I jerked upright in the middle of the night imagining that I was caught in a bomb blast. Silly me! It's Diwali time. What did I expect? One of my very excited neighbor decided that he wanted to burst an atom bomb in that very-human (read: inhuman) time of the night, right on the top of my sleepy head. Well, this one time, I am not going to go blast his head instead. Diwali hain, hak bantha hain!

I wish, like in my neighborhood, such blockbusters happened in our B-town too. Diwali has always been the time for big releases in Bollywood – creating a nail-biting situation for film makers and audiences alike. I guess this year its no different. With three films hitting the limelight at the same time, I am all confused here. Which one do I go to first? Which one is paisa-wasool, which one is bheja-fry?

Let's expand on that thought!

The most hyped and the most spent upon release, I would say, is Ashtavinayak Productions' Blue. 100+ crores is no small deal. It's more like placing your one foot in the grave. If the movie doesn't do well, no prizes for guessing how big the loss will be. Let's be hopeful though. An elaborate casting with Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta, Zayed Khan and Katrina Kaif topped with a nice chiggy-wiggy performance by Kylie Minogue and not to forget the over-the-top underwater and on ground stunts, Blue definitely seems big to me. AR Rahman gives some good music and I cannot wait to see Resul Pookutty's underwater magic. So what if it's a remake of some Hollywood flick? Some inspiration is good. I hope the film doesn't give me any Diwali-blues!

Promising to get your guts out, err... I mean... make you laugh your guts out with some hilarious situations and some (hopefully non-hilarious) action sequences, Ajay Devgan's All the Best also hits the theaters this Diwali. The star cast of the movie includes Ajay Devgan himself, Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, Bipasha Basu, Mugdha Godse and Asrani. The music has been provided by Pritam. The movie is all about how Prem (Ajay Devgan) and Veer (Fardeen Khan) try untangling some chaos created by Dharam Kapoor (Sanjay Dutt) through lots of lies and some massive funny cover-ups. I hope the film turns out to be as funny as it sounds. The entire star cast seem like they badly need a hit film for the well-being of their careers. All the very best to All the Best and its cast. However, if you take a look back, last year Rohit Shetty-Ajay Devgan's team effort Golmaal Returns did give the Khan and the Deol brothers (Heroes) a run for their monies! Should we expect something like that for this year too?

Let's move on to Main Aur Mrs. Khanna. A joint production of Sohail Khan Productions and UTV SpotBoy Pictures, this Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Sohail Khan starrer film revolves around an extra marital affair. I think there are by now atleast a zillion movies with this as the concept. So, the concept by itself has lots to prove. I am hoping that the storyline is different from all other similar concept movies. Like everybody else, I cannot take a repetition here. Preity Zinta looks slightly out of place in the item number and Deepika Padukone's special appearance better be for a reason. Salman has had very little luck in the past few years, especially during Diwali – Saawariya, Kyun Ki, Heroes, all flopped big time. Are we to expect a Deja-vu this year again?

My prediction seems to be a little biased towards Blue since it's got a lot to offer. Secondly in my list, I d say is All the Best – Silly comedies sometimes create wonder. As for Main Aur Mrs. Khanna, I really am not too optimistic. Will have to wait for the D-day to see how accurate my prediction is!

Deep blue waters, an extra marital affair, outright comedy – You make your choice. I have chosen all of it. Along with some crackers, family-time and lots of food, Diwali day is also going to be a movie day for me!

Happy Diwali all of you!