Tuesday 20th Jan 2009:
Last day of "YES...WE CAN".
First day of "NOW...WE MUST".
With Best Compliments from all over the world!
Last day of "YES...WE CAN".
First day of "NOW...WE MUST".
With Best Compliments from all over the world!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Saving the weekend....
The otherwise quite a boring and lethargic weekend (Overdose of Obamaugration, Continuing Depressing news of Industry and a Pathetic movie called Ghajini) was just saved by one email and one sms....!
The email: Garfield at his best
The sms : Dissection of a name.
Rama Lingam Raju, by telling the Truth (Satyam) has kept Rama with himself and..
Given his 2nd part of name to all the investors!
The email: Garfield at his best
The sms : Dissection of a name.
Rama Lingam Raju, by telling the Truth (Satyam) has kept Rama with himself and..
Given his 2nd part of name to all the investors!
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Jai Ho....!!!
I feel good that I watched Slumdog Millionaire 24 hrs before it scored at Golden Globe in a big way! Maybe watching it post 1/11 would have made me biased and would have made me to like the movie more than it truly deserves probably.
So though it is creating big roar and most probably going to win couple of Oscars too, but personally for me I dont think it really deserved to be The Number One Best Picture at Golden Globe! Wonder would it be such a darling in west had one Indian Director made it. The theme is unique, screen play and direction was excellent..but to me still it missed so much in department of simple storytelling, with lots of loopholes, so away from reality, so many open ended loops and highlighting the plight and poverty of slums...and all of these in extremes. Dont want to be the spoiler but if you have seen it already or going to watch it soon...you will realize what I am talking about. Probably the west's fascination to darker side of Mumbai is still a long way to go (Salam Bombay..remember?). I hope the next big Hollywood project based on India is not one of Monkey head eating kings (Temple of Doom), Slums or Red Light Areas (so many to mention), the Holi men (once again too many are there and the very recent...that disgusting Love Guru) or the modern Call centers (Outsourced)..rather something different..something very Normal which does not try to choke you through issues of poverty, riots, prostitution, begging or just sheer lawlessness of the land.
But at the end clearly if some one truly deserves all the credit and salute for Slumdog is A R Rahman and his team, and his excellent background score through out the movie, the haunting Latika's theme...and of course the Jai-Ho (the best original score of the year for Golden Globe!) and its choreography . What an recognition for him and making entire Bollywood and the nation proud.
At the end it was certainly a big night for India with king SRK, Anil Kapoor and A R Rahman sharing that coveted prestigious stage and being watched by audience over 160 countries worldwide !!!
Indeed...a Jai Ho (Hail Victory!) Night.
So though it is creating big roar and most probably going to win couple of Oscars too, but personally for me I dont think it really deserved to be The Number One Best Picture at Golden Globe! Wonder would it be such a darling in west had one Indian Director made it. The theme is unique, screen play and direction was excellent..but to me still it missed so much in department of simple storytelling, with lots of loopholes, so away from reality, so many open ended loops and highlighting the plight and poverty of slums...and all of these in extremes. Dont want to be the spoiler but if you have seen it already or going to watch it soon...you will realize what I am talking about. Probably the west's fascination to darker side of Mumbai is still a long way to go (Salam Bombay..remember?). I hope the next big Hollywood project based on India is not one of Monkey head eating kings (Temple of Doom), Slums or Red Light Areas (so many to mention), the Holi men (once again too many are there and the very recent...that disgusting Love Guru) or the modern Call centers (Outsourced)..rather something different..something very Normal which does not try to choke you through issues of poverty, riots, prostitution, begging or just sheer lawlessness of the land.
But at the end clearly if some one truly deserves all the credit and salute for Slumdog is A R Rahman and his team, and his excellent background score through out the movie, the haunting Latika's theme...and of course the Jai-Ho (the best original score of the year for Golden Globe!) and its choreography . What an recognition for him and making entire Bollywood and the nation proud.
At the end it was certainly a big night for India with king SRK, Anil Kapoor and A R Rahman sharing that coveted prestigious stage and being watched by audience over 160 countries worldwide !!!
Indeed...a Jai Ho (Hail Victory!) Night.
Thursday, January 01, 2009
2009 : Hoping 2 b yr of Rise N Shine!
And A Happy New YearA humorous greeting received from a friend in a financial institution.
It’s a powerful, yet amusing, reminder of the recent past.
Let’s usher in 2009 with renewed hope and a smile.......!!!
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