Saturday, August 30, 2008

Rock On………Zindagi milegi na Dobara…

30/08/08:

The Background:
Date: 29/08/08....Time: approx 5.15 p.m....I am in a meeting at Fort when i receive a call from Pradeep....I disconnect….then I receive an sms frm him…Call. Urgent.... I excuse myself from the meeting and call and the voice at other end says…dude u hav to book tickets…we r goin for Rock on …excellent reviews 4 stars……n I say to myself wat the hell n saying I ll call later I disconnect the phone….6. p.m…I call him up and then the time and theatre coordination for the movie, keeping the costing in mind….Sterling 10.30 p.m…Rs 150 and Inox 8.30 p.m Rs 250….but then considerin we ll have to leave for home at 1.30 in a cab if we opt for Sterling, suddenly Inox appeared cheaper and again wat was I to do from 6-10.30 as der was no point in goin bak to office….So we decide for 8.30 Inox….by 6.15, tickets are booked ..3 of us…me, mihir and pradeep with buoy (Ramaiy) and Mayur ditching us,,,but wat the hell was I to do from 6.30-8 p.m (had asked them to reach by 8)….well i only had a cell in my hand and made full use of it….. called 12ppl (xcluding mom) out of which 2 numbers came busy, 3 never picked up the fone (thou 1 returned the call later), 5 said they r busy n wil call later (out of which 4 actually called…not bad) and got thru to 2 directly (my gud luck!!!)…seemed lyk whole world was busy except me…anyways the objective was achieved…managed to pass time till those guys came….went to the food court ….surprised not to see a single soul there …n 1 cheese tomato sandwich n 1 pasta is ordered (n ther goes my diet plan again for tosss….roz apne sar ki kasam khata hoon ke tmrw onwards I ll diet which never happens…..but I guess its high time….mujhe kisi aur ki kasam khaani chahiye….not that I blv in all dat but u never kno cant really take chances wit my sar….lolz..)…..

The Movie:

8.40 p.m (yes a delayed start): Starts with trailers of Karzzzz (yippeeeee paisa toh idharich vasool…some whistle blowing wen Monty (arre apna Himess ) is on screen.lolzzzz)…..n now for the movie:

To say in 1 word: BRILLIANT….superb ….extraordinary…..the movie revolves around the lives of 4 friends and their music band..Magik (yes its K)….A typical Farhan Akthar movie starts in the Present , cut to past and then back to present….this 1 was different both past and present were running simultaneously….
The movie starts with the band of 4 performing “Socha Hai” (great music…luved the song….awesome lyrics)
As, the movie progresses, the relationships… between the 4 friends, between Farhan (the movie belongs to him) and Prachi (looks beautiful and great emotions) , Arjun Rampal and Shabana Goswami (she s very gud in the movie) was all depicted very well in the movie….
Music is the strongest point…all songs sung by Farhan Akthar (n he sounds jus too awesome)….especially the song “Pichle Saat Dinon mein” where the band wins its first contest…wat striked me the most in dat song was the simplicity in lyrics….went sumthin lyk this… “Meri Laundry Ka Ek Bill, Ek Aadhi Padhi Novel,,,,,Ek Ladki Ka Phone Number, Mere Kaam Ka Ek Paper” and so on….
All the characters have given a great performance (for a change even Purab was gud)…
All in all- A MUST WATCH…..I recommend…..
And for those critics who think Farhan has paid me to write this…..well u wer almost rgt…he promised…but hasn’t paid me till now…so now the real review::

