India Falling

The skies suddenly cleared. It seemed like they opened their eyes after a nightmare.Or that is what I had hoped for.
The phone and internet as usual got disconnected following the rains.Being glued to the television for hours witnessing the horrific events unfold in Mumbai, obviously made my problems feel less than trivial.I know that, me writing about it, will not bring back to life the innocent people who lost their lives, nor will I ever be able to comprehend of what people went through.Yet another reaction, from another faceless person.What disturbs me the most is that how can man kill man? Simply.Simply, for no reason at all.At a time, when we as a country need to stand up to this act of terror, we (or rather the people whom we believed were capable of doing something for this country) are busy playing blame games.
From now on, every minute spent outside, will have to be with fear, as to what lurks in some corner waiting to blow your life apart.The day isn't far-off, when human lives would just be mere numbers.....

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The other side....

Its just been a week since the exams got over, but it seems like its been ages and I already feel so bored, with nothing really to do, but I don't want complain.....Its ok to do nothing....Its fine, completely fine.......
Hopefully my life takes a complete 360 degree turn,next month...and that too for the good. I'll be interning at god-knows-some architect's firm for the next 4-5 months.I just don't want him to make my life hell, maybe I'll make his one!!!!!

My craziness for Konkona Sensharma keeps going up everyday. Its been said many times, but she is such a natural performer.Make her a dead body in a movie, and you can be sure that she'll infuse some life even into it.I totally loved her in metro.Saw it twice...Speaking of metro, I really think its one of the better films of the year. After the disappointing Salaam-e-ishq{where Nikhil advani completly lost track of all his stories, had some horrible editing problems} which had 6 love stories running parallely, director Anurag Basu gets it almost right in Metro. There are some loopholes, but the narrative is really crisp.It has some good performances as well, especially sharman Joshi, shilpa shetty, Irfan Khan and of course Konkona. The movie is worth a watch.
Oh....I'm in the fourth year now.....so just two more years for me to get out of this zoo of a college!!!!Our department has like the biggest namoonas on earth!! I just hope time flies by.....all this would just be like a bad dream, actually its a nightmare, and I would never remember it!!!!!...But thank god, that I have some really good friends,that college life seems that it is indeed not that bad, as I think it is. So thank you- ahaladini, anoodha,nanditha, poornima and sandhya......
And last semster has been really bad. The exams din't go well at all, I just want to PASS!!!! My design crit was so horrible, that I was almost on the verge of failing, and with a teacher, whose answer for a question as simple as" sir, do you think I've done badly?"would just be an "I don't Know, Maybe you've flunked", life just couldn't get any better.
I got to see some really good movies in the past two months. Cinema paradiso will make you fall in love with it, its a classic and makes you feel good by the end of it. Same with Amores perros and Volver. Mani Rathnam was cleary influenced by Alajandro Gonzalez Innaritu's Amores perros while making 'Yuva', though the stories are completely different, but the basic plot remains the same....an accident...and the lives of the people involved in it...before and after. Volver is this complete folk tale kind of a story, was such fun to watch. Its has an all women cast, with men as just mere sex objects. Two other movies I really loved watching- Alfred Hithcock's rear window and Steven Spielberg's Schindler's list----AMAZING!!!!
There were some disappointing one's as well, Especially Richard Linklater's Fast Food Nation, which is about, what happens when a fastfood organization finds out that the pattie in the burger they serve, actually has shit in it. It could have been so much better, but too many sub-plots,just kill the movie. Same with Running with scissors. This movie just doesn't know whether it supposed to be funny or serious, its just too weird, with too many disturbed characters in it!!!....I don't know whether I liked this movie or not- brokeback mountain.The way the movie is shot, completely blows you away. Every frame looks like a postcard picture. Its shot beautifully!!

life's always been unfair....but who cares..........!!!!

life is so disappointing.........

marriages are full of surprises.......

Honeymoon travels pvt.ltd. isn't the usual kind of cinema bollywood keeps churning out. Debutant director, Reema Kagti, tries out something new, not moving away from the bollywood movie format, and is quite impressive. But don't expect any masterpiece,its a movie which will make you feel nice at the end of it.
So, there are six couples going on a packaged honeymoon to goa, which spans 4 days.It gives us an insight of how the lives of these 12 people unfold during their honeymoon,the revelations they face, and how at the end of it, they come out as changed individuals.
Where the movie gets full marks, is in the characterisation. They seem like real people, nothing overly dramatic.The way the movie is narrated is quite novel, with a radioshow unfolding flashbacks of each of these characters.And all these flashbacks are shot in black and white, each of them supported with a number from an old hindi movie.But, some parts the director really had no idea of what to do, especially the Sandhya Mridul-Vikram Chatwal story, she really loses it. The movie has some really good dialogues by Anurag Kashyap.
Kay Kay Menon and Raima sen are superb.I din't expect Raima to be so good-- the part where she goes para gliding in a saree, and another one, where she beats up some goons, are extremely hilarious !!!Ranvir Shorey and Dia Mirza are also good, but sadly their parts are so small,especially Ranvir Shorey,who's really got into the skin of his character, is not in the movie after the first 20 mins.Its sad, that Dia Mirza, always ends up getting teeny-meeny roles in movies. Boman Irani and Shabana Azmi, are just such naturals, they play their parts really well. So is Sandhya Mridul, she too plays her part well.But its not the same,with Vikram Chatwal.Minnisha Lamba and Abhay Deol are also really impressive as the always happy-we-don't -fight couple--Their's is the part where the director takes full cinematic liberty,and its quite enjoyable.Amisha patel(pinky, literally) and Karan khanna are ok.
The movie has three songs, and all of them sound really good, especially Halke Halke and Sajnaji Vari vari. Pyar ki yeh...Is extremely well shot, with Abhay and Minnisha doing the Tango amazingly!! With a running time of 2 hours,the movie is Worth watching....

times of insignificance......

I really do not know what to write about....just have some random thoughts, which, if put down..would surely not make a good read....and the past few weeks have been really boring..nothing really significant's happened ..life's become so mundane....
which means that I talk about my favourite subject>>>>>movies....
let's see...I finally got to see babel....have been waiting to watch from the time it premiered at the cannes film festival...- really love the way the movie is shot..has a very raw feel to it...And even the way, the 4 stories are connected is really good....The story starring Adriana barraza(who's got a best supporting actress nomination for the oscars), Gael Garcia Bernal is the best of the four stories--brilliant execution and excellent performances.This movie is totally worth a watch.
Little children--Another really good movie, -- because of the way the movie ends....and also because of the way its narrated.When you watch it, you'll think its one of those movies, which'll take the cliched path, but it completely surprises you in the end.Kate winslet(who's been nominated for the best actress for the oscars) turns in a really good performance.So does,Jackie Earle Haley(nom.for best supporting actor).The movie at once seems funny..sometimes serious..sometimes stupid...sometimes quirky....a thought provoking film.
Junebug --I liked this one too,because its movie about people, just the way they really are, no strings attached,Something like how sideways was.Amy Adams, who plays this I'm-always- happy character, gives a really good perfromance, especially her breakdown scene towards the end..she's amazing.
I think all the three movies are worth a watch, so catch them if u can....