Friday, October 30, 2009
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Regionalism...
Regionalism is rearing its ugly head in India. This is not because the common man has any interest in whether the auto he takes to work is driven by a north indian or because the theatre near his place is playing a Tamil movie. Again, a few politicians who only have their selfish interests at heart are playing their cards in such a manner so as to incite people against each other.
Take the recent fallout of the incidents in Mumbai...After Raj Thackeray's statement, tens of thousands of North Indians left Mumbai. Result: Acute shortage of the daily labor that worked in Mumbai's small scale industries, owners unable to run their small businesses and the Mumbaikars who work there also losing their jobs. Just think of a normal Indian middle class man/ woman. Does he/ she care where Amitabh Bacchan is going to start a college, do they have time enough to worry about where the person standing next to them in the train comes from. Do they have time enough to take part in protests against Bacchan saab or to attack North Indian hawkers and taxi drivers. All these protests and attacks are the work of a few political leaders who want to remain in the news at all costs. Have you ever noticed attacks by so called 'Student Leaders' on TV? Do any of these student leaders remotely look like students??? It is time that these stupid political workers as they call themselves realize that they would be much better off doing some legitimate work to feed the waiting mouths at home rather than hanging around the worthless political leaders who use and discard them at their whim and fancy.
And to the MNS, DMK and other political parties who keep playing up the Regional card...India is known for its Unity in Diversity. The East India company was only able to establish its rule over us because of our infighting and we were able to throw them out only when India rose as one against the British rule. Now, for your few moments of fame, do not divide us again. If we need to fight, lets fight against external enemies, not against each other.
Take the recent fallout of the incidents in Mumbai...After Raj Thackeray's statement, tens of thousands of North Indians left Mumbai. Result: Acute shortage of the daily labor that worked in Mumbai's small scale industries, owners unable to run their small businesses and the Mumbaikars who work there also losing their jobs. Just think of a normal Indian middle class man/ woman. Does he/ she care where Amitabh Bacchan is going to start a college, do they have time enough to worry about where the person standing next to them in the train comes from. Do they have time enough to take part in protests against Bacchan saab or to attack North Indian hawkers and taxi drivers. All these protests and attacks are the work of a few political leaders who want to remain in the news at all costs. Have you ever noticed attacks by so called 'Student Leaders' on TV? Do any of these student leaders remotely look like students??? It is time that these stupid political workers as they call themselves realize that they would be much better off doing some legitimate work to feed the waiting mouths at home rather than hanging around the worthless political leaders who use and discard them at their whim and fancy.
And to the MNS, DMK and other political parties who keep playing up the Regional card...India is known for its Unity in Diversity. The East India company was only able to establish its rule over us because of our infighting and we were able to throw them out only when India rose as one against the British rule. Now, for your few moments of fame, do not divide us again. If we need to fight, lets fight against external enemies, not against each other.
Shoaib Akhtar...errant to an unbeleivable degree!
The PCB finally decided to end the drama once and for all I guess. A 5 year ban on Shoaib Akhtar who is already 32 years old effectively means his career is over. Unless he appeals and the PCB, known for its inconsistency decides to overturn the ban. Cricinfo carried a time line on his offenses and titled it as "A tale of intrigue, injuries and incidents". I would have much rather called it "A tale of Arrogance, Attitude and Aspersions". It is natural for a school teacher to turn a blind eye to some mischief committed by a top ranking student once or twice, but if he becomes a habitual offender, the teacher would be left with no other choice but to discipline him. This is what happened with Shoaib Akhtar too. A classic case of success going to one's head and ruining everything. I doubt if such behavior would have been tolerated for so long anywhere else in the world, but better late than never. Goodbye Shoaib...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Many things!
Got some time today and I'm determined to post....about a lot of things, movies that I have seen, the India-Aus series etc etc.
