Yesterday like AS, I happend to watch 'Wake Up Sid' and must tell you...I enjoyed every bit of the film.
Firstly, I must admit that I wanted to watch this film only because the title has my brother's name and I wanted to know if my brother is as lazy as Sid Mehra played by Ranbir Kapoor in the film. But then I realized that Sid Mehra was more like me and not like my bhai.
Sorry I drifted from the topic. I was supposed to write my amateur review of the film. Ok so the film is about this boy Siddharth Mehra (amir baap kaa ek akela beta) who is terribly lazy, irresponsible and has no ambition in life...ekdum mere jaise. Siddharth Mehra's life revolves around his friends, his videogames, parties and his passion for capturing everything in his camera. On his college farewell party, he happens to meet Aisha Banerjee played by my current fav actress Konkana Sen Sharma. Aisha is basically from Kolkata and comes to Bombay eeks sorry Mumbai to become a writer. She is ambitious, independent and a mature girl. Sid happens to be her first friend in Mumbai. He helps her out in finding a rented flat in mumbai, helps her in setting up the house and also celebrates her birthday. Meanwhile, a series of events compel Sid to leave the conmforts of his house and moves in to Aisha's home. Initially, he continues to be the same, lazy Sid. But with a cleanliness freak partner like Aisha, nobody can remain that way for a long time. He changes for the better. He gets an internship job in 'Mumbai beats' a magazine for which Aisha works (her boss played by Rahul Khanna was way too good, how I wish I had a good-looking boss like him). The climax was way too predictable, but was still good.
The transition in Sid from being an irresponsible, immature boy to a mature, responsible man has been beautifully captured by Ayan Mukherjee (the director). Even the songs were youthful and fresh. Infact, the song 'Iktara' was so soulful kii kya bolun...I have become a fan of Amit Trivedi (the music composer of that song). Finally the performances were also excellent. Right from Sid, Aisha, their friends and even chotu, all were brilliant.
My fav scene? It has to be the first scene in which Sid is preparing for his final exams. He is studying accountancy, he reads the question, prods on it for 5 whole minutes and tadaaaaaa he is back to what he is best at doing...TIME PASS. Maine kahan naa he is just like me.
P.S: Karan Johar, thanks for producing this film. I am glad that you have come out of the family drama syndrome and I hope you will make or produce more such films. I heard Kurbani and My name is Khan is going to be good...so I will wait for it.
P.P.S: To all the political parties...the pronunciation of the city's name will not take away the basic spirit and vibrancy of the city which it is famously known for...so why worry if it is prounounced as 'Mumbai' or 'Bombay'. Please there are more problems to tackle, aap wahaan dhyaan do.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Happy b'day doordarshan...
Year 1989: It was a sunday. 4 year old gaya3 sat on her granny's lap and watched Arjun fighting with Kauravas. The opening score was her all-time favorite. She could not sing it properly, she made mistakes in pronouncing the sanskrit words, but she loved it anyways.
Year 1990: It was a sunday. 5 year old gaya3 did not know what malaa dee ad was all about. She innocently sang the mala dee garb nirodak golis jingle when a guest asked her to narrate a poem. Her embarassed parents took her to bedroom and told her to narrate baba black sheep the next time someone asks her to narrate a POEM.
Year 1992: It was a sunday. 7 year old gaya3 cried and threw her compass box at her brother because she was forced to go for Balvikas (a moral science class meant for kids) when Potli baba kii kahani and Jungle Book was aired. She loved watching Jungle book, but her parents wanted her to become a good human being and not a female Mowgli.
Year 1993: It was a sunday. 8 year old gaya3 was super excited because her bhai had tuned DD Metro in their TV set, DD metro was more fascinating and more entertaining than DD1. She started watching Junoon without fail every week.
Year 1995: It was a sunday. 10 year old gaya3 was surprised to see more channels being tuned in her TV set. She stared hard at the TV set when her bhai watched MTV. It was nothing like chayageet or chitrahaar that she used to watch every sunday. It had more of international songs and was more 'yo' than DD. She liked it. But she was still faithful to DD Metro.