The TRUTH:
To say in 1 word…CRAP…..a failed attempt at tryin to create another DCH…. Humour, which is expected to be der if u r goin 2 watch a movie abt 4 frenz, was absolutely missin..….The scenes in first half gets too repetitive….2nd half gets too borin….Prachi Desai sure has displayed great emotions…after all she had nothing much to speak…her role revolved around just 1 track…but she is not to be blamed..the movie basically had nothing…
Y farhan leaves his gal frend is unexplainable….the reunion of Magik band isn’t quite convincing either….From being a total workaholic to how Farhan suddenly starts finding tym for the band is also surprising….(I would personally like to kno this)……
N as I said, Farhans songs are awesome….after all it has installed the confidence in me…if he can sing in films…I surely can make an album….n ya as far as songs r concerned, the Socha Hai song “Aasmaan Hai Nila Kyun, Paani Gila Gila KyunGol Kyon Hai Zameen” gimme a break….how many times have we heard these lyrics n ofcourse Pichle saat dinon mein inspires me to write as well…..temme how this goes “ Mere ghar mein ek dabba….
Aur usmein bahut saara kachra….
Ghar ke bahar 4 kutte……………
Jo hamesha bhaunkte rehte…Na Na Na.” It rhymes as well…. N ya theres this scene in this song when Farhan jumps into the crowd and everybody is liftin him n farhan lyk a true rockstar shouts out " Everybody put ur hands together"....my response.."dude, if everybody puts their hands together, then u ll be lying on the ground"

Well, all in all a no brainer of a movie….worth a miss…..thou farhan has acted well n ofcourse since he has given DCH (which is my fav movie)…he is excused for this movie…n msg for him “ Move on …Acchi movie banana dobara”…n ya a special mention for Shabana Goswami (Arjun’s wife)…she has done a splendid job..…n bye for now…...well my next movie review would be for Karzzzzzzz which m eagerly awaiting….releases in October ,,…don miss it n watchout for my review….n if any1 wishes to join me for the movie…u r welcome….

The Feedback:

30/08/08

Thanks a lot to every one who have given their feedback to me either through comments or otherwise…..Recd quite a lot of appreciation n sum criticism…the most common comment I got…. “This is quite unlike you” well sumtimes its gud to be different (ohh the philosophical me!!!!)…..neways thanks again to all those who hav read n all those who hav commented…n also special thanks to those who have read and promised to comment and not yet commented (ohh jus wrote this to make u guys feel guilty n make sure u comment.......btw was ther any need for me to reveal this? lolzzz) keep reading….and any kind of feedback is appreciated,,,,,n next topic isn’t goin to be a senti one for sure……

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Dedications - III

17/8/08: 1.40 p.m……Sunday afternoon!!!!!!!! Got up at 12.30 n I jus luv this!!!! my cousins are expected to arrive late afternoon …..Hav to finish a presentation so that I can take an off on Monday…hmmm sumtymes even Mondays are exciting…..ok this reminds me of a PJ I heard recently…Who is stronger – Sunday or Monday?? Sunday ofcourse…after all Monday is a week (read weak) day…..ok pathetic….neways movin on…..
Time to move towards my work….4th dedication to my colleague….n it obviously has to be Mihir……first met him at Ghatkopar where they had tax classes and I had gone to collect notes frm a friend…though mihir doesn’t remember that….then we met at the campus interview where both of us got placed at Yes Bank for the same profile….n then I joined n mihir was to join after 15 days….n I remember callin him after my first day of work updating him on ppl I met n our boss….n telling him m not sure how co-operative our colleagues r gonna b n after da conversation I recd this sms frm him sayin don worry dude we ll b there to help out each other,…..n after dat I guess we have always stuck to that n been there for each other whenever either of us required help…..
Comes across as a very genuine person, intelligent n a gr8 sense of humour… n the only guy I have seen gossip so much…..haha…
I enjoy those extensive breaks that we hav wen boss s not around, those moments on the stairs/ in boss’ cabin/ in conference room discussin work n lyf in general n realisin how f***ked up it is …hehe….the breaks for havin butta/ sandwiches n chocolates (3 eclairs, 3 éclair crunches, 2 melodies, 2 chloromints n 2 coffebites….dat makes it 10 bucks)…n next tym I ll definitely count the number of Gems wen we buy the Rs 5 pack n if its les or more than 14, we ll sue Cadbury’s…njoy those “lets buy” jokes which has now become so popular n thanx to him new words have been added to my vocabulary which includes “ auks, I likes, I agree, rockin”,,,,, n those number codes for females in office (1,2 (aah!! shes so pretty) ,4,9 (on whom he has a big crush nowadays)),.within a short period he has become a very gud frend …infact I remember once he was talking to the HR for his frend n I asked him that since his frend is already placed n quite happy as wel, y Is he still talking for him n he tol that he dint want his frend to be workin in back office…that’s wen I realized he can be a very gud frend…..neways will stop here sayin dat witout u dude my work life wud hav been borin…thanks for being there,,..n wish u a bright career ahead n all the best with ur studies as well…m sure u ll make it this tym…n hopefully we ll b able to retire at 40 (that’s very unlikely thou, but no harm in hopin…hehe)……
Hmmm… n now for expectations..u better post a comment n call is not reqd….we anyways call each other atleast once a day…n buoy (pl note the spellin)…u need to find a gf who can wake u up at 6.45…n I need to find a gf whom I can call at 6.45 am n say gud morning hahaha…..n more importantly,both gals shudnt b same…lolz…….
N song dedication wel I leave it to u to put it in ur comment…….