Saw a telugu movie by name Gamyam a couple weeks ago. After a long time, one telugu movie that I recommended to everyone I met once I had seen it. Inspired (in the strictest sense of the word) from Motorcycle Diaries, this is one movie that had its heart in the right place. Neatly made, it did bow down to the diktats of the commercial movie framework at some places, but at most others was very well written. It once again dispelled the myth that you need a superhero to carry a film, the film rests on the able shoulders of its script. Superlative performances by Sharwanand and 'Allari' Naresh and a good one by Kamalini Mukherjee (who of course is hampered by the fact that she does not understand a word of what she is made to mouth) make this movie a delightful watch. Go check it out, you will not regret it. Well done Krish, we hope to see more from you.
And then I saw Jodha Akbar...and people were right when they said it was too long. It was indeed very long an I had no idea what Mr. Gowariker intended to make at the end of the movie. Did he want to showcase the life of Akbar? Did he want to show the lovestory between Jodha and Akbar? Did he want to show us how fickle alliances were in that period or how Akbar had to tackle so much intrigue and treachery from inside and out all his life? I was frankly confused as he just kept meandering along all through the length of the movie from one track to another. But one thing that made the movie worth watching was the lead players. Hrithik and Aishwarya were made to look so ethereal that one could hardly take one's eyes off the screen when they were there. As Baradwaj Rangan wrote in his review, if Akbar and Jodha looked remotely like these guys did, how beautiful must the baby Humayun have been?
And finally about the best thing that happened in the last couple months. First we level the test series and the victory we secure comes at Perth, supposed to be their stronghold. Then we beat the World Beaters (Chuckle) in the CB series, three consecutive victories over them giving us the title. The greenhorns, as they were termed before the series suddenly emerged World Beaters and India has a fantastic leader to look forward to.
MS Dhoni deserves an entire post, but I will post a few impressions for now. For one, when after a particular match, where he had insisted and included Piyush Chawla in the eleven and that move paid off, he was asked how he always made the right decisions. This crafty man refused to take credit for the decision and instead this is what he said:
"It is not about me taking the right decisions. It is about the individual responding to the situation. I saw the pitch and thought Piyush would do well here, but if he had not risen to the occasion and put in such a fine performance, you would have been slamming me. So, it is thanks to the guys who have been repaying the faith I have in them."
That statement is a masterstroke. By saying a thing like that he is putting the onus right back on the players, he is telling them that he is willing to put his neck on the line for them and they have to pay him back with a good performance. And a person who would not perform in the face of such confidence imposed in him does not deserve to play international cricket.
Crafty man Dhoni...we doff our hats to you. Looking forward to greater victories!!!
Saw a telugu movie by name Gamyam a couple weeks ago. After a long time, one telugu movie that I recommended to everyone I met once I had seen it. Inspired (in the strictest sense of the word) from Motorcycle Diaries, this is one movie that had its heart in the right place. Neatly made, it did bow down to the diktats of the commercial movie framework at some places, but at most others was very well written. It once again dispelled the myth that you need a superhero to carry a film, the film rests on the able shoulders of its script. Superlative performances by Sharwanand and 'Allari' Naresh and a good one by Kamalini Mukherjee (who of course is hampered by the fact that she does not understand a word of what she is made to mouth) make this movie a delightful watch. Go check it out, you will not regret it. Well done Krish, we hope to see more from you.
And then I saw Jodha Akbar...and people were right when they said it was too long. It was indeed very long an I had no idea what Mr. Gowariker intended to make at the end of the movie. Did he want to showcase the life of Akbar? Did he want to show the lovestory between Jodha and Akbar? Did he want to show us how fickle alliances were in that period or how Akbar had to tackle so much intrigue and treachery from inside and out all his life? I was frankly confused as he just kept meandering along all through the length of the movie from one track to another. But one thing that made the movie worth watching was the lead players. Hrithik and Aishwarya were made to look so ethereal that one could hardly take one's eyes off the screen when they were there. As Baradwaj Rangan wrote in his review, if Akbar and Jodha looked remotely like these guys did, how beautiful must the baby Humayun have been?
