This is one movie to watch for sure. The charismatic Deols manage to keep you laughing with their antics and their punjabiyat. Dharmendra steals the show with his Yamla pagla deewana act, where as sunny Deol manages to replay his gentle giant machismo and Bobby Deol of course keeps up to his prankster lover-boy image. The story is slow and the plot insipid yet the Deol’s entertain you from the start to the end.
Dharam Singh (Dharamendra) and his Son Gajhodhar (Bobby Deol) are a team in fooling people and knocking of their money in Benares. Paramveer (Sunny Deol) lives in Canada with his mother and Firangi wife who suffers from verbal diarrhea. Paramveer comes to India to find his brother and father with an view to unite the family. Paramveer doesn't give up when Dharam refuses to recognize him; he becomes their partner in crime to earn their trust and love. Interwoven in this family drama is Gajhodhar and sahiban’s (Kulraj Randhawa) love story. Second half of the movie takes you to Punjab where Paramveer is trying to help Gajhodhar is getting married to sahiban. What follows is unbridled goofiness, laughter riot and the attempt to laugh at the Punjabi stereotypes. Watch out for Sucheta Khanna as a spaced-out Canadian-and-sex-starved spinster
The scene when the brothers go as NRIs to see the girl in Punjab is really hilarious and so is Sunny Deol's work when he gets drunk and carries a bucket of foreign liquor. Anupam Kher is an asset to the film; he sets the screen on fire with his fool hardy behaviour, and is ably supported by his screen brothers. There are in-house Deol jokes and references to Dharmendra neo-classics 'Sholay', 'Dharam-veer', 'Phool Aur Patthar' and 'Pratiggya', all adding up to a rather heartwarming tribute to the Deols.
The film sets the perfect mood for the weekend.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Saturday, November 13, 2010
IRONICAL SITUATIONS
Life is a roller coaster ride, You meet many people ,form relationships, share good times and bad times, however when you sit back and think, you feel all alone. The times when you really want someone to hear you out are the times when you are alone and the time when you don’t want to be disturbed is the chosen time for everyone to call you, message you, ping you etc.
When I am desperately searching for those important set of documents that I clearly remember keeping in the cupboard, I will just not find them and the time when I am searching for something else, I will see these documents sitting right there. Aaargh!! Does this happen to everyone?
The day that I am running late, traffic is at its peak and my manager has reached office early just to see me walking in late and the day when I make extra efforts to reach early, my manager decides to come late. Awesome isn’t it?
You have to bump into your ex-boyfriend when you are trying to steal some precious time with your loved one…Does this sound similar?
Just when you are praying that you don’t get delayed for the meeting, your car decides to give away.
It has to rain the day; when you are not carrying your umbrella.
The list of ironical situations is endless. Feel free to add any that come to your mind.
When I am desperately searching for those important set of documents that I clearly remember keeping in the cupboard, I will just not find them and the time when I am searching for something else, I will see these documents sitting right there. Aaargh!! Does this happen to everyone?
The day that I am running late, traffic is at its peak and my manager has reached office early just to see me walking in late and the day when I make extra efforts to reach early, my manager decides to come late. Awesome isn’t it?
You have to bump into your ex-boyfriend when you are trying to steal some precious time with your loved one…Does this sound similar?
Just when you are praying that you don’t get delayed for the meeting, your car decides to give away.
It has to rain the day; when you are not carrying your umbrella.
The list of ironical situations is endless. Feel free to add any that come to your mind.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Beware Eve Teasers!!
I really don’t understand what is wrong with some guys. They will not have the guts to talk to a girl but will pass lewd comments or ogle at her shamelessly. I came across bunch of such losers when I went to meet my friend’s sister outside her college. Well she is sweet girl and pretty cute looking too. I was waiting for her outside her college when I saw a group of 6-8 guys applauding and whistling. I ignored it thinking it must be a private joke. However when I heard my friend’s sister’s name being called out, I was on alert. When she came up to me, she seemed flabbergasted. I checked with her as to what the matter was and she broke down in tears. These guys were her seniors and would harass her day in day out.
I asked her why she did not confront them or complain about them, She replied “there is no point, every where people are the same. I may be able to stop these guys, but what about people who letch at us while traveling in buses or walking on roads? How are going to stop them? I wondered for some time knowing what she said was right because I have faced such idiots as a teen. I just told her that you need to just confront them and create a scene because these guys are losers. They cannot face you hence they will only dare to misbehave when they are in a group. Citizens are ready to beat the hell out of such losers; we just need to raise our voice. Even better slap them hard across the face, nothing can compare to public humiliation. We had coffee and parted but not before convincing her to face those losers.
