Rather vague title... mainly cause I don't know what should I title this... Cause it's a lot about an unexplained phenomenon that's been ragging me for the years past...
I'm sure everyone has, unfortunately, heard of Mika 'Girls are meant to be kissed' Singh. And his only other claim to shame, the song called 'Saavan ma lag gayi aag...'
OK, and any one who heard music in the early 2000's has surely heard the song. It goes something like this...
'Saavan ma lag gayi aag...., dil mera aawwaoooouwwonnnnuuuwwnnnnnn'!!!
WHAT WAS THAT??? The damn line ends with this absolutely un-syllablic wail from the kiss-machine, that cannot be described in even the most phonetic of scripts... And me being a lyrics person, needs to know what the F%&$ that was!!!
Any help??? anyone??? anyone???
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Shootout... what a load of juvenile crap!
Obviously, this is gonna be scathing.
I confess, I don't know what made me do this, but I saw "Shootout at Lokhandwala" on a saturday night. I agree I could've made better use of this rare free saturday evening in Pune.
2 words, the movie 'is shit'.
And now more words to follow.
Purportedly, its based on 'True Rumors', whatever that's supposed to mean???!!! So it starts of as a tale of 5 goons (and trust me, they are nothing more than that, they are NOT Indian robin hoods), and 3 cops out to gun 'em. Simple.
The entire portrayal is atrociuos. ATS head Khan begins by descibing how he recruited the squad. Why? I don't know. Abhishek Bacchan gets killed trying to nab a sikh seperatist terrorist. So the ATS gets created. wow! And then he goes about recruiting down-and-out non-believer cops and other 'rugged' fellas for his baby, the ATS. Am I impressed! Then they go on to tell us about how ruthless and trigger happy the Dolas gang is, and why they should be damn well killed.
Eventually, Amitabh Bacchan (he has to be there in every film nowadays), gets tired (like the audience) of all the inane explanations provided by the cops, and FINALLY asks them to cut the chase and get to the end.
It turns out that the 5 most wanted killers are zeroed in on by the cops. Khan says it was an informer, but other references claim it was the dubai don himself who screwed his lieutenant here by giving the cops his hideout. Like that matter much? So the dumb cops suround the building, and... open fire (based on true rumors, isn't it?). ???????? hello??????
Then an absolute war ensues, and the goons are mercilessly gunned down. Encounter!
What irked me the most was:
1. The fact that Maya Dolas finds it surprising that his boss in dubai screwed him, especially after the fact that he himself went after the Boss' man in mumbai. How dumb can he be?
2. In typical Bollywood style, all the goons call up their near and dear ones from a phone in the house, and confess to their mistakes. In one scene, this goon says, 'Yeh sala mamu lok (cops) humlog ka encounter karne ke liya aayela hai'. Dude, what were you expecting???
That they come there and arrest you? Handcuff you, take you to court, feed you on the taxpayer's money, and then one-day let you out on bail? Atleast, he cant expect that!!! And it's exactly such bullshit movies that glorify and gangster's life and make the police appear like immoral murderers. They show the lamentations of the dead dolas's mother, but not of the family of the builder these rascals killed.
Basically, its an uncooked story, that tastes as bad at the beginning, as in the end. Watchin "... Metro" after this made 'Metro' look like an Oscar winner...
I confess, I don't know what made me do this, but I saw "Shootout at Lokhandwala" on a saturday night. I agree I could've made better use of this rare free saturday evening in Pune.
2 words, the movie 'is shit'.
And now more words to follow.
Purportedly, its based on 'True Rumors', whatever that's supposed to mean???!!! So it starts of as a tale of 5 goons (and trust me, they are nothing more than that, they are NOT Indian robin hoods), and 3 cops out to gun 'em. Simple.
The entire portrayal is atrociuos. ATS head Khan begins by descibing how he recruited the squad. Why? I don't know. Abhishek Bacchan gets killed trying to nab a sikh seperatist terrorist. So the ATS gets created. wow! And then he goes about recruiting down-and-out non-believer cops and other 'rugged' fellas for his baby, the ATS. Am I impressed! Then they go on to tell us about how ruthless and trigger happy the Dolas gang is, and why they should be damn well killed.
Eventually, Amitabh Bacchan (he has to be there in every film nowadays), gets tired (like the audience) of all the inane explanations provided by the cops, and FINALLY asks them to cut the chase and get to the end.
It turns out that the 5 most wanted killers are zeroed in on by the cops. Khan says it was an informer, but other references claim it was the dubai don himself who screwed his lieutenant here by giving the cops his hideout. Like that matter much? So the dumb cops suround the building, and... open fire (based on true rumors, isn't it?). ???????? hello??????
