After 6 years of ambivalence, have manged to join a different organization. It was one hell of a experience in all the previous 6 years - nothing can match that I believe. Different kinds of people, different mindsets of working, different ethnicity, different language, different opinions and what not different :D But, they surely have come in very handy in shaping up what I am and what I should be doing in the present organization. So, cant really say what I am feeling as of now, but whats in store for me in the coming days is something which I have looked forward to in my past. Being in a big organization and being amongst the processes and the "process oriented people". Though there are lots of differences between being in a product company and a services company, but each in a way can give a huge learning experience.
So, my journey has started... Will keep you updated!!!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Am Back!!
After a hiatus from blogging for almost an year (last one was on the poor voter turnout during elections :( last year), I am back!! Though there were many things (and ofcourse movies!! :P ) about which I could have blogged, I didnt ... blame my laziness for that :)
Am back now and will surely promise to be regular (hopefully ;-) )
Thanks to Ajay who provoked me or rather confronted and later persuaded me to write something. Also thanks to all the near and dear ones who would be reading this!!
Am back now and will surely promise to be regular (hopefully ;-) )
Thanks to Ajay who provoked me or rather confronted and later persuaded me to write something. Also thanks to all the near and dear ones who would be reading this!!
Friday, April 24, 2009
Its a Shame!!!
Its a shame!!
"You want change and want improvement in GOVT activities, but you don't want to change yourself..Its not just a loss of your vote, its loss for my vote as well!! Bcoz you didn't vote, and those uneducated people voted for a candidate without thinking" Now spend 5 years to get your next chance to say.. "Govt does nothing"!! just 47 % voting in Bangalore... in spite declaring holiday, time off and once in 5 years opportunity. Am so sad :(
85 % of Bangalore is educated and no one feels responsible???
"You want change and want improvement in GOVT activities, but you don't want to change yourself..Its not just a loss of your vote, its loss for my vote as well!! Bcoz you didn't vote, and those uneducated people voted for a candidate without thinking" Now spend 5 years to get your next chance to say.. "Govt does nothing"!! just 47 % voting in Bangalore... in spite declaring holiday, time off and once in 5 years opportunity. Am so sad :(
85 % of Bangalore is educated and no one feels responsible???
Monday, February 9, 2009
Birugaali - Review
the movie was just ok.. not great as it was seen in the promos or the songs! the songs only keep up the movie or else its a big let down.
the plot is not convincing enough. dont know what harsha was about to say and show but he has gone completely wrong in the storytelling. neither does the movie stands out to be a good action movie nor a sentimental one. unbaked sentimental scenes and weak screenplay spoil the day for harsha in birugaali
chetan scores in his portrayal of hachchi but he could have been better. while his friends have a somewhat authentic tanned look but he seems to be right out of a spa after all the facials and all quite contradictory for the role he portrays.. tara is good in her performance but that doesnt add to the movie's value. sitara vaidya is just ok but dubbing for has gone wrong. charishma has no karishma :P
forgot to tell about kishore... though his acting is good and a major highlight of the movie, the mannerisms really turned me off. sadashiv brahmavar is wasted in a bit role. greece looked really great in the movie.
unnecessary and silly graphics and poor photography at places made me a bit irritated.
the biggest let down was the climax - it is hardly convincing!!!
the plot is not convincing enough. dont know what harsha was about to say and show but he has gone completely wrong in the storytelling. neither does the movie stands out to be a good action movie nor a sentimental one. unbaked sentimental scenes and weak screenplay spoil the day for harsha in birugaali
chetan scores in his portrayal of hachchi but he could have been better. while his friends have a somewhat authentic tanned look but he seems to be right out of a spa after all the facials and all quite contradictory for the role he portrays.. tara is good in her performance but that doesnt add to the movie's value. sitara vaidya is just ok but dubbing for has gone wrong. charishma has no karishma :P
forgot to tell about kishore... though his acting is good and a major highlight of the movie, the mannerisms really turned me off. sadashiv brahmavar is wasted in a bit role. greece looked really great in the movie.
unnecessary and silly graphics and poor photography at places made me a bit irritated.
the biggest let down was the climax - it is hardly convincing!!!
