SoggyCornflakes - Bollywood

Hi all, guess what? Today, SoggyCornflakes Bollywood has reached the 1000th post mark. Why am I celebrating this? I'm not sure, probably because I forgot when SC had a birthday, so I just need an excuse to celebrate something on this blog.

And since I have to take the day off tomorrow, I'm pulling the Shahid Friday post to today. So in Shahid news today,

Did you know that Kismat Konnection and Ram Gopal Verma's Contract are set to be released on the same day? But honestly, I don't think July 18th is going to be a huge problem, since both movies appeal to different kinds of audiences. If you want a fun, sweet romcom, you're going to see KK. If you want to see terrorists and fighting, then you'll see Contract. They're not in direct competition with each other.

An older story about Shahid shooting in Canada, he even has enough fans there to be mobbed by a group of more than 2000 people, of which 99% must have been screaming girls. Since shooting was impossible in that crowd, Shahid had to wait for a few hours in a nearby hotel and only emerged at 3AM to finish the scene.

Well, at least directors and producers can be happy at that attention. Kismat Konnection should be worried about Contract? I think not.

And I'm out, have a good Friday and Saturday and Sunday. Oh, and thank you to all the readers who have read this blog and other sections of SoggyCornflakes, it's you who've allowed us to be one of the top 550 000 websites on the internet. It sounds bad but when you think about the 20 million websites around, those numbers are kinda OK. Hopefully it'll get better.

Cheers all!

I've been listening to the soundtrack of Kismat Konnection for a few days and I thought I would try something new. Instead of just regurgitating news, I would give my mostly honest opinion about the songs. Have never tried writing a review before so excuse me if it's not actually helpful or informative in any way...I never really cared about who sang or composed the song, if it has a nice beat and lyrics and was singable in the shower, I liked it. Also, couldn't find any news about Shahid to end off the week. You can check out the video for one of the songs above though, Shahid fans will still be pleased because he looks great (read: gorgeous) in it.

Aai Paapi (Tu Hai Meri Soniye): The title song and most Shahid and Vidya fans will have heard it by now. It's a nice song but it takes a while to get into it. Sounds a bit weird at the "I'll take you higher and higher" part, especially if you watched the trailer too many times ;-)
Shower-singing quality: 6/10
Remix note: Just a faster version of the song. Prefer the original.

Bukhuda Tumhi Ho: The song in the video above. I never particularly liked slow songs and it takes a really good song to make me like it. The song isn't bad but not one of my favourites. The video is cute though, although Shahid seems to be copying some Shah Rukh Khan moves there.
Shower-singing quality: 4/10
Remix note: I like this one slightly more because it picked up the tempo, a bit.

Is this Love (Kahin Na Laage): Another slow song. The chorus is annoying, along with other bits of the song. It's a bit too squeaky and high pitched for me to like it, at least the female singer is.
Shower-singing quality: 3/10
Remix note: More annoying.

Move Your Body Now: Starts off weirdly, I dunno why, it just sounds a bit off in the beginning. But once the song starts, it's really nice. Very hummable and good chance that it'll get stuck in your head, especially the chorus. A very cool fast song. The chorus is a bit weird though, something about naughty girls and freaky, freaky nights.
Shower-singing quality: 8/10 (Although you may end up humming it half the time, some of it is too fast to sing in your personal karaoke)
Remix note: A better start than the original, I like them equally.

Soniye Ve (Dhak Dhak Dhak): Has a very wedding feel to it, I guess it's the 'dholki' beat. I really like this song as well. I'm assuming it takes place in a wedding setting. Makes me feel like I want to go to a nice desi wedding with yummy food.
Shower-singing quality: 7.5/10
Remix note: Since the words 'Dhak Dhak Dhak' is used frequently in this song, it make you feel like it's no longer a heartbeat, it's palpitations. Still very listenable.

Soundtrack rating: 6.5/10

Yeah, that's not the average for the songs but I think it's a pretty good soundtrack. The deficiencies in the slower songs will be made up by the fact that Shahid is on the screen. I doubt my ratings will make a difference to your own opinion but there you go. If you've heard the songs yourself, please answer the poll below, thanks. Not that it makes any difference, it's just for curiosity's sake.



