3 I.D.I.O.T.S - Much Needed Sunshine..

Hey, I am back and to do what i do best write about movies. I am not going to crib and whine about why i was out of blogosphere for so long because i learnt how to put my hand on my heart and say "Aaall izz Well" in the toughest of the situation.

I've always seen movies with an intent to learn something from it. To relate myself and try and fit in myself in the scenes of movie.

3 I.D.I.O.T.S is one movie in which i could put myself from the very second it started.

The movie is mind blowing that writing a review will be insulting it.It is always said that a bestseller book or for that matter any book when made into a movie will never do justice to it. But 3 I.D.I.O.T.S does more than just justice.

I wont be surprised if people would want to run to the book stores and buy the original masterpiece FIVE POINT SOMEONE itself. In fact i would be more surprised to know about people who havent already read the book.3 I.D.I.O.T.S is not actually a page by page adaption of 5 point someone. The body is different but the soul is the same.

It captures the moments that come in engineering life which will make engineers weep like a baby just how I was (no matter how tough a guy you are its very difficult to control that drop of tear when you see your life on big screen).I would plead AAMIR KHAN to hold a special screening of this movie to MUMBAI UNIVERSITY they desperately need to watch it or at least my college professors.

This movie is not a "laugh your ass out" movie.. nor it is a "cry your heart out" movie.. but it is what you call a more cliched term used more often called as "feel good wholesome entertainer".For some 170 odd minutes you just sit back, relax and enjoy the rollercoaster ride.I call it a roller coaster because there is not one fraction of a second in the movie where you feel its getting monotonous and neither is there a single frame where you feel that its not required in the movie.

You rope in the father of feel good cinema Raju Hirani and then get yourself 3 class actors, adapt an outstanding and popular book you have hit the bull's eye.

Aamir Khan , just when i thought Lagaan is his best work, he came up with Rang De Basanti and when i thought RDB was the best bollywood movie ever made he comes up with TAARE ZAMEEN PAR.. and when i though TZP is the movie that has touched my heart the most he comes up with 3 I.D.I.O.T.S. Hats off man!.. kudos!..

Sharman Joshi matches up and has proved himself time and again that he is also a big fish in Bollywood.

Madhavan and Boman Irani play their parts flawlessly. Even though the innumerable times that Boman Irani has played a control freak insane professor each time it fresh and different.

Kareena Kapoor is beautiful and gets noticed

in the movie dominated by 3 I.D.I.O.T.S

Let me give a special mention to the music director and lyricist. Shantanu Moitra's music is soothing and songs go with the flow of the movie in fact they help taking the movie forward.

Give a good nice ear to "Give Me Some Sunshine" beautiful, beautiful song.

All in All.. All izz Well .. i would say.. and leave you with the only one line in my head..

"Give me Some Sunshine,

Give me some Rain..

Give me another chance..

I wanna grow up once Again"

RATINGS : 6/5 (yes 6 on 5 :p )

2 States - The Story Of My Marriage

Disclaimer : This is not a book review

Let me start by saying that Chetan Bhagat is the person behind me reading books in the first place. If it wasnt for his books i would have remained a non-reader all my life.

Chetan Bhagat the youth writer image that he has got has tried something different yet so similar this time. He decided to go one notch ahead and write a book on one of the most important and after reading the book adventurous event of his life.

I dont know the degree of adventure in the actual sense because he's mentioned to consider this book as a part of fiction.

The book that I am talking about is 2- States.

Its a book on love cum "please arrange" marriage in general in India , how it was a decade ago. Things have changed now obviously. Most importantly it has 2 states playing a very important part in the book,

Tamil Nadu and Punjab. Different like chalk and cheese isnt it?

If i tell you what the book is about it will sound very cliched but i wont be surprised if some tom dick or harry would want to make a movie on this book too cos it is surely entertaining.

Now the problematic part with Chetan Bhagat is that he raised his standards so high with the classic FIVE POINT SOMEONE that everyone expects him to churn out something like that everytime he pens down.

'5 point someone' was rocking cant put down till i finish type book.

'1 night at the call center' was okayish ( mixed response but personally I loved the book)

'3 mistakes of my life' was a disaster ( personally i hated it too)

after 3 mistakes of my life everyone started terming him as a one book wonder. Immature writer.

