A frustrated review on Blousefull ooops Housefull

Hi. In case any one has any doubts on what this post is all about, I would take this opportunity to explain that this is an obituary to the breed of cinema that we have been seeing for some time. There are however loads of exceptions and hence this may not be taken as a generalized statement. The brand of cinema that I am referring to passes of as slapstick comedy which has no head and tail to it and is hailed by aficionados as a different genre!

This happened last Sunday. Avani(My wife,who too is a film enthusiast as me) pulled me up for the fact that I have not been paying attention to her and supposedly have been immersing myself into work. She pointed out to the fact that it has actually been ages since we went for a movie and challenged me by asking me which was the last time we had gone to a theater. I fumbled for the answer and had no option but to concede. She was zapped by the promos of Housefull and wanted to watch it at any cost. Now, when you are wife is adamant, is there anything to yo can do to salvage the situation other than giving in? If you have any ideas, post them secretly to me :).

We were quite excited considering the awesome promotions aired. This however was extremely short lived. The moment it started, I had this feel that this movie was not made by a pro but someone who just had a whim and now its a film! Sajid Khan had done a fair job with hey baby and i thought we would see some glimpses of it or may be something even better in this one. The jokes were lewd, acting poor, no story and it was utter mayhem.

The movie first of all must have been Blousefull and not Housefull. It has ample bosom on display and I guess that has been used as the USP of the film. Sajid's been generous to ensure that his leading ladies have enough space to show their talents!! (No pun intended). Deepika looks hot but also looks someone who seems famished. Lara looks amazingly charming but the problem is that she is typecast and a look into her previous films corroborates the fact that she as always is "one of the cast" in a pot boiler. Jiah Khan? Why not Rakhi Sawant! Why not Sambhavana Seth? I would not rate her any better than this and certainly looks out of place in the whole set up. Ritesh!! Please do not do such movies man. I personally feel that you are far more talented than this stupidity that you have been doing over and over again. Arjun Rampal. Looks good. But thats about it. Pushpak kind of movies (Where one does not utter anything at all) suits him. Modelling: U do not have a parallel. Acting: These lines do not intersect at all bro. Akshay! Man what is this? We do not pay our hard earned money to see this. It certainly was not your kind of a film.

And now lets talk about the supremely egoistic Sajid Khan. The man needs asylum. The man had the gall to say that "My film making is a tribute to the people like Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Manmohan Desai et al who make my films which i think is the right kind of cinema: Entertainment" (My memory did me in since i do not remember the exact words and some other stalwarts' names). What rubbish!! How could Sajid ever think that his movies are entertainment? First of all, he only has Hey baby before this one which was an OKish outing and secondly the fact that a thorough research before releasing this nuisance would have given him the very sense to refrain from mentioning such stalwarts in his opening. Sajids been poking fun at people. He has this massive ego issue and needs to immediately see a doc/psychiatrist who may please help him overcome this fallacy of him assuming himself to be an entertaining film maker. He is far from being even considered a decent film maker forget being considered an entertainer. He needs lessons on film making and hence must stick to anchoring or ridiculing housefull type hams which he is decent at.

Net net! A completely avoidable movie. One last appeal to the moron that Sajids made himself to be. Sajid, i put in loads of efforts and earn my bucks. I am sure you would appreciate the fact that a common does not have easy money. Watching movies today in theaters is not everyones privilege since it has become an extremely expensive affair. A common man cannot go to theaters regularly since he cannot just afford it. When one does manage to, Housefull kind of movies are just not what they look forward to. Because its money wasted. And I for sure would not want people to waste their hard earned money on such lousy stuff. Please put your massive ego aside and start doing something better. Learn from your so called friend Mr Gowariker the nuances of a film. I am no one to question your films knowledge but am certainly the one to question this one. The best student necessarily does not become the best teacher. Likewise someone who thrives on films may not be the best film maker. This postulate is proved by none other than you.

Folks, avoid this movie. This movie seems like someone put money to turn a whim into a film. Its an absolute hogwash.

Vagaries of Life

Hi everyone.

I have been truly disturbed for the last few days after having read an article in Femina. While this is strictly a women's magazine, I sneaked a dekko at it (which i usually do to probably have a little glance on some good looking women or read on the lifestyles of the rich and famous.) and read this article which moved me to tears.

I read about this financially challenged woman who poses nude at a plush South Bombay oops Mumbai (i would not want to court controversy cause limelight is not what I am looking at with my blogs :)) art college for a meager 100Rs a day. Now, as a reader yo could dismiss this saying non sense. Chance hi nahi hai!! Bull crap!!!. Agreed !!! No one poses nude for 100 bucks.

But for once assume that this is true. At least I felt so when i read that article. She has two growing mouths to feed and her own expenses to meet. She does this job because she has nothing else to do since being a housewife till she had her husband made her a handicap at developing skills.

She tried to make ends meet working as a maid which obviously did not help her meet them. Hence she was forced to take up this heinous profile. Once you go through the article, it describes the kind of embarrassment she goes through initially and how she has now resigned herself to fate.

The most important thing that really struck me damn hard was one particular part of this article. She had been having an off day when a peon came up to her and said some students had requested for her to come since they needed to finish their term assignments. She out of just a thought for the kids studying there gave up what she was doing and was all set to go back to work and pose nude for those kids so that they study well in life, grow in to famous artists and not compromise with their careers due to paucity of resources like she has had to do!! Man!! This to me is something that would make the most stone hearted guys cry!! I felt similar pain when i had read "life and times of Micheal Kay" and have rarely felt that sad and low. I mean look at this woman. Barely educated. Doing a downtrodden job, living in a lousy locality. Yet she has thoughts that would put beliefs of people from the elite to the dogs.

How often do you see such things. Education does make one better. But that solely depends on the person. It depends on how much you take off it. It depends on how much you apply. It depends on how good you are from within. Have seen loads of creme de la creme folks from swish business schools being absolute rogues not thinking a wee bit about the society. And at the same time, you see such people and really think that the world is and could be a much better place to be.

Ones emotional quotient is probably inversely proportional to the money one has. Atleast this holds true for most of the people that i have seen so far in todays times. Money may bring you an elite lifestyle but cannot buy values. We have a huge amount of people around us who could add value to society and lessen the grief of a lot of people like this lady in question so that she does not have to resort to such a preposterous calling. Alas!! everything does not happen the way we want it!! Such are the vagaries of life!!

Harsh

Cliched but one more thought on IPL

Guys, this is my first ever blog. Its just out of inquisition on blogging that i hit upon an idea to have my own blog. To begin with, am a sales guy and my calling demands that i cultivate listen skills. Hence i get little chance to talk (supposedly). Hence to satiate my urge to talk, I thought of having a blog to express my thoughts and think that this is an excellent opportunity to interact. The worlds getting flatter and how true it is. Things like these keep us connected.

Let me come to the topic. IPL season III . Am a cricket buff and see this game as a complete package for entertainment though it does not appeal to the exponents of the game for sole quality purposes. I do second the thoughts that when it comes to complete cricket, it has to be test matches but somehow just love the IPL part.

I have a reason to this and since its my blog, it just a personal opinion. I am left dazed at the rarity this format (IPL ) in particular offers. Where or when else would you ever see a Sangakarra C Mendis B A Matthews. Or for that matter AB De Villiers B J Kallis. Its so good to see the entire gamut of some amazingly talented blokes vying for a spot of glory. The very next moment they are back to playing for their nations and play with the spirit true to each format.

IPL has made the world a lot more flatter, more connected and has atleast given a platform for the world to see a huge bunch and variety of talents playing together and dishing out the very best in cricket.

The other aspect for me as a rookie is the education part. I have been having this recurring dream of sharing space with the likes of Tendulkar, Dravid, AB, Matty Hayden, Gilly as one of their striking partners when batting or taking directions from MSD, Gauti, Dada et al when coming in to bowl. Just imagine the sheer rush of adrenaline or the pleasure that a nondescript Aditya Tare would have got when Sachin would have walked up to him and said "Shaabash. Dhyaan se, Aise hi" when he belted Tait to the cover boundary. In case you did follow that game, Tare played some awesome shots before falling to a loose stroke!! The whole feeling of sharing dressing rooms, crease, bat, tips etc with these greats would make IPL an awesome experience.

I love to watch IPL not just because of the slam bang thing but because it also gives me a lot of food for thoughts about what the tourney could do for the budding lads.

I personally feel that we must watch out this IPL 3 for likes of Manish Pandey, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Rayadu, Sree, Tyagi etc to see if these guys will make the cut. I seriously wish and pray that they do.

I would sign off paying tribute to great man Tendulkar for bringing so many laurels to our country. Here's what some greats have said about Sachin. Read them and savor these thoughts.

Happy watching the magnifique!!....

"Nothing bad can happen to us if we're on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it."

- Hashim Amla, the South African batsman, reassures himself as he boards a flight.

"Sometimes you get so engrossed in watching batsmen like Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar that you lose focus on your job."

- Yaseer Hameed in pakistani newspaper.

"To Sachin, the man we all want to be"

- Andrew Symonds wrote on an aussie t-shirt he autographed specially for Sachin.

“Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure. Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even fathom. When he goes out to bat, people switch on their TV sets and switch off their lives."

- BBC on Sachin

"Tuzhe pata hai tune kiska catch chhoda hai?"

- Wasim Akram to Abdul Razzaq when the latter dropped Sachin's catch in 2003 WC.

Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal.

- Brian Charles Lara

"We did not lose to a team called India...we lost to a man called Sachin."

- Mark Taylor, during the test match in Chennai (1997)

"The more I see of him the more confused I'm getting to which is his best knock."

- M. L. Jaisimha

"The joy he brings to the millions of his countrymen, the grace with which he handles all the adulation and the expectations and his innate humility - all make for a one-in-a-billion individual,"

- Glen McGrath

"I can be hundred per cent sure that Sachin will not play for a minute longer when he is not enjoying himself. He is still so eager to go out there and play. He will play as long as he feels he can play,"

- Anjali Tendulkar

"Even my father's name is Sachin Tendulkar."

- Tendulkar's daughter, Sara, tells her class her father's name after the teacher informs them of a restaurant of the same name in Mumbai.

Question: Who do you think as most important celebrity ?

Shah Rukh Khan: There was a big party where stars from bollywood and cricket were invited. Suddenly, there was a big noise, all wanted to see approaching Amitabh Bachhan. Then Sachin entered the hall and Amitabh was leading the queue to get a grab of the GENIUS!!

- Shah Rukh Khan in an interview.

“India me aap PrimeMinister ko ek Baar Katghare me khada kar sakte hain..Par Sachin Tendulkar par Ungli nahi utha Sakte.. “

- Navjot Singh Sidhu on TV

He can play that leg glance with a walking stick also.

- Waqar Younis

'I Will See God When I Die But Till Then I Will See Sachin'

- A banner in Sharjah

Sachin Tendulkar has often reminded me of a veteran army colonel who has many medals on his chest to show how he has conquered bowlers all over the world. I was bowling to Sachin and he hit me for two fours in a row. One from point and the other in between point and gully. That was the last two balls of the over and the over after that we (SA) took a wicket and during the group meeting i told Jonty (Rhodes) to be alert and i know a way to pin Sachin. And i delivered the first ball of my next over and it was a fuller length delevery outside offstump. And i shouted catch. To my astonishment the ball was hit to the cover boundary. Such was the brilliance of Sachin. His reflex time is the best i have ever seen. Its like 1/20th of a sec. To get his wicket better not prepare. Atleast u wont regret if he hits you for boundaries.

- Allan Donald

On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt in one of the stations. The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century. This Genius can stop time in India!!

- Peter Rebouck - Aussie journalist

"Sachin cannot cheat. He is to cricket what (Mahatma) Gandhiji was to politics. It's clear discrimination. "

- NKP Salve, former Union Minister when Sachin was accused of ball tempering

There are 2 kind of batsmen in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two all the others.

- Andy Flower

"I have seen god, he bats at no.4 for India"

- Mathew Hayden