Good Story spoilt by screenplay

Halla Bol... a good story, nice dialogs and good actors... but screwed up thanks to the pathetic screenplay and direction...
In the age of bollywood where good original stories have become a rarity and killed the audiences, a good story called halla bol got butchered... the story was perfect and if not as good, it was atleast in the league of likes of rang de basanti...

there was no problem with the stars also... their performances were at their best... while ajay devgan reminded of gangajal and yuva, and pankaj kapoor of roja, vidya balan just added one more feather in her cap for her good perfecting...

the thing which set the movie berserk was the poor screenplay and dumb direction... some of the serious and emotional scenes were pathetic...

to add to the pain... the music didnt let ppl want to stay in the theatre either...

vidya balan, i feel, though has proved her talent once again, i think she needs to take a break and do a coupla glam roles also... while she screwed up her figure for a gr8 glam role in "heyy baby" she did sizzle for the few seconds she shook a leg in Om Shanti Om... audience would definitely be looking for more sizzling roles of hers...

coming back to halla bol, thanks to a couple of humorous scenes and good story i would award it 2 stars ** (people can watch it at their own risk)

Manfest 2008

Manfest 2008 was rocking... only wish the rest of the gang had also joined in to make it a more fun experience... there was silk route, parikrama and euphoria... and the manfest party... and the awesome bonding with the current oig...
It was also good (for a change) to meet some of the profs... but the whole trip was heavily nostalgic... guess, nostalgia was not a wrong word to choose for the program afterall...

The day i grew older..

yes, you are right... we actually grow every day... but i was referring to the day when the age increases in terms of years ignoring the decimals... if you still havent got it, i am referring to my birthday you dumbo...

i had a good birthday two days back...

0.00 hrs... standing on the footpath outside mainland china in andheri with skg, PP, ravi and benkoot with whom i just completed having dinner a coupla moments before...

0.30 hrs... reached home where a black forest each were waiting for me and swapnil... (btw whose bday we missed a coupla days b4)... so it was one fun nite...
after a calm and peaceful morning...

16.00 hrs... left with idea, karthi, and 2 others for a trek to the forbidden boundaries of vihar lake next to nitie... awesome trek it was... not too long to tire us out... it was some good activity that i missed doing since say 2nd oct when i went out for river rafting...
the kick about this trek was the place being a prohibited area... here goes some pics...

21.00 hrs... treated idea, karthi and swapnil at pop-tates... and called it a day...

happy that this bday being an important one turned out to be interesting... this bday being important doesnt mean i never had an interesting bday or not because it is first bday after i started earning ... but it is important cos now that i started working and i wont have a bday on a weekend again for probably for 5 yrs or so... so no more sunday bdays as a bachelor :O

ADIos

P.S: i still havent broken my promise to blog regularly

Rebirth... on new years...

Happy New Year everyone...

It might not be possible for me to save the tigers or the pandas from extinction, but i can definitely save this blog... thats what i decided... not cos of a renewed dawn of wisdom on the new year day but cos i shifted a coupla days back to a new place with a stable internet connection... so plan to keep this active and going...

about the past 2007... it has been probably the year with max milestones in all my past years and many more years to come... had an awesome end to mba, gr8 projects, new friendships, loads of prizes, and awesome placements and convocation...
once tht was done... joined reliance in may... had an awesome induction and gr8 team to work with..

mumbai, the most happening place has been nice to me so far (but for the commute)... had awesome 7 months in navi mumbai of total enjoyment, reckless spending, and eye opening towards life...

k... this rambling will continue in many blogs to come...

btw... do watch Taare Zameen Par... awesome movie... (I watched the same movie twice in a day).... actually became a major movie buff in last yr...


k lemme call it a day... have fun... next blog coming soon...

ADIos