Shaurya Music Review

Listening to the music album you can feel that Samar Khan’s second movie Shaurya, is not one of those typical Bollywood movies depicting Indian army’s undauntable patriotism and fighting spirit while fighting their ARCHENEMY Pakistan. The movie is different from the other movies of its genre. There are six songs in the album.

Title: Shaurya

Music Director: Adnan Sami, Surendra Sodhi

Lyrics: Javed Akhtar, Jaydeep Sarkar

Singers: Shah Rukh Khan, Adnan Sami, Sunidhi Chauhan, Udit Narayan, Abhijeet, Kunal Ganjawala.

Shaurya Kya Hai

Singer: Shah Rukh Khan

Lyrics: Jaydeep Sarkar

This is a like a speech explaining the meaning of the word “Shaurya.” Since, it is a movie about the army, listeners should expect a voice that exerts strength, and strong will; kind of “Angry Man” Amitabh Bachchan voice but Shah Rukh gives an entirely different treatment to this speech. His voice sounds like an ordinary day to day person but infuses more thoughtfulness in between the lines.

Dheere Dheere

Singer: Sunidhi Chauhan, Adnan Sami

It is a soft romantic song. No loud music, no catchy rhythm, very simple and serene and this is what makes the song very appealing. It reminded me of ‘Palkein Jhukaao Na’ from Sehar (2005). This song has the same feature. Adnan Sami, and Sunidhi Chauhan did a great job. I am used to hearing Sunidhi’s voice in disco, hip-hop track and high pitched tracks. This song is not high pitched but Sunidhi’s voice creates the ideal romantic environment. This is the kind of song that you would like to hear time and time again.

Dosti Kya Hai

Singer: Udit Narayan, Abhijeet

This song is picturized on Rahul Bose and Javed Khan celebrating their friendship in the movie. In Bollywood, these kinds of songs have very light tune. The music generally creates a sense of fun and comic. However, this is an exceptional track. Instead of giving hunky dory type of tune, Adnan makes the music rock based with electric guitar tunes and drumbeats. Experienced singers like Udit Narayan and Abhijeet carried out the song beautifully. The music will evoke an emotional feeling about friendship.

Ghabra ke Dar Dar Ke

Singer: Sunidhi Chauhan, Adnan Sami

The song may not be enjoyable when you are watching the movie but it is an ideal song to play in bars and pubs. Sunidhi once again creates magic with her voice. The lyrics is very energizing. The over all techno beat adds up to the flavor and mood of the song.

Jaane Kyun Jaaneman

Singer: Sunidhi Chauhan

The second item song of the movie. The prelude would give you a feeling of the 70’s ‘Saturday Night Fever’ but a bit more fast paced. The song will immediately make you tap your feet and shake your head. A catchy number, good to hear and the music is groovy. Once again, Sunidhi Chauhan proves that she is made to sing these types of songs.

Shaurya

Singer: Kunal Ganjawala

Remember, Tom Cruise’s Top Gun soundtrack sound track “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins or Lakshya’s ‘Lakshya’ by Shankar Mahadevan? This song has the same features. A motivational song with hard hitting lyrics describing toughness and fighting spirit, the rock music will instantly energize you. When you are exercising, this type of music will boost up your energy.

Overall, Adnan Sami has presented us with some good music. My personal favorites are- Dheere Dheere, Jaane Kyun Jaaneman, Shaurya Kya Hai, and Shaurya.

Shaurya Promos and Rahul Bose

Rahul Bose is a good actor but he is not yet a big star in Bollywood. Well, as far as I know, he is a composed man and there is hardly any scandal about him. So, when I saw this report: Rahul Bose storms out of Shaurya's event, I got a bit confused. Well, then I realized that it was a rumor and you know that many people love to hear saucy rumors about actors and actresses. From the report I am quoting here:

When Rahul learnt about that they had not paid for the use of the place, he stormed out. Says Rahul, “There was some confusion on which floor we would be shooting. I was a bit irritated that things kept going back and forth. But there definitely wasn’t any drama. I came back 20 minutes later and finished my scheduled interview.”