Few days later, when she met me at the station, she seemed very confident. I could not stop myself from asking her reason to her new found confidence. What I heard from her was amazing. After our last meeting, she decided to confront these guys, but she was scared that since they are in a group, they will have an edge. So she thought of a plan, a week later, she was standing outside the college canteen with a group of her friends and she saw one of seniors who used to eve tease her. Today was their day, all the girls started passing comments at the guy, embarrassing him to the core. The guy didn’t know what to do and just ran from the canteen. Since that day, none of guys have even dared to cross paths with girls.
I was grinning when I heard this. Seriously, we need to teach a lesson to such people. These guys do not realize the pain and discomfiture that girls go through thanks to their eve teasing.
Way to go girls!
I asked her why she did not confront them or complain about them, She replied “there is no point, every where people are the same. I may be able to stop these guys, but what about people who letch at us while traveling in buses or walking on roads? How are going to stop them? I wondered for some time knowing what she said was right because I have faced such idiots as a teen. I just told her that you need to just confront them and create a scene because these guys are losers. They cannot face you hence they will only dare to misbehave when they are in a group. Citizens are ready to beat the hell out of such losers; we just need to raise our voice. Even better slap them hard across the face, nothing can compare to public humiliation. We had coffee and parted but not before convincing her to face those losers.
Few days later, when she met me at the station, she seemed very confident. I could not stop myself from asking her reason to her new found confidence. What I heard from her was amazing. After our last meeting, she decided to confront these guys, but she was scared that since they are in a group, they will have an edge. So she thought of a plan, a week later, she was standing outside the college canteen with a group of her friends and she saw one of seniors who used to eve tease her. Today was their day, all the girls started passing comments at the guy, embarrassing him to the core. The guy didn’t know what to do and just ran from the canteen. Since that day, none of guys have even dared to cross paths with girls.
I was grinning when I heard this. Seriously, we need to teach a lesson to such people. These guys do not realize the pain and discomfiture that girls go through thanks to their eve teasing.
Way to go girls!
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Paranormals- Do They Exist?
Existence of paranormals, spirits and ghosts has been an issue of constant debate. This topic has always been the ice-breaker of my training sessions. A group of people would swear by the existence for paranormal giving various examples and there would be another group which would rubbish the existence of spirits. The debate continues. Whether anyone agrees to their existence or not, paranormals have been source of inquisitiveness for many.
Well, why am I talking about paranormals all of the sudden? Just briefly recollected what I experienced some time ago and thought would share it. It was one of those nights that I stayed back late at work, by the time I reached my colony, it was almost 2:30am.Thanks to all the environment friendly neighbors, we have lot of trees in our society. My society is fairly large with an array of private bungalows and huge compounds As I started to descend the stairs that connect to the pathway of my house, I heard some foot steps. Initially I thought it’s my mind playing games, so I just ignored it. But the footsteps continued. I turned around to see if anybody was around, all I could see were the stairs. Laughing at my self, I continued descending the stairs and decided to walk a little faster, I some how felt that the footsteps were matching my pace so I just stopped in my tracks for no reason. All of the sudden, I felt the foot steps stop too. An eerie feeling engulfed me when I felt someone breathing down my neck. Was this for real or was I imagining it? I wanted to turn around and see if there was really somebody around, but I dint have the courage.
I just continued walking; the only aim now was to reach home as soon as possible. As I passed my neighbor’s bungalow, my eyes fell on castor (my neighbor’s German shepherd). Castor is someone who keeps me company till I reach home, but tonight was something different. Castor started whining and just ran back to his kennel. His action just scared me more, because they say animals can sense presence of paranormals. I just broke into a sprint till I reached home. As usual I had forgotten my keys; I frantically started ringing the doorbell. I couldn’t believe I was sweating in month of December. I was relived when my mom opened the door, my legs were giving away and I finally collapsed on my sofa.
I still don’t know, what happened that night? Was there someone or was it one of the stupid games that my mind keeps playing. I wish I had the courage to turn around and verify if anyone was around.
Well, why am I talking about paranormals all of the sudden? Just briefly recollected what I experienced some time ago and thought would share it. It was one of those nights that I stayed back late at work, by the time I reached my colony, it was almost 2:30am.Thanks to all the environment friendly neighbors, we have lot of trees in our society. My society is fairly large with an array of private bungalows and huge compounds As I started to descend the stairs that connect to the pathway of my house, I heard some foot steps. Initially I thought it’s my mind playing games, so I just ignored it. But the footsteps continued. I turned around to see if anybody was around, all I could see were the stairs. Laughing at my self, I continued descending the stairs and decided to walk a little faster, I some how felt that the footsteps were matching my pace so I just stopped in my tracks for no reason. All of the sudden, I felt the foot steps stop too. An eerie feeling engulfed me when I felt someone breathing down my neck. Was this for real or was I imagining it? I wanted to turn around and see if there was really somebody around, but I dint have the courage.
I just continued walking; the only aim now was to reach home as soon as possible. As I passed my neighbor’s bungalow, my eyes fell on castor (my neighbor’s German shepherd). Castor is someone who keeps me company till I reach home, but tonight was something different. Castor started whining and just ran back to his kennel. His action just scared me more, because they say animals can sense presence of paranormals. I just broke into a sprint till I reached home. As usual I had forgotten my keys; I frantically started ringing the doorbell. I couldn’t believe I was sweating in month of December. I was relived when my mom opened the door, my legs were giving away and I finally collapsed on my sofa.
I still don’t know, what happened that night? Was there someone or was it one of the stupid games that my mind keeps playing. I wish I had the courage to turn around and verify if anyone was around.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Stupid Questions- Equally Stupid Answers
What do you do when people ask you the most obvious questions? You feel like slapping them hard across the face but all that you can do is smile and respond as courteously as possible with an obvious answer. I always feel tempted to answer them something equally stupid. Since my conservative upbringing doesn’t allow me to actually say this to people, so I decided at least I could pen it down.
• When my neighbor sees me at the society gates with bag full vegetables, she would enthusiastically ask me “looks like you went for grocery shopping” I so much want to respond “No Aunty, I actually went for lingerie shopping, don’t know how they turned into veggies, Ghor kaliyug hai”. I simply smile and nod my head instantly swallowing the comment that came into my mind.
• When someone sees you smoking, they have that horrifying look on the face asking “Oh you smoke?” I wish I could say “No, the cigarette smokes me”. But that would be rude, so I say “yes, occasionally”
• When my friends ask me “ Sweetie, am I looking fat in this dress” I so much want to say “ Yes, You are looking like a sack full of potatoes” but keep my tongue in check, so that I don’t have to spend another 2 hours pacifying her.
• When people ask “Oh, you colored your hair?” I just want to say “A peacock shat on my head and I had no time to clean it, do you want to try cleaning it?” But as usual the courteous me just says yes.
• A lady at the station asked me, is this a slow train, I said yes, to which she smartly asks” is the train going to stop on all stations” I so much wanted to yell out “No you will need to pull the chain to stop it at your desired station” But I somehow managed to keep a straight face and answer, Of course it will.
• When your order arrives and my friend look at me and says “are you going to eat that?” My favorite response is “No, I am planning to stare at it till it disappears”
• When someone meets you after a long time and says “OMG, is that you?” I am so tempted to say “ On no, not at all, this my spirit touring the world outside my body”
• When I visit my aunt, she always welcomes us by saying” array you have come?” I wish I could at least once tell her “ No, you are still having nightmares”
The list is endless because there is nothing like a stupid question in this world. Every stupid question has an equally stupid answer.
• When my neighbor sees me at the society gates with bag full vegetables, she would enthusiastically ask me “looks like you went for grocery shopping” I so much want to respond “No Aunty, I actually went for lingerie shopping, don’t know how they turned into veggies, Ghor kaliyug hai”. I simply smile and nod my head instantly swallowing the comment that came into my mind.
• When someone sees you smoking, they have that horrifying look on the face asking “Oh you smoke?” I wish I could say “No, the cigarette smokes me”. But that would be rude, so I say “yes, occasionally”
• When my friends ask me “ Sweetie, am I looking fat in this dress” I so much want to say “ Yes, You are looking like a sack full of potatoes” but keep my tongue in check, so that I don’t have to spend another 2 hours pacifying her.
• When people ask “Oh, you colored your hair?” I just want to say “A peacock shat on my head and I had no time to clean it, do you want to try cleaning it?” But as usual the courteous me just says yes.
• A lady at the station asked me, is this a slow train, I said yes, to which she smartly asks” is the train going to stop on all stations” I so much wanted to yell out “No you will need to pull the chain to stop it at your desired station” But I somehow managed to keep a straight face and answer, Of course it will.
• When your order arrives and my friend look at me and says “are you going to eat that?” My favorite response is “No, I am planning to stare at it till it disappears”
• When someone meets you after a long time and says “OMG, is that you?” I am so tempted to say “ On no, not at all, this my spirit touring the world outside my body”
• When I visit my aunt, she always welcomes us by saying” array you have come?” I wish I could at least once tell her “ No, you are still having nightmares”
The list is endless because there is nothing like a stupid question in this world. Every stupid question has an equally stupid answer.
