Khans say No to Big B

Bachchan parade in Macau (aka the IIFA awards) will see an absence of Khans.

Shahrukh is on a family holiday.

Salman isn’t interested,

Aamir didn’t think twice and Imran has politely declined an invitation.

That leaves Saif, Fardeen and Arbaaz as the Pathan flag bearers.

Not quite the “A” team.

Aamir Khan and Anil Kapoor declined OSO

Farah Khan also approached Aamir Khan to make a special appearance in the Deewangi song but he pleaded inability to shoot. He was busy with the shooting of Taare Zameen Par and his participation in the song would have delayed his film and, in turn his new film, the Ghajini remake too.

Anil Kapoor also did not agree to become a part of the song. Anil feared that he would be made fun of, on the sets. Also, Anil didn’t feel like being one among so many actors!

Aamir Khan To Be Waxed At Madam Tussaud Bollywood World

Well this news is from a source close to Bobby Khan, who handles the Bollywood segment at Tussaud’s London. The source says, “Aamir Khan should be next. He is popular and a Bollywood A lister. Even this time, both Sachin and Aamir Khan’s names were in the reckoning, but then Sachin was chosen. Aamir is definitely next”. That’s not all the news on the Tussaud’s front - there is more.

the museum opens in Delhi, we are also going to organize a poll in the city to find out which other stars among Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif and Hrithik Roshan they would want to see in the museum next. The figures are going to be installed with all the effects - JLo and Angelina Jolie will blush, for instance. And yeah, you could actually hug and feel Brad Pitt’s bottom.

When contacted, Bobby did not confirm this, but did say that from this year on, out of the six new wax figures put up at Tussaud’s every year. Bobby says that One is going to be an Indian personality. A prominent Indian personality - and that need not to be film star, necessarily.

Ghajini number mix ups

In the movie Ghajini, the telephone numbers that were painted on Aamir Khan's body were real phone numbers.

Owners of the phone numbers were not happy, one of them accepted the "hottest and latest phone" in India as a gift from Aamir Khan, while the other did not.

Apparently, Aamir Khan should have taken his time to do research in that area! Oopps

Dil

Synopsis

Raja has an opportunistic father, Hazari, who wants him to marry rich. So Hazari poses as a business tycoon, making it possible for Raja to marry the daughter of a millionaire. There's just one problem: the young "lovers" can't stand each other -- and when they begin to develop true feelings, the charade is revealed.

Starring

Ø Aamir Khan

Ø Madhuri Dixit

Ø Saeed Jaffrey

Ø Deven Verma

Ø Anupam Kher

Ø Johnny Lever

*Grade

A

Aamir Khan, the perfectionist and Madhuri Dixit once again create a successful chemistry, which makes us cry, laugh, and realize we cannot control our ‘Dil’ as well. Excellent comedy, story, and award winning songs makes this movie enjoyable and entertainment every time.

Rated G/PG

*We, Bollywood Songs Translation and Bollywood Facts, gave this grade to this movie, which may be different from anyone and everyone. If you differ, feel free to comment.

Ghajini Trivia and Spoilers

• The specialisation of the Doctor who is in charge of Sanjay Singhania is given as Nuero in the Certificate. It's a typo. It should have been Neuro(logist).

• In July 2006, when the news of how Kalpana saved the girls is being reported on IBN 7, the logo of Network 18 is seen in the background, in the studios. Incidentally, the new logo of '18' was launched on 9th September 2007.
  

• Sanjay stays in Hiranandani and take the bus which goes to Andheri Station East. On the day the police officer plans to catch him, the bus hired for the shooting is a Oshiwara depot one (written OSH at the back) which does not fall on the route described.
  

• Kangana Ranaut was the first choice for Aamir for the role of the medical student in Ghajini. But she leaked out the news to the press before the formal announcement, which annoyed Aamir and she was thrown out of the film. Jiah Khan was signed.

Ghajini

Synopsis:

Sanjay Singhania is a rich tycoon suffering from short term memory loss due to being hit by a metal pole when trying to intervene on his girlfriend's murder. Because of the severe injury to his head, his memory can only last for fifteen minutes and he doesn't remember events or incidents that have happened before in his life. He can now only live a comprehensible life by tattooing notes on himself and taking pictures of things with a Polaroid camera to remind himself of the incidents that have happened.