I always felt that he is an amazing story teller with a great humour element but not that great a writer that is why all his books are made into movies.

But again because he became so famous after his first two books which targetted the youth of india it became like a reflex action to read chetan bhagat if its a new book on the stands.

Just like people have to go and watch a Shahrukh Khan movie no matter how bad it is.. or how bad the reviews are.

But with 2- States Chetan Bhagat will manage to win the confidence of old readers and get some new ones.

The ones who are not okay with colloquial style of writing will still keep on disliking him probably because they are too sophisticated for his books or they have too much of Jeffrey Archer or John Grisham in their minds.

Although the typical Chetan Bhagat elements are there in the book like the over use of the sentence " and we made love" and overuse of sarcasm but that somehow keeps the grip and keeps you smiling.

Do not be too judgemental and read it with an open mind only then you will not find the writing too monotonous and relate to the character and eventually end up enjoying the book.

Mission Impossible

No, I am not talking about the hit tom cruise movie that came a decade ago.

Mission Impossible is the name of a dessert in the suburban chinese restaurant FIVE SPICE.

I heard about this dessert from a lot of people but never tried it.

People told me that the dish is like too heavy and its almost impossible to finish hence the name MISSION IMPOSSIBLE.

So, me being with my colony friends took this as a challenge cos all of us here believe that we are such a superlative form hoggers that we take the art of hogging to a whole new different level.

We are gluttonous when it comes to FOOD and we are not ashamed of it. Its a matter of pride.

So we all decided to go stuff our selves with some THAI FRIED RICE and MONGOLIAN PANEER GRAVY and then ordered for MISSION IMPOSSIBLE.

Before this also there have been lot of times that we just dropped in FIVE SPICE just to have the dessert but it wasnt available anytime as if the dessert itself doesnt want to get eaten by us and contradict its name.

The dessert looked huge true to its name. But then we got ready.. cleared the table with all the mess had a good nice look at the dish, looked at each other and a determined nod to each other which said

"we can do it".

Its a triangular pyramid of chocolate mousse , brownie and 2 scoops of ice cream.

But once we started it was quite literlly a cake walk.

We had some pity on the fellow restauranters and had the dessert with the spoon or trust me we dont even need it when it comes to cakes and pastries.

We even landed up in a small spoon fight but the dish vanished in like 1 minute 30 seconds to be precise.

When we again looked at each other and my friends were like " you think we can have one more"

" I was like I can have 2 MORE if you are paying for it"

So we decided against it.

The MISSION was made POSSIBLE. The dessert was no doubt lip-smacking and we were 4 people but i bet even if we would have been any 2 of us the result would have been the same.

Its in our veins.

HOGGING PERSONIFIED.

lol.. on a serious note, go and try the dessert its awesome and worth every penny and every single CALORIE.

Wake Up Who?

Talk about having a writer's block. Actually calling myself a writer will be demeaning the actual professional meaning of the word but still. Non-happening life so not happening blog.

Finally after Kaminey I saw Wake Up Sid.

I've been hearing everything about it. Had to be, a Karan Johar movie and its not talked about cant happen.

I heard Wake up Sid is overhyped , its a mixture of Taare Zameen Par , Lakshya and Waqt.

The much hum-drum about Mumbai , Bombay , Bambai.

Big deal yaa!! It earned Mr. T some attention and Karan Johar some free publicity. As they say good or bad it works either way.

Anyway about the movie, its good. I liked it. May be because of my liking towards feel good low stress movies where you simply go get entertained and return with your Vodafone Tuesday wisely used and a smile on your face.

The story is wafer thin. Final Yr student , loves to spend pappa's money , failed in exam , doesnt want to do pappa's multi million business , leaves home after a showdown with parents , lives with a new girl he just met , finds direction to his life , falls in love, the end.

Ranbir Kapoor plays a lazy , spoilt , care-free , indifferent son, immature and a child at heart. He wears the "I dont give a F" attitude ( about life, family,career).

He's happy with his social life and enjoys waking up late , late night parties , video games , music photography and his "me" time.

Yea strikes a chord with you doesnt it. Definitely he plays your next door average mumbai guy , yea but filthy rich.

