Saturday, April 22, 2006

A farewell unfit for a veteran...

Dis new object I have taken up is preventing me from spending even some time writing stuff bout da happenings these days - although there is real much to write...sometimes even in da while travelling, so many things cross my mind n i decide dat yeah...this thing gotcha be blogged...but aft reaching office, finishin da morning chores...mails, 'fe'mails (grin)...etc...once i get on with da work, der is little time left for my precious little blog...da time i get is when da energy is exhausted...

Here is anotha day in office today...now people otha than those who are close to me in Bangalore will be wondering how come this 'dood' is blogging on a Saturday morning...has he taken the laptop home and he has no work at all?? nope peepul...hear me...its a compensatory day to be spent in office by evryone...reasons was da day which was given off last week - April 13th...da day Bangalore was in total turmoil...

Rajkumar...i really dont think i can even pronounce his full name corectly (this is for people who dont know his full name- please refer TOI dated April 13-page 1)...apparently being in Bangalore dat day gave all of da northies, westies and easties a great 'chance' to almost witness a day where evrythin was closed...a day where 'violence' was the word...a day when a peaceful burial was avoided, and instead mayhem and chaos took control...

The day was showcased in the news bulletins as when anti-social elements took over the stage and shook the foundation of stability and peace in Bangalore. The day was very correctly given as an off by the Karnataka CM (howeva a lot to refute on this from my side), officially a 'bandh' to pay respects to Rajkumar...howeva this does not find any agreement from my side, and I guess it is the same from all da other people who faced a similar situation that day.

Hundreds of people gathered in the streets of various areas in Bangalore - da so-called 'fans' of Rajkumar...what followed wasnt a silent walk for Rajkumar's moksha...but a savage battle among police and the anti-social youth, in which even police lost some men, along with several others injured...da violence shown on da television was heavy, and people dint dare to even step out of their houses. I had to sacrifice my planned trip to Goa along with da bus money which cudnt be refunded. In the evenings, non-Bangloreans in huge numbers wandered in da streets, flooding even a small shop in sight (coz all others were closed)...papi pet ka sawaal tha...I cud hear murmurs and curses all around...

Wat I concluded...

Did Rajkumar eventually get a decent burial, and a proper shraddhhanjali, from all who, in reality believed in da guy's worth, and thought highly of him? I hardly know anything about him, but can infer that he might have been a virtuous and a humble person when he lived...i even read recently dat of all da movies he did, der wasnt a single obscene or vulgar scene, not in any song too. But was respect received with grace, or lost in the wilderness? In a day filled with fire, chaos, anger, commotion, even his own family couldnt pay proper respects to him. Da rest neednt be explained...

Above all, I rightfully concluded that Bangalore has just got a cover of professionals who shield it from the inhuman anti-social elements around, among whom the thinking still runs in low grade. What must have the thousands of clients of the IT companies in Bangalore, from the US and other countries abroad, thought about 13th April? A day given off due to da death of an actor, which 'could' cause unprecedented chaos in society? What possible explanations could they have got from the people here? In reality, Bangalore has to rise in much more terms than just being a IT hub...practical knowledge remains astray... Da murmurs and curses of people all over India who find their jobs here werent all unjustified...a bandh in case of thousands of people depending on food from hotels or shops isnt exactly da correct idea... Also, can we call the city advanced in terms of security and other issues when da police werent prepared to handle what happened that day inspite of having faced a similar situation before? Once again reality speaks...if Bangalore has to progress, it has to rise beyond a lot of this and more...

Think about it people...!

Friday, April 07, 2006

From being a bad movie to being 'cyrus'...

Was thinkin da entire week wat wud be da title topic for this week's ender - and tot wat i wasted 120 bucks on 2 weeks back wud be an ok topic...at least it wud save da others from makin a dumb blunder...

I must say Pataudi's son chose a real dumb movie to start his English 'sidetracked' film career...howeeva the reasons I am mentioning this movie in the blog is coz its received real strange reviews acc to me...After da 90 minutes length of the movie, all I had in my mouth were 2 words - 'bull shit'...some dumb story spanned with events, mis-architectured to be a thriller with a sudden twist...da movie in general highlights da Parsee community - here are some noteworthy names - director Homi Adajania, Boman Irani, Naseeruddin Shah and a whole lot of other not-so-important actors.

Some dumb plot about a guy who enters a Parsee family as an apprentice, and finally ends up swindling them, extracting huge amount of notes from them...after havin seen a huge amount of mysteries and suspense thrillers, this one was a pain in da neck...da same old plot...with the meagre amount of characters, before the interval was up I could guess wat wud be goin on and who-dun-it...(mind u - the murder wasnt even done till now)...

Now why am I writin about this - the astonishing reviews (astonishin only to poor me) which this movie has received, as I have been reading from some days in da papers...'The boz office collections of Being Cyrus is comparable to the Chronicles of Narnia, ie about Rs 2 Crore. The movie has received huge accolades, and praising comments from renowned people like Karan Johar, Shah Rukh Khan, Jackie Shroff etc etc...'...this is what Karan Johar had to say...'Being Cyrus is a deviation from the normal Bollywood cinema, and explores an entirely different style of (horseshit) film-making....'and then...'(more bullshit)'...hard to expect from such a mature film director...

You guys must have definitely heard of people appreciating wat is called 'modern' art at an art exhibition or auction, especially the 'know-all' types of people. Well Being Cyrus is just that...a visit to the theatre is a must for the following reasons - If you have free time and no time to spare for good Indian cinema
- If you are a Parsee chauvinist
- If you believe ur 'free' time should be totally wasted by watchin dumb movies which also...believe it...dont make any sense

Disclaimer: Being Cyrus attempts to be a Hollywood kinda cinema, is of short length, and has a good performance by our prince Khan, but sorry performances from da others...da only one worth a watch being da scintillating Simone Singh...but alas, da movie fails to achieve wateva objective da director initially had (no idea wat dat was...)