Luck By Chance

....No I would rather say 'Farhan' by chance.

I don't think I would have watched this movie if it wasn't for Farhan Akhtar and his simple yet charming ways. There is a silence in him that appeals to me and a certain madness. The movie was a complete drag in the first half, with one not realizing what is happening to who giving it a 'parallel cinema feel...and has a commerical feel to it in the second half. Konkana always wins over with her acting - there is nothing really better in her than that but I did not feel she really did an outstanding job...she was like she has always been...and the other new comer..well...kiddo with cute looks...almost like a barbie doll, who has been made to look cute..and probably just that for she can hardly say a word properly...hmm...there's more....dimple kapadia...looks gorgeous with her lovely mane and well can surely act pretty well...and rishi kapoor was as good as ever. :) Storyline is just about okay...shows the life of struggling actors in bollywood and how they manage to grab the roles, if at all they do else remain second leads or doing a screen or two....but there are some lucky ones...or probably those who know how to get ahead of the rat race...those with the winning streak and the confidence to make it big...luck plays a chance or Farhan plays a chance - whatever, it is pretty close to reality and I had a good laugh over it relating some things to my own personal life. It also brings out how networking is important for each one of us in our roles, no matter how hard we work. And well...music...'sapno se bhare naina' takes an 8 out of 10 from me...indeed a beautiful song....do hear it.

Khwaja Rocks...

...Weekend nearing an end is always painful. Quite a hectic and eventful weekend - from good to bad! The good I thank God for..and the bad I am used to...Life is beautiful and I will never cease to make it even more beautiful.

Aawargi, me and Divsy went watching Jodha Akbar..(You feel so good when you are with your best buddies together)....hmmmm....one time watch for sure...nice portrayal of characters. I never knew Akbar was so romantic (!)....and I almost fell for him until someone reminded that he was the one who separated Salim and Anaarkali...[HOW COULD HE DO THAT!!! Shooo...huh!!]....Ashutosh has done a good job as a director....it was a task picturizing history...liked some bit of cinematography too....I anyway like running horses on big screen...they look so powerful. Looking at horses, I got reminded of 'International velvet'...a beautiful english movie of a black horse that I had seen some 20 years back......will check if I can get that dvd somewhere...okay, back to JA...Hrithik is too good to be true...and knows his character...Aish - plastic beauty of which I have no doubts left...but okay to watch....but what scored for me was that one song...and worth a mention is the 'Khwaja' song...when it started...the first few lines...I was all set to rip my hair apart...but as it goes on...it IS terrific. It touched me completely...I had tears in my eyes when the song ended...and what a terrific picturization towards the end....so very soulful. It instantly connects you to GOD. AR rehman rocks! Please do listen to the song...and feel GOD within you. You can listen to the song here...http://tumtube.com/freestuff/?p=243

And phewwwww...did I mention the lenses I saw this weekend? 5 in total...(2 of one friend and 2 of another) and of them the best one...Sigma (if I remember it right)...I don't know the name but it was all iron and B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L.....the mention of friends is reserved for later times :-)...come April..am more than eager to get my hands on a nice camera now...for now the idea is to buy a Canon 40D (and thanks to 'ST' (Motu) for this recommendation)...but let's see what can I finally get for myself...

I intended doing some pictography..but did not find that kind of time off...did capture 5-6 moments, which I should be able to post after I am done with the editing......

Mithya..

...I always had a strange kind of fascination with this word...Mithya...infact in many of my writings, one of my protagonist was named 'Mithya'. I kind of related to her ways of leading life and experimenting with things around...everyday a new story...everything curtailing to mithya....I actually thought of making her a very strong character of my stories whenever I wrote that book (!) - but oo la la la..Rajat Kapoor just defeated my whole purpose. :-I ...why that oo la la la la? Because he deserves it....I guess his three years on this movie are justified. I will give it to him.

While I will have to figure out a new name for my future character...I don't really mind it because RK deserves this name more than anyone else. A 2 hour flick - what an amazing one! I just loved the movie....and this guy Mr. Shorey...man, he is terrific in this movie. Must Watch - especially the scene where he looks into the mirror and talks to himself and curses himself for dreaming high. It was a comedy but it makes you cry too. Guess how we watched this movie - we actually bunked office yesterday for a couple of hours ...Anshul, me, Anjali, and Rachit...had some nice Spanish Chicken Salad and then this movie. Almost felt like a friday. ;-)

And ohhh....Happy Friday Folks. This weekend I am gonna' watch Jodha Akhbar, someone recommended it to me and so it is a must watch now...

...and the number on my HIT LIST for almost a week now that I have heard for almost 100 times..from khoya khoya chand..and I have to mention it here....so very peppy and mast:

"थिरक थिरक थिरक थिरक थिरक जाने दे कदम बहक बहक बहक बहक बहक जाने दे कदम,

चल आज हद्द से गुजर जाए हम, थिरकते बहकते निकल जाए दम,

थिरकते बहकते निकल जाए दम, मर जाए , मर के भी जी जाए हम..."

