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PJ CARNIVAL
I am back after a long hiatus. The break was not intentional nor was it forced upon me because of a packed schedule. Its just that I am, as Oscar Wilde would say motivationally challenged(read lazy).
But all my motivation is back thanks to the PJ Carnival we had last night. It started of as a Booze party but with the likes of Pinkee, Pappey and Rahul's new incarnation it turned into a PJ carnival with each one trying to out do the other.
Pinkee - Randi baarish mein kounsa shot khelte hai?
Answer - Cover Drive
FUNDA - When it rains, you want covers on the ground!!
Pappey - Randi baarish khatam hone ke baad kounsa shot khelta hai?
Answer - Pull Shot
FUNDA - When it has stopped raining you have to 'pull' the covers off!
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Pinkee - Agar Pappey Beer mangta hai to Beer, Pappey se kya mangega?
Answer - Honey
FUNDA - Pappey likes beer and beer (bear) likes honey!
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Rahul - Agar tum Pappey ko PJ marne ko bolege to woh kya karega?
Answer - Pappey will jump upwards.
FUNDA - Pappey will jump as he will then have velocity(v) in upward direction(j). So he has momentum (P) as his has both mass and velocity and it is in upward direction( y direction ~ j direction). So Pappey has now put a P ĵ.
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Pattrow - Manish jab chicken khata hai junglee ban jata hai.
Saffy - Manish sachi mein pura wildly behave karta hai agar uske aage chicken padi hai.
Manish - Mein koi junglee ki tarah behave nahi karta.....
Pappey - Eggjactly, Chhotu (Pappey calls Manish, Chhotu affectionately) is not wild, Chhotu is not junglee, Chhotu is Mansih. :D
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Pappey - Agar Chhotu, Chhotu hai to usko chicken ka kounsa item pasand hai.
Answer - Since Chhotu is chhotu, woh sirf CERELAC flavoured chicken khata hai.
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PJ IN ACTION
This anecdote was narrated by Shaggy
Venue - Electrical Workshop
First Year
The question was to set up a circuit to light a tubelight. Aunty puts hazaar fight, mugs, cogs from notes and cogs from neighbouring students but somehow manages to set up the complete circuit. The circuit seems perfect but the tubelight does not seem to glow. Worried and confused he takes the system to the workshop instructor. The instructor himself starts to BULB. the circuit is perfect but the tubelight does not seem to glow. The instructor fiddles a bit with the starter, re aligns the circuit elements but to no avail. He reads the manuals again and sets the circuit himself but all in vain.
Its only after more than forty minutes that both realize that there is no tubelight to glow. Aunty had forgotten to connect the tubelight. !!!!! :D
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There were a lot more but cant remember them all. Next time around I drink around with Pinkee and Pappey (and Rahul these days too) i'll carry a tape recorder to make sure that not a single PJ is missed.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
IPL: TEAM QUOTIENT
KOLKATTA
A bird in hand is not worth even four in the bush..
Sourav Ganguly (icon), Shoaib Akhtar (US$425,000), Ricky Ponting (US$400,000), Brendon McCullum (US$700,000), Chris Gayle (US$800,000), Ajit Agarkar (US$330,000), David Hussey (US$675,000), Ishant Sharma (US$950,000), Murali Kartik (US$425,000), Umar Gul (US$150,000), Tatenda Taibu (US$125,000)
PRIZE CATCH – Umar Gul. At just 60 lacs it’s a super bargain. He was by far the fast bowler on show at the T20 World Cup. He is one of those rare bowlers who can bowl toe crushing yorkers on a constant basis.
SHOCKER – Ishant Sharma for 4 crores. All that glitters is not gold. Bowling on bowler friendly wickets in
David Hussey. I thought his brother had a Bradmanesque batting average.
+ ive Experienced batting lineup in Ganguly, Gayle and Ponting.
- ive Who’ll bowl? Shoaib and Gul spend more time in the hospital than they do on field. Agarkar is like a balloon. Might burst anytime. Ishant Sharma is still a baby.
IN SHORT On paper they have the most balanced team with the perfect blend of youth and experience provided they are fit and free to take part in the event. You are never sure about the fitness of Akhtar and Gul while Hussey an Ponting may not free to take part.
HYDEREBAD
Slog Slog Bang Bang
Adam Gilchrist (US$700,000), Andrew Symonds (US$1.35 million), Herschelle Gibbs (US$575,000), Shahid Afridi (US$675,000), Scott Styris (US$175,000), VVS Laxman (US$375,000), Rohit Sharma (US$750,000), Chamara Silva (US$100,000), RP Singh (US$875,000), Chaminda Vaas (US$200,000), Nuwan Zoysa (US$110,000)
PRIZE CATCH – Scott Styris. Probably the most underrated player in World Cricket especially when it comes to the shorter versions of the game. He can slog, he can hold one end up and more importantly he can stifle one end up with his variety of medium pace bowling.
SHOCKER – Rohit Sharma for 3 crores. You must be joking!!
+ ive With Andrew Symonds and Herschelle Gibbs you have the world’s two of the best fielders. And then Rohit Sharma and Shahid Afridi are probably the best from their nations.
- ive One dimensional bowling attack with 3 very similar left arm swing bowlers.
IN SHORT In Shahid Khan Afridi, Andrew Symonds, Herschelle Gibbs and Adam Gilchrist you have the four of the biggest hitters in the game of cricket. Get ready for some serious fireworks with the short boundaries in
“Get Well Soon : Prepared to face a nuclear attack with a bullet proof vest
Rahul Dravid (icon), Anil Kumble (US$500,000), Jacques Kallis (US$900,000), Zaheer Khan (US$450,000), Mark Boucher (US$450,000), Cameron White (US$500,000), Wasim Jaffer (US$150,000), Dale Steyn (US$325,000), Nathan Bracken (US$325,000), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (US$200,000)
PRIZE CATCH – Dale Steyn. He is as most former South African’s believe the true heir to Allan Donald’s legacy. Not very cheap but certainly do-able.
SHOCKER – Cameron WHO White? I thought he played Golf!!
+ ive Excellent bowling lineup with the most variety. You have someone with the raw pace of Steyn aided by the swing of Zaheer and accuracy of Bracken. By the way you have a 38 something Kumble aswell.
- ive Wasim Jaffer, Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, Chanderpaul.. Dude, you are not playing a 5 day test… You might take a short nap while they are batting and still not miss much action. Seems they are taking “Gandhigiri” just a bit too seriously; a totally non violent approach to batting.
IN SHORT The most experienced team on paper though it is to be seen if their experience in the longer versions of the game can translate into the T20 format.
