Naseeruddin Shah’s directorial debut, Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota (Shemaroo; DVD Rs 399) is a film worth a watch. Done in an episodic manner the film focuses on several people with a singular motive — that’s reaching America. You have some simple stories woven around each of these characters, all desperate to leave this country and step on the American soil. You have Paresh Rawal who’s taking his troupe and his just-found daughter there, you have Ankur Khanna who’s got admission for higher studies in an American university but is in two minds due to his ailing father. Then there is Konkona Sensharma who’s desperate to unite with her husband Jimmy Shergill who’s in the US but has not been granted the visa. And there is this estranged couple Irrfan-Suhasini Mulay. Naseer leaves all these characters absolutely unconnected till the end of the film but they still connect through one devastating event, the 9/11 blast that shook the world. All these four separate characters apparently were at the epicentre of this devastating event.How? Well, you got to find out. The film also has Ratna Pathak, Ayesha Takia and Saroj Khan among others. The DVD here provides some extra features as well, right from the making of the film to what Naseeruddin has to say about his debut film, its concept, location, cast, et al. The benefit of watching it on the DVD is its subtitles available in eight different languages.

Naksha ( Shemaroo; DVD Rs 299) directed by Sachin Bajaj is a thrilling hunt through the wilderness.The film shapes up like the Hollywood treasure-hunt movies with Sunny Deol, the nature-loving forest officer, unravelling the mystery. A secret kept for centuries now comes out into the open. There’s a naksha that will unlock the mystery. It takes Sunny Deol and Viveik Oberoi accompanied by a travel show anchor Sameera Reddy following the trails of a secret that can change lives forever. They are pitted against the learned archeologist, Jackie Shroff, who’s also aware of this secret and becomes their enemy. The journey takes them through the dense forest that hosts not just cannibals but also the treacherous deep ravines, rugged mountains and extremely unrelenting weather.

Hits Hungama Volume 2 (Shemaroo; VCD Rs 66) compiles for your listening and viewing pleasure the chart toppers from films like Omkara, Phir Hera Pheri, Pyare Mohan, Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota, and Kalyug. Undoubtedly songs like Beedi jalaile jigar se piya picturised on Bipasha or the Aadat remix Juda hoke bhi from Kalyug are songs to be seen.

Hindi films have always highlighted the festivals of India at their colourful best through their song-and-dance routines. Tyauharon Ke Rang (Shemaroo; VCD Rs 66) is a compilation of film songs based on different festivals like Holi, Navaratri, Rakshabandhan and Idd. But that’s not all — there are songs celebrating the New Year, Easter and Valentine’s Day as well.