Ghajini - Review

well its too late for the review of the movie but still i have to do it since i went to my home town and was unable to post the review. well the movie is fantastic as was predicted and is doing good business and is also breaking records for business.

The movie is not ditto copied but the concept is taken from memento- err atleast bollywood people have done something this time.

It’s been years since I saw a Hindi film that had so few dialogues for the leading man. Quite unlikely for a masala movie about romance and revenge! Stoically, Aamir Khan walks and rips through the film with the charm of a Casanova and the beastliness of a vengeful man, and delivers a performance that will be remembered even though the movie itself may be forgotten after a few months. 

Director A.R. Murugadoss tells a long story at a brisk pace and shows no frugality in depicting violence in all its goriness. It is blood curdling stuff gruesomely glorified. Stuff that gives you the heebie-jeebies! It’s mostly hand-to-hand combat with frequent use of iron rods that serve the sole purpose as skull-crushers. Repulsive!

But if you have stomach for such revolting violence, you would enjoy sitting through ‘Ghajini’ for many reasons. First, it’s unique plot. Second, Aamir’s mind-blowing acting. Third, Asin’s confident debut in a heart-winning performance. Jiah Khan is appropriately cast in a role that doesn’t demand much from her. Pradeep Rawat, as the antagonist, is menacing. 

There is a gaping hole that yawns right at the very base of Ghajini’s story. If a man can’t remember that his lover was killed or who killed her, why does he need to remind himself again and again to take revenge. Wouldn’t his vengeance wane away with his memory? Murugadoss should have established some internal link that keeps pushing the protagonist back to his mission – something like sporadic dreams or memory flashes.

Anyway, realism is something you shouldn’t expect from ‘Ghajini’. It’s a full-on masala film that is stylishly shot and has above average music by A R Rahman . It’s a film that needs to be enjoyed with mouthful of cola and fistful of popcorns even though the no-holds-barred violence keeps getting on your nerves. Despite its long duration of three-plus hours, the movie, with its quick pace, doesn’t weigh heavy, and leaves you with a mind out of time. Anterograde Amnesia, anyone?

Ghajini - A before release preview!!

Yesterday i was surprised to see the new trailer of the movie ghajini.  As i was saw the trailer i was happy to see something new from bollywood, other then the family drama and the romantic based tragedy. But later i recolleceted the hollywood movie based on same concept which i have seen 2 months ago. And found that the upcomin amir khan movie is copy of the hollywood flick-Memento. memento is a movie where a man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife. people can watch the movie memento(2000) and by comparing to ghajini can judge the movie is copy by thereself. do watch the trailer of both the movie.

 

Ghajini is also based on the same concept where sanjay Ramasamy (Aamir Khan) is a rich Tycoon suffers from short term memory loss will be affected by a metal pole when they try to intervene in the murder of his girlfriend. Because of the severe injury on his head, his memory can be achieved only for fifteen minutes and he dose not remember events or incidents that have happened before in his life. He can now only live a comprehendible life itself notes and take pictures of things with a Polaroid camera to remember about events that have happened...

The movie is said to be an remake version of the south movie gajini. And it was also said by people that the movie is inspired by momento, but actually both the ghajini movie are not inspired but are copy of the hollywood movie-memento.

This is not the first time the bollywood movie is copy of the hollywood movie, but any bollywood movie with a new concept is copied from the hollywood, aah other then the traditional indian films filled with ingredients like family drama and romance. 

Bollywood--- when are you goin to make a good movie to offer to indians based on your own creativity and not just merely based or inspired by some hollywood movie??

comeon people here are waiting for a good blockbuster from you.

 We must wait and watch the movie to evaluate, the extent to wich the movie is copied and what else bollywood masala is added to the movie. surely the movie is going to be intresting and a fisrt day first show watch, with amir khan comin again after the hit "taare zameen par".

So let us watch the movie and i will be back with the post release review of the movie until then watch "Memento" a gud movie based on a good synopsis and something different based on chronological events well timed... 

 

Dear terorrists...& Ministers

Dear terorrists.... Mighty nice job you have done... Killed a lot of people in one of the best cities in India. Injured several others. I'm sure you must be proud of each other. What are you celebrating with tonight? Champagne?