Year 2000: As time passed, 15 year old gaya3 started loosing interest in watching DoorDarshan. She found it dull, boring and preferred watching world cup matches in Star Sports than watching them on DD. She was hooked to Cable TV.
Year 2008: Gaya3 now a 23 year old girl suddenly realized that the content of the programs aired on the various channels were almost similar. Every serial or a show was a xerox of another show or serial. She realized that entertainment is now pure thrash and that people have been fooled into watching this thrash. The mahabharat that was aired in 1980's appealed to her more than the mahabharat aired in 2008. The Jaspal Bhatti comedy 'Flop Show' made her laugh more than The Great Indian Comedy Show. A dull and drab presentation of authentic news made more sense to her than the stupid anchors shrieking at the top of their voice in every news channel without any rhyme or reason. She missed the purity and innocence of Doordarshan. But then the cable TV had made her a slave and she never switched on to Doordarshan though she was tempted to do so.
Year 2009: This week, Doordarshan celebrated it's 50th year. Gaya3 has vowed to watch Doordarshan for a whole week starting from tomorrow just to see if Doordarshan has changed it's content/format in order to keep pace with the changing tastes of the audience.
P.S: Belated Happy b'day Doordarshan. I am your fan too though not a loyal one. I know that you have a great fan following in remote areas of the country and am proud of your existence.
Note: I know most of you might have watched Doordarshan as a kid and might be having some fond memories. I do not know if I am successful in reviving those memories, but these videos surely revived the old memories of my childhood. Hope it brings a smile on your face too. Enjoy!
This is a compilation of some of the famous ads that were aired during the 80's and the early 90's
And finally this is my favorite...infact it's the current ringtone of my cell phone :)
Year 1990: It was a sunday. 5 year old gaya3 did not know what malaa dee ad was all about. She innocently sang the mala dee garb nirodak golis jingle when a guest asked her to narrate a poem. Her embarassed parents took her to bedroom and told her to narrate baba black sheep the next time someone asks her to narrate a POEM.
Year 1992: It was a sunday. 7 year old gaya3 cried and threw her compass box at her brother because she was forced to go for Balvikas (a moral science class meant for kids) when Potli baba kii kahani and Jungle Book was aired. She loved watching Jungle book, but her parents wanted her to become a good human being and not a female Mowgli.
Year 1993: It was a sunday. 8 year old gaya3 was super excited because her bhai had tuned DD Metro in their TV set, DD metro was more fascinating and more entertaining than DD1. She started watching Junoon without fail every week.
Year 1995: It was a sunday. 10 year old gaya3 was surprised to see more channels being tuned in her TV set. She stared hard at the TV set when her bhai watched MTV. It was nothing like chayageet or chitrahaar that she used to watch every sunday. It had more of international songs and was more 'yo' than DD. She liked it. But she was still faithful to DD Metro.
Year 2000: As time passed, 15 year old gaya3 started loosing interest in watching DoorDarshan. She found it dull, boring and preferred watching world cup matches in Star Sports than watching them on DD. She was hooked to Cable TV.
Year 2008: Gaya3 now a 23 year old girl suddenly realized that the content of the programs aired on the various channels were almost similar. Every serial or a show was a xerox of another show or serial. She realized that entertainment is now pure thrash and that people have been fooled into watching this thrash. The mahabharat that was aired in 1980's appealed to her more than the mahabharat aired in 2008. The Jaspal Bhatti comedy 'Flop Show' made her laugh more than The Great Indian Comedy Show. A dull and drab presentation of authentic news made more sense to her than the stupid anchors shrieking at the top of their voice in every news channel without any rhyme or reason. She missed the purity and innocence of Doordarshan. But then the cable TV had made her a slave and she never switched on to Doordarshan though she was tempted to do so.
Year 2009: This week, Doordarshan celebrated it's 50th year. Gaya3 has vowed to watch Doordarshan for a whole week starting from tomorrow just to see if Doordarshan has changed it's content/format in order to keep pace with the changing tastes of the audience.
