I Lay There Lying On My Death Bed.
Sweet Mercy!! How My Heart Has Bled.
With a Cigarette In One Hand, And The Other Holding a Tainted Bread.
The Kite Of Happiness Cut Off From It's Thread.
Bleating Sheep In a Far Away Shed.
Footage Of My Life Playing Over And Over In My Head.
With Each Inhalation Of The Cigarette I Drew In Smoke And With Each Exhalation i Expell My Latest Breathe.
There I Lay Dying On My Bed.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Sky- A Poem
The Dope made Us All High.
There, I Was Staring At The Sky.
It Seemed Happy, Looking At The Birds Fly.
Drenched In Tears Rolling Down From It's Eyes.
I Made My Way Back Home With A Sigh!!
There, I Was Staring At The Sky.
It Seemed Happy, Looking At The Birds Fly.
Drenched In Tears Rolling Down From It's Eyes.
I Made My Way Back Home With A Sigh!!
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
An Ordinary Brother Speak's His Heart Out.....
My Brother Has Made It. The King Has Finally Got What He Deserved ( Or, Is This Just The Beginning ). I've Always Basked In The Glory Of His Every Success. People ( Those Who Call Themselve's " Family " ) Have Always Spoken Low About Me Drawing Comparision's With My Brother. But Never did Any Of Those Low Remark's Made Me Feel Bad Because I've Been Compared With Him. He's The Limit You Could Ever Get Yourself Compared To And I Was More Happy About The Fact Of Being Compared Than Feeling Bad About Falling Short Of Him. Everyone Even The God Himself Fall's Short Of The Limit. He's Everything I Ever Wanted To Be.
It Was The Day Of The Eamcet Result And Everyone was Visibly Tense. My Usually Calm Dad Wasn't Just Himself That Day. He Was reluctant To Lift The Phone At the Fear Of Hearing Something Which Wouldn't Please His Ears. Slowly Unable To Digest The Excitement I Urged My Brother To Accompany Me To The Cyber Cafe ( It Was His Result And i Was making a Messy fuss ). Brother Seemed Surprisingly Calm And Lazily Accompanied Me To the Net. It Was Overcrowded, Finally I Managed To Occupy a Cabin. There We Were In a Tiny Cabin With My Heart Thudding Faster than Normal I Was Afraid It Would Burst Open Any Moment. Reluctantly We Opened the Site And I Started Typing The Ticket No ( Heart Thudding Even Faster Than Earlier ). Pressed The Enter Button And It Took a While To Display The Result, And When It Did It Took Me Sometime To Make Out the Number Displayed In The Box Entitled Rank. Finally I spelled It Out " 392 ", Followed By a Hi-Fi We Made Our Way Back Home. People Woudn't Beleive Me When I say " Parent's and Other's ( The Family ) Were Dissapointed To Know That He Was Able To Secure Only a 392. Same Was The Case With his gre Score. My Brother Wanted To Take His Gre Again Because HE Managed To Score a Meagre 1500 ( 780-MATH aND 720- VERBAL ).
Though He Troubled himself a bit Throughout His B-tech. He Has Struck Back With Vengeance ( A Part of The Family Was Happy Because He Was Falling Apart In His B.Tech ). Now Earning More Than 72,000$ (u.S) Per Year. The Brother's Destined To Acheive More.
PICTURE ABHI BAKHI HAIN MERE DOST.
It Was The Day Of The Eamcet Result And Everyone was Visibly Tense. My Usually Calm Dad Wasn't Just Himself That Day. He Was reluctant To Lift The Phone At the Fear Of Hearing Something Which Wouldn't Please His Ears. Slowly Unable To Digest The Excitement I Urged My Brother To Accompany Me To The Cyber Cafe ( It Was His Result And i Was making a Messy fuss ). Brother Seemed Surprisingly Calm And Lazily Accompanied Me To the Net. It Was Overcrowded, Finally I Managed To Occupy a Cabin. There We Were In a Tiny Cabin With My Heart Thudding Faster than Normal I Was Afraid It Would Burst Open Any Moment. Reluctantly We Opened the Site And I Started Typing The Ticket No ( Heart Thudding Even Faster Than Earlier ). Pressed The Enter Button And It Took a While To Display The Result, And When It Did It Took Me Sometime To Make Out the Number Displayed In The Box Entitled Rank. Finally I spelled It Out " 392 ", Followed By a Hi-Fi We Made Our Way Back Home. People Woudn't Beleive Me When I say " Parent's and Other's ( The Family ) Were Dissapointed To Know That He Was Able To Secure Only a 392. Same Was The Case With his gre Score. My Brother Wanted To Take His Gre Again Because HE Managed To Score a Meagre 1500 ( 780-MATH aND 720- VERBAL ).
