July 2, 2008
This is a very insightful article that talks about whats under the cover of the bling in google. Really opened my eyes.
June 30, 2008
They say the key to a long lasting happy relationship is to make compromises and love. But what does making a compromise really mean? For decades (esp. in the Indian culture) i have seen compromise to translate into the female in the relationship giving up a lot of things and adjusting to everything the male thinks is appropriate. To a point where i have even seen the lady sacrifice her friendships… maybe its not the same anymore but either way is it really worth it. Is it really worth it for one to lose their identity just because they are in a relationship…. I reach inside for some answers and i get nothing… still confused
June 30, 2008
Rating : ****
A great movie, worth a watch..
I call it Bachhan Raj :)… but everything said and done all three of them have acted very well throughout the movie. Surprisingly i actually liked aishwairya rai in a few scenes, but of course my eyes were only for abhishek. But bigB stole the show, impeccable acting, great dialogue delivery, cant imagine anyone else who could have suited the role better.
Although, the movie has very distinct shades of godfather and ‘bal thakrey’s” life story, its amazing to see how ram gopal verma has woven both these stories together both in Sarkar and Sarkar Raj. I wish he had kept his flood of creativity to the story and not gone overboard with the closeups and background score in the movie. The constant ” govinda govinda..” chants and scary closeups of the character at all times were uncalled for. I think RGV got a little too carried away … i hope he controls himself for Sarkar Raj + which might have Hritik Roshan in it ( that’s what the rumors say)
June 24, 2008
Here is the article that talks about it: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3159849.cms
I am not sure whether i should be agreeing or disagreeing with this statement. I agree with the part that yeah they are the kind who complain a lot and are not really open to trying out all cuisines etc. but in their defence some of it is the environment that they are used to live in and some of it is due to religious reasons.
The thing that people fail to think about is
Some of it I think is also due to the way Indian tourists are treated. Just because we are not dressed a certain way or don’t talk in a certain accent doesn’t mean that we get treated as nobodies. Especially considering the fact that when tourists come to India they get treated like a king/queen and when we Indians go to other countries how are we treated - ewwwww those Indians… why?
June 23, 2008
Starring: Sanjay dutt, arshad warsi, hritesh deshmukh, javed jaffrey
My rating: *1/2, very poor
A sad attempt at making a comedy. The cast is quite impressive which in the first place made me want to watch the movie as I love arshad and hritesh - i think they are one of the few actors in bollywood who have great timing (of course paresh raval is the best). The first half of the movie is entertaining but soon you start getting tired of the repetative comedy which soon becomes cheap and just wait for the movie to end.
My recommendation is to stay away from this movie. If you go to watch it in the theatre you are a total fool, as for a dvd at home - its one of those my mom is visiting me and I need to watch hindi movies choice. All in all, dont bother, you are not missing anything infact you might be doing yourself a favor. (why did i see the movie: i was very very bored and just wanted to write about it 
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June 23, 2008
Rating : ***1/2
A very well made and directed movie. I loved the different characters that they used in the movie, some of them were quite real and I’m sure most of the audience could relate themselves to them in one way or another. I think every actor did justice to their character although I wish they would’ve given a little more substance to Shiney Ahuja’s character.. his talent seemed wasted in the movie. The whole Shaadi.com thing to me added a very realistic touch to the movie, and the way konkana sen handled the character was really great, very relatable. Although I think the infidelity and the whole sleeping with your boss thing was blown out of proportion and I feel should have been treated a little differently.. but I guess there has to be some out of the world thing in a bollywood movie after all. Also I loved the fact that they got an old couple in the mixture too..although I would’ve preferred someone else besides dharmendra.. ah well he did an OK job though.
On the whole, the main crux of the movie was around different relationships that exist or we develop in the course of time and how they begin and/or end. One would ask why title the movie life in a metro.. well besides a lot of scene’s happening on the train station I felt that there was a bigger metaphor to that phrase –the changes, adjustments and complications we go through in our personal life in the 21st century.
June 23, 2008
Good movie, ****
Let me start with saying that this is one movie that beat my expectations. I went into the movie thinking that maybe I would be sitting through 2 hours of the SNTC episodes but I was wrong. The movie is quite entertaining, fast paced and I considered it to be an accurate finale to the series. If you remember the series ended well but for some reason the audience was left thinking what next… but with this movie its ‘done’.
I would even go so far as to call it the series finale… all in all a great movie, girls- its a must watch, guys - its a fun movie, keep your ego’s aside and watch it you will like it.
June 22, 2008
I have read, heard and discussed a lot about relationships in the past few years more than I ever thought I would, which is either just because of the stage of life i was in or is it because people are starting to find relationships difficult?
What has shocked me in the past years or two is the number of divorces that I have seen among the people I have known, changing the paradigm of ‘divorces are not that prevalent in the Indian community”, Wrong. Sadly, I feel that our generation today has progressed in the right directly in every phase of life except relationships. This makes me wonder why? I am no expert but I thought of the following reasons that might be playing a big role
.. the list could go on, but the last one #6 is what amazes me and the scary part is i have seen that as one of the most popular reasons that I have heard people mention when asked why they are in a relationship, which initially sounds ridiculous but when you really think about it does make sense. I think this is why the marriages of our parents generation worked because after being in a relationship for such a long time its scary to think about trying to find a companion or being out in the market and you just stay in it because you don’t think you can get anything better. That said, to me it seems like this is one of the reasons a lot of marriages don’t work today because there are a lot of fish in the sea, there are a lot of ‘tempting’ options out there and yes you might find someone better you never know…
Eventually I think one of the important things one should really ask themselves is are you in it for the right reasons or just because you couldn’t find anything better?
June 22, 2008
Talking to my best friend the other day it occurred to me - every person has something that gets him/her weak in the keens and feel completely powerless. It is this ’something’ which only you know and if is known by your enemy could be used against you. This is what makes it important to keep it to yourself, yes we do have a tendency to talk about it with our girlfriends etc. and before we know it we have let out all our weaknesses. But is that something you really want to do? do you want someone to have your kryptonite?
June 8, 2008
Everybody (at least every girl) obsesses about her weight. I have put some extra pounds here and there, for some it might just be something they like to say but for others it is a real problem which is not really easy to deal with. There are a lot of frustrating things when you are at a stage where you are not really as thin as everyone around you.
- people look at you differently
- guys dont really wanna talk to you or get to know you but they just do it for courtesy
- going shopping sucks, cos none of the nice looking clothes look good on you
- your friends keep saying, no dude you are fine, you are not fat (a tip t o people, please dont do that, just dont say anything or maybe say do you want me to help you out or something… cos we all know when you say that you dont mean it and inside you just think that yeah she is a little plump)
- you dont like to look at yourself
… the list can go on… but all I want to say is not being thin is not only stressful but also frustrating and there are people in the world who are not blessed with great genes and for people who are genetically blessed its tough to understand how much effort it takes to beat your genes… but you know what, hats off to those who do
keep fighting