Through his diary, his past and incident is revealed and so is Ghajini. But will he remember? Will he be able to bring justice and truth out?

Starring:

• Aamir Khan as Sanjay Singhania
• Asin Thottumkal as Kalpana
• Jiah Khan as Sunita

*Grade

A

The movie is an action-thriller, with strong romantic elements, that explores the life of a rich businessman who suffers from anterograde amnesia. The songs is melodious, especially the song titled “Guzarish.”

The movie is extremely well laid out, each actor does beautiful job of creating strong emotions within the character and time given (the movie is around 3 hours), because of such violence in the movie, the children should be advised of horrible images. Aamir Khan once again showed us that he too can not only act, but basically also “rule and rock!!!”

Rated: R

*We, Bollywood Songs Translation and Bollywood Facts, gave this grade to this movie, which may be different from anyone and everyone. If you differ, feel free to comment.

Aye Bachchu (Hey Baby) from Ghajini

(Jhoom le jhoom jhama jhoom jhamak jhoom jhoom

(Sway sway like jhoom jhama jhoom jhamak jhoom

Pairon mein ta ta thaye jhoom tumaak tum) x.2
Move your feet on the tune of ta ta thaye jhoom tumaak tum) x.2

Aye Bachchu
Hey Baby

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Aye bachchu tu sun le, mere dil ka ye order
Hey baby, you listen, the order of my heart

Ab khul ke jeele tu, koi seema na border
Now live openly, like no limit, no border

Halka sa nasha hai, masti ki wine mein
There is a little intoxication, in the wine of fun

Jeene ka hai chaska, toh aaja line mein
If there is zest of live, then come in line

Suno yaaron suno ek raaz gehraa
Listen oh my friends, one deep secret

Kiston mein kya jeena, lambee saans lo zara
What to live in small things, take a long breath
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Muthiyon ko kassona inhe khol do
Don't bind your hands, make it open

Dil mein kya rakhna chalak bol do
What is there to hide in heart, speak it clearly

Gun guna lo muskuralo, zindagi toh sikhtati hai yehi
Sing, laugh, life teaches this only

Lehralo balkhalo, hum qaidi to nahin
Wave, dance, we are not a prisoner
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(Jhoom le jhoom jhama jhoom jhamak jhoom jhoom

Sway sway like jhoom jhama jhoom jhamak jhoom

Pairon mein ta ta thaye jhoom tumaak tum) x.2
Move your feet on the tune of ta ta thaye jhoom tumaak tum) x.2

Lehron ke sang chap chap chaapak cham
With the wave chap chap chaapak cham

Dol tu dum dum dum dumaak dum
You move dum dum dum dumaak dum

Jhoom le jhoom zoom, oh zara jhoom le jhoom zara
Sway sway, sway little

Suno yaaron suno ek raaz gehraa
Listen oh my friends, one deep secret

Kiston mein kya jeena, lambee saans lo zara
What to live in small things, take a long breath

Muthiyon ko kassona inhe khol do
Don't bind your hands, make it open

Dil mein kya rakhna chalak bol do
What is there to hide in heart, speak it clearly

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Oh jhoomo zara yeh bhi kya hai jeena
Oh sway little, is this a life?

Oh jhoomo zara tum ho nageena
Oh sway, you are a diamond

Jhoomo jhoomo jhoom jhoom mere sung
Sway sway with me

Mastiyon ki kashti kholo, kinaro ko bye bye bolo
Open the boat of fun, and say bye bye to the border/edge

Aao nah hawa ke sung holo dolo dolo dolo dolo mere sung
Come, move with the wind, with me
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Aye bachchu tu sun le, mere dil ka ye order
Hey baby, you listen, the order of my heart

Ab khul ke jeele tu, koi seema na border
Now live openly, like no limit, no border

Halka sa nasha hai, masti ki wine mein
There is a little intoxication, in the wine of fun

Jeene ka hai chaska, toh aaja line mein
If there is zest of live, then come in line
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(Jhoom le jhoom jhama jhoom jhamak jhoom jhoom

(Sway sway like jhoom jhama jhoom jhamak jhoom

Pairon mein ta ta thaye jhoom tumaak tum
Move your feet on the tune of ta ta thaye jhoom tumaak tum

Lehron ke sang chap chap chaapak cham
With the wave chap chap chaapak cham

Dol tu dum dum dum dumaak dum
You move dum dum dum dumaak dum

Jhoom le jhoom zoom, oh zara jhoom le jhoom zara) x.2
Sway sway, sway little) x.2

Magnificent Five

In 1999 Rai participated in a world tour called the Magnificent Five along with Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherji, Akshaye Khanna and Twinkle Khanna.

