Friday, June 29, 2007

Some Random Facts (About Me)...

Sakshi tagged me on “Some Random Facts (About Me)”. This is the first I’ve been tagged and I actually thought for some time before writing these random things about me… To me, this appears to be one of the toughest tags ever… Anyways, I will try my best to tell new things about me… So here come 8 random facts about me

  1. I'm a Dreamer by nature...
  2. Always wanted to join Indian Army as an officer; tried once but wasn’t successful… :(
  3. My mother and aunt like the “Pulaav” cooked by me…
  4. I keep the movie tickets after watching the movie. On some of them, I’ve also written the name of the friends’ with whom I watched that movie…
  5. I am passionate about Bollywood and its movies. Can talk and discuss about them continuously for hours. Due to this my friends here also call me “Glamour Lala”;)
  6. Apart from Blogging, I’ve also written two short stories…
  7. The compliment which I get most often is “Looks are deceptive”… Although it’s full of sarcasm but I take this as a compliment… ;)
  8. Usually like beautiful girls who have a hair cut and wear spects, but exceptions are always there… ;)

Rules of the game:

  • Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.
  • People who are tagged, write a blog post about their own 8 random things, and post these rules.
  • At the end of your post you need to tag 8 people and include their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment and tell them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
  • If you fail to do this within eight hours, you will not reach Third Series or attain your most precious goals for at least two more lifetimes :)
As per the rules of the game, I tag the following 8 bloggers: I.D., Poddy Bhaiya, Narayanan, Neha, Niraj, Rohit, Shruti & Tammy.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Amitabh Bachchan in a Sasur-Bahu saga?

Yesterday Mumbai Mirror posted a story by the title, “Amitabh Bachchan in a sasur-bahu saga?” That article was mainly about that Senior Bachchan may soon return to TV and act in a non-fiction or in some fiction serial. As the title suggests he may be doing some Sasur-Bahu saga or some type of K-serial, as we call them in our daily life.

I always appreciate the experimental movies & the exceptional characters which Mr. Bachchan plays in his movies. I liked most of the characters which he played in the recent times whether it was Sexy Sam in KANK to the one he played in Cheeni Kum. I’m even looking forward to see him as Gabbar in RGV ki Sholay, but somehow I’m not very excited about the fact that he will acting in TV serials. KBC was altogether a different story and I believe that people will accept him again if he hosts another show. But I was just thinking that whether we are ready to see Mr. Bachchan as the male version of our own Baa…???

I told my viewpoint to Nishant that at least actors like Mr. Bachchan should not start doing Sasur-Bahu sagas; doing movies like Nishabd or Cheeni Kum is fine but please no daily sops. Nishant presented a different view that people who are older than us may think opposite to me and will say that daily sops will do but not movies like Nishabd, etc which are against our Indian Culture. I agreed to his point meanwhile Tammy asked us to imagine that Mr. Bachchan will look while romancing Baa on TV.

Although Tammy wanted us to imagine a scene where both the characters are hugging each other; while I imagined a scene where Mr. Bachchan and Baa are seated on a bench in a park. They both are asking each other’s age and Baa replies “I’m 200+” and AB replies back, “very young…”(The scene from the movie Cheeni Kum). This was the third angle to my point whether Mr. Bachchan should act on TV or not.

Only time will tell that whether we’re lucky or unlucky to see Amitabh Bachchan again on TV. Whether we want to see him on TV varies from person to person and it will depend on various factors. But one of the important factors may be the number of zeroes on the cheque which will be offered to Senior Bachchan by his producers.

Don’t forget to tell me whether you are excited about viewing Mr. Amitabh Bachchan in the daily sops or not???

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Who says “Marriages are made in Heaven” ???

Who says “Marriages are made in Heaven” ??? I don’t say so, atleast after what I’ve seen yesterday…

Yesterday I went to a doctor’s clinic for some test, don’t worry I’m perfectly fine and it was a just a routine checkup.

The clinic was crowded with patients except for the place where an elderly uncle (let say Mr. X) and I was sitting. Sofa for three was occupied by only two of us, lucky we. Not much time passed when this comfort of ours was snatched away from us. Another uncle (let say Mr. Y) came with a lady (let say Ms. Z) and both of them fitted themselves in the space which was initially meant for only one.

