After a long time....

... I'm posted in the blog...what can I say..I'm a very lazy person. So much has happened in last 2-3 months. We had Taare Zameen pe...one visionary proved everyone wrong and gave us the People's Car..our very own Lakhtakia and India won at Perth (this I never thought would happen...ever).

So lets start with Taare Zamen Pe...ever since I heard Amir was directing a movie, I expected to be a good one but the movie was simply awesome...the way he handled the story was really amazing and how can I forget the kid...he was absolutely mind blowing in the movie...I hope he gets some awards this year (not Best Child Actor but best Actor awards). I'm sure everyone
must have remembered their school days while watching Ishant telling his friend (after the exam) the exam went....BINDAAAS...well I surely did.

When Ratan Tata annouced the 1 Lk car the first thought that crossed my mind was that it'll be one of those cars with a seating capacity of 2...no leg space...no headspace and certainly no style...but I was proved wrong on all counts. As so many experts have been saying, Nano will change the Indian car market (and the middleclass) the way Maruti 800 did so many years ago...hats off to great businessman.

And now my fav. topic...cricket...still unable to believe that India won at Perth...one of the fastest tracks in the world (not so fast this time but still). A lot can be credited to our Bhajji controversy (which I personally feel should have been avoided...not too many monkeys will be happy being compared to Symonds)...but on serious not one point which I really don't support is the way Indian board handled the umpiring issue. Did they wanted Bucknor to be removed because he gave wrong decisions or because he gave wrong decisions against India. Even in the Perth match standard of umpiring was not all that high but since this time Australia were at the receiving end nobody complained...which I think is wrong. Now me taking Australia's side does not mean that I like them...I still hate those blokes with all my heart...and was jumping like kangaroo when RP took the last wicket in Perth...lets just hope and wish that they repeat the feat in Adelaide again.

Tale of Two Thriller

Last week I saw two movies. Two thrillers to be precise. There was hardly anything common between the 2. The movies I'm talking about are Teesri Manzil (*ing Shammi Kapoor & Asha Parekh) and Johnny Gaddar. Teesri Manzil was a Murder Mystery, with a very good story line and gripping suspense.

What can I say about the songs...mindblowing stuff. It was after a long time I was watching a movie on CD and didn't fast forward the songs. It was a treat to listen to these songs (Originals for a change not some cheap remix)...just look at the line up of songs : Aaja Aaja Main Hoon Pyar Tera, Deewana Mujhsa Nahin, O Haseena, O Mere Sona, Tumne Mujhe Dekha...and cherry on the top is the "dance" of Shammi Kapoor, you never feel for a moment that any of it is choreographed (I don't think it really can be choreographed anyway).

Now if you look at Johnny Gaddar, Its not a Mystery/Suspense movie 'coz we know from the very beginning whats going on and who's the bad guy. But still the way this movie progresses, there is not a single dull moment. There are no songs, but in terms of music it has one of the finest soundtrack come out in recent times. Music has that "retro" touch in it which is very refreshing. Another movie with a so called "retro" soundtrack is Om Shanti Om, but I'll touch that in some other post.

Moving back to our Johnny Gaddar....after his first movie, Ek Hasina Thi, Sriram Raghavan proves again that to make a gripping thriller, Story should be first and foremost priority. He has reinstated my faith in Bollywood movies (which was shaken badly after Aag)...and interestingly he is RVGs find. I think the time has come for the Master to learn something from his student.

RVG's AAG...I got burnt.

Its been more than a month since the movie was release..many of you must be thinking why am I writing about the after all this time. Well to be frank after watching the movie I was speechless...didn't knew what to say. the hangover was still there.

Till now I can not understand how RVG managed to make such a mockery of one the greatest movies of Indian cinema. If you look at his track record, he has made some absolutely Shiva, Raat, Drohi, Rangeela, Kaun, Bhoot. And who can forget he the same director which created a new genre all together with his underworld movies like Satya and Company or even Sarkar.

But interestingly for every Kaun there was a Mast...for every Satya there was a Naach (I know most of you might not have heard of this movie) and for every Sarkar there was a Nishabd or a Darling. And don't get me started on the movies he produced.

Now coming back to Aag, if you try to look and analyze what went wrong, most people will say that since its a remake of SHOLAY the junta didn't accept it, but I beg to differ. The movie was plain simplre high quality crap. Even Don was remade, I didn't like it much as I'm a die hard fan of old AB movie, but still if you look at that movie without considering the old Don, the movie was not at all bad.

I'm sure that Mr. RVG will learn from his mistake and never take the audience for granted...Taking the biggest Bollywood Movie and casting the biggest superstar doesn't make a good movie...it ultimately comes down to how well you can present the story to everyone.

Every director wants his movie to be remembered for eternity...I think RVG managed to do just that...I'll never be able to forget this movie...ever.

Eklavya -The Royal Guard...Cornered.

My first post was about cricket, the second one had to be about movies. There is lot of hue and cry over the selection of Eklavya for India's official Oscar entry. I'm not exactly a fan of this movie but what amuses me are the comments, from people inside the film fraternity, about this movie.
Few days back Farah Khan said that she found Eklavya a boring film and its a bad choice for Oscar entry. I think it had more to do with the rejection of her good friend SRKs Chak De than the selection of Eklavya. Last year when Mr. SRK's paheli was chosen (over Black...special round of applause for the selection committee), I suppose she thought it was a perfect and just choice.
I'm not saying Eklavya is the best choice, there must be quite a few regional movies which were way better than the ones considered, but now that they have chosen a movie people should one stop cribbing and criticizing the decision as it is not going to change anything.
May be this movie will achieve what a Mother India or a Lagan could not...well there is nothing wrong in dreaming...dreams do come true..after all India won the T20 world cup.