Jab we met - Entertainer

Hari had dragged me kicking and screaming to watch this movie... I have always maintained a strong dislike for Kareena and firmly believed that Shahid can't act for nuts... This movie totally turned my opinion around!

For the first time, someone has given Kareena a role which is perfect for her.. an irritating chatterbox who talks 24 X 7... man! has she played it to perfection! she got on your nerves with her constant bakar bakar.. but yes, some of the punch lines were outstanding (kudos to the dialogue writer) like the one in which she tells Shahid... "oh! the famed silence and all!" Her serious side in the latter half is quite tolerable and thankfully does not last too long...

I never believed I would say this about Shahid... he can act! one or two scenes where he has overacted... but on the whole.. plays his role of a i-gave-up-on-life very well... This is the first time I noticed his acting capabilities beyond his kiddish face.. hope he gets some good roles!

This blog would be incomplete if I don't mention how completely lattu I was over Shahid's dancing style! that dude has got style.. and as far as I am concerned he is hajar better than Hrithik Roshan who is too flexible for a guy... which gives his dance a slight touch of feminity... anyways.. my jaws dropped when I saw Shahid's dance movements yesterday... I know I know... he has been dancing well for ages now.. but somehow his miserable acting/ selection of roles completely biased me!

don't miss this one.. its a complete entertainer!

Some people i say!

This blog is being written to prove one man wrong... the one person who truly believes that this blog is dead... yes... I am talking about none other than the one and only Mr. Faiz Azim... the one who recently resurrected his blog and now goes about claiming everyone else's blog is dead... hmpf to you dude... this blog is alive and kicking!!! :)

well, to give him credit... this blog was almost dead... google even refused to recognise that my blog existed!!! i had wrestle my way through a thousand recover-blog emails before i could get to this stage... the irony of it all is that i forgot my username which was very aptly "dori_the_forgetful"!!! :D

To some extent I need to thank Forest Whitaker as well for helping me revive this blog... The extra gory scenes in The Last King of Scotland made me set about reviving this fiefdom of mine!

So hear all ye people of the world - I am back!!! I am back to force my unsolicited opinions on all you vela (for the uninitiated, vela = jobless) junta out there!

Another day goes by...

Have you ever tried moving away from yourself and looking at your life from a third person's view? if you have not, you should.. it gives a lot of clarity.. i don't do it all the time.. but thats mainly because it doesn't occur to me when i really need it to! but the times i have actually done it.. i felt really good about my life.. i almost have everything i would ever want.. a good family.. a good job.. and friends who would not give up a single chance to pull my leg! (grrrr to all of you!) but thats all only till i take this someone-else's-view.. back to me.. and i keep griping about how i have to work long hours.. why coffee can't stay hot forever.. so on and so forth.. in the broader perspective of life.. these things hardly matter.. but our (atleast mine!) mind refuses to accept it.. guess there is no end wanting something in life.. and come to think of it.. thats what really keeps us going.. otherwise, whats the purpose of living when you have everything you would ever want! anyways.. that about all the random musings for the day...

btw, watched Corporate.. and for all you guys who thought you should watch atleast for bipashu, the witch.. let me warn you that she is fully and formally dressed in the entire movie.. and has actually attempted to act.. but thats it.. its only an attempt and no more.. anyways.. i shall let Hari have the honours of ramming the movie more.. :) shall sign off now and try to put my office resources to better use now.. :p

Beware! Your mom is watching you...

There are a zillion new technologies that are coming up everyday some of which make living hajar easier than before while others just ruin the peace in our lives! I came across one, which will do more of the latter than the former, in the paper today..

This one is about your parents being able to track you wherever you go by just clicking a few buttons on their mobile! well, yes.. it is amazing that they fitthe whole GPS into our small mobile phones.. but to me it also indicates that our parents do not trust us.. Do they have to use a GPS to track us down.. wouldn't a simple phone call do? anyways.. i find it ridiculous.. and have the strongest hunch that this product is not going to be a blockbuster!

naya ghar.. nayee shehar.. badiya hai!

