Monday, January 30, 2006

I'm a Rebel!!


I think I have to take back my words!!When I wrote about Innocent Steps (see 2 posts below), I had lamented upon about the prevalence of vulgarity and "sic" comedy in Hindi movies. Guess Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra wanted me to eat my words...Rakesh who?????Well he is the director of the coolest, soul stirring (my friend came out with tear stained eyes) Hindi movies released in recent times... and yeah,after seing the title of my post, it's not difficult to guess the movie, which deals with a group of carefree friends--it's Rang de Basanti!!!! (Paint it Yellow was supposed to be its English title).

The movie could be said to run parallel on 2 plots, with comparisons being made between 2 situations…one when India was ruled by the British and the other when India is being run by corrupt politicians. As Rakeysh says, “It's a contemporary film, set in today's times.”
I don’t wanna make this a movie review cause there are lots of other blogs, online news etc. who have written better reviews. However, these are some of the inspirations/ideas which some of the people I know got after watching the movie:-

1)Learn to drive a bike...preferably on the rear wheel..more preferably with a girl behind.
2)Join the Air force...don't know why the Indian air force made such a hue and cry about the movie dissuading the youth from joining the airforce...Madhavan looks macho.
3)Drink lots of beer...
4)Join Delhi University??????
5)Have frizzled hair like Aamir...one damn good actor.
6)Think about our freedom fighters once in a while!!!
7)Got to go to Punjab...of course with friends!!!

8)Banging the TV is another way of changing the channel(incase somebody else has the remote).

My favorite scene:When the pyre is lighted by Aamir and the Luka Chuppi song starts with Lata Mangeshkar's melodious voice....really brings a lump to your throat!!!How does the lady do it????




About the cast:-
Aamir as DJ: holds the cast together!!!
Kunal as Aslam: serious,no nonsense acting..laajawab.
Siddharth as Karan: surprise package, wonderful acting.
Alice as Sue: have to agree with Aamir, kya Hindi bolti hain!!!
Sharman as Sukhi:joker of the pack!!Powerful acting!
Soha as Sonia: another wonderful, actor..a revelation.
Atul Kulkarni as Laxman: can always expect quality performance from him.
Madhavan as Aji:Towers in the scenes where he is present.
Waheeda Rahman is as charming as ever while Kiron Kher is great.Don't think Anupan Kher nor Om Puri got much of a role but still an overdose of exceptional acting may also be unwanted.And oh! Before I forget, A.R. Rahman as ever gives us one amazing song after another....My personal favourite:Roobaroo Roshini!!!


Don' t think so much hue and cry was needed over this movie...whoever may it be..from Maneka Gandhi to the Indian Govt.!! Think you guys should go and watch the movie...preferably with lots of friends!!!Lots of peppy Punjabi dialogues....so better listen carefully!!
Wanna sign-off with some lines from one of the songs called Khoonchala:


"kuchh kar guzarne ko khoon chala khoon chala

aankhon ke sheeshe mein utarne ko khoon chala

badan se tapak kar, zameen se lipatkar

galiyon se raston se ubharkar, umadkar

naye rang bhar ne ko khoon chala khoon chala."



P.S: For a proper review of the movie, check the blog by Shikha.
P.P.S:Think the climax could have been better.

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Tagged!!!!!

I've been tagged by Kannan.. and the rules are...
1. The tagged victim has to come up with 8 different points of their perfect lover.

2. Need to mention the sex of the target.
3. Tag 8 victims to join this game & leave a comment on their comments saying they’ve been
tagged.

4. If tagged the 2nd time, there’s no need to post again.

Target: Female



So here goes..........



1)Definitely one who gives up the T.V. remote without a fight.
2)Will watch football,cricket,tennis,hockey with me.......if not playing :)
3)Who loves travelling,enjoys music and is a great cook(last point is essential.....)
4)Is pious...(sounds weird,huh???)
5)Whom I can lean on when the going gets tough(Beware:75+ body weight here!!)
6)Knows that Tendulkar doesn't score goals and Beckham doesn't smash sixes!!
7)For whom perfection is not a mania and dirt not a phobia!!!
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8)And lastly,comes up with great topics to post in my blog(thats when I run out of ideas)!!



Aaahaaaa...at last I came up with 8 points....think most of the guys I know have already been tagged... except one who asked me to tag him....so Matty....here goes...you are TAGGED!!!



Friday, January 20, 2006

Innocent Steps...(Korean Movie)



After watching this amazing Korean movie at The Pune Internatinational Festival, I really had to scribble down something about this movie in my blog which I call my "WALL"...
Directed by Park Young-hun , this romantic comedy is about a young girl Chae-ryn(Moon Geun-young) who comes from China to Korea in place of her sister, a former dancer.She comes to partner Young-sae(Park Gun-hyung), an acclaimed champion dancer who stopped dancing 2 years before when his partner leaves him for his rich rival,Hyun-soo.To prevent deportation she has to fake her marriage to Young-sae.

When it is discovered that Chae-ryn has come in place of her sister,Sang-doo, an acquaintance of Young-sae who spent big money bringing Chae-ryn in from China, sells her to a bar. Young-sae brings her back,starts teaching her to dance and accepts her as his partner.However the movie is not like those hindi movies where the actor does impossible somersaults and wins the championship!!The twist happens when Sang-doo who brought Chae-ryn to Korea sees the potential in Chae-ryn as a dancer and he goes in search of the rich Hyun-soo,Young's old rival.....................
The movie is worth watching for the following reasons:-
1)You can watch romance at its best....reminded me of "Autumn in New York".
2)The humorous scenes which are embedded in the movie are cool and are, once again, not like the vulgar, slapstick,sic comedy currently present in Hindi movies.
3)Chemistry between Moon and Park is good!

4)Scenes with the deportation people are funny as well as romantic!!
5)Obviously Moon(great acting-amazingly cute!!)------------------the way she says "Asibaayo" (Mister) is too good!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Try to watch the movie people...How?When?Where?..Its for u to find out!!




The Movie was voted "Best Picture" by the audience...

...so worth watching people (esp. those who have a penchant for soft romance;)