Of "Mein hai na" and other Mumbaisms...
2 weeks in our new house(I can't call it home bcos my room at iitm and bangalore qualify for that) and we are bored...I'm outta office usually by by 8:30 PM...leaves us time only for dinner and a nap...On other days work is done by 6:30 PM...those being the "bad" days-when u have basically done nothing of use-neither to u or to ur employer...Not to mention the weekends..what do 2 dudes who have no life simply bcos they dont know anybody in this town do on a beautiful saturday afternoon...my roomie mite say "lets go shopping,macha" and i'll retort "Over my dead body,u deranged soul !!!"..Nobody and i mean nobody can move my lazy butt outta the house on a weekend...Even if the objective is to save the world !!

So what did i do the last week and the weekend before thaat..I watched a play at the NCPA-"Clogged arteries"..A satire on the life of a "been-there done-that" Ad-man/Movie-maker and the problems he has to deal with at home after neglecting his family for the last decade to "make it " in his career.. Boredom makes you indulge in a vareity of activities not necessarily in the "sane" category...I watched 3 movies(thats a record for me-1 hindi and 2 english..I dont know abt u..)And which were they-Anacondas,Kill bill Vol.2 and Rakht in that order !!!

Anacondas-I rest my case..it was an act of desperation...Sunday evenings and nothing to do..Tickets to this movie alone were available..People,a note of caution...Dont even stray in the direction of a theatre showing this movie !! It reeks of testosterone and americans-set-out-to-change-the-wrongs-in-the-world phenomena.. bundled into one it is an insult to your sensibilities...Typically,what i would call an AXN movie..

Second up was Rakht...Abhishek Bachan sizzles..albeit in one song as a guest appeareance..then poooooooooooffffff !!!Nothing can prepare you for the over-used audio 100000 watt woofer effects...Bipasha Basu walks to the bathroom-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMM !! Bipsaha basu gets out of the bathroom-BOOOOOOOOOOM again !! ;-0 Worth a watch if you have nothing else to do..What to watch out for-Abhishek bachhan featured in Shaan's rendition of the "Blue" boyband track "One love"..

Third came the winner... Kill Bill Vol 2...Doesnt live up to Vol 1 but fantabulous all the same !! If there is one movie currently on that is a must-watch-"this is it !!"...Especially liked Bill's reasoning on why he preferred Superman as a superhero versus all others viz. Batman,spiderman,etc...A whole new way of thinking...Music is super-cool and so are the fight scenes...Uses some Sun-tzu "art of war" fundas which are bound to confuse the audience if you have'nt read it before but overall a true-blue Quentin Tarantino flick...Btw,good news for Tarantino fans-He's coming up with a sequel to Pulp fiction starring Travolta !!!

Spent time after the play at the NCPA walking along marine drive and wondering if the life of the guy in the Merc is in anyway better than the guy on the street selling peanuts..I mean,ok it's a luxurious lifestyle and something to aspire for but problems seem to get worse as we go higher up on the wealth-ladder..or do they ??

Hmm..Something to think about this week...Especially after going thru the same exercise this weekend...Plan to watch Zeenat Aman playing Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate"....

I have a cellphone now...Yeah,Kini goes mobile again and this time for keeps...The last phone given by my dear pal Ashwin "the ass" was a pain in the same place...Went with the responsibility of being Placement Co-ord though..so,no cribs.. But this one is mine out of pressure at home..I have been accused of being out of touch for long periods of time and not giving any indication of whether i'm dead or alive...Hmm..

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