Have a great weekend!

I'm kinda scared writing about Vidya Balan in case some fan attacks me...but oh well. I'm a big girl, sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me, nyaa, nyaa, nyaa! Did I mention I'm a big girl? ;-)

Anyways, the shooting for Kismat Konnection is over and the movie should be out in less than a month. Vidya recently gave an interview where she talks about her and Shahid Kapoor. She has decided that maybe by saying that she doesn't have a boyfriend will cause media to actually focus on her career.

“There is no truth to any of the rumours concerning me and Shahid. He’s a co-star, someone with whom I share a mind-blowing chemistry on screen. And no, the rumours of our affair are not attention grabbing gimmicks to hype up our film either. So, I have learnt to take these things as an occupational hazard. If the rumours were true, well, I wouldn’t have screamed from rooftops, but yes, I wouldn’t have kept it clandestine either,”

“...the film’s over, and while we do acknowledge each other’s presence, Shahid and I aren’t bumchums or anything.”

Interesting, is she trying to throw us off the trail or something? Vidya doesn't get it, the media (bloggers included) will always look for a story and if we can't find one, then we just make one up.

“Maybe those who wrote those things about me had nothing else to write about. And I will not blame them. I had been talking about the same films and same stuff for too long. But now, I have a release coming up, I am doing a couple of films, so can everyone please concentrate on my career?”

Um, not really, careers are boring.

Whoohoo, it's Friday and I'm hopefully guaranteed a brilliant weekend, but I don't want to jinx it so let's say I'm going to have an OK weekend. So to end things of, here's Shahid! ...and Vidya.

The music launch of Kismat Konnection happened recently and while there's still no official comments of the soundtrack, the media seems to be obsessed about the fact that Shahid Kapoor and Vidya Balan both appeared late for the launch.

Shahid and Vidya both made their excuses, with hers being that she was stuck in traffic and his was that he was told it was at a different time. Those... are really lame excuses. At least they said sorry for keeping the journalists waiting.

Shahid said that the music has a very club feel to it and most are dance numbers, since that's what he's known for. Vidya is also seen dancing, which I've noticed she tends to avoid in movies, but she says that no one should compare her dancing with Shahid's.

Although Shahid claimed that he wasn't standing up for Vidya, he defended her dancing and says that she worked hard and should be given credit for it. Um, good for her, now bring on the music! By the way, what's with Shahid's stubble?

Happy Friday all, see you on Monday!

Could Kareena Kapoor have become Imtiaz Ali's lucky star? It looks like it, since he's signed her up for his next project.

After the success of Jab We Met, Kareena is supposedly signed up for Imtiaz's next two projects, the yet untitled movie will start shooting next year and Bebo's co-star will be Akshay Kumar. Just like Kareena's and Shahid's fame shot up after JWM, Imtiaz's has as well and actors are also lining up to work with him. I guess Akki, with his own superstar status got picked this time.

No details of the story are available yet but obviously it'll be a romantic story. Too bad, I guess Kareena won't be abale to work with Saif when he produces his own movie next year.

Here's the people who won at the IIFA awards. Guess what, it wasn't Shahid Kapoor, it wasn't Abhishek Bachchan and the best actor wasn't there to accept his award.

Read all about it here.

Apparently Shahid Kapoor was getting very bored in Canada because he found lots of time to play jokes on his co-stars during the shooting of Kismat Konnection.

The short version of the story was that co-star Vishal Malhotra (who also played sidekick Mambo in Ishq Vishk) was done shooting for the day and left to his hotel room. Director Aziz Mirza wanted to shoot another scene however and Shahid took advantage of it by calling Vishal and telling him that Aziz was quite upset that he left the set.

Shahid then told the crew to act very serious around Vishal, to give the idea that he was in really big trouble. As Vishal rushed back to the set, sweaty and out of breath, the crews attitude scared him until he ran into producer Ramesh Taurani, who gave the game away.