MUMBAI
The pendulum swinging between its extremes.
Sachin Tendulkar (icon), Sanath Jayasuriya (US$975,000), Harbhajan Singh (US$850,000), Shaun Pollock (US$550,000), Robin Uthappa (US$800,000), Lasith Malinga (US$350,000), Dilhara Fernando (US$150,000), Loots Bosman (US$175,000)
PRIZE CATCH – Loots Bosman. He is very highly rated in his home country in
SHOCKER – Robin Uthappa for 3.6 crores. You can’t be serious. All that he has to show for himself in the two seasons that he has played is one innings against
+ ive Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya opening the innings is any opposition captains nightmare. They may be past their prime but still are good enough to give tremors to new ball bowlers as they have nothing to loose. And then they have the world’s most economical bowler in Shaun Pollock.
- ive No wicket keeper as of now. Unless they get a Haddin or a Matt Prior they might just have to do with a domestic keeper. It doesn’t look that rosy with the top 3 Indian keepers already sold out.
IN SHORT It’s a very strange team combination. You have grandfathers like Tendulkar, Pollock and Jayasuriya on one hand and then lollypop babies like Bosman, Utthappa and Malinga on the other. You have members from the X Gen and V Gen. Just get a feeling they might rue missing out on the W Gen.
Little drops make an ocean.
Virender Sehwag (icon), Daniel Vettori (US$625,000), Shoaib Malik (US$500,000), Mohammad Asif (US$650,000), AB de Villiers (US$300,000), Dinesh Karthik (US$525,000), Farveez Maharoof (US$225,000), Tillakaratne Dilshan (US$250,000), Manoj Tiwary (US$675,000), Gautam Gambhir (US$725,000), Glenn McGrath (US$350,000)
PRIZE CATCH – AB De Villiers. It’s a steal. At 1.2 crores you are getting
SHOCKER – Manoj Tiwary for 2.7 crores. He’s played just one international that too for a duck.
+ ive In Mohammed Asif, Mc Grath and Vettori you have the most economical bowlers in the fray. Add to that the fielding prowess of Dilshan, Tiwary, Karthick and De Villiers. A very difficult team to score against.
- ive The batting does not inspire much confidence. No fire power; no star power. The team might even struggle to attract sponsors in the tune that most others teams would.
IN SHORT It’s the bowlers who will have to job. The batting though might just surprise a few people. The team reminds one of NewZealand at the international level – not too many stars but still a very competitive outfit. But you need a very inspirational captain who leads from the front.
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS
Dhoom Machale Dhoom Machale
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (US$1.5 million), Muttiah Muralitharan (US$600,000), Matthew Hayden (US$375,000), Jacob Oram (US$675,000), Stephen Fleming (US$350,000), Parthiv Patel (US$325,000), Joginder Sharma (US$225,000), Albie Morkel (US$675,000), Suresh Raina (US$650,000), Makhaya Ntini (US$200,000), Michael Hussey (US$350,000)
PRIZE CATCH – Stephen Fleming. The world’s best captain will be a perfect ally to the shrewd Dhoni. And he is the best person to give stability to the fragile looking middle order.
SHOCKER – ?
+ ive MS Dhoni. Captain courageous, capable of ripping the leather of the bowl aswell as holding one end up.
- ive MS Dhoni. Too costly.
IN SHORT All’s well as long as Dhoom does not turn into Doom.
JAIPUR
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Shane Warne (US$450,000), Graeme Smith (US$475,000), Younis Khan (US$225,000), Kamran Akmal (US$150,000), Yusuf Pathan (US$475,000), Mohammad Kaif (US$675,000), Munaf Patel (US$275,000), Justin Langer (US$200,000)
PRIZE CATCH – Kamran Akmal. He may not be in the best of forms but he still rates among the top 5 wicket keeper batsmen of his generation.
SHOCKER – Kaif. The price tag is too much for a player who can’t get the ball of the square. T20 isnt just about sprinting between wickets.
+ ive Graeme Smith is certainly one of the best captains doing the rounds. And most believe Warne was the true heir to Waugh till sleazy SMS’ did him in while Younis Khan preferred not to. And with Greg Chappell too around be rest assured that the best strategies would have their source here lest too many cooks spoil the broth.
- ive With Warne, Langer and Munaf Patel on the field don’t surprised if you see two’s turning into four’s and may be even five’s.
IN SHORT No comments.
MOHALI
History to repeat itself
Yuvraj Singh (icon), Mahela Jayawardene (US$475,000), Kumar Sangakkara (US$700,000), Brett Lee (US$900,000), Sreesanth (US$625,000), Irfan Pathan (US$925,000), Ramesh Powar (US$170,000), Piyush Chawla (US$400,000), Simon Katich (US$200,000), Ramnaresh Sarwan (US$225,000)
PRIZE CATCH – ?
SHOCKER – ?
Pretty balanced selections without any outright cockeyed selection.
+ ive With Moody at the helm, the 2007 WC success story might just repeat with Sangakkara and Jayawardena too in the team.
- ive With just Yuvraj, they are desperately falling short of some who get the ball out of the park. And if Brett Lee is missing the inexperience in the bowling department may hurt real bad.
IN SHORT Pretty balanced on the whole but the bowling holds the key. If Lee and Sreesanth are able to rip through the top order then the inexperienced spinners might be able to hold their own. And with Lee and Sreesanth sharing the new ball, batsmen be prepared to deal with sledging or as Aussies term it “mental disintegration”.
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Rain Drops Down the Melody Lane
Brushed away did I that look at first glance
For I doth not believe in love at first sight;
Her whites, all wet, seduced me into a trance.
As the skies wept, dreamt I none but her all night.
Wet, sanguine and all black
Swayed I from my track
At her feet, did I bend and whispered , 'Shall we dance?'
Rain drops down the melody lane
Across the dark firmament, lightning did strike again
Accepted my plea, did she, with a placid display of romance.
An assassin's smile
Flowing robes, all black and all long.
Lustrous, silver plated earrings, carved by the phyle.
Ogled I to the fullest............................................
P.S - Dedicated to that someone special in my life
Brushed away did I that look at first glance
For I doth not believe in love at first sight;
Her whites, all wet, seduced me into a trance.
As the skies wept, dreamt I none but her all night.
Wet, sanguine and all black
Swayed I from my track
At her feet, did I bend and whispered , 'Shall we dance?'
Rain drops down the melody lane
Across the dark firmament, lightning did strike again
Accepted my plea, did she, with a placid display of romance.
An assassin's smile
Flowing robes, all black and all long.
Lustrous, silver plated earrings, carved by the phyle.
Ogled I to the fullest............................................
