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Sunday, 17 August 2008
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Bachna Ae Haseeno
If you have only pizza to sell and you wish to open shop in Punjab and Ludhiyana.......how you will sell it? well, the answer is simple...you will start selling Tandoori Pizza.......and I Yash Chopra House has picked up the same formula.
The only product they have to sell is a love stories shooted at romantic locations which are either full of greenery or snow. And this time they were either short of locations or of stories....and that's why they took up the scenes from their old hit films and mixed all in one and presented a three hours confusion.
The movie had nothing exceptional to offer.......infact the word exceptional is an overstatement....it didn't even have average things to offer to the audience. Story is all about a guy who falls in love (or pretends to be in love) with three girls at different stages in his life......and he realizes about the pain he had given to the two girls while he was being rejected by the 3rd girl......and then he gets this instant feeling that he should look and complete the stories he had left incomplete years ago......and he does that in his utter boring and lengthy way.
On the whole audience have nothing much to watch rather than watching other people's faces over silly jokes and waiting for the interval. (before going to the cinema hall I was told that second half has something new...and thats why me and all my frnds kept waiting for the interval).....but the second part of the movie was even more silly and even more disappointing. I guess I would have given 2 out of 5 if the movie would have ended at the interval......but after watching the second part I would give it only 1 out of 5.
There was a joke while this movie was being promoted......Bachna Ae Hasino has 4 female actors......and then my frnd said....Nahin Yaar..sirf teen hain.......then the answer comes - Yaar Ranvir bhi to hai. And I could relate to that joke very well while watching the movie. Ranvir's debut (yes debut....because I dont think Saawariyaa was a movie and hardly any one watched it) was as pathetic as the acting of the other three girls........no one is able to arouse anykind of emotion or feeling while on screen...jokes are too bad....and worst, they are very badly timed. Seriousness appears ridiculuos on the screen and does not match the emotions of those actors.
Anyway....avoid this movie......dont watch it in a cinema hall.....you can wait till the cable-walla shows it on TV or else rent a DVD. But dont even buy the DVD.
Monday, 12 May 2008
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Shaurya
Shaurya - It takes courage to say Right_Right.
Having watched this movie recently without having seen any of its promos properly (because they were either too confusing or boaring), I didn't even know the cast/director/songs/context about the movie. All I knew that Rahul Bose is in the movie, and this was the sole inspiration while I was buying the DVD. And the movie didn't disappoint me.
The movie starts with a scene of crime which acts as a base-line for the things to happen for the next two hours in the movie. The entire first half is spent building the characters, and thats when you get to see that Javed Jaffry is also in the movie and does not look out of place (inspite of his totally different personality, as seen on TV and media). The first half depicts Rahul Bose as a person who is quite unserious about life and is only interested in persuing his interests and a life with no responsibilities. (Rahul and Javed are friends working in Indian Army as Lawyers), and then suddenly they are found standing against each other in the court on the same case (where the movie started).
With the case taking new turns and bringing out revelations Rahul Bose becomes serious and a completely changed personality. And this metamorphosis has been well capatured and very much noticable in the movie. (It is the strength of the actor and the story-line which could make this change quite visible to the audience).
Kay Kay Menon has been once again extra-ordinary with crisp dialogue delivery and a matching performance with his acting. He makes you feel as if you are actually sitting infront of a Army Honcho. His presence on the screen is not more than 15 mins, but then he actually steals the show in those 15 mins.
Apart from this, other actors have not been utilized properly - Seems Biswas, Javed, Minissa Lamba; all these have been either ill-treated or probably their scenes have been edited. There is no memorable song in the movie (there are only two songs, so thats a saviour for the audience).
All in all I must say that its a movie which you must watch (unless you are someone who is addicted to only masala movies amd hates to watch any sort of parallel cinema).
While watching the movie I got a feel that this is an Indiannised version of 'A Few Good Men', which is true once you reach till the end of the movie. But this adaptation is still worth watching.