Then an absolute war ensues, and the goons are mercilessly gunned down. Encounter!
What irked me the most was:
1. The fact that Maya Dolas finds it surprising that his boss in dubai screwed him, especially after the fact that he himself went after the Boss' man in mumbai. How dumb can he be?
2. In typical Bollywood style, all the goons call up their near and dear ones from a phone in the house, and confess to their mistakes. In one scene, this goon says, 'Yeh sala mamu lok (cops) humlog ka encounter karne ke liya aayela hai'. Dude, what were you expecting???
That they come there and arrest you? Handcuff you, take you to court, feed you on the taxpayer's money, and then one-day let you out on bail? Atleast, he cant expect that!!! And it's exactly such bullshit movies that glorify and gangster's life and make the police appear like immoral murderers. They show the lamentations of the dead dolas's mother, but not of the family of the builder these rascals killed.
Basically, its an uncooked story, that tastes as bad at the beginning, as in the end. Watchin "... Metro" after this made 'Metro' look like an Oscar winner...
Friday, June 15, 2007
Growing up, and getting ready...
I am writing this, partly as a reply to the question posed by the 'Enigmatic Illusion' recently... Girl, it's NOT just you!!!
Its always all about growing up, now, isn't it? I mean right from our childhood, we are coached for this one thing, 'apne pairon pe khada hona'. For girls (more often than not) this turns out to mean to be able to cook the proverbial 'aloo gobi' and gear up for married life. For guys, mostly it means to be able to earn and support a family.
I have grown up, in my twenties now. But is that enough? I'm not sure if I am READY yet, for all that adult life has to throw at me. And there are many who are all set and ready, and that really baffles me to say the least. Just makes me feel that somewhere down the evolutionary race, I got left behind. There's an incident to illustrate this.
Two weekends back, I met P and B, two of my junior college friends. We were all very close and great friends then. But somewhere down the line, we had lost touch. So naturally, it was GREAT to meet up again. P was to leave for a job abroad (he's got a great posting in HK). And I learnt from him that B was gonna get married!!! To top it all, another friend R, was already married!!! I was silent for exactly 15 secs when he told me this on the phone. I was like, gosh, they are my age, how can they be marrying!!!
And so the three of us met. And when B actually told me about it, all I could manage to say was a perfunctory 'Congratulations'! I mean I was in shock. I did not even ask her her would-be's name and what he does (I'm sure she must be thinking what was wrong with me)!
Its just that I was so overwhelmed by it all. I mean, I guess this is the age when girls get married. But.... I mean, everyone around me is moving on, getting married, working, getting jobs and leaving their homes... And they do it with such confidence and elan, it just makes me feel I don't belong here. Ok, I too have moved out, work, earn a living, make my own decisions, but marriage??? and settling down???. It just seems like... like... I'm not 'ready' yet...
Its always all about growing up, now, isn't it? I mean right from our childhood, we are coached for this one thing, 'apne pairon pe khada hona'. For girls (more often than not) this turns out to mean to be able to cook the proverbial 'aloo gobi' and gear up for married life. For guys, mostly it means to be able to earn and support a family.
I have grown up, in my twenties now. But is that enough? I'm not sure if I am READY yet, for all that adult life has to throw at me. And there are many who are all set and ready, and that really baffles me to say the least. Just makes me feel that somewhere down the evolutionary race, I got left behind. There's an incident to illustrate this.
Two weekends back, I met P and B, two of my junior college friends. We were all very close and great friends then. But somewhere down the line, we had lost touch. So naturally, it was GREAT to meet up again. P was to leave for a job abroad (he's got a great posting in HK). And I learnt from him that B was gonna get married!!! To top it all, another friend R, was already married!!! I was silent for exactly 15 secs when he told me this on the phone. I was like, gosh, they are my age, how can they be marrying!!!
And so the three of us met. And when B actually told me about it, all I could manage to say was a perfunctory 'Congratulations'! I mean I was in shock. I did not even ask her her would-be's name and what he does (I'm sure she must be thinking what was wrong with me)!
Its just that I was so overwhelmed by it all. I mean, I guess this is the age when girls get married. But.... I mean, everyone around me is moving on, getting married, working, getting jobs and leaving their homes... And they do it with such confidence and elan, it just makes me feel I don't belong here. Ok, I too have moved out, work, earn a living, make my own decisions, but marriage??? and settling down???. It just seems like... like... I'm not 'ready' yet...
Tell me... is this love?
