Thursday, August 11, 2011

Agni Varsha (The Fire and the Rain) (DVD) Drama ~ Hindi w/ English Subtitles (2005) Run Time: 130 minutes ~ Starring: Jackie Shroff, Raveena Tandon, Milind Soman, Sonali Kulkarni, Nagarjuna Prabhudeva ~ Directed by: Arjun Sajani

  • Drama (2005) Run Time: 130 minutes
  • Starring: Jackie Shroff, Raveena Tandon, Milind Soman, Sonali Kulkarni, Nagarjuna Prabhudeva.
  • Directed by: Arjun Sajani
  • Hindi w/ English Subtitles
An established writer, Ranbir is living in marital bliss with his wife Anjali. But one fine day, he gets a phone call and everything changes. On the other side of the line is Ziya his former lover, but their relationship ended as Ziya turned schizophrenic. Ziya informs Ranbir of a well-kept secret that tears his world apart. He has a son by his former lover! This son is now purportedly residing with a family in Goa and Ziya wants Ranbir to accompany her to wish their son on his birthday. So Ranbir decides to go to Goa. Meanwhile Ziya attempts to convince Ranbir that his wife is cheating on him and succeeds in her plans to a large extent. Is Ziya trying to destroy his marriage? Or, is she just another jilted, anguished woman craving for sympathy?Sher Singh lives with his mother and handicapped sister in Punjab but moves to Mumbai, changes his name to Shekhar, meets Nisha and falls in love. When his mother asks him to return, he explains to Nisha that if he takes her before they are married the people would make an issue of it and promises to return in 4 days. On his return, Shekhar is surprised to find out that the Zamindar's son is ready to marry his sister. His mother tells him that the Zamindar's daughter Sweety loves him from their childhood days. The Zamindar had approached his mother to fix the marriage but she told him that she cannot fix her son's wedding until her daughter is married. Sweety's brother agreed to the marriage for as his mother says, brothers are those who sacrifice everything for their sister's happiness. He has no alternative and marries Sweety. So, during the day Sher Singh stays with Sweety and at night Shekhar stays with Nisha. One day both of them meet Sher Singh and tell him that he cannot go till Shekhar arrives! At that time a person makes an entry who looks like Sher Singh claiming to be Shekhar - what is going on?Adapted from the play by the same name (by one of India's foremost playwrights, Girish Karnad), the film is set in a land that has been in the midst of a ravaging drought for ten years. ! In order to appease Indra, the god of rain, a grand fire sacrifice is being conducted at the palace. As this sacrifice draws to a close, thus begins our story: a grand tale of lust, seduction, love, betrayal, sibling rivalry and ultimately murder. Starring: Jackie Shroff, Raveena Tandon, Milind Soman, Sonali Kulkarni, Nagarjuna Prabhudeva. Directed by: Arjun Sajani

Great Ambition: Korean TV Drama (In Complete 3 Volume Set! 26 Episodes)

  • Starring: Jang Hyuk, Son Ye Jin, Lee Yo Won, Han Jae Suk
  • Director: Kim Jong-Hak
  • Studio: Beauty Touch (US)
Hot on the trail of a serial killer who uses acid on his victims leaving behind only the bones, the police turn to Hyun-min, a former forensic sculptor adept in reconstructing faces by examining and interpreting skulls. With the victims' bones in his house, Hyun-min's daughter experiences disturbing visions of a long-haired woman in a white robe, a woman whom she may know. As he races against time to find the answers before the visions overtake his daughter, the deadly truth behind these victims reveals a sinister conspiracy that threatens everyone involved.Something Happened in Bali: See why over 40% of the Korean population tuned in to see this heartrending and intense 20-episode TV drama!

Soo-Jung (Ha Ji-Won, Damo, Secret) is an independent spirit wi! th a difficult past, who is in Bali searching for a wealthy man to rescue her. Jae-Min (Jo In-Sung, Spring Days) is wealthy, but is irresponsible, arrogant, and uninterested in business. He is headed for an arranged marriage to Young-Joo (Park Ye-Jin, Four Sisters), but she's not yet over her recent breakup with In-Wook (So Ji-Sub, Glass Slippers), an ambitious man of humbler means.

Young-Joo and In-Wook visit Bali to find some time alone, but they're greeted at their destination by Jae-Min. A tenuous lie averts immediate disaster, and the three embark on a tour of Bali - with Soo-Jung as their tour guide. See how far these people will go to win the zero-sum game of love and greed. Are you ready to find out what happened in Bali?

I Love You Cartoonist Chul-soo (K-drama superstar Ahn Jae-wook, Star in My Heart, Goodbye My Love) wishes to avoid marriage, and why not? His mother was married three times, and he's perfectly happy with his irrespon! sible single lifestyle. However, an ill-timed one-night stand ! with You ng-hee (Seo Ji-hye, Over the Rainbow) leads to an unwanted pregnancy. Meanwhile, sleazy divorce lawyer Min-ho (Gong Hyung-jin) has been married to Jin-hee (Jo Mi-ryung) for three years, but the stress of not being able to have children is taking a toll on their relationship. Rocker-boy Byung-ho (Fany, Over the Rainbow) is divorced and has one child, and he is currently facing another marriage death sentence. Where exactly does love fit into all of this?

Based on a comic from Hur Young-man (who also inspired The Grand Chef), I Love You follows three intertwined couples as they wrestle with divorce, blackmail and more landmines of love and marriage!On a day trip through the countryside, an aspiring opera singer flees to the woods to escape the advances of her lecherous professor and mentor. When a seemingly harmless local man offers her a ride to the bus station, she thinks she’s been saved â€" until he insists that they stop to meet his friends, a disturbed grou! p of country-bred thugs. She soon finds herself reunited with her teacher and it slowly becomes clear that the pair is being held captive to participate in the gang’s sadistic mind games.