Reviews..

Paa

2009-12-04T08:57:00.000-08:00

Paa
Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan and introducing Amitabh Bachchan
Director: R. Balki; 8.5 /10

The movie is well edited, they know the story and the message passes on well!! I totally enjoyed watching "Auro" and i bet you will too. It for me did not look like a the movie is showcased at a particular set of audience.

Vidya (vidya balan) bumps into cute .. good looking.. handsome.. Amol Arte (Abhishek Bachchan :D!! ).. (he he quite literally.; ) and as all stories would go.. they fall ion love.. when Vidya tells Amol that she is pregnant with his baby.. the Highly ambitious career oriented.. want to do good for the country Amol says.. she should abort the baby; Vidya dumps him... and goes on has Auro (Amitabh Bachchan).. this movie is about him.

Auro is a 12 year old kid infected with progeria, he lives with his mother Vidya (Vidya Balan) and grandmother (Arundhati Naag). Auro wins the first prize at a school fair.. the prize is handed over to him by Amol Arte.. who becomes interested in knowing more about Auro. One one occasion Auro asks Amol to take him to the "Rashtrapati Bhawan". while Auro is making plans to go to Delhi with Amol, Auro has a stroke.. because kids with Progiria do not live more than 13 -14 years..Vidaya thinks that this could be the killer stroke.. revels that his father is none other than Amol Arte. Auro recovers from the stroke and the trip to Delhi happens. This is the bit with the father son chemistry. Auro has promised his mom he will not hell His father anything. Amol has no clue he has a son.

Auro has yet another stroke.. and What follows after is Auro attempts of getting his separated and disunited parents back together.

oh yeah....Kudos to the designer, great job by Sabyasachi Mukherjee!! his attempt in making Vidya balan look different has worked. (FINALLYYYY!!) she looks really elegant.. in the simple sarees he has designed for her.

All said and done the movie given the subject... wont drown you in sorrow....it'll leave you with an emotional feeling.. and i think that is hugely contributed by the performance of Auro. The power of Amitabh Bachchan's acting once again, be it any role he has just excelled at it and yet another time.. he has shown us.. who is the "Baap" (paa) of Hindi cinema.

Kurbaan

2009-11-22T11:48:00.000-08:00

CAst: Saif Ali Khan (Ehsan Khan/ Khalid) , Kareena Kapoor (Avantika), Vivek Oberoi (Riyaz Masood) and Om Puri (bhai jaan); Kiron Kher (Aapa)

The movie is a 7 on ten for me..! thoroughly entertaining!! u'll not regret buying a ticket for this one!

Avantika (kareena) comes to India from USA to take care of her Dad, bumps into Ehsan (Saif) at the college...no time wasted ,,,, they fall in love. Avantika gets an opportunity to go back to the USA; and the too good saif agrees to leave everything behind and go with her. (she never bothers to ask him about his family... the father also.. just about object the marriage, but gives in too soon.). truly they could have done some thing about this.

Avantika and Ehsan come over to the USA..Ehsan find a job at Avantika's college. They move into Indian neighborhood. are invited for dinner over by the neighbors.

Avantika mentions to Ehsan about the husband hitting lady from the neighborhood house. ehsan asks her to keep away from their family life and just relax. Avantika stops by to meet Salma's friend Rehana a reported and talks to her about the beating up and stuff; Riyaz (Vivek) who is also working at the news agency offers to help but once rehana is back from her Iraq trip. Avantika on the evening finds out that the family next door is involved in some terrorist activity and her husband is a part of it too. Activity and Rehana's flight is bombed and she dies. there is no mention of any kind of investigation, even when an entire news crew and a delegation from UN is dead. Avantika tries to stop rehana but is too late, manages to leave a voice message on the office phone; don't ask me why she does not dial 911.. and wastes time finding a visiting card and dialing too many numbers.. (psst it's a Hindi movie)

It's now about how she deals with the entire fact of being used. Director Rensil tried to show, Ehsan is a good person but because of his personal loss became a terrorist and sadly i could not empathize with any of the stories and facts. the circumstances get people into terrorist stuff that are doing now.

realization dawns upon Ehsan, but it's too late.

