I am done with all the discussion related to this piece. Why is Frieda's success a sour mark on ash?
Let us take this, Aishwarya rai goes through the whole Miss world ritual makes her debut in a Maniratnam movie. Then she gives few flops, she clicks in some. Meanwhile has personal pangas with all the khans over some reason or the other. does hordes of endorsements. Stars in some off beat movies. Her acting is still dicey she does superbly in some,overacts in some and pretty much annoys in quite a lot. She is one of the best dancers even though is no match in terms of grace to yesteryear actors, she is best today. She is managed to pull off inspite of the personal fights with all three khans. She also revived her career by marrying the bachchan. She tried making headway into hollywood didnot fail did not suceed.
Let us take Frieda pinto. This girl looks 18 at 24! She lucks it into starring in 5 scenes, none of which really requires a lot of expression. She has a perfect fashion sense. The other skillset she can even win against Anil Kapoor in grab the mike a day. At the end of the day, she still has starred in exactly 4 scenes. 90% of her camera time is from the film awards where she did not win a individual award(yeah right, she won the best supproting actress in bafta but she prolly was the only one nominated anyway because as a friend pointed out the british hardly make any movie!). Everytime she talks about India she talks as if they were the most disgusting places to walk around which is where the majority of irritation stems for this author.
Now somehow media proclaimed Frieda as a winner in a race where neither her nor ash were involved.
Friday, March 27, 2009
RC constant tends to infinity on this one..
You are groggy, you reached office late. You rush down to grab a cup of chai and are about to take the elevator back. The elevator is located right next to the main entrance.You suddenly hear a voice,"Hi, N".
You turn back and find this friend of yours who you know very well. He works in another company(which he made a lot of money out of and that place stands for the word cool). He tells you he came to your workplace for some meeting. He and his group get into the elevator.
All along, you dont utter a word. As the elevator door closes,you overhear your friend's colleague asking him,"You know her?". You skip the elevator and take the stairs even though you were standing in front of the elevator.
None of it for any reason!!!!!
That you is me. i suspect that friend had wished he hadn't known me at all.
S, I wanted to email you this, but I wasn't honestly avoiding you, I just dont know why I did what I did.
You turn back and find this friend of yours who you know very well. He works in another company(which he made a lot of money out of and that place stands for the word cool). He tells you he came to your workplace for some meeting. He and his group get into the elevator.
All along, you dont utter a word. As the elevator door closes,you overhear your friend's colleague asking him,"You know her?". You skip the elevator and take the stairs even though you were standing in front of the elevator.
None of it for any reason!!!!!
That you is me. i suspect that friend had wished he hadn't known me at all.
S, I wanted to email you this, but I wasn't honestly avoiding you, I just dont know why I did what I did.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
I am back
for now. Things got busy at work(it still is) and that along with my other "ob" activities, blogging absolutely couldn't happen.
Anyway, for now I am back.
Anyway, for now I am back.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Dilli6
The only one criteria to watch a movie is it has to be engaging. There is nothing wrong with moral/a serious approach to cinema as long as it meets the above criteria. Even if a movie is trying to say something good or is a thought provoking one, in general has a noble tag, that is no excuse to skip the engaging part.
Rakesh O Mehra's movie satisfies that. Quite a bit of effort has gone into showing societal problems in a light hearted manner. You dont feel it, its there but the scenes are so funny that you are laughing out loud without forgetting the underlying problem in the frame as well. But with all the complex problems discussed with subelty till then, the childish climax doesnt cut it. In the theatre, people literally went wtf. Those speeches just doesnt have a place in movie that so stayed away from it for the first 2 hours.
Rang de basanti had parallelism running between the contemporary story and the freedom struggle. D6 also has one but the impact is hardly powerful. This could also be because I grew in Tamil nadu where there is no Ram leela culture.
It is more of an ensemble cast at play and they all do a fine job. I like abhishek bachchan but I feel he is becoming repetitive. Some one else could have brought in some charm in his role. Definitely worth a watch once. You can laugh sensibly for the first hour and a half:)
Rakesh O Mehra's movie satisfies that. Quite a bit of effort has gone into showing societal problems in a light hearted manner. You dont feel it, its there but the scenes are so funny that you are laughing out loud without forgetting the underlying problem in the frame as well. But with all the complex problems discussed with subelty till then, the childish climax doesnt cut it. In the theatre, people literally went wtf. Those speeches just doesnt have a place in movie that so stayed away from it for the first 2 hours.
Rang de basanti had parallelism running between the contemporary story and the freedom struggle. D6 also has one but the impact is hardly powerful. This could also be because I grew in Tamil nadu where there is no Ram leela culture.
It is more of an ensemble cast at play and they all do a fine job. I like abhishek bachchan but I feel he is becoming repetitive. Some one else could have brought in some charm in his role. Definitely worth a watch once. You can laugh sensibly for the first hour and a half:)
Friday, February 20, 2009
Kushboo, meena, roja - idhar udhar stuff
"Mujme he woh kushboo he.."