Thursday, 08 May 2008
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'Jag Vella praani' = Mr Pondy Nayanam!
I know, I know.....I really know that you all miss me, and you all miss me the same way as we used to miss sleep while semester exams used to be on the next morning, and sometimes like a 'sutta' when even our mess-workers refused to give one to you all. I am really happy to see that if I don't send an e-mail to all of you for a week, then you people start itching to know about my whereabouts. But let me tell you that - I am still single and rocking as usual, albeit, getting rocked these days with the heave load of work and some newly gained responsibilities at the work-place; So, girls, no need to feel bad about my seclusion I am still the same - single and ready to mingle! And guys, no need to envy me, I am still not decided about marriage, and I think I will need some more time. So just chill!
Daddu saale......Whats this 'Jag Vella praani'!!!!! what made you conclude that I am a vella? ees baar India aake dikha......London wapas jaane ke liye visa pe mera stamp lena padegaa. But Daddu, really love you man (no! I am still straight), will give you a missed call whenever I see a bengali now-onwards. (for all those who don't know who is Daddu -> Daddu is one creature, and probably the first and the last one, who can miss his class just because you asked him to draw your Engineering Drawing sheets, he is the one who will attend the class but will not respond on his turn during the attendance call.....b'coz he would be 'proxying' for Maadu/Cho/Haddi/DJ/<anyone else>, but people never understood the love he carries in his heart for THE BAKAR grp, but Daddu still loves them....and ye jaan bhi de sakta hai )
Anyway, coming back to the main agenda......Vella! Yes, I used to be a vella until first few years of my job (even now I have traces of a vella, but now I have discovered it to be of a first-order-dying-radioactive-characteristic element, with a half life of 1 year (plz! koi gandaa gaali mat dena) ), and the only respite while at office was that - a software engineer has all the liberty to be in touch with his other vella friends through e-mails, and I was a champion in this vella-giri. I have no doubt when I say that I have sent tonnes of e-mails to all my friends eversince I got the tag of a software engineer. And mind you, I am not the ones who will keep shelling the mail-boxes with forwarded content, instead I give a personal touch to all the mails by self-typing them and making them even more attractive.
But recently I myself I have observed that I am losing that 'vella-giri' tag, don't know when did I lose the desire to send e-mails and irritate my friends. Don't know when did it happen that I felt a complete loss of desire to ask my friends that - 'how are u doing?' or much in my own style 'Kya haal-chaal hai bhailog' (since there are no behen-log in our group). Suddenly life takes so much from you in the name of work/responsibility/growth/career/etc-etc that you feel like asking yourself - 'Was I working for this seclusion?' or 'Does career means being loyal ONLY to the organization?'. Well, I really don't know weather this is just a starting of the decay process, or is it the end of the communication process? Whatever be the case, I know that none of us are happy about the latest developments in our lives, but then thats 'life' and thats what is known as 'advancing in your career'.
I am suddenly reminded of those college days when we all used to talk in dis-belief that 'Yaar humlog kabhi alag ho sakte hain kya?' (its not that we are not together, but then communication process has been dying like a first order chemical reaction).......probably life is giving a stronger answer to all of us, and then I am reminded of that 'Dil Chahta hai' dialogue - 'Saal bhar mein Goa aana to kya, shayad ek baar milna bhi mushkil hoga, hum sab us ship ki tarah hain jo apne apne safar pe nikal chuke hain'. Hard to believe! But thats the fact. We are all sailing in different directions and probably for the good!
Vella, signing-off! Don't know when will I be sending you all a mail with my stylish subject line - 'Kya haal chaal hai bhai-log?' (saalon, agar ek-ek ladki pata lete to kamse-kam mai to pakka mail karta rehta.)
Sunday, 04 May 2008
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Back to the basics......
A time comes in the life of all the guys and gals sitting at the edge of their twenties and yet single. And it requires an effort to spend time once you are free from the daily chores of life. Internet and virtual world stops to give you a kick/pleasure (or for that matter the computer itself) and life seems to be dull, boring and, suicidal.
