Jai Ho..

Needless to say, but i've been of the hook lately and been a bit busy pulling a few strings ( as if many were waiting ) . Anyhow, i'm back.. !! It'll take some time to get myself into the rhythm and then will be frequently chipping to My Part..

Ok the big O day for India with Rahman bagging 2 oscars for his out of this world music in Slumdog Millionaire. And hats off to Dany Boyle for making such an directorial master piece. I think I havn't touched Slumdog millionare's topic up here, but anyways.. The movie was a class of its own honestly. I saw it a month n a half back and was completely bowled over by the story and everything. The most appealing part of the story was the brutal honesty captured in the lens, whether it was the scene when both the brothers locked hands, sleeping on top of a moving train, or the their search for shelter in a pouring night. It just moved everyone.. !!

 After around 30 min into the movie, you will actually get a feeling of a real life documentary n not some random movie. N maybe thats where Slumdog struck the chords inside. The real pain which goes unseen everyday in the slums, the little joy on which the poor kids feel on top of the world, and harsh truth about life which they boldly face every day. Its has all of it..

I wont go into raptures about the movie anymore. A lot has been said n done over it, particularly in the past week.. In the building up for the Oscars. I just wanted to share my opinion bcuz today morning I bumped into an article where " aam janta " has their say for the movie. And to my surprise, 2 out of 5 people actually thought it was an over hyped movie. 

I mean.. Uhh.... Was it ?

I honestly cannot believe how even people can say that. People in India ( most of them ) came to know it only when Rahman got nominated for Music at Oscars. I actually felt uneasy reading what people had to say that " a lot of better movies have been made in the past in the Hindi cinema " I honestly fail to muster up some sort of meaningful retort against this kind of brainless comments . It seems, people are still entangled in the rhetoric conundrum of Who's movie is this anyways ? Is it a British Film or Hindi film ? 

Honestly.. People need to get out of this web and acknowledge the fact what a piece of artistic talent it was. 

I don't know whether its the shallowness inside ' us ' which doesn't want us to believe that a British guy made a film in Mumbai about an Indian boy better than anybody has actually managed to make here in India itself or they actually feel its an above average movie. See, am not saying we never had awesome movies here in Bollywood. But when people turn up to columns saying that a lot of better movies have been made in the past.. I would actually want them to pen down a few which were Oscar material. Taare zamin par was one, n before that was I guess lagaan. I would actually rate 'Black' very highly as well. But honestly, Slumdog really make these movies stand in the back yard if you ask me.

There's a line Rahman used from which I was actually quite moved. 

He said : "From all the Love and Hate in my life, I chose Love.." 

He cudn't have summed it more brilliantly than this. 

So people get out of the wonted chores and laud for something which was made for everyone.

Jai Ho..

Water water every where, but not a single drop to drink !!

With monsoon's overtaken the summers ( ?? ), its been a peaceful May-June this year. Nothing much in my life which is edging towards a new turn.

This monsoon, it could be the greatest interspecies rescue since since the Autobots (Transformers) last year. A mouse on a frog is anything but fun.

Besides rains, there has been lot of catching up with old friends. The very slow ( slower than vista ) Anuj came to meet us. But certainly slow doesn't mean he's dumb. After all he's as IIT'ian ;-) . And some others who not worth mentioning.

So what we did ( me anuj and all ) ? ehh.. Eating , night-outs, some weird movies (In-Bruges) and of-course EURO's. Euro's which has witnessed an unlikely heroes this time, Netherlands, who are playing juggernauts honestly. Thrashed every team left right and center ! Germany knocked Portugal out day before, which means Cron's transfer saga is going to become even more unbearable. Real Madrid are offering him 200,000 pounds per week, Yes you heard it right ! But, this is nothing compared to the money Lindsay Lohan is getting just to admit to a news paper that she's a Lesbian. The figure is arnd 2.3 Mil $. Now, is this the most easiest way any one has earned money ?

Changing topics, a funny thing happened this week, which made me come back to my blog. I went to buy a Dual Layer dvd from a shop and i simply asked the guy , "you have dual layer dvd ? " , and his reply frankly left me speechless. He replied - " Moser Bair ki hai hamare pass toh ". Damn.. You can't even think of having a comeback to this sort of ans.

Went to see Hulk yesterday and found the movies pretty decent enough ( comparing to what cartoon the first one was). Highly detailed action sequences and a good story line makes it fun to watch. Hulk was never one of my favorites hero's though, and honestly, which kid wants to be a hulk in his imaginations ? Wearing towels behind the backs and acting caped crusaders is far more enjoyable than being a Big Bad Green Machine ! but anyhow, the movie is one time see. Entry of Tony Stark in the end made me jump of my chair really which has to be the most excitement filled moment in the film. I just can't wait to see Iron man and Hulk and probably Spiderman together, Yup, our friendly neighborhood spidy. They might be forming a team called Avengers, which we might see in about 2 years time. Next movie on the block has to be Hancock and then the most awaited of them all, the Dark Knight.

Until then, " HULK SMASH "