 I'm sure it is fun to see people with dismantled limbs and arms and splattered blood everywhere. Oh and how can I forget to mention the little helpless kid sqawking in the corner calling out for it's dead mother! Too much fun hey? uhh!

 But unfortunately for you, the merrymaking won't last for too long. That's because you are going to get your sorry asses handed right back to you by the army and by the citizens of this country and Mumbai. Do you know that the whole world is mad at you right now? Mails have been pouring in condemning your unworthy actions by friends around the world. How sad that when you die nobody is even gonna care. Nobody is gonna be unhappy. We are gonna celebrate. And that day will come hey? Just you wait and watch. You see there is still concern and love in this world. People maybe religious but they aren't blithering idiots like you are. There are many who don't even believe in religion. And they might be scratching their heads wondering what the fuck you are trying to prove. 

 You know you guys could seriously be doing something better. For a person to whom killing hundred people comes easy, anything can be easy. What blinded you so much? Who persuaded you to become bastards of the first order and forget about a good future? Actually don't answer that. Because it's too late anyway and nobody cares now. 

 God knows WHY you are doing what you're doing but what we, the people of India and the other good people of the world DO know is that you're totally gone. You are grossly outnumbered in this fight and what's more... we've got justice on our side. We have integrity and we have each other. What do you have? 

Dear ministers....gud job to u all...you all might be happy as a new political topic is intensifying for your dirty politics. some of ministers of the party in power may be happy and mesmerized in the lust for promotion, as some ministers have resigned.

While the opposition party again got a gud topic for the upcoming election season and all set to prepare their election mantra and weapon against the ruling party.

During the disasterous situation in mumbai some politician were busy with there frinds cum filmy directors discussing the issue to be shooted as a upcoming film. Our PM manmohan singh a good economist and reformer for india has been propeled to act as puppet int he hands of government supreme officials.

ministers the time has come to act as rebellion against the terorrists and to save the life of innocent people so called aam admi!!

 

Soon the day will come when you will point one of those at your own worthless heads and shoot yourselves. Then you can finally go where you ought to be -in the distant expanse of hell. 

Mumbai After The Smoke Has Cleared

A woman cries, during a candlelight march for the victims of the Mumbai terrorist attack in which more than 195 people were killed, in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008.

A boy attends a candle lighting ceremony in Mumbai, India on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008.

Mumbai Residents walk with candles in the street near The Oberoi Hotel during a demonstration against the recent terror attacks in the city on November 30, 2008 in Mumbai, India.

Muslims release pigeons symbolising peace during a rally in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad against the Mumbai attacks November 29, 2008.

A member of a Hindu congregation holds his hands in prayer to mourn those killed in the Mumbai, India terrorist attacks, while at the Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of the Rockies November 29, 2008 in Littleton, Colorado. The congregation listened to a prayer and then paused for two minutes of silence in solidarity with those killed in the attacks.

An Indian commando signs autographs for a crowd of grateful people in Mumbai November 29, 2008.

Family members of Maibam Bimolchandra Singh react as his body is brought to his hometown Imphal November 29, 2008. Singh, an employee in the Trident-Oberoi hotel in Mumbai, died in the Mumbai attacks.

Moshe Holtzberg, the 2-year-old orphan of the rabbi and his wife slain in the Mumbai Jewish center, cries during a memorial service at a synagogue in Mumbai, India, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Holtzberg will fly to Israel Monday on an Israeli Air Force jet with his parents' remains and the Indian woman who rescued him, an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

Sunil Yadav, a national security guard (NSG) commando who was injured during an operation in the Taj Mahal Hotel, shares his experiences

An Indian Catholic woman prays following a Sunday Mass, at the Cathedral of the Holy Name, in Mumbai, India, Sunday Nov. 30, 2008.

Dasvidaniya-The Best Goodbye Ever

I thought how come such good movies comin frm bollywood, but after some research work i came to know the movie which is great but nicely copied from firangi plot" bucket list". The pace, although slow, suits d film. Story was well narrated and each and every character suits its role well... Songs were also gud.