The movie is extremely gripping, has good twists. Worth a watch

Ajab Perm ki Gazab Kahani

2009-11-16T09:24:00.000-08:00

Director
Rajkumar Santoshi

Star Cast
Ranbir Kapoor(Prem); Katrina Kaif (Jenny)
Upen Patel (Rahul)
Darshan Jariwala (Shankar)
Govind Namdeo (Pitambar)
Smita Jaykar (Shalini)
Navneet Nishan (Mrs. Pinto)
Mithilesh Chaturvedi (Mr. Pinto)
Zakir Hussain.(Sajid)
Pradeep Kharab (Tony)
Sanatan Modi (Tony's father)
Rati Shankar Tripathi Bhairon Singh)
Abhay Bhargava (Terror Tej Singh)

The movie is a no brainier... very predictable yet funny. Prem and friends run a " Happy club" The club has just one objective and they work towards uniting people in love. They work for evry one to be "Happy" in life the Mantra is simple very very simple - be happy...make others happy...keep the town happy.!! but as you would guess.. their effort to make someone happy results in some disastrous hilarious.. ok ok.. funny consequences

In one such incident while trying to help his friend.. A case of mistaken identity.. the club kidnap's Jenny and Prem falls in love with her. Now, Jenny has a sad story, she is adopted and gets the STEP treatment all the time :'(.. all she wants is some love and care.

Prem the happy-go-lucky guy....realizes and wants to become the boy Jenny describes as the guy she would fall for. and from the careless boy he becomes the "responsible" .. but all his hopes are run down when jenny revels that she is in love with Rahul.

Now as the precedent of "Happy club" he cannot break the one and only rule.."make others happy" ; "make the town happy". he suppresses all his feelings for jenny and strives to unite her with Rahul.

If you are a hard core "Andaz Apna Apna fan" you'll see some resemblance .. though AAA is a master piece.. my personal fav and APKGK is no where near it..

Music is catchy. As mentioned though the movie is predictable. you will not mind watching and having a laugh. Go on and watch it!!

Aladdin

2009-10-31T12:16:00.000-07:00

Aladdin--- 6 /10. over all.. an 8 /10 for the special effects!!

Director: Sujoy Ghosh
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Sanjay Dutt, Jacqueline Fernandez
Music: Vishal -Shekar. (nothing great about the songs)

It’s a wooping .400 million or $ 10 million movie does show lot of super cool effects Supervised by Charles Darby (of Harry Potter fame).

Yes it is based on the famous fable Aladdin and his Magic Lamp,.Amitabh does an amazing job; i would go as far as saying he saving grace for the entire movie!

Aladdin a normal.. college going boy, who has no one in life; as it occurs shares his name with the famous fable character (Aladdin and his magic lamp) and for the same reason is bullied by his college mates.. All of them OVERSIZED!! They bully him by buying him lamps and then make him rub it!! One fine day magic striks!!! and a Genie (Amitabh Bachchan) does come out of the lamp to grant Aladdin three wishes! Aladdin disappoints everyone big-time by using (wasting the 3 wishes!!) to win the girl - Jasmine (Miss Sri Lanka Jacqueline Fernandez)

As all stories go Aladdin likes the girl and cant gear up the courage to tell her he likes her. It’s a typical boy like s girl , wants to woo her..story I would say told with a lot of special effects and in a silly way. Also the movie has songs popping up here and there, just for the sake of it, and sadly music is not really great! One could do so much more given the topic… and the expertise of people involved!

The Ringmaster and his gang, (jokers, giants, fire-eaters) not funny nor does anything about them scare you..

All in all I would say it’s a ok watch I’ll give it a 8 for the effects.. and probably a 6 for all the effort Amitabh and the new girl put in..

Reviews..: Wake up SID

2009-10-06T22:29:00.000-07:00

Reviews..: Wake up SID

Wake up SID

2009-10-03T10:53:00.000-07:00

Wake up Sid…4 on 5.

Cast :
Ranbir Kapoor-( Sidharth ("Sid" Mehra));Konkona Sen Sharma(Aisha Bannerjee);Anupam Kher(Ram Mehra-(Sid's Father)); Supriya Pathak(Sarita Mehra-(Sid's Mother));Jason Mehta(Chotu (House-help at Sid's place));Namit Das(Rishi); Shikha Talsania(Laxmi);
Rahul Khanna(Kabir)

Movie is about Sid (Short for Sidddharth) played by Ranbir.. who is a Spoilt rich brat.. Extremely pampered.. Just out of college. The movie movie begins with Sid.. trying to prepare for his final exams..the last one and how he gives up studying for the same and falls asleep. Sid is a young boy who is carefree, does not care too much about anything, not about his education, not about his parents, not about his career. He has his dad’s credit card and is extremely happy partying with his friends.