Junglee - Review
soap hakkollo tale baachkollo bardedrunu duet haadkollo .....
ticket takkollo film nodokollo sikkapatte tale haal madkollooo :P
this is what i felt about the movie!!
really i pity suri for his desparate attempt to give a hit after duniya and the debacle inti ninna preetiya...and here in junglee he crosses all the limits of sense and sensitivity towards the audience. the story (??) if there is one is hardly new to us and he tries to mix it up with non-stop nonsensical dialogues in the first half of the movie and loads and loads of bloodbath in the second half. Suri has tried hard to cover up the poor story with the intolerably vulgar dialogues, lots of blood and action in the movie.
we love watching vijay in action scenes he does that well no doubts about that but with rangayana raghu here in the first half, he does a mockery of himself trying to be better than rangayana raghu in overacting or over enthusiasm for dialogue delivery (whatever u call it). Though i enjoyed the dirty dialogues at that moment but i felt later that what the hell was it, why was it required etc.,
vijay is good in action and emotions.he imitates tiger prabhakar very well at places. aindrita looks cool n hot, rangayana raghu is as usual loud and irritating at times(but i really appreciate his acting and comedy timing prowess), the songs seem to be out of place in the movie but they are the ones which will give some relief from the so called comedy and the violence.
overall very average movie.
ticket takkollo film nodokollo sikkapatte tale haal madkollooo :P
this is what i felt about the movie!!
really i pity suri for his desparate attempt to give a hit after duniya and the debacle inti ninna preetiya...and here in junglee he crosses all the limits of sense and sensitivity towards the audience. the story (??) if there is one is hardly new to us and he tries to mix it up with non-stop nonsensical dialogues in the first half of the movie and loads and loads of bloodbath in the second half. Suri has tried hard to cover up the poor story with the intolerably vulgar dialogues, lots of blood and action in the movie.
we love watching vijay in action scenes he does that well no doubts about that but with rangayana raghu here in the first half, he does a mockery of himself trying to be better than rangayana raghu in overacting or over enthusiasm for dialogue delivery (whatever u call it). Though i enjoyed the dirty dialogues at that moment but i felt later that what the hell was it, why was it required etc.,
vijay is good in action and emotions.he imitates tiger prabhakar very well at places. aindrita looks cool n hot, rangayana raghu is as usual loud and irritating at times(but i really appreciate his acting and comedy timing prowess), the songs seem to be out of place in the movie but they are the ones which will give some relief from the so called comedy and the violence.
overall very average movie.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Slumdog Millionaire - my view
Here is what Arindam Choudhry writes about the so-called great masterpiece "Slumdog Millionaire"
http://arindamchaudhuri.blogspot.com/2009/01/dont-see-slumdog-millionaire-it-sucks.html
and my comments about the same :
Hello Arindam,
I truly agree with your view on Slumdog Millionaire. It portrays India and Indians in a really bad manner. Except for the background score of the movie nothing is great about the movie. The story is a direct lift from some of the 1970s Hindi masala movies. Only thing is they have blended the old story with the craze of Who wants to be a millionaire and cashed in on it.
No doubt slums and slumdwellers are there here in India. Their life is theirs and we know what they go through. Glorifying it in this manner and projecting that slum"dogs" (as they call them in the movie) can be millionaires in this fashion is a cheap act on their part. Some scenes in the movie are too disturbing and they project India and Indians in a really bad way. Espicially the instance wherein a US tourist couple's car is looted and the driver hits Jamaal. The US lady offering some XYZ dollars to Jamaal saying this is what US is! This was utter crappy projection of what outsiders think of us. Also one more instance is the scene wherein the people watch Jamaal answering the questions on TV. They sit on pavements outside the TV shops and watch and cheer. Strange that Mr Director doesnt know the penetration of TV in India.
Totally its a crappy movie and every Indian who feels for his country should oppose it for the way we and our people are projected in it.
I pity Anil Kapoor and Irfan Khan who have been projecting and promoting this movie to be a classic movie despite knowing what they are here.
Unqoute
These are only some instances which came to my mind while commenting on his blog. But there are many more points which came to my mind when I saw the movie which I will share soon.
