
If Indians think this film is gonna make us open our hearts to them, im sorry it does not.
My two cent:)
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very funny...lol:) prolly no paki gys can attract Indian women;) just kididng
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very funny...lol:) prolly no paki gys can attract Indian women;) just kididng
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I know a few who did... ;) lol
But thats another story...:)
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*Originally posted by irem: *
i think hum ne aisi movie banai thee..
i think it was by Syed Noor?
the one that starred Zara Sheikh..she was a hindu girl in that
i THINK..
not sure
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Once again, Chalk this up to our cross cultural similaties here...
We as a society and I mean the South Asians, are just so sexist...
So while its romantic for a guy to marry the Girl from across the border, it a disgrace for a Girl to marry some Guy across the border.. go figure. The day they make a movie like that, is the day i sit up and pay attention.
i agree with everything u said
those r actually my opinions to.
Did u guys know Anupam Kher & kiren kher r married??
^ yeah they married in late 70's at the time kirron kher was already married with a 1 year old son sikander but was facing a lot of marital problems. aupamker and kirron were friends long before they actually married so dosti turned into passion, and they r together.
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^ yeah they married in late 70's at the time kirron kher was already married with a 1 year old son sikander but was facing a lot of marital problems. aupamker and kirron were friends long before they actually married so dosti turned into passion, and they r together.
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wow i didn't know she was maried already
anupam seems like nice man.
Aaya tere darr per dewana
aaya tere darr per dewana
tera dewana tera dewana teraa dewanaaaaaaaa
bakwas long and slow movie..just liked a few songs from the movie
I bought a music CD on Sat that had songs from veer-zara, the guy who sold it to me (he knows that I have zero knowledge on current movie scene) told me that "saar Jii saaangs are vunderppool" so I bought it and the guy was right on the money.
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ya RUKSA' the women were indeed fully clothed until king khan partly stripped preity into a jamanoo sari, a revealing scene *song mein
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apart from that scene LUC, you have to agree there were no butt shakings etc. going on. Compared to his earlier DTPH or even Mohabatein, gosh it was such a relief to see women clothed properly! When is the last time you saw Preity covering her head? :)
dilchasp , bohat dilchasp (this phrase made me wanna rip off anupum kheer's remaining hair)
Man wicked movie. This shows Indian movies truly rule the world. I hope many Paki girls will cross the border 2 India now;)
India Zindabad
PAkpatriot1 man.... Wt r u arguing abot. Cant u c all the pakis hav loved the movie. Face the fact man that India rulz....
and our films rule Pakistani hearts. Hey no 1 cares abot religion I dnt and these people dnt bcz at the end of the day Love is g8tr then all the religions... and this film is the best.... ha ha ha I love when pakistani girl jumps into Veer Partab Singhs arms.. This is how it should be ha ha ha.... man India Rulz...
Ok All u Bollywood lovers out here go and C LOC and MAa Tujhe Salam man brillaint films and plz also watch Gaddar Wicked film.... ha ha ha and Bombay
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*Originally posted by Verizon: *
I bought a music CD on Sat that had songs from veer-zara, the guy who sold it to me (he knows that I have zero knowledge on current movie scene) told me that "saar Jii saaangs are vunderppool" so I bought it and the guy was right on the money.
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Thats it man Keep Buyin Proud Indian Music and Ur life will be made. Indians r the best
And now the minus side.. Well the only minus that I have with this movie is the projection of Pakistani society. Every time Pakistan was shown in the film it never looked like Pakistan. The director seems quite unfamiliar with Pakistan, her society, her customs, her wedding rituals, her surroundings..just about everything. And this to me was a real big minus…big enough that it overshadowed the pluses of the movie in first viewing. No politician in Pakistan contesting from Lahore wears shirwani in his house for sure. In fact in all national assemblies of last 3-4 decades, you will hardly find any sherwani except the nawab’s of Bahawalpur and late Nasarullah Khan. No one in Lahore uses the Lakhnao Delhi style of adab for greetings. Nor does the ladies of the class shown wear jewels like Kiron Kher. It looked more like Muslim Lucknow rather than Pakistan. And this highlights one more thing - India and Pakistan are two different and distant societies who know very little about each other. By the virtue of history, they do have things in common, but on the whole they have turned into two different societies. Pakistani society is different than the society of Indian muslims, it’s more modern and has her own set of customs. It has moved quite a lot from the pre partition commonalities between the two cultures. And this is where Yash jee got it all wrong.
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PAkpatriot1 man.... Wt r u arguing abot. Cant u c all the pakis hav loved the movie. Face the fact man that India rulz....
and our films rule Pakistani hearts. Hey no 1 cares abot religion I dnt and these people dnt bcz at the end of the day Love is g8tr then all the religions... and this film is the best.... ha ha ha I love when pakistani girl jumps into Veer Partab Singhs arms.. This is how it should be ha ha ha.... man India Rulz...