Sid and friends go to a farewell party and this is where Sid bumps into Aisha (konkana sen) who has come to the ‘sapno ki nagri’.. Mumbai.. to prove to herself that she can make a career of her own and can create a mark in the creative industry through writing. finds herself a job in a local magazine, and a stake in a believable future. It’s a story of millions who move to Bombay

Sid gets kicked out his house and lands at Aisha’s place; He is not exactly the type of BOY Aisha wants to live rest of her life with; she prefers ‘MEN’ and hear enters her boss, the magazine editor kabir (Rahul khana, he’s my personal favorite). He played the snobbish editor’s role really well. HE takes Aisha’s to a couple of parties and also finds her intrest in ‘old hindi film songs’ a little silly and Aisha does not take the snobbishness too well.

Aisha helps Sid discover his life; Helps him find a job in the same media house. He finally make it through the internship and gets his first pay cheque, goes to meet his Dad and is welcomed back to the house warmly as expected.

This film is very real; supryzingly does not have any negitive charecter, there is no rival gang trying to make Sid's life more tuff or some ex-boy friend of Aisha's trying to getback to her.

Given the subject, the slight influence of "Lakshya" i would say is only limited to the subject.. a carefree boy finding his goal; Writer-director (Ayan Mukherjee, a heart-felt debut). The actors all of them have done a great job,I will not mind watching this mover another time.

geetag8: Srisailam, Ahobilam, Mahanandi

2009-09-03T04:43:00.000-07:00

geetag8: Srisailam, Ahobilam, Mahanandi

geetag8: Suryalanka (hyderabad -Suryalanka)

2009-09-03T04:34:00.000-07:00

geetag8: Suryalanka (hyderabad -Suryalanka)

Suryalanka (hyderabad -Suryalanka)

2009-08-23T04:19:00.000-07:00

Hyderabad to Surya Lanka
Transport: Road / Rail
Road: 6 hours by road.
From Hyderabad, there are Two routes to reach Suryalanka beach..
1. Catch the NH9 Hyderabad Vijayawada Highway, Reach Vijayawada and then NH5 Vijayawada - Guntur - Chilakaluripet then take left and towards Chirala - Bapatla - 381 Kms.
2.Hyderabad to Vijayawada by NH9 and then NH5 Vijayawada to Guntur, then Guntur - Bapatla State Highway via Chebrolu, Ponnur. - 350 Kms.
Bus:
There are also a lot of bus between Hyd- Bapatla. (note again; nothing directly to Suryalanka)
From Bapatla to suryalanka: you can opt for the 7 seater Auto.
Rail/Train: overnight by Train (only upto Bapatla)
Look at the below site to book tRail tickets:
http://www.indianrail.gov.in/cgi_bin/inet_srcdestnm_cgi_date.cgi
From Bapatla to surya lanka you can opt for the 7 seater auto's

Accommodation:
Option one: AT the AP tourism Beach resort; needs to be booked much much in advance.
Phone: 040-65343086/ 040-23450193.
Help line: systemadmin@aptdc.com
Alternate : Bhawana Lodge at Bapatla (9Kms; 20 min from The Beach)
Phone: 08643 225969; charges 600 @ Night (AC room) ; please carry a mosquito repellent; the place is infested with the lil monsters

Surya Lanka is 381 Kms away from Hyderabad. Driving to suryalanka could be a good option.; as the only transport from Bapatla (the railway station) will be the 7 seater Autos. According to me it's a great idea to have a vehicle at your disposal; than be fretting for the Auto. Though it dint seem very difficult to find one. But with your own car, you can spend that extra long min.. if you wish to; without thinking of the missing train.

The place is just getting to be famous, so do not expect a great deal from it! having said that it's not a dirty beach... probably because it's not crowded at all.. When i was at the beach, (over a weekend) there probably were 50 people; not more than that, and it looked like most of them were people living close by. The beach is open for all; you can actually get your vehicle and drive on the beach.. like in Hindi movies.. only with some other random people around.

Must keep your eyes open; for teh design made by crabs.

We started at about 07:00AM from Hyderabad and reached Suryalanka directly by 03:40PM. The drive included a brekfast stop and another pit stop for some Nariyal pani (coconut water). Had lunch at the beach resort; the food was really really good! it's not a place to watch sunset; but dude!!!!!!! it's a beach... i dint feel the need of anything else. We left the beach at about 06:40; The changing rooms were not all that great.. the place has water problem.. BIG time!!! but again they were not all that bad either.. we headed back to the hotel; Checked in, ordered food. Please do that if staying at this lodge; coz it takes lots of time for him to get you food. also make sure you check your order and ask the waiter for the bill.. though it is a bill on just a white sheet; they took us for a ride. The practice i guessed is, not to give any change back.

