Catch These Flicks In ’009, Part 2

As we approach the final stages of the year, people are getting ready to say goodbye to 2008 and welcome 2009. Everyone hopes that the new year would change a lot of things that have gone wrong in this year. While the last few months of 2008 have spelt doom in a lot of ways it has been a good time for Bollywood. Reports indicate that Rab Ne Bana De Jodi and Ghajini are both Super Hits with Ghajini having grossed in excess of 20 crores in only 2 days of it’s opening. Both these movies together have contributed to more than 20% of the earnings of all the movies this year.

The current economic downturn is expected to grow and then die in 2009 and it in all probability means that the Entertainment industry would enjoy a good year. So following up with Part 1 of our series we take a look at some more movies to watch out for in ’009.

3 Idiots

After the super success of Ghajini, Aamir will be seen next in 3 Idiots. It’s been a long time since Aamir has worked in a multi starrer movie or a movie that hasn’t been produced by him. 3 Idiots is loosely based on Chetan Bhagat’s best-selling novel Five Point Someone and will star Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan and Sharman Joshi along with Kareena Kapoor.

Surely a film to watch out for as it is set in an Engineering college. It will attract the entire youth audience and given the fact that a good script is a pre-requisite for Aamir to work in it, the film will most likely do well.

My Name Is Khan

2009 would see SRK in 2 movies namely, Billu Barber and My Name Is Khan. While the trailers for Billu Barber are already out , My Name Is Khan would most likely be released in towards the end of 2009. Directed by Karan Johar it will once again star SRK and Kajol. As per reports Shahrukh Khan is playing the role of a man who suffers from milder form of autism and the film is based on the true story of a couple in the US.

Well it looks like Karan Johar has some strange fascination with shooting in the US, as most of his past movies have been based there.

Apart from these, viewers would also be able to enjoy the third installment of the Munnabhai series called Munnabhai Chale America, which promises to be quite hilarious again. (Catch the promo below).

Rab Ne Bana De Jodi – Truly A Different Love Story

Introducing Kristin McGee: The Queen Yogini Of The West

Desiring to teach yoga to the world, he is said to have fallen from heaven into the open palms of a woman.

So goes the famous phrase describing Lord Patanjali, the founder of Yoga. Yoga is one of the most ancient sciences of the world which possibly dates back to 3300 B.C. It was designed for the purpose of cultivating a steady mind and a healthy body. It is believed that during the Golden Ages (a period known as Satya Yuga in Hinduism) every individual had the knowledge of yoga and people used to live for centuries together. All the great sages and warriors of the Indian epics were master yogis who had perfect control over their mind and body.

That is hardly the case in the 21^st century. The world today is dogged by poverty, disease, addictions and poor health. People today find it difficult to spare some time for themselves, let alone sparing time for their loved ones.

Things are however changing for the better as more and more people realise the importance of being healthy, because “good health is the one thing that money can’t buy“. The lost art of yoga is slowly making a comeback thanks to some great people who have been blessed with complete knowledge of this science. In India, yoga has been revived due to the efforts of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (and his Art Of living Foundation) and Swami Ramdev whose free yoga sessions on Television have managed to create a cult following of millions around the country.

In the west however it is rare to find any sort of “cult following“. Yoga is alive and kicking in the United States Of America, Europe, Mexico, Latin America and many other countries today, thanks to the efforts of a number of people, who have devoted their lives to spread the knowledge of yoga among the people of their country. One such great person is the master yogini, Kristen McGee.

Kristin grew up in Pocatello, Idaho and moved to New York City in 1994 to pursue a career in acting. Today however she is a fitness celebrity. “Oops“, did we say celebrity. Well, she is a celebrity but she gives that term a whole new meaning as she has none of the negative qualities that one associates with famous people. Kristin discovered yoga, while attending New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Kristin claims that she was hooked to Yoga after her very first session and could do a headstand in her very second class. After a long stint at studying yoga with some of the America’s finest instructors, Kristin created her own style that was an instant hit for its upbeat, refreshingly hip approach.

Kristin’s yoga workouts known as Power Yoga are highly intensive, power packed workouts that would make your gym sessions feel like a piece of cake (Power Yoga is said to be the secret behind SRK’s six packs and Kareena Kapoor’s zero size figure). Kristin is well-known for her MTV Power Yoga DVD and more recently her own Power Yoga DVD. While most yoga gurus devote their attention towards training the adults, Kristin teaches yoga to both kids and adults. She is very famous for her yoga workouts with young boys and girls and has even hosted programs for pregnant women. Her yoga workouts are a lot of fun and are highly recommended for the young people.

A yoga and pilates instructor since 1996, Kristin has also provided special yoga classes for athletes who participated in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Park City, Utah. She has made numerous appearances in books, videos, commercials, TV shows and news spots, including Sex and the City, the CBS Morning show and CNN Headline News. Kristin has also been featured in national print and television campaigns for MTV and Lady Foot Locker Yoga, has served as consultant to the Nike Goddess web site and currently is a contributing editor to Fit Yoga Magazine. If you haven’t seen Kristin in action before then checkout a brief preview of her Power Yoga DVD below.

We would soon be publishing an exclusive interview with Kristin McGee right here on DelhiPlanet, so stay tuned. If you wish to know more about Kristin or you wish to buy any of her videos then visit www.kristinmcgee.com.

10 Ka Dum – Sallu Bhai Joins The Gang

Aamir Khan – The Star You Can Bring Home

Aamir, ShahRukh and Salman, the three khans together form the three pillars of Bollywood. These guys have been around for close to 2 decades now and still manage to attract huge crowds to their movies. While the latter two tend to be in the news quite often it’s the former who’s heard about only once a year.