This is exactly where the film scores. We can relate to the movie big time.You know, you always feel where you are heading in your life. Is this really what you want to do and what you are meant to be. We always opt for the tried and tested part and never explore whats there inside where our heart n soul lies. I guess there is room for that only in bollywood movies.The best will be watching this movie with your parents.

I liked the movie , probably because It was a long time that I'd seen a movie or because of the gujarati chick who couldnt control on her yapping and we had a nice time shooshing her every second or probably because my friend was trying too hard to control his motions and kept on asking..

" malpani kitna time baaki hai bolna"

Climax was a typical Karan Johar ending.

Ranbir Kapoor fits the role to the" T" because of his droopy eyes the lazy worn out look is bult in feature. He acted well too showing the right emotions at right places and more importantly not overdoing or overacting such a simple easy-to play character. Although his dialogue delivery is identical to Hrithik Roshan. Looks like even he wants to compete with Her-man Baweja in "Mai Hrithik Roshan Banna Chahta hoo".

Konkana Sen Sharma is lovable. No doubt about her acting skills. Her eyes are pretty. Although you dont expect her to be a glam quotient in any movie. But she plays the part well.

Anupam Kher as the disappointed dad is first rate. Specially the scene where he and ranbir kapoor have a fight is to watch out for. A perfect dad-son argument how its meant to be.

Shankar Ehsan Loy could've done better with the music.

Wake up Sid - Music video remix

Kya Karoo and Iktara.. are the songs to give an ear to.

Iktara is less publicised but an amazing song.

All in all , Go for it.. thumbs up!..and do take your parents along with you. If you can!

RATINGS: 3.5/5

Shhh... I am NOT Sleeping..

Sleep is one thing that i am having a lot of trouble with off lately.

I never get good sleep.

I go green with envy when my friends say that they slept for this many hours and I always wonder how do you guys manage.

I can never say proudly that i get deep sleep.

Actually I got this from my mom cos even she has a lot of trouble sleeping.

Going back a few years from now I used to hate sleeping in my school days.

I always used to feel what if our body wasnt meant to sleep we would have saved so many hours that we waste just lying like a dead body.

I secretly used to wish that i suffer from insomnia so that i get extra time to study in the night. I was a geek then.

Back then i dint know the consequences of becoming an insomniac.

And guess what GOD is actually giving me what i wished for in my schooling days now in my engineering years when i desperately need some good deep sleep.

I dont remember the last time I slept like a baby.

Even the slightest noise wakes me up.

No matter how exhausted I am with the entire day's running and my exciting lectures I still cant sleep instantly.

The Chinese Proverb actually holds true " only when one cannot sleep does one know how loooong the night is."

Its frustrating tossing and turning and changing sides and pillows , switchin the AC on and off.

And I am not in love. lol..

It atleast takes me half n hour to get sleep after i lie down.

I'll read some , then i listen to some music, drink water, take a leak that many times..and finally I get sleep and just when I am fast asleep its my alarm going beep and its already 7?

And I am like wtf i slept like half n hour ago.

Morning is the time i get the most amazing sleep and I just dun wana get up but college.

I know this isnt insomnia I guess I am just turning into a nocturnal animal but still I am missing my dreams that I get when I am fast asleep. :p

I hope it comes back to me again.

Sleep is the best thing God ever made.

Good Night..!!

Freedom to me?

So, 15th august 2009 we celebrate our 62nd year of "independence."

What does independence mean?

not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself: an independent thinker

India got its independence long back. But are we really independent?

Ok fine I know India is a great country. India has diversity and it has variety and it has blah blah blah..

But how has it progressed as a country.

The other day I was discussing how India can never improve.

Ok you are not supposed to brand me as a cynic but its the truth.

What freedom are we talking about?

Freedom from corruption

Freedom from unemployment and recession

Freedom from not having a college even after scoring 95%

Freedom from reservation quotas

Freedom from trying to prove if AJMAL KASAB is a pakistani

Freedom from bombs going off like its diwali

Freedom from insane traffic

Freedom from jam-packed local trains

Freedom from farmers giving up hope

Freedom from the oh-so promising politicians

Freedom from everything that runs this :" money"

I know I am not doing anything myself for the country but I am atleast not doing anything wrong to harm it.

