Kaminey

This is a tough film- tough to see, tough to comprehend, tough to judge...In between lot of confusion arises may be due to dialogue delivery which goes over the head...Also we have to keep track of many characters..
The story is nothing unusal- 2 brothers, 1 good and 1 bad..loved each other in childhood..then hated each other..good one has a girl..they resolve the differences..bad one turns good..and movie ends...What to look out for is the same story told in a totally different style..
Camerawork is stunning, music is exceptional especially Dan-da-naa..Shahid is outstanding though I dint get many of his sentences..He looked great throughout the movie..Priyanka tries something new as usual and is a treat..
Also due to the swine flu epidemic we wore surgical mask to the movie hall..It was extremely funny trying to squeeze in pop corn into the mouth..
MY RATING: ***(a 1 time see)

Watch dog urf security guard

When people in my entire locality sleep, I Sheela Jayaprakash pledge to stay awake all night and guard my house and its vicinity to the best of my ability..I would like to thank the people who devised these 5 games (in top down order of my priority) and helped me to successfully implement my self imposed task..

• Spider solitaire 4 suit
  Yes its very tough to win but the joy when all cards stack up the pile at the end is a bliss..worth all the restart-game button pressed...
  
  

• Crayon physics
  Objects drawn in a crayon gets life, animates and follows principles of Physics.. Dont worry about the complicated laws of Newton or Einstein..just bascic rules..
  
  

• Icy Tower
  Totally aimless...I m quite sure no one can finsh..Uses just left, right and space keys..yet so engrossing and fun to play..
  
  

• Minesweeper
  This always topped the list until I found word racer..something so unique that very few people actually know to play this..similar to loop-the-loop in TOI..Vista doesnt give top scorer name and I m highly upset..
  
  

• Word racer
  Yes this online game by Yahoo tops the list..Its similar to Boggle fun in reality..Making words from a web based alphabets is best for those who love to play with letters..One advice is to never ever play online with those in lounge because you are destined to lose..Also it follows a dictionary from other planet,Jupiter I guess, since it definitely has more words than any other dictionary on planet Earth..so try making crap words in case you fall short of it..

Delhi Chennai Trip

 

Ten days of sheer fun and bonding..From shopping in Sarojini, Lajpat and tachy chandni chowk at 41 degress to relaxing beachside with novel in hand at Taj Fishermen's Cove..Late night gossip with movie, exotic places, out of the world food, excessive shopping..The difference after arrival is an extra kilos only in me and extra baggage fare..

Cheers!!

A brand new Honda CR-V....Rs 22,92,000

A family trip abroad.....Rs 8,40,000

A diamond ring that you craved.....Rs 4,60,000

The joy of learning algorithms, formulae, programs, circuits, dancing to the tunes of our HOD and finally being graded Engineer is........"PRICELESS"

There are some things money cant buy..

For everything else theres Daddy..

PS:- For all those who celebrated this joy..Cheers..

Harry Potter and Half Blood Prince

The book was amazing..Its one of my favourites..The movie is disappointing..Expectation from David Yates was high especially after Order of Phoenix which was a boring book turned to an exciting movie..The keenness and fervour dies down when nothing happens in the first half of the movie and the characters are still trying to figure out what has to be done..The actual story of half blood prince is missing and some questions unanswered..But I must say the cinematography was spectacular just the way I imagined..But do read the book before going to movie otherwise you are clueless in the entire movie..

MY RATING: *** (watch it if you dont want to break your record of watching all HP movies)

Sweet Surprise!!

This landed in my house day before night....

I dont know who, how, when, why.....

He s in my house portico and i m loving it....

Named him Cookie...

Hope you will stay here forever but thats not going to happen...and i also hope you are happy wherever you are...

Love you :D

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..