Though He Troubled himself a bit Throughout His B-tech. He Has Struck Back With Vengeance ( A Part of The Family Was Happy Because He Was Falling Apart In His B.Tech ). Now Earning More Than 72,000$ (u.S) Per Year. The Brother's Destined To Acheive More.
PICTURE ABHI BAKHI HAIN MERE DOST.
CLENCH YOUR FISTS, GRIT YOUR TEETH AND HIT THEM BACK
Sledging's Been In The Flesh And Blood Of Cricket As Long As The Memory Of Einstein Could Go Back To. Although a Gentlemen Game By Nature The Temper's Have Ocasionally Risen in This Otherwise Peacefull Game Of Cricket.
1. Glenn Mcgrath Vs Edo Brandes.
Glenn Mcgrath The Spearhead Of Australian Bowling Attack For Almost a Decade And Half is Known to Have got a Razor Sharp Tongue When It Came to Sledging.
It Was a Rather Insignificant Match. The Mighty Australians Versus the Minnows Zimbabwe. Goliath Taking On David Although This Time Goliath Would Emerge As The Winner And History Would Be Reversed.
After Spitting Fire With Ball Mcgrath Thought it Was Time For Some Fire From His Tongue. He Walked Down to The End Of Striker Who Happened To Be Eddo Brandes and Exchanged Some Words " Oye Brandes, How Come You Are so Fat Bastard ". The Normally Cheerful Brandes Took Offence And Shouted At The Top Of His Voice " Everytime I Fuck Your Wife, She Gives me a Biscuit " Sending The Whole Australian Team Into Hysterics.
2. Ricky Ponting Vs Shaun Pollock.
An Australian Again!. It Was an Evenly Posed Match. The Mighty South Africans Taking On The The Almighty Australians. Having Won The Toss Not So Surprisingly On a Batsmen Friendly Wicket Rickey Ponting Choose To Bat First. But, Surprisingly Came Out To Open The Innings With Adam Gilchrist. After Losing Some Early Wickets To Pollock And Ntini. Ponting Was Batting On a Carefull Note. Pollock On The Other End made The Most Of It And was Bowling At His Bloody Best. After One Such Maiden Over Most Of Which Went Untouched To The Keeper. Pollock Walked Over To Ponting To Have a Chat " It's Red, Round And Weighs About Five Ounces Hope You See It This Time ". And The Next Time Pollock Came To Bowl, Ponting sent the Ball Flying Out Of The Ground And This Time It Was Ponting's Turn To Have a Chat " Now, As You Know How It Look's Go Find It ". Never Take On The Australians Mate Atleast Verbally.
3. Merv Hughes Vs Vivian Richards.
Shit Man An Australian Yet Again!!!. There's Something Wrong With The Australians Or The Rest Of The World.
This Time It's The Almighty Windies Against The Foul Mouthed Mighty Australian's. Viv Richard's Was Known For His Deadly Stare. Everytime a Bowler Acheives Some Success Against Him, The Bowler's Treated To His Deadly Stare. But This Time Merv Hughes The Heavy Built Moustached Australian Quickie Seemed To Have Developed a Similar Habit Of Staring. A Visibly Irritated Vivian Walked Down To Him And Spoke These Word's " This is My Island, These Are My People And My Culture. In My Culture You Don't Stare. You Just Bowl ". Later In The Match After Trapping Richards In Front Of The Wicket Merv Hughes Was Beleived To Have Said " In My Culture We Just Say FUCK OFF ".
1. Glenn Mcgrath Vs Edo Brandes.
Glenn Mcgrath The Spearhead Of Australian Bowling Attack For Almost a Decade And Half is Known to Have got a Razor Sharp Tongue When It Came to Sledging.
It Was a Rather Insignificant Match. The Mighty Australians Versus the Minnows Zimbabwe. Goliath Taking On David Although This Time Goliath Would Emerge As The Winner And History Would Be Reversed.