N finally I think 5th n last dedication for now has to be to “MYSELF”……nothing very interesting to write here thou…I think I hav always been happy in life..happy wit whatever I have got so far…n mebbe coz I haven’t really wanted too much…thou now I feel that thers sumthin missin in my life…mebbe lack of a goal in lyf…3-4 yrs bak I was happier coz I knew then wat I wanted I wanted to be a CA….so there was sumthin which I could work towards (n I worked pretty well at it considerin I managed to get a rank as well in final n will always b proud of dat)…..but now I donno wat is it that I really want…the famous interview question…where do u see urself 5 yrs frm now….well I jus donno…not really sure if I wanna do an MBA…thou I gues I d luv to do a CFA….i donno y isn’t there enuf motivation to work…m sure I can do much much better at work than wat m doin rgt now,,,,but I donno y I m not putting that extra effort ,,,probably I gues I really need to sit down n frame a goal for me to be achieved in the next 5 yrs…..
Or mebbe I m missin someone in life….someone special with whom I could conversate with for hours without either of us being bored,,,,well don really kno….neways lemme not confuse myself any further…..n I think I ll end this topic here….
Ohh I fuhgot dedication to me…..n I gues the apt song wud b again frm jaane tu…
“ Dil ki yehi khata hai…dil ko nahi pata hai….ki dil chahta hai kya…”
I don really kno if I will actually post all these….but I guess I would like to share this with each of the person abt whom I ve written…..actually cud hav written a lot more abt each of them but considerin the reading interests of ppl hav curtailed it…hehe….
N now tym for me to arrange my clothes n stuff (mom wants house to b clean especially when ther r ppl comin…..gosh its so borin….)…bbye for now……………

Dedications - II

17/8/08: 12.26 a.m : Finally….my PC’s back…..n hard disk is totally clean…cool….i hope no more problems atleast for sumtym….n ya bak 2 da topic………..

2nd dedication …to my frend,,,well I don’t think I can claim I have anyone as a best friend…probably coz I never blvd in da concept of “best” friend..but some 1 whom I consider to be quite close to is Akshay,,,,,met him first in FYJC (I gues t was the second day of coll ) at the college bus stop when he took the initative to strike a conversation…n I gues we went along well since then….. we spent quite some time together on the OM project on “Organizing” …our first n my only presentation in coll which was quite appreciated by prof…..n I think now the only thing abt presentation dat we still remember wud be tanu’s definition of “Authority” (n it stil makes me laugh)………
have known him for 7 years now….comes across as a committed, hard working, smart n a true frend…..We may not talk to each other that often n I guess meet once in 2 months, but I guess the best part is that We know that we are there for each other whenever required……dude I don’t expect you to call me often, neither do I expect u to remember my birthdays (thou I remember urs n to be fair to u I think u have wished me on alternate bdays) but ya I expect u to be there for me always coz I gues I ll turn to u when I’ll need a frend to be with me,……n dude u can always count on me………wish u a rockin and a very successful lyf ahead,,,,,
Hmmm….gues I ll stop here…n ya the same expectations as above….after reading this u have to post a comment n giv me a call……
N dedication has to be this song which is one of my favs….
“ Yaaron dosti badi hi haseen hai, ye na ho to kya fir bolo ye zindagi hai,
koi toh ho raazdar, begaraz tera ho yaar”……