Shaurya promos: Attracting Many People

There are not too many days before the release of Shaurya. Now, there are several promos of Shaurya and they have created a lot of sensation among many people. It seems that some significant amount of credit goes to Minissha Lamba. She is pretty and in the promos of Shaurya, Minissha Lamba looks even more beautiful. Rahul Bose is also featured in the videos and he is perhaps the main attraction of the movie.
Let us see how Shaurya fares in the box office. I would like to see who gets more attention from the movie: Rahul Bose or Minissha Lamba?
What do you think?

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Minissha Lamba Interview about Shaurya

Shaurya is going to be in the cinema halls within a few weeks. It is a film on patriotism. Minissha Lamba thinks that there is more than just flags in the film. She thinks that it is a nice movie and would entertain the audience. I found an interview of her where she talked about Shaurya. Excerpts from the interview:

Q.: Have you ever done anything that proves your Shaurya?

A.: See, Shaurya never means that you just show off the flag of what you have done. Even everyday in and out, we face several such situations where we have chances to protest against all odds. For example, if you travel in buses, you may witness someone teasing any lady or someone can tease you too. If you have the true courage, you can protest there. That will be your "Shourya".

Q.: Please tell us about your character in the film Shaurya.

A.: In Shaurya, I am playing the role of Kavya Shastri, who is a war reporter. She takes the risk of her life for collecting news from the war front. It's a very important character for me as with this character, I can fulfill my childhood dream of becoming a war reporter, at least in my reel life, if not in reality.

Minissha Lamba should not lose her dream of becoming a reporter. After all, she will not stay in Bollywood forever. After 5-10 years, she can easily join a TV channel or a newspaper. These days, TV reporters have a lot of fame and some money too.

Lyricist Javed Akhtar in Shaurya

Javed Akhtar is one of the finest lyricists in Bollywood. He has written some beautiful movie songs and he is also a popular figure as an Indian Idol judge. There is something special about Javed Akhter. Now, his fans have the chance to be thrilled with the songs of Shaurya. If you are a fan of Javed Akhtar then you should listen to the music of Shaurya. The director of this movie has nothing but praise for Javed Akhtar.

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Amrita Rao and Shaurya

Amrita Rao has got a lot of nominations in different film award ceremonies but she has won very few of them. Well, she has been in Bollywood for over 5 years now. She is perhaps more of a model than a movie actress. She has now a good chance to win some praise and craze with her next movie Shaurya. Here, she has acted in the role of a widow woman.

Amrita Rao is now excited and she is thinking that Shaurya will bring her some fame and praise. I would like her to get some awards.

Minissha Lamba: How about Shaurya?

Minissha Lamba is just 23 years old but she has seen a lot in Bollywood in the last two years. Well, in 2008, she did not have any movie released yet. Next month, her fans would be able to see Minissha Lamba in the movie Shaurya. Travel’s Private Limited was her last movie and she performed quite well in that movie. In fact, she earned some praise for her performance in Travel’s Private Limited. Now, let us see how she does in Shaurya.

Shaurya Singh and His Impressive Form

No, Shaurya Singh is not a Bollywood actor and he has no relationship with the upcoming Bollywood film Shaurya. Rather he is a golf player and he is in good form now.

To know more about his performance visit this link: Shaurya pulls off upset of the day

“His back to the clump of thorns, Shaurya Singh sized up, swung and grimaced. Having seen his once seemingly unassailable lead chipped, hole by hole, to just one-up with one to play, the one-season-old pro had driven into the trees on the right. All day, a monumental upset had been on the cards as Shaurya got out his season’s best game against the much-experienced Harmeet Kahlon.”