After Spitting Fire With Ball Mcgrath Thought it Was Time For Some Fire From His Tongue. He Walked Down to The End Of Striker Who Happened To Be Eddo Brandes and Exchanged Some Words " Oye Brandes, How Come You Are so Fat Bastard ". The Normally Cheerful Brandes Took Offence And Shouted At The Top Of His Voice " Everytime I Fuck Your Wife, She Gives me a Biscuit " Sending The Whole Australian Team Into Hysterics.
2. Ricky Ponting Vs Shaun Pollock.
An Australian Again!. It Was an Evenly Posed Match. The Mighty South Africans Taking On The The Almighty Australians. Having Won The Toss Not So Surprisingly On a Batsmen Friendly Wicket Rickey Ponting Choose To Bat First. But, Surprisingly Came Out To Open The Innings With Adam Gilchrist. After Losing Some Early Wickets To Pollock And Ntini. Ponting Was Batting On a Carefull Note. Pollock On The Other End made The Most Of It And was Bowling At His Bloody Best. After One Such Maiden Over Most Of Which Went Untouched To The Keeper. Pollock Walked Over To Ponting To Have a Chat " It's Red, Round And Weighs About Five Ounces Hope You See It This Time ". And The Next Time Pollock Came To Bowl, Ponting sent the Ball Flying Out Of The Ground And This Time It Was Ponting's Turn To Have a Chat " Now, As You Know How It Look's Go Find It ". Never Take On The Australians Mate Atleast Verbally.
3. Merv Hughes Vs Vivian Richards.
Shit Man An Australian Yet Again!!!. There's Something Wrong With The Australians Or The Rest Of The World.
This Time It's The Almighty Windies Against The Foul Mouthed Mighty Australian's. Viv Richard's Was Known For His Deadly Stare. Everytime a Bowler Acheives Some Success Against Him, The Bowler's Treated To His Deadly Stare. But This Time Merv Hughes The Heavy Built Moustached Australian Quickie Seemed To Have Developed a Similar Habit Of Staring. A Visibly Irritated Vivian Walked Down To Him And Spoke These Word's " This is My Island, These Are My People And My Culture. In My Culture You Don't Stare. You Just Bowl ". Later In The Match After Trapping Richards In Front Of The Wicket Merv Hughes Was Beleived To Have Said " In My Culture We Just Say FUCK OFF ".
The Witty Side Of Cricket.
Just Can't Stop Myself From Writing About Cricket After Putting Down The Seventh Consecutive Book About Cricket To Rest. Here Below Are Some Of The Most Memorable Quotes.
1. Richie Benaud.
Richie Benaud ( The Most Celebrated Australian Leg Spinner And Charismatic Commentator ). The Introduction is Purely Unnecessary Because There Wouldn't Be a Cricket Loving Soul Ignorant Of The Name ( Deekshith kasyap? ).
Boycot and Benaud Were Discussing About The Future Of Test Cricket In an Era Dominated by The Twenty Over Game. Boycott Expressing His Deep Regret Over The Possible Extinction Of the Long Form Of Game Indicated That Cricketing Fans All Over Who Have been Overdosed With Twenty Over Format May Gain Interest In the Long Form By Cutting Down The Customary Five Days Into Four. He Also Pointed Out That Many Test Matches Even Those Played In The Ashes Are Turning Out To Be an Extreme Bore To Watch. Richie Benaud All The While Listening With Rapt Attention Turned To The Camera and Spoke These Memorable Word's " WHO MADE THEM BORING GEOFFY? ".
For Those Of You Who Haven't Got a Clue About Boycott's Cricketing Days. Here's a Small Portrayal. Boycott Also Known As The Most Selfish And Boring Englishman To Have Ever Played Cricket Once Opened The Innings For England In a Test Match Against West Indies And Went On To Play The Five Day Duration Of The Test And Thus Becoming The Only Batsman To Have Played All Through The Duration Of a Test Match. There's Nothing More Valuable To Boycott Than His Wicket. " He Used To Guard His Wicket As Though His Entire Life Depended On It " Spoken By an Old Surrey Team Mate Of Boycott.
2. A Spectator Watching The 1938 Ashes Clash.
As Legend Has It, The Story Has Been Told And Retold But The Authenticity Is Doubted.
A Fifty Year Old Man Left His House On The Second Day Of an Ashes Test To Watch Len Hutton Live in The Lords. He Told His Wife and Fouteen Year Old Son That He Would Come Home Late. In The Afternnon His Fourteen Year Old Son Came Running And Conveyed a Bad News " Dad, Mom's gone With The Butcher. I'm Sorry To Tell You This ". And The Father Replied " Dont Be Sorry Son, I've Got a Terrible News For You. Len Hutton's Just Been Bowled By That Jardine Fellow".