Unlike any other bollywood actor, Aamir has a strong sense of responsibility, he realises the power of his medium and tries his best to use it in the best way possible. It won’t be wrong to say that all bollywood actors have a great deal of power and influence at their disposal and with “great power comes great responsibility“, a fact that very few stars realise. Sure once in a while shah rukh goes ahead and does a good movie with a real script, like he did with Chak De India, but then he also ends up over promoting his movies like he did with Om Shanti Om, which was really just a dumb entertainer.

A quick look at Aamir’s past few movies and you get a glimpse at the kind of work he does. Most of his movies have been superhits(Sarfarosh, Dil Chahta Hai, Lagaan) and have inspired millions of young people across the country (Rang De Basanti). Aamir is what we would like to call “a human star” as all the others tend to flaunt themselves too much. Aamir never goes to any award functions other than the oscars as he feels that they are all manipulated. He believes that it takes a solid script to make a movie sell and not a song with 31 bollywood actors. Yes, he is probably the brainiest of all actors and is sometimes tagged as the Tom Hanks of Indian Cinema.

So while all the other stars are selling themselves infront of the cameras, Aamir is at home doing what most smart people do these days, blogging. Yes, the actor has a blog of his own where he actually writes about his work and day to day life. A normal entry on Aamir’s blog attracts more than 700 comments and one can even see if the star is online or not. His recent post titled Done, talks about his excitement on the completion of his soon to be released movie Taare Zameen Par, his directorial debut which has been more than 2 years in the making. A few excerpts from his blog go somewhat like this

Have just reached home after completing the last bit of work on the film. I cannot believe it is finally over. Will be checking the print in a couple days, I hope there wont be any technical delays. The last one month has been killing. Can”t wait for it to release now .

In a previous post aamir actually took the pain to reply to a few of the comments on his blog post (a post which got 1373 comments). And if that’s not human enough the actor makes it a habit to watch all his movies amidst the audience at a regular show. How does he manage to do that, well, he walks in after the movie starts and walks out before the interval. He then goes to another theatre for the post interval session and walks out before the movie ends. Quite brainy isn’t it, the only pre-requisite is that you need to know when the interval is gonna start and when the movie is gonna end.

Well, that in our opinion is a true sign of humilty and hats off to this great actor for inspiring us to use our fields of expertise to make a difference to society. Taare Zameen Par is our current Catch This Flick and if you still have any doubts on how good the movie is going to be then do remember do check out our review.

Shah Rukh Khan: From a Cool Delhite to the King Of Bollywood

SRK, King Khan, Badshah Of Bollywood, don’t these terms sound really familiar. They most certainly do and all of them refer to the same person Shah Rukh Khan. Born and brought up in Delhi, SRK would one day conquer the world and have the whole Indian Film Industry at his feet. Today he is one of the most famous and successful actors in Bollywood and one of the very few indian entertainers who is known and recognized across the world.

He might be really rich and famous today but it wasn’t always like that. He started off as a normal middle class delhite with big dreams and like many youngsters of today set off for bombay to make his dreams come true. DelhiPlanet brings to you some unknown facts about his early life, his struggle and some great moments of his life. You would have surely not read this anywhere before, so here goes :-

• SRK was born in Delhi and stayed at Gautam Nagar. He attended St.Columba’s School and was known to be a bright and intelligent kid. He was awarded with the Sword Of Honour, an annual award bequeathed to the student who embodies most the spirit of the school, in one of the years.
• While in school he founded a club called C Gang with his friends. The C was formed by splitting the 0 in Maruti 800 into 2. The theme of the club was to look hip and cool. Each member of the club used to get a specially designed jacket that he was supposed to wear along with grey nike shoes.
• SRK claims that he has no idols in life and does not look upto anyone except for one of his teachers in school who is called Brother D’ Souza.
• SRK first met his future wife when he was in Class 7, and fell for her then itself. SRK’s school friends say that gauri initially had no liking for him whatsoever.
• SRK once faked an epileptic fit while in class because his gang felt like bunking. He actually managed to froth in the mouth and his whole group got permission to leave for 3 hours.
• After finishing school, SRK did his honors in Economics at Delhi University’s Hansraj College(below SRK at hansraj). It was here that he got into drama and acting and first met his mentor in dramatics, Barry John. He apparently chose to act in a play being directed by Barry because it had 82 girls from LSR college, one of delhi’s best girl colleges. Prior to that it was sports that interested him a lot.



• While SRK was doing his Economics Hons. from Hansraj, his girlfriend Gauri was doing her History Hons. from LSR. SRK supposedly used to wait outside LSR to meet her. This piece of information comes from LSR alumni.
• SRK had to face stiff opposition from Gauri’s family for his marriage to her. Inspite of that he chose to wait and win them over and married gauri only after their consent.
• Once while in college, Shah Rukh and his friends were returning from a late night party. While on their way back SRK’s car was stopped by “jat” a police office. The officer asked him tari dikki vich ke hai (translation: “what is inside the car trunk”). To this SRK jokingly replied 2 AK-47 aur ek laash(translation: There are 2 AK-47 guns and one dead body inside the trunk). Thereafter SRK was taken to the police station and got a severe reprimand from the cop.
• A few years after college, SRK set off for Bombay to realize his dream of becoming an actor. He started off by working in a few TV serials before getting to a break with Deewana.

That’s about it, but aren’t these some amazing SRK facts. If you wish to know more abour SRK and other famous people then tune to “Jeena Isiki Naam Hai” on Zee Tv, the show which brings to you the human side of celebrities.