Samar khan in Shaurya

Samar khan was a journalist who turned into film making. Three years ago he made his debut with Kuch Meetha Ho Jaaye, a romantic movie. Now, he is making his second movie, Shaurya. It is a movie about the army men. Normally, army movies are related to India-Pakistan war issue. This movie is different. It is not related to war but a different kind of struggle; the struggle for truth and justice. The story revolves around an army officer who is facing a court martial. Two defense lawyers, a war reporter and general are involved in this story. Samar spent few years in National Defense Academy.

As you all know by this time Shah Rukh Khan rendered his voice as a poet in this movie. Shah Rukh Khan is Samar’s “good-luck charm.” In his first movie, Shah Rukh Khan made a special appearance. Samar told his story writer, Jaydeep Sarkar, to write a poem containing the essence of the movie.

Reveals Samar, "I wanted my writer Jaideep Sarkar to write a theme poem that describes my film's mood. He came up with Shaurya kya hai. The poem captures the essence of my film. Namely, the biases and prejudices prevalent in our society which tend to isolate and persecute communities and individuals. Jaideep's lines were extraordinarily lucid. I needed a voice and a presence that could make those lines weighty and still accessible to the man in the remotest corner of the audience."

Samar flew down to Goa to speak to SRK about the poem. "Shah Rukh of course being Shah Rukh agreed immediately. He wanted to record the poem on his laptop then and there. But I wanted him to do it properly in a studio."

This poem has been included in the music album. Adnan Sami, the music director has given a musical interpretation of the Shah Rukh’s poem.

So far, Samar is very happy with all his actors. Kay Kay Menon, Rahul Bose, Minissha Lamba, all of them have worked very hard for the movie.

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Javed Jaffrey in Shaurya

Javed Jaffrey, with the mention of this name, the first thing that comes to my mind is the host of Boogie Woogie dance show of Sony television who crack funny jokes. I think most of the Hindi movie goers have the same idea about this talented actor and dancer. He has become typecast in Hindi movies. His comic performances in Salaam Namaste, Dhamaal made him very popular. Well, every body needs a change and that includes Javed. In Shaurya, he does not do any funny character but a serious character. Glamsham reports:

Ever since his 'aigzactly' performance in SALAAM NAMASTE, Javed Jaffrey has been seen in a different light. That of a whacky, over the top guy, who has a knack for comedy. Though he fought it off in his next release TA RA RUM PUM, he was still loved more when he performed as a 10 year old boy trapped in a man's body in Indra Kumar's DHAMAAL.

However, the actor is continuing to explore different horizons and one such movie that should project him in an altogether different light is SHAURYA. In a film which has absolutely no scope of Jaffrey turning over to buffoonery, SHAURYA features him as an Army man.

Javed played the character of Aakash Kapoor, an ambitious army lawyer. His father was also a reputed army lawyer. An ambitious practical lawyer, Javed has two people very close to him: his friend, Major Siddharth and fiancé Nandini.

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Marketing strategy of Shaurya

Shaurya is the first movie of Moser Baer. For promoting the movie, Moser Baer has taken an exceptional marketing approach. The film makers went to some people who displayed courage in real life and made an audio visual with Shah Rukh Khan’s voice in the background. Business of Cinema reports:

The promotions of the movie will start on TV from 17 February onwards. In keeping with the title Shaurya, the makers have short-listed a few courageous people including Mahatma Gandhi, Govind Ragho Khairnar (former deputy municipal commissioner and 'Demolition Man'), Sabrina Lal (sister of Jessica Lal), Mohd. Aslam (taxi driver who returned Rs 5 lakh that he found in his taxi) and shot an audio visual with Shah Rukh Khan's voice over, in which they define what courage (Shaurya) means to them. This first teaser campaign will only highlight Shaurya and courageous people. It will not bring Moser Baer, Samar Khan or Rahul Bose's name into focus.

