Bow down to the Master Blaster

Its crazy how one game (especially one guy) binds this nation. Dhoni was being abused while he hit sixes and fours because he wasn’t given Sachin the strike to break his world record!

And the Master Blaster proved why he is the Master Blaster... A double century in ODI

In our culture, we are always afraid of making a mistake

A mistake is always looked down upon. What defines a mistake is a totally different debate, but it could be a small thing like sending an email to the wrong person. And since making a mistake it a crime, everyone tries either not to accept the mistake or find ways of hiding it. And if a mistake comes to light, then the immediate reaction is to get defensive!

A few experiences in the past month but 2 noteworthy one’s in office: One in which – to not accept the mistake the person went on such a defensive note, that she used lines like, “Are you a CA? What kind of a CA are you, if you don’t know this… “ And this response was to a clarificatory email. The context of this a long one, and I am too bored to type it all out. In the other instance, like I mentioned earlier, since the email was not marked to me but to someone else – that email was never sent to me, but the person followed up with frantic calls – just to avoid resending the email…

All along in Houston, I abused my boss a lot and there were valid reasons for it... But somehow ever since he heard of me leaving to come back home he has been very nice to me... And today he touched another limit. Discussing my move back home, this is what he had to say -

you can always come "home" to Houston if it doesn't work out there

...  I am elated :)

Harishchandrachi Factory

I throughly enjoyed this film. I don't feel like writing an analytical review about this movie simply because I wasn't thinking and analyzing during the movie - the movie gripped me and I was entertained right from the word go!

After a reallllyyyy long time I laughed so much in a marathi movie. As I have grown, the humor in marathi movies has become slapstick or panchat and I don't remember the last time the humor was so fresh and light hearted without even getting into the vicinity of crude. Actually, I don't remember seeing a hindi movie whose humor has been on similar grounds - since there is a dearth of entertaining movies, you laugh on anything which is remotely funny - for example, pathetic bits of a movie called Wanted.

The story of the movie is nothing to write home about. It is about a guy who made the first ever motion picture in India. It is the story about what he went through from learning about making cinema, convincing people to act, writing a screenplay, and then luring people to watch it - and maybe causing a cultural change in our country. But the treatment given by Paresh Mokashi makes it nothing less than a splendid watch - from the natya sangeet kind of music playing in the background, to the playx2 speed of certain scenes (maybe to depict how movies were in the past or maybe to just shorten the viewing time), to the extremely funny - "streeparti". He has been able to depict the life of Dadasaheb Phalke without any melodrama or showing extreme struggles but at the same time showcasing the hardships he may have faced. Without having read nothing about Dadasaheb Phalke, seeing some rare photographs and knowing that he made the first motion picture, I always thought he would be a serious and intense kind of guy. But to my surprise, he was just another man - but inquisitive, a lil extreme and determined to try and learn something new.

Kudos to Nitin Desai for the amazing set design, to each and every actor who fits into a 1911 role well and playing it even better. Needless to say Nandu Madhav and Vibhawari Deshpande (I liked her in Natarang too) who have depicted their characters with so much ease.

And before I end this review, one thing which I have been wanting to do for a long time - is acknowledge Ronnie Screwwala (of UTV) and his team for giving many such talented film makers (I wouldn't call them simply directors) their due, and exposing us to a variety of great cinema. I think he has definitely a big role to play in this new and matured Indian cinema!

In all a light hearted comedy which will entertain you for two hours!

With small adjustments, life can be sooooo much more complete, here at home...

Uff Teri Adaa

I am an 28 yr old infatuated by Deepika Padukone... GOD SHE IS GORGEOUS!