As a critic..[:D]

The Times had rated it with 4 stars. 31 actors made the guest appearance for a song. There was so much hype created even before it was released on the auspicious day of diwali. The producer and the lead actor of the film apologizing a famous producer of the earlier times did help in advertising. Yes,this to the movie Om Shanti Om.

I had listened to the music before the movie was released n had really liked it. Because the movie was released during my sem exams, I had decided to watch it the first thing during my inter sem break. Friends (most of them SRK fans) who had seen had given it thumbs up. Few of them had also gone to the extent of changing their display name on Orkut to advertising the movie. All these had encouraged me to go and watch the movie.

For all the hype that had been created the movie was surely a let down. Well I don’t say the movie was bad- but it had no original story- u could c that it was a remake of the movies of 70s – Karz and Madhubala with a few changes

There have been a few blunders as well- In one scene
the chandelier fell on Arjun ramphal in the middle of the party and in the next he is lying on a few pieces of glass in the same hall minus the chandelier and the people. Where did the room full of people go??and how did the chandelier fit itself to the ceiling?

If these are overlooked, the movie is quite good. The sets were awesome and the acting was superb – all the actors fit their roles perfectly. Deepika as Shantipriya, arjun ramphal as the rich producer n also the con man mukesh, SRK as Om, the junior artist in the first half of the story and Om, the actor in 2nd half Shreyas as a good friend, Pappu.


I wont say that this is worth advanced booking a month before but it surely makes a good watch on a lazy afternoon.

A story of four men

just found this in a book and seemed very sensible-

the story is about four men name everybody,Somebody,Anybodyand Nobody.[now read on this isnt the joke thats on rounds].There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it.Everybody was sure that Sombody would do it. Anybody could have done it but Nobody did it.Somebody got angry about that,because it was Everybody'djob.Everybody thought that Anybody could do it,and Nobody realised tat Everybody wouldn't do it.It ended up taht Everybody blamed Somebody,when actually Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

For all those who haven’t had a chance to visit Koti -one of the busiest places of Hyderabad-here’s the description of the place and its people and for all those who know the place, I’m sure you wouldn’t agree more.
Well to start with, this is the place where you can find anything- u name it and you r sure to get it-if not the original, then at least the duplicate (something is better than nothing.) For instance, the novels by foreign authors, which costs you at least 200 bucks will cost you just 90 bucks here and if you are good at bargaining u can walk away with a good book for just 55-60 bucks (The Da Vinci Code cost me just 65 bucks!!)
Now if you driving a vehicle and want to come alive from this place then my advice is-
“ DON’T FOLLOW THE TRAFFIC RULES” Yeah you read it right! Don’t follow the traffic rules –and if you do then you are wasting your time. The heavy flow of traffic never stops and the civic sense of the people is nil. Pedestrians cross the road as they wish and not to forget the stray animals on the road. But the surprising fact is there is no traffic congestion unless there is a traffic police (no there is no mistake here- if there is a traffic jam then u can be sure of a traffic police managing the traffic.)
There is a great understanding among the citizens here- the 2 meter wide pavement is for the
1.beggars who beg with a style (every beggar has his own style of begging some beg and some demand –that’s another story for some other blog)
2. the petty vendors who sell everything from a duplicate cell phone to a pocket radio, from posters to t-shirts(3 shirts for 50 bucks!!)
3. The pani puri bandi waalas and the juice sellers who do a brisk business there.
4.and not to forget the roadside Romeos-the jobless idiots
5.And the fruit vendors who actually know how to do the business-1 month of training under them and I’m sure you will be one of the finest businessmen.
The other day one of the orange vendors was shouting ”DUS KE DUS, DUS KE DUS “ (meaning 10 oranges would cost 10 bucks) and then when he saw a customer coming by Mercedes suddenly changed “DUS KE PAANCH DUS KE PANCH” (meaning 5 oranges would cost 10 bucks) the customer in Mercedes bought the oranges and left. On our enquiring as to why he had changed the cost, he replied in atypical hyderabadi hindi,“ kya madam aisa kya poochre? Unke paas bahut paise hai na? Isiliye unko double rate Aap ke liye dus ke dus bolo kitna diyun?”
Now you might be wondering as to where did the pedestrians go-well they are all walking on the main roads. They occupy more than half the main road. After all the main roads are public property-anybody can use it the way they want to. {The MCH (municipal corporation of hyderabad ) has the roads dug every time it is newly laid-they always have some reason for digging-to lay the cable wires, to rectify the defect in the water pipelines or the drainage system or some crap-but the bottom line is the roads are never in good condition and for person who has visited the place for the first time-it’s a nightmare.}
But for the people who have been here all their life, life goes on and they love it that way…