3. Ian Botham On Gatting.
Mike Gatting, The Former Captain Of England Was Recently Honoured ( Mocked? ) By Wisden AS The Most Obese Sportsman in the History Of The Game.
While In His Tenure As The Captain of England Cricket Team Gatting Once Faced Charges Of Sexually Assaulting a Bar Maid. The English Team Stood By It's Captain All Through The Length Of The Hearing. Ian Botham Made This Memorable Statement In Support Of His Captain
" Anything Gatty Takes Upto His Room After Nine, He Eats. And The Bar maid's Still Alive, Isn't She? ". The Charges Were Dropped Soon After And Gatting Started From Where He Left As The captain Of England.
1. Richie Benaud.
Richie Benaud ( The Most Celebrated Australian Leg Spinner And Charismatic Commentator ). The Introduction is Purely Unnecessary Because There Wouldn't Be a Cricket Loving Soul Ignorant Of The Name ( Deekshith kasyap? ).
Boycot and Benaud Were Discussing About The Future Of Test Cricket In an Era Dominated by The Twenty Over Game. Boycott Expressing His Deep Regret Over The Possible Extinction Of the Long Form Of Game Indicated That Cricketing Fans All Over Who Have been Overdosed With Twenty Over Format May Gain Interest In the Long Form By Cutting Down The Customary Five Days Into Four. He Also Pointed Out That Many Test Matches Even Those Played In The Ashes Are Turning Out To Be an Extreme Bore To Watch. Richie Benaud All The While Listening With Rapt Attention Turned To The Camera and Spoke These Memorable Word's " WHO MADE THEM BORING GEOFFY? ".
For Those Of You Who Haven't Got a Clue About Boycott's Cricketing Days. Here's a Small Portrayal. Boycott Also Known As The Most Selfish And Boring Englishman To Have Ever Played Cricket Once Opened The Innings For England In a Test Match Against West Indies And Went On To Play The Five Day Duration Of The Test And Thus Becoming The Only Batsman To Have Played All Through The Duration Of a Test Match. There's Nothing More Valuable To Boycott Than His Wicket. " He Used To Guard His Wicket As Though His Entire Life Depended On It " Spoken By an Old Surrey Team Mate Of Boycott.
2. A Spectator Watching The 1938 Ashes Clash.
As Legend Has It, The Story Has Been Told And Retold But The Authenticity Is Doubted.
A Fifty Year Old Man Left His House On The Second Day Of an Ashes Test To Watch Len Hutton Live in The Lords. He Told His Wife and Fouteen Year Old Son That He Would Come Home Late. In The Afternnon His Fourteen Year Old Son Came Running And Conveyed a Bad News " Dad, Mom's gone With The Butcher. I'm Sorry To Tell You This ". And The Father Replied " Dont Be Sorry Son, I've Got a Terrible News For You. Len Hutton's Just Been Bowled By That Jardine Fellow".
3. Ian Botham On Gatting.
Mike Gatting, The Former Captain Of England Was Recently Honoured ( Mocked? ) By Wisden AS The Most Obese Sportsman in the History Of The Game.
While In His Tenure As The Captain of England Cricket Team Gatting Once Faced Charges Of Sexually Assaulting a Bar Maid. The English Team Stood By It's Captain All Through The Length Of The Hearing. Ian Botham Made This Memorable Statement In Support Of His Captain
" Anything Gatty Takes Upto His Room After Nine, He Eats. And The Bar maid's Still Alive, Isn't She? ". The Charges Were Dropped Soon After And Gatting Started From Where He Left As The captain Of England.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Greatest Cricketing moments Ever..
1. Windies vs England-1984.
The Day Started Like any other normal cricketing day for the west indian viv richards but little did he know that the day would go down in the history of cricket as a witness to one of the most brutalising, Demoralising ( For the opponent ).Attacking and splendid display of fireworks From the piece of wood in his hand. West indies Considered the most Dangerous Cricket team, Were at their Peak in 80's. The Bowling Attack boasting the like's of Garner, roberts, holding, Marshal have given many a batsmen Nightmares in Broad Day Light. But, That Day Thing's Seemed to Be going Out of their hand's as the Mighty Windies Batting Was Humbled By The English Team and the Carribeans were Limping At 102 for 7. But the Demon " Master Blaster " Was Still At The Crease Chewing a Wad Of Gum. Roberts Joined him at the Crease After Botham Dispatched King to the Pavillion With a Fire Ball Of a Delivery. And What Followed is a Blitzkrieg, The World of cricket has Witnessed for the Very First Time. Viv Ended his Innings Unbeaten At 189 With 28 Boundaries, 4 of them Flying Over The Rope. The 189 Remained The Highest individual Score In a Limited Over International Until Saeed Anwar Got Past it.