According to Moser Baer Entertainment CEO, Harish Dayani, they wanted to do something exceptional. The company plans to air the teaser in all news and entertainment channels.

I think this is a very good idea. In Bollywood, army films shows conflict between Pakistan and India. People have become bored seeing such movies. Shaurya, is a movie on Indian army but it reveals a different dimension except armed conflict and I think this teaser is a very well planned approach to describe the essence of the movie.

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Rahul’s discipline and Shaurya

Rahul Bose is known as a serious actor. He is one of those actors who gets under the skin of his characters and lives them. In his latest movie, Shaurya, Rahul is playing the character of a defense lawyer. You all know that Rahul is a sportsman. He plays rugby and boxing for more than ten years. So, playing the character of an army man would not be a big thing for him but it is the opposite. To fine tune his body with the character Rahul undergo serious physical routine. India Times reports:

To find out more about this we spoke to the man himself Rahul Bose. First off he tells us, “I have been playing rugby for the past 10 years now and thanks to this I was and still am in the prime of health. However if you look at army men they aren’t muscle bound, instead they are simply fat free, lean and stringy.”

We guess that it was tough to lose all that muscle. To this he says, “Yes it was a bit tough but then what is life without a challenge?” seems like he’s a positive for a Royal Challenge ad.

In order to lose his muscle Rahul had to do heavy cardio exercise. Everyday, he worked out for hours starting at 9 a.m. in the morning till 1 at noon. Since, he is a sportsman, eating was not much of a problem.

Rahul is a very professional minded actor. While he was shooting in Manali, he received the news of his father’s illness. Still, he continued to work. He did not let the issue hamper his shooting.

Now, you are all seeing the end product. Rahul Bose looks great in uniform. We are all eagerly waiting for the release of Shaurya.

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Shaurya and the Dream of Minissha Lamba

What career Minissha Lamba would have chosen if she had not come to acting? The answer is war reporter. Yes, Minissha Lamba, the beautiful Bollywood actress, aspired to become a war reporter and her idol was Christiane Amanpour, the famous war reporter.

One India reports:

Now a days she is really happy as what she couldn't achieve in her real life she can now enjoy in her reel life. In Samar Khan's Shaurya Minissha is portraying a war-reporter. It's not all that we have to tell you about Minisha's career options. As we all know that there always been an inspiration behind what one wishes to be. In case with Minisha there was a reporter named Christiane Amanpour, the million dollar war reporter of CBS News and CNN.

Christiane is famous for her reports of Persian Gulf War as well as the reports of Bosnian War. Many times she faced controversies because of her so-called biased reports. But she continued her job and due to her reports of tensed war-zones of Kashmir, Czechoslovakia, as well as Middle East countries she achieved incomparable fame. Now a days she is spending time helping others and sharing her own loneliness.

Well, Minissha is not the first lady to play the character of journalism. Earlier, in Lakshya we have seen Preity Zinta playing the character of Romila Dutta, a war reporter.

Minissha thinks that women should be more diversified in their journalism profession. They should go for covering crime, politics, sports, economics and international news. She thinks that women can work better as neutral reporters.

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Shaurya: Interview of Rahul Bose

Rahul Bose is playing the character of an army lawyer, Major Siddharth, in Shaurya.

In an interview with One India, he shares his experience of working in Shaurya. Here is an excerpt of the interview:

Q.: Please tell us about your character in the film "Shaurya".

A.: In this film, I portray an army lawyer who gets irritated all he time, as he does not have many cases. The lawyer gets a case at last, which is quite complicated, and realizes that he might eventually lose his life if he continues to work on the case. The story will move on as the lawyer, played by me, goes ahead with the case and fights it.

Q.: According to you, what's the meaning of "Shaurya"?

A.: I think "Shaurya" means whatever you do, do it with complete confidence and dedication.

Q.: Minisha Lamba stars opposite you in the film, so can you talk about your chemistry on screen with her?