While in college I always wanted to work from Bangalore.. those days it was the only city which in my mind fitted the description "cool"... well, Murphy had his way and i landed up in my hometown for my first job! the story doesn't end there btw.. (Subtitle: after three years) During placements in MDI, I wanted to be in Mumbai (ob for more reasons than one! :p).. well, things might change.. the world can turn upside down and martians will arrive on earth.. but Murphy will have his way! out of the ten companies i applied to, nine were in Mumbai and one in Bangalore.. no prizes for guessing where i am going now! some people might say that another way to look at it is that your wish has been fulfilled, albeit a bit delayed.. yes.. that is indeed true.. but i am sorry.. the reasons are no longer there! (a) Bangalore is no longer the "cool" city.. its become too crowded and has lost its charm.. and(b) well... thats a personal reason.. interested people might contact me.. :)

so here i am.. at the threshold of a new chapter in life.. as i see it.. its going to be one exciting journey! a new lifestyle.. that of a grown-up.. grown-up.. hmmm.. there is this a question i have always asked myself.. am i really matured enough? there have been times when i consciously have behaved "unlike my age".. but thats how i want it to be! i don't want to let that kid in me die! i still want to jump up and down when i am really happy.. i still want to be able to climb over walls.. i still want to play pranks on friends!! guess thats one of the reasons i love kids.. i enjoy watching them do things which would be weird (and get me a free pass in a mental asylum!) if i do them!

well, thats about all the scribbling for today.. i shall be shifting to Bangalore and will kickstart on my new job soon.. Bangalore! Here i come! :)

kabhi khushi kabhi gham...

today has been a day of mixed feelings.. excitement in the morning.. depression in the eve.. and tomorrow.. another chapter in my life ends... yes, i officially completed my MBA today.. Sunil Bharti Mittal was the chief guest.. it was, well, a genuine speech.. he meant every word he said.. and when he spoke of the wonders that India has achieved in the past.. he took pride in each and every incident.. it was quite inspiring actually!

after that.. we did our usual cap throwing thingie.. it was good fun.. it gave a sense of freedom.. of having achieved something.. well, the afternoon went off in packing off my things and sending it with the packers..

evening was movie time as noone was left in the hostel.. saw Taxi no. 9 2 11... hmmm.. well, it was an arbit movie.. with arbit characters.. with an arbit story.. bah. somebody please put some sense into John Abraham.. that guy can't act for nuts.. his eyes are blank.. one would think that he would carry off a sauve role like the one in Taxi No. 9211 really well.. but no.. don't harbour any such hopes.. he could not done any worse.. Nana Patekar is the saving grace of the movie.. though his character was arbit.. he did a good job.. one-time watchable... timepass.

My indecision is final.

Placements are coming nearer by the day.. though there is a vague idea of what i really want to do.. there is this uncertainty which haunts you whether you will get what you want.. the uncertainty inherent in everything.. should i wake up now or later? should i take bath now or later (that question of course arises only after third consecutive day without a bath.. ) and then there are the bigger questions in life like.. will the lunch be good or not? sigh... the list never ends.. and not to forget.. restaurants! man! do they scare me? especially when they gets these books called menu card.. i have always wondered what made those guys think that we would be judging the restaurant by the size of their menu book... it sends a shiver down my spine when i think i have to decide from among so many dishes.. i have, till now, successfully avoided the nightmare of a decision by putting the onus on the persons who comes with me.. but it becomes diffcult to do that when you are going out with someone for the first time.. brrr.. lord! may i never see such a day!

The question of this season is... Should i apply to this company or not?

the risk averse side of me says with that scared expression.. HEDGE HEDGE HEDGE!! (yes, i am specialising in finance) go apply to everything.. and the other risk loving part says.. kya bakwas.. apply to only what you would like to do.. i am torn between these two sides.. to see which is the right side.. i have got to decide which side i am facing! :-S bah.

so the moral of all this is.. Indecision is the only decision in life.