And finally about the best thing that happened in the last couple months. First we level the test series and the victory we secure comes at Perth, supposed to be their stronghold. Then we beat the World Beaters (Chuckle) in the CB series, three consecutive victories over them giving us the title. The greenhorns, as they were termed before the series suddenly emerged World Beaters and India has a fantastic leader to look forward to.
MS Dhoni deserves an entire post, but I will post a few impressions for now. For one, when after a particular match, where he had insisted and included Piyush Chawla in the eleven and that move paid off, he was asked how he always made the right decisions. This crafty man refused to take credit for the decision and instead this is what he said:
"It is not about me taking the right decisions. It is about the individual responding to the situation. I saw the pitch and thought Piyush would do well here, but if he had not risen to the occasion and put in such a fine performance, you would have been slamming me. So, it is thanks to the guys who have been repaying the faith I have in them."
That statement is a masterstroke. By saying a thing like that he is putting the onus right back on the players, he is telling them that he is willing to put his neck on the line for them and they have to pay him back with a good performance. And a person who would not perform in the face of such confidence imposed in him does not deserve to play international cricket.
Crafty man Dhoni...we doff our hats to you. Looking forward to greater victories!!!
Thursday, February 28, 2008
The century jinx!!!
It has been a crazy few weeks over the last month and it continues to be so...I really need a break, need to get outta town for a couple days atleast. The blog has not been updated for over a month now and I just noticed that my last post was the 99th! Almost like Sachin's century jinx I guess. Nevertheless, hurrah to the 100th post. Normal service will resume in a couple weeks time. Till then, so long!
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Pics from Old City Continued....
A view from atop Charminar....the sheer number of autos here blew my mind away!
Monday, January 07, 2008
Bucknor or Blunder!
My sincere and earnest request to all the dictionary makers out there...Please replace the word Blunder in all your dictionaries with the word Bucknor...not much of a difference but the meaning will be all the more clear, even for people who do not understand English at all!
And Mr. Mike Procter, did no one teach you how to count? When four out of six people say they have not heard anything racist (Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar and the Umpires), it means the majority...2 out of 6 does not mean majority...and u shud take a decision based on what the majority tells you. Of course if you believe that the two umpires who could not hear any of the edges that were heard by the grandmother living in the next lane could not hear this also, I wholeheartedly support you. You can now hang a board saying 'If someone is taking Aussie wickets too frequently, they deserve to be banned'.
And regards the series, I lost out on so much sleep waking up at 5am in the morning to savor what I thought would be a great game of cricket. Instead I got to see loads of human errors (most of which go against Indians) and an insult to our ancestors...If it is true that we did descend from the apes, calling Andrew Symonds a monkey is an insult to mankind and the monkeykind too!
And Mr. Mike Procter, did no one teach you how to count? When four out of six people say they have not heard anything racist (Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar and the Umpires), it means the majority...2 out of 6 does not mean majority...and u shud take a decision based on what the majority tells you. Of course if you believe that the two umpires who could not hear any of the edges that were heard by the grandmother living in the next lane could not hear this also, I wholeheartedly support you. You can now hang a board saying 'If someone is taking Aussie wickets too frequently, they deserve to be banned'.
And regards the series, I lost out on so much sleep waking up at 5am in the morning to savor what I thought would be a great game of cricket. Instead I got to see loads of human errors (most of which go against Indians) and an insult to our ancestors...If it is true that we did descend from the apes, calling Andrew Symonds a monkey is an insult to mankind and the monkeykind too!
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Harsha Bhogle Rocks!
The joy of hearing about cricket from a former player is very different from hearing about it from a fan! And no one illustrates this better than Harsha Bhogle, our man for all seasons. Much has been written about his IIM background and all that but the thing I love most is that he enjoys his cricket. There is none of that hindsight wisdom that is always offered by the former greats sitting there. When he talks he talks about how well a shot is played and how sweet the sound of bat hitting ball was, there is not too much harping on how that is a copybook shot and how children wanting to become cricketers should see this shot and learn. In the last test at Melbourne, he said something about an Andrew Symonds pull shot that he repeated today for a VVS Laxman pull shot. Savor this....