2. India Vs Windies.
Sunil " Sunny " Gavaskar. The 5 Feet 4 Inch Little Superstar Has played Many Memorable Innings Worthy Of a Mention. It Took Me Better Part an hour to Finalise on This Particulat Gem Of an innings . India Were Three Down For a Nought and Sunny Who Normally Opens the Innings For India Came At Number 4 For Some Reasons Which Only Those People In the Dressing Room Would be able to tell. On his Way To the Crease He was Sledged By Richard's Which Later Sunny Light Heartedly Revealed in his Autobiography " No Matter When You Come Out To Bat The Score Card would Still Read Zero". Sunny To the Surprise of All Those Watching the Match Remained Silent ( Critics Beleive Sunny To be the Most Agressive Indian Cricketer ever). Sunny Went on To Score 246 Against an Attack Still Considered The Greatest To Have Ever Prevailed in the History Of Cricket. The Critics Were not Mistaken At the Close of The Play sunny Went Upto Viv " There Must Have Been a Mistake Viv The Score Card's Not Reading Zero Anymore ".
3. India vs Zimbabwe.
india were 5 down and the score card read 17. the radios were switched off and the people carried on with their work cursing all five now, sitting pretty in the dressing room. and then came the captain who went on to play this innings which later on gave birth to the term "captains knock".
the captain i am talking about is kapil dev and the blitzkreig took place during the quarterfanal against zimbawbe in the 1983 prudential world cup.
the innings included a tally of 11 sixes and 14 fours and kapil alone scored 175 in indias score of 238. india won the game and eventually went on to win the world cup.
unfortunately this spectacle was not caught on camera. the british broadcasting company in short bbc played the spoil sport and the reason being a salary hike strike by its employees.
and, the lucky indian supporters present their watching the match live are still unable to forget the innings which produced goosebumps and sent down a chill down their spine.
"that 175 has to be the greatest innings in the worldcup" later, wrote gavaskar in his autobiography and quiet evidently it was included and placed at no.4 in the compilation of wisdens top 10 cricketing performances of all time.
on the whole post league stage it was all kapils show "the 175 got us into the semi finals and that catch(richards) got us the final".
this has got to be the greatest innings ever played.......
4. Australia Vs England.
Wunderkids Are Born only Once in a while. 1989 Has Seen The Birth Of Sachin ( Though It was 1990, When he Actually Proved He Was a Wunderkid). 1993 Saw The Birth Of an Other Wunderkid But This Time It Was Of an Australian Orgin And Called It Self " Shane Warne ".
It Was in The Ashes That Warne Has Unraveled His Spin Wizardy. The First Two Tests Were Rater Forgettable Which didn't Showcase Or Portray a Genius in making. But, The Third Test Has Sent Out a Message to the World " Wunderkid Has Finally Arrived ". Warne " Warned" The World Of his Arrival With a Wunderball, Pitched Out side the off stump The Ball Sneaked in Between Gatting's Bat And Pad Before Crashing into the Wickets. Gatting After Checking With the Umpire Twice Left The Crease With a Bewildered Expression On his Face.
The Day Started Like any other normal cricketing day for the west indian viv richards but little did he know that the day would go down in the history of cricket as a witness to one of the most brutalising, Demoralising ( For the opponent ).Attacking and splendid display of fireworks From the piece of wood in his hand. West indies Considered the most Dangerous Cricket team, Were at their Peak in 80's. The Bowling Attack boasting the like's of Garner, roberts, holding, Marshal have given many a batsmen Nightmares in Broad Day Light. But, That Day Thing's Seemed to Be going Out of their hand's as the Mighty Windies Batting Was Humbled By The English Team and the Carribeans were Limping At 102 for 7. But the Demon " Master Blaster " Was Still At The Crease Chewing a Wad Of Gum. Roberts Joined him at the Crease After Botham Dispatched King to the Pavillion With a Fire Ball Of a Delivery. And What Followed is a Blitzkrieg, The World of cricket has Witnessed for the Very First Time. Viv Ended his Innings Unbeaten At 189 With 28 Boundaries, 4 of them Flying Over The Rope. The 189 Remained The Highest individual Score In a Limited Over International Until Saeed Anwar Got Past it.
