Epilogue 2009

Epilogue 2009

Yep! another year in everyone's life...

Remembering the past always swarms enormous moments to cherish.

And there is no 'present' or 'future' without the the history.

My 2009 had everything.. like a Bell curve..

My age incremented by 1. My first B-School interview. My first Six string. Started This blog. Also to mention..there were huge hiccups, mixups and mishaps :) .

The larking incidents and the amorous endeavours,completely offended and pissed off times,loneliness,emptiness. Anyway.. its always cool to overcome any tough situations and making both ends meet at the end of the day.

Dear 2009, U gave me the greatest get2gdr of all time with my college pals having maverick moments in Goa, the vegas of India. I will never forget that .. u bet on it !. U always been with me sharing all the happiest moments and lending shoulders in the toughest of the tough situations. So here we go buddy.. its over..and today is ur last day.

'Today is the first day of the rest of my life'. Sorry dear 2009. This wont be applicable for u from tomo . :-)

Sometimes u had been so horrible. I will take revenge on u with the help of 2010. I just cant blame u alone ..coz u are just a box and watver happened to me were just because of me.

Anyway buddy.. I am gonna miss u .. so lets hugg for this last one day..!

Something inside us will always tell that..All those jittery moments will leave u to get a quintessential thought. The best way to live happy is to believe on a thing and continue the pursuit to reach the destiny. U made me understood this concrete stuff.

When 2010 ushering me into the unexplored happy/tough days, the hope i received from you giving me the chutzpah to overcome everything and continue the pursuit to destiny.

'Hope is the good thing..Indeed, the best of the things..And no good thing dies' - The Shawshank Redemption

I always tried to be a reveller throughout ..for u 2009. I might have failed u many a times.

But some times u also had been a total bitch to me.. Its Ok. :-)

I will miss u..

Bye 2009 .. Foutre Vous 2009 :-)

And Happy happy New year to all. May all ur wishes come true !!.

Avatar - Movie Review

I dont know how the world could even imagine a war scene if ppl like Michael Bay , James Cameron dont exist. The hype created on the movie was too much. I thought of giving a shot, got the tickets for paid preview and yeah..on board to visit the Pandora. To be said in a single line, the movie has very little storyline, huge special effects, excellent 3D experience ( whole movie), lotsa desi movie look alike scenes , and completely aimed at first week box office gross.

The story starts somewhere in 2154 AD. . The corporate finds huge deposits of Unobtainium (?) in a natural satellite of another planet. There is a place called Pandora over there and a clan called Na-vi survives there. They have a Hometree and underneath it, lays the huge deposits of Unobtainum.Now they need to get it coz it can be sold at 20 million per kg. But its really hard to go over there to the oxygen-less Pandora and to fight with the clan and get the job done. So they work on a "AVATAR" program and make blue colored na-vi look alikes to intrude into the clan.

Jake, the hero who is an ex US Marine , who got wounded and paralyzed below the waist line, dejected and put on a wheel chair. He joins the program thinking that he can feel his legs back. His nearly 8 feet avatar been created with his DNA. He goes to Pandora and there meets a gal Neytiri and as usual..love at first sight , gets into amorous bonding and then all those bollywood stuff follows. Dr.Grace (Sigourney Weaver) mentors Jack and helps him through out his ordeal to give the message to the na-vi clan that the hometree gonna be blown off soon The rest of the story tells how he becomes one of them and fight with his own human clan to preserve the ecology of Na-vi and the ppl.He should be attending the Copenhagen conf. :P

So thats it.. this is wat the plot i could ascertain from the 2hr 40 mins movie ( Why Me? ). The story really failed to strike the chord. The whole movie is a 3D eye feast. Please dont waste ur valuable money on this movie, if its not in 3D. The top notch special effects can be experienced properly only in 3D. If its in IMAX, then bingo.. the movie is really worth it. There are some unbelievable visual 3D effects scenes, at the same time , there are some 'unbelievable' superstitious scenes also. Its a colorful movie. Believe it. The birds, animals, and watver u call it, everything had a rainbow over it. Nice to see it on 3D.

Why the Na-vi speak middle-east english.? (History been pronounced as 'his-tho-ry'). I dont know about the fantasy-fairy tale loving ppl, U guys will enjoy it. And the ardent novel readers will view the movie in another perspective. I am sure they will be keen on noticing the mythical creatures, their names etc been shown in the movie. It was lil bit tiresome to watch ppl snarling at each other and the heroine screech like a vixen all the time. I remembered billie jean on seeing the illuminating footpaths when the hero gets into Pandora for the first time. The movie ends with a 20 min long climax fight scene. Michael Rodriguez looks super hot in the movie!!. That was the only consoling factor :P

The movie holds a very thin love story also. But failed to create impact like the one in titanic. I really liked the trailers of 'Toy story 3' and 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'. They kickass in 3D. So its upto you to give a shot to this movie. ! And in the end, there is a kinda titanic dialog.."Jake,...My Jake". . hehe. Its a nice 3D experience and I wish u become kids too when seeing those colorful fauna and flora of Pandora on screen. !