More on this :
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2009/02/19/12563/index.html
http://arindamchaudhuri.blogspot.com/2009/01/dont-see-slumdog-millionaire-it-sucks.html
and my comments about the same :
Hello Arindam,
I truly agree with your view on Slumdog Millionaire. It portrays India and Indians in a really bad manner. Except for the background score of the movie nothing is great about the movie. The story is a direct lift from some of the 1970s Hindi masala movies. Only thing is they have blended the old story with the craze of Who wants to be a millionaire and cashed in on it.
No doubt slums and slumdwellers are there here in India. Their life is theirs and we know what they go through. Glorifying it in this manner and projecting that slum"dogs" (as they call them in the movie) can be millionaires in this fashion is a cheap act on their part. Some scenes in the movie are too disturbing and they project India and Indians in a really bad way. Espicially the instance wherein a US tourist couple's car is looted and the driver hits Jamaal. The US lady offering some XYZ dollars to Jamaal saying this is what US is! This was utter crappy projection of what outsiders think of us. Also one more instance is the scene wherein the people watch Jamaal answering the questions on TV. They sit on pavements outside the TV shops and watch and cheer. Strange that Mr Director doesnt know the penetration of TV in India.
Totally its a crappy movie and every Indian who feels for his country should oppose it for the way we and our people are projected in it.
I pity Anil Kapoor and Irfan Khan who have been projecting and promoting this movie to be a classic movie despite knowing what they are here.
Unqoute
These are only some instances which came to my mind while commenting on his blog. But there are many more points which came to my mind when I saw the movie which I will share soon.
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2009/02/19/12563/index.html
Monday, January 5, 2009
Nanda - Audio
Nanda - Audio
Don’t know what V Manohar is upto. I feel this audio of Shivarjkumar’s Nanda is weak(one more instance was in Gandugali Kumararama) and too outdated. The music is not at all impressive. At times Manohar sounds like he is trying to ape Manomurthy in using tunes of hindi movies of 1960s and 70s.
Chingari chingari in the voice of Vijay Prakash fails to build up the tempo in the beginning itself. Wonder if this song would be picturized on Shivanna. This truly doesn’t suit his image.
Akasha Aagale rendered by Rajesh Krishnan and Nandita is a passable duet with lyrics by Jayant Kaikini. As told already, the music sounds too outdated. Nothing great about the lyrics.
Oh Idenaytu is a patho sung by Keshav Krishna and lyrics by Maheen kicks off well but fails to keep up the momentum later.
Yaava Kadegu is a good duet in the voice of Chinmayee and Akaanksha Baadami with lyrics by V Manohar. Akaanksha is good to hear but Chinmayee croons badly. He truly needs some improvement.
Ninna Kangalalli is one more duet in the voice of Udit Narayan and Akaanksha Baadami and has lyrics by Shivananjegowda. The music again resembles the music from the 70s hindi movies.
Pretty average album as a whole!!
Don’t know what V Manohar is upto. I feel this audio of Shivarjkumar’s Nanda is weak(one more instance was in Gandugali Kumararama) and too outdated. The music is not at all impressive. At times Manohar sounds like he is trying to ape Manomurthy in using tunes of hindi movies of 1960s and 70s.
Chingari chingari in the voice of Vijay Prakash fails to build up the tempo in the beginning itself. Wonder if this song would be picturized on Shivanna. This truly doesn’t suit his image.
Akasha Aagale rendered by Rajesh Krishnan and Nandita is a passable duet with lyrics by Jayant Kaikini. As told already, the music sounds too outdated. Nothing great about the lyrics.
Oh Idenaytu is a patho sung by Keshav Krishna and lyrics by Maheen kicks off well but fails to keep up the momentum later.
Yaava Kadegu is a good duet in the voice of Chinmayee and Akaanksha Baadami with lyrics by V Manohar. Akaanksha is good to hear but Chinmayee croons badly. He truly needs some improvement.
Ninna Kangalalli is one more duet in the voice of Udit Narayan and Akaanksha Baadami and has lyrics by Shivananjegowda. The music again resembles the music from the 70s hindi movies.
Pretty average album as a whole!!
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