Ranking: 3.5/5
Cast: Siddarth, Saloni, Charmi, Sada, ANR, Sunil
Director: Shiva Kumar
Music: Chakri
Arjun (Siddarth) an NRI from Germany raised by his grandparents comes back to India in search of a match due to persistence from his grandfather (ANR). His grandfather moves to India from Germany to force his grandson to find a suitable bride. But Arjun does not believe in arranged marriage and decides to choose his wife from three of his childhood friends when he lived in India.
Girl #1: Shalini (Saloni), an ace tennis player (something like Sania Mirza). Pretty, smart, witty and fun. Her father (Pratap Pothan) is her coach and is very dedicated to see her make it to Wimbeldon.
Girl #2: Sandhya (Charmi), a PhD student with a revolutionist mind. She is brave and speaks her mind out.
Girl #3: Shravani (Sada), a medical student from a middle class background with a very soft nature. She is illtreated by her family and struggles to keep herself and her sick grandmother afloat.
The problem is Arjun is not sure whom he loves as he likes all three of them. He changes his name to Krishna, his attire to match the personalities of the three girls and also his profession. He does not want any of them to be prejudiced, or have any attachments. Arjun's discussions with his friend Puppy (Sunil) about choosing the three girls is very funny and brings in the comical moments in the film.
The rest of the film is pretty simple and even predictable...Whom does Arjun choose? What happens to the other two girls? The comedy, the songs, the sentiments, et al...
The movie has a very simple plot, good comedy and acting which makes it worth the $5 I spent for watching it.
Siddarth's telugu is a little different but I am happy that he speaks his dialogues...Saloni is the only source of any exposure with her tennis outfits...So the movie is clean...Charmi plays a very intense women always having her face all screwed up...and Sada a very docile girl with a sad look on her face all the time. Saloni and Charmi seem okay next to Siddarth but Sada looks a tad too old or mature for him. ANR does not need any special mention as he has been-there-done-it so many times and he has earned all accolades. He is just perfect for his role.
The music is okay but I was searching for the forward button in my remote on many occasions. Some dialogue seems excessive and could have been shortened and the same applies to the length of the movie.
Do watch the movie with friends and family as you need some sort of entertainment when it starts to drag ;)
Monday, February 27, 2006
Friday, February 24, 2006
Who/What are Best Friends?
A friend of mine asked me the above question when I was talking to him about A Best Friend of mine.
Over the past few years I have accumulated few best friends but I was bowled over when someone asked me to define best friends. Apparently none of my friends I was with that night had any best friends...Well all of them were guys...So I think it is a girl thing to have best friends.
Anyhoo, here is how I define my best friends:
A friend of mine asked me the above question when I was talking to him about A Best Friend of mine.
Over the past few years I have accumulated few best friends but I was bowled over when someone asked me to define best friends. Apparently none of my friends I was with that night had any best friends...Well all of them were guys...So I think it is a girl thing to have best friends.
Anyhoo, here is how I define my best friends:
- They are my friends whom I know for so long that they would always be friends who I have known longer than other friends I have made in the recent years.
- They are those who know everything about me,
- Those with whom I don't have to explain myself,
- Those who love me no matter what,
- Those whom I don't have to impress,
- Those with whom I can be myself,
- Those who will always be there for me,
- Those with whom I can discuss anything irrespective of their sex,
- And above all, I am what I am today partly because of their influence in my life...
etc...
and the list goes on...
Is there a difference between friends and best friends? I know not...As I really don't think I differentiate much at a surface level...Maybe at a deeper level there is more connection with a best friend and I do not see anything wrong in that...Just because someone is just a friend does not mean I do not love them...
Did this make sense? Gosh! Too much thinking on a Friday evening...
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
At the very end, It is just life. Something on which we as mortals have no control on. As much as we think we are smart and intelligent we really don't have control on anything happening around us...Well almost. When the times comes...We leave...Nobody asks us if we want to leave or if we would rather stay longer...We are gone from the face of earth surviving as memories in the minds of loved ones...
Monday, February 20, 2006
Okay...I was reading Fosix's blog about locker rooms in gym's and remembered my own first experience in one...
Location: Kansas State University Natatorium
Scene: Locker Room
Characters: Roomie and Me
Me: This is cool...So many lockers...Ok where do I change?
Roomie placing her stuff neatly on the bench...
Roomie: Here
Me still holding my bag...
M: Here? Well there should be some room...
Roomie Stripping
R: Nope...Here...
M: I am not doing this...Can't strip in public.
Roomie looks around and looks at me...
