Over the past couple of months, whenever I heard Black Eyed Peas’ Don’t Phunk With My Heart I felt it sounded familiar. Finally I came to realize the source of the similarity. It seems that Black Eyed Peas’ song is “inspired” from Asha Bhosle’s chart-topper, “Ye Mera Dil” from the Amitabh Bachchan starrer, “DON” (1978).

At first I thought it is just a coincidence but then I noticed that the song’s entire opening notes are similar to Ye Mera Dil’s opening.

Now, if you are music expert, you can realize that this cannot be a mere coincidence.

Anyway, I am not complaining. Just noting that inspiration exists not only in Bollywood but also in Hollywood or generically in other parts of the world as well.

You are welcome to correct me if you think I am wrong.

Talking about movies always makes me feel excited! Every time I watch a movie or even strike a conversation about the latest flick with a friend, I find myself engrossed in the excitement.

I remember the time (about three months, I guess) before Ram Gopal Varma’s Aag was released into theaters, I was all the more excited about Amitabh Bachchan playing the character of “Gabbar” which had been made an iconic bad guy by the late Amjad Khan. By the team the crescendo of hype was reached amongst all the controversies involving everything from the plot device to the title of the movie to the names characters in the movie, I stayed faithful to the remake’s cause just because of Mr. Amitabh. He was the biggest star and had taken up a huge challenge. But when the time of release came and judging from the promos, I found the end product looked nothing like the original or even what it had set out to do. Everything about the movie had changed, not to mention the character names! This resulted in Aag becoming the biggest dud of that year! How I regretted the fact that this movie got made and actually made it to the theaters.

There are millions like me whose expectations are met with duds and so when I found this great article showcasing the biggest duds or flops of the decade churned out from Bollywood, I decide to share it with you!

Read the article and drop your comments and thoughts about what you think a director/producer should do if they can’t do justice to a cause?

Pradeep Sarkar of ‘Parineeta’ fame is all set to direct his next for Yash Raj Films starring Deepika Padukone and Neil Nitin Mukesh. The pairing of the two stars will be totally fresh and it will interesting to see what the film is going to be all about!

Read the full story here.

So, first half of 2009 is already behind us and now it’s that time of the year again when we sit and look at the movies which have grossed and have been hits with the audience this year.

I have pulled a rough top five list of Movies based on their total gross in India until 14th July 2009 from Indiafm.com which gives us the following results:

I will try to update the above list as and when more movies overtake any of the movies listed above.

Here’s a great & exclusive hot promo of the upcoming Akshay Kumar and Kareen Kapoor starrer, Kambakkht Ishq.

The film also features Hollywood stalwart, Sylvester Stallone in a pivotal role and depicts Akshay as playing a movie stuntman in Hollywood. Hollywood hottie, Denise Richards is also in the movie.

Watch the exclusive promo right here.

Here’s an exclusive theatrical trailer of the forthcoming Shahid Kapur starrer, Kaminey, unveiled on Indiafm.com. The movie is directed by Vishal Bhardwaj (Maqbool, Omkara) and is a comedy (?). Well, I enjoyed the trailer and hope you do so as well.

Here’s the trailer:

Indiafm or Bollywood Hungama has just premiered an exclusive title song promo of the forthcoming Akshay Kumar starrer, Chandni Chowk to China.

Watch the video:

Riding high on the success of his latest blockbuster, Singh Is Kinng, Akki has been signed by Levi’s to be it’s first Indian brand ambassador.

Click to view exclusive photos of Akki posing for Levi’s Jeans 501.

A red hot song promo from the upcoming Karzzzz featuring Himesh Reshammiya and Urmila. A must watch.

Well, RGV’s latest horror venture, Phoonk has opened to a great response with 85-90% collections all over India. This has more than exceeded everybody’s expectations and was a great surprise to many considering Ram Gopal Varma’s last outing, Contract, had failed at the box office big time and people were not expecting too much out of this one too.

Thing is to see if this film retains it’s momentum or not? As for the other releases, Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam or Mumbai Meri Jaan, they have opened with 15-20 % collections.

Meanwhile, Singh Is Kinng, God Tussi Great Ho and Bachna Ae Haseeno are doing good business and expected to occupy theaters longer.