P.S - Dedicated to that someone special in my life
Sunday, January 27, 2008
SAARANG UNQUOTED
" जब "ट" से कोई गाना ख़त्म नही होता, तो "ट" से कोई गाना शुरू कैसे हो सकता है !! "
-- Antakshari Coord on being asked to sing a song starting with "ट"
" Sumedh Samant और Kuldeep Nigam देहाती हैं ! ....................................... "
-- Punchar
" Well ...
We need more time.... " -- Hot chicks to Punchar on being asked for the dance workshop
" If you have any queries, come over here"
-- Punchar, sitting inside the Hospi desk, to a group of hot chicks inquiring about the day's proceedings from a hospi vol. The group eventually move around the hospi platform and get their doubts cleared from Punchar inside the Hospi desk.
" Ek Reddy ne pure wing ka ch***ya kaat diya "
-- Chittad Singh after CHB lures him into shelling out grub coupons worth Rs. 300(originally meant for our wing) to gratify his dance partner for Salsa, who herself was getting was grub coupons worth Rs. 300 as a volunteer.
" Now I know why I didn't clear IIT-JEE"
-- Non-IITian chick's comment at the Queen Of Sheeba event. On being asked as to how they cracked the Schroder Series problem(as it was not Google-able. Google led you to some vague article on divergent analytical functions published in 1942 by Carl Siegel), the Narmad team of SDK, Gully and Raj responded with
-- "We got the generating function of the Schroeder Series from Siegel's article and wrote a C program to evaluate it. We debugged and compiled it and ran it on Turbo C to generate the infinite series. The 9th term turns out to be 14586 ... "
"Come here and press 4"
-- A female Hospi Coord to her vol with her left hand on Alt and right hand on F when a co-coord asked her to press Alt+F4 to close the window she was working on.
" It was an "Anagram Fest" " -- Fockkus @ WTGW prelims.
"Pinkee (Hospi Core) सुट्टे के लिए भूका भी मर सकता है " -- Homework, after Pinkee gives all his grub coupons in exchange for Fags.
" Seems the coords are themselves planning a homicide. They are just arranging for a plebiscite to determine their modus operandi " -- A participant from NIT, Trichy on seeing the CLUEDO prelims question paper which had 5 murder mysteries.
" जब "ट" से कोई गाना ख़त्म नही होता, तो "ट" से कोई गाना शुरू कैसे हो सकता है !! "
-- Antakshari Coord on being asked to sing a song starting with "ट"
" Sumedh Samant और Kuldeep Nigam देहाती हैं ! ....................................... "
-- Punchar
" Well ...
We need more time.... " -- Hot chicks to Punchar on being asked for the dance workshop
" If you have any queries, come over here"
-- Punchar, sitting inside the Hospi desk, to a group of hot chicks inquiring about the day's proceedings from a hospi vol. The group eventually move around the hospi platform and get their doubts cleared from Punchar inside the Hospi desk.
" Ek Reddy ne pure wing ka ch***ya kaat diya "
-- Chittad Singh after CHB lures him into shelling out grub coupons worth Rs. 300(originally meant for our wing) to gratify his dance partner for Salsa, who herself was getting was grub coupons worth Rs. 300 as a volunteer.
" Now I know why I didn't clear IIT-JEE"
-- Non-IITian chick's comment at the Queen Of Sheeba event. On being asked as to how they cracked the Schroder Series problem(as it was not Google-able. Google led you to some vague article on divergent analytical functions published in 1942 by Carl Siegel), the Narmad team of SDK, Gully and Raj responded with
-- "We got the generating function of the Schroeder Series from Siegel's article and wrote a C program to evaluate it. We debugged and compiled it and ran it on Turbo C to generate the infinite series. The 9th term turns out to be 14586 ... "
"Come here and press 4"
-- A female Hospi Coord to her vol with her left hand on Alt and right hand on F when a co-coord asked her to press Alt+F4 to close the window she was working on.
" It was an "Anagram Fest" " -- Fockkus @ WTGW prelims.
"Pinkee (Hospi Core) सुट्टे के लिए भूका भी मर सकता है " -- Homework, after Pinkee gives all his grub coupons in exchange for Fags.
" Seems the coords are themselves planning a homicide. They are just arranging for a plebiscite to determine their modus operandi " -- A participant from NIT, Trichy on seeing the CLUEDO prelims question paper which had 5 murder mysteries.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
LES PROPHETIES
I am no Nostradamus, but here I have made a sincere attempt with a closed mind enveloped by an exaggerated sense of sarcasm to predict the fortunes (read misfortunes) of Team
Quarantine II -- FEBRUARY/MARCH
- Sourav Ganguly injected back into the ODI team after the CPI (M) threaten to withdraw support from the central government.
- Sreesanth is a hit with the Australian media. After displaying his dancing skills to Andre Nel and tabla skills to Mathew Hayden in the past he displays his vocal talent Andrew Symonds.
- Yuvraj Singh backs out of the tour citing personal reasons.
- After Harbhajan Singh, Sreesanth gets into trouble for racially abusing Symonds during the ODI series.
- BCCI threaten to boycott the tour.
- Tour continues after apologies from Cricket
- The ICC all this while remains a mute spectator not being able to go against the richest cricket board in the world.
- India lose the finals as Sachin Tendulkar fails again in the finals but wins the man of the series award by virtue of the three 90+ scores he made in the leagues.
Quarantine III -- APRIL/MAY
- Leaked Email from M S Dhoni to the BCCI President reveals that Yuvraj Singh backed out of the tour to go on a holiday with Deepika Padukone to NewZealand.
- Yuvraj Singh goes public with his version of the story saying that he did go to NewZealand but argues that it was mere coincidence that Deepika Padukone had her shooting there. The real reason according to him was that he was being used by the NewZealand Cricket Board as a mediator to convince Shane Bond to leave ICL. He further adds that Dhoni was a loser and created this issue because he was jealous of his relationship with Deepika Padukone.
- NewZealand Cricket Board deny any such arrangements though Shane Bond makes a contradictory statement that Yuvraj Singh had in fact met him in March.
- In between all this, Gary Kirsten rejects the contract by the BCCI saying Indian summers are too hot and not conducive to his methodology of coaching.
- BCCI go in search of a new coach.
Quarantine IV – JUNE/JULY
- In a bid to take advantage of the publicity generated and increase TRP for his show, Shahrukh invites the trio, (Deepika, Dhoni and Yuvraj) to KBC. The trio win 50 lacs inspite of the acrimony between Yuvraj and Dhoni.
