Here are my reviews for the three movies I watched this week:
Chak De India: Let's start with the latest one. Chak de - simply all-round winner. No romatic scenes, no love songs, no skin shows and no mummy-beta sentiments. But chak de will get you excited more than any other movie. Should I say, after lagaan, this is the most successful movie made in bollywood based on sport? The thing is for chak de everything fits in fittingly well. The true actor in SRK who comes out occassionally in movies like swades, devdas was in full flow in this one. He was simply tremendous and the fact that he made people think therez lot more in movie other than SRK shows out how good he had been in the movie. He never took the centerstage and let the story talk for itself.
The other fact that's heartening is that unlike lagaan in which the sport was cricket, undoubtedly the most popular in our country hands down, the sport in chak de is hockey, which seriously needs some redemption to survive let alone reach glory. By far, one of the best movies bollywood has ever produced, chak de will just glue you to your seats for 2 hours. Hats off to Shimit Aman and Jaideep Sahni for such an excellent movie. And the background score simply elevates the grandness of movie.
Finally, if I were to rate chak de on a scale on 10, I would give it 20. Yes. It's wonderful. It's marvellous. It's Chak de India.
Pyaar ke side effects: A comeddy film with a sensible and emotional touch. A real near-life portrayal of urban relations, PKSE brings out the best in Rahul Bose and something good out of Mallika Sherawat. It's all about love, marriage and commitment. And it's fun all the way. The only problem with the movie is it suddenly jumps towards a serious note occassionally. It vacillates between fun and serious drama, but finally you will enjoy the movie. Worth sitting 2 hours, though not much of a should-not-miss movie. A light-hearted one.
Just sit back and enjoy.
The last legion: The lesser you talk about this, the better. I started this movie and after 15 minutes, I continued watching it waiting for the end. Disaster from start to the end. It's about the sword of king Arthur - I mean how can someone mess us such a heavily exciting mythological concept. The first step towards the movie being a flop was Aishwarya Rai. Let's talk about her a bit here. She simply gives those oh-i-am-so-innocent and oh-i-love-you-truly looks which irritate me a lot. What we expext is some action and she turns her role into a warrior girl who falls in love (well, that might be the script but she could have surely done lots better). She ought to know that hollywood is different from bollywood and it takes more than beauty and exposing to be noticed in hollywood. Even the other actors' performaces were not upto mark and the film turns out to be a boring and unattractive attempt. On the whole, I would give it a 3/10.
On the whole, the week was a mixture of movies ranging from the best to the worst.
Friday, August 31, 2007
Saturday, August 25, 2007
One fine morning....
It was Monday morning, the most damned for a kgpian. After all u enjoy ur weekend ( in my case Friday also comes under weekend as I have no classes that day) and then suddenly you have to rush to 7 30 class on Monday morning. I slept at 3 in the morning, with an alarm set to go at 7 and also two of my wingies meant to wake me up for the class [:D].
Now, I don't even remember my alarm ringing and me switching it off, but this wingie of mine wakes me up at 7 20 !! I wake up to find it raining heavily. Suddenly, I remember that I don't have an umbrella and my cycle was punctured the day before for parking in no-parking zone [:P]. Well, heavy rain, no umbrella and cycle - what more omens can destiny provide me as a warning not to attend the class. But then, I chose against it, move my ass out of the bed and get ready for class. It's already 7 45. I beg an umbrella from another wingie and leave for the class. And yeah, I didn't miss the breakfast in mess.
So, I started my long walk to the department at 8'o clock for a 7 30 class !! I walked for 5 minutes and have reached the half-way mark when all of a sudden, the umbrella shattered and I am completely drenched. But the worst was yet to come. I still kept walking and am just 2 minutes away from the department when my slippers suddenly tore apart [:(]. I was all confused and didn't know what to do. I couldn't even move with my slippers on and for obvious reasons, I couldn't walk with them off. So, I immediately got onto a rickshaw and returned back to my hostel. CLASS BUNKED. When I think of it now, I still don't understand why I have never even thought of going to the department in the same rickshaw. Completely messed up !!
P.S: The irony of life: After all this hassle, I return back to my room and just then I receive a text message on my mobile from a friend wishing good morning and saying "Have a great day ahead"
Now, I don't even remember my alarm ringing and me switching it off, but this wingie of mine wakes me up at 7 20 !! I wake up to find it raining heavily. Suddenly, I remember that I don't have an umbrella and my cycle was punctured the day before for parking in no-parking zone [:P]. Well, heavy rain, no umbrella and cycle - what more omens can destiny provide me as a warning not to attend the class. But then, I chose against it, move my ass out of the bed and get ready for class. It's already 7 45. I beg an umbrella from another wingie and leave for the class. And yeah, I didn't miss the breakfast in mess.
