Many of my frndz must have guessed by now that about whom I am talking, just by reading the heading of this blog. Yes, guys you all are right, I’m talking about Abhishek Bachchan.
I always believed in his acting abilities, and I was sure that one day he will definitely become a star and I came onto this conclusion just after watching his first movie, Refugee. Many times we had a debate over this topic that how can I say that he is “The Star of the Future,” at that time I was always proved wrong, by my frndz, but I believed that one day he will be.
After getting many flops in a row now Aby’s Baby has become a star in true sense. Nowadays, he is in the news for smallest of things he does; whether he’s throwing a b’day party, signing any new movie, or having affair’s with his co-stars, etc everything is in news. I hope that in future, we’ll see not him only in one or two but in many more commercials too. He has been voted as the “Most Promising Star of the Future,” by the audience, in a survey conducted by a TV channel. While in another survey, conducted by a leading news channel, he was chosen as “Sexiest Male in India.” Even at one of the popular award’s function recently, when he came onto the stage, the crowd went crazy, and this didn’t happen only once but every time he was there.
Nobody wants to put his money on a flop actor; but these days every filmmaker is keen to work with him or had already signed him for their next venture. So guys, what do you say? I think now every one will believe me, that he is the "Star of the Future."
Friday, March 10, 2006
Monday, March 06, 2006
Paint It Yellow !!!
Saw Rang De Basanti over the weekend. The first half of the movie reminded me of all the “FUN” we used to have in college whereas the other part touched me, with the “ISSUES” that have been dealt in the movie.
Almost everything in the movie was fantastic, whether its script, screenplay, music, direction or the performance. The background score was amazing, so was the screenplay. How Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra interchanges between the two plots, that is, past and present in the movie, is brilliant. The music by Rehman is not of the regular type and it will be liked by almost everyone. The performances of not only Aamir Khan, but all the actors were excellent. All of them look very natural. Even Alice Patten had spoken Hindi so fluently that nobody could say that she is a foreigner. The way each of them start behaving like real freedom fighters towards the climax was really fascinating. The climax of the movie is also one thing which makes it unforgettable. Guys believe me, do go and watch this movie.
I strongly believe that Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra should have made this movie in English too, as he originally thought of; so that this world would have not missed such a brilliant movie. The name of the English version was to be “Paint It Yellow.”
Almost everything in the movie was fantastic, whether its script, screenplay, music, direction or the performance. The background score was amazing, so was the screenplay. How Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra interchanges between the two plots, that is, past and present in the movie, is brilliant. The music by Rehman is not of the regular type and it will be liked by almost everyone. The performances of not only Aamir Khan, but all the actors were excellent. All of them look very natural. Even Alice Patten had spoken Hindi so fluently that nobody could say that she is a foreigner. The way each of them start behaving like real freedom fighters towards the climax was really fascinating. The climax of the movie is also one thing which makes it unforgettable. Guys believe me, do go and watch this movie.
I strongly believe that Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra should have made this movie in English too, as he originally thought of; so that this world would have not missed such a brilliant movie. The name of the English version was to be “Paint It Yellow.”
Saturday, March 04, 2006
VT Program !! (Part I)
This is first in the series, “From Sangam to Nariman Point”, about which I mentioned some time back.
It was first time that I reached somewhere on time, may be bcos it was sumthing related to an opportunity for a job……… When I showed my letter to the security personnel, he asked me to wait in the security room: I found a place to sit, just next to a guy with long hair n also with an earring, he was also carrying the same letter like me so I understood that he was also there for this VT Program !!
The first impression I got from his looks was that he is a typical Delhite n it will be very difficult for me to have gud frndship with him but in life everything never falls on the same platform as we have thought n opposite to my believes he became one of my closest pal there, he was Abhishek Kalra or ‘Abhi’, as we later use to call him………
Few minutes later, security guard asked us to move to Building 22B, Second Floor, Cafeteria….. I asked for the directions n moved ahead, and I was among the first few to reach there;
After sitting alone for few minutes, I saw Abhi sitting on another table with a guy, I went to them n asked “Are you ppl also for the VT Program?” He replied with a nod n asked me to join them. After this we introduced ourselves to each other. On the table beside ours were sitting a guy, Rishi and two beautiful ladies, Megha and Laveena. They were so busy in giggling and chatting with each other, that we even thought that they may be very good frndz from before. Rest of the ppl were also scattered throughout the cafeteria.