"Just look at how he plays that pull shot, standing tall and swiveling away to glory, it is almost like he is dismissing the ball from his presence."
Just after lunch today, he opens the commentary for the third session saying "India are showing some fight today mainly due to the efforts of Vangivarapu Venkata Sai Laxman."
Just that small effort made to say the entire name, efforts of Laxman would never have sounded that effective!
Some more talking he did today about great players knowing when they have to do what...
"It is almost amazing how all the great players just seem to know what to do. Wasim Akram knew when the batsman was striding out confidently and when he was afraid. Sachin Tendulkar knows when the ball leaves the bowler's hand whether it is a four or a single. No effort required, they almost seem to know!"
That humility of accepting that he will probably never understand how they actually know. Other commentators would do their best to go on and explain how they know and all that, here it is his simple awe for the game!
Here is wishing that he continues this way and gives us many more quotable quotes...Let the passion for the game continue unabated Harsha bhai!
"Just look at how he plays that pull shot, standing tall and swiveling away to glory, it is almost like he is dismissing the ball from his presence."
Just after lunch today, he opens the commentary for the third session saying "India are showing some fight today mainly due to the efforts of Vangivarapu Venkata Sai Laxman."
Just that small effort made to say the entire name, efforts of Laxman would never have sounded that effective!
Some more talking he did today about great players knowing when they have to do what...
"It is almost amazing how all the great players just seem to know what to do. Wasim Akram knew when the batsman was striding out confidently and when he was afraid. Sachin Tendulkar knows when the ball leaves the bowler's hand whether it is a four or a single. No effort required, they almost seem to know!"
That humility of accepting that he will probably never understand how they actually know. Other commentators would do their best to go on and explain how they know and all that, here it is his simple awe for the game!
Here is wishing that he continues this way and gives us many more quotable quotes...Let the passion for the game continue unabated Harsha bhai!
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Happy New Year!
Here is wishing everyone a Funtastic New Year...May the New Year herald a period of new beginnings and great successes!!!
Monday, December 24, 2007
The DON of Tollywood? Hardly...
Saw the Nagarjuna starrer Don recently and was thoroughly disappointed...It was more of a Lawrence starrer than a Nag starrer....just imagine the Don's side kick singing..
ISKO PEHCHAAN LO YEH HAI DON!
That bad!
ISKO PEHCHAAN LO YEH HAI DON!
That bad!
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Tragedy!
Whoever said lightning never strikes twice is wrong. My laptop crashed again and this time it took with it 4 years worth pictures, music and documents. No backup, cause I always beleived that laptop crashes happen to others and not to us. Tooo late now and I'm sulking away to glory. Might be a while before I post again, so try not to miss me tooo much! (I know it sounds like boasting, but its atleast helping me feel slightly better for whatever that is worth!)
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Belated Happy Birthday!
My blog finished an year on Nov 6th and I missed the birthday.
Belated Happy Birthday!
Belated Happy Birthday!
Friday, November 09, 2007
Tongue Firmly in Cheek!
Om Shanti Om rocks!
I realize that I need to finish gushing before I can write up about the movie - here goes. Hats off to Farah Khan for lighting up my Diwali with a pataka of a film, the explosion of which will resonate for a long time to come. Hats off to the King Khan for backing up Farah and fulfilling her every demand as a producer, the movie is as lavish as it can get. And I'm in love all over again...Deepika Padukone looked ethereal in the movie and I cant wait to see more of her. The music is fabulous, the songs are spectacularly mounted, the camera work is flawless, the sets are fantabulous, the dialogues are apt and the acting topnotch.