वाह, आफरीन! Awesome!!! Mashaallah...and whatever...

Bombay to Bankok!!!

Yesterday evening while coming back from work, I was damn excited...it being a friday - I had to be. Plus the fact that I made peace with myself earlier in the day by giving the next version of the plan and getting good feedback doubled my excitement. All the way back home, I kept dancing while driving on 'Mauja hi mauja' (Hey I seem to have got caught by Mika Singh on this one!)...the volume was 21 (pretty high for my car)...I usually get into this mode whenever I am happy - High volume, peppy number with my hands moving up in the air, head shaking per the music...it is crazy...not even bothering what people outside would be wondering. Actually why me, many of us do this...and don't lie...I know MANY of us actually do this. :-)

Review time - got time after a real looong time to watch a movie. Naresh kukunoor has done a pretty neat job with Bombay to Bankok - a very simple comedy - though very few scenes where you can actually laugh your head out.... that phrase 'jeevandhara ki jwalamukhi' did it for me...good attempt on the love story. The reviews I read were pretty bad for this one but you must see it once...like I said, it is nice and simple. Both Shreyas and the chinky female lead have acted well..and so have others. The first 15 minutes of the movie are bad though but stay on...it ain't a bad package afterall. Atleast, I really liked it.

Happy weekend folks.

Update - Weekend

Weekend just got over like it never came - and I hate that. This time around it was minus friends - just the three of us...and it felt pretty nice to be that wasy. Saturday morning was usual shopping (Ahem!) time - we went to Ansal Plaza...bought Manish adventure shoes... infact I liked one shoe so much that I am going to buy it for my dad. Nice huge brown shoes from CAT - I see that Caterpillar has a good range of shoes. I picked up a nice sweat shirt (reebok had 40% discount) & a suit(red& green printed crepe) for Lohri. We would have done the going around Shoppers Stop in almost 45 minutes for I had a con call starting at 5.30 pm, which I took it enroute. Stayed over at Mili's dadu's house for the evening.

Sunday morning, as I gave an update in my previous post - was Zoo time. The animals don't look in good shape...almost 50% of them were so old and dying that it felt bad to see them aging up. Yet, the zoo had far more animals than I actually expected.

Next Dad's birthday - Ma called and checked if I remembered. Well, I had kept a reminder so no goofing up. She made a cake for him and they went to two temples. How I wish I was with them. Pa turns Seventy. Quite some milestone. Bless you.

Movie time evening...I would have watched Spiderman Part 1 for the hundreth time now - this time only for Mili. She was after my life that she will watch this movie and was sitting in front of the sony max channel way before the movie actually started. Her dedication failed us and we gave her company, only on the condition that she will watch for half an hour. Well, I remembered the condition only after the last set of castings appeared on the screen, after the movie was over. Such is the awe of Spiderman. Years gone by and still - Mr Maguire never fails to impress me with his innocence...oh man, he is so amazingly soft and innocent in this movie. Usko tou kahin door bhaga ke le jaane ka mann karta hai, if you really ask me. Lolz.

And not to miss the few moments of bliss, talking to an old aquaintance friday evening. The term doesn't suit but there is nothing more suited than that at the moment.

SaaWariya Baawariya

....Mr Bhansali needs to think more than just curled hair, 8-10 metres of clothes drapped around his ladies and the magnificient 'make-believe' sets...they don't impress anymore. Agreed his is a fairytale set up and his heroines usually are intense, passionate lovers...but he cannot make it big with just that as a unique selling feature. SaaWariya is a pathetic story, not sure of which era. It leaves you feeling depressed - the sets haunt you..though am sure a lot of creativity has gone in the making of it and visualizing the whole setup...it is beautiful yet haunting. The young couple - Ranbir and Sonam, given the complexity of their roles, have done a fair deal...the lady looks beautiful..the elegance in metres of clothes altogether with no exposure as such has always appealed to me. (I have a dream..to be drapped in such long drapes..and do what? Guess what...RUN...lolz...as Bhansali's women usually do, with free flowing and floating sarees or duppattas..). FilMy! Absolutely. Ranbir sometimes looks hot. Fresh innocence. Rani mukherjee acts well - I have always believed that. Salman looks like a morone in this one.

So much for SaaWariya - I could not have waited more for the movie to come to an end. The only rejoice was 'Jab se tere naina, mere naino se, laage re'...it is running favorite for me other than 'Tere sawalon ke wo jawaab' from Manorama and 'Ye ishq hai' from Jab we met.

Yesterday night was again one dance session and party - this time at our place. Slept in the wee hours of the morning. 'The Ranch' is moving at a slow pace....I don't like anything which has a sad end.

Gotta' get ready for my music class - today have to catch up with 'ae ree aali, piya bin....sakhi, ae ree aali....'