Sunday; day 2
We were up and ready by about 04:30AM; (read that as mid night...) left for the beach, if you want to view the sunrise; you will have to be at the beach by about the same time. There wont be any (chai) tea vendors.. which is terrible.. but there will be so much happening you'll probably give the morning tea a miss. .. you'll see the fishermen in these smaalll boats.. fighting against the fierce waves.. into the Sea.. and heading back with their catch... if you choose to buy a fish, we were told they'll also cook it for you. make sure you ask them to make it less spicy.. people from this part of AP eat foood reallly chillly hot!!

The sunrise and then breakfast by the sea; again at the AP guest house. Amazing food. You can actually carry folding chairs... and have it with the waves touching your foot.. :).. i wish we could do that!! There is no police on the beach.. which is a lil sad coz any casualty that happens.. there is no medication available. no life guards.. of course i dint witness anything happen. (thank god for that!! ) .

We headed back to the hotel by about 10:00; started from the hotel at about 11:00; with about 4 stops 3 pip stops one lunch stop. we reached Hyderabad by about 08:30PM. Not bad at all; we faced a major Jam on the NH9.

Other details:Suryalanka: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suryalanka_Beach

2008-07-03T09:37:00.000-07:00

Life is a journey.. not a destination... !! indeed... :) Thanks to ma friend Srinivas.. for making up this story... i feel happy just reading it... :) dude.. you are too good! :)

Just for the time being... a nice.. and wonderful.. way to re- energize.. your self.. :)
For a bit...close your eyes.. n forget the world around u....n imagine your self in green mountains
nice lush green... valley.. amazing trees.. huge and green!! :) because of the monsoon.. no trace of the sun. just a lazy... fantastic day to get out of your/ home/ office and driving... :) nice Long drive.. the weather is the kinds... like just before rain.. the smell of rain in the air... gives you a great feeling... :) like ... to explain best,.. this place you are in is cut off from the world... at least.. now it looks that way... :) coorg kinds!! you are driving down the unending road... in your own car (self driving) then u see a nice wooden structure.... with lot of nice.. latern (traditional lights.. huge and give lots of light) and you see people.. they are making food stuff and some chai (tea) now... you park.... the drive from morning.. though spectacular.. has left you hungry.. and because.. you planned this is the very last min... you don't have food stuff.. too.. you park ur car along side road over the lil mud and grass which is wet bcz of the dew... it's been a while from early morning... but the due still lingers.. around on those tiny shrubs and bushes.. When you get down.. the smell is just perfect!! :) rain on mud... like the most soothing smell on earth!! :) as you open the door nice chilled breeze hits your face.. you close your eyes.. and enjoy the feeling!! and this brings a nice broad smile... strait from heart kinds!! :D
it's almost.. around 11 am but cant feel it as thers no sun ...all cloudy n you can feel .. the rainy day..... dark clouds and... nice... moist weather..ur tummy is all hungry and craving for roadside food...u had a long drive, and deserve a something v tasty yummy yummy.. u feel like eating such kindaa stuff.. :) .. You walk into this Wodden place the 35 or so man in the shop greets, he has a smiling face.. and his smile is the kinds which makes you feel nice and warm..! . You choose to sit on a wooden bench under a shed covered by leafs and lil plastic , the leafs look like they have travelled miles from the last nites wind and rain.. lil plastic ..
you dressed in your creamish white three Fourths and white kutha.. perfect dressing for a day like this.. you looking sooo fresh and feel so fresh because of the weather.. also because.. you are with someone who matters the most to you.. you have a thanking smile on you face.. for all this happiness around .. your filled with a nice.. and extremely happy feeling... you wish this moment would never end.. you want to live every second of the moment.. to the fullest... and wished.. it was longer than it were... :) because life is beautiful... your filled with gratitude... at that point you stop and thank.. everyone.. who has been a part of your life.. the guy from the wooden house.. serves hott yummy pakoras and chai... you finish... the snack.. with a friendly fight for the last one...your partner.. is fast n grabs the last one before u...but only to put it in your mouth.. :) .. then suddenly it starts drizzling... small rain drops... hit the roof ... and now the rain drops come down faster!
you can see the small drops forming the window pane of your new car.. you both shift lil inside to avoid getting wet you are soooo happy u start jumping .. and then u drag your partner outside..your partner..u have fun jumping around.... suddenly the drizzle stops
u can see a bright line in clouds its SO amazinnggggly neat.,,, and clean... clear sky.. like after big rain... the rain washes every bit of pollution away.. washes all dirt away!! you wish the world would stop here... you slowly walk towards the car and on the way u see a junglee flower growing in the grass most beautiful.. things in life.. cannot be bought .. :) then you two start again in your journey to another unknown destination ...