- Rumour mills go abuzz with the news that Yuvraj and Deepika get engaged in a private ceremony. Both vehemently deny the allegations stating that they are just “good friends”
- Irfan Pathan spotted cheering for Sania Mirza at the
- BCCI announces the names of applicants for the post of coach. The list includes former cricketers Wasim Akram and Steve Waugh as well as leading personalities like management guru Laloo Prasad Yadav, technocrat Prof MS Shanmugham (HOD, Mech – IITM), Vijay Mallya and cricket expert Sumedh Yateen Samant.
- The Pakistani Government brand Wasim Akram a traitor for applying for the post of coach of the Indian Cricket team. The Al-Qaeda release fatwa against Wasim Akram for savoring relationship with an
- MS Dhoni attempts suicide. Admitted to ICU. Suicide note reveals it was due to the stress of excessive cricket. BCCI revises cricket calendar to reduce work load. Conspiracy theorists argue that it was because of “love lost”.
- IPL postponed to 2009 due to crammed cricket calendar.
- With Dhoni hospitalized and Yuvraj finding disfavour with the selection committee for his wayward ways, Irfan Pathan is appointed captain of the Indian ODI team for the upcoming series against
Quarantine V – AUGUST/SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
- Team for
- Harbhajan dismisses Ricky Ponting in 5 of the 6 innings.
- Dravid and Ganguly announce retirement. Tendulkar says he still feels young and is ready to play as a third spinner after experts criticize his poor batting form.
- CPI (M) and Trinamool Congress demand Bharat Ratna for Ganguly.
Quarantine V – NOVEMBER/DECEMBER
- Mahesh Bhatt’s movie “HAWAS – the only passion” starring Shoaib Akhtar releases to packed theatres through out
- BCCI appoint Ganguly and Dravid as the ODI and Test batting coaches respectively. They join the team of Robin Singh (fielding) and Venkatesh Prasad (bowling) and manager Lalchand Rajput.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
A MATCHSTICK THAT FAILED TO LIGHT
Insomniac behavior in the hour of the witch:
Woke up, did I to give company to the nocturnal.
Nor reason, nor rationale not even an intuitive hitch
Had an overpowering compulsive need to get the ash feel.
A sudden thirst to inhale the vapours: gray, dusky and slick.
A passion that whizzed past the statutory tag,
An appetite that even sleep couldn’t trick.
Ruffled through the pile of paper junk: Scanned the overflowing wooden drawers
Even tried to let go of my whimsical caprice.
Consumed my spines twice over, let go of the wet dreams
But I did finally find: twisted, moist but nevertheless an ally
A matchstick to execute my passion, a matchstick to set my fag ablaze.
Left in the lurch by the perfidious match that failed to light.
A fag ditched, an impulsive passion unfulfilled
As Senor Sleep took command for the rest of the night.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
EKLAVYA : India's Official Entry to the Oscars !!
WDF ! These were the first words that struck me once I read the bulletin on the web. I was shocked to say the least. I banged my fist on the lectern and gave a huge grin at the adjoining pic of Vindhu Vinod Chopra.
It was one of those rare movies that we had gone for.[and I sincerely regret having gone for it]. With DVD ripped movies landing up on LAN within a week of their release, going to the theater and spending 200 bucks seems really far-fetched. It was not the last time. We repeated the blunder with 'TaRa Rum Pum'. From the little that I remember about the script, it had none. I still educe the fact that I spent the whole movie waiting for something to happen. It started with the revelation of propinquitous relationship between the queen and her guard and it ended with the guard defying ethics to put love ahead of his obligations. In between, we had the foreign returned prince doting on a poor girl ( surprising?), a perverse impotent king, and some excellent cinematography. That was it. Cinematography was the only thing that stood out. But do you select films to represent your country on the basis of "cinematography'"? Certainly NO. We had walked into the theater with loads of expectations - it was VVC's first movie since Mission Kashmir, he had spent over five years writing the script and the star cast boasted of AB, Saif Ali Khan, Boman Irani and Sharmila Tagore. I am no film critic but this movie certainly did not get my pulses racing nor did it cause an emotional stir somewhere within. This movie 'cupped' royally at the box office. I am not very sure if the critics rated that highly. From the little that I observed, Guru and Chak De got better reviews and yet..... I am not into regional cinema. There would obviously be some that must have stood out. I am sure that there would have been many that would have outweighed Eklavya in every other department excluding cinematography. It is not surprising that issues are being raised against its selections. An affidavit has already been filed. Movies like Dharm, Guru and Chak De were certainly better when it came to script. Better by a long way......................
WDF ! These were the first words that struck me once I read the bulletin on the web. I was shocked to say the least. I banged my fist on the lectern and gave a huge grin at the adjoining pic of Vindhu Vinod Chopra.
It was one of those rare movies that we had gone for.[and I sincerely regret having gone for it]. With DVD ripped movies landing up on LAN within a week of their release, going to the theater and spending 200 bucks seems really far-fetched. It was not the last time. We repeated the blunder with 'TaRa Rum Pum'. From the little that I remember about the script, it had none. I still educe the fact that I spent the whole movie waiting for something to happen. It started with the revelation of propinquitous relationship between the queen and her guard and it ended with the guard defying ethics to put love ahead of his obligations. In between, we had the foreign returned prince doting on a poor girl ( surprising?), a perverse impotent king, and some excellent cinematography. That was it. Cinematography was the only thing that stood out. But do you select films to represent your country on the basis of "cinematography'"? Certainly NO. We had walked into the theater with loads of expectations - it was VVC's first movie since Mission Kashmir, he had spent over five years writing the script and the star cast boasted of AB, Saif Ali Khan, Boman Irani and Sharmila Tagore. I am no film critic but this movie certainly did not get my pulses racing nor did it cause an emotional stir somewhere within. This movie 'cupped' royally at the box office. I am not very sure if the critics rated that highly. From the little that I observed, Guru and Chak De got better reviews and yet..... I am not into regional cinema. There would obviously be some that must have stood out. I am sure that there would have been many that would have outweighed Eklavya in every other department excluding cinematography. It is not surprising that issues are being raised against its selections. An affidavit has already been filed. Movies like Dharm, Guru and Chak De were certainly better when it came to script. Better by a long way......................
