Is China trying to do England?

I came across this article today, 'Break India, says China think-tank', and the first thing which came to my mind was, "Is china trying to do England?" Divide and Rule!!

What concerns me most, is not how can Chinese allow such things to publish, but is it true? Is this statement still valid for India? Can they break us up? Is our country, which we consider to be our motherland, nothing but a castle of cards? Which will come down crashing with the slightest breeze?

For a minute I did feel a lot gloomy, a lot negative. But then, I thought of myself, and my other friends like me. Will we ever let anything like this happen? We may be peace-loving, but are we stupid? Will we hold mum and watch like standbys as this country goes to pieces? Can we let some outsider to separate our friends, create walls between us? No, we will not!!

We may have riots, bombs, threat of terrorism, but we all share something so unique which can not be replicated anywhere else. If this country had to break, it should have happened 50 years ago, at its most vulnerable stage. It cannot happen anymore.

If we have learnt anything from our mistakes in the past, whatever anyone says, we will prove that this stack of cards stuck together with feviquick(apna Indian brand), and it will require real brutal force to tear us apart, and the ones who try it, will be bruised badly.

Whatever the cynic may say, I believe this, and I know there are many out there, Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, North Indians, South Indians, Assamese and countless others, who will agree with me. Because whenever I meet them anywhere in the world, we would be "Desi's", Indians as we are all collectively represented.

The fact will persist, that India has always surprised its critics, this time it will not be any different! Let the neo-colonists bark, we don’t give a damn…

Jai Hind! Vande Mataram!

Singin' in the Rain

Now this is a Hollywood movie meant for Bollywood audience. Ask me why? The movie has 13 songs, and a dance sequences, just like a Barjatya movie. And what more, it is a comedy! The 1952 movie, featuring the amazing Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor.

The movie starts in the Silent era, when movies were known for romanticism, beautiful ladies dressed in the 20's style and smoking cigarettes. A Hollywood where we meet a silent Superstar with humble beginnings, Don Lockwood, along with his best buddy Cosmo Brown.

Come 1927 and the first talky The Jazz Singer becomes a smashing hit, waking up the old Hollywood to a new Era. All of a sudden the mute star's had to talk! Most of the mute stars did not sound well when they did start talking, this what adds humor to the movie.

Watch this movie for:
1. The amazing songs, my favorites, "All I Do Is Dream of You", "Singin' in the Rain", and ofcourse "Good Morning"
2. Awesome choreography, don't miss "Make 'em laugh", Connor had to be hospitalized after filming of this song.
3. Lina Lamont taking diction coaching. The sequence is simply Hilarious!

Go ahead and watch this movie bud!! You will surely enjoy it!! :)

The Dark Knight

Ok ok, I may be a year too late for it, but man, this movie is nerve-wrecking. Chris Nolan is amazing director, just amazing. What else can you expect from the guy who gave us 'Batman begins' and 'Memento' (That's the movie from where we got the Ghajini idea)

The performances are awesome, everyone pitching in there best, it becomes quite heady for the viewer, as all the actors take them for this thrilling ride, Oldman, Bale and offcourse Heath Ledger carry around the mantle very well.

Now about Heath Ledger, I have seen few of his other movies, he has such a charming smile. He has such smooth screen presence, jolly temperament; you can not stop loving him. I just adored him. And there is no testimony to his great performance other than this, that I hated the 'Joker'. He was so sickening, terribly horribly sickening. I am at loss of words for it. Heath makes Joker believable evil, realistically heartless, and makes you pray such people do not exist in reality. We are surely going to miss this talented actor, who had promise of much more than we got.

The special effects and action are amazing, especially the scene where batman crashes the Joker truck, it is a Class A sequence in all departments. But you do go to theatres/rent a DVD for superhero flick with this minimum expectation!!

The only thing spoiling the fun is length of the movie. The first major twist of the movie does not come till its past one hour mark, and your celebrations are cut short by sudden appearance of two-face(he looks yaks). And you do get a tiny-winy bit bored at this point.

Before I end this, let me not forget the human side. The ferry scene puts that thing in your mind, 'people are good', no fireworks for you joker!!

Don’t waste anymore time if you have not watched the movie yet. Rent it today!!

Shades of Ray

Since i took up netflix subscription, I have been watching a lot of indie(independent) movies, came across this romantic comedy today.

The title is a witty reference towards the lead character Ray 'Rehan' Rehman, he is American of mixed American/Pakistani parentage. So here we have Ray in white and Brown shades. (Makes him quite shady ;) )

Nothing special about the way story proceeds, a most atypical Hollywood Romcom, but what i liked about the movie was 'Ray'.

He wants to live like a American, love like a American, but finds himself attracted to brown girls. He tries to fight it at times, but finds love finally.

Some interesting scenes include Ray's acting auditions, when he tries for caucasian rolls, he is judged against his asian heritage, and vice versa. Catch him trying to imitate a Pakistani terrorist, quite hilarious! (no pun intended)

You do end up falling in love this confused, smiling and amazingly handsome guy at the end of the movie. Girls can surely watch this movie, its quite easy to like Ray, in all shades...

Find trailers and other info here,
http://www.shadesofray.com/

Julie/Julia project

In addition to my previous post, this is a link to the blog by the protagonist of that movie,
http://blogs.salon.com/0001399/

Thanks to boo for the contribution.

Julie & Julia

A movie based on a book - a book based on real life - the author, tries blog, and learns to cook, using a famous cook book - story of how the cook book came to be written.

That's how you can summerize this delightful comedy. It can be quite tricky, trying to juggle two stories, based in different timelines, but Nora Ephron(director/writer/screenplay handles it seamlessly. If you remember her earlier movies(like Harry Met Sally), she completely lives up to her reputation.

Saying that, this movie is not a romantic comedy, it is about passion, about finding yourself and doing what you like. And above all it is about finding Happiness...
Two women, different era, one passion - Cooking!

Go out there and watch the movie, then do something you really love to do.

All along, try to fix the cube...