2008-06-29T03:00:00.000-07:00

F.R.I.E.N.D.S ... undoubtedly one of the most popular and best!!
chandler is my favourite.. among all of them... :) some of his best liners... :)

Joey: 'Sup? 'Sup, dude?Chandler: (hands up) Take whatever you want, just please don't hurt me.
Joey: So, you're playing a little PlayStation, huh? That's whack. PlayStation is whack. 'Sup with the whack PlayStation, 'sup? Huh? Come on, am I nineteen or what?Chandler: Yes, on a scale from one to ten, ten being the dumbest a person can look, you are definitely nineteen.
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Phoebe: Isnt it a coincidence tht poker is joker with a C....
Chandler: No its a Joincidence with a C
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"hey u r a door.. wat wud u know? u only laugh at knock knock jokes!!!"
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When ross dressed as an armadillo says Hello to chandler dressed as a sants claus and chandler blurts "hey, weird..turtle.. man.."
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You have a man as a nanny...so you have a manny....

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Oh yea, I'm a gym member. I try to go four times a week but I've missed the last.. TWELVE HUNDRED times.
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Chandler: Have you ever been with a woman?
Rachel: What?! Chandler, what is the matter with you?!
Chandler: So there is no good time to ask that question.
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"u look beautiful mom, u look beautiful too daddy"
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Joey: Just tell him Joey sent you. He'll know what it means. Chandler: Gee, I don't know. Do you think he'll be able to crack your code

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Chandler breaks monica's expensive dishes and says "LOOKS LIKE I'M GONNA BE THE ONE WHO DIES FIRST
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Phoebe walks into the coffee house and announces that she has changed her name to "Princess Consuela Bananahammock."And Chandler says "That's what we were going to name the baby!"
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chandler says 2 his chick while watching baywatch ...."she is yasmeen....very hot chick...i love u both....but in very different ways"
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When phoebe is talkin abt proposin to mike... n with all of them around.. Chan says.. If i were a guy.. what would i do??.. n then pauses and says did i jus say IF i were a guy??
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the monkey has got Ross on his ass

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monika: can u handle it.?chan: handle it.. of course i can handle it... handle is my middle name....rather it is the middle part of my first name...

so many more.. :)

Srisailam, Ahobilam, Mahanandi

2008-01-13T21:37:00.000-08:00

SrisSailam, Ahobilam, Mahanandi

The Vizag trip that was to Srisailam!!

When I started writing this blog.. I do not know what I should call it… but that can be taken care of!

*ing: writer, director Geeta,
Hero & heroine: Bhim sen & Yogita,
introducing Praveen in a negative role

Why am I calling this a trip to Vizag that was not? Because.. All of us fully geared read to go to Vizag.. cancelled and did a pilgrimage.. owing to Praveen the great.

Saturday, 29th Dec
We had a cab booked at 04:30AM… and started on time at 07:00AM. :D We proved our “Nawaabi khoon” (royal blood) in doing so as. We stopped at a road side eatery … (SV Dhaba) and had our yummy breakfast… I and yogita being the health conscious got ourselves some Idly… Bhim and Praveen… had Poori , Poori and more Poori. They helped Indian cricket team lose more wickets…! Sad.. India had almost lost.. to “Monks..” We were on our way to Srisailam… rest of the itinerary unknown!!
Stopped in a couple of places mid way to click pictures!! “yah wadi.. who pahaad…” The dam on the way to Srisailam.. is a must stop place.. but with no water… u don’t feel that good!! U still can feel good.. coz u don’t get to see that much water or so much of greenery.. in Hyderabad! -- that reminds me.. I live in a concrete jungle.. !!
Reached Srisailam… aftrnoonish, and the temple authorities told us the spl Darshan tickets have closed. I had earlier bumped in to a co-worker.. of no where!! (god probably shows he is there…. With his small lil jesters!! ) who probably knew someone at the temple.. he let us get in with his family. Very nice of him!! I tried looking for him back at office L never bumped into him.

After the darshan…. this took about 30 min. ! I wanted to buy some stuff.. but.. nothing great so no shopping!! Proceeded to buy some prashad! This took longer than we expected! While waiting for Bhim and Praveen.. we were impressed by this Women.. she was selling water packets. We almost gave into her.. amazzzing persuation skills… but the HEAlth us…. (remember I told u) won over the thought. And we walked away with just the laddu’s. Had lunch at a local joint. The best of all those near the temple.. this guy had a real nice Menu card.. but had just 2 things available.. meals or roti. :D we managed to fill our tummy’s with the same.
We visited the panchadhaar (5 streems) .. a nice..and great place.. ought some herbs.. for the oldies at home.!! Somehow… my believe in nature’s cure is more than the Dr. Whoever .
We visited the “shikharam” (hilltop), a popular believe that if you can view the “gopuram” (temple top) , through a certain angle and position of fingers over the nandi’s ear’s u then will be a man who attains Moksha!! Considering the dense forest below and the distance, it’s almost next to impossible to get a glimpse of it. I tried with my new sporty digi camera… zoomed at its best… still we dint stand a chance for Moksha. If only attaining Moksha was this easy!! Had some tea..real nice tea…!!