Aamir Khan sets his own rules

He sets his own rules. He is a class unto himself. He is first an actor, then a star. Nothing but the best would do for him even if it means a yearlong wait for the right script to come his way.
Saibal Chatterjee on Aamir Khan, the rare megastar whose name assures both box office hits as well as intense performances

The Khan triumvirate — Shahrukh, Aamir and Salman — has ruled the Bollywood roost for well over a decade now. Each has his strengths, and each has a special niche in the market. Shahrukh is the box office badshah, Aamir is the embodiment of perfection and Salman is the frontbencher’s delight. But who among the trio is the greatest of them all?

On current evidence, Aamir Khan seems to have pulled ahead, just a tad, of Shahrukh Khan. Shahrukh, after last year’s commercial dud, Paheli, is back with Karan Johar’s Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna. But then, it doesn’t seem likely that KANK will have the kind of impact that the Aamir-starrer, Rang De Basanti, had on the movie-going masses earlier this year.

A hat-trick of bumper openings in a span of less than a year — Mangal Pandey, Rang De Basanti and Fanaa — has catapulted Aamir Khan’s career into the stratosphere. More important, he has acquired for himself the enviable tag of a high-quality actor who never settles for anything less than the best in terms of narrative material.

No wonder the star-actor’s next film is going to see him teaming up with the equally fastidious Mani Ratnam for the first-time ever. The film, Lajjo, based on an Urdu story by the late Ismat Chughtai, is scheduled to roll in January 2007. Rumours doing the rounds suggest that producer Bobby Bedi has offered to pay Aamir a whopping Rs 10 crore for the film. Even if that figure is somewhat inflated, there obviously can be no denying that Aamir’s stock is rising.

The past six months have been particularly productive for Aamir Khan. The last time he had two resounding hits in the same calendar year was way back in 2001, when Lagaan and Dil Chahta Hai took the nation — and several other parts of the world — by storm.

Five years on, he has repeated the feat in a dramatic fashion and provided proof yet again of his unparalleled dependability both in terms of quality and commercial clout. Aamir is a rare Bollywood megastar: his worth is measured as much by box office grosses as by the sheer merit of his performances.

Naturally, reams have been expended over the years in trying to fathom the secret of Aamir’s special status in Bollywood. What is it that sets him apart from other members of the small tribe of Bollywood megastars?

Every film that he figures in — he has been seen in only five releases in the past five years, certainly not the norm for Bollywood stars in demand — is accompanied by great hype and expectations and usually not without justification. But that is only half the story.

Aamir the actor has never allowed superstardom to overshadow the quality of his craft even as he is acutely aware of the need to keep his fans on his side no matter what kind of film he chooses to do. He picks his films and roles with utmost care. He is acutely conscious of his mass appeal all right, but he never lets that get in the way of his role and the film he commits himself to. He is an actor first, a star later.

In Rakeysh Mehra’s smash hit, Aamir fits into the ensemble cast with effortless ease, subduing his superstar status and letting the screenplay determine how much footage and importance his character in the film, a graduate who refuses to leave the safe confines of the college campus several years after he has passed out, would get. In the bargain, the film gains as much as he does as an actor.

Aamir clearly is no longer in the business of numbers — he does not need to be. He acts not simply because he wants to earn big bucks but also because of an ingrained urge to do work that is of permanent value.

That is Aamir for you — invariably understated, completely wedded to his profession and absolutely sure of exactly what he is out to achieve as an actor and a movie star. Aamir is big, but he is never bigger than his films.

Shahrukh is big too, but invariably he tends to be bigger than his films.

Aamir ensures that every film of his goes on to become as big as it can be. As Rakeysh Mehra, director of Rang De Basanti, says: "Rang De Basanti started out as a Rs 3-crore film. It became a Rs 30-crore film only because Aamir agreed to come on board."