3rd dedication…..to my first crush…(n no name here for obvious reasons)……well actually first crush happened quite late for me….i mean considerin that first crush is expected to happen in school or college….probably school was to early for me n I hardly had a college life…..
Well abt her: shes sweet, shes pretty n shes got the cutest smile….N it wasn’t a crush at first sight kinda thing or else mebbe it wudnt have lasted this long …I gues easily over a year now (or mebbe even longer) but I would stil call it a crush only……As I gotta kno her, she came across to me as a sweet, honest, innocent and a very genuine person, very shy but has the ability to talk well if required….n I always thought I liked her for these reasons….but I guess over a period of time I realized mebbe my opinion abt her wasn;t entirely correct….n tried to reach the conclusion that since I liked her for certain qualities and now I wasn’t too sure if those really existed, then I shouldn’t be havin the crush anymore….but the fact is I still lyk her ….i still miss her,,,,n dats when I realized that things don’t necessarily happen for a reason…u like sum1 becos u jus like her/him (ohh how profound!!!!)…there need not be any reason attached to it….
Thou earlier I used to get annoyed/disappointed, now I guess neither does it matter nor do I expect her to return my calls/ reply to my sms ..…she would stil b very special to me (until I find some one else ofcourse…hehe)…..
Its now 2 a.m and tym for me to shut down my PC…n expectations frm her….none actually…n ya dedication…actually too many but I guess I ll dedicate the song which m listenin to right now n must have heard like 6-7 tyms in da past 1.5 hrs…..
“Kahin toh hogi woh duniya, jaha tu mere saath hai..chaha main chaha tu aur jan bas tere mere jazbaat hai……..jaane na kahan woh duniya hai, jaane na who hai bhi ya nahi, jahan meri zindagi mujse, itni khafa nahi…..”

a lazy Sunday morning awaitin me….hmmm how much I luv dat,,,,,,,bye for now…

Dedications - I

6/8/08: Its 7.45 p.m and m thru with the days work….was a relaxed day with nothin much to do….jus the usual couple of follow up calls n mails…n auditin Mihir’s model…..n now feelin quite bored…..would be stuck in traffic if I leave now so I’d rather leave a little late…….n either ways nothin much to do at home now dat my PC also aint workin…. …so decided to write sumthin……actually have been thinking abt.creatin a blog , so let this be the first post …..
Initially was thinking of writin sumthin humorous, but then I guess this being my first post let me dedicate this to 5 ppl…..

First dedication has to be to my sister….a very integral part of my life…after spending 23 years with her under the same roof,now I sometimes feel so lonely at home…I miss those times when we used to discuss the school happenings with each other at night, those petty fights over TV remote, over chocolates, over practically everyhtin ….
I remember I would always stick around with her whenever there were relatives at home or when we used to go to relatives place…I felt so uncomfortable without her….
n I guess even she relied on me for quite a few things….i guess , she trusted me more than anyone else incl parents, when she had to take decisions….even when we went shopping together (ooopss I used to finish mine within 15 mins n then roam around the entire market with her for God knows how long) and if she liked something , she would always ask for my opinion n if I disliked it, then she would never buy that….though the reverse never worked..hehe….
But I gues as time passed by n we both got busy with our individual lives, the communication started becoming lesser n lesser…donno y….n after her marriage, it has become much lesser….Infact I think even mom has realized that n takes efforts to make us talk by callin her when I m at home….well whatever be the reason, I jus wanna say that m so lucky n proud to have u as my sister…..its so amazing how u have adjusted so well after marriage….frm knowin absolutely nothin abt cookin, I get so surprised when u say I prepared gulab jamun, aaloo parathas etc etc n I guess m missin all dat after all whenever u even tried cookin at home, u wud always experiment it first on me without even darin to eat it urself….well I gues I ll stop here …jus wanna say that I luv u n miss u so much n wishin u a beautiful married life ahead………….
I kno after reading this u wud be like “ hey bhagwan ye isko kya hua itna senti kabse hogaya ye” hehe but ya after reading this I m expectin u to post a comment here n also giv me a call…..n finally a song dedication (I always manage to fit in songs anywhere n everywhere…hehe,,,)“ phoolon ka taaron ka sabka kehna hai….ek hazaron mein meri behna hai saari umar uske sang rehna hai” I kno hazaar is quite less considerin the population explosion, but I thought I ll maintain the originality of the song……lolz….

Hmmm… I guess I ll leave now for the day…wil write my next dedication sum other tym….