Free eBooks from Microsoft on LINQ, ASP.NET AJAX and Silverlight! - grab it now!!!

Free eBooks from Microsoft on LINQ, ASP.NET AJAX and Silverlight! - grab it now!!!

Introducing Microsoft LINQ by Paolo Pialorsi and Marco Russo	Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX by Dino Esposito	Introducing Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 by Laurence Moroney

http://csna01.libredigital.com/

Happy Learning

 

Source: geekswithblogs.net

It happens only in India
Irony at its best

Drink  Coca Cola


Colgate - Strong Teeth


Master Card - I have it !




Just Do It .. and I just did it :p










Enjoy!

Source: blogs.ibibo.com

http://www.wowmails.com

Maan Gaye Mughall-E-Azam

Maan Gaye Mughall-E-Azam
Now this one may turn out to be a laugh-riot. And looking at the likes of Mallika Sherawat, Rahul Bose, Kay Kay Menon and Paresh Rawal coming together on a common platform for a fun ride, Maan Gaye Mughall E Azam promises a whacky soundtrack. However, there are slight apprehensions too. Anu Malik has been inconsistent in his new innings and while Ugly Aur Pagli has been doing well with Love Story 2050 doing OK, there have also been duds like Good Luck and Hastey Hastey. After listening to the soundtrack of MGMEA, one can conveniently add one more to the list. Write your own music review of Maan Gaye Mughall-E-Azam Classic track Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya from Mughal E Azam gets it’s modern day disco avtar the moment Mallika Sherawat comes to fore. What surprises is that even though Ishg Bector sings a major part of the song (he kick starts with a rap and is present throughout the 5 minute duration), he hasn’t been credited in the album. Sounding like Bali Brahmbhatt, he makes way for Anushka Manchanda and Mahalakshmi Iyer to give two different flavors to the song. default-300×250.tpl By the time Shaan joins all the fun in this item number which is meant for a stage performance, one realizes that ‘Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya’ is neither serious nor spoofy. Instead it is plain fun with Sanjay Chhel’s lyrics being largely responsible for keeping the entertainment quotient well in place. One looks forward to the picturisation of this song which features the entire principal star cast of the film creating a riot in one common setting! Marmari Baahen is a kind of quintessential romantic number which can’t ever be hated by a listener. However, even though the number has a melodic base to it, it doesn’t quite enthrall as such since it follows the basic routine of mush and romance while keeping it soft and simple. Moving at a slow pace with some ear pleasing arrangements, ‘Marmari Bahen’ is a decent duet by Shaan and Mahalakshmi Iyer which doesn’t really have in it to go all the distance, but stays on to be an OK hearing overall! Later, Blue Zone ‘remixes’ the song with Anu Malik himself choosing to come behind the mike. Well, the way he goes about crooning the number, it is assured that ‘Marmari Bahen’ has Malik’s trademark stamp to it. It is time to expect something interesting, what with Pankaj Udhas coming back to singing for a Hindi film after ages. Anu Malik ropes him in for Ek To Sharab Kum which appears in two parts. Well, it is absolute shocking to hear the track because if at all there would be one really forgettable Pankaj Udhas number for a Hindi film, it would be this. The built up takes a horrendously long time and by the time one expects some rhythm in the proceedings, the end result turns out to be damp squib. There are chances that ‘Ek To Sharab Hai’ is spoofy in nature, but that by any means doesn’t turn out to be a good enough excuse for the song to be so lifeless. To give Pankaj Udhas some credit, he is decent in the way he goes about singing this ‘ghazal’, but it is due to some really boring arrangements which pull the track down completely. This one clearly disappoints! With a fine track (’Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya’) followed by an average number (’Marmari Bahein’) and an absolute letdown (’Ek To Sharab Hai’), one is quite apprehensive before playing the last song in the album, Ishqiyaan. Well, the expectations have ebbed to such a low point by now that whatever reasonably is fine turns out to be some saving grace. This way ‘Ishqiyaan’ succeeds to an extent as it is not a bad hear, though being stuck in the musical style of 90s. Primarily a rhythmic-n-peppy duet between Sonu Nigam and Sunidhi Chauhan, ‘Ishqiyaan’ has the potential to do well on screen with some funny picturisation. Towards the end, Aftab Hashmi Sabri joins for a ‘qawalli’ outing while Blue Zone does chip in with a remix version as well. Also, it is exit Sunidhi Chauhan and enter Alisha Chinoy this time around. Overall, Maan Gaye Mughall-E-Azam has a forgettable soundtrack which won’t make any impression whatsoever in either a short or a long term. The only solace that the makers of the film can take is from the fact that a couple of tracks may well keep the audience engaged due to the funny mood of the film. However, even for that, a lot would depend upon its director Sanjay Chhel to make it happen on screen.
Source: www.bollywoodhungama.com

