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Well, well, well... East is East has definitely set off the new trend. Though, I hope this film kills the trend quickly. Since the jokes are becoming cheaper, the characters more cliched and the plots less thicker. I mean the film isn't bad, but then it isn't that good either. The male leads are all below-average in the looks department.

(The centre character looks like Seinfield!) But the girls are pretty. Especially Purva Bedi. The girl's got a good future, if someone recognizes her. Hopefully someone like Bruckheimer does for her, what he done for Kate Beckinsale. But overall, the film is flawed. Its appeal lies only in indian audiences, who are willing to experiment with a low-budget independent flick. Whereas 'East is East' had universal appeal and was praised by worldwide critics all over. But still, the effort for 'American Desi' is worth praise. Not original, but passable. I think I can see a trend forming in the near-future, after these two flicks. But to all the independent film-makers out there, it's great that we keep trying, but how about trying with some new, fresh themes... hmmm?

Now, this out-and-out actioner from Remix-Director, Sanjay Gupta, is not a bad piece if only you haven't any Hollywood or Hong Kong films at all. Reason being that Gupta rips of nearly every Hollywood action film that he can. Everything from Lethal Weapon 3, A Better Tommorrow, The Killer, Hard Target, Cyborg, Black Rain, 1492, T2, Scarface, etc, etc... has a scene or two remixed into this film. Even though this film has hardly any originality in it, one thing's for sure: This is one of Bollywood's finest action films ever...

Hameshaa, inspired by true story which took place in England, is by far, the most technically perfect film in Bollywood's history. The camera angles, the music, the filters, the dolby sound... The only film that comes close to the technical efforts put forward in this film is 'Dil Se'. And the film's background score is the best I've heard in any bollywood film so far. Hameshaa would have to be Sanjay Gupta's best work. And most original, too, which is hard enough as it is for Mr.Gupta who is reguarly taunted by Hollywood flicks, to be copied.

Even though the story is not broad and emotionally involving, if you're a fan of film technology... then this supernatural-love story will remain a classic in your collection...