Ok All u Bollywood lovers out here go and C LOC and MAa Tujhe Salam man brillaint films and plz also watch Gaddar Wicked film.... ha ha ha and Bombay
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Im not talking about religion... Im waiting for an Indian girl to defy her country and parents and go marry a Pakistani... But that aint gonna happen.
Yes Paks love Indian flicks, but then they also like chewing on taboccao filled leaves and cow feet... So go figure.
Why dont they use some real Pakistanis next time, if they are good enough... Im sure there are many who would like to do some acting...
That Irani director Makelbash or whatever his name is, always uses real people to get the authenticity down. And His films work pretty well.
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
director turns lens on India
By Saibal Chatterjee
Mohsen Makhmalbaf and actress Niloufar Pazira at Cannes
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, one of Iran’s most celebrated directors, will shoot his next film in the heat and dust of India.
Makhmalbaf, 47, intends to begin filming early next year.
The filmmaker was in India this year to scout for locations in and around the holy city of Varanasi (Benaras).
“The yet-to-be-titled film will feature non-professional actors from Iran as well as India,” says Makhmalbaf.
In many of his films, Makhmalbaf employs non-professional actors to heighten their naturalistic feel.
“I like casting ordinary people,” he says.
Exploring India
The Tehran-based director makes films outside Iran these days to avoid his country’s stringent censorship laws.
It will be a freewheeling exploration of the soul of India
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Makhmalbaf is currently shooting a film in Tajikistan, the location of one of his earlier features, The Silence (1998), about a 10-year-old blind boy who supports his impoverished mother by tuning musical instruments.
He is slated to be back in India by the end of the year to finalise the details of the upcoming shoot.
“The film will necessitate several trips as it will be shot in numerous villages and small towns,” he says.
“It will be a freewheeling exploration of the soul of India.”
Makhmalbaf is scouting for locations in Varanasi
This is Makhmalbaf’s third attempt to mount a film in India.
Fifteen years ago, he firmed up plans to make an India-specific film.
“The venture fell through because I wasn’t big enough back then to find a willing producer,” he says.
A few years later, he wrote another script, titled Maharaja, and headed back to India with a film crew.
The country’s slothful bureaucracy spoiled the attempt.
“The rules and regulations here were too complicated, so I aborted the project,” says the Iranian maverick.
Lyrical images
This time around, Makhmalbaf is confident of pulling it off. “I already have a producer and the script is in the final stages of development,” he says.
The last film Makhmalbaf directed was Kandahar (2001), set in Taleban-era Afghanistan.
I love India far too much to ever project it in a negative light
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Since forming the Makhmalbaf Film House in 1996, he has concentrated on “making filmmakers rather than films”, enabling wife Marziyeh Meshkini, son Maysam and daughters Samira and Hana to become independent directors.
Since the early 1980s, Makhmalbaf has directed such acclaimed films as A Moment of Innocence, The Cyclist, Time for Love, Marriage of the Blessed, The Actor and Once Upon a Time, Cinema.
His cinema blends starkly realistic situations with stunningly beautiful, colour-drenched and lyrical images.
His love for India notwithstanding, Makhmalbaf is no Bollywood enthusiast.
“My film will have nothing in common with popular Indian cinema,” he says.
Bollywood, he feels, does not reflect reality. “It showcases an imaginary, sanitised world meant for enjoyment, not introspection,” says Makhmalbaf.
“I have visited India several times, but my understanding of the land comes primarily from Mahatma Gandhi’s writings and Satyajit Ray’s films,” says the director, who also runs a project for Afghan refugees in Iran, a school for aspiring filmmakers and a production outfit.
Love for India
Makhmalbaf is particularly impressed with India’s thriving democracy.
Makhmalbaf does not much care for Bollywood
“Iran has a lot to learn from this country,” he says.
“India’s democracy recognises and accommodates a multiplicity of cultures, languages, religions and views. In Iran, we have only one language, one religion and one power system.”
His faith in Gandhian non-violence emerged rather late in life.
“Today I am a citizen of the world. When I think of Mahatma Gandhi, I feel I belong to India as much as I do to Iran,” he says.
Despite stringent censorship, Makhmalbaf and his filmmaker-daughter Samira use the medium to express concern at issues like the status of women and treatment of Kurds in Iran.
“Every script is routinely vetted by censors in my country,” he says.
“The last screenplay I submitted was rejected because it satirised film censorship through the character of a blind censor board employee,” he says.
Makhmalbaf does not, however, expect any trouble with censors in India. “I love India far too much to ever project it in a negative light,” he says.
Bollywood, he feels, does not reflect reality. “It showcases an imaginary, sanitised world meant for enjoyment, not introspection,” says Makhmalbaf.
There you go, couldnt have said it better myself :k: