Another one on slumdog…

Enough and more than enough has been said about slumdog millionaire on TV, print and blogosphere….my final two pennies…while I see two clear camps of oh-so grt-why-be ashamed-of-our-reality(slums) and why-did-they-show-india-this-way-movie-is-overrated,  but I don’t see myself fit into either camps.  I like the movie, and found it awesome (as my previous post says) but only for [...]

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Kudos to SlumDog Millionare

Vivek has been asking me to watch this movie since a long time..my bad that I waited for the movie to bag Golden Globes before I gave it a dekko. The movie is awesome, some people have reservations about how India is portrayed, but I loved the story and human spirit captured in the movie..any [...]

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Woah…

Some songs just sneak up on you from your playlist unleashing a beehive of bittersweet memories….the culprits today..awarapan deewnapan (from jism) and pehla nasha ( from JJWS)

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Figurana…

..is what the latest Hindi flick Dostana should be named…such perfect bods espec John and Shilpa (I can kill for those abs).. ..indian fitness centres would have done well to endorse this movie…”hamare gym mein aao aur john ke dostana biceps pao”  ….ahem..if they had worked on the script as much the actors..

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Main Jahan…

Himesh is often ridiculed by many of my peers, but for me, this one song compensates for all his other nasal exploits….Himesh must have sure done himself proud. The mellifluous voices of  Krishna, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan do complete justice to the song but the soul of the song is Javed Akhtar’s penmanship….each to his/her own interpretation Lyrics courtesy : [...]

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Back to Heroes

[SPOILER ahead if you are @ Season 1 ] Sunday morning, reading two posts from two people about season 1 inspired me to resume  my season 2 viewing. I had left after 3 episodes as I found the Maya track too dark. But, boy, I’m glad that I was back ..though not as gripping as [...]

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