2005-MOVIES

Well one year has flown past in a whisker and 2006 is here....Well in this blog i would like to comment on a few movies based on a couple of catagories.
A.Less expectations but high satisfaction

1.BLUFF MASTER- Evnt thought the promos gave an impression as to the film would be slick con movie somehow i had my own reservations about an ABHISHEK BACHAN solo starrer.Boy how fool was i made to look.At the end of the movie i had a feeling that i had really watched somethign that i had be looking for so ong in hindi movies.Rap Hip-Hop songs....Perfomances of the highest order.....Mind Blowing camera work....And last but not the least the Climax of the movie...This was the true crossover movie as opposed to other hinglish movies that are being churned out.

2.Ghajini- Yet another Tamil potboiler..But again i was proved wrong.Even though the story was inspired from a hollywood flick this movie was the only tamil movie worth spending a few dollars to watch.The onscreen chemistry between the lead pair ASIN- SURYA was something that wasnt witnessed in indian movies since SRK-KAJOL.The music was quite ok and the picturisation of the songs were quite brilliant.Altogether 3 hours of entertainment.

3.D- Well a relatively fresh face as the hero.But this movie certainly did have the RGV imprint on it.A well made movie on the mumbai underworld .Even though a lot of movies had been made on this genre time and time agian this one was very differen from the lot mainly due to the casting.Radeep Hooda was amazing in the potrayal of the underworld gangster.

4.Salaam Namaste- To be frank i am not a big fan of the aditya chopra school of movie maving.For me VEER-ZARA was crap.So when i read the preview of this movie i really thought that this would be just like any other chopra movie heavily laced with sentiments.But i was proven wrong ..Evn though the climax was abig let-down.The rest of the movie was worth watchin again and again.This movie really proved that indian cinema has changed big time....Kudos to siddhart anand and team.

5.Chocolate-Many might not have liked this movie.But as far i was concerned this movie was one of the better made movies of 2005.The suspense in the movies had you at the edge of your seats all the time.And the perfomance of IRFAN KHAN playing the suspect does indeed desrve a few awards.The climax of the movie was the highest point of this movie even though it was a copy of the hollywood flick USUAL SUSPECTS.

High expectations and complete disatisfaction.
1.MANGAL PANDEY - This had to be the biggest dissapoinment of 2005 for most of the movie buffs.An aamir khan movie after 4 years ..All the hype just evaporated once the curatins were raised .This movie was a complete bore barring the perfomance of TOBY STEPHENS.Amisha patel and Rani mukherjee wer mere props while the music from AR.RAHMAN(my favoutite personality) was pathetic.Aamir Khan was completed wasted in the role of MANGAL PANDEY who has a you blink you miss place in the history books of tenth standard.Hopes are high for RANG DE BASNATI.Touch wood this might be a comebcak for aamir.
2.ANNIYAN-Stupid movie making from one the most highly rated directors of indian cinema.An insipid audio track.Less said is better about this movie.But the perfomance of VIKRAM and Prakash Raj was a highlight of an otherwise drab affair.

3.ELAAN- What a bore.Touted to bethe modern SHOLAY.....there was just no fire.An illogical script coupled with some of the worst perfomances evre to be seen on indian screen(amisha patel leads the pack)made this movie a torchure of anyone who
dared to venture to watch this movie.

4.CHANDROLSAVAM-I had to include this .Didn I.Why not...A mega star movie with a maverick director of mallu world.But no movie could have been more boring than this
(Kochi rajavu will give a tight competition) .Oh god SAVE MOHAN LAL.

5.JAMES- A movie from the RGV factory can be so badly made...???yes it can be..this movie proved it.The perfect repentance for any major sin you would have done last year would be watchin this moving without moving from your seat.Mohit Alawat is sheer waste of reel space.Hope Rgv comes up with something better.


There has been more good movies and more worse movies.But these were a few that i felt i had to write about.

The Best Of 2005

Well yet another year goes by...My Second New year away from Trivandrum...Well now that shoul be the Norm for the next few years.This year was a very cruicila year as far as my future goes as it saw me get a job ...and that too one which i am enjoying very much.The biggest pain of the year was without any doubt the trip back from yercaud to trivandrum with my best mates.....well the realisation that it was never going to be the same again really put me into tears.It is not that we will nevr meet or that we wont be there like never before....But the magic of those moments was something that even a david blaine could never perform.We lived through all those precious moments like never before.The topping tothose was when we joined in a huddle ..as neil would put it"That would surely put team india to shame" and started hummming "Ek doosre se karte hain pyaar hum"...I could x change all the pleasures of my life for moments like those.The highest point was quickly followed by the realisation that we are going to split for one year..But time has flown past very Quickly....2006 is on the way..So are we..June .that is the month ..The vikings will be back.
The other high point of 2006 was indeed me getting selected for my job from more tha a hundred of applicants..Well i am really grateful for my formative years in LOYOLA school for my perfomance at the interview where i was interviewed by the Manager of our department ..and by god's grace i was able to impress him...
Well other than that Neil going Down Under to represent his uni for moot court..Sajjad and unmesh getting placements at CTS and INFOYS respectively..RC flunking nine of his subjects..Ravi scoring a half century against my team in the inter poly tournament(Even though he should have been out firts ball from me(not boasting but the "best bowler in my secondary school")..But lucky him. he somehow dugout a yorker to guess where..THIRD MAN!!!!!)Afzal leaving for London from the gullies of ullor.Circuit working hard to pass his B.COM.And the biggest surprise that 2005 could give .....SABARI passing all his first year BDS papers..
That was 2005 in a flash.It had more but nothing better than the above mentioned incidents.
The expectations for 2006 are high...I need to further my studies.Get a degree as fast as possible which will see me getting a higher salary by god's grace.Chotte and Rc to secure a Job .Sajjad marrying Shayana..NEil falling in love.Sabari to continue his winning run...LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST "JUNE TO ROCK"