So, I started my long walk to the department at 8'o clock for a 7 30 class !! I walked for 5 minutes and have reached the half-way mark when all of a sudden, the umbrella shattered and I am completely drenched. But the worst was yet to come. I still kept walking and am just 2 minutes away from the department when my slippers suddenly tore apart [:(]. I was all confused and didn't know what to do. I couldn't even move with my slippers on and for obvious reasons, I couldn't walk with them off. So, I immediately got onto a rickshaw and returned back to my hostel. CLASS BUNKED. When I think of it now, I still don't understand why I have never even thought of going to the department in the same rickshaw. Completely messed up !!
P.S: The irony of life: After all this hassle, I return back to my room and just then I receive a text message on my mobile from a friend wishing good morning and saying "Have a great day ahead"
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
A tribute to good-goody boy of Indian cricket
He isn't the prettiest batsman in the town, he has never been one whom the team can look upon for rescue act with the bat, he isn't prolific and free-flowing, he has never tamed any opposition's bowling, but there can be very few centuries more popular than his. It took 17 years and 118 test matches for Kumble to reach the promised land. But when he did it, he did it in style.
He has always been a gritty fighter, the fiercest of competitors no matter how unfavorable the conditions were. Kumble has been the quintessential team man, the architect of far more Indian victories than the glory boys in the middle order. It's a known fact that he has won more matches for India than any of the batting stalwarts in the team. Though, often, his efforts have gone unnoticed among the highly famed Indian batting performances. But he never let that fact affect him and has always been a team man giving his full fight everytime he stepped into the ground. Kumble's prodigious capacity to bear pain was proved in Antigua in 2002 when he bandaged his fractured jaw to deliver a stirring spell for team's interests.
Never termed a classical leg-spinner (primarily because he is not a huge turner of the ball) in the real sense of the word, Anil has proved in his 15 long years in international cricket, that his style was equally effective. With a clever mix of top-spinners, googlies, leg-breaks, flight and a variation of pace, he has outwitted many a batsman.
He had many records to his name: most wickets for an Indian in test cricket, in one day cricket, one of the only two bowlers to take all ten wickets in a test match and now he has one more to add - his maiden test hundred which had been so long in coming.
And that's just like another pearl in Jumbo's crown.
He has always been a gritty fighter, the fiercest of competitors no matter how unfavorable the conditions were. Kumble has been the quintessential team man, the architect of far more Indian victories than the glory boys in the middle order. It's a known fact that he has won more matches for India than any of the batting stalwarts in the team. Though, often, his efforts have gone unnoticed among the highly famed Indian batting performances. But he never let that fact affect him and has always been a team man giving his full fight everytime he stepped into the ground. Kumble's prodigious capacity to bear pain was proved in Antigua in 2002 when he bandaged his fractured jaw to deliver a stirring spell for team's interests.
Never termed a classical leg-spinner (primarily because he is not a huge turner of the ball) in the real sense of the word, Anil has proved in his 15 long years in international cricket, that his style was equally effective. With a clever mix of top-spinners, googlies, leg-breaks, flight and a variation of pace, he has outwitted many a batsman.
He had many records to his name: most wickets for an Indian in test cricket, in one day cricket, one of the only two bowlers to take all ten wickets in a test match and now he has one more to add - his maiden test hundred which had been so long in coming.
And that's just like another pearl in Jumbo's crown.
Back to blogging... again
Well, after a gap of nearly 10 months, here I am, wanting to blog again. May be because I have more free time now(?) or may be that I am making up for all the free time I have. Well, whatever may be the reason, I desperately want to blog again and hope this time it continues without break.
Final year : a time when you want to break the rules badly, when you feel mess is no more even worth of stepping in, when you feel you own the world... well, atleast that's how I am feeling these days :)
Uncertain whether I will atleast land up into a job or not (ghaasi, that I am), I had to search for other options. With the effort for FT going into vain, it seems only one option is left. CAT. And knowing the fact that only hardwork wins , I still tend to waste time on games and crap. But then, I hope this blog will help me start from scratch again.
Because winning is all about never quitting.
Final year : a time when you want to break the rules badly, when you feel mess is no more even worth of stepping in, when you feel you own the world... well, atleast that's how I am feeling these days :)
Uncertain whether I will atleast land up into a job or not (ghaasi, that I am), I had to search for other options. With the effort for FT going into vain, it seems only one option is left. CAT. And knowing the fact that only hardwork wins , I still tend to waste time on games and crap. But then, I hope this blog will help me start from scratch again.
Because winning is all about never quitting.
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