Alright, gushing apart and out of the way, Farah Khan, who showed us how all the cliches in Bollywood can be used to create an endearing effect, how the old movies can be revamped to brilliant effect, how the over the top scenes of yore can be used to evoke humor...quite a master of the spoof, she proved herself to be. With Om Shanti Om, she takes the spoof genre to an altogether different level, much higher than anyone can hope to take it in a long time to come and much better than anyone has done in the recent past. All the references to the movies and movie stars of the time when they grew up are so ingeniously thought of and so well executed, you find yourself laughing your guts out and wishing we could get to see some more of those old melodramas from the Manmohan Desai era. The entire film industry makes an appearance in the movie...half of them appear in the special number and the other half during the superbly conceptualized Filmfare Awards function. The awards nite is a riot and Akshay Kumar will walk away with all the plaudits for that one (and he should really ask Farah to make Return of the Khiladi with him). Abhishek Bachchan is there too and so are a lot of other people who show that Bollywood is beyond petty issues, evident in the way all of the stars sportingly spoof their own movies.
Standout sequences include all of Shahrukh's scenes as a junior artist (dacoit, Quick Gun Murugan etc), all of his scenes as a superstar (Apahich pyaar, Mohabbat Man), all of his dream scenes...King Khan had loads of fun while doing the movie and it shows. Deepika does not have much to do except look pretty and that she does to stunning effect, my jaw kept dropping so often, anymore and I would have moved around with an open mouth for the rest of my life. Kiron Kher is tailor made for the role she plays in the movie, the over the top, has been junior artiste who thinks she should have played Anarkali must have been written with her in mind. Shahrukh's line in the movie describes her the best when he calls her 'meri filmy maa'. Shreyas Talpade is good and Arjun Rampal rocks as Mukesh and later Mike!
All in all, King Khan will rule yet another Diwali. If it was Don last year, it is Om Shanti Om this year. With the kind of feedback Saawariya is getting, it is obvious that Shahrukh will not eat his words - "Diwali is all his".
PS: As KK says, don't be in any sort of hurry to see the movie, it is going to be around for ages, so catch it at leisure. And have to include one of his gems, according to him Deepika Padukone played a sensuous ghost (deyyanni chooste bhayam veyyadam maanesi mood ostondi raaaaaa - exact words).
I realize that I need to finish gushing before I can write up about the movie - here goes. Hats off to Farah Khan for lighting up my Diwali with a pataka of a film, the explosion of which will resonate for a long time to come. Hats off to the King Khan for backing up Farah and fulfilling her every demand as a producer, the movie is as lavish as it can get. And I'm in love all over again...Deepika Padukone looked ethereal in the movie and I cant wait to see more of her. The music is fabulous, the songs are spectacularly mounted, the camera work is flawless, the sets are fantabulous, the dialogues are apt and the acting topnotch.
Alright, gushing apart and out of the way, Farah Khan, who showed us how all the cliches in Bollywood can be used to create an endearing effect, how the old movies can be revamped to brilliant effect, how the over the top scenes of yore can be used to evoke humor...quite a master of the spoof, she proved herself to be. With Om Shanti Om, she takes the spoof genre to an altogether different level, much higher than anyone can hope to take it in a long time to come and much better than anyone has done in the recent past. All the references to the movies and movie stars of the time when they grew up are so ingeniously thought of and so well executed, you find yourself laughing your guts out and wishing we could get to see some more of those old melodramas from the Manmohan Desai era. The entire film industry makes an appearance in the movie...half of them appear in the special number and the other half during the superbly conceptualized Filmfare Awards function. The awards nite is a riot and Akshay Kumar will walk away with all the plaudits for that one (and he should really ask Farah to make Return of the Khiladi with him). Abhishek Bachchan is there too and so are a lot of other people who show that Bollywood is beyond petty issues, evident in the way all of the stars sportingly spoof their own movies.
Standout sequences include all of Shahrukh's scenes as a junior artist (dacoit, Quick Gun Murugan etc), all of his scenes as a superstar (Apahich pyaar, Mohabbat Man), all of his dream scenes...King Khan had loads of fun while doing the movie and it shows. Deepika does not have much to do except look pretty and that she does to stunning effect, my jaw kept dropping so often, anymore and I would have moved around with an open mouth for the rest of my life. Kiron Kher is tailor made for the role she plays in the movie, the over the top, has been junior artiste who thinks she should have played Anarkali must have been written with her in mind. Shahrukh's line in the movie describes her the best when he calls her 'meri filmy maa'. Shreyas Talpade is good and Arjun Rampal rocks as Mukesh and later Mike!