A.: I mix well with all my co-stars. Even if I hate someone, my acting and perfect sense of chemistry does not let others notice this. I think building proper chemistry in front of the camera is quite easy, as they all are made or created. All that we show and do at the set are just forced and made. You also follow the same route as you are supposed to work as a part of a team.

Like Kay Kay Menon, Rahul is also known for playing serious characters on the screen. When asked about his decision to work in comic roles he said that in his theatre days he used to comic characters. So, there is nothing very significant behind his decision. He just changed his tracks to do different characters. Now, he is back to comic characters again.

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Shaurya: Interview of Minissha Lamba

Minissha Lamba started as a model and then came to movies in 2005. In the last three years, she appeared in a series of movies but none of them were successful enough to establish her as an actress in Bollywood. Shaurya is his first movie of 2008. Here she plays the character of Kavya Shastri, a war reporter. She shares her experience in an interview with One India. Here is the excerpt:

Q.: What do you understand by the word Shaurya?

A.: For me, the word Shaurya means the presence of many positive characteristics within us, before commencing something courageous. I never think that Shaurya means something where you forget all your jobs and come to the street showing off your power against something odd. Shaurya also means that you remain good-natured, but build yourself so tough that no other can utilize your decency.

Q.: Have you ever done anything that proves your Shaurya?

A.: See, Shaurya never means that you just show off the flag of what you have done. Even everyday in and out, we face several such situations where we have chances to protest against all odds. For example, if you travel in buses, you may witness someone teasing any lady or someone can tease you too. If you have the true courage, you can protest there. That will be your "Shourya".

Minissha became nostalgic when she went to Manali for the shooting of Shaurya. Her first movie, Yahaan, was also shot in Manali. The places brought back many memories.

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Shaurya: Interview of Kay Kay Menon

Kay Kay Menon; for any Hindi movie goers, this name brings in some expectations upon hearing. This talented actor can play any kind of character, comic or serious, with great ease. He may not have any big block buster to his credit but his performance has always been praised by critics and film goers. In Samar Khan’s second movie, Shaurya, Kay Kay played the character of an army person, Brigadier Rudra Pratap Singh. With One India he shares his experience of the movie. Here is an excerpt of the interview:

Q.: What does Shaurya mean to you?

A.: At first I would like to make clear that for me Shaurya and Veerta are two different things. "Shaurya" is in raising voice against wrong deeds when no one is ready to support you. But in this film that particular word has different meanings for different characters.

Q.: What's about your character in Shaurya?

A.: I am playing a brigadier in the film. He is known as Rudra Pratap Singh. He has some personal values and he has faith in those values only.

Q.: The film is based on army. What do you feel is the most interesting part of the film?

A.: The best thing is that whatever is told in the film is based on reality. Everything including uniform, behaviour and mannerism are very realistic.

Q.: How did you prepare yourself for your character?

A.: I don't do much of research. I believe in the story and prepare my character based on the story. I have always seen that whenever we start researching with characters, we end up coming with some fixed mannerism. And that's even opposite to the character. I don't even think of doing the film which doesn't offer me any good character.

Q.: Have you ever done anything in your life that has become Shaurya for you?

A.: I don't remember anything like that because I think it builds ego in you. So better you forget that as it helps living a better life.

While shooting for the movie in Manali Kay Kay learned playing golf. When asked about his image as a serious actor he said that it is the other way round. He is not a serious person, rather takes his characters seriously. He believes that pretty soon the serious tag will be removed from him.

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Minissha Lamba and Shaurya

Minissha Lamba is playing the character of a journalist named, Kavya. While working on the case of captain Javed Kavya and Major Siddhant Chaudhry (Rahul Bose) comes close. So far, the on screen Rahul and Minissha looked very good.