R: I don't see anybody else in this row.
M: Doesn't make a difference...It is not private...
Roomie kindly...
R: I felt the same way too darling...But this is America and these things are cool...Just go on the other side and change quickly before anyone comes...Take a couple of big towels if you are shy...Now go on...We should go and get our lanes before someone else gets to it...
Reluctantly I left, changed and walked back to her in my suit and a towel wrapped around my waist...
M: Okay I need to shower before I dive into the pool...Where is one?
R: Actually...Lot of people don't care...But if you want you can go around the wall...
M: I ain't going without you...
So we both head for the pool...Swim for an hour or more and exhausted we come back to change...Once again I am reminded of the rows of lockers between which we need to change with no such thing as privacy...Sorry but I am a Desi...That too a south Indian one...
M: Pre showers can be avoided but post ones...Are important for my skin...
R: Totally agree with you...Did you bring you shampoo and soap?
M: Right here...
And we marched into a shower what looked like a public bath...Imagine a rod that has four shower heads and a partition in the shape of X permitting four people to take shower at a time...No privacy...I froze...
M: To hell with my skin...I am waiting outside for you...I am in no mood to see naked women...
I walked out fast focusing on the floor...and heard my roomie laughed at me before she stepped in...
Hahaha! That was five years ago...and even today I am a little apprehensive about locker rooms...At this 24 Hr Gym of mine...I still focus on the floor when I walk in to change in the handicap change room still avoiding public stripping...I am not interested in seeing naked women and that is very reassuring...
The killer is my British boss thinks that Americans are very conservative because men and women in her gym step into the jacuzzi in their swim suits...and she wanted ME to relate to it!!!
Location: Kansas State University Natatorium
Scene: Locker Room
Characters: Roomie and Me
Me: This is cool...So many lockers...Ok where do I change?
Roomie placing her stuff neatly on the bench...
Roomie: Here
Me still holding my bag...
M: Here? Well there should be some room...
Roomie Stripping
R: Nope...Here...
M: I am not doing this...Can't strip in public.
Roomie looks around and looks at me...
R: I don't see anybody else in this row.
M: Doesn't make a difference...It is not private...
Roomie kindly...
R: I felt the same way too darling...But this is America and these things are cool...Just go on the other side and change quickly before anyone comes...Take a couple of big towels if you are shy...Now go on...We should go and get our lanes before someone else gets to it...
Reluctantly I left, changed and walked back to her in my suit and a towel wrapped around my waist...
M: Okay I need to shower before I dive into the pool...Where is one?
R: Actually...Lot of people don't care...But if you want you can go around the wall...
M: I ain't going without you...
So we both head for the pool...Swim for an hour or more and exhausted we come back to change...Once again I am reminded of the rows of lockers between which we need to change with no such thing as privacy...Sorry but I am a Desi...That too a south Indian one...
M: Pre showers can be avoided but post ones...Are important for my skin...
R: Totally agree with you...Did you bring you shampoo and soap?
M: Right here...
And we marched into a shower what looked like a public bath...Imagine a rod that has four shower heads and a partition in the shape of X permitting four people to take shower at a time...No privacy...I froze...
M: To hell with my skin...I am waiting outside for you...I am in no mood to see naked women...
I walked out fast focusing on the floor...and heard my roomie laughed at me before she stepped in...
Hahaha! That was five years ago...and even today I am a little apprehensive about locker rooms...At this 24 Hr Gym of mine...I still focus on the floor when I walk in to change in the handicap change room still avoiding public stripping...I am not interested in seeing naked women and that is very reassuring...
The killer is my British boss thinks that Americans are very conservative because men and women in her gym step into the jacuzzi in their swim suits...and she wanted ME to relate to it!!!
Bluffmaster (2006) - Hindi Movie Review
Ranking: 2/5
Cast: Abhishek Bachan, Ritesh Desai, Priyanka Chopra, Bomman Irani, Nana Patekar
Director: Rohan Sippy
Music: Vishal & Shekar
It was bloody cold outside for once in Dallas...Just as spring started last week the cold decided it would visit us at least once and blasted us with icy wind and freezing rain...Since it was an indoor weekend we rented Bluffmaster...Total bad decision...Three hours of a wonderful day lost in watching this movie...
I have always had a sixth sense that makes me avoid crappy Hindi movies...Like Neal n Nikki, Salam Namaste, Zinda, Family, and so many more...But I think my sixth sense was on vacation yesterday and so here is the review...