The Plight of Cricket

Well it is not that cricket had lost its place in my heart ....But somehow the turmoil indian cricket was going through didnt inspire me to blog about cricket.I hope that gives a good explanation to the question raised by my cricket mates as to why i didnt blog in support of my favourite cricket player.Cricket is game of uncertainites and indedd it lives up to show its real colour every now and then.The "Maharaja "of indian cricket whose bowling nevr won him a place in any form of cricket is included in the indian test team on virtue of being a batting all rounder...Ridiculous outrageous are too light words that could perfectly describe this.Ajit agarkar winning a test place ahead of Zaheer khan indeed puzzles just due to the basic fact that until now ajit agarkar is the only bowler in the whole cricketing world who can't bowl six good perfect balls in an over.Every two or three good balls he bowls ...u bet a couple of half volleys will be followed by one down the legside.Zahher for all his bad time he had is one bowler who has showed his ability to bowl well to the tail as well move the new ball around considerably.Now to the Bcci elections ...A new board president form Maharashtra ...Haha ..Nothing is goona change in indian cricket.And whta more you will see talented keepres like Dinesh Karthik left to warm the bench while kepper like Sameer dighe (a guy from maharashtra)don the indian colours.Well the goosd aspect of Sharad Pawar being the Board president is maybe guys from Maharashtra wil;l get more consideration.And if in case this happens to be the scenario i would love to see Amol Muzumdar don the indian colours before it is too late.He is one high scoring batsman who due to certain unknown reasons has never been given a proper run in the indian team.While Muzumdar can hope the call.a few others like Devang Gandhi.Laxmi Ratan shulka,Deep Das gupta and last but not the least Dada it is going to be a tough time .BArring dada the rest others can leave behind their dream of playing for the country once again.As for DADA ...SOuravyou was ,you are ,and you will be .....THE BEST CAPTIAN TO LEAD INDIA.The way they have treated you should let you down as you have nothing to prove to any of those f****** selectors.TEAM INDIA.....Go ahead...

AFZAL LONDONWALEY

Well the silent assasin of the VIKINGS underworld gang...Naveed.A.Sajid aka Afzal is another Viking legend.Well a lot can be written and said about this handsome guy from ullor and any words ill never be superlatives.Initially afzal was the most silent member of our gang but whjta completely changed him was his foray into the world net and chatting.Well his flirtatious insticts were something that he couldnt hide form us as we came to see that the afzal on the net was a maverick_navi and totally different guy to the one who was out in public.Well the chatting bug had bit him so hard that he trusted the YAHOO MESSENGER to find his first love(Even tough it was a small time affair it was to be a benchmark to the rest of Aashiqs)
Well his first try at love was to a heartbreaking affair as the break up had caused him to change from the Dashing debonair(a superlative) to a drunkard DEVDAS(not a superlative).But when all of thought that we had a tvm version of the DEVDAS this guy rose out of the ashes with a new affair.But this time no internet ..no msn..no yahoo.Only AIRTEL.Well now that airtel is not a service provider in U.K it is all vodafone.Now the dude is in LONDON ...and belive it he is on to doing part time ...Well for those who dont know afzal they will know he is one guy who just cant even walk 100 metres (laziness is the sole reason). The most funniest episode relating to him can be many ....e the age old joke of Dating the most sensous lady ofBhartiya vidya bhavan(who was manu rc's lady love)to the most recent incident when he went and ordered one fish curry meals at a Mcdonalds outlet in Kent.Isn't he Great......??????