Thursday, September 27, 2007
G Talk STATUS MESSAGE
Courtesy - Cheenti
Note: The occasion was as you would have guessed it by now, the Insti Elections
Courtesy - Psaffy
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - OW "
"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. - OW"
"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. - OW"
"I never put off till tomorrow what I can do the day after.- OW"
Courtesy - Yours Truly
"There is nothing called a committed man. If you want one, search in a mental asylum"
Courtesy - Mitasha
"How happy is the blameless vestal's lot ...The world forgetting by the world forgot...E
Courtesy - Randy
THIS IS MY FAVOURITE
"Marriages are made in heaven : So are thunder and lightning"
Courtesy - Mitasha
And now, for some of the worst ones
Courtesy – Cheenti
Note: PJ maxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Everyone is beautiful to someone" [ it had been there for the past three semesters ! ]
Courtesy - Dhruv(jussu)
Note: I suppose most people would agree on that :D
"PDND" [with the green availaible tag on]
Courtesy - Sumedh Vidwans
P.S : All opinions expressed are mine and it should be assumed that they have been expressed in good humour
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Sunday, September 23, 2007
RENDEZVOUS @ 5:30 pm Monday, Sept 24
11 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD NOT MISS THE INDIA-PAK T20 FINAL
1. India have never lost a World Cup match to Pakistan
2. Its INDIA minus Tendulkar, Dravid, Ganguly and Zaheer VS PAK minus Inzy, Yousuf, Shoaib and Razzaq
3. No more Sachin vs Wasim ... No more Dravid vs Shoaib... its the time for raw fresh talents to battle it out in the African Safari's. We have
Yuvraj Singh vs Mohd. Asif
Shahid Afridi vs Irfan Pathan
4. Both teams walk in even-stevens. No psychological advantage for either with the previous match between the two having ended in a tie... (I personally believe bowl-out is a lot of shit. Its no better than the previous system which relied on the toss of a coin to determine winners in knock out matches)
5. The battle for the longest six is still on. With a 12 hitter in form of Afridi (still to get going batting wise) you never know.
6. Shrewd Shoaib(Malik) one on one against Daring Dhoni. It certainly takes courage to back a nominally experienced Joginder Sharma over Agarkar(with experience of nearly 200 ODI's) and even more hardihood to ask him to bowl the last over when his previous two have gone for over 30. On the other hand Malik's shrewdness has reserved a new ball bowler in Umar Gul to bowl 4th change and finish of the innings with toe crushing yorkers.
7. A very special item number by who else - Sreesanth. Kathakali, tabla on the cricket pitch and his "Jheel Si Gehri Aankhen" staring at the batsmen.. He will have it all for the opposition and the cheering Indian contingent back at the stadium and those glued to the TV sets back home. There is a also a guest appearance by a certain wrong footed, Lagaan style bowler in Sohail Tanvir who will demonstrate his dyslexic bowling action.
8. An opportunity to watch a lot more of Indian, Pakistani and South African babes. :D
9. India vs Pakistan ... World Cup Final. Do you want anything more ? ? Get hold of it.The next time you witness anything similar, you would probably be 70 and nursing yourself for cardiac arrest.
And... ohh I forgot
10. The match is being played at the Wanderers, Johannesburg which also witnessed the record ODI chase of 434 by South Africa against Australia.
and to end it,
11. India is gonna rape Pakistan. CHAK DE! INDIA
11 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD NOT MISS THE INDIA-PAK T20 FINAL
1. India have never lost a World Cup match to Pakistan
2. Its INDIA minus Tendulkar, Dravid, Ganguly and Zaheer VS PAK minus Inzy, Yousuf, Shoaib and Razzaq
3. No more Sachin vs Wasim ... No more Dravid vs Shoaib... its the time for raw fresh talents to battle it out in the African Safari's. We have
Yuvraj Singh vs Mohd. Asif
Shahid Afridi vs Irfan Pathan
4. Both teams walk in even-stevens. No psychological advantage for either with the previous match between the two having ended in a tie... (I personally believe bowl-out is a lot of shit. Its no better than the previous system which relied on the toss of a coin to determine winners in knock out matches)
5. The battle for the longest six is still on. With a 12 hitter in form of Afridi (still to get going batting wise) you never know.
6. Shrewd Shoaib(Malik) one on one against Daring Dhoni. It certainly takes courage to back a nominally experienced Joginder Sharma over Agarkar(with experience of nearly 200 ODI's) and even more hardihood to ask him to bowl the last over when his previous two have gone for over 30. On the other hand Malik's shrewdness has reserved a new ball bowler in Umar Gul to bowl 4th change and finish of the innings with toe crushing yorkers.
7. A very special item number by who else - Sreesanth. Kathakali, tabla on the cricket pitch and his "Jheel Si Gehri Aankhen" staring at the batsmen.. He will have it all for the opposition and the cheering Indian contingent back at the stadium and those glued to the TV sets back home. There is a also a guest appearance by a certain wrong footed, Lagaan style bowler in Sohail Tanvir who will demonstrate his dyslexic bowling action.
8. An opportunity to watch a lot more of Indian, Pakistani and South African babes. :D
9. India vs Pakistan ... World Cup Final. Do you want anything more ? ? Get hold of it.The next time you witness anything similar, you would probably be 70 and nursing yourself for cardiac arrest.
And... ohh I forgot
10. The match is being played at the Wanderers, Johannesburg which also witnessed the record ODI chase of 434 by South Africa against Australia.
and to end it,
11. India is gonna rape Pakistan. CHAK DE! INDIA
Why the battle of Wanderers will be so special
Atul Sondhi /Cricketnext.comhttp://www.cricketnext.com/news/why-battle-of-wanderers-will-be-so-special/27090-13.html
It is the stuff that the dreams are made of. There were jokes abound when India and Pakistan were bracketed along with Scotland in Group D, that who the real minnows were!
After all, Scotland had done much better in the 50-over version of the 2007 World Cup compared to India and Pakistan, who had perished even before the real action had started.
All jokes stopped just few days later. After a string of brilliant performances, the two countries, equally passionate about their cricket, are now on the threshold of glory, which not many had imagined before the TWenty20 World Chamionship, started.
There is certain beauty, and bruteness involved in a contest, when India take on Pakistan. Indeed, there are number of reasons to take a flight to Johannesburg.
Unequalled contest:
In terms of sheer intensity, very few rivalries can match a cricketing showdown between these arch-rivals. No inch is taken or given without a fight as nearly two billion of humanity (including expatriates and fans) take out their flags as they cheer or cry for their beloved country.
Mercifully, the hostility has somewhat reduced compared to 80s and 90s, still the pressure is unbearable. And that is the beauty of it.
Divine justice:
Just remember the glum looking faces this March when India and Pakistan prematurely said goodbye to the World Cup.
A captain was sacked, a coach died, and another coach resigned.
Many reputations seemed to have been tarnished beyond redemption. However, in a matter of few months, the Gen Next has avenged insult to the likes of Mohammad Yousuf, Inzamam-ul Haq, and India’s Holy Trinity. For purely the love of seeing this set of marvelous individuals in green and blue, it will be worth a trip.