Dasvidaniya seems to be a good movie. Vinay Pathak once again proves that he is one of the best actors around. He comes up with another ace performance after Bheja fry but the problem that I felt with this movie was that when our movies show someone as a simpleton..... he is portrayed to be a complete fool. I also feel that the emotional Quotient of this film was pretty low. Instead of being treated as a comedy drama, this should have been made as a complete emotional flick. The scene with his brother was the show stealer. The script gave a feeling of Deja Vu, a simpleton, who is suppressed by everyone learns he is about to die and decides to live life and leaves everyone wet and gloomy when he dies.

intresting signboards

# Sign on a  railway station at Patna:

Aana free, jaana  free,

pakde gaye to khana free.

 

 

#  Seen on a famous beauty parlor in Bombay:

Don't whistle at the girl going out from here.

She may be your grandmother!

 

 

# Seen on a  bulletin board:

Success is  relative

More the success, more the relatives.

 

# Sign at a  barber's saloon in Juhu, Bombay:

we need your  heads to run our business.

 

# A traffic  slogan:

Don't let your kids drive if they are not old enough - or else they never will  be.....

 

 

#THE BEST ONE:

Its God's responsibility to forgive the terrorist organizations

It's our responsibility to arrange the meeting between them and god."

- Indian Armed Forces

 

mosaic scraps

Here are the rules:

 

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into any mosaic maker.

Questions:

1. What is your first name? Arpit
2. What is your favorite food? Idli
3. What high school did you go to? St. Pauls
4. What is your favorite color? Black
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Christina aguilera
6. Favorite drink? Chaach
7. Dream vacation? Mauritius
8. Favorite dessert? Casata
9. What you want to be when you grow up? A Professional (for what age group was this tag made? 'When you grow up' indeed!!!)
10. What do you love most in life? Books 
11. One Word to describe you. Dedicated (couldn't risk anything else)
12. Your flickr name. arpitlasod (err... yeah)

I have made a decision...

Despite of the market slowdown and the economic crisis, i have dropped the idea of being research analyst and goin for CFA.

An important life-altering one. After years of indecision, I am taking the plunge. My life will change forever after this and so will the lives of people around me. And I'll never be the same again. I wanted to let you know that I've decided to start a TV channel.

What?

Yeah, as I was saying. I have made this after a lot of thought. To prove to you, I'll put my business case in front of you. I've put this together for anyone else who's interested.

Ingredients

You'll need:

Saas-bahu serials [ubiquitous]. We won't say much about this. It has been done to death (at least done to the death of 4 main characters.). We'll leave you to decide how many of these soaps you want in your channel.

Laughter challenge-type shows. For this, you'll need 2-3 judges who have individual distinct styles of laughing, e.g.,

• raise hands and laugh loudly (a la Siddhu - English spouting is optional. Really!) or
  
• the 'now-it's-there-now-it's-not' grin that does not stretch your rictus enough to spoil your facelift (a la Shekhar Suman)
• the 'I-am-going-to-laugh-but-look-menacing' laugh (Shatrughan Sinha)
• the spanking new 'raise-your-fists-and-shake-them-in-the-air-so-that-the-contestant-does-not-know-if-you-are-laughing-at-his-joke-or-want-to-kill-him' laugh .. phew (Chunky Pandey)

Of course you don't have to stick to these. You can come up with your own ones. Mine is this: Judges to come up to the contestants after the performance and do a 'Nagin Dance' (snake dance). The score is the number of times the Nag/Nagin (errr....snake/snakess?) lunges. He he he.

Reality shows: This one's pretty new (like Ring-o-garlic Pizza), but catching on like nobody's business (again like the pizza). Ironically, with shows like 'Roadies,' 'Big Boss,' 'Splitsvilla,' NOTHING is 'nobody's business' anymore. Everything is televisable. Thank you, God for nosy people (and also for sending that cute guy to my apartment building...).

