Showing posts with label Reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reviews. Show all posts

Saturday, February 27, 2010

My Name is Karthik !!

My Name is Karthik (not Khan) and I am not autistic (but Schizophrenic) !! Yes Farhan joins the bandwagon of disorder-inspired movies after dyslexia(TZP), autism(MNIK) and Progeria(Paaaaaa...yes it was that long). Karthik calling Karthik(KCK) is surely a one time must watch as it keeps one interested for most part with taut screenplay, lead pair chemistry, some cheeky one-liners and good music. The movie though is not a mainstream one but 'thinking' type and falters somewhere in 2nd half with a needless song forgetting we audience were already earlier forcefully subjected to one completely involuntary song from desi 'Prince' even before KCK began. Anyway for me it feels good to be back on track watching first day last show again after some weeks.

The week gone by had its own moments. Sachin's 2-Tonner was the best this week offered. Meanwhile, our Home Minister Chidu is still busy with Naxalites deciding over what mode of communication must be used for talks !! No telephone calls but fax is preferred; wat about video conferencing or internet chat with Kishenji. If 3G had been auctioned as per schedule, video chat might be even better !! Its clear there's little hope of any concrete action.

Parliament session has seen a vociferous, united opposition who have only recently realised that price rise can also be raised as an issue. Conferring Sharad Pawar with title of 'Sugar King' was the highpoint. Amid all this, Dada and Didi both presented their decent budgets.

Our Madhuri Fida Hussain has now finally found his real country of residence Qatar. He's suited for that place where he'll never even dare to paint anything offending to Islam. Finding India free enuf that @@#@$ felt it was easy to gain publicity painting Hindu Gods in objectionable poses. Good to see scrap and garbage being dumped elsewhere without incurring any anti-dumping duty.

Time for some color.. Holi has arrived..Its loved not only by Gabbar but all who like being colored..Long weekend - an opportunity to fly back home for some masti.

Friday, September 4, 2009

The winner stands alone !!

Yes, the recent book from Paulo Coehlo 'The winner stands alone' didn't match the high expectations I had from the author of 'The Alchemist' and 'Veronica decides to die'. Set up in the backdrop of glitzy Cannes film fest, the book emphasizes, re-emphasizes to the point of ranting about price one has to pay in life for fame, glamour, and power. May be i m inexperienced in all the three so relating to the story proved difficult :) Still, the book felt incomplete with me still unable to decide whether Igor, the principal character, was right in what he did or not; destrying the whole world to get back his wife Ewa ? A lot of ppl might agree with me. The mythical yet true Alchemist philosophy was replaced by too much realism. Characters too aren't memorable apart from the protagonist. May be some would be able to appreciate the point Coelho wanted to bring home through this book but i would rate it 2.5/5.

Last but important point is i bought the book on rent so didn't feel bad even if the book didn't turn up as good as i expect it to be:) Next week i plan for 'Five people you meet in heaven' by Mitch Albom. Hope it turns out better.