No one-man Army:
India are not a one-man army. Reputations do not matter any more as system has taken over the individuals. Everyone contributes before and after a huddle!
There has been Robin Uthappa's match saving 50 against Pakistan and then tremendous holding of nerves in the 'bowl out'. And then there has been Dinesh Karthik's mind boggling catch and Rohit Sharma's tremendous run out of Justin Kemp, which showed South Africa that the Indian fielding could match the very best.
Who can forget the roles of our openers, Rohit Sharma’s brilliant batting against South Africa and Yuvraj’s pyrotechnics, which single-handedly demolished Australia.
Even Joginder Sharma, the most underrated of Indian pacers, came up with a brilliant last over last night, when the pressure could have simply killed a lesser man.
Similar things have happened with Pakistan. While Shoaib Akhtar, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Asif, Umar Gul and Misbah-ul-Haq have been the star performers, the others have done their bit too.
And it will be interesting to see who clicks in the final, and the most important showdown.
Inspirational captains:
There must have been too much of heartburn in the Pakistan team when Shoaib Malik was made captain. It is naïve to expect that the seasoned performers and old pros like Afridi, Shoaib and Mohammad Yousuf will not have felt disappointed for being sidestepped.
Ditto in the Indian team for Mahendra Singh Dhoni. But with each step, the two captains have grown in stature. And the situation is not going to change even after one of them loses the chance to be on the Podium. They are friendly and supportive of their team members, but deadly and destructive when it comes to the opposition.
Aussie slayer:
The entire world imports their coaches, and the same world hates their team’s success. So both India and Pakistan have become the darling of all the Aussie-haters by beating the common enemy once each.
The South Africans too can heave a sigh of relief that the Australians will not be lifting one more trophy on their soil. For once, they can watch the action freed of all the tension. And they must.
A Streak on stake:
Will India keep up their winning streak against Pakistan in world championship tournaments - as streak, which started in Australia 16 years ago. Or will Pakistan finally do what they had threatened to do in the group stage when just one run off last two balls could have broken India’s spell.
That million-dollar question will be answered in the New Wanderers on Monday night amid thousands of cheering supporters holding India and Pakistani flags.
Umpires are going to have a tough time for sure. Faint edges, one fear, will not be heard in the din of a battle, which surely is not going to be for the faint hearted.
Sunday, September 02, 2007
THE LONELY SENTINEL
Armored in beige, knighted with a timber ingot
He strolls around;
A metal whistle, his sole tenancy: Ends hot
Ruffled by his vulgar breath.
The coy wooden baton, his sole companion
The midnight owl's hoots, his harmony
Vast arsenic stretches studded with silver petals, his visual symphony
Dry and algid zephyrs his sole source of palpation.
Reclusive, yet not stirred
Obligation to some and yet
the Lonely Sentinel goes about his quotidian commission.
Armored in beige, knighted with a timber ingot
He strolls around;
A metal whistle, his sole tenancy: Ends hot
Ruffled by his vulgar breath.
The coy wooden baton, his sole companion
The midnight owl's hoots, his harmony
Vast arsenic stretches studded with silver petals, his visual symphony
Dry and algid zephyrs his sole source of palpation.
Reclusive, yet not stirred
Obligation to some and yet
the Lonely Sentinel goes about his quotidian commission.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Stuff that Prof.'s teach
Excerpts from the class lectures of mech. professors
"Consider a 3-D cube..... " (as if a cube had 4 dimensions)
- A certain Design Prof.
"The only difference between an ideal cycle and practical cycle is that an ideal cycle is ideal in nature while a practical cycle is practical in nature"
- IC Engine Prof.
Excerpts from the class lectures of mech. professors
"Consider a 3-D cube..... " (as if a cube had 4 dimensions)
- A certain Design Prof.
"The only difference between an ideal cycle and practical cycle is that an ideal cycle is ideal in nature while a practical cycle is practical in nature"
- IC Engine Prof.
Monday, August 06, 2007
Friday, August 03, 2007
A few days back, I came across the following ad of the Deccan Chronicle on Bhaand's blog
AD
BC
two letters can define an era..
I was instantly hit upon by a couple of similarly brilliant ads. A few years back when the anti-smoking campaign was its peak in New York, a NGO had the following as its tag line--
"Kissing a smoker is like licking an ashtray" !!
Another one, which I guess can be found on our LAN under the tag- "Banned Commercials" is probably the most well thought out ad ever. The ad starts of with a diminutive 10yr old trying his best to reach the Coke counter of a soft drinking vending machine.After hajaar fight he finally manages to get one diet coke can. Surprisingly he again puts the same amount of fight to get another coke. Up till this point you get the feel that its ad ad for the Coke group but.... Then the child puts both the cans on the ground and stands atop them so that he could now reach the Pepsi dispensing counter which actually was above the coke counter.!!!!!
AD
BC
two letters can define an era..
I was instantly hit upon by a couple of similarly brilliant ads. A few years back when the anti-smoking campaign was its peak in New York, a NGO had the following as its tag line--
"Kissing a smoker is like licking an ashtray" !!
Another one, which I guess can be found on our LAN under the tag- "Banned Commercials" is probably the most well thought out ad ever. The ad starts of with a diminutive 10yr old trying his best to reach the Coke counter of a soft drinking vending machine.After hajaar fight he finally manages to get one diet coke can. Surprisingly he again puts the same amount of fight to get another coke. Up till this point you get the feel that its ad ad for the Coke group but.... Then the child puts both the cans on the ground and stands atop them so that he could now reach the Pepsi dispensing counter which actually was above the coke counter.!!!!!
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Half Empty or Half Full
Last night we were having a heated debate on whether monarchy was a solution to the present turmoils in the political scenario. It stemmed off from an already ongoing debate on which was better -- two party system or multi party which had stemmed off from another debate -- Prathiba Patil vs Kalam. I would be lying if I say we IITians actually intentionally discuss such socially relevant issues. The above was actually an outbreak of topics we love discussing -- headlines on national newz channels that should actually be confined to a masala corner (COMING SOON - a whole blog devoted to such trash), Ekta Kapoor bashing, plagiarised bollywood movies and songs....(in the reverse order of chirography).
Well even though we did not land up at any conclusion I did realize one thing. There's not just a black and white side to everything. There's also the invisible UV region to it. As in there are more than two ways in which each situation can be judged. The right, wrong and the <>. To be more archaic -- We talk about a glass of water being half full or half empty. But what if the life giving water is not water but a transparent solution of memphitic cyanide.