P.S: Belated Happy b'day Doordarshan. I am your fan too though not a loyal one. I know that you have a great fan following in remote areas of the country and am proud of your existence.
Note: I know most of you might have watched Doordarshan as a kid and might be having some fond memories. I do not know if I am successful in reviving those memories, but these videos surely revived the old memories of my childhood. Hope it brings a smile on your face too. Enjoy!
This is a compilation of some of the famous ads that were aired during the 80's and the early 90's
And finally this is my favorite...infact it's the current ringtone of my cell phone :)
I am Humane
I got this award from Insignia.
Thanks insignia for this award...I wanted to give an acceptance speech but with writer's block, I am also suffering from advanced stage of bol bachan block...so I will reserve that acceptance speech for some other similar moments.
Thanks insignia for this award...I wanted to give an acceptance speech but with writer's block, I am also suffering from advanced stage of bol bachan block...so I will reserve that acceptance speech for some other similar moments.
Thanks everyone...will be updating my blog in few hours....
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Phir wohi......
To all the pankhas and AC of my popular (don't laugh) blog,
Here is an advice from me (actually copied from shanu), if you are suffering from writer's block, if you don't know what crap to write and if you do not wish to be forgotten by your blog friends, then ensure that all the kind souls exisiting in the blogosphere tag you. Last week rammy and insignia had tagged me. This week it is Shanu who has tagged me. Thanks dost! Aakhir ek writer's block kii patient hee dusre writer's blockwali patient kaa dard samajh sakti hain. So here's Gaya3 writing from the airconditioned prison about her dastaan:
1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn on page 18 and find line 4 –It is my office diary and page 18 is blank sorry :(
2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can & catch air? – My colleague's bald head actually :P
4. Without looking, guess what time it is? – 12.40 PM
5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time? – 12.45 PM
6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?- One colleague bitching about another...hehehe
7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing? – At 10.30 AM, I boarded a relatively khali train today
8. Before you started this Q&As, what did you look at?- My mailbox to check if I have any work to finish...nah! today is relaxing day for me...yayyyyyyyy!
9. What are you wearing?- Kapda boss. To be precise Yellow shirt and Orange trouser ekdum govinda types :P
12. Seen anything weird lately? – Yeah, a blind beggar who could see once he got off the train
17. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?- I would eradicate illiteracy
I tag: Sam, AS, insignia and Rammy(sorry doston...yeh dastaan chalta rahega)
P.S: I hope I write (crib actually) about something else the next time.
Here is an advice from me (actually copied from shanu), if you are suffering from writer's block, if you don't know what crap to write and if you do not wish to be forgotten by your blog friends, then ensure that all the kind souls exisiting in the blogosphere tag you. Last week rammy and insignia had tagged me. This week it is Shanu who has tagged me. Thanks dost! Aakhir ek writer's block kii patient hee dusre writer's blockwali patient kaa dard samajh sakti hain. So here's Gaya3 writing from the airconditioned prison about her dastaan:
1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn on page 18 and find line 4 –It is my office diary and page 18 is blank sorry :(
2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can & catch air? – My colleague's bald head actually :P
4. Without looking, guess what time it is? – 12.40 PM
5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time? – 12.45 PM
6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?- One colleague bitching about another...hehehe
7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing? – At 10.30 AM, I boarded a relatively khali train today
8. Before you started this Q&As, what did you look at?- My mailbox to check if I have any work to finish...nah! today is relaxing day for me...yayyyyyyyy!
9. What are you wearing?- Kapda boss. To be precise Yellow shirt and Orange trouser ekdum govinda types :P
12. Seen anything weird lately? – Yeah, a blind beggar who could see once he got off the train
17. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?- I would eradicate illiteracy
I tag: Sam, AS, insignia and Rammy(sorry doston...yeh dastaan chalta rahega)
P.S: I hope I write (crib actually) about something else the next time.
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