The dream final is here - India vs Pakistan. The dream will be complete when India wins. The Indians are on a roll but so are the Pakistanis. Both of them have a illustrious list of 'Teams defeated to reach final'. As always, India's batting and Pakistan's bowling are the highlights. This doesn't take anything away from India's current bowling attack or Pakistan's batsman, but its just that we are know for our batting and they for bowling.
So, the peak hour traffic jams will be shifted to 4pm from the usual 7pm. The movie halls, malls and roads will wear a deserted look. And every Indian will be offering prayers to their choicest Gods.
Go India...Chakde India...
Sep 24, 2007
Sep 21, 2007
Sixy Yuvi
Yuvraj Singh extracted sweet revenge for the five sixes with six sixes. Its a nice watch...
Heyy Babyy...huh
I know men too have emotions. You don't have to make an excuse for a movie to prove it. But director Sajid Khan felt otherwise. His only intention, according to me, was to prove just that.
Three men, Aroush (Akshay), Tanmay (Ritesh) and Al (Fardeen) live like there is no tomorrow. But there life takes a u turn when a baby lands at there doorstep. They don't know who the father is and make a list of all women they slept with in the past year. They don't care for the baby and drop the baby at a church. But their conscience pricks and they go back to see that the baby is seriously ill. They rescue the baby from there, a miracle saves the baby and turns the 3 men into dotting fathers. Out goes daaru and in comes doodh. Then when they are really attached to the baby, bang comes baby's mom Esha(Vidya Balan) and takes her away. The 3 men try different antics to get the baby back. And oh ya...Aroush is the actual father of the baby.
The story line seems ok, but the direction isn't. Sajid Khan makes his actors do the same antics that he does on the small screen. The songs are fine and enjoyable.
The best thing about the movie is Ritesh's Marathi. I loved the way he sprinkles Marathi inbetween dialogues.
Not recommended for a second watch.
Three men, Aroush (Akshay), Tanmay (Ritesh) and Al (Fardeen) live like there is no tomorrow. But there life takes a u turn when a baby lands at there doorstep. They don't know who the father is and make a list of all women they slept with in the past year. They don't care for the baby and drop the baby at a church. But their conscience pricks and they go back to see that the baby is seriously ill. They rescue the baby from there, a miracle saves the baby and turns the 3 men into dotting fathers. Out goes daaru and in comes doodh. Then when they are really attached to the baby, bang comes baby's mom Esha(Vidya Balan) and takes her away. The 3 men try different antics to get the baby back. And oh ya...Aroush is the actual father of the baby.
The story line seems ok, but the direction isn't. Sajid Khan makes his actors do the same antics that he does on the small screen. The songs are fine and enjoyable.
The best thing about the movie is Ritesh's Marathi. I loved the way he sprinkles Marathi inbetween dialogues.
Not recommended for a second watch.
Sep 20, 2007
SRK's bod
SRK's newly acquired abs is the talk of the town. Honestly he looks more like a devil than anything great. There are somethings that are better not opened and one of them is SRK's shirt.
IFA Berlin
While flipping channels last night I caught some part of the show Gadget Guru on NDTV. I like this show mainly because it helps me lengthen my wish list. They were showing products from IFA Berlin. Some things that I added from the show to my wish list are the 5.1 ch tall tower speakers, a sleek MP3 player(forgot the brand name), the digital photo frame (loved the concept) and the Mustang with the music system that he showed. Wow!!!!!
Sep 19, 2007
Its been long since I wrote. Lots of things have been happening.
At work, there was appraisals held. There was a minuscule salary revision. Its like management hum pe taras kha raha hai ya phir hum pe ehsan kar rahe hai increment de ke. If you have seen that timesjob ad "Working for peanuts", then you know exactly how I'm feeling. Contemplating on a shift. The only thing thats stopping me is that too many shifts don't look good on a resume. Also MS1 got accepted. Finally!!! Lets see what are the incentives that they'll give us.
At home, the apartment is almost done. We might start the woodwork soon. We are even discussing the grahapravesh date. The options are October 26th or November 15th. I like the 26th. Depends on the carpenter.
At work, there was appraisals held. There was a minuscule salary revision. Its like management hum pe taras kha raha hai ya phir hum pe ehsan kar rahe hai increment de ke. If you have seen that timesjob ad "Working for peanuts", then you know exactly how I'm feeling. Contemplating on a shift. The only thing thats stopping me is that too many shifts don't look good on a resume. Also MS1 got accepted. Finally!!! Lets see what are the incentives that they'll give us.