OK. To business, little ones! For reality shows, you will need diversity in character, thusly categorized:

• Two battling men/women (OK OK. I am totally lying and trying to be nice. Women! the bitchier the better): Prabjot and Anmol (Roadies), Rakhi and Kashmira (Big Boss), Bosky (?!!) and Prianca (Splitsvilla). They should not get along at all AND they should form groups. Sprinkle liberally with bad words. The good thing about this is that you get to have polls of random people on the road. Who do you think is right? Bosky or Prianca? This will up your TRPs coz it takes on a very Ramayanesque 'Who's side are you on?' theme.
• The underling. More often that not, this guy/gal has to win. This is to prove the triumph of the weak over the mighty. (Ashutosh in Roadies, Rahul Roy in Big Boss). Thus reaffirming that when Mars finally invades us, we will be saved because of the good in our hearts.
• The crybaby. Absolutely needed. If properly utilized, this golden goose will give you television copy worth episodes! A la Yamini in Splitsvilla. They will cry at the drop of a hat. And behold! Viewers want to know why they cry in the next episode. It is also great for the ads you make. For example, if you show 'Next week on Roadies.... a shot of Nihal crying...,', you have it! People will watch it..
• The bully. Do I need to say anything more? Anmol in Roadies. Just read the reaction to her being voted outhere. You'll know what I am talking about.

Talent shows: Also very new. Refer to dancing shows (Zara Nachke Dikha, Nachle, Sheher di kudiyaan VS. Gali de gunde, Aaja mahi ve), singing shows (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Indian Idol), or game shows (Dus ka dum, Kya aap paanchvi..., Khatron ke Khiladi... tera haseena, ek khila... sorry I got a little carried away) etc. Anyway, you get the point.

The good thing is that more than the contestants, these shows are a good place for the judges to either prove that they can do as well on TV or simply to kick some life into their dying careers. So, here are the talents that the JUDGES should have in your show.

• The ability to laugh a lot, A LOT. You have to keep laughing... and smiling, and grinning. However!! Sometimes, you have to try NOT to laugh. For example, when entire families together try to don similar poshak and prance in front of you (Rock n Roll family)
• You should know at least 137 ways of saying 'What you just did in front of me was good.'
  
• You should have a house-full of enthusiasm. What I mean is not once should you pick up the mike and say 'Accha tha' or ' I liked it' or 'It was nice.' Instead, every time you pick up the mike, beam like a saint, and say 'Aapne to kamaal kar diya, sara stage hila diya.' or 'I have no words' or use the jhatka factor - say 'I am not pleased with your performance today.' Then wait for some time because there will be a drum sound and the camera will focus on the contestant's face for some time (for full impact).
• This one's very important: You should have one trademark 'reward.' For example, when you pretend to be really touched, give the contestant a hundred rupee note, or get up and walk to the stage and give them a hug, or say a poem for them. The upside here is that you get to show off your designer dress or designer cleavage when you walk to the stage. It just doesn't do to judge from behind the table, does it, dahling? Also a tremendous opportunity for your ego if the contestant touches your feet (?!)

Celebrity talk shows: Simi Garewal, Karan Johar, and now Sajid Khan! End of story. We rather liked it when celebrities cried on Garewal's show (sadists that we are), we grudgingly enjoyed the banter on Johar's. We want to throw something at Sajid Khan for his boring, artificial, made-up, plastic, pathetic attempt at a celebrity talk show.

We have grown up.....

If you have neither the time nor the inclination for the above detailed recipe, worry not. Chuck it all and go make a news channel, and one like India TV, at that. Here is everything you need to fill 24 hours then:

1) Get one of your reporters who is already on duty somewhere to find a stone that looks like Ganesha or Shiva or the Nag God. It's OK if the resemblance is not striking. Your graphics will distract the viewers.

2) Tape one of your reporters speaking in a weird voice. Juxtapose images of aliens from ET, or Aliens Vs Predators. Then claim that aliens have made contact.

3) Every two days, proclaim that the world is going to end either because of Shani's 'prakop' (anger) or through a blackhole device that scientists in Russia have created.

(At this point, I'd like to repeat: You DO NOT NEED photographical evidence for any of this. Not even photoshop. Shoddily cut-paste heads and bodies. That's enough)

4) Claim that Salman and Katrina are already married for 7 years, or cut Abu Salem's head (chuckle) and paste it on Sanjay Dutt's body, team with Monica Bedi and play a romantic song in the background.

5) Say that our cows are being taken by aliens. (Hearken, ye cows of Saharanpur, and pay heed)

6) Follow the culinary habits of witches. Check this out.

That's it, my kiddos, this is your beginner's guide for this career choice. More later. Love until then. Muah!