Beach
I love beaches and being a mumbaikar, have access to a few of them. I have been to beaches number of times, the waves, the sand everything mesmerizes me always. This trip was however different.
Every time I looked at the enormous mass of water, I kept on thinking about life. Just like this endless mass of water, life is full of surprises. We keep running after things that we want (security, love, fame, success) and somehow this chase is endless. These things are like the horizon, they just give a fake sense of accomplishment. It’s just an illusion.
The rise and fall of the waves reminded me of all the ups and downs that we face. Ready to live another dream and fight another battle every single day. The sand under my feet made me think of all those small things that I may have overlooked in my search for a better life. When I looked at kids making sand castles and then the waves crashing them down, it just made me think of the old saying" man proposes, God disposes". They never seemed to give up. They would just find another place and start making the castle again. It just made me think, if this little one is not giving up, why should you? Just keep on trying and you will get it someday.
The beach brought back the memories of bunking lectures and pranks played by my buddies. Walking hand in hand with your loved one, oblivious to the world. It was funny thinking about how different life was then. The golden moment was when I saw a father piggy back his son to the nearest candy man, I unknowingly pulled out my cell phone and called my dad to say something that I haven't said in years " Dad I miss you"
Every time I looked at the enormous mass of water, I kept on thinking about life. Just like this endless mass of water, life is full of surprises. We keep running after things that we want (security, love, fame, success) and somehow this chase is endless. These things are like the horizon, they just give a fake sense of accomplishment. It’s just an illusion.
The rise and fall of the waves reminded me of all the ups and downs that we face. Ready to live another dream and fight another battle every single day. The sand under my feet made me think of all those small things that I may have overlooked in my search for a better life. When I looked at kids making sand castles and then the waves crashing them down, it just made me think of the old saying" man proposes, God disposes". They never seemed to give up. They would just find another place and start making the castle again. It just made me think, if this little one is not giving up, why should you? Just keep on trying and you will get it someday.
The beach brought back the memories of bunking lectures and pranks played by my buddies. Walking hand in hand with your loved one, oblivious to the world. It was funny thinking about how different life was then. The golden moment was when I saw a father piggy back his son to the nearest candy man, I unknowingly pulled out my cell phone and called my dad to say something that I haven't said in years " Dad I miss you"
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Review – Aakrosh
If you like serious cinema over commercial cinema, then I recommend you watch Aakrosh. Priyadarshan has handled the concept of honor killing with a wonderful realistic approach. Movie revolves around mysterious disappearance of 3 medical students of Delhi College. Investigation party comprising of Sidhant Chaturvedi (Akshaye Khanna) & Major Pratap (Ajay Devgan) is sent to get to the root cause of the case. What unfolds is the drama full of fear of police amongst backward classes, bureaucracy and narrow mindedness of the upper castes.
Paresh Rawal is fantastic as the corrupt police officer. Akshaye Khanna does justice to his role of protocol following CBI officer. Spotlight is of course stolen by Ajay Devgan. Ajay is superb as an army officer who has fought all odds to achieve success. Director is successful in bringing the rural India to life. Aakrosh is well timed and does not drag or bore you. Movie is full of violence and some scenes can be really difficult to watch. However at the end, it does manage to convey the message.
Aakrosh has its lighter moments too, like the scene where Ajay Devgan is chasing a criminal seems straight out of a Rajnikant movie. Dialogues are perfect seasoning of the rural flavor and attitude. Some dialogues are just hilarious. Well I just had one question for the Director & the Writer; If Bipasha is shown as a village girl, how come we see her in mini skirts, dresses dining at 5 star restaurants?? Well I am going to let that pass considering it as bollywood ishtyle
I would recommend the movie as one time watch. Do not miss the performances of Ajay devgan & Paresh Rawal.
Paresh Rawal is fantastic as the corrupt police officer. Akshaye Khanna does justice to his role of protocol following CBI officer. Spotlight is of course stolen by Ajay Devgan. Ajay is superb as an army officer who has fought all odds to achieve success. Director is successful in bringing the rural India to life. Aakrosh is well timed and does not drag or bore you. Movie is full of violence and some scenes can be really difficult to watch. However at the end, it does manage to convey the message.
Aakrosh has its lighter moments too, like the scene where Ajay Devgan is chasing a criminal seems straight out of a Rajnikant movie. Dialogues are perfect seasoning of the rural flavor and attitude. Some dialogues are just hilarious. Well I just had one question for the Director & the Writer; If Bipasha is shown as a village girl, how come we see her in mini skirts, dresses dining at 5 star restaurants?? Well I am going to let that pass considering it as bollywood ishtyle
I would recommend the movie as one time watch. Do not miss the performances of Ajay devgan & Paresh Rawal.
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