At home, the apartment is almost done. We might start the woodwork soon. We are even discussing the grahapravesh date. The options are October 26th or November 15th. I like the 26th. Depends on the carpenter.
Aug 22, 2007
Papa Kehte hai
There are many movies which have vanished without a trace in the box office, but there music lingers around. One such movie is Papa Kehte Hai. This Anupam Kher, Mayuri Kango and Jugal Hansraj starter was a much hyped movie with some great music. Music was by Rakesh Roshan and lyrics Javed Akhtar.
The most famous song from the album was Ghar se nikalte he. Nice song but if you have seen the movie you'll realize that there is no connection between the situation and the lyrics of the song. The other song that did well is Pehle pyar ka pehle gum, sung beautifully by Kavitha Krishnamurthy.
There are other nice songs like Mujhse naaraz ho to ho, Ye jo thodese hai paise, Jadoo bhari aakho wali suno and Pyar mein hota hai kya jadoo. Pyar mein is my favourite. You can listen/download the songs here.
The most famous song from the album was Ghar se nikalte he. Nice song but if you have seen the movie you'll realize that there is no connection between the situation and the lyrics of the song. The other song that did well is Pehle pyar ka pehle gum, sung beautifully by Kavitha Krishnamurthy.
There are other nice songs like Mujhse naaraz ho to ho, Ye jo thodese hai paise, Jadoo bhari aakho wali suno and Pyar mein hota hai kya jadoo. Pyar mein is my favourite. You can listen/download the songs here.
Aug 20, 2007
Chake de India
I watched Chake De India last night. And I loved it. Here are some of the reasons why
- Its a sports film where the sport isn't cricket.
- The sport is the forgotten national sport of India - Hockey.
- Shah Rukh Khan is great. He looks smart, subdued, isn't romancing anyone and acts. The only other movie he has acted is Swades.
- The range of emotions - patriotism, sportsmanship, team work and a bit of cricket & male bashing. (Shah Rukh saying, "Hamare hockey mein chake nahi hote hai")
- The hockey looks real. The players aren't some models trying to play hockey. Some are models and some are actual players. It seems they all underwent a 3 month rigorous hockey training before shooting the movie.
- Screenplay & dialogues are great. It not that you are at the edge of your seat but it doesn't bore you in any way.
- Makes you wish you were a sports person. Wish you too could represent your country.
- Pretty realistic.
Aug 9, 2007
Great site
I found this great site BTIS about Bangalore traffic. It gives you live traffic situation in the city. It also gives you directions around the city with the auto fares also. There is also a car pool club.
BTIS is a partnership of Mapunity, Airtel, and Bangalore Traffic Police .
Browse around the site (http://www.btis.in/) and know more.
I've added an widget from the site which gives live traffic situation in Bangalore.
BTIS is a partnership of Mapunity, Airtel, and Bangalore Traffic Police .
Browse around the site (http://www.btis.in/) and know more.
I've added an widget from the site which gives live traffic situation in Bangalore.
Aug 6, 2007
Weather & Savings
The weather is very inviting, so is the hot cup of soup, the warm cozy couch at home, the TV remote and a romantic movie on the TV. But I have to spend my day with a piece of code and a computer, shivering in an AC room. Life!!!
I have been shopping a lot now-a-days. I bought a new mobile - Nokia 5300. After almost a year, I'm using a brand new mobile. Its pretty decent. Has a 1.3 megapixel camera, a music player, radio, and some other stuff. You can read the specifications here. Then I bought a 512MB memory card for it. I bought a pen drive (misplaced my previous one during Women's Conference), a jacket and some clothes. For the house I bought an iron board, a ladder, a clothes dryer and a steam cooker. All this in 2 weeks. All my careful saving of the past few months, disappeared in 2 weeks.
I have been shopping a lot now-a-days. I bought a new mobile - Nokia 5300. After almost a year, I'm using a brand new mobile. Its pretty decent. Has a 1.3 megapixel camera, a music player, radio, and some other stuff. You can read the specifications here. Then I bought a 512MB memory card for it. I bought a pen drive (misplaced my previous one during Women's Conference), a jacket and some clothes. For the house I bought an iron board, a ladder, a clothes dryer and a steam cooker. All this in 2 weeks. All my careful saving of the past few months, disappeared in 2 weeks.
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