Let me tell you few of my observations about my sofa mates:
Mr. X: By his looks he wasn’t seem to be a very serious patient. May be he was also there just for a routine checkup.
Mr. Y: He seemed to be a serious patient by the way he walked and talked initially.
Ms. Z: On seeing her one can easily make out that she was definitely not Mr. Y’s wife and she was her daughter which I only came to know later. She was not very young; I mean not the college going types. If not married then she was of the perfect age for marriage.

After having some conversation with Mr. Y, Ms. Z went out for making some call. Just then Mr. X approached Mr. Y with a question, “Are you a Marwari?” (I think he must have guessed this by the accent in which they were talking). The timing of that question was so perfect that it seemed that he was just waiting for the lady to go out.

"Yes, I’m a Marwari”, replied Mr. Y
“I’m too a Marwari from Dausa, Rajasthan and what about you?” asked Mr. X
“I’m from Jaipur” replied Mr. Y in an unpleasant tone.

Initially Mr. Y doesn’t seem to be interested in the conversation but slowly and steadily the chit-chat between the two became friendlier and even interesting for me… They continued by asking about each other’s profession, residence in Mumbai and family backgrounds, etc. But in the whole discussion Mr. X was more curious to know about the other one, that time I thought some people have this nature but later I got to know the main reason behind it.

Finally Mr. X came to the main point when he started enquiring about Ms. Z. By this time both of them have had become so friendly that Mr. Y never thought for a second before telling everything about his daughter to a stranger. I’m not jotting down the full conversation here; but the major points which came out from that conversation were: she was unmarried, doing her post-graduation and expert in cooking ad household works.

A thought stroked my mind immediately, “What else one can look in a bride???”

After listening to all the qualities of her, Mr. X told Mr. Y that his nephew may be a perfect groom for her daughter, if he is looking for one. He further told that his nephew is a Software Engineer and is also pretty handsome in his looks. After that Mr. Y added that these days’ software people get handsome salaries. At that point of time, I too thought that even my chances are bright in the marriage market. Anyways jokes apart, by then Mr. Y had already shown his interest in Mr. X’s nephew.

The exchange of numbers has also taken place by the time Ms. Z re-entered the room. Then Mr. Y introduced her to his new friend or should I say that one of her’s future in-law. By this time nurse called me and I went inside the doctor’s cabin. When I came back all three of them were still busy in giggling and talking. I think by that time they must have also fixed the date and venue for the first meeting of both the families.

Now I want to add in the quotation that “Marriages are made in Heaven but sometime in Doctor’s Clinic too…

Monday, June 04, 2007

Weekend Diaries...

The weekend which ended yesterday night was a hectic one; actually I prefer to call it ‘hectic’, since I wasn’t able to sleep for durations which I generally sleep on weekends. On both the days I woke up approximately at six thirty in the morning. Normally on weekends I wake up at noon, when our maid comes and then too I ask my roomies, “Why does she come so early on the weekends?”

Saturday morning I played Cricket after almost a gap of 2 years. It’s always fun to play with your friends but this was the first time when I was playing with my office colleagues. Although our team lost the match; but I won the competition, which was between Mayank and me that who will remain not out. Playing was fun but the body pain which is still there is really bad…

Evening was the time to come out of our den’s and enjoy again, so we decided to watch the movie Cheeni Kum. The show at the nearest theatre was house full so went to another theatre and watched Shootout At Lokhandwala (For my international readers: Don’t worry this was not an encounter or a terrorist attack video but it’s a latest Bollywood movie). This movie was based on a true incident and could be watched once just to gain some knowledge about that particular incident. My ratings: 1.5 /5

We decided to go to Siddhivinayak Temple on Sunday morning. It was a nice experience to visit the temple early in the morning although we were not on schedule as per our own plans. While coming back home, we finalized the plans for the evening: another movie, this time our original choice, that is, Cheeni Kum.

The show was at 10:30 in the night, so in the mean time I went to the coaching and to one of my relatives place. Later went to Goregaon to watch Cheeni Kum. Although the masses may not be able to relate with this movie but the so called ‘multiplex audience’ will definitely enjoy watching it. An experimental cinema sought of a movie with good performance from all the artistes, especially the girl who played the character of ‘Sexy’. My ratings for this movie: 3.5/5

Signing off for now as I’m unable to write more due to the muscle pain…

So the morale of the story is: Play cricket regularly or else don’t play.

Who says “Marriages are made in Heaven” ???

Who says “ Marriages are made in Heaven ” ??? I don’t say so, atleast after what I’ve seen yesterday… Yesterday I went to a doctor’s cli...