Tag: movie

  • >How i keep myself busy?

    >It has hit me many times. Why dont i reply to all people who ping me on gtalk. I sometimes simply ignore that they are pinging, or most of the times, give a reply – “Busy”. As if i am the president of the United states, having the entire world out there to go take control.. er. care of.

    I analyzed and then listed down all the activities that i typically do in a day, and then formulated a research design to see where i was spending most of the time. the sample time being 3 days of observation. yeah! this is what an MBA does to you, make simpler things complex. Observing myself. Huh!

    One thing that stood distinctly in my time sliced period was MOVIES. Very surprising, coz i never imagined myself to be a movie buff. i have always enjoyed the typical comedy govinda salman khan type movies, which don’t make sense at all. probably, of late, many such movies are being made.

    One more interesting insight from this “SHAMTATA experiment”, ( yeah, name everything you do, give it an identity. one more thing an MBA teaches you.), is that most of these movies have been watched in the wee hours of morning, typical time of the show being 5AM to 7AM. Why?? Why don’t i sleep?. Coz my tummy cries to get it away from the rats play. hunger. and the mess opens at 7:30, so the best way to pass time – MOVIES. Come on, Stop kidding me. i am not the maggu kinds to study at that unearthly hour. and nature has ensured with the mass factory churned face that i have been given, that no one calls me at such an hour. So, back to MOVIES again.

    in this pursuit, i thought, why not benefit you – my dear readers, to a short synopsis of the various movies i have seen in the last two weeks, to help you decide if you really want to get your head hammered upon.

    ACCEPTED – A nice decent movie about a guy who does not get “accept” letters from any university, and plans to start one of his own. little did he guess the possibility that this could very well be what he’d be doing. So all you people there, wanting to get into the IIMs and IITs, i guess this is a better way. Start your own BJIIM. (when there can be an RGIIM, wht not a BJIIM?)

    Sin City – About a dark corrupted city. and the story of 3 different people and the way they get tangled in the SIN CITY. Watch it, only if you have the sadist taste of seeing people getting killed in the most innovative ways. Ruthless.
    Sadist here reminds me of a friend. I don remember why i keep calling her sadist, but now the name has stuck. and don ask what she calls me.

    Astha Chamma – A cool telugu flick. had a big crush on the actress right from my graduation days, when she used to host a popular local show. Ah! she has the looks. Movie? Who cared about it? I was just staring at Swati.

    Ugly aur Pagli – Shameless degraded copy of the korean flick My sassy girl. Worthless, in spite of it having mallika in it.

    Wanted – Who said only Rajnikanth can do all the death defying, gravity defying steps? Who said bullets shot from a normal gun need to travel in a straight line? Who said a car needs to be driven only with hands and the body inside the car? See this movie and break all false beliefs.

    Choti Si Baat – KK recommended this one and tempted me towards it by the concept. A loser of a guy – Amol palekar, goes to a learned person, and learns all tricks to floor the girl of his dreams. Also tricks to remove the thorn – Asrani, who is presently hoverng around his girl.Now the plot can seriously be so related, to a guy with looks like mine. Nice enjoyable movie. but learning, nah! Alas i would still remain single, as the tricks thought here seem to be too old to apply in the present world.

    Shaurya – Awesome movie about the defence services and its internal processes. Rahul Bose has excelled in the role, ann so has Kay kay and others.A must watch.

    Mumbai Meri Jaan – Nice touching movie about the after affects of the local train blasts that rocked Mumbai. Madhavan at his best, and Imran Khan has given an amazing performance without uttering a single Hindi word. Again, A must watch.

    A wednesday – A common man’s reply to the system, holding them on his toes for one whole day. the movie is set in mumbai , with the frequent terror bomb blasts as the backdrop. If you have not seen this, read no more, and immediately jump away to get hold of the DVD.

    Now this was the list of movies completed in the last 14 days. but guys, me still busy, and you may still get the reply ” BUSY” on gtalk. I am sorry for that. please email in case of anything really important. Wil surely reply even if the question is as mundane as ” how do i crack CAT”, or as serious as ” My CAT has died how do i do its cremation and the ceremony”.

    now me off to read my Brother’s blog. he’s been writing really well and frequently. Especially the post describing his chance meeting with Senorita during the train journey of the industrial tour.

    okay, now this would be it, before my next one.( which i am sure will be pretty soon.). now i take your leave, so that i can smoke in peace. practising not to smoke in public spaces for the ban from oct 2nd. you never know i may be fined on the premise that this blog is a public space.