Almost after sitting there for an hour, came a person from the HR Department. He took all of us to a conference room on the ground floor of the front building. The room looked good; it was a semi-circle shaped room with sofas all around the walls, except for one side. We all fitted ourselves on those sofas. After some formalities, which are usually done by the HR Department of every organization, we took our lunch break. The day seemed to be good as well as exciting too. We were enjoying every bit of it as most of us were new to this Corporate Culture.
I don’t know about others but it was first time I saw a BPO from inside, how ppl work there, etc. There were also two ATM’s counters just outside the room where we were sitting. A pantry just next to our room, with a TV in order to make their employees feel relax. One thing which I saw for the first time in my life was the Shoe Polishing Machine, which was placed on every floor, just outside the washroom. We all used these resources on our own convenience.
After having a good lunch, we all assembled back in the same room. The best thing about the lunch was that it was free of cost. Now that HR person came again and told us that we’ll be having our Pre-Assessment in short while from now and it will be a telephonic round of interview. There was panic amongst all of us, that why they are taking another round of interview? But he told us that it is only done to judge our abilities and we should remain assured that no one will be thrown out or disqualified.
Telephonic round of interview began and it was just similar to the interview which had given at the time of recruitment. But then too everyone whose turn was left was tensed till the time he/she finished off with his/her interview. My turn came almost at the end but it went okay. Till the time one person gave the interview, we all others had interactions with each other. After finishing off with this round, we were told to leave for the day. We took the respective cabs and went home happily. In the cab I found another guy from our batch, he was Kunal. He lived very near to my house in NOIDA.
Next day we were again made to sit in that same conference room and the whole day we only had fun. In between, some ppl from different departments came to address us, but the day passed and what I remember about it is only fun. One important thing which we learnt that day was that we’ll be divided into two groups; one will have training for 4 weeks and the other one for 6 weeks. This announcement made us a little sad coz now we ppl will be separated.
The third day began in the cafeteria, where came Arti. She introduced herself as the trainer of one group and told us that she will be announcing the names of the ppl in her group. So the names were:-
1. Abhishek Kalra
2. Anshul Agrawal
3. Anurag Sareen
4. Ashish Khattar
5. Joy Mukerjee
6. Kunal Kishore
7. Laveena Samvedi
8. Megha Shah
9. Vargis Khan
10. Vijayendra Singh
And ten of us went with Arti to Arctic Waves (this was the name of our training room)………
to be continued……………………
It was first time that I reached somewhere on time, may be bcos it was sumthing related to an opportunity for a job……… When I showed my letter to the security personnel, he asked me to wait in the security room: I found a place to sit, just next to a guy with long hair n also with an earring, he was also carrying the same letter like me so I understood that he was also there for this VT Program !!
The first impression I got from his looks was that he is a typical Delhite n it will be very difficult for me to have gud frndship with him but in life everything never falls on the same platform as we have thought n opposite to my believes he became one of my closest pal there, he was Abhishek Kalra or ‘Abhi’, as we later use to call him………
Few minutes later, security guard asked us to move to Building 22B, Second Floor, Cafeteria….. I asked for the directions n moved ahead, and I was among the first few to reach there;
After sitting alone for few minutes, I saw Abhi sitting on another table with a guy, I went to them n asked “Are you ppl also for the VT Program?” He replied with a nod n asked me to join them. After this we introduced ourselves to each other. On the table beside ours were sitting a guy, Rishi and two beautiful ladies, Megha and Laveena. They were so busy in giggling and chatting with each other, that we even thought that they may be very good frndz from before. Rest of the ppl were also scattered throughout the cafeteria.
Almost after sitting there for an hour, came a person from the HR Department. He took all of us to a conference room on the ground floor of the front building. The room looked good; it was a semi-circle shaped room with sofas all around the walls, except for one side. We all fitted ourselves on those sofas. After some formalities, which are usually done by the HR Department of every organization, we took our lunch break. The day seemed to be good as well as exciting too. We were enjoying every bit of it as most of us were new to this Corporate Culture.
I don’t know about others but it was first time I saw a BPO from inside, how ppl work there, etc. There were also two ATM’s counters just outside the room where we were sitting. A pantry just next to our room, with a TV in order to make their employees feel relax. One thing which I saw for the first time in my life was the Shoe Polishing Machine, which was placed on every floor, just outside the washroom. We all used these resources on our own convenience.