People are dying of breathing these days because of the swine flu.

Instead of providing masks at low cost , we start selling them at 5 times its actual worth.

I've heard this somewhere

"gandhiji apni poori zindagi ahinsa ka paath padhate padhate chale jayege.. aur unke jaane ke baad hamne kya kiya?.. unka photo ahinsa ke sabse bade dushman ke upar chhap diya--- 'paisa' "

India is no doubt a lovely country and even the other countries of the world who consider it as a threat in upcoming years cos sure it is on its way of becoming a super power but still we can bridge that gap of years by working towards making it one.

I know we are lot better than our neighbours and many other countries but mediocrity is not what you want in a country that u live.

So without getting emotional and thinking practically we have too see where we stand and what we are and then chant about the INDEPENDENCE.

Love Aaj Kal Parso Tarso..

I know its very late for a movie review,but i just cudnt get time to write about it and I'll keep it short. I was damn excited about this movie reasons being plenty from deepika padukone to the songs and imtiaz ali the director.

I went for the movie a week later after it released and I was getting mixed responses.

Some would come and say its amazing, some say its mediocre and some say its bakwaas.

I liked it.

The best part about Imtiaz Ali movies is the story he directs are so cliched but still there's a different and fresh feel to it.

Love Aaj Kal is a proper amalgamation of two perspectives of how people used to look at LOVE in 1950's and how its taken to be now.

The movie is worth a watch and dont compare it with JAB WE MET that was class apart.

You cant get a LAGAAN or DDLJ every second friday.

I give LOVE AAJ KAL its credit.

The movie has two different stories at the same time and how they are so similar yet so different.

Saif Ali Khan overacted himself in the suave town boy but played his part well as the sardar but kudos to the marketing brain he chose the perfect timing to get into the production world cashing on the JAB WE MET success.

Deepika Padukone sizzles.

Brazilian chick is pretty.

Rishi Kapoor is ok.

You start liking the songs slowly not at one go.

Ahun Ahun is foot tapping and please wait for the video after the movie its in fact the best part

Ye Dooriya is also a lovely song Mohit Chauhan is on a song these days quite literally.

Overall , go for it. Don't see JAB WE MET in LOVE AAJ KAL and you will like it.

RATINGS: 3/5

Lord Dont Move That Mountain

Hmm.. so finally my 1 month vacation ends and i look forward to start the beginning of my end.My final year of computer engineering. College starts tomorrow and the mad rush begins again.

But just when i was so pensive and so sad that my vacations are ending i again happened to see my all time favourite movie THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS.
I've seen that movie so many times that I've lost my count and i have even lost count of the number of times I've cried after watching it(yes i m a guy enough to say that i cry in movies)
But that movie just gets too much out of me. And this time i made my DAD watch it.
Watching it with dad was totally different. Discussing the movie with him, talking about it learning and I could see almost that not totally but he relates to the movie somewhere or the other in his life.

That movie tells you so much about life, about happyness , about disappointments and about struggles.
It tells you when everything is just falling apart how to get that courage and collect all the pieces together and move.
I mean when I am down and out i just cant stop cribbing to myself about the things that I have and how they are not perfect and how things are not going according to the way i plan.
But the movie tells you wait for the tide to turn.

wait for the clock to tick.
You just need to have faith,that belief in yourself and someone above ALL.
Life isn't easy for anyone. Try finding that happyness in everything,that hint of joy,the laughter in tough and trying times.

Life is too short for negative things,for stress , for frustration and for anger.
I owe a lot to that movie.
Its the pursuit of happyness that we all look for and pursuit for anything comes with a price,with sacrifices with a little ordeal and that make up a huge mountain.

now pray to the lord not to move that mountain but the will power the strength to climb it.

It is this song from the movie that comes in between

"Lord don't move that mountain,
Give me strength to climb it

Lord don't move that stumbling block
But lead me all around it"

There is in fact something for everyone.. just wait for it.

So i just want my life to be smooth, and whatever happens keep sporting that lovely smile.
Easier said that done.. but do you have an option?
I always believe..
Whatever happens, happens for good.!
Take care.

Entourage -The Boys Are Back

Entourage( /on-toor-ahzh/)

basically means a group of people accompanying an important person.