Actor of substance: Aamir plays an aimless youth in Rang De...

But that wasn’t the only way in which Aamir Khan contributed to the final cut of Rang De Basanti. "Aamir knows his job. It’s a huge help for a director when he has an actor who constantly adds value to the character he plays. He is an involved actor always clued in and keen to improve the film and the character," says Mehra.

Forget all those patchy films that Aamir lent his name and talent to in the first flush of success brought on by his debut vehicle, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak. But since Aamir Khan took charge of his career in the mid-1990s and steered its course towards sustained greatness, he has rarely, if ever, made a false, unpremeditated move.

Indeed, Aamir has completely redefined the parameters of Bollywood stardom by managing to yank the focus away from the actor and the man to the character and the film. In an industry where a big-budget commercial film sells on the name of its male star, he is second to none when it comes to box office draw.

However, Aamir derives his uniqueness from the fact that no other actor in the business quite blends box office clout with the innate ability to subjugate the star to the needs of the script. In that sense, among the megastars that Bollywood currently boasts of, he comes closest to the concept of a star-actor, as it exists in the movie capital of the world, Hollywood.

STAR HITS: Aamir with Kajol in Fanaa and (bottom) with Rani Mukherjee in Ghulam

Thanks to the global recognition that Lagaan fetched him, Aamir is now a name on the world stage as well. Rope him into a project and funding falls into place almost immediately. His achievements are already the stuff of legends, but he still has many frontiers to conquer.

Yes, every time an Aamir Khan film makes it to the theatres, it does come with the fact that he is the star of the show brightly emblazoned across the marquee. But once the film is released from its spools, Aamir the star recedes to the background, quietly and without any fuss, and the character that he essays takes over.

Could any other contemporary actor have pulled off the character of Bhuvan in Lagaan quite as convincingly as he did, braving the desert sun for four long months in order to bring to life a project that few in Bollywood had the courage or
foresight to believe in?

Could anyone but Aamir have devoted two and a half years of his life and career to a single film, Mangal Pandey, simply because he had faith in its relevance?

Would any megastar have allowed a bunch of lesser-known actors to hog screen time and the limelight like he did in Rang De Basanti?

No wonder most of the screen characters that Aamir has brought to life in the past decade have imprinted themselves on the pages of Hindi movie history forever.

Consider the sheer range that Aamir has achieved over the years. He has played characters from the wrong side of the tracks like the ones that he played in Ram Gopal Verma’s Rangeela and Vikram Bhatt’s Ghulam.

He was a pushy, wily, suave journo, Raghu Jaitley, pursuing the story of a runaway girl in the Mahesh Bhatt romantic comedy Dil Hai Ki Maanta Nahin.

He essayed the role of a clean-cut youth hero in Mansoor Khan’s musical, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar; a middle India cabbie who falls in love with an upper middle class girl in Dharmesh Darshan’s Raja Hindustani; an upright cop wedded to his uniform and duty in John Matthew Mathan’s Sarfarosh; a martyr from the pages of history in Ketan Mehta’s Mangal Pandey; a Delhi University grad drifting towards nothingness in Rang De Basanti; and a tour guide with a dark secret embedded in his fractured heart in Kunal Kohli’s Fanaa.

No matter what the role, he invariably manages to add a special dimension to the character without ever losing his appeal as a box office star.

The balance that Aamir strikes between stardom and substance is a rare quality indeed. It is this more than anything else that makes Aamir Khan what he is: a Bollywood icon without a peer.

Not surprisingly, Aamir is everywhere these days. Since the run-up to the release of Ketan Mehta’s period film Mangal Pandey last year, he hasn’t been out of news for a single week. His films have kept his career on the boil and his views on matters political have ensured him sustained play in the mainstream media.

One group of rightwing politicians does not want him to enter Gujarat, another bunch of people exhort him to stop endorsing Coca Cola. Aamir seems to be gradually assuming the dimensions of a public figure whose influence far outstrips that of mere movie stars.

