So who else saw Halla Bol??

Just came from this movie now and it's pretty good. Not nearly as good as Santoshi's earlier works, but i like it better than well Lajja, Pukar, Family and Barsaat. Ajay Devgan is really really good but Pankaj Kapoor steals the show. The ending is just plain awesome!!

Devgan takes a take on SRK (on his negative aspects) quite a few times in this movie

Just watch for PANKHAJ KAPOOR= THE BACHAN KILLER!

Bachchan should really shave off the french beard which he has now outgrown

already baj gaya dhol!

Halla Bol´ Vs. ´MNIAG´ -Interesting Clash ; Old Releases Still Rule
- Abid


Halla Bol Verdict: New
Weekly Earnings: - Total Earnings: -
Producer: Samee Siddiqui Director: Rajkumar Santoshi
Music: Sukhwinder Singh Lyrics: Mehboob Kotwal
Starring: Ajay Devgan, Vidya Balan and Pankaj Kapoor
The first major release of 2008 will be Rajkumar Santoshi`s Ajay Devgan, Vidya Balan and Pankaj Kapoor starrer, `Halla Bol`. The lavishly mounted and hard hitting film is expected to impress the critics and the audiences of intelligent cinema.

My Name is Anthony Gonsalves Verdict: New
Weekly Earnings: - Total Earnings: -
Producer: Bhushan Kumar/Red Chilies Entertainment Director: E. Niwas
Music: Pritam Lyrics: Sameer
Starring: Amrita Rao,Anupam Kher,D. Santosh,Daya Shanker Pandey,Javed Shaikh,Lillete Dubey,Mithun Chakraborty,Mukesh Tiwari,Nikhil Dwivedi,Pawan Malhotra,Saurabh Shukla
Giving company to `Halla Bol` will be E. Niwas`s Mithun, Nikhil Dwivedi , Amrita Rao and Anupam Kher starrer, `My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves`. The interesting looking and innovatively publicised movie may just surprise at the ticket window, maybe in a small way!
Showbiz Verdict: Disaster
Weekly Earnings: India Rs 0.25 crores Total Earnings: India Rs 0.25 crores
The latest venture from the Bhatts` camp, Raju Khan`s Tushar Jalota, Mrinalini Sharma starrer `Showbiz` is a total loss-making film.
Return Of Hanuman Verdict: Flop
Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 1.35 crores Total Earnings: India Rs. 1.35 crores
Anurag Kashyap` animated `Return Of Hanuman` has poor collections to show in the opening week. However, it has fared much better than `Showbiz`.

Taare Zameen Par Verdict: Hit
Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 13 crores ; UK $68,719 ; US $102,347 Total Earnings: India Rs. 30 crores ; UK $503,255 ; US $1,104,337
Producer: Aamir Khan Director: Aamir Khan
Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Shailendra Barve (Guest) Lyrics: Prasoon Joshi and Amole Gupte (Guest)
Starring: Aamir Khan, Tanay Chheda, Darsheel Safary, and Tisca Chopra
PB Rating: 7.5 out of 10 Public Rating (by 526 unique users): 9.38
Coming to last year`s releases, Aamir Khan`s directorial debut venture, `Taare Zameen Par`, the movie is superb in the multiplexes. However, it continues to do ordinary in C.P. Berar, C.I. and Rajasthan.
The movie has done very well in the US but has underperformed in the UK. Though the overall collections in the overseas circuit, makes it a hit there.

Welcome Verdict: Hit plus
Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 21 crores ; UK $98,787 Total Earnings: India Rs. 56 crores ; UK $1,667,087
Producer: Firoz A. Nadiadwala Director: Anees Bazmee
Music: Sajid Wajid, Anand Raj Anand, Himesh Reshammiya Lyrics: Shabbir Ahmed, Ibrahim Ashq, Sameer, Anand Raj Anand, Anjaan Sagari
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Nana Patekar, Anil Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Mallika Sherawat, Feroz Khan
PB Rating: 6.0 out of 10 Public Rating (by 173 unique users): 6.57
Meanwhile Anees Bazmee`s critically panned `Welcome` continues to rule the box-office and uniformly across all circuits, at both single screens and multiplexes. The collection fell by about 35-40 percent but it still manages fantastic shares. Trade attributes the fall to the big collections in the first week.
The movie is also big sucess in the Overseas with Indian Rs. 18 crores so far.

Om Shanti Om Verdict: All time blockbuster
Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 0.20 crores Total Earnings: India Rs. 85.80 crores ; UK $2,622,627 ; US $3,597,372
Producer: Red Chillies Entertainment Director: Farah Khan
Music: Vishal-Shekhar Lyrics: Javed Akhtar, Vishal Dadlani, and Kumaar
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Shreyas Talpade, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, and Malaika Arora Khan
PB Rating: 7.5 out of 10 Public Rating (by 1527 unique users): 7.21
After completing 50 days and also becoming the biggest grosser in Bollywood history, Farah Khan`s `Om Shanti Om` movie marches on.
The Shah Rukh Khan, Arjun Rampal, Shreyas Talpade and Deepika Padukone starrer is already a blockbuster in the Overseas, grossing more than 36 crores (equivalent Indian Rupees).

As I found out from my enq in other thread (thanks to Bhaskar), "Pal Ki Soch" song is from this film. I watched tail end of this song promo and found the tune very catchy and visuals great. I sure would like to see this film on big screen (too bad it's not playing locally) and can't understand why would this film receive cold box office response ?? May be not enough publicity ??

but film tou doob gaya rana bhaii

I saw this last night, Pankaj Kapoor was fantastic - his sword fight rocked!!
My main complaint from the film was trying to add a comedy angle with the politician - I would have preferred it if he was just kept as a straight laced character.

the dvd is out on moserbaer in india