That is a line from the song "aarziyaan" in dilli6 album and every time I listen to these lines, I immediately let a chuckle out.Imagine some Tamilian listening to it and going, kushboo seri meena roja asin ellam enga? And I am also reminded of the way we pronounce kushboo.
I have been meaning to talk about the music for past 3 weeks but never got around to it. But may be after watching the movie tonight(yep, first day baby). I also think I will shift the chitrahaar day or the cuckoo day to monday. atleast cheer me up while fighting monday morning blues.
That is a line from the song "aarziyaan" in dilli6 album and every time I listen to these lines, I immediately let a chuckle out.Imagine some Tamilian listening to it and going, kushboo seri meena roja asin ellam enga? And I am also reminded of the way we pronounce kushboo.
I have been meaning to talk about the music for past 3 weeks but never got around to it. But may be after watching the movie tonight(yep, first day baby). I also think I will shift the chitrahaar day or the cuckoo day to monday. atleast cheer me up while fighting monday morning blues.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Tell me, is it going to be bye-bye book shelf?
Source: uk.gizmodo
I might not read books as much anymore but books will always be one of the things I feel inherently passionate about. And when I say books, i mean the whole process. First spotting a book's name, hearing a friend talk about it or reading about it somewhere followed by the must read urge. Then trying your luck during the next trip in cycle/scooty to the neighbouring Shakti lending library/platform second hand book shop or tapping the friend's network.
Grad school library was a Paradise. After the semester exam, the roomie and I will rush to the library. We wouldnt have slept the whole week for all you know but we will make the trip, rushing directly from the lab or the exam class room. That univ. library remains my favorite simply because it had a floor(or a semi floor, since it was some form wooden floor within a floor) for each alphabet. Quite a scary place. If I had been killed by a avalanche of books, noone would have come to know. American libraries also introduced me to concept of checkouts of unlimited number of books and 3 renewals. The county library people are misers they seem to have a 300 books limit. And you can only keep the book for 2.5 months including the 3 renewals. Grad school library checked out books for six months!
Once you have the book, if the book is of the unputdownable kind, for the next 24 hours the book and I( and I am sure several of you readers) will suddenly act as if we have janam janam ki rishtaa. Amma would say, etha pada pusthakithala katlame? Translation: Why can't you show the same enthusiasm for the course books? May be I will, may be if Dan brown wrote IC design, may be then.
A slight detour. The 'unputdownable' book doesnt mean it is the greatest book. The great books are the ones which years after you will recall, you will think of the characters. In case of Dan brown and Sidney sheldon, you might not most probably recall even the name of the character and the books might not make it to your top ten list but will make just tag of 'unputdownable'. infact the only reason we hold their books is because of that one single attribute.
Reading books more often physically drains me. I enter their world and the wierd characters from the book are roaming around in my head confusing me when I am talking to real life persons. Like reading maximum city, with Honey the cross-dressing dancer and Satish the Gangster's life running in my head while talking to my parents. You go through the emotional roller-coster ride of the characters.
After finishing the books follows the funnest part in the process, the immediate urge to discuss it with a friend. I no longer have the luxury of this. I had like minded friends right upto my gradschool to discuss. During those days, friends used to urge you read to a book just so they can discuss it with you. I still have L in my life but the reading as well as the discussion seems an occasional affair these days. Once a year affair:(
I still make once in a month trip to the library. But all I seem to do is just renew the books and then return them when I reach the maximum number of renewals. I read the first pages that gives me an idea of what lies ahead. And I take a deep pensive breadth at what I am missing out on not reading further. But I dont know what it is, I no longer read a book unless otherwise I am in a plane.
It might be the blogs or the fact I dont like reading books in piece-meal and unlike school/univ./gradschool days, I no longer get chunk of holidays. I forced myself to read a book in piece-meal as a result heathcliff still remains in my head as an irrational sad grumpy sadistic human being. May be even if I finish the book, he will still be irrational. Its been year and a half and I havent found out. I dont know if I will ever get to know.
Part of the process of reading a book is to lie on the couch/bed, covering yourself with a duvet(no,who has time to make hot choclate,not my lazy posterior) and flipping through the pages. I have a preference for hard covers because they appeal to my aesthetics, some weak-hearted people prefer paper backs for they are cheaper and lighter.
This form might change/most likely will change. But something tells me just like I never warmed up to google reader and prefer to visit the blog pages(you know its like going to a personal space, adds to the mood), I dont think I will warm up to these kindle readers, however sleek it looks.
I might not read books as much anymore but books will always be one of the things I feel inherently passionate about. And when I say books, i mean the whole process. First spotting a book's name, hearing a friend talk about it or reading about it somewhere followed by the must read urge. Then trying your luck during the next trip in cycle/scooty to the neighbouring Shakti lending library/platform second hand book shop or tapping the friend's network.
