My Great Indian Tele saga

My bonding with TV dates back from when i was 8..Call it the influence of my mom and sister..Then it was just DD...Waking up at 9 on Sundays to see Mahabharath and Chandrakantha, mystery unveiled in Tehekikath and Byomkesh Bakshi, waiting for chitrahaar to catch a glimpse of upcoming movie is all long forgotten..

Then came cable TV which revolutionised my life...There was a time when i religiously followed each and every saga on TV..Lest get to maths, 3hrs a day 4times a week for 6years is 3*4*52*6=3744hrs!! Now Ekta you owe me that..They made it easier for people who dint watch their soaps on a regular basis by having a common factor for all types of characters.. Be it Tulsi, Parvathi, Komolika or Ramola...Lets say a you see a women and the same instant you get it its a vamp or heroine..how? vamp will always be in a gaudy outfit generally flashy loud sari with weird style bindis and not to forget the shrewd music which always accompanies her..heroine is also colourful and bright but soft spoken and most important is the music which follows her..calm and soothing..all young bad people are in western wear..and the good ones in salwar...

As if watching these shows were not enough, i even had after discussions with some like-me friends in school..like “how can Mihir die?” “Pratham is so cute” “Prerna married Bajaj?!” etc etc...Also we realised the utility of landline...

I don’t know if everyone stopped seeing saas bahu serials or is it that i finally realised..I think the former because i still know people who see them...But you have to accept the interest stimulated by it on people especially the retired and 60+ people..They are more involved in others lives than theirs and its a safe way to kill time..

i need to write something...

• The new "men in (dark) blue" outfit sucks...It is the Sri Lankan team outfit copy..
  

• I can now confidently say that i know "jab we met" dialogues line by line..The other movies which i know the script byheart are Kuch kuch hota hai, DDLJ and Kaho na pyar hai (I know!@!@!)

• What on earth is Abhijith Sawant doing in a movie?? If Miss India is the platform to get into Bollywood for women, singing seems to be for men..sonu to himesh to abhijith..

• I m not reviewing 13B..because i have not seen any fully scarry horror movie..so i cant rate it..all i can say is its not a horror movie but there are bhooths in it..the bhooths are all harmless and hence not scarry..

• Our project is on a roll of continuous rejection by our HOD for over a month now...i m not too proud about it but i hope it will take off asap...
  

25 about me!!

1. I have a 10Rs note in my wallet which i never take out..According to me, as long as its there, my wallet wont be lost..
2. I was state roller skates champion in school..its was one of the best competition ever because i was the only competitor..i skated the race alone and won gold :)
3. I have always wanted to do different things in life, something which hasnever been done before and something out of the box..i m still in the process of figuring it out..
4. Since class 4, i have fancied getting specs..All my friends and cousins have it and i dont..I think its cool and makes me look smart and intelligent..I regularly test my vision still hoping to get..
5. I never litter the place around me..be it in my house or any public place..I think throwing chocolate wrappers and chips cover should be made illegal..
6. I m a total bollywood buff..I have amazing memory when it comes to movies..
7. Mumbai is my dream city..i just love every part of that city..i ve decided i will spend some part of my life there..
8. I have a collection of feathers and stickers which i have been collecting from class 2..
9. I once climbed a tree and dint know how to get down..then i got down using a ladder..
10. I once went to mythological serial shooting called 'Kadambari' in hindi..I was one of the sakhi's of rajkumari..i dint deliver a single dialogue properly..I ran away from there the next day without telling my dance teacher..
11. I m scared to be a pillion rider..
12. I was fined on the day i received my DL for jumping signal..
13. I always wanted to be musically inclined..i have gone to classes for many years both vocal and instrument but i think i m as bad as day1..
14. I have loads of dresses in my wardrobe into which i dont fit..but still i have kept it safely thinking i will fit in it one day..
15. I m scared to stay alone at home..
16. I m totally un-mis-dis photogenic...i look terrible in photos...
17. I will do a world tour before i die..
18. I m a minesweeper champion..
19. I have 6 more to go..
20. I have always shared my room with my sister..but now i m all by myself ..i miss fighting to turn off the lights..i miss waking her up just because i got up..i miss her scream at me when i use her stuff..but since we dont stay under same roof, i dont fight with her when she s home....
21. I m on an eternal quest to attain a seemingly moderate level of thinness which i dont think will happen in my lifetime..
22. I love travelling...
23. I have never written anything so long about myself specially in which everthing line starts with "I"..Also never thought about myself so much..I took 3days to write this post..
24. I dont take more than 10min to get ready be it any occasion..
25. I have no clue why i blog as anonymous..theres nothing that i want to hide..my family has given me a nice name but they forgot to add initials or surname to it..(Its sheela by the way..)