It is hardly surprising that the television channels can’t seem to get enough of him these days. Having edged Shahrukh and Salman out of the spotlight a bit, he has emerged as the reigning Khan of Bollywood. So while Shahrukh gets invited to television studios to hold forth on the trivialities of marital discord, Aamir is usually called upon to drive discourses of far larger socio-political import. And that gap in perception probably defines the difference between the two super Khans more than anything else ever will.

Aamir Khan as Baby debut

He first introduced as a child artiste in the 1970's hit Yaadon Ki Baaraat.

Aamir Khan's hidden family members

Siblings: brothers Faizal and Hyder Ali Khan, sisters Nikhat and Farhad

Children: has son Junaid and a daughter Aaira with Reena Dutta. Son Jaan Harry Hines with ex-girlfriend Jessica Hines (not confirmed)

Guzarish (Request) from Ghajini

Hmmm hmmmm

Tu meri adhuri pyaas pyaas
You are my incomplete thirst

Tu agayi mann ko raas raas
My soul longs for you

Aab thoooo
Now

Tu meri adhuri pyaas pyaas
You are my unquenched thirst

Tu agayi mann ko raas raas
My soul longs for you

Aab tho thu aaja pass passsssss
Now come close to me

Hai Guzarishhhhhh
I request you
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Hai haal to dil ka tang tang
My heart is restless

Tu rang ja mere rang rang
Blend into my colors[1]

Bas chalna mere sang sang
Walk only with me

Hai Guzarishhhhhh
I request you
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Kehdhe tu haan tho zindagi
If you say yes

Jharno se chhutke hasegi
Life will smile unrelentingly

Mothi honge mothi rahon mein
There will be pearls on our path

Yeh yeh yeh

Tu meri adhuri pyaas pyaas
You are my unquenched thirst

Tu agayi mann ko raas raas
My soul longs for you

Aab tho thu aaja pass passsssss
Now come close to me

Hai Guzarishhhhhh
I request you
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Sheeshe ke khwaab lekke
My dreams I hold are as fragile as glass....

Rraaton mein chal raha hoon
I'm walking on paths

Takrana jao kahinnnn
I hope I don't stumble

Aasha ki lon hain roshan
The flames of hope burns bright

Phir bhi tuffan ka dhar hai
But I am still scared of a storm

Lon bhuj na jaye kahin
I hope the flame doesn't extinguish

Bas ek haan ki guzaarish
I'm just requesting a "yes"

Phir hogi khusiyon ki baarish
Then and only then will be a shower of happiness

Tu meri adhuri pyaas pyaas
You are my unquenched thirst

Tu agayi mann ko raas raas
My soul longs for you

Aab tho thu aaja pass passsssss
Now come close to me

Hai Guzarishhhhhh
I request you
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hmmm mmm mm mmm mmm mm mmm hmmmmm mm…

oho ohhhhhhhhhh oho ohhhhhhhhh..

Chanda hain aasman hain
The moon is there and so is the sky

Aur badal bhee gane hain
And cloud cover

Yeh chanda chup jaye na
I hope the moon doesn't disappear or hide behind the clouds

Tanhayi das rahin hain
Loneliness is stinging me

Aur dhadkan badh rahi hain
And my heart beat is increasing

Ek pal bhi chain aaye na
I don't find peace, not even for a second

Kaisi ajab dastaan hain
It's a strange story

Bheechainiyan baas yahan hain ohhh
There is just restlessness here

Tu meri adhuri pyaas pyaas
You are my unquenched thirst

Tu agayi mann ko raas raas
My soul longs for you

Aab tho thu aaja pass passsssss
Now come close to me

Hai Guzarishhhhhh
I request you
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Hai haal to dil ka tang tang
My heart is restless

Tu rang ja mere rang rang
Blend into my colors

Bas chalna mere sang sang
Walk only with me

Hai Guzarishhhhhh
I request you
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Tu meri adhuri pyaas pyaas
You are my unquenched thirst

hmm m m m hmmm

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[1] Essentially becoming one with me

Aamir Khan's Movie Debut

Aamir Khan's debut film- Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak(1988)

Aamir Khan

Born Aamir Khan

March 14, 1965 (1965-03-14) (age 43)
Mumbai, Maharashtra , India

Occupation:

Actor

Film Producer

Film Director

Film Writer

Spouse(s)

Kiran Rao (2005 - present)
Reena Dutta (1987 - 2002)