Last night we were having a heated debate on whether monarchy was a solution to the present turmoils in the political scenario. It stemmed off from an already ongoing debate on which was better -- two party system or multi party which had stemmed off from another debate -- Prathiba Patil vs Kalam. I would be lying if I say we IITians actually intentionally discuss such socially relevant issues. The above was actually an outbreak of topics we love discussing -- headlines on national newz channels that should actually be confined to a masala corner (COMING SOON - a whole blog devoted to such trash), Ekta Kapoor bashing, plagiarised bollywood movies and songs....(in the reverse order of chirography).
Well even though we did not land up at any conclusion I did realize one thing. There's not just a black and white side to everything. There's also the invisible UV region to it. As in there are more than two ways in which each situation can be judged. The right, wrong and the <
Thursday, June 28, 2007
PiQUANT CHESTNUT - III
Last week, students having slogged their ass out for over two years had come over for the IIT-JEE counseling. I started salivating on the mere sight of the plum faced, bespectacled and innocent faces. They seemed easy prey but the only constraint was that I'll have to wait till the start of the session before I could "RAG" them.
In this context, I am reminded of last year's ragging sessions. We called over this freshie, for an "intro" session as we IITians so popularly term it. After the starter course of FAQ's we moved on to the main menu. In the FAQ round, on being asked what 36-24-36 represented he said that they were the dimensions of the new "Fanta Curvy" bottle. We showed him the "DPS RKpuram Scandal" video and inquired of him what the girl was doing in the clip. He replied,"She is eating a chocobar."
P.S :: Do I need to add anything else ?
The guy was aptly named (going by the IITM nomenclature system) FACHO (fanta + chocobar).
Last week, students having slogged their ass out for over two years had come over for the IIT-JEE counseling. I started salivating on the mere sight of the plum faced, bespectacled and innocent faces. They seemed easy prey but the only constraint was that I'll have to wait till the start of the session before I could "RAG" them.
In this context, I am reminded of last year's ragging sessions. We called over this freshie, for an "intro" session as we IITians so popularly term it. After the starter course of FAQ's we moved on to the main menu. In the FAQ round, on being asked what 36-24-36 represented he said that they were the dimensions of the new "Fanta Curvy" bottle. We showed him the "DPS RKpuram Scandal" video and inquired of him what the girl was doing in the clip. He replied,"She is eating a chocobar."
P.S :: Do I need to add anything else ?
The guy was aptly named (going by the IITM nomenclature system) FACHO (fanta + chocobar).
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Brett "Karan" Lee making waves on the Indian scene
Mumbai,26 September,2013 : He is every girl's prince charming. He is tall, he is handsome, he is cool, he can dance, he can sing, he can make love, he can cry, he can make people laugh and most importantly he is single(yet again). Yes, we are talking about Bollywood's latest hearthrob, the new lover boy in the land of Kamasutra and plagiarized movies(and of remakes and sequels), Brett Lee.
11 movies since his debut in "Tere bin"(2009) and 9 of them have sent the cash registers ringing. "Tere Bin" may not have been a success but our man certainly made a point. His next 10 films set the box office ablaze (excluding perhaps the dud "Agosh"(2012) where he decided to go for an image makeover and try his hand at a action movie). He is Yash Chopra banners latest torch bearer. The fairy tale journey began in 2008 when he rejected a 2yr extension contract with the ACB to sign for Yash Chopra's banners "Tere Bin" directed by Uday Chopra. He had by then already made his presence felt in India, having been involved with a large number of commercial endorsement and having even sung in an Asha Bhosle album. Skeptics loathed his decision and wrote passionately about him putting up green notes ahead of patriotism. They were right no doubt. Brett now makes thrice from movies, concerts and commercial endorsements than he did during his cricketing days. Initially pessimists rubbed him off arguing that an English speaking guy would never make it big in the tinsel town. But one year of special coaching classes in hindi with Atal Bihari Vajpayee and hair dyed black did the trick. He is now more hindi than the Prime Minister Rahul Gandhi himslef. Having spent 5 years in India he has now even applied for an Indian citizenship; he said at a recent movie launch that he is more Indian by heart than he is Australian by birth. "Tere Bin" was followed by "Kabhi Kabhi hi Kuch Hota Hai"( a sequel to Kuch Kuch Hota Hai(1998) ), which firmly established him as the new lover boy displacing ShahRukh Khan with elan. The next five years saw "Karan" (Karan is to Brett what Rahul was to ShahRukh, Vijay to Amitabh and Rohit to Hrithik) consolidate his position as the Prince Charming of Bollywood with blockbuster hits like "You are My Sonia"(2010), "Ey Mere Humsafar"(2011) [a remake of "Qayamat se Qayamat tak"], "Kitni Baatein" (2011), "Kuchh tum Kahon.."(2011) and "Doorie"(2012) ["INSPIRED" by the Hollywood romance "Sleepless in Seattle(1993)"]. His latest movie, "Kassam Se..." is running to packed houses and advance bookings into the second week have already been made into his next movie "Kambakht Ishq" which is scheduled to be released during the festive season of Diwali.
9 hits out of 11, a brand value close to 220 crores, torch bearer of the Karan Johar and Yash Chopra banners, through with 2 marriages and infinitely many alleged linkups (and another infinite kept under the wraps) he certainly is the biggest star of the industry today. And his most recent break up with Deepika Padukone, after dating each other for the past 1 year has a come as a breath of cool breeze to his lacs of female fan following. He may be the most loved character on screen but he has been deeply embroiled in controversy in real life. First there was hia famous breakup with his first wife, Elizabeth even before the release of his first movie, his war of words with Shahid Kapoor over Kareena Kapoor who paired opposite him in "Ey Mere Humsafar"(2011) [which reminds me of the Vivek Oberoi-Salman Khan episode that took place almost a decade back], then his alleged linkups with the underworld and now his latest attempts to buy "Mannat" which has further mangled his equations with ShahRukh Khan. Both have not been on talking terms since ShahRukh was replaced by him in a Karan Johar movie two years back and Brett chose not to invite Shahrukh to his second marriage with Ekta Kapoor in December,2011.(Which as history would have it ended up in a divorce within 4 months.)
With Sanjay Dutt having been sentenced to 11 yrs of rigorous imprisonment in the TADA case(set to be released in 2019) rumours are abuzz that Vindhu Vinod Chopra is planning to tee off the "Munna Bhai" series again with Brett in the lead this time around. This might come as a welcome change for Brett himself for he has been regularly bashed up by the critics for playing the same candy floss role in all his movies uptill now and not utilising his vast acting repertoire to the fullest extent. He may be the critic's latest whipping boy, but as he said in a recent interview "I act for the masses and not for the men who pretend to know too much". And with Shahrukh Khan set to take a break from acting, to start of as a director and Farhan Akhtar going gaga over Brett's emoting abilities we might well see him in the coming DON movies and this might well add salt, spice and what not to his existing consanguinity with Shahrukh.
