A couple of weeks back, on a casual churning of television channels, happened to catch the old Gol Maal, of Amol Palekar. I picked it up in the middle somewhere, but spent the next couple of hours or so, watching it. And thoroughly enjoying it. I had a very high regard for Amol Palekar, the [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Amol Palekar and the Age of Innocence
Posted: November 29, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: age of plenty, Amol Palekar, innocence, work life balance
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Blog Past: How wrong was I, and how wrong were many of us?!
Posted: November 29, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: citizen, india, responsibility, terror
I expressed my anger, my disgust and to an extent, my hope in various blog posts, post 26/11 last year. But a year later, it all seems such a bloody waste. I wrote: And we are already seeing the urgency at Delhi. Manmohan and Sonia realize well that this time, there is no running away. [...]
There is a lot of Fanaa in Kurbaan
Posted: November 22, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: fanaa, Karan Johar, kareena kapoor, kirron kher, kurbaan, Om Puri, rensil d'silva, review, saif ali khan, vivek oberoi
Kurbaan is clearly a different animal from the Karan Johar stable. I am glad for Karan to have dared to try a different genre. It is an eminently watchable movie! ** Spoiler alert: if you are planning to see the movie, you may not want to read further. Not that I am telling the whole [...]
Jail did not quite gel..
Posted: November 12, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Jail, Madhur Bhandarkar, Mugdha Godse, Neil Nitin Mukesh
In the course of my elaborate explanation of eating a Rajdhani Thali, I did share the fact that we saw two movies, back-to-back on the Sunday. Let me quickly share my views on these movies. I was seeing Jail with a fair bit of expectations, given my general respect for Madhur Bhandarkar, and the type [...]
How to eat a Rajdhani Thali?
Posted: November 8, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: basundi, how-to, malpua, rajdhani, thali, undhiya
Way back in 2005, I had shared about how I had never felt as stuffed ever, after doing a Thali meal at the Rajdhani! Four years and a few months since that day, I am now ready to tell it all. A “how-to” guide on handling a Thali at the Rajdhani. We did it today [...]
A great show, for a great cause.. and from some great guys! Check out..
Posted: November 8, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Mehul Zatakia, Pankaj Tanna, Pankaj Udhas, Rotary Club, Sandeep Shah, Thalassemia
I am pleased to share with you, the efforts of my friend, Rotarian Pankaj Tanna and the rest of the team at the Rotary Club of Bombay Worli, with respect to Thalassemia. At this time, they are doing a show by another Pankaj, viz. Pankaj Udhas, to raise funds to enable them to do even [...]
Legacies of a shortage economy?
Posted: November 7, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: india, roads, shortage economy, traffic
I have mellowed on the road. LOL.. I fret a lot less now, about traffic snarls. Most of which are caused by crazy driving. I have reconciled to things being the way they are, and stopped stressing my blood pressure. At least on that count! Mostly. But that does not stop me from wondering “why”?! [...]
Weekend viewing?
Posted: November 6, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Dadasaheb Phalke, Harishchandrachi Factory, Jail, Madhur Bhandarkar, Neil Nitin, Ranbir, The Informant
Last couple of weeks, I have not viewed new films. Wanted to see London Dreams, but then a Facebook review by a friend sealed its fate for me. I wasn’t venturing into that one. Read the reviews of the relases for the day. Jail, then some long name movie of Ranbir Kapoor, and The Informant. [...]
Where do they learn to sell??
Posted: November 6, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: enterprise, entrepreneur, sales, salesman, selling
A couple of days back, I got a call on our building intercom system. It was the security guard, informing me that a “maharaj” (cook) was there, and he wanted to come up. He put the maharaj on the line. A friendly voice asked to speak to “bhabhi” (my better half). I gave her the [...]
