Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

Well.. An honest confession before i comment.I have never liked this Vampire, Monsters, Werewolves genre and its my first watch in the same league.
I wasnt impressed much as there is no story line, no sense of direction, no straight line of thought that binds the movie. It is just a sequence of events which is served with the usual masala of special effects, make up, sound engineering and pretty neat action sequences.
Movie just keeps wandering here and there, sometimes about the inner struggle of the main character and others the love between a vampire and a sort of werewolf. If you are thinking about serious cinema then its too obvious that you wont go and watch it.
But ya, If you are a bit stressed in this recession time and do not want to apply your brains and don give a damn about the story line and wanna feel relieved and do not have anything better to do, then Just go, Keep your brains aside, sit back, enjoy the ride, have some popcorn and come back.. Wont be too disappointed either.. ;-)

The Reader

The Reader is a tale of love between a 15 year old guy and a 30+ woman though its not a love story. It talks about war crime and holocaust and still not a war movie too. The tender intimacy of the love story gives the film its strongest moments. It’s a simple, sombre, soft, somewhat emotional but confused movie. Kate is phenomenal. Even the young David Kross has done his bit.

But if slightly slow paced movies are not your cup of tea then you better give it a miss. The movie has everything but still there is lot more which one feels missing. It just doesnt give THAT indescribable 'FEEL'. The Movie should be seen more for Kate's acting prowess rather than anything else

Aloo Chat

The movie is another COULD have been movie. It could have been a sweet love story. Could have been a laughter riot. Could have had great cameos. Could have been so much and ends as nothing. It tries too hard to showcase SOME amount of chemistry between Aftaab and Aamna. But to no avail. The movie has its funny moments but there are too sporadic and few.

Aamna Sharif should stick either to television soaps or rather to selling soaps and detergents in Television commercials as she looks as if she is posing rather than acting in every frame possible. Aftaab anyways has never been known for his acting skills. Both of them look good and thats it. The movie tries soo hard to tickle your funny bones but the jokes are just not funny.

May be i am being too harsh but i dont think the movie had any script of sense of direction where the movie was headed. May be it was only supposed to be a movie with funny moments which never took place. In short, Its like a big Vaccuum cleaner. It SUCKS. Aamna sharif should jump off a cliff and Aftaab should be thrown.

A 'SNOB'

I was at NM a couple of days back for a J-A-M ( Just a minute competition).. and some guy from a college saw me there.. and told another friend of mine in his college that 'I saw that Somaiya Snob there'.. And obviously the girl was a good friend and in the evening she tells me that.. And i started laughing.. not at her.. not at me.. but perceptions people have and judgements they make without even meeting somebody..

For god's sake man(for that matter women as well).. I am tired of this thing.. Its been years.. since my collge days.. Almost everybody who meets me for the first time thinks the same.. its like a pattern.. "You see me.. think i am a snob.. then as fate would have it.. We meet.. we talk.. the perceptions change.. we become the best of the friends.. and somebody tells you that i am a snob.. and you then starts defending me.."

I dont understand if a person takes his time to open up with people and likes to be with the people he likes to be with.. and if you find me sitting in a corner reading a book or some article on the net.. then does it mean that i feel that i am superior to the whole race and do not want to maintain an eye contact with anybody as that might not be worthy of it!!!!.. come on man.. get a life..

I am obviously not here for an explanation... But I would only like to ask people is to "STOP BEING JUDGEMENTAL".. Atleast till the time you actually MEET or TALK to somebody(anybody) yourself.. Some people might just be inherently shy or something.. Just go to them.. Have a small Conversation and then decide.. it aint too much to ask for.. or is it????

Well.. That was a generalized statement.. as far as I am concerned.. Now i dont really give it a thought to this 'snob' thing.. coz the people who KNOW the real me through the time they have spent with me.. I kno what they think about it.. and Nothing else matters...

So.. Dont bother about who dont matter.. Coz the people who mind dont matter and those who matter dont mind..

Take Very good care of yourself..

Long Time No Post...

Well.. Havent really updated my blog since a long time.. my apologies( hehe.. To whom.. ???? i m sounding like a crack pot.. as if somebody actually waits or even reads the entries here.. bt wateva).. Lets see if you can go all the way.. coz the point i wanna make is at the end of the post.. so lets check your patience with this longish entry..

Was busy with all kinda b-school shit.. placements.. competitions.. quizes.. all sorts of crap.. bt now i m free.. pretty bored actually.. watching crazy amount of movies.. this year's oscar list is complete.. Babel.. Blood diamond.. Departed.. The Last king of scotland.. In pursuit of happyness.. All done(well Almost)..