2. India Vs Windies.
Sunil " Sunny " Gavaskar. The 5 Feet 4 Inch Little Superstar Has played Many Memorable Innings Worthy Of a Mention. It Took Me Better Part an hour to Finalise on This Particulat Gem Of an innings . India Were Three Down For a Nought and Sunny Who Normally Opens the Innings For India Came At Number 4 For Some Reasons Which Only Those People In the Dressing Room Would be able to tell. On his Way To the Crease He was Sledged By Richard's Which Later Sunny Light Heartedly Revealed in his Autobiography " No Matter When You Come Out To Bat The Score Card would Still Read Zero". Sunny To the Surprise of All Those Watching the Match Remained Silent ( Critics Beleive Sunny To be the Most Agressive Indian Cricketer ever). Sunny Went on To Score 246 Against an Attack Still Considered The Greatest To Have Ever Prevailed in the History Of Cricket. The Critics Were not Mistaken At the Close of The Play sunny Went Upto Viv " There Must Have Been a Mistake Viv The Score Card's Not Reading Zero Anymore ".
3. India vs Zimbabwe.
india were 5 down and the score card read 17. the radios were switched off and the people carried on with their work cursing all five now, sitting pretty in the dressing room. and then came the captain who went on to play this innings which later on gave birth to the term "captains knock".
the captain i am talking about is kapil dev and the blitzkreig took place during the quarterfanal against zimbawbe in the 1983 prudential world cup.
the innings included a tally of 11 sixes and 14 fours and kapil alone scored 175 in indias score of 238. india won the game and eventually went on to win the world cup.
unfortunately this spectacle was not caught on camera. the british broadcasting company in short bbc played the spoil sport and the reason being a salary hike strike by its employees.
and, the lucky indian supporters present their watching the match live are still unable to forget the innings which produced goosebumps and sent down a chill down their spine.
"that 175 has to be the greatest innings in the worldcup" later, wrote gavaskar in his autobiography and quiet evidently it was included and placed at no.4 in the compilation of wisdens top 10 cricketing performances of all time.
on the whole post league stage it was all kapils show "the 175 got us into the semi finals and that catch(richards) got us the final".
this has got to be the greatest innings ever played.......
4. Australia Vs England.
Wunderkids Are Born only Once in a while. 1989 Has Seen The Birth Of Sachin ( Though It was 1990, When he Actually Proved He Was a Wunderkid). 1993 Saw The Birth Of an Other Wunderkid But This Time It Was Of an Australian Orgin And Called It Self " Shane Warne ".
It Was in The Ashes That Warne Has Unraveled His Spin Wizardy. The First Two Tests Were Rater Forgettable Which didn't Showcase Or Portray a Genius in making. But, The Third Test Has Sent Out a Message to the World " Wunderkid Has Finally Arrived ". Warne " Warned" The World Of his Arrival With a Wunderball, Pitched Out side the off stump The Ball Sneaked in Between Gatting's Bat And Pad Before Crashing into the Wickets. Gatting After Checking With the Umpire Twice Left The Crease With a Bewildered Expression On his Face.
Friday, June 4, 2010
You Do it For me. You name This.
As long as i can remember i always wanted to be an other ashok. In the process i lost myself. There was never a person called myself inside me. The myself was killed by an Ashok wannabe. And this, i realised from the wise words of my friend Aditya Sirish. As the brainy " I pity you sandeep and deekshith " has said Watching a Scorcese or a ray isn't a life changing experience. I most respectfully and the word i am using more frequently these days " with my head bowed in devotion " ask you, What is mate ? There are no Life changing experiences in this Cruel world. Woody Allen movies are an exception though. There is life and there also is experience. Both, put together i doubt they don't make best of pals. And you were also talking about Cigarette, dope and Anurag Kasyap. Who the Mother Fucking Dog Faced Ass hole Propagated the theory Anurag Kasyap = This + That - THIS * That.