Mukhbiir
Frankly, how much expectation can one really have from the music of a film which deals with the journey of an informer? Even though the film Mukhbiir has youngsters like Sameer Dattani and Raima Sen, at the very outset one knows that this one won’t really boast of a conventional soundtrack. So would this Mani Shankar mainly boast of theme pieces? Would there be certain situational tracks? Will a mandatory item number make its presence felt? Would guest compositions by Pritam and Sandeep Chowta make any difference to the prospects of this album that has Sashi Pritam and Kartik Raja sharing 3 songs amongst themselves? Let’s play on the album to get the answers. Write your own music review of Mukhbiir It’s a pity that a song like ‘Tu Salaamat’ had to make its way into Mukhbiir which may not actually see it’s promotion to an extent that it deserves. Yet another rock number in a mode similar to that of Life In A… Metro, this one brings the superhit combination of Pritam and KK once again. A lovely composition which has the kind of sound that can so easily be associated with Pritam today, ‘Tu Salaamat’ is a love song which definitely deserved to find a much better platform for itself. Surprisingly, lyricist’s name isn’t mentioned against every song with blanket crediting to Iqbal Patni and P.K. Mishta on the album’s cover. default-300×250.tpl A number which pretty much describes the state of point of the lead protagonist in Mukhbiir, Sonu Kakkar sung ‘Jeena’ follows next. Composed by Sandeep Chowta, ‘Jeena’ is an inspirational song about living life in spite of all the adversities around. A number about looking forward in life, ‘Jeena’, which is set as a pop track, turns out to be ordinary composition which doesn’t really boast of an extended shelf life. Hariharan sung ‘Dhoonde Dil’, which has composer Sashi Pritam at the helm is another soft rock track, turns out to be a decent hear after ‘Tu Salamat’. The song may not really be very high on energy but the silken singing of Hariharan coupled by a melodious tune makes it a nice hear for the ears. No, this one is not a chartbuster in the making but as a part of the album it doesn’t quite make you skip over to the next number in line. Surprisingly, the two tracks to follow (which are composed by Kartik Raja) do not have the singers’ name credited on the inlay card. First to arrive is a female voice for ‘Tere Bina’ which has a classical tone to it. A love song which reminds one of the countless songs belonging to this genre which were heard in the dubbed Tamil/Telugu films in the 90s, it is terribly outdated and results in setting the listener in a restless mode. One wonders if Mani Shankar would indeed incorporate the song for even a minute in the narrative of Mukhbiir which is touted to be a fast paced action thriller. The last track of Mukhbiir, ‘Piya Mera Banjara’, isn’t anything better and can be put under the same bracket as ‘Tere Bina’. Yet another track which is nothing better than being a letdown and doesn’t succeed at all while trying to be a peppy rhythmic North-South fusion number, ‘Tere Bina’ doesn’t sustain itself for a listener at all. Makers and the music company would have indeed been aware about lack of power in the music of Mukhbiir. This is the reason why apart from guest compositions by Pritam and Sandeep Chowta, they also incorporate three songs from Life In A… Metro (’In Dino’, ‘O Meri Jaan’, ‘Alvida’) as well as Strings’ ‘Dhaani’, Kailash Kher’s ‘Albela Saajan’ and KK’s ‘Yeh Tanhai’. However, these inclusions too aren’t good enough reasons to go for Mukhbiir which eventually has only ‘Tu Salaamat’ to boast of.
Source: www.bollywoodhungama.com

http://www.wowmails.com