Movie Review - Love Story 2050

I watched this movie to see how far bollywood has progressed in terms of using heavy special effects(FX) in movies.
And unfortunately I came back disappointed.
Illogical script, stupid dialogues, bad acting marred this film which had decent potential to do well.
Acting was so bad that, OTT acting by Archana Puran Singh felt better than Boman Irani's histrionics.
Mr. Irani was very disappointing, while baweja seems like a hrithik clone sans the acting.
Priyanka was mostly irritating, and there were no steamy scenes to change my opinion.
No powerful villain to save this movie, makes it a very bad movie, still it was better than Nishabd.

Back For You

This is a blog post which should have come long time back.
But being busy with MCA exams meant that it was going to be difficult to post anything.
Now that I am back, I have got loads of stuff to put up, including movie reviews.

Recently I have been fortunate to get acquainted with a sort of super girl.
She is so vastly talented and yet modest about it.
This budding journalist is very proud of her choice of profession and seems destined for a successful career.
And she has one of sweetest smile and deepest eyes that can enchant anyone.

In terms of workplace news, since last week I have been excited to work on new projects.
Its a fresh change and a better challenge, and it would look good on my CV.

One of my coolest friends, Roshan (IT-Superman), Swati and Aalok(Potter Fan) successfully completed their MSC degree's.
Congrats to these masters of science's.

I am undergoing a change of hairstyle.
Those of you see the awesome food/travel show called Highway On My Plate on NDTV-Good Times Channel,
will recognize the long hair and beard style of the two hosts. Well that is the direction that I am moving towards.
Lets see, its a test of patience.

Here it has been raining once in a while. But this while sometimes stretches to a day or two, which is bad since it is monsoon.
And these scarce rains are hampering our trip to a nearest waterfall, since they would not be falling with full force.

Thane Railway Station flooded

Its 1st july 2008 and heavy rains and high tide flooded many low lying places.

story so far

Yesterday was my MCA project viva; and it went very well considering my preparations.

But this viva ruined our plan to visit Raigad Fort.

So now I am left with Semester 6 exams to deal with which are coming up on 17 July. Of course my preparations have begun; I have managed to place the book on my table and have been intending to read them since last few weeks

So now that studies are coming up, I can’t read the book that I have left incomplete>> The Rhinemann Exchange by Robert Ludlum.

Musically I have been listening to a lot Of Steve Vai and Joe Satriani. They are masters of guitar. They don’t need words to sing a song; they let their guitars do the talking.

Last weekend I met some of junior college friends, it was great to meet them all together after a long time. It was nice to laugh about the things that we did back then. The chicks, the professors, etc. We met at Pop Tate's who make some of the best pizzaz's for such a low price. On the downside the place is full of smokers, which pisses me off, since the food is very good. But for a guy like me who doesn't smoke or drink, it is just not right.

Anyway thats the story so far, I will try to update regularly but can't promise.

one more ...one more .. mini movie review >> The Incredible Hulk.

And just yesterday I saw >> The Incredible Hulk.

This movie crashed all my expectations. After watching the Eric Bana starrer earlier edition I was expecting even this movie to be only a CG-fest, but this movie easily moves into the league of Spiderman Series. It is a very well executed movie; it is hallmarked by the performance of the lead actor (Edward Norton) and the villain. Even though others did their job with conviction, it was these two who acted absolutely the way we expected their characters to behave. Watch it if you never liked The Hulk, and maybe you will change your opinion. And for other action movie junkies like me, don’t miss it. The action sequences in this movie are mind blowing. There is a surprise at the end of this movie that some comic book fans will love. Watch it. And Liv Tyler is as usual enchanting.

mini movie reviews continue >> Indiana Jones and Crystal Skull

Then I saw this movie; Indiana Jones and Crystal Skull.

It was a very good movie. The script may not be the best one out there, but the adventure element will keep you glued to your seats. The cast is brilliant, and make this movie thoroughly enjoyable. In spite of being the fourth movie in the Indiana Jones series, it is not necessary to have watched the earlier movies to really enjoy this movie. Don’t miss it if you like action and adventure. Harrison Ford belies his age in this movie, and Shia put in a performance I didn't expect him to. Don't miss it for jonsey!

Mini Movie Reviews >> De Dhakka.

A few weekends back I saw the marathi movie; De Dhakka.

It is a very entertaining movie with a mix of emotion, drama, and comedy.

The movie has been almost completely lifted from the Hollywood movie; Little Miss Sunshine. In spite of this movie being completely copied, it is very well made, and the acting by all characters is very much in character. Watch it with you family.