Inferiority complex at it's bloody best?????. I honestly disagree with you mate. I have a complex but that " Jesus Fucking Tony Blair's Wife " Promise ain't an inferior one. Infact i have this disease of Looking down at People who aren't for real. I can't sit with a bunch of idiots and talk about some Sonuavabitch's girlfriend who has left him for an other probably a better sonuabitch. I've been friends with Vikranth for over a month now. Both of us had Problem's in the college. In real sense " had " suits him and " have " suits me. You probably know why i've said so. I ran away from people Whom i thought were no more precious than a Smelly underwear. Vikranth gave himself away to a bunch of smelly underwears. You, probably know this guy better than me. but, i'll tell you in vikranth i found a guy and this guy gave me hope that there still are some people with whom i can talk my heart out.
Scorcese and ray aren't Life changing neither are Steve fucking job's and gates. So mate stop pitying other's. Self Pity would Serve some purpose. That apology thing is the best thing i've done recently. I owed you an Apology but not anymore.
If two men among you are guilty of lewdness. punish them both. If they repent and amend. Leave them alone. For Allah is Oft returning and Mercifull....Quran-E-Khalifa
Inferiority complex at it's bloody best?????. I honestly disagree with you mate. I have a complex but that " Jesus Fucking Tony Blair's Wife " Promise ain't an inferior one. Infact i have this disease of Looking down at People who aren't for real. I can't sit with a bunch of idiots and talk about some Sonuavabitch's girlfriend who has left him for an other probably a better sonuabitch. I've been friends with Vikranth for over a month now. Both of us had Problem's in the college. In real sense " had " suits him and " have " suits me. You probably know why i've said so. I ran away from people Whom i thought were no more precious than a Smelly underwear. Vikranth gave himself away to a bunch of smelly underwears. You, probably know this guy better than me. but, i'll tell you in vikranth i found a guy and this guy gave me hope that there still are some people with whom i can talk my heart out.
Scorcese and ray aren't Life changing neither are Steve fucking job's and gates. So mate stop pitying other's. Self Pity would Serve some purpose. That apology thing is the best thing i've done recently. I owed you an Apology but not anymore.
If two men among you are guilty of lewdness. punish them both. If they repent and amend. Leave them alone. For Allah is Oft returning and Mercifull....Quran-E-Khalifa
Sirish's Response To Confession's Of A Stupid Mind.
rofl! gorrepati, you still surprise me. i didn't comment on this post back then because i thought i'd say something out of anger or hatred. but now, i'm not scared that my emotions are coming into my mind. i don't have to tell you this but then i pity both you and your 'shit' friend. watching scorsese, or ray, or a fincher aren'tlife changing experiences. and smoking or drinking won't turn you into anurag kashyaps. you know what the problem with you folks is, and mind you this is the first time i'm actually being a li'l rude, both you and your 'shit' friend are wannabes. i haven't met your brother but then for all i can see, you wanna be like him and you 'shit' friend wants to be like you. inferiority complex at its bloody best. and the moment you spoke like that about a friend on your blog, whatever i thought about you, all that went into the drain. even if you are bachchan, you don't write such things about your friend(and here i'm just talking about dixit) and later, meet him and talk to him. for that ability, hats off. and i have no clue why dixit still talks to you. even after what all you called him. weird. i thought this kind of friendship belonged to yashraj films.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
The Confession's Of A Stupid Mind.
Stroke of genius
Brilliant! Having read this piece, I'm not even eligible to comment on it. Once I started reading this, I didn't even breathe until I finished it. Genius. I'm actually in the midst of watching Green Street Hooligans and as irresistible as the movie is, I pause to confirm a date tomorrow with this creature called gorrepati sandeep. Someone I've heard of about a lot but never have actually spoken to. It wouldn't be an understatement to say that Deekshit and probably Raghav worship him and I know they'd proudly accept this. Anyway, he started blogging like a month ago and I generally like his work, especially the carefree, lazy way in which he does that. Anyway, I read his latest piece like 5 minutes ago and I'm in a state of daze. Holy crap! That was amazing. Gorrepati, I bow down to you.
Here it goes.
http://gorrepati-dirtyharry.blogspot.com/2009/10/interview.html
Folks, don't waste no more time and read it. You've sinned enough already without having read it and trust me, you'll feel something you've never felt before
This was written by Aditya Sirish in response to my blog The Interview. Sirish, was the first person to follow my blog's. Free Running Life is the very reason why Nicotine And Gravy earlier called Dirty Harry was born and still existing. I owe it all to him. It all started with my Shitty blog " Fury " and this created a rift between us. Fury was written by me in one of those weak moments a person Experiences when he's low down in his life. I abused this guy for absolutely no fucking relevant reason. but, this guy definetely know's the definition of Dignity. He didn't get back at me. Instead he remained silent and i fucking took it for his Defeat. When i look back at it i realise that silence meant a thousand " Mother fucker " " Sonuavabitch " or whatever he's Comfortable with. That Silence was powerful.