The past couple o months have been mixed... got Placed with the an international bank.. good offer.. but on the quizzing and extra currics front.. not the greatest season.. I dont kno whats wrong.. Have been losing at all the BIIG quizzes.. the ones that count.. but such is my life.. i am slowly getting translated to the "oh.. That was Unlucky" loser type guy.. more like Team India.. Losing (that includes finishing runners up) at the big stage.. something always seems to go wrong.. What eva.. I always take these as a 'Healthy Learning Experience'.. :-)

Lost a Big Quiz even yesterday.. Was going great guns.. and Damn.. The other team challanages us for a difficult question.. and we come from winning to third place.. The mind was all fucked up last night.. Couldnt even sleep properly.. But don kno the reason.. I am feeling Really good today...Woke up with a 'Feel Good Factor'.. and Its early morning and i thought of updating my blog..

So here i am.. and the entry would be too long so this is only an introduction to the 'snob' entry coming your way...

Isnt it ironical.. I write this entry before the snob one.. But THAT would be featured above THIS..and after my updated post... you will get to kno tht THAT was a new entry after a long time i wanted.. am i makin sense??? well not much i guess.. But who cares.. right??

Take Care

Alone!!!

“All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone” : Jean de la Bruyere

Alone.. Strange word it is.. Dictionary meaning says "Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only, Unique; rare; matchless-- applied to a person or thing,"

This afternoon i was surrounded by atleast 100 people in the college canteen.. chatting..blabbering..laughing..screaming.. still i was alone.. May be when you are reading this, you are alone yourself. What??? You are not. Think again..

So, what being alone means. Is it a good thing or is it not? The answer lies with you. You what you are, when you are surrounded by others, some who matter and most who don't, or when you are with YOU??

Creativity somebody said that is an individual effort. Some of the most creative people are loners. They prefer to spend time away from coworkers, alone with their own thoughts and ideas. They may be difficult to talk to, even to find, and may not like working on teams. A lone genius can never fight with multiple mediocre minds. Is it true??

All of us have a mask which hides our own identity. The only time we are not with that mask, is the time we are alone. As Henry David Thoreau once said, “I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.” Who judges what we are good at or what not? Is it the people who 'know' you or who think they know you or your own self??

Is it only that presence of somebody means that you are not alone. or is that you can be alone in a literal sense, but still not alone because somebody or something is constantly with you??

How many times, has it happened with you that you feel alone in the company of a dozen, sometimes even a hundred people. and How many times has it happened that you are 'alone' in your room, staring at the fan above and still feel somebody's warmth around you??

Confused? I am as well.. Everything i have said here ends with a question mark And this is the very purpose of this post. Not to philosophize on something. But to Raise Questions and Start a thought process. When you are done reading this, just think about it and whenever you think you are alone. Remember.. It aint that bad either..

SureShot Way to kill Brilliance and Creativity: Examinations..

The only constant thing in life.. is NOT change.. its Examination..
Exams Exams and More Exams.. and thats about it.. Doing an MBA itself is too arduous and we have this trimester system and shit on the cake is Mid-Trimester Exams.. Come on guys.. Get a Life.. Giving assignments where you are supposed to exercise your right, left or center brain is something else.. but Having Exams every 40 Days is another..

Sometimes i feel like a Dog in China being sterilized by the local authorities.. but in this case the weapon used is the almighty pen through which the faculty gives marks..

I know some amount of creative genius is required here as well.. I mean, who can write the same sentence in 17 differet styles.. sometimes active..other passive.. and meaning nothing.. But for god's sake.. This is not going to count ANYWHERE in life..

No Creative Geniuses were made in B-Schools.. but what to do.. the only sure shot way to get a six( or even seven) figure salary in this country is only through a piece of paper called the MBA degree.. Business Success comes through Innovation and Creativity and not mugging up crap.. It comes through exericing your grey cells and thinking laterally and finding a gap in the market..(if it doesnt exist, then by very well creating a PERCEIVED gap in the minds of the consumer)..

I feel so goddamn bored till the brim.. No excitement.. No Challanges.. Just mundane studies.. Assignments.. Projects.. Showing your PPT Prowess.. thats it.. for heaven's sake.. guys get a life... Go out and Have Fun..

Hmmm.. Actually i hv got Two exams tomorrow so won't be able to write much.. So up i go to scale the business landscape through business strategy and trying to juggle my way into the Management Control Systems.. (though nothing systematic nor strategic about my preparations)..

Till next time.. i have this strange urge to write some crap which neither my roommates nor anybody else in the world cares about.. BBye..