Me and Yogita.. placed stones.. one on top of the other.. it’s believed that if you do so.. u will build a house with as many floors.!! J There were so many of them assembled.. the structure resembles that of a popular game we played as kids, the game is called “lingocha”. May be I’ll tell u stories about the game in another blog. If the wish comes true.. u are invited for lunch @ my 5 storied big bungalow!! :D (sometimes believing that the wish will come true gives us more joy that the wish coming true)

We set on our way to Maha Nandi.. well this place was supposedly 170 kms from srisailam.. it still stayed at 170 after what looked to me like a 100 km ride.. the ghats were great!! J Felt close to nature and felt good!! Thank god our driver did not take the 2 right turns Praveen directed him to… coz the 2 rite turns.. would have taken us.. up above into heavens..!! J an amazing drive through thick forest.. one of the dense forests..the nalla mala hills I guess!! Home to a lot of monkeys.. and wildlife!! I dint get to see any trail of wild life.. but at least saw lots of greenery!! Which Hyderabad truly lacks..!! on our way back.. I got to see STARS!! Like so many soooooooooo many of them.. after a loooooooooong time!! Then the hard reality pollution stuck to me!

We reached Maha Nandi at about 08:30PM, we had a choice in between 2 places.. “ The temple accommodation” and this lodge almost out of the city which dint feel too great and safe. We debated for long over dinner at a A / C Udipi joint. All fans switched on.. so a/c unit… and totally cramped

We finally checked into the temple provided accommodation.. these rooms were large.. for the price I thought it was extremely good! (150/-) we all got in to the room.. changed to into more comfortable cloths! And then Praveen performed for us.. he performed NTR, Nageshwar Rao and super star krishna (Telugu film stars, with their own style of dancing!!) all for the “jhoom barabar” LOL! We were tired after travelling for the looooooooong day.!!

30th Dec 2007

Maha Nandi is a nice place… nandi (bull) is lord shiva’s ‘vahana’ vehicle!! And it is believed that any wish of your’s to lord shiva has to be told in the nandi’s ear and tht is how it gets through to the LORD. Completed the darshan and prashad by 11:00 , done with breakfast.. !! Prashad was absolutely yummy!! :D then was journey to Ahobilam.

Ahobilam is a good 80 kms drive.. but this is a good drive.. coz it is all through villages.. all small .. tiny.. villages..no network.. no cement houses!! It’s all either mud and hay!! J very good to watch!! Wonder what I would do if I had to live there… no phone??? No life line!! Yes we (I now speak for the entire generation) have become less patient! The drive to upper Ahobilam is very nice.. thick forest.. has a river running tru… all dried up now.. but a nice getaway!! We tried to explore this small cave kind of thing we saw.. an abandoned temple.. and the path to get there was dirty… !! then was the lower Ahobilam.. saw lots of parrots flaying..!! J had lunch ok ok .. high priced lunch!! And then was a drive back home.. stopped over at karnool… and chose to go to the pure veg hotel over the veg.,,, owing to the sales men ship of the watchman!! J then was dinner stop at a dhaba further to Jedcharla.. (town 70 kms away from hyd) just a ok ok.... or may be we went there late..! we got basic food.. ~~hot ~~hot~~ !! then was Hyderabad!! J
Dropped off Praveen.. then I got dropped…!! All in all.. we washed off all our paap… (bad deeds).. one shot 4 temples!! J We had decided on our way back we would all write a blog .. Bhim finished first.. Praveen.. and now me!! J

All said and done... hyd- srisailam-Maha nandi- ahobilam.. is a perfect weekend getaway..!! :)

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2007-12-02T10:10:00.001-08:00

2007-11-16T09:50:00.001-08:00

My visit to the old age home ----

Does life really have any purpose? has god really planned your life? did he really decided... your fate? or we just make all of it.. rite here... rite now.. when we life..!