If you felt like your current story, then welcome, Join the gang of millions of youths who are waiting to enter into thirties and have nothing to do which gives them the kick of happiness and ecstasy of joy. Most people start indulging into alcohol (like I did), rest keep searching for hobbies (which dies with in weeks), and some finally make up their mind for marriage.
I am going through a similar phase, and I have no option but to try out something to kill time. I used to booze from morning till evening, and yet used to keep working, but now even it has stopped giving me a pleasure which I used to derive in the initial days, hence planned to drop it, and now I am back to my social drinking days. The new problem which has popped up is that I have nothing much to do now. Reading, surfing, Writing and music are things which I do in parallel, and after an hour or so I feel like doing something more and yet remain creative.
I gave a lot of thought to this and finally I got the answer in one of the photographs dating back to 1993 when I was studying in a boarding school (Vikas Vidyalaya, Ranchi). Our days used to be very very action packed and tightly scheduled. We were all perfected in the art of multi-tasking, and it was encouraged that we take part in as many things as possible. It was during those days that I developed a desire to make friends beyond the boundary walls of my school and to learn better English. And that was the time when I got to know something about 'pen friends', the idea almost instantly excited me and I started looking for sources through which I might get someone to talk to. And then I got to know IYS (International Youth Service), a agency which used to provide the addresses of people who shared similar thoughts and interests. Mind you, those were not internet days and hence each and every step used to take at least a week to happen, and I enjoyed the whole process of searching and then communicating with my pen friends.
The longest communication which I could maintain was almost for 5 years with a Malaysian girl of my age and my interests. Then one day her home address changed and I lost the contact, more because my address was also changing very frequently in that phase.
Pen-friendship means a lot to me, even today, its just that I have not been able to devote any time to it since last many many years. Ans as I wrote in the starting, I am looking for a new engagement for myself, this happens to be a tried-tested-and-engrossing hobby, and I am almost raring to go again.
I have already started working on it, but this time I have the power of internet with me. A popular notion is that no one will waste time writing letters these days, but to those I would say just one thing - Do you still feel possessive about the letters which you used got many many years back? I am sure you must have got your answer.
So guys, I am again going to re-live my childhood days, and experience the same ecstasy when I used to get mails from people all over the world. :)
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
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Tashan
Tashan! ... as this movie says Tashan is all about style (a word very much aboriginal to North Indians) ... and the movie speaks volumes about style and only style.
Dont have much of expectations when you are planning to watch it, neither do have lot of hopes about the logic, but do HAVE a lot of expectations when it comes to displaying Tashan in 'UP ka Bhaiya style'. Almost looked like Omakara at several instances with the only difference that Saif was replaced by Akshay and well placed.
The movie has nothing much to offer when it comes to Kareena, neither does she look sexy at all, and actually disappoints when you realize that her last movie was 'Jab we met'...but never mind, the other lead characters in the movie will keep you entertained enough.
I have always been a big fan of Anil Kapoor and Akshay Kumar and they have remained upto the expectation (at several instants they do great job), and Saif is only bringing the style quotient into the movie (even more than what Kareena does). The background music is great and you can be almost sure to pick up that title song 'tashan mein...' once you are done with the movie.
You wont carry any classic moments once the movie is done, but then you will surely be reminded of the character Bachchan Pandey, and Bhaiya Jee again and again. The music is matching the pace and situation of the movie. Fight scenes are absolutely unrealistic and a ugly copy of Matrix fight scenes at many points (but then I warned you - do not search for logic anywhere in the movie, just sit and enjoy what's being offered), story is acceptable if you dont think much about it, and some of the songs are above average.
All in all, a watchable movie, only if you have a taste for 'UP ka Bhaiya jee' style and some ear for the slangs and an eye for the desi-style. (Ok! here is one more litmus test, weather you will like the movie or not - if you liked the first half of 'Omkara' and the action parts of 'Race', then you will surely watch this movie till the end and would hopefully like it).
Tashan!
sarsij
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