All in all, King Khan will rule yet another Diwali. If it was Don last year, it is Om Shanti Om this year. With the kind of feedback Saawariya is getting, it is obvious that Shahrukh will not eat his words - "Diwali is all his".
PS: As KK says, don't be in any sort of hurry to see the movie, it is going to be around for ages, so catch it at leisure. And have to include one of his gems, according to him Deepika Padukone played a sensuous ghost (deyyanni chooste bhayam veyyadam maanesi mood ostondi raaaaaa - exact words).
Sunday, November 04, 2007
Catching up!
I've managed to catch up with Johnny Gaddaar and Jab We Met this week. Both highly recommended.
After having read all the good stuff about Johnny, there was a lurking fear that I might be disappointed. But the fears were entirely unwarranted as the movie was all that I could hope for and slightly more. The movie starts off with the hero reading Erle Stanley Gardener and the heroine reading Guide (a pointer to his deceit and her adultery?) and moves along surefootedly in the very manner of a Gardener novel. The premise being simple, one of the best things Sriram Raghavan, the director, does is that he does not intend the movie to be a whodunit. It simply follows the travails of our Gaddaar once he goes through with his gaddaari. Each of the five gang members is given a distinct touch by which to remember it...Even the first to be bumped off, Shiva, has a south indian girlfriend, Vyjayanti, obviously south indian, who brings him 'lemon rice' when he is about to set out on a journey. Dharmendra turns in a likeable performance, Neil Mukesh is restraint personified, Vinay Pathak rocks, Zakir Hussain is snake like, slithery and full of venom, Asha Kalsekar is outstanding and the twist at the end catches you by surprise. All in all a good movie that probably fell flat due to its non-star cast. This one will surely enjoy a good run in the home video section.
Jab We Met is for people who like to go to the theatre and see how delightful a slice of life movie can be. RamGopal Verma, with all his underworld sagas, had almost convinced me that a real life movie means it has to be extremely dark and depressing. But here, with characters that do not talk in the "Mooh haath dholo betaa, gajra kaa halwa khilaadoongi language", the movie proves to be extremely refreshing. The other guy, for example is actually fedup with Kareena's constant chatter about 'ghar kaisaa hogaa, balcony kaisaa hogaa, parde kaise honge' etc instead of being enamored by all the sweet talk. And the movie really came down to Kareena...full of wide eyed innocence and non-stop 'I'm my favorite' chatter, she was a delight to watch. This delightful, gullible character so pulls you in that you feel bad when she becomes a sober person in the second half. You want to tell her that all that has happened to her was not because she was an idiot, it was because she chose the wrong idiot. This identification is what you take back home, because the characters stay long after the lights have come on and you go home. Dont be surprised if you find yourself full of hope when you step out of the theater, Imtiaz Ali's second feature can do that to you!
After having read all the good stuff about Johnny, there was a lurking fear that I might be disappointed. But the fears were entirely unwarranted as the movie was all that I could hope for and slightly more. The movie starts off with the hero reading Erle Stanley Gardener and the heroine reading Guide (a pointer to his deceit and her adultery?) and moves along surefootedly in the very manner of a Gardener novel. The premise being simple, one of the best things Sriram Raghavan, the director, does is that he does not intend the movie to be a whodunit. It simply follows the travails of our Gaddaar once he goes through with his gaddaari. Each of the five gang members is given a distinct touch by which to remember it...Even the first to be bumped off, Shiva, has a south indian girlfriend, Vyjayanti, obviously south indian, who brings him 'lemon rice' when he is about to set out on a journey. Dharmendra turns in a likeable performance, Neil Mukesh is restraint personified, Vinay Pathak rocks, Zakir Hussain is snake like, slithery and full of venom, Asha Kalsekar is outstanding and the twist at the end catches you by surprise. All in all a good movie that probably fell flat due to its non-star cast. This one will surely enjoy a good run in the home video section.
