movie review : Patiala House.

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Hard Kaur, Tinu Anand, Prem Chopra



Director : Nikhil Advani
Do not watch.


There are way too many characters in the film. Rishi Kapoor acts loud. You'll yawn when Akshay comes on the screen. The racism against the Indian's in UK is over-rated. The only saving grace is the lady, Anushka Sharma., she brings lyf in the film.


P.S. An emotional boring drama in the back-drop f cricket.

movie review : Yeh Saali Zindagi.

Cast: Chitrangda Singh, Arunoday Singh, Irrfan Khan, Aditi Rao Hydari, Saurabh Shukla, Sushant Singh.


Director: Sudhir Mishra


Honestly, I went to watch this film cuz it had Chitrangda in it. No woman managed to touch my heart & rattle my brains as the way Chitra[as I fondly call her] did, ever. Period.



Yeh Saali Zindagi works in the backdrop f a gangster-ridden world but the film is primarily about burning love. The film is shot in the underbelly's f Delhi.


Irfan plays Arun, a partner at a local finance company run by Saurabh Shukla. Chitra plays, Priti, a small tym club singer. Arunoday Singh stars as a small-time gangster, Kuldeep with the lovely Aditi Rao Hydari as his wife. Sushant Singh plays a corrupt cop.



The dialogues in the film will be remembered. Irfan is fab thru'out the movie. The ease with which he delivers with a poker face is simply amazing. Arunoday is okay. Chitra doesn't deliver but she lights up the screen everytym she comes on it. If you look lyk that, there is no need to act. Bottom line.



A lot f smooches [22, someone told me], badwords give the film an "A". In spite f this, the film should be tried once. Irfan & Chitra fans go ahead, you wont b disappointed.



P.S. Chitra, I Love You!

movie review : Secretariat.

Cast: Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Scott Glenn, James Cromwell



Director: Randall Wallace



There are two stars in the film. The first is two-legged, Penny & the second is four-legged, Secretariat.




The film revolves around a horse(red stallion) named Secretariat, a father & his daughter, Penny Chenery(Diane Lane) fighting bankruptcy. It's a true story based on a woman & her horse. The film is all about good-old Christian faith.




This is film whose outcome we already know but still it manages to b special by connecting to the viewers. The movie unravels at its own pace. There are a lot f feel good moments throughout the film.




The scene involving Penny interacting with the horse is wonderful.





P.S. A film that hits all it's marks. The sight f a running horse is a beautiful thing.

movie review : 13.

Cast : Jason Statham, 50cent, Mickey Rourke, Sam Riley.




Director : Gela Babulani



A electrician steals an identity f a dead man & goes on to play "The Game". The game is where some rich bidders gamble on the lives f other men. The men are numbered. Sam plays the player with no 13 & he survives, hence the name f the movie.





The plot is weak. The end preposterous. A talent lyk Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke is abundantly wasted. 50cent plays the rich bidder, he looked lyk he wanted some money after his mansion f 14bedrooms was burgled recently. Riley, although not a known face, was very good in the movie.

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.