RAVI ROMEO

Well the series on VIKING LEGENDS continues.This one is about the smallest yet big mouthed member of the vikings."Good things come in Small Packets"!!!!!.Amazingly true in this case.Well Ravisankar.N alias CHOTTE is one such good thing to have happened to us.A total romeo in each and every sense ,A unique philandering mind,well words are few to describe this small wonder.Well any story about chotte would be incomplete without his queen of hearts since childhood whose name i wouldnt put on the net as it is known to all those who read this.RAVI ROMEO sad to say has always had hard luck in love.The hero has been in love with this heroine for most part of 6 years(ps:hero is also carrying an affair on another route),but more often than not lady luck has deserted our sweet hero.Be it five years ago when he used to run to the heroine an ask her whether she needed "dil se's" cassete till date when he rings her up daily to say that he doesn't love her anymore,there can't be anyone so bad in love than chotte.His "down to earth " image even though it goes well wit guys was as and is a strict no-no for the heroine.And the egoistic bollywood hero he is,he is not willing to shed his egos for love still dreaming big.One of the worst experience's he had should be the one incident in which he and chris(one of our best friend's)commented about an aunty's(apun ke slang me "ek dam akkan") physical features without knowing that the heroine was behind him and also the fact that "akkan" sorry aunty was the heroine's aunt.The hero also had a lifetime achievment of presenting the heroine a ring and a third class love letter(the routine mallu stuff) on her engagment day.And one thing ,those who come to read about this legend,please keep in mind that the heroine is presently married(????).Well there is more about Chotte but then certain things are too personal to blog about.But whatever bad luck he has we are really fortunate and luckier than everyone that we got him.As chotte would proudly say"Maut se dar nahin hain mujko,Sirf tujhse juda hone ka Dar hain" (i wouldn't fear death,but i fear beiong seprated from you).Well that line sums of his care and sincirety to friends.I know anything about ravi is inccomplete without his Trademark "THALLU".But maybe next time.
UP NEXT "AFZAL LONDONWALEY"

Neil"N" Naughty

Well with such a catchy title well the hero of this blog could be none other than the VIKINGS star NEIL STEPHEN PADAYATTY.The author of a much read blog,,Neil aka neeli is a great part time fottballer as well as a singer.As for his soccer abilities there is a famous story about him which s a best seller amongst us friends...A much more younger neil was a pretty avreage soccer player.But the advantage of long legs compared to the other Ronaldo's and Beckham's made this pretty ordinary talent an above ordinary or to be kind a special talent.As good friend most of us used to treat him flattering words and just like any other human being neil took those words to his head.Well the inter house soccer tournament was just round the corner and as we were the senior m,ost batch in the school,most of the pretty ordinary talents were representing their house on the school scene.And neeli like any other guy felt he had a pretty good chance of playing in front of the whole school representing his house team.Moreover the captain of his house team who was to select the team was his childhood buddy and a soul mate,so our hero felt he was a certainity in the team.His confidence was such that the hero forgotto confrim with his captain whether he was in the team.The day just before the match ourn hero was busy shopping thru the sports sotres in statue junction getting himself a new pair of boots and shorts.That night our hero just coudnt get a good sleep,the truth that his long awaited ream of playing in front of the school was turning into a reality tommorow.The night really felt long.The next day our hero woke up early in the morning ,went for a jog at central stadium and also attended a mass.Just before leaving to school neeli stood in front of the mirror waering the loyolite's "white and black".Well today was going to be a proud moment in his life.Playing a match in front of the whole school.adjusting his hair style he rushed out and and reached the school earleir than normal.Well time went fast and the time had come.Neil put on his boots,the S.S house t-shirt ,and his shorts,and ran out to the soccer ground,The atmospehre was frenzy with s.s house supporters cheerin their house like as it would be for any other house event.The soccer star neil waolked to his buddy and captain and asked "where am i supposed to play.As a centre back or a holding midfeilder".The shock reply was just not pleasing for his ears.The answer was"Sorry neeli,you are not there in the team,i had to include the I.S.C good for nothings in the team".Well the crticism of the I.S.C seniors was of little significance for the hero's hurt pride.The walk out of the field looked a long one .As it would have it,his friends...most of us were waiting for our star to touch the ball .But this wasnt the day.We could see drops of water coming out of our good friend's Eyes.We ran to him and consoled him and cheered him up.Well this might not sound funny to others,but each and ever time we get togethre this event creates the highest decibels of laughter......Well the next naughty neil will be online only after some intresting stories of VIKINGS legends.Coming up next......"RAVI ROMEO"

Woh Lamhein Kuch Baatein

Well i wont be writing down the words of the latest bollywoood hit,but quite a few incidents that i ponder upon again and again.Incidents with a lace of humour have been a part and parcel of my life starting from nursery.But those which i remember the most are surely the ones which have happened during the last ten years or so .A memorabilia of my past.
1.An unsavoury romantic meeting.
The venue for this incident was my tuiton class.A well dressed me walking up the stairs had a lot of thoughts going through my mind coz this was an evening batch class which included my first crush .So just as any other teenager would have in his mind i was making plans to impress the lady of dreams.But some bloddy miscalculation of steps resulted in me missing one step and there i went just like entering a snake's mouth at 99 down i went, all the way down.To add insult to injury my lady of dreams was right there at the entrance .All those stupid girls including her started laughin as if there was no tommorow and the hero in me was facing a number of unexpected villians at one go.Unfotunately the hero had to admit defeat and walk away with the remainig self esteem if there was any.......
Coming next "NEIL 'N NAUGHTY"