Roy (Abhi) is a con man who gets rich cheating everyone. He is considered to be one of the best and smartest in his industry (ha!). He chooses to become a conman because he wants to do everything and not just one thing...Like be a doctor or an engineer or a mechanic...Based on his choice...A worthy reason indeed. So anyway the hero proceeds to get engaged to his girl friend Simmy (Priyanka), of six months who knows nothing about his profession...On his engagement he gets exposed and the engagement is cancelled.
Roy distraught starts following Simmy everywhere trying to change his life and become a nice guy...But keeps bumping into Dittu (Ritesh) who is a small time thief. Over the course of time Roy starts developing constant headaches and faints often and on one such occasion Dittu helps him out and takes him to Dr. Bhalerao (Bomman) who diagnoses Roy with some kind of cancer in the brain.
Roy freaks out and goes and tells his to Simmy who throws a deaf ear to his plight. Dittu adopts Roy as his guru and starts following Roy learning the tricks of the trade from the Best. Roy now knows that his days are numbered to a maximum of 90...and wanting to do a good deed agrees to help Dittu to avenge the man who put his father in a mental hospital...aka Chandru (Nana).
Now Nana as usual is a scary person doing scary things and saying corny/scary dialogues...Roy and Dittu plot to cheat him out of five crores...How do they accomplish it? Yup...Go and see the movie...
Ok as I said in my intro...The movie is boring but for the last song rapped by Abhi...Everything else about this movie is boring...Ritesh trying to do a Arshad Warsi...Bomman Irani...Nothing new...Priyanka...Same old pretty lass...Abhi...Ya fine...If my dad was the biggest star in India then eventually (after 10 flops) I would also start acting...But still cannot carry a movie solely on his shoulder...In all the movie is very below average...With Abhi, Ritesh, and Rohan still riding on the popularity of their parents...
For starters try thinking about a novel story...and please even if you want to remake old ones...Let the screenplay not bore the viewers...Pace is really important even you want to repeat old movies...No thanks for trying and better luck next time...
Cast: Abhishek Bachan, Ritesh Desai, Priyanka Chopra, Bomman Irani, Nana Patekar
Director: Rohan Sippy
Music: Vishal & Shekar
It was bloody cold outside for once in Dallas...Just as spring started last week the cold decided it would visit us at least once and blasted us with icy wind and freezing rain...Since it was an indoor weekend we rented Bluffmaster...Total bad decision...Three hours of a wonderful day lost in watching this movie...
I have always had a sixth sense that makes me avoid crappy Hindi movies...Like Neal n Nikki, Salam Namaste, Zinda, Family, and so many more...But I think my sixth sense was on vacation yesterday and so here is the review...
Roy (Abhi) is a con man who gets rich cheating everyone. He is considered to be one of the best and smartest in his industry (ha!). He chooses to become a conman because he wants to do everything and not just one thing...Like be a doctor or an engineer or a mechanic...Based on his choice...A worthy reason indeed. So anyway the hero proceeds to get engaged to his girl friend Simmy (Priyanka), of six months who knows nothing about his profession...On his engagement he gets exposed and the engagement is cancelled.
Roy distraught starts following Simmy everywhere trying to change his life and become a nice guy...But keeps bumping into Dittu (Ritesh) who is a small time thief. Over the course of time Roy starts developing constant headaches and faints often and on one such occasion Dittu helps him out and takes him to Dr. Bhalerao (Bomman) who diagnoses Roy with some kind of cancer in the brain.
Roy freaks out and goes and tells his to Simmy who throws a deaf ear to his plight. Dittu adopts Roy as his guru and starts following Roy learning the tricks of the trade from the Best. Roy now knows that his days are numbered to a maximum of 90...and wanting to do a good deed agrees to help Dittu to avenge the man who put his father in a mental hospital...aka Chandru (Nana).
Now Nana as usual is a scary person doing scary things and saying corny/scary dialogues...Roy and Dittu plot to cheat him out of five crores...How do they accomplish it? Yup...Go and see the movie...
Ok as I said in my intro...The movie is boring but for the last song rapped by Abhi...Everything else about this movie is boring...Ritesh trying to do a Arshad Warsi...Bomman Irani...Nothing new...Priyanka...Same old pretty lass...Abhi...Ya fine...If my dad was the biggest star in India then eventually (after 10 flops) I would also start acting...But still cannot carry a movie solely on his shoulder...In all the movie is very below average...With Abhi, Ritesh, and Rohan still riding on the popularity of their parents...
For starters try thinking about a novel story...and please even if you want to remake old ones...Let the screenplay not bore the viewers...Pace is really important even you want to repeat old movies...No thanks for trying and better luck next time...
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