Delhi 6

Rakesh tries to do a different task like everytime but this time its not so convincing..With Delhi and 'kala bhandar' or 'monkey man' as backdrop, he tries to tell a story about hindu muslim,casteism,bribery and how a human fails to identify the god within him and dismisses the fakir who shows mirror to see the ram or allah within us..But the story takes too long to come to the actual plot..Several stories run parallelly and we forget the main plot of the movie and the message he wants to convey is unclear.

Abhishek is adorable..The climax was total bizzare though..Only because he dint want to have a sad ending like his previous..I also thought the neighbourhood bhai-bhai rishta exists only in Indian cinema and nowhere else..The music works wonders for the movie which is nicely woven and never feel out of place though theres a dozen..Overall the movie doesnt leave a lasting impression like the 'rang de effect'..

MY RATING: ***

Tagged!

i cant believe the 6th picture on 6th folder is really this one..i definetely thought it would be one with someones face but it isnt..(i dont get an oppurtunity to lie..not even in my blog)..thanks perplexed for tagging me :) i got something to write about..

THE DESCRIPTION: This picture was taken on 17th october 2008 in halebidu which happened to be the first day of our so called 'industrial trip' which was total fun..we dint visit any industry in our trip..we visited a whooping 14 amazing places in just 4days..from beaches to falls to temples to hills to trek..we had it all..and have memories we will treasure forever..

Halebidu has finely carved scrulptures of gods and goddesses and dipictions from hindu mythology..it is now being proposed for UNESCO world heritage center..hence there is large scale security..we cannot sit on any animal statues..a guard chases us with a stick..yes we were chased..i was surprised by the lack of good hotels and toilets there..considering the hot shot tourist spot it is..we headed to belur from here..and ended day1 in shringere..

buzz..

personality development programs are a total waste..yes i realised after attending as many as a fool would take to understand something as complicated as freaky trignometry(i loved it though)..i did 108 suryanamaskaras on the D-day..and was on cloud 9 then..but i m back now..i have not decided what i ll be doing after graduation(which is very close)..i would have definitely thought of civil service had it not been for reservations..you law makers are depriving the bright ones who end up joining the private sector and hence you have the not so great people writing the public sector exams..i dont know when the rule will be made fair..reservations for those who are really in need of it and purely based on economic status and not caste and creed..i m tagged by perplexed..and thats going to be next post :)

Luck by chance

it has a good storyline but script could be revised and made much better..the story picks up only after interval...no character is likeable because no one is 'nice ideal types'..it shows that everyone has a selfish dark side to themself..i think the moral of the movie was "if acting is your dream then be ready to act in a theatre or serial or small budget movies..but if being superstar is your dream then luck is necessary,be a little wicked,dont value relationships and just move on"

farhan's characterisation is a little disappointing..he looks confused ..neither is he is working towards being a actor (and waiting for luck) nor is he sure who he is in love with..suddenly realises his mistakes when srk says a few lines..konkana is her usual stereotypical role..isha sharvani is not supposed to act according to the script and hence has done a brilliant job in her barbie like awtaar..hrithik what are you doing here? do more movies..we ll definitely come to watch you as a 'hero'or even 'superhero'... rishi kapoor is hilarious and dimple is good as well..zoya you need a crash course from your bro..

MY RATING: ***(watch at your own risk)