What is my role in life?? Babu mushaaaiiiii.. hum saab rang mach ki katputliyaan hai.. jin ke door upper wale ke ungliyoon me bandhi hai.. kabb, kown , kahaan uth jaaye.. yeah koi nahi jaanta…. Ha ha ha!!” ( all of us are mere puppets .. whose threads are tied to the fingers of the god .. who dies when is not know to any one…” Thanks to my friend… I spent one day in our life’s for a good purpose… i contributed a days pay cheque for the home and we went there to spend some time with the old people at home… it is sad that some of them had family who hardly visited them…. I fail to understand.. how some one can go so blind and not fulfill their own responsibilities.. every one there had a different story… Anasuyaammaa said… “my son left me and I hate this place , I wish I would die” Rajamaa said “ I don’t quite like the food…. Lots of mirchi in it” one more was saying… “ I don’t like it when they don’t let me walk… I am sick and tired of sitting in this one place” all this when I am complaining… “ my mom doesn’t let me go out for the week end.. ,” “ I wanted a sub with fresh lettuce I think this one being added is a little sad” “I wish I had the auto coming right up to the door… I don’t want to walk that lil part to wait for the auto..

May be god really has plans... i don't know about how people felt coming there... but i came back with a gud feeling in me.... may be this is god's way to put me right back on to track of life... life is more than.... food, complaints, friends and fights..! life is LARGE... life is about being there.. for not just the near .. and dear... but for anyone u could!! :)

2007-09-02T10:02:00.000-07:00

Never too late to spend time with your self.....

sep 2 07.... been a very long time that i had written something.... today i just feel the need to be alone ... with my self... and for some reason i feel that is what life is all about....... U laugh... U cry .......U live... U die.... all in a life time!!

and in this life time u bump in to so many ppl... some become ur friends... some become Friends forever... and some ppl.. are just hanging in ur mind... somewhere in the corner.... well if someone asked me who is ur best friend... I'd have a list of good people around me!! and if the same someone asked me.. who is your enemy??... i'd think for some time... do i really hate anyone so much that i'd name them my enemy... ?? i am glad.. i'd fail to answer this!! :)

well must be wondering why all this with a "Qutub Minar's" picture... well lemme tell u why... i was at Delhi last weekend... for a official trip.. and so much for my hatred to travel alone.. i booked my self on a flight the same day... a late evening flight.... finished my work... a lil early than the schedule... and my cab driver seemed to advertise Delhi so much... he spoke about the Qutub minar... the lotus templ... and also about a few other places... he suggested that i visit Qutub minar and assured that it was his duty to get me to the airport on time... :) I wanted to just get on to the plain and come back home.. to my safe room.. and familiar roads... and people..! as much as we Deny it... all of us love to be surrounded by people we know... :) .. i guess god slips his message in the course of life... a day with my self... and i realised so many things..... we don't need to let anyone.. rule us... u r the master of ur life.. and ur destiny...!! for all the decisions that people around you take for you... it's you who will suffer... so y not take the decision your self?? and feel less sad!
Akelle hai... to kya gum hai??????

2007-02-15T23:52:00.000-08:00

Long time.. and i am back with yet another review!! :)

The movie is a must watch for everyone who dreams big. GURU - Villager visionary
Guru is a superb movie, everything about the movie is just in place, and a MUST watch for every one. not taking any credit away from the cast, director, and the rest of the crew. Abhishek truly steels the show, i fall short of words when i talk about his performance

The movie is all about one villager (Abhishek Bachchan) who dreams big and he works towards his dreams coming true and later becomes one of INDIA's most successful businessmen. He works for a small company in turkey . and his work is highly appreciated and he gets a promotion. That is when he promises to himself I'll work for my self , because if the foreign comp thinks i can do a good job, i should do it for my self. he comes back to his village and that's when everyone discourages him, he goes ahead and comes to Mumbai with a couple of shirts, wife (Aishwarya), brotherinlaw and just about 15k rupees.
He meets a few people who help him, with in no time he grows to be one of India's largest companies! it's inspires every individual to go out and pursue their dreams!!

All said and done, it is an amazing movie and one of Abhishek's best ever performance, this year's film fare is for sure in Abhishek's bag!! well done dude.. who shuts everyone's mouth by his great performance!! surely the Bachchan baby rocks!! :) . glad the year 2007 has started with a bang for him!! :)

what are u waiting for..????
go watch the movie NOW!!

2006-11-26T07:31:00.000-08:00

hello.. whoevr...!! :D

It's alwayz difficult to write a review about a sequel!! u alwayz expect a lot from the movie u know the plot and the... let me try and give u a fair feedback!! :)

Life moves on for everyone....Jay's wife Sweety is expecting ... Ali is joined the police force for good ( it's so easy to get a job these days !!) and is still single and ready to mingle.!!