So Brett fans might well get to see a lot more of Brett Lee in the coming years and that too in diverse personifications, especially with the most talked about movie in the recent years, Ram Gopal Verma's first brush with a romance, "Kanishkk" (an Indianised version of the Titanic) starring Brett set to release on Republic Day next year.
Mumbai,26 September,2013 : He is every girl's prince charming. He is tall, he is handsome, he is cool, he can dance, he can sing, he can make love, he can cry, he can make people laugh and most importantly he is single(yet again). Yes, we are talking about Bollywood's latest hearthrob, the new lover boy in the land of Kamasutra and plagiarized movies(and of remakes and sequels), Brett Lee.
11 movies since his debut in "Tere bin"(2009) and 9 of them have sent the cash registers ringing. "Tere Bin" may not have been a success but our man certainly made a point. His next 10 films set the box office ablaze (excluding perhaps the dud "Agosh"(2012) where he decided to go for an image makeover and try his hand at a action movie). He is Yash Chopra banners latest torch bearer. The fairy tale journey began in 2008 when he rejected a 2yr extension contract with the ACB to sign for Yash Chopra's banners "Tere Bin" directed by Uday Chopra. He had by then already made his presence felt in India, having been involved with a large number of commercial endorsement and having even sung in an Asha Bhosle album. Skeptics loathed his decision and wrote passionately about him putting up green notes ahead of patriotism. They were right no doubt. Brett now makes thrice from movies, concerts and commercial endorsements than he did during his cricketing days. Initially pessimists rubbed him off arguing that an English speaking guy would never make it big in the tinsel town. But one year of special coaching classes in hindi with Atal Bihari Vajpayee and hair dyed black did the trick. He is now more hindi than the Prime Minister Rahul Gandhi himslef. Having spent 5 years in India he has now even applied for an Indian citizenship; he said at a recent movie launch that he is more Indian by heart than he is Australian by birth. "Tere Bin" was followed by "Kabhi Kabhi hi Kuch Hota Hai"( a sequel to Kuch Kuch Hota Hai(1998) ), which firmly established him as the new lover boy displacing ShahRukh Khan with elan. The next five years saw "Karan" (Karan is to Brett what Rahul was to ShahRukh, Vijay to Amitabh and Rohit to Hrithik) consolidate his position as the Prince Charming of Bollywood with blockbuster hits like "You are My Sonia"(2010), "Ey Mere Humsafar"(2011) [a remake of "Qayamat se Qayamat tak"], "Kitni Baatein" (2011), "Kuchh tum Kahon.."(2011) and "Doorie"(2012) ["INSPIRED" by the Hollywood romance "Sleepless in Seattle(1993)"]. His latest movie, "Kassam Se..." is running to packed houses and advance bookings into the second week have already been made into his next movie "Kambakht Ishq" which is scheduled to be released during the festive season of Diwali.
9 hits out of 11, a brand value close to 220 crores, torch bearer of the Karan Johar and Yash Chopra banners, through with 2 marriages and infinitely many alleged linkups (and another infinite kept under the wraps) he certainly is the biggest star of the industry today. And his most recent break up with Deepika Padukone, after dating each other for the past 1 year has a come as a breath of cool breeze to his lacs of female fan following. He may be the most loved character on screen but he has been deeply embroiled in controversy in real life. First there was hia famous breakup with his first wife, Elizabeth even before the release of his first movie, his war of words with Shahid Kapoor over Kareena Kapoor who paired opposite him in "Ey Mere Humsafar"(2011) [which reminds me of the Vivek Oberoi-Salman Khan episode that took place almost a decade back], then his alleged linkups with the underworld and now his latest attempts to buy "Mannat" which has further mangled his equations with ShahRukh Khan. Both have not been on talking terms since ShahRukh was replaced by him in a Karan Johar movie two years back and Brett chose not to invite Shahrukh to his second marriage with Ekta Kapoor in December,2011.(Which as history would have it ended up in a divorce within 4 months.)
With Sanjay Dutt having been sentenced to 11 yrs of rigorous imprisonment in the TADA case(set to be released in 2019) rumours are abuzz that Vindhu Vinod Chopra is planning to tee off the "Munna Bhai" series again with Brett in the lead this time around. This might come as a welcome change for Brett himself for he has been regularly bashed up by the critics for playing the same candy floss role in all his movies uptill now and not utilising his vast acting repertoire to the fullest extent. He may be the critic's latest whipping boy, but as he said in a recent interview "I act for the masses and not for the men who pretend to know too much". And with Shahrukh Khan set to take a break from acting, to start of as a director and Farhan Akhtar going gaga over Brett's emoting abilities we might well see him in the coming DON movies and this might well add salt, spice and what not to his existing consanguinity with Shahrukh.
So Brett fans might well get to see a lot more of Brett Lee in the coming years and that too in diverse personifications, especially with the most talked about movie in the recent years, Ram Gopal Verma's first brush with a romance, "Kanishkk" (an Indianised version of the Titanic) starring Brett set to release on Republic Day next year.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
PiQUANT CHESTNUT - II
This episode dates back to the time when I was doing my intermediate back in my hometown. We used to have a troop of teachers in Physics each of whom used to take a particular chapter. One of them, Mr. Raj used to be the most liked. Though I must mention that it was not because of his teaching abilities but sorely because of the fact that his classes were a public theater were we had the full freedom to pass comments, laugh, crack jokes on the jester waving his hands around and writing illegible stuff on the blackboard. He probably hailed from a sylvan background as was evident from his slurred English. I remember one incident in particular. It was Teacher's Day. We wished him exclaiming "Happy Teacher's Day" in chorus. He stared at us aimlessly as if he didn't get what the fuss was all about. Out of the blue, as we were heading towards our tables, came the reply -- "Same to you".
This episode dates back to the time when I was doing my intermediate back in my hometown. We used to have a troop of teachers in Physics each of whom used to take a particular chapter. One of them, Mr. Raj used to be the most liked. Though I must mention that it was not because of his teaching abilities but sorely because of the fact that his classes were a public theater were we had the full freedom to pass comments, laugh, crack jokes on the jester waving his hands around and writing illegible stuff on the blackboard. He probably hailed from a sylvan background as was evident from his slurred English. I remember one incident in particular. It was Teacher's Day. We wished him exclaiming "Happy Teacher's Day" in chorus. He stared at us aimlessly as if he didn't get what the fuss was all about. Out of the blue, as we were heading towards our tables, came the reply -- "Same to you".
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