Black...

Well, one reallllllly gud movie from bollywood at last.

After repeated endeavours to get a ticket to the movie 'Black', I was indeed fortunate to get it last weekend. I was a bit apprehensive in the beginning as I had got a lot of hype about the movie. I am always afraid of hype as many a times many good films ended up with me as an anti-climax. but 'Black' was an exception. Inspite of the N number of rave reviews and endless accolades showered by my friends, it did live upto the expectations, or rather, surpassed them all!!!!!!

Rarely do I get emotional. Particularly, when it comes to movies, it is pretty rare and I can count such instances witht he fingers on my one hand (there are only two as far as I can remember-Pasamalar(shivaji) and 'vedham pudhidhu'). But there are two stark differences between 'black' and other movies that exercised my lachrymal glands. In the other movies, tears rolled down towards the climax and because of an extremely miserable state of affairs. But to the contrary, whenever Rani Mukherjee triumphed against all odds in her life, tears of joy were pouring down.

Amitabh and Rani have given their career best in this movie. The technical aspects of the movie were impeccable. Kudos to the entire team with a special mention about Sanjay Leela Bhansali as it would be a sin if I didnt mention the name of the creator of this wonderful movie. Though Anto claims that SLB had done a blatant plagiarism by remaking 'The Miracle Worker" and not revealing it to the public, I am still happy that this plagiarism has helped us all to know that such a brilliant teacher did exist "Anne sullivan"!!!Helen Keller being the student goes without a saying...

There was one message which I really liked in the movie....Living a life to lead others live a life!!!!!

BLACK: An eye opener in many ways.

YAPOL...

Well...

The previous post attracted quite a few heated opinions...When reading the opinions, I realised another interesting issue (which I had also discussed with one of my friends in Trilogy in one of those hour-long chats).

One of the opinions claimed that girls won't generally prefer to propose first. Going by this, I conclude that it is the boys who have to propose first. But here is where I find the hitch. There is one trait in girls, which, at least a few guys like me, find it awful /incompatible /apprehensible /....whatever you may call : the lack of the ability to maintian the status-quo of the relationship. Most of the girls tend to keep away from the guy who proposed to them. I find this absurd. He would have been a long time good friend before he proposed, and all of a sudden, he becomes an outcast. A guy, who has liked the girl so much that he decides her to be his life partner, obviously will not want to lose her relationship. If girls can be rational and maintain the pre-proposal state of affairs, then guys proposing first will not be an issue.

For those who are still wondeering what YAPOL means, it is Yet Another Post On Love.

p.s: When writing this post, I had to be extra conscious to avoid generalisations;-)

Love is in the air...

Ahhh.....

Yet another Valentine's day...I became aware of this only yesterday as I saw cars flying past with a lot of little hearts decorating them. So, what shall I do for this v-day? This question shouldn't be occurring to me as I have never done anything for any of the gone by v-days (so is the case for many other functions/occasions as well...I just do nothing!). Well, this question comes into picture as I was just now talking with my colleague and he wanted something 'dramatic' to happen. He suggested going around with, say 15 roses and trying his luck! I wished him the best of luck (as that is all I can do...I am in no mood to get slippered with a critical deadline round the corner;-)).

As he left, I was just wondering what could be 'dramatic'. Suddenly it dawned on me: Why not girls propose first instead of the guys doing it first. I guess both parties do take the initiative, but most cases I know of are the ones where the guy takes the initiative to propose. I can't help but quote Anto here..."It is we who who should dream about them always...It is we who should go doting after them...It is we who should spend during all the dinners...It is we who should propose first...It is we who should get all the 'bulbs' ('bulbs' is a slang used to denote turned down proposals). Anto is just one step short of beginning a 'Men's upraisal movement'!!!!!

I guess I have done my part for this v-day....a post as usual...And one more thing, this will be the last v-day that I'll be idle. The story will be different next year (hopefully :-))...
So.................................



HURRY UP ;)

Pornography legalised...

DISCLAIMER: The following material may be offensive for some. Read it at your own discretion.

The other day I got an oppurtunity to see an interview of Kamal Hasan. He was pretty open and direct, as he always is. The topic of discussion was meandering and touching various topics when at last it got to the topic of this post- Legalising pornography. What follows is a brief recollection of the discussion.

DISCLAIMER repeated.

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One of the greatest studs in the international film industry, Mr.X (I couldn't remember his name), who was also a member of a well known jury, came up with this proposal, it seems. He was chucked off for this seemingly offensive idea by the superficial minds. First, it seemed too offensive for Kamal as well. But on deeper reflection, it dawned upon him that it was indeed a great idea.

Kamal's claims in favor of legalisation:

'Curiosity kills the cat'. Particularly in India, where a guy gets to feel his carnal pleasures at the age of 25+ on an average, this curiosity is bound to get ten fold. Inability or lack of infrastructure (particularly with the uneducated masses) in getting the desired information leads the bewildered curious minds to such extents of frustration that they get into 'practical experimentation' . The easiest access they have are sex-workers...STDs follow spelling their lives into doom.

One interesting fact Kamal pointed out was that in many schools, the encyclopaedia pages depicting the male and female anatomy were glued in order to 'not corrupt' the children's minds.

If porn is legalised, every common man gets to see the "most concealed taboo" of the society for ordinary prices. He'll see it once, twice...may be even hundred times. But he has found a vent to his desires. Once he gets to know of the essentials, that's it. "Is that all?". He stops watching these and starts concentrating on his life-ambitions. This is atleast better that this won't get him any STDs.

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Seemed pretty logical to me!

Three fundas in lover-search :)

What follows is an excerpt from an interview of actor Madhavan's. The questions, asked by college students, were monotonously centered around love and love-marriage. Madhavan gave three funda for people determined to find their true-love...I liked the third one the most ;-)

Funda #1 : Try, try, try...Till you succeed...

Funda #2: Fortune favors the brave...

Funda #3: There's always this magic word: NEXT.

Note: Two cine-actors, who make real sense off-screen (in real life, TV interviews,...) are Kamal Hasan and Madhavan. After seeing a few of their interviews, I made it a point not to miss any of theirs!