I am writing this by stealing some hours of work. Sandwiched between deadlines to meet, this post just cannot wait to get out of me. Yes, I loved Kaminey – to the core. I don’t know if its brilliant, but it does come close, very close. Here’s the thing. I am a Manipuri, born in Assam. Most of my friends are Bengali. And then I went to work in Pune. So, I am quite fluent in Bengali, and I know enough Marathi to ask my maid to cook Daal with Bengan ka Bharta. And I love listening to street Bengali – the kind that you get to hear at Siliguri or Bordhoman, or may be Howrah – stuff like – Budho boyoshe Phaazlaami [ Translation: You're getting senile as you get older ]. And when I get all of this together under one roof, surrounded by a skimmed, sugar-free script with unforgettable characters , I smile in utter satisfaction. Yes, Kaminey is THAT good.
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If someone is a huge F.R.I.E.N.D.S fanatic like me,Vatsal or Abhishek (well, I know there are exactly a billion of this species), the name ‘Apartment Bet’ would certainly ring a bell. Yes, it is the episode where Phoebe gets the eggs implanted in her uterus, and Joey knows Monica too well (old lady underpants, remember!). For the rest who are not as blessed, we are talking about Season 4-Episode 12: The One With The Embryos. And this post is totally dedicated to my F.R.I.E.N.D.S fanatic duo -Vatsal and Abhishek, and also the newly wed-Mohit and Asha. CONGRATULATIONS my darlings (I sound like Feroz Khan now..hehe).
To set the scene..
Ross: Okay, each team will answer ten questions. The first team that answers the most questions wins. Okay, the categories are, Fears and Pet Peeves, Ancient History, Literature, and It’s All Relative. Now, the coin toss to see who goes first. (He flips the coin and they all watch it hit the table and stop. Then they all look up at him, to see who goes first.)
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Mere Ande … Mere Akhrot
Nikhil Advani, during his childhood days was very good in essay writing. Not that good with making sense of them though. Very often, his Hindi teacher used to scold him on his “Nibandh Lekhan” trying to limit them into the less than 10,000 word limit, but little Nikhil used to go on and on with his “Charitra Chitran” and ” Bhaavna Vishleshan”. Little Nikhil has grown up now. But he still finds it hard to sticking it to the word limit. Neither has he given up the “not making sense” habit. Chandni Chowk to China (CC2C) was a brilliant dissertation topic for Little Nikhil to use it for his ‘graduation’. He had the right professors – Warner Bros. and Ramesh Sippy, and the perfect material. But naughty Nikhil, rather than preparing the script, and chawking out the correct plan, had too much cheap Chinese wine to drink, went to a cheap motel and God knows what he did there. He woke up and started writing the dissertation (a metaphor for directing this movie…just for the benefit of the doubt). The result as we say- is CC2C. The only good thing that he gets in his feedback form is appreciation for the inclusion of Dada- Mithun Dada, and the continuous reference to the son of Bappida- Bappa. \m/ [Continue Reading…]
by Sujoy on September 2, 2008
in Bolly
Ok here’s the difference. Immad is “impotent“(well, in his speech,ie). Yes,I have not recovered from the trauma of Dil,Dosti excreta..!!!!And Mr.Naseeruddin Shah, his father, kicks serious ass. Coming back to the movie “review” or whatever, Monsoon Wedding goes down in my list as one of my hot favs. Absolutely no second thoughts. I have seen Mira Nair’s other works such as Namesake, KamaSutra(for obvious reasons), and Salaam Bombay.
While Salaam Bombay remains a huge milestone in Indian cinema, it doesn’t leave me as moved (read Jubilant,infectiously Celebrating,exuberant and Joyous,all in the same breath).It is difficult to write something limited of a movie that spans across all cultures,and brings together all cliche’s attached to “Indian” cinema as seen by the firangs(u know ,the colors, the music and the singing routine) in a very respectable way, and simultaneously deals with intense elements of child abuse, pre arranged marital infidelity,growing old and (non)settled NRI housewives and their puttars and betis with the tag of confusion of being an ABCD…or a Muscat born whatever…phew!!!
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