Jab We Met is for people who like to go to the theatre and see how delightful a slice of life movie can be. RamGopal Verma, with all his underworld sagas, had almost convinced me that a real life movie means it has to be extremely dark and depressing. But here, with characters that do not talk in the "Mooh haath dholo betaa, gajra kaa halwa khilaadoongi language", the movie proves to be extremely refreshing. The other guy, for example is actually fedup with Kareena's constant chatter about 'ghar kaisaa hogaa, balcony kaisaa hogaa, parde kaise honge' etc instead of being enamored by all the sweet talk. And the movie really came down to Kareena...full of wide eyed innocence and non-stop 'I'm my favorite' chatter, she was a delight to watch. This delightful, gullible character so pulls you in that you feel bad when she becomes a sober person in the second half. You want to tell her that all that has happened to her was not because she was an idiot, it was because she chose the wrong idiot. This identification is what you take back home, because the characters stay long after the lights have come on and you go home. Dont be surprised if you find yourself full of hope when you step out of the theater, Imtiaz Ali's second feature can do that to you!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Been a While!
Yup, yup, I know I've been away for a while and the posts in the last few weeks have been more perfunctory than anything else, but I have been swamped with work like there is no tomorrow and the ride has been pretty rough. Things are pretty settled now, so thought I would pen down some thoughts...
No movie reviews as the last one I saw, Athidhi left me so disappointed that I did not have the courage to break the news to all the eager Mahesh fans. Read somewhere recently that the concept of the Hero (read DEMIGOD) beating N (N tends to infinity) number of goons to pulp not even suffering a scratch in the process persists only in Tamil and Telugu films these days and I'm compelled to agree...absolutely true, I must say! Also, when an actor has a hit film, it means people liked him in the role and does not mean that they want to see him again and again and again play similar roles. And Mahesh does not always have to be chased by the heroine, he does not always have to use swear words to appear cool, he does not always have to utter derogatory words to the vamp in item numbers, he does not always have to have an intense stare and a thousand other things...u get the drift! These things that he did worked in a couple of movies but that does not have to be the reason for you to hoist the same things onto us again and again!
Want to see JAB WE MET. Will most probably do it this weekend, God (and friends) willing.
One of my nieces was here last week. She had come down from the US...all of ten months, she was the cutest thing on Planet Earth. Took an instant fancy to me and I ended up carrying her around for three days. Had dimpled cheeks that would put Preity Zinta to shame! The pic at the top is of her.
And that is about it! Will try and get back to blogging regularly as soon as possible.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Happy Dussera!
Here is Wishing All of You A VERY HAPPY DUSSERA...
May Vijayadasami herald the beginning of a year full of victories for you and your family!
Monday, October 15, 2007
Come out into the open!
Another blast yesterday at Ludhiana...Hyd, Ajmer and now Ludhiana...all purposeless, all heinous and cowardly acts. Come out into the open, you cowards, lets see u show some courage for a change. I hate the fact that because of all this, our festivals are now celebrated under heavy security cover. Everyone views everyone else with suspicion. But as always, I'm sure we will bounce back and show these cowards that by doing these things, they are only losing whatever sympathy they had, if they had any in the first place!
When my lappie died on me!
My laptop suddenly decided to die on me last Tuesday. I shut it down, I go out, I come back, I try to turn it on (NO PUN INTENDED) and it decides it wont start. Cost me a healthy sum to get it back to shape. Would have thoughtlessly traded this for another one at another time in my life, when I was an employee. I have realized that one of the other sacrifices an entrepreneur has to make is that he will get his old laptop repaired and wait before he can get himself a new one!
PS: No, being an entrepreneur is not that bad!
PS: No, being an entrepreneur is not that bad!
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