After having a good lunch, we all assembled back in the same room. The best thing about the lunch was that it was free of cost. Now that HR person came again and told us that we’ll be having our Pre-Assessment in short while from now and it will be a telephonic round of interview. There was panic amongst all of us, that why they are taking another round of interview? But he told us that it is only done to judge our abilities and we should remain assured that no one will be thrown out or disqualified.
Telephonic round of interview began and it was just similar to the interview which had given at the time of recruitment. But then too everyone whose turn was left was tensed till the time he/she finished off with his/her interview. My turn came almost at the end but it went okay. Till the time one person gave the interview, we all others had interactions with each other. After finishing off with this round, we were told to leave for the day. We took the respective cabs and went home happily. In the cab I found another guy from our batch, he was Kunal. He lived very near to my house in NOIDA.
Next day we were again made to sit in that same conference room and the whole day we only had fun. In between, some ppl from different departments came to address us, but the day passed and what I remember about it is only fun. One important thing which we learnt that day was that we’ll be divided into two groups; one will have training for 4 weeks and the other one for 6 weeks. This announcement made us a little sad coz now we ppl will be separated.
The third day began in the cafeteria, where came Arti. She introduced herself as the trainer of one group and told us that she will be announcing the names of the ppl in her group. So the names were:-
1. Abhishek Kalra
2. Anshul Agrawal
3. Anurag Sareen
4. Ashish Khattar
5. Joy Mukerjee
6. Kunal Kishore
7. Laveena Samvedi
8. Megha Shah
9. Vargis Khan
10. Vijayendra Singh
And ten of us went with Arti to Arctic Waves (this was the name of our training room)………
to be continued……………………
Friday, February 10, 2006
All Well that Ends Well !!!
This was the last day of my training, not the technical one as that already got over but this training was of Soft Skills, or you may say as of Communicational Skills.
This was a two day training module in which we were told how to make presentations, take conference calls, how to write emails, etc.
In the evening of the first day of the training, we were divided into 5 teams, each having 6 or 7 members. We were given a task that next day in the morning, we have to make a presentation in front of the client in order to sell our product to her bank. No PowerPoint Presentations were allowed but only two chart papers & few sketch pens were given to us.
Mine was the third group. Other than me, Anubhav, Kuldeep, Kunal, Nishant & Rakhi were the members of the third group. Next day in the morning we made few charts n were ready with the presentation. We somehow managed to do a good job & we all were satisfied by our performances.
After few hours, the results came & to our surprise we were the lucky team whose product was chosen by the bank or in general terms, our group won that competition. Atlast during my whole two and half months of training, I won sumthing. It was a nice feeling, a feeling of achievement and as the prize or memories I’ve kept those chart paper slides with me…… One question I always wanted to ask the judge or the client (because both were same) that what was the USP of our presentation, which made us win that tough competition.
On returning back home I messaged Anubhav, Kunal, Nishant & Rakhi about the result of the competition, since that day they left earlier and Kunal called me back. He was very happy with the results and said “All Well that Ends Well !!!”
This was a two day training module in which we were told how to make presentations, take conference calls, how to write emails, etc.
In the evening of the first day of the training, we were divided into 5 teams, each having 6 or 7 members. We were given a task that next day in the morning, we have to make a presentation in front of the client in order to sell our product to her bank. No PowerPoint Presentations were allowed but only two chart papers & few sketch pens were given to us.
Mine was the third group. Other than me, Anubhav, Kuldeep, Kunal, Nishant & Rakhi were the members of the third group. Next day in the morning we made few charts n were ready with the presentation. We somehow managed to do a good job & we all were satisfied by our performances.
After few hours, the results came & to our surprise we were the lucky team whose product was chosen by the bank or in general terms, our group won that competition. Atlast during my whole two and half months of training, I won sumthing. It was a nice feeling, a feeling of achievement and as the prize or memories I’ve kept those chart paper slides with me…… One question I always wanted to ask the judge or the client (because both were same) that what was the USP of our presentation, which made us win that tough competition.
On returning back home I messaged Anubhav, Kunal, Nishant & Rakhi about the result of the competition, since that day they left earlier and Kunal called me back. He was very happy with the results and said “All Well that Ends Well !!!”