“I can't believe I actually fell for it. They all held up well, ”

“Thank god for Rameshji who gave the joke away. Thank God!

I was so nervous. Shahid and I have known each other from Ishq Vishk days and we keep pulling these wise one on others but never expected him to pull this one on me.”

“Look out Shahid I owe you one, ”

We're used to Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao acting together but it looks like we might see Shahid and another Ami together, Big B that is, together in a modernization of Oliver Twist.

Read more here to see which roles they'll be playing!

Well, it's Friday and time for another Shahid Kapoor post.

I didn't know that composers take suggestions from actors on what songs to include in a movie but when Pritam composed a song for Kismat Konnection, Shahid supposedly ix-nayed the song and asked Pritam to compose some other tracks that ended up in the movie. The song that Pritam had originally composed was called 'Agg Lage Aaj Kal De Fashion Nu' and even though it's not in KK, you can see it in another movie.

A source reports,

"All this while Pritam hadn't forgotten 'Fashion'. He was attached to the song and knew its worth. This was the time when Bhushan Kumar too was looking for a song to be included in Haal-e-Dil. Though he was aware that Anand Raaj Anand, Vishal Bhardwaj and Raghav Sachar had done a good job with their respective songs in the Kumar Mangat film, he was still in lookout of that sure shot chartbuster song which could propel album sales overnight."

"Since Pritam has made many a hit numbers for T-Series in the past, Bhushan didn't hesitate in approaching the composer"

"He asked Pritam if he could create a dance number in a jiffy and the young composer was more than happy to hand him over 'Fashion'. Bhushan took an immediate liking to the song and soon Nakuul, Amita and Adhyayan were summoned on the sets to shoot for the dance number. Rest, as they say, is history."

And now the song is supposedly doing well on the charts. If you haven't heard it yet, download it from here. It's not bad but I don't think that it's a decision that Shahid has to regret.

And in other Shahid news, he recently gave an interview talking about the rumours between him and Vidya Balan.

Amrita Panja: What is Kismet Konnection all about?

Shahid Kapur: Basically it's a romantic comedy, It's a fun film and a young film.

Amrita Panja: There have been so many speculation about you and Vidya being in a relationship, whereas you both have always come out and said that you're just good friends, so how do you handle it all?

Shahid Kapur: I try not to think about it honestly, because I don't want anything to stop me from living a normal life.

Amrita Panja: You are considered to be the most eligible bachelor in the industry, how do you handle that tag?

Shahid Kapur: I don't know what to say, I feel a bit odd when such things are said. But I guess it's a good feeling, so thank you for that tag, though It keeps passing from one person to another every six months. So I guess I'm happy while it lasts.

Amrita Panja: Since this is a romantic film, how would you describe your dream girl?

Shahid Kapur: I think I must have been 10-years-old when I stopped thinking on those lines, the concept is mostly in books than in reality. I'd just like to meet somebody who is normal, who I can get along with, who can be herself, honest, loyal, straightforward and who loves me for who I am.

Don't we all Shahid, don't we all?

And now I'm off to have a very crappy and boring weekend, hope yours is better than mine. 'Til Monday, see ya!

Rani Mukherjee's new house has finally been built and by the sound of it, she is ultra-excited that the tension of house building and dealing with contractors is over.

"It was like three films by Mr Yash Chopra, Sanjay Bhansali and Karan Johar all being made simultaneously, I was going mad, "

Now maybe Rani won't be falling all over the place as construction is over and the house is clean. Before things had been sorted, Rani had tripped and fallen, hurting her thumb and because of filming commitments, never let it heal.

A source reports,

"Her thumb was badly hurt. For weeks she had to undergo physiotherapy. But before it could heal completely she plunged into cricket practice for her new film with Yashraj where she plays a cricketer.

So the thumb hasn't had a chance to heal properly. She has been going through a series of misadventures and that's why she has been keeping out of the limelight.

Earlier Rani got her office ready a year and a half ago. Now her home is finally ready."

And that also tells us what Shahid Kapoor's next movie will be about when he co-stars with Rani. Hmmm, Shahid the cricketer (I think), sounds good. Shooting starts June 18th.