Usually, I have a lot to say about everything under the sun. But 'LOVE' is one subject I really can't talk much about. For the simple fact that I have realised I don't know, or rather don;t understand it yet...
The most cliched 'definition' is probably 'friendship'. You know, the filmy, mushy, 'kuch kuch hota hai' type, "Pyaar, dosti hai!". I think thats B$%#S&*T.
I heard an alternate explanation for this... Love is... "Friendship, on fire!". That explains all the lust and passion people feel when in love. But that still doesn't explain it all to me. What happens when all that lust/passion/frenzy is over, and all people have is just each other, plain and simple? Say, like when you are 65 or so... Frankly, I don't know the answer...
I heard another explanation... albeit picked from a film, it's not exactly filmy... trust me...
This is an excerpt from the Bollywood flick "Bluffmaster". (Caution: the first part of this dialogue is blatantly ripped from Ocean's 11). Nevertheless, it goes like this. Abhiskek Bacchan's character Roy, is meeting Priyanka Chopra's character Simmy at a store. Simmy has dumped Roy because he is a conman. Now Simmy is with another guy, and Roy, witty as usual, is trying to convince her to get back with him because he has changed.
Simmy: "Ab main (the guy's name) ke saath hoon"
(I'm with (the guy's name) now)
Roy: "Kya woh tumhe hasata hai?"
(Does he make you laugh?)
Simmy: "Woh mujhe rulata nahi hai"
(At least he doesn't make me cry)
This part was picked right from Ocean's 11. That put me off... But the next line, was a killer...
Roy: "Woh tumhe hasa nahi sakta, AUR tumhe rula nahi sakta, matlab tumhe usse pyaar nahi hua"!!!
(He can't make you laugh, AND, he can't make you cry, that means you don't love him yet)
HMMM..........
The most cliched 'definition' is probably 'friendship'. You know, the filmy, mushy, 'kuch kuch hota hai' type, "Pyaar, dosti hai!". I think thats B$%#S&*T.
I heard an alternate explanation for this... Love is... "Friendship, on fire!". That explains all the lust and passion people feel when in love. But that still doesn't explain it all to me. What happens when all that lust/passion/frenzy is over, and all people have is just each other, plain and simple? Say, like when you are 65 or so... Frankly, I don't know the answer...
I heard another explanation... albeit picked from a film, it's not exactly filmy... trust me...
This is an excerpt from the Bollywood flick "Bluffmaster". (Caution: the first part of this dialogue is blatantly ripped from Ocean's 11). Nevertheless, it goes like this. Abhiskek Bacchan's character Roy, is meeting Priyanka Chopra's character Simmy at a store. Simmy has dumped Roy because he is a conman. Now Simmy is with another guy, and Roy, witty as usual, is trying to convince her to get back with him because he has changed.
Simmy: "Ab main (the guy's name) ke saath hoon"
(I'm with (the guy's name) now)
Roy: "Kya woh tumhe hasata hai?"
(Does he make you laugh?)
Simmy: "Woh mujhe rulata nahi hai"
(At least he doesn't make me cry)
This part was picked right from Ocean's 11. That put me off... But the next line, was a killer...
Roy: "Woh tumhe hasa nahi sakta, AUR tumhe rula nahi sakta, matlab tumhe usse pyaar nahi hua"!!!
(He can't make you laugh, AND, he can't make you cry, that means you don't love him yet)
HMMM..........
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
It happens only in India - part 3
With reference to the below post...
And we educated (some being electrical & electronics engineers) individuals, actually allow that to happen in out own homes, without blinking an eyelid!!!
And we educated (some being electrical & electronics engineers) individuals, actually allow that to happen in out own homes, without blinking an eyelid!!!
It happens only in India - part 2
Ever called a carpenter over for getting a hole drilled in the wall??? Or, when your home is being renovated, ever noticed the carpenter use the electric drill to drill a hole in the wall or some woodwork???
There is something really peculiar about that. Right from school, to college (engineering even, since I did it in electronics), I was told time and again that any electric applicant MUST have a plug at its end. Never leave the 2 wires open. But carpenters here never, and as a rule NEVER, have even a 2-pin plug at the end of their electric drills!!! They always end up jacking the 2 wires into the mains socket, and hold that in place typically with a 'maachis ki teeli' (a matchstick).
There is something really peculiar about that. Right from school, to college (engineering even, since I did it in electronics), I was told time and again that any electric applicant MUST have a plug at its end. Never leave the 2 wires open. But carpenters here never, and as a rule NEVER, have even a 2-pin plug at the end of their electric drills!!! They always end up jacking the 2 wires into the mains socket, and hold that in place typically with a 'maachis ki teeli' (a matchstick).
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