  • >ROCK ON!!!

    >The movie.

    Amazing. Jus seen it. Exams going on, but the reviews were so tempting that had to see it. So there we all started off, after a full plate of good south Indian Biryani in Lucknow, to PVR.

    n whoa! What do we find?? Half of IIM Lucknow is out there. The reviews were really tempting.

    Review
    *Rock on*

    The movie starts showing some 4 middle aged guys, unfamiliar faces, who by the end of the movie become so known. All of them are sad with some thing or the other in their lives, trying to divert their energies on something which they dont love to do, but they are doing it.

    Sounds like Dil Chahta Hai?? Yes, this movie is about friends( 4 here), and their lives. how it all came to a stop.. their friendship.. their care.. Their MAGIC.

    The screenplay needs a special mention here. instead of the typical – show some scenes in the present.. then go to flashback, showing a happy go lucky friends.. n then come back to the present to set everything right. Rock on differs here. The past and the present is so beautifully blended that it just goes on. and the long hairstyles of each of the main characters in the past makes good differentiation.

    ONe more special thing to be mentioned about – FARHAN AKHTAR. The producer?? NAh!!.. The actor.. The Singer.. this guy has an amazing screen presence, and his baritoone voice sets it straight. Filled with attitude and charm.

    The music rocks, the performances rock, the looks grandeur. It sometimes feels like watching one of those live rock show telecasts on VH!. It is a movie for today.. u have I Bankers.. businessmen.. Failed business man.. All tied up with their passion for music and MAGIC.

    The well interspersed music and the humour in the movie just adds in to the gist.

    i am not saying that this is the best ROCK movie made ever, but yes, in India this marks a new beginning.

    Well, MAGIC is the name of their band.

    Surely, this movie would inspire the budding rocksters who definitely need a boost in this country. Except for Parikrama and a few more, there is no worth mentioning bands in India.

    n yeah, would love to see the movie again tomorrow itself.. but as Farhan says in the movie – ” Compromises to karne padte hai”

    So, by the time i write my end term 4 exams.. U ppl.. ROCK ON!!!

    p.s.: Me reaching Vizag on 2nd sep, for the end term holidays. YIPPEEEEEE!!!!!!

  • >3 idiots

    >one book that i really enjoyed reading is – “Five Point Someone”, by Chetan Bhagat. A very light read, and the perfect timing. I was just into engineering then.

    The news that the book is about to be made into a movie by none other than Munnabhai Hirani had been making rounds. but no real news. VOICE based on chetan’s second book made more news. Now we get some concrete info in that front.

    Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots starring Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sharman Joshi, Madhavan and Boman Irani has gone on the floors. The film is loosely based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel Five Point Someone. The first teaser poster of the film is out and has a huge blackboard with mathematical formulae scribbled on it.

    The cast

    HARI – MADHAVAN

    The first characters of the novel are Hari – who is shy and wants to be handsome like Ryan. Hari is average and is bad at vivas. He falls in love with his professor’s daughter and whenever Hari tries to impress his professor, he brings down his image.

    RYAN – AAMIR KHAN

    The second student is Ryan, he is handsome and adventurous and he always says that he loves his friends more than his parents and he don’t want to mug up things and he gets low grades, in the college exams .He wants to do things in his own way and he tries to do that and he too gets into the five pointers.

    ALOK – SHARMAN JOSHI

    The third is Alok-A simple boy who wants to get good grades and earn money to overcome poverty of his family.

    PROFESSOR KURIEN – BOMAN IRNAI

    NEHA KURIEN (DAUGHTER OF PROFESSO) – KAREENA KAPOOR

    Work in progress

    Sources reveal that Hirani doesn’t want to give away the look of his protagonists soon, which is why the teaser doesn’t have any of the actors in it. However, work on the film is underway and Hirani plans to wrap 3 Idiots by December.

    Begins September

    The source adds, “The shoot of the film with the supporting characters has already begun, Hirani and his team are in Simla and the film is scheduled to be shot in Ladakh, Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai as well. Aamir and rest of the cast will begin shooting in early September.”

    Shantanu Moitra has given the music for 3 Idiots while the lyrics are by Swanand Kirkire.

    Class is on

    Apparently, author Chetan Bhagat was the first to see the poster and quite liked the final result. “Since the setting is that of an engineering college campus the poster had to have elements of a classroom.”

    The poster has been designed by Rahul Nanda.

    Source:
    Midday
    oneindia