Glamsham reports:

Minissha is now totally focused on her next project, Samar Khan's SHAURYA, where she is paired opposite the thinking man's actor, Rahul Bose. Minissha plays an investigative journalist in the film who is ready to take any risks for her profession, a la Barkha Dutt! She has gone the extra mile in order to make her character as realistic as possible.

The actress with the effervescent smile acknowledges the contribution of her director, Samar Khan in no uncertain terms. She adds that Samar's experience as a journalist contributed immensely to her performance in bringing to life the character of Kaavya Shastri, her on screen name.

This is Minissha’s first movie in 2008.

According to Minissha, Shaurya is a concept which exists among people who stand up and voice their opinions against all the mal-practice and injustice. By that it does not mean that people take the law in their own hands or start a revolution. Yet, when a person walking on the street sees a person being bullied, he should stop and raise his voice coming out of his/her “mundane comfort zone.”

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Amrita Rao in Shaurya

Amrita rao is not a stranger to Bollywood anymore. So far she has only two successful movies to her credit, Ishq Vishk and Vivah and in both the movies she appeared with Shahid Kapoor. Amrita made a special appearance in Shaurya. India FM reports:

"Amrita Rao is indeed in my film. Just how it happened is an interesting story. I didn't intend to cast her. But she's a dear friend, and wanted to be part of my film. So, I cast her in a very special role. I guess I'm blessed to have so many friends in the industry," says the journalist-turned-director.

Samar is all praise for Amrita's professionalism. "We were supposed to shoot only for a day. But that stretched into two days. Amrita gave the time without any complaint. Then she wasn't happy with her dubbing. So, she did the dubbing again. I love how focused she was even in her cameo. And not just Amrita. I had a dream cast in Shaurya; Rahul Bose, Kay Kay Menon, Deepak Dobriyal and Minissha Lamba…they all went out of their way to make sure Shaurya turns out to be a special film."

This is Amrita Rao’s second movie this year. Her first movie, My Name is Anthony Gonsalves did not do very well.

According to Amrita Rao, Shaurya is not something very serious. It all boils down to our ordinary day to day lives. Every day we take hundreds of decisions on our own Shaurya is the quality to take the right decision. Should I turn my face around when a person is lying on the street ran over by a car? Should I lie to my boss? Should I say something to people and do the opposite?

Shaurya also means “combating fear.” We all have fears; fear of failure, fear of struggle, fear of staying alone in a room. The conquest of these fears are also the sign of Shaurya.

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Shaurya: At A Glance

Title: Shaurya

Director: Samar Khan

Cast: Rahul Bose, Minissha Lamba, Kay Kay Menon, Rozza Catalano, Javed Jaffrey, Seema Biswas

Cinematography: Carlos Catalan

Story:

Javed is a captain in the Indian army. He is an honest, brave officer, who is ready to sacrifice his life for his country. He is facing court-martial for killing his fellow officer, who is the son of Brigadier Rudra Prasad Singh. Despite facing death sentence, Javed is not disclosing any facts behind the event. A female journalist, Kavya tries to find out what actually happened. Meanwhile, Siddharth and Akash are two close friends with two different aims in life. Siddharth and Akash are army lawyers and good friends. The case of Javed brings together all these characters and this one event change their lives forever.

Shaurya: Official Website Review

Homepage: The homepage contains a poster of the movie. On the right side you will see the “enter site” button and link to the blog of Shaurya.

http://www.shauryathefilm.com/

Synopsis: Contains the story of the movie.

Cast and crew: Introduces you to the main characters and people behind the camera.

Production note: a note from Moser Baer. Shaurya is the company’s first production.

Director’s note: Samar Khan shares his views about the movie. Shaurya is his second movie.

Gallery: Contains twenty still pictures from the movie.

Downloads: You can download 9 wallpapers.

Media: This section contains the promotional videos of the movie. There are seven videos.

Blog: The official blog of Shaurya. You will find various posts about the movie written by actors and others.

Trade enquiry: Contains a form for people who want to get the rights of the movie.