Grad school library was a Paradise. After the semester exam, the roomie and I will rush to the library. We wouldnt have slept the whole week for all you know but we will make the trip, rushing directly from the lab or the exam class room. That univ. library remains my favorite simply because it had a floor(or a semi floor, since it was some form wooden floor within a floor) for each alphabet. Quite a scary place. If I had been killed by a avalanche of books, noone would have come to know. American libraries also introduced me to concept of checkouts of unlimited number of books and 3 renewals. The county library people are misers they seem to have a 300 books limit. And you can only keep the book for 2.5 months including the 3 renewals. Grad school library checked out books for six months!
Once you have the book, if the book is of the unputdownable kind, for the next 24 hours the book and I( and I am sure several of you readers) will suddenly act as if we have janam janam ki rishtaa. Amma would say, etha pada pusthakithala katlame? Translation: Why can't you show the same enthusiasm for the course books? May be I will, may be if Dan brown wrote IC design, may be then.
A slight detour. The 'unputdownable' book doesnt mean it is the greatest book. The great books are the ones which years after you will recall, you will think of the characters. In case of Dan brown and Sidney sheldon, you might not most probably recall even the name of the character and the books might not make it to your top ten list but will make just tag of 'unputdownable'. infact the only reason we hold their books is because of that one single attribute.
Reading books more often physically drains me. I enter their world and the wierd characters from the book are roaming around in my head confusing me when I am talking to real life persons. Like reading maximum city, with Honey the cross-dressing dancer and Satish the Gangster's life running in my head while talking to my parents. You go through the emotional roller-coster ride of the characters.
After finishing the books follows the funnest part in the process, the immediate urge to discuss it with a friend. I no longer have the luxury of this. I had like minded friends right upto my gradschool to discuss. During those days, friends used to urge you read to a book just so they can discuss it with you. I still have L in my life but the reading as well as the discussion seems an occasional affair these days. Once a year affair:(
I still make once in a month trip to the library. But all I seem to do is just renew the books and then return them when I reach the maximum number of renewals. I read the first pages that gives me an idea of what lies ahead. And I take a deep pensive breadth at what I am missing out on not reading further. But I dont know what it is, I no longer read a book unless otherwise I am in a plane.
It might be the blogs or the fact I dont like reading books in piece-meal and unlike school/univ./gradschool days, I no longer get chunk of holidays. I forced myself to read a book in piece-meal as a result heathcliff still remains in my head as an irrational sad grumpy sadistic human being. May be even if I finish the book, he will still be irrational. Its been year and a half and I havent found out. I dont know if I will ever get to know.
Part of the process of reading a book is to lie on the couch/bed, covering yourself with a duvet(no,who has time to make hot choclate,not my lazy posterior) and flipping through the pages. I have a preference for hard covers because they appeal to my aesthetics, some weak-hearted people prefer paper backs for they are cheaper and lighter.
This form might change/most likely will change. But something tells me just like I never warmed up to google reader and prefer to visit the blog pages(you know its like going to a personal space, adds to the mood), I dont think I will warm up to these kindle readers, however sleek it looks.
Friday, February 13, 2009
idhar udhar ke baatein
I am completely lost in all the hungama happening around the valentine's day. There are several things I dont understand.
I understand people are bored of signing petition online so they wanted to do something now. But Why Pink Chaddis? I haven't read any post on this topic. Everytime the I saw the pink sign, I did not feel like reading the post. I dont understand the logic. Is there some kind of cultural context I am missing? Hawkeyeview's post kind of made me understand it better or rather that I cant understand this just as I cant understand several things from north of India.
The other point is you are losing out the opportunity to push your laundry by day. C'mon, I know, you know what pushes us to eventually to do our laundry.
And then those Ram sena people declared that they will send Sarees back to people who send them PCs. That kind of got me worried that I am missing out on somekind of exchange program. Unless and otherwise, you send VS PCs, I think this would end up being profitable exchange.
The last part of this hungama made me almost faint, the whole protest might have worked. I dont know what was the reason but Ram Sena and Bajrang dal both declared they will not interfere with V-Day.
I dont understand the Pink chaddi reasoning, but could we send some to LeT, Pakistan?
I understand people are bored of signing petition online so they wanted to do something now. But Why Pink Chaddis? I haven't read any post on this topic. Everytime the I saw the pink sign, I did not feel like reading the post. I dont understand the logic. Is there some kind of cultural context I am missing? Hawkeyeview's post kind of made me understand it better or rather that I cant understand this just as I cant understand several things from north of India.
The other point is you are losing out the opportunity to push your laundry by day. C'mon, I know, you know what pushes us to eventually to do our laundry.
And then those Ram sena people declared that they will send Sarees back to people who send them PCs. That kind of got me worried that I am missing out on somekind of exchange program. Unless and otherwise, you send VS PCs, I think this would end up being profitable exchange.
The last part of this hungama made me almost faint, the whole protest might have worked. I dont know what was the reason but Ram Sena and Bajrang dal both declared they will not interfere with V-Day.
I dont understand the Pink chaddi reasoning, but could we send some to LeT, Pakistan?
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