It was great....the rajgad trek

I had the time of my life, when I climbed Rajgad fort with some of my best friends and office mates last weekend. It was challenging, tiring, sometimes scary, crazy, and very historic trek, all the way to the top, nearly. Nearly because even though I climbed the fort, there was a small fort(Bale Killa) inside Rajgad fort which is even higher and it involves rock climbing, and I decided to give it a miss, since I wanted to have reserve stamina to use while descending from the fort.
The trip began on friday, as the eleven of us left office to reach Maitri Park at chembur, from there we hailed a scorpio to Pune, and in few hours reached Swargate. Since the trip was not planned, we did not find any place to stay at 2 AM, other than ST depot. Fortunately we found a Sumo driver who was ready to take us to gunjavane, which is the base village. So by 7 am approximately we reached the village, freshened up at nearby hotel(rajgad pratishthan). Then started our trek to rajgad fort. I won't describe the trek, because it takes the fun out of it, and also makes me want to go back. The route we took i.e. Chor Darwaza is the toughest and the shortest route. After we reached the top it was pretty much routine. Do some sight seeing; have some food and water.; then take some rest and finally descend to ground zero. After coming down from the fort it was too late to head to swargate, and the next bus out of the base village was at 6 AM, so we stayed at hotel rajgad (at small house!) at night when it was very cold. It was just amazing to enjoy the chill, that too in the month of May! Then it was morning, we caught the 6 AM bus out of gunjavane and we were back at swargate and then in few hours back home.
I have not described the trek in detail, because of many reasons, like I am lazy, it spoils the mystery of such a place when you know too much, and not only that I am going to start a blog completely dedicated to forts, very very soon.
So that was the gist of things. To know more about Rajgad fort and its history, just search in google. I would recommend all of you to at least once visit this fort. This fort called as the king of forts. The fort that was never captured. The fort whose diameter is 40 km. This fort is so high you can see lots of forts from its top, forts like sinhgad, lingana, torna, purandar, and the far off raigad, many more. OK! enough of historic facts. Go in person to experience the magnificence.
Our next target is Fort Torna, of course I will climb this fort again, probably next year, as I did not climb Bale Killa this time around.

Shivteerth Rajgad Pratishthan at base village Gunjavane

Thats the fort from far, we climbed it from the right side

thats Torna Fort in the background

View from the top

the mighty sahyadri mountain range in all its sun-lit glory

Rajgad hotel and the foot of the fort where we spent the night.

a quickie!!!

My bike's horn is being controlled by some voodoo magic!!!
Ok! that is overstating facts but it is still quite close.
The problem is that there is a little spring in the horn switch, and that is broken (I think!).
So the horn honks on its own, or sometimes when it is pressed, it remains there and keeps honking. So eventually I have to manually (using my fingers!) put the horn switch in its off state.
I know I need to fix it, but don't have time to go to service center until this weekend.

When is friday coming???
Plan to Raigad fort will friutify only on friday! damn! I haven't even planned anything.....
fingers crossed !!! because you never know when some badass reason ruins the plan!!!

thats all for now..more coming soon...

Mini Movie Reviews:- Speed Racer and Iron Man

Last weekend was movie mania!

On Saturday I watched Speed Racer and on Sunday I watched Iron Man.

Speed Racer is a movie made for kids which can be enjoyed by adults too.

Of course your love for comics and cars would make you enjoy it even more.

And if you are a Speed Racer fan like me, then it’s going to be lots of fun.

The movie maybe a bit formulaic like how good eventually wins over evil. And you are also taught lessons like family are very important etc. In spite of all this the movie is entertaining, thanks to the Wachowski Brothers (The makers of Matrix) touch! Racing scenes, sound effects and other effects are nicely done. Slick editing, nice camerawork no out of place and over the top characters make it a fun flick. Don’t miss it if you like racing! It’s not formula one kind of racing but nevertheless it’s fast!

A movie like Iron Man should have had more publicity than it was really given. Robert Downing Jr. carries the film on his shoulders admirably. Make no mistake; it’s not a one man show. Every character has done commendable job. But it’s Robert who has made Iron Man one of my favourite technologically augmented superheroes (like batman) who don’t have special powers as such. In terms of bad guys, the movie could have delved deeper into the villain’s psyche but the job done by the bad guys is still commendable.

Like some of the good movies it has got it all, good action scenes, superb sound effects, sharp editing and some nifty cinematography, all in all a mind blowing experience. Iron Man is a much underestimated movie, so I say watch it and get entertained beyond expectations.