'A' (played by Hrithik..) the master of disguise!! steeling a throne from a speeding train. is a good shot and Hrithik could not have got introduced in a better way!! he believes in working alone.. and is a smart and a emotional thief. who owns all the smart gadgets u can imagine! the movie had a lot of people with out whom also the movie could have been a good one... for example.. they had Shonali (played by Bipasha) who quits the case and leaves.. with a broken leg ... the second half of the movie could have been done much much better.... it's a lil draging.. but the crew manages to keep you hooked to the screen!! beleive me u wil have fun watching all the stunts!! the bungee jumps and the speeeeeeding bikes!!!!!.. and do not forget to appreciate Ash for toning herself so well!! she has lost weight like hell!! and Hrithik.. has done a great job (as alwayzz ) with his dance so has Bipasha... who manages to grab attention too!!

Abhishek.. looked great and kept the Jay dixit image up verrrrrryyyy verry well, you get to see the other side of Jay in this movie.. he cookes for his pergnent wife and is like the best hubby ever!! :D he is the only man i know.. who can loook great evn in a flowery shirt!! (blushes) !!! well... all said and done... a muct watch for a movie lover!! make sure u watch the movie and leave ur comments !! :D

2006-11-13T05:26:00.000-08:00

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2006-11-11T21:33:00.000-08:00

My trip to Kolkata!! 9th of Nov 2006 to 12th Nove 2006!!!

Though i have visited Kolkata before... there was some kind of excitement visiting the city this time.... my last visit to the city was on a collge trip some 4 years back all fun and no work and this time it was for Campus recruitment's.......all work and no fun ;) we were staying at the Park.. and were given the presidential swiet!!

We visited the Presidency college.. this college is on the College street. the street is filled with so many small book stalls... u will find any and every book in these shops. We were treated royally (that's probably the Kolkata way).!!!!!!!!. Mr chaterjee. (head of the dept, Economics and the placement coordinator) told us a lot of stories about the college.. and one famous incident involving Netaji Subhash chandra Bose, who was a student of this college.

I managed to eat the most famous "Jhaal Mudi" all the 3 days .......... with a ting of musted... the mudi.. is as yum as it looks, on the day we were leaving for hyd.. we had Jhaal mudi from the "Blue van" (that is how the students call this bandi) opp the presidency!!! :D , not to foret the yuuummmmy puchkas.... :) and the amaaaazing road side chaat... !! we had the "chalo kabab" @ Peter cats... a must eat on your visit to Cal and also the hot kathi rolls @ the park street!!

last thing on my agenda.. the Roshogullas !!!

now we'r gonnna be "leaving on a jet plane, dont know whn i'll be back again" ..... :) i dint get the time to take the tram and the Metro..... wch u should if u ever visit Cal!! "aschi" (i'll come agin/tata)

2006-04-27T20:43:00.000-07:00

As sweeet as Honey!!
an amazing picture!!

2006-04-09T21:58:00.000-07:00

Hare ram Hare ram!!

2006-04-09T21:51:00.000-07:00

The the river Godavari (back waters of godavari..)... this is for some reason one of my fav.. snap!!

2006-03-31T05:21:00.000-08:00

well this was the clear picture i was talkng about....
the famous Birla mandir...!!

happy week end!!

2006-03-31T05:15:00.000-08:00

"Hapy ugadhi... " ugadhi marks teh begining of
the ramnavami,, and it is celebrated grandly... in India.. especially in the bhadrachalam..

This picture is from one of the famous temples in Hyderabad!!

i sign off with loads of good wishes for the new year.!!

2006-03-28T22:51:00.000-08:00

humm.. this is somthng nice!!! what say guys??

2006-03-28T00:19:00.000-08:00

One of the best Ad's i'v ever seen!!

2006-03-28T00:06:00.000-08:00

ayeeeeee sala... hunn abhi abhi....
i think all of us should watch this movie!!
Amir khan rocks as alwayz!!!

inquilaab zindaabad!! :d

2006-03-17T20:28:00.000-08:00

that is my desk... looks more liek a wrok (full stop)
station!! :D

2006-03-17T05:14:00.000-08:00

that is my school!! too cool na!!

2006-03-17T05:12:00.000-08:00

..
that is the suraj uncle... behind the Dell ship

2006-03-13T22:18:00.000-08:00

Thts the famous Birla mandir... .. wiat for a clear snap....
this one was from the cab.. and i could not help
it. :D

2006-03-08T01:46:00.000-08:00

welll .. this was yest... I dint get a chance to go out in the rain and enjoy it... butjust standing by the window and watching the rain was a great feeling too that’s how it looked out of my window. i just wanted to share it with all u guys! we actually witnessed a hail storm!

2005-12-04T23:26:00.000-08:00

Dear All

Can anyone help me with the level 10 in the kluless... i a\have tried evrythng!!! i am stuck in the level 10 from sat. :(

Geeta