Aaja Nachle Hindi Movie Dvd 2007

Bollywood is really making some great films in recent years.This retains the Bollywood tradition of song and dance numbers, but they are mostly kept within context of the whole plot device, which tells a great story.But what really makes this film shine is the wonderful characters who populate the story. Yes, every film has the background characters that are two dimensional and this is no exception. But the ensemble cast created for this film all have great little stories, even if only focused on the 'core' of their situation. We can't unravel everything about a character's life.Now, this tale unfolds in a very deliberately, but not plodding fashion. And it takes its time - in typical Bollywood fashion, clocking in at almost two and a half hours. But it doesn't feel that long, which means they are keeping things moving at a good pace.The direction is good, the dialogue, though a bit trite in some ways, even predictable, still works because as the story unfolds, you want it to work.Now, the whole thing is based on staging a play, and they have only two months in which to make it work. Of course there's opposition, but it doesn't come in the form you expect, or unfold as you would think, which is very nice. Hollywood would have ruined this story because they are in too much of a hurry to get things moving along and use MTV editing to generate excitement.When we get to the play being presented, this is where the film blossoms. And I mean it really makes all the run up to it worth every minute of the wait. The staging of the story within the story that is this film is spectacular in grand Bollywood tradition. The music is magical, the dialogue is lyrical and the sets are amazing; the costuming is beautiful and the presentation is just top drawer.I've not given much away, really.What you need to do is sit down, turn off the phone, and enjoy a wonderfully made and presented feast for the eyes and ears.Yes, there are subtitles. They are good. But during the tunes, you don't really need to read them, the visuals tell much of the tale being related.This is one of my current favourites, right up there with "Om Shanti Om" , another amazing tale with great storyline and musical production...oh, and that final scene!This builds in similar fashion to that final production number and is equally well presented!I'm gushing, yes.Enjoy!

Sure, it's a "Let's Put On a Show and Save the Theatre!" movie - but when the show is put on starring the legendary Indian movie dancer/actress Madhuri Dixit (come out of retirement in the US just to do this film), it doesn't matter because it's wonderful to behold.An interesting story of Dia, a talented young dancer in Northern Indian city of Shamli who abandons her family and dance instructor to run off with an American photographer - the story picks up a decade after her divorce from the photographer, where she's a top New York City choreographer/stage director and single mother. When Dia receives word of her former instructor's dying, she rushes back to India, Americanized ten-year old daughter Radha in tow, only to discover her instructor has died and the ancient theatre she learned to dance in is slated to be torn down and turned into a shopping mall. Confronting the American-educated son of the local Rajah and the district's Member of Parliament Uday Singh (played by Akshaye Khanna), she discovers not a heartless greedy bureaucrat but an intelligent (good-looking and single, too - a fact Radha doesn't miss!) man trying to do right by his people. He challenges Dia to come up with a way to make the theatre viable again - not just put on a show, but rebuild the arts community in Shamli. Over the course of the movie, she confronts not just that challenge, but the human consequences of her abandoning her family, her dancing in the local theatre, and the marriage her parents arranged for her - her parents moved away in disgrace, her intended never married because he's still in love with her, and her instructor felt he'd lost the one person who could have taken his place and lost interest in keeping things up.But the main reason to watch this movie is the marvelous dance numbers - especially the climactic production of "Laila Manju" (an Arabic and Central Asian tale of doomed love), brilliantly performed by most of the cast. Though it's kept to a minimum, the feuding-flirtatious relationship between Uday Singh and Dia (egged on by both Uday and Radha, which is very charming) ends with the hint that the two of them might become romantically involved once she's back in New York.If you're looking for a Bollywood movie to convince your Western friends to watch, try AAJA NACHLE - it's great.

Do not believe any ranking of this film below 5. Yes, the save-the-theater movies have been around since black and white films but this one is unlike and did not remind me of any other I have seen. Great chemistry happens between Kunal Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma and Madhuri Dixit. We found ourselves smiling and laughing through much of this film, especially the auditions. Great overall cast and gorgeous dancers.The Aaja Nachle dance is exquisite, very well performed and driven by ancient and primitive drums that are as modern as tomorrow. The street dance (Show Me Your Jalwa) is a lot of fun and the Ishq Ishq, Yeh Ishq Ishq dance in the play is fiery and magical. In fact, the dancers are flames representing the stoked fire of passion and love. It defies description. What makes the dances in Aaja Nachle better, aside from the music, choreography and skill of the dancers, is the clear focus and extended shots - not a bunch of brief snippets spliced together.Part ballet, part opera, and part musical, the Majnu and Laila production at the end of the film is a full-on Masterpiece! Majnu and Laila, predates Romeo and Juliet by about 900 years (origin of story) and is much more intense. The dialog in the play is poetry said or sung in strong voices with some note variation, there are strong songs a little like Nagada Nagada in Jab We Met and there are beartifully sung songs. It is very powerful and compelling. Ya gotta see it and hear it to believe it!

Movie had some parts skipping and not clear, otherwise we have been looking for this movie for sometimes and glad to have it

I found out about this movie from the song "O Re Piya". I am a big fan of Bollywood films. I like the songs and dance! My other favorite movie is Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi!