value for money

i have been often accused of not understanding the "true value" of a commercial block buster. and of not liking anything that gets very famous ...for example "kabhi alvida na kehna" i did not like the movie, i detested the way the movie was made. i hated shahrukh khan trying to be the man with "grey shades", frustrated idiot, which im sure he is offscreen too (considering he is supposed to be closet gay, and he is the superstar with hardly any movies that deserve critical acclaim, except bazigar, maybe) u can kill me sharukh fans. i hated rani mukherjee who cried for more than half the movie...

and well more recently, i hated slumdog millionare, with all its hype around it. when it got the golden globe and got nominated for oscars, i was reminded of one historical figure in bollywood, who is possibly the greatest man to ever go abroad to do india proud by singing songs like "jai bolo beimaan ki" winning the filmfare award, also known as bharat or more commonly manoj kumar, driving the then non-resident-blonde-hair-dyed-indians to tears. i mean a movie like taare zameen par with an original script, great acting, good direction(and im not saying that coz im a aamir fan) doesn't even get nominated?? and slumdog wins?? what i thought of slumdog was that it was a hyped commercial hindi made into english movie, and there have been better depictions of 1993 riots even in fiza, of the gangster salim in company, or the desperate lover boy in rab ne bana di jodi. and then ofcourse it was a pain to watch anil kapoor trying to be the sly gameshow host. And i was left wondering why would the entire mumbai come to a standstill to watch the climax of the movie. and then ofcourse there are other questions... the only character i thought was worthy of attention was maman, irfan and saurav shukla, the kids were amazing as actors too. and with all due respect to gulzar sahab, jai ho wasnt half as good as his other songs have been over the years. neither was this A. R. Rehmans best... ok, definitely not an oscar winning album.

replies part 2

purgatory is a good place to be...
waiting there makes the complete sense...
the purification thus after
shall begin in blood,
and end in fire...
and after the passing through the holy fire,
one shall return to hell,
where the one shall bid goodbye,
"sleep well" you would say,
and turn ur eyes away,
for the fire is too strong,
hurts the eye...
there remain only black and white ashes...
the role reversals for once are final...
the promises finally complete,
there shall be no more...

atraaf

दर्द लेके हाथ में,

बैठी हूँ समुंदर के कोने में, 

साहिल कहते है जिसे |

कुछ करने को है नही, 

बस दर्द को समेटा हुआ है मुट्ठी में || 

देख रही हूँ, 

एक गोल सा जलता कोएला है, 

पीले आसमान के canvas में, रंग भरता,  

फ़िर जलाता, 

जला-जला के रात कर गया वो कोएला, 

और फ़िर बुझ गया समुंदर में ही डूब कर ||

आज रात खाली है, 

और कमरे में एक मोम बत्ती पड़ी है कहीं, 

आग नही है | 

बस खाली कमरा है, 

टेबल कुर्सियों से चेहरे लेके लोग खड़े हैं, जगह जगह| 

बेढंगे से, 

टूटी फूटी सी आँखों से ताकते, 

अंधेरो में जलती आँखें, 

तारे कहते है शायद उन्हें |

चमकती हैं, 

पर रौशनी नही देती ||

 

चाँद के इंतज़ार में आज सब बेज़ार हो गए हैं | 

चाँद नही उगेगा आज... || 

कल सुबह जलता कोएला हाथ में लेके, 

फिर कोइ पैगम्बर आयेगा,  

जलाके चला जाएगा सब फिर से ||

dismayed

im dismayed, at my inability to write, and reading great masterpieces (as opposed to say slave pieces??) doesn't help my cause.

the kappao zone is being filled everyday...

and whatever that means... im bored. i have nuthing to do all day.. and i dont feel like doing anything at all, all day and night...at all days and nights.. new years...

HAPPY... 

best thing to come across on new years

its just the legend-wait for it -dary blog of barney stinson.

those who know about him... great... you are awesome those who dont for him.... here is wiki for you... 

HIMYM

and hence starts another pathetic year...with some silver lining... 

HAPPY NEW YEAR