Paa - Movie Review

Well, I went for watching this movie..fearing that it shudn be a 'Button' in Hindi. Everyone likes to go for a weekend movie to keep their mind and soul free from the 5 days work and get rejuvenated. But my intention on going for a movie is completely different. Ok lets review the movie ..

Actually I dont really like Amitabh per se. I can hear some 'booo' s.. Come on.. Dont I have an opinion.? Amitabh is a good actor. I agree.. But seeing him on all the commercials he endorses ranging from tooth powder to cement powder.. James bond suits to hair oils... Well I am sorry Amitabh ji.. But just give a break to them. And I still have great confidence that u can just catch all the audiences even at ur 68 yrs of age with ur professional acting. To be frank, the movie PAA belongs to Auro.. :). The movie starts with a happy violin music and Jaya bachan reading out the credits and credentials.. Nice one indeed.

The word 'Paa' comes only once in the movie. Can u believe it ? :) . Hmmm that too at the climax only. Abhishek bachan and Vidya balan were studying in Cambridge and they get to know each other ..and end up in making love without using a ..u know wat :) . And Abhishek never wanted to get into huge responsibility of having the baby and family and he s keen on getting into politics and become a visionary. So he asks Vidya to abort the fetus. She gets pissed off and leaves him, but goes ahead with her pregnancy and gives birth to Auro. Meanwhile she studies and become a gynecologist. Later, she comes to know that Auro suffers from Progeria . And from that , the movie is totally a Mom-Son true warm love story.

Auro's intro to the movie with the music accompanied it...was too gud. Auro , 12 yr old kid, but having the physique and health problems of a 60 yr old. He hates kichdi, coz thats the only food , he is allowed to eat. He never asks him mom about his dad. Abishek becomes MP and then he meets Auro in a school function. From then on, the friendly relationship goes on between him and Auro. Vidya comes to know this , but she never asks Auro to stop it. Coz..she still loves Abhishek. All the dialogues of Auro's are one liners making u to laugh like hell. Some dialogues were really stretched a bit like the one happens in delhi metro train btw him and Abishek. And some looked silly also. Anyway..it shud be viewed from a 12 yr old's perspective.

The movie goes good till the interval by carefully giving life to all the characters. Vidya's mom did good in her acting too. Auro calls her 'bum' coz she has a bigger one ! :). Funny !. Amitabh has done a really great work in dubbing his voice also...giving a nasal accent. [Dont think abt Himesh please ]. Some scenes on Politics were really not needed for the movie. Perhaps ..not cleverly done. Auro turns 13. But he gets ill and admitted in the hospital. Its really disheartening to see someone celebrating his/her birthday in a hospital. Vidya opens the Pandora's box and tells that MP Abishek is his 'PAA'. Thats the interval ..

Abishek promises Auro to take him to Rashtrapathi bavan. Nice sentimental cum funny scenes follows after that. Some times it makes to shell out few drops of tears also. Vidya balan is at her best. Really. The 31 yr old had no flaws in her acting. Except that why she is trying to get size zero.? Happened to see the trailer of ISHQYA. The next big one for Vidya...chk for the ChuSO4 in the clip. But i felt deceived at some scenes. The one where Abhishek and Vidya meet after 13 years. Could ve been made little more sentimental. P C Sreeram's camera pictured the aesthetic beauty of Cambridge as well as showed Amitabh really like a child. Vidya looked really beautiful when she carries Auro in her stomach. I dont know why woman look really beautiful at those times. ! Paresh Rawal performed as Abhishek's father, a retired politician. Nice to see him acting in movies other than Priyadarshan's. Balki has given a really nice movie. Good use of all the technicians and actors.

If all the above are the parts of the story.. the thing which connects all these and gives a life to it.. is nothing but Ilayaraja's music. One of the best BGM i had ever come across. The classic Ilayaraja's use of 'silence' as a BGM followed by a piano solo. Great to feel it. The violin solo when Auro utters the word 'PAA' really made to cry. There are several versions of PAA theme inside the movie. I wud say this movie will be a critically acclaimed one. This movie has got 3 stars from Rajeev Masand. Good one. But "Rab ne banadi jodi' also got 3. Now its little fishy ! Isn't it ? !

I feel the movie must have been named "MAA" coz its a Mom-Son story. And I loved it from that perspective only. The one dialogue needed to be looked upon. "There is nothing more hurtful, than hurting a person again & again who did hurt you sometimes back ! ". Auro makes his Mom to forgive his Paa and and.... please watch the movie :)