HBO's Explanation of the hit series

The series draws on the experiences of industry insiders to illustrate both the heady excesses of today's celebrity lifestyle, as well as the difficulty of finding love and success in the fast track of show biz. Now that the boys are getting used to the perks of stardom, Eric, along with superagent Ari, keep Vince's star rising while making sound decisions for a long-lasting career in a world of fleeting fame.

How I look at the show!!

Since long i've been just waiting to write about this show.

Vikram and I like to call it the SHOW OF THE CENTURY and undoubtedly it is.

I never used to watch SITCOMS that often just on and off on ZEE CAFE and STAR WORLD till KP and YASH made me see ENTOURAGE.

Its the best. Seriously it is amazing. The storyline,character sketch ,dialogues ,picturisation ,twists and turns ,everything is mind blowing and perfect. It is so damn addictive and the best DRAMA series to come out ever.

It is not even DRAMA its more like DRAMEDY.(Drama+comedy+Tragedy)

Few things that Entourage teaches you is,

-keep your friends close

-keep your enemies closer

-keep your feet firmly on the ground

-people you meet on your way up will meet you again on your way down

-how to treat friends.

These are the few things that make ENTOURAGE.

-4 friends

-stay together

-big shot agent

-gay assistant

-foul mouth publicist

-HOLLYWOOD and what it takes to survive

-FRIENDSHIP and what it takes to believe

-hot chicks and hotter cars

Entourage depicts the ultimate guy's world and how guys want to live their life.

Entourage introduced a new style, a whole new way and a complete different attitude of saying the 'F' word and you will come across never before heard slangs and swears which at times sound cool and at times hilarious.

There are many amazing characters each of them different from the other like chalk and cheese.

But i'll tell you something about my favourite character and i guess he is universally the most liked character of the show.The big shot agent ARI GOLD.

That man is the life of the show.He steals the thunder from anyone.You feel like getting up from your couch and applaud on every dialogue he delivers.

I am so inspired by ARI GOLD that i have also almost decided at the back of my mind that I am going to name my kid ARI...lol..

I so want to be him 10 years down the line.

Season 6 starts july 12 2009 punch line is.." Life Changes. But Friends Don't."

Entourage facebook group:http://www.facebook.com/Entourage?ref=ts

Entourage official site:http://www.hbo.com/entourage/

I am so waiting for it.

Some of Ari Gold's Famous Rants :

Hitting on his friend's wife

just i m sure wherever u go with this little hottie it ll be more than amazing.. fucking it will be orgasmic. i dont mean to be rude but ever since u have got here i have not been able to put my eyes off ur ass. i mean it is the perfect shape. it's like God came down, handcrafted it, putin on a silver tray and hand delivered it to my man scotty

Taking down his wife and therapist

I didn't go to the Lakers game because they were playing the fucking Bobcats... And I came here today because I thought this was a session on how my wife could learn to communicate, how to answer a question without a question, basic Humanity 101, which I thought, given your wall of fucking diplomas, you could easily fix, or if you couldn't, you could give her a pill that would either fix it or make her a mute. But now, to turn around and gang up on me? I have work to do. I have hundreds of clients to deal with, and just so we're clear, I don't care about ANY OF THEM. They're ALL just a number, like Wife #1 and Therapist #7... GOOD DAY!

Firing one of his employees

wat the fuck do we pay u for??to get ur agency card laminated,,so u can go to shelter and try to fuck mischa barton.u dont have to say anything,u know why..coz u pick up all ur stuff..BECOZ UR MOTHERFUCKING FIRED!!

Ari with one of his quotes

There are no asterisks in real life, only scoreboards, and ours is currently reading FUCKED!

Ari to E

No you won't... because you're fucked. Do you even know how fucked you are? I mean you are so fucking fucked. I mean I think you are the most fucked person I know.

Ari to his team at work

You all have one goal today... to get Vincent Chase's brother, Johnny Chase, a job. Any job. I don't care it it's a porn shoot in which he is being gang-raped by a gaggle of silverback apes... if there are cameras rolling, everyone wins.

and the best being whenever he is happy,sad,frustrated,angry or surprised he just says..

"fuck me!!" hahaha..

Some of the best videos of ENTOURAGE: