movie review - Anjaana Anjaani.

Cast : Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Vishal Malhotra, Zayed Khan.



Director : Siddharth Anand



Priyanka & Ranbir meet whilst attempting suicide off the Washington bridge. They fail & land up in a hospital. After that they try it again a few more tyms, but fail each tym. Then, they both realize it's a sign from God & that they are kept alive for a reason. The reason being that Ranbir still had to loose his virginity to Piggy-chops, may be. They get married in the end but during the length of the movie Zayed makes his appearance on the screen which made me wonder why he never attempted suicide cuz I'm sure he would have succeeded in his very 1st attempt. I can't think f ne reason as to why Zayed is alive.




There's only one good thing in the movie.. it's gives out the message against committing suicide.

There's a wonderful line about it by Tanvi Azmi : " thodisi problem hui nahi ki aaj kal ke bacche suicide kar lete hai". Says a lot about our generation, innit?





P.S. watch, only if ur a PC fan.

The curious case f Ali & Sara.

Getting married on television is the new trend these days, innit?




Starting this trend was our very own drama-queen, Rakhi Sawant. Then came a nother drama queen, Rahul Mahajan (trust me, he's worst than a girl) who got married to a bikini model, Dimpy Ganguly & now Ali Merchant & the tiny Sara Khan.




Here's where the problem started. Now, Ali & Sara are said to be married 2yrs ago on 10.10.2008 in Bhopal. Then why did they get married again. For money that the channel offered to increase their TRP's or jus for fame?




The toilet paper (read : Bombay Times, as I fondly call it) even published their wedding picture on 11.10.2010. The picture showed them getting married. But Ali & Sara always denied it. The toilet paper further stated that both f 'em got a registered marriage & Sara moved in to Ali's flat in Kandivli. Subsequently, the couple moved to a rented apartment in Lokhandwala and have been living there since then. So why all the drama to get married again?





Before Ali entered the house Sara was very fond f Ashmit (read : sitting on his lap, giving massages, smelling each other's hair, kissing, hugging) & even declared that her relationship with Ali has ended. But the scenario was completely different when Ali entered the house. Sara stayed away from Ashmit & confessed her love for him again & in the process decided to get married. Big Boss even gave 'em the permission to get married & said that they would make the entire arrangements for the marriage. This decision f Big Boss clearly suggests that the entire thing is staged as said by one f the evicted inmates, Rahul Bhatt.




Now there are rumours that Ali & Sara were paid Rs 50Lakh for this telly-marriage & even Ashmit Patel knew both f 'em before they entered the house & the entire thing about Sara getting close to Ashmit, then Ali entering the house & getting married is scripted.




The marriage is called 'fake' by the Muslim community & has offended & provoked 'em to send legal notices to the channel. According to the Muslim law, both marriages become null & void if the same people get married twice. Islamic rules say that the woman separated from her husband should marry someone else, consummate the second marriage & then get divorced before re-marrying her first husband.




The television watchers are taken for a ride here. Nobody knows what the real story is. All they know is the "reel" story. The TRP f Color's has surely gone high.. this is what the channel cared about & this is what the channel got.





I have one thing to say to Ali & Sara : nething for money, eh guys?

India vs Australia. 1st Test. Mohali. 1st October '10 - 5th October '10.

An India vs Australia test match is always great to watch irrespective of it being played @home or away. The conditions @home are quite different from the Australian conditions. The green turf with extra extra bounce replaces a flat turning track @home.






Australia won the toss and Ricky decided to bat.Watson proved his decision to be right by scoring 126. Ponting(71) was run-out by a brilliant one-hand-pick-up-and-throw by Raina. Tim Paine scored a steady 92 along with the right-arm tattooed left-arm fast Mitchell Johnson (37). Australia scored 428 in their 1st innings with a run rate f 2.82. I guess, their slowest ever. Zaheer did the major damage with 5 wickets.






India started their 1st innings rather well with the Delhi openers giving India a decent start. Dravid played a class innings with 77. It was Tendulkar's dismissal on 98 (lbw North) that got the nation disappointed. I was waiting since mornin' to witness Tendulkar's century. Damn, shit happens! Raina proved the selectors decision to pick him instead f Yuvraj by scoring 86 before getting out to a loose shot. Laxman came out @ no-10 to bat as he was nursing a back spasm with he had developed in the 3rd test against SriLanka. Johnson partied on this Indian innings with 5 wickets to his name. India collapsed on 405 giving a 23run lead to Australia.






Australia started their 2nd innings with a good partnership between Watson & Katich but after that the wickets began to tumble and Australia folded on 192. Zaheer & Ishant with 3wickets each, Bhajji & Ojha claiming 2 each.







India needed 216 runs to win.







India begin their chase. Gambhir adjudged lbw to a Hilfenhaus delivery. Wrong decision by the umpire but the Aussies rejoice. Dravid fell for 13 fending off a wide delivery f Bollinger. Sehwag(17) got out to a rising delivery f Hilfenhaus & so did Raina(0). India close 4th day's play with 54/4 with Zaheer as the night-watchman & God @the other end.






5th day:
Tendulkar & Khan start out +ly with Tendulkar playing his strokes & Khan rotating the strike. Zaheer fell to a straighter one by Hauritz on 10. Then walks out VVS Laxman. Little did we noeLaxman would again play a innings f his life lyk the 281. Really, whenever I talk about Laxman I never fail to mention his 281. Tendlukar got out on 38 playing a one-day shot. India's hopes did look bleak for a certain period. VVS continued with his stroke-play. One couldn't imagine that he was nursing a sore back 24hrs ago. Dhoni looked solid before getting run-out due to a mis-understanding with Raina who was running for Laxman. Harbhajan replaced him only to get caught by Paine f Bollinger 2 balls later.






Now, 90 to get with Laxman & long-haired lanky, Ishant at the other end. I had little faith in Lanky after watchin him bat in SriLanka. Laxman showed immense faith in Ishant's batting abilities by getting him on strike for the 2nd ball over f the over instead f the last. There's something about showing faith in your players, something that makes 'that' player click. Ponting showed faith in Hauritz by tossing the ball to him in the morning & he clicked. Ishant & Laxamn played carefully with scoring & keeping the scoreboard ticking.






India 204/8. Drinks. 204/9, Ishant adjuged lbw. Wrong decision again.






12 to win. 1 wicket in hand. Australia were 1 ball away from winning. India were 12runs short. Laxman lost faith in his Ojha & kept most f the strike taking 2's whenever possible. A call for a single by Laxman refused by Ojha left Laxman furious. I must admit, I never saw Laxman lyk "this".






Next over. Right-arm tattooed & left-arm fast Johnson to Ojha. Ojha struck in the pads. All go up. Billy denies. It was plump. Wrong decision by Billy. Long Live Billy, I blessed.






India need 2 runs to win. Right-arm tattooed & left-arm fast Johnson to left-ear pierced Ojha. Johnson straying on Ojha's pads a lil too much.. ball kisses Ojha's pads & gets past the keeper towards the boundary. Watson fields & throws it back to Paine. But, it's all too late, son. India have won!!






Ponting has to wait more to win a test match against India in India as captain. I lyk the sound f this.

movie review : Aisha.

Cast : Abhay deol, Sonam Kapor, Amrita Puri, Cyrus Sahukar.





Director : Rajshir Ojha.




Sonam "dumb" Kapoor plays Aisha a south-Delhi's rich dad's extremely spoilt child. Sonam shops & shops & shops, wears designer short clothes, designer shoes, dances, talks non-sense, goes to polo matches, does some gardening when she's home, feeds dogs at Animal right centre(ARC), bakes cakes, drives a Volkswagen, goes on camping trips, plays a match-maker, thinks about love the entire time. That's it. That's the whole story of the movie . Oh, yes, I forgot, she also smiles foolishly throughout the film.





There was one more character in the film.. I don't quite remember him.. er.. er.. some lanky fellow, ah, yes.. Abhay Deol. What a waste of talent, son. I was quite a fan f your's after Dev D.






P.S. DO NOT WATCH.

movie review : Salt.

Cast : Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber




Director : Phillip Noyce




If you read the script of this film before you watch the movie you'll imagine Tom cruise & no one else doing it. Unfortunately, even Tom imagined himself doing this film & refused it later saying it was "Mission Impossible" kinda film. Bad decision, Tom.



Once Tom's refused it try to imagine someone else for the script.. umm.. may be a woman.. um.. umm.. Jo.. Jolie.. Angelina Jolie, ah yes. That's the only name that comes to mind. And rightly so.




Jolie plays, Evelyn Salt, a CIA agent who's accused f being a Russian spy.



The plot f the film is nuthin great. In fact it's worthy f a ridicule. The only thing that works for Salt is that the lead is a woman and a sexy one at that. The action scenes are too good. Your heart will skip a beat when you see Jolie jumping off the roof-tops f vehicles on a busy free-way. Okay, these kinda action sequences you've seen before but not by a woman, you see. Jolie brings mysteriousness into her character. The film is fast-paced which makes you overlook the holes in the script.




It turns out that Cruise must think twice before rejecting (read : Salt) or accepting (read: Knight and Day) a film. Tym to get a new advisor, eh son?





P.S. worth a watch for Jolie, for action or jus find a reason and go..

movie review : The Expendables.

Cast : Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet li, Mickey Rourke



Direction : Sylvester Stallone.



When thousands f bullets are fired, why the bloody hell they don't hit the heroes?




Sly could've made the movie in a much better way yet he stuck to the pointless fights scenes, explosions, car chases & blowing up a entire South-American place just to a take a dictator down because he misbehaved with a girl who was 50yrs younger than him. It looked like a 80's action film.




Jason Statham was good as he always is. Mickey Rourke was terrible. Jet li should have been used more.




The action sequences shown in the film were not original. The story was baseless.




Sly, i'hv to ask you one thing -- man, doesn't it hurt when u get tattooed?



P.S. go if you're a action fan.

Movie review: The Wrestler.

Cast : Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood.






Director: Darren Aronofsky




To tell you the truth, I never liked watching wrestling because I always knew it was fake & it was meant to entertain void minds. I watched this movie on a recommendation & I'm glad I did.





The wrestler is a story of a professional wrestler, a husband, a father & a loner.





Mickey(randy) once a famous pro-wrestler is, now, after 20yrs a loner who has trouble paying his rent & with that he has health concerns too. Randy takes steroids and it results in a heart-attack after a match & the doc advises him not to take that stuff anymore & also quit his wrestling career as he feels his heart wont cope up with him.





Randy has a crush on a most-wanted stripper of a club that he frequently visits named Cassidy & he looks up to her for affection and care. Randy also has a daughter on whom he had walked out several years ago due to his career. Now, that Randy is lonely he visits his daughter & tells her that he had an heart-attack but she is furious with him & does not care for him now for he walked outta her life when she needed him the most. But later on, she succumbs & loves her father back.
The father-daughter relationship shown in the film is beautiful.








There a couple of very good scenes in the film lyk the wrestling match in which staple-guns were used is breath-taking & the scene in the final parts of the movie where Randy walks out furiously off the store where he works & calls his manager & tells him that he would lyk to take up wrestling again.








P.S. Worth a watch. Never really expected a big guy to act so well. Rated R.