Friday, January 20, 2006
24 & still counting....
Some twenty four years ago I was born on this day, Tuesday 19th January,1982; the day which will be written with golden words in the History (just kiddin)……..
Yesterday was my 24th birthday & it was totally different from what it happened to be till last year: This time I was in Mumbai & celebrating my b’day without my family or college / school frndz; but then too I had an experience which I will never forget…….
As I reached office, evry1 started wishing me & I soon became the Centre of Attraction..... After some time, two of my collegues Harsh & Richa came, with a cake in their hand. On seeing this, I was shocked, not shocked actually but surprised or u may even say that I was very happy by this act of theirs b’coz I never thought abt this. Then an hour later, during our tea-break, I cut the cake & we all had our share from that…… but I think I had the most part of it since evry1 was sharing a bite with me…….
Then after the Lunch, I got a bouquet from my office ppl as a custom which is followed their.....
Although I was not with my family & old frndz but then too almost evry1 called me up to wish & even some of the calls were really unexpected (especially Abhishek Khattri calling from US)……So all this made my day gr8…….. Thanx to evry1 for making my day enjoyable & rememberable !!!
Yesterday was my 24th birthday & it was totally different from what it happened to be till last year: This time I was in Mumbai & celebrating my b’day without my family or college / school frndz; but then too I had an experience which I will never forget…….
As I reached office, evry1 started wishing me & I soon became the Centre of Attraction..... After some time, two of my collegues Harsh & Richa came, with a cake in their hand. On seeing this, I was shocked, not shocked actually but surprised or u may even say that I was very happy by this act of theirs b’coz I never thought abt this. Then an hour later, during our tea-break, I cut the cake & we all had our share from that…… but I think I had the most part of it since evry1 was sharing a bite with me…….
Then after the Lunch, I got a bouquet from my office ppl as a custom which is followed their.....
Although I was not with my family & old frndz but then too almost evry1 called me up to wish & even some of the calls were really unexpected (especially Abhishek Khattri calling from US)……So all this made my day gr8…….. Thanx to evry1 for making my day enjoyable & rememberable !!!
Monday, January 16, 2006
From Sangam to Nariman Point !!
With college life over.... people have moved on for their jobs n studies.... our life had changed..... or for that matter everyone's life changed.......... I am getting a bit nostalgic......... or should i say getting a little senti.......
Frankly speaking guys I’ve taken this idea or stole this idea(as one of my frnd will say) from the very famous quote “From Rags To Riches”, but here I’ll not be writing the success story of anybody. But I’ll be writing about some of the incidents which happened to me in my life. And in order to pour out these sentiments , I have decided to start a new series……….
My life started from Allahabad, the land of Sangam to Mumbai, the city of Dreams. I always dreamt to have a job in Mumbai, so it was a dream come true for me. I was so passionate about Mumbai.
"I will keep on adding my part of the story as and when i remember".
The recent posts in this series are:-
Frankly speaking guys I’ve taken this idea or stole this idea(as one of my frnd will say) from the very famous quote “From Rags To Riches”, but here I’ll not be writing the success story of anybody. But I’ll be writing about some of the incidents which happened to me in my life. And in order to pour out these sentiments , I have decided to start a new series……….
My life started from Allahabad, the land of Sangam to Mumbai, the city of Dreams. I always dreamt to have a job in Mumbai, so it was a dream come true for me. I was so passionate about Mumbai.
"I will keep on adding my part of the story as and when i remember".
The recent posts in this series are:-
6. Level 1 Completed !!
7. VT Program !! (Part 1)
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
My First Blog !!!
This is my first ever Blog !!!!
Actually from a long time back i was hearing & reading about Blogging but never knew anything abt it in detail........
But it was two of my Frndz (Dheeraj Agarwal & Harsh Doshi), who told me abt it n also told me the way to have my own BLOG on the net ........... so i give the whole credit for all this to them ....
So just to begin my journey as a Blogger, i'm writing this one n promise to post new blogs at regular intervals.
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!
Actually from a long time back i was hearing & reading about Blogging but never knew anything abt it in detail........
But it was two of my Frndz (Dheeraj Agarwal & Harsh Doshi), who told me abt it n also told me the way to have my own BLOG on the net ........... so i give the whole credit for all this to them ....
So just to begin my journey as a Blogger, i'm writing this one n promise to post new blogs at regular intervals.
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!
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