Myself and Sirish are two different person's with two different view's on this shit they call the world. Read in a recent kiarostami interview that a naked human eye can visualise a 200 degree view where as an earlier Camera summed up to only 28 degree.. Now, which fucking human would know the angle from which they see this world.
Yesterday, i was going through the file of my blog's and saw this " The Stroke Of Genius ". How many people would do that. How many would go to this extent to appreciate the work of a person they barely know. I wouldn't have done that if i was Sirish and he Sandeep.
This is the closest i could get to an Apology. If there's any faintest chance of forgiveness then forgive me.......Sandeep.
Brilliant! Having read this piece, I'm not even eligible to comment on it. Once I started reading this, I didn't even breathe until I finished it. Genius. I'm actually in the midst of watching Green Street Hooligans and as irresistible as the movie is, I pause to confirm a date tomorrow with this creature called gorrepati sandeep. Someone I've heard of about a lot but never have actually spoken to. It wouldn't be an understatement to say that Deekshit and probably Raghav worship him and I know they'd proudly accept this. Anyway, he started blogging like a month ago and I generally like his work, especially the carefree, lazy way in which he does that. Anyway, I read his latest piece like 5 minutes ago and I'm in a state of daze. Holy crap! That was amazing. Gorrepati, I bow down to you.
Here it goes.
http://gorrepati-dirtyharry.blogspot.com/2009/10/interview.html
Folks, don't waste no more time and read it. You've sinned enough already without having read it and trust me, you'll feel something you've never felt before
This was written by Aditya Sirish in response to my blog The Interview. Sirish, was the first person to follow my blog's. Free Running Life is the very reason why Nicotine And Gravy earlier called Dirty Harry was born and still existing. I owe it all to him. It all started with my Shitty blog " Fury " and this created a rift between us. Fury was written by me in one of those weak moments a person Experiences when he's low down in his life. I abused this guy for absolutely no fucking relevant reason. but, this guy definetely know's the definition of Dignity. He didn't get back at me. Instead he remained silent and i fucking took it for his Defeat. When i look back at it i realise that silence meant a thousand " Mother fucker " " Sonuavabitch " or whatever he's Comfortable with. That Silence was powerful.
Myself and Sirish are two different person's with two different view's on this shit they call the world. Read in a recent kiarostami interview that a naked human eye can visualise a 200 degree view where as an earlier Camera summed up to only 28 degree.. Now, which fucking human would know the angle from which they see this world.
Yesterday, i was going through the file of my blog's and saw this " The Stroke Of Genius ". How many people would do that. How many would go to this extent to appreciate the work of a person they barely know. I wouldn't have done that if i was Sirish and he Sandeep.
This is the closest i could get to an Apology. If there's any faintest chance of forgiveness then forgive me.......Sandeep.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
The Great Indian Rock Movement.
These days people seem to breathe metal. metal's in the air. metal seems to be everywhere i go. though not a big fan of metal. I would most certainly see it to it that my knees touch the ground and head bow in devotion to anyone who could strum a guitar. Rock's something which ain't completly new to us. Rock movement has started in india back then in the 60's. The 60's indian bands like The Mystiks from bombay. beatx from calcutta and the flinstone's from madras have enjoyed notable success during their period. They were regularly seen playing on the indian university music circuits. The all india radio dedicated an hour a day to play pop music. My brother always wished that he was one among those 60's youth with a hippie cut and a beard that could scare the shit out of a child. People back then had thing's which money couldn't buy us now. They knew they were on to something big. And now, after everything's been done we have nothing left to look out for. shit, coming back to the 60's rock shit. U.s had rolling stones which made Rockstar's out of garage band's overnight. NME did the same to U.K band's. On these lines was formed Junior Statesman which closely followed the Indian rock culture in the 60's but to lesser success, almost empty success. Because there never existed a culture to follow. Because all that these bands did was play western music which topped the chart's. 60's also saw a great movement. The movement which involved Band's like the Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Doors and The Byrds getting influenced by indian classic music. Music critics cite this movement as something which was undertaken to create and reinforce psychedelia in their music.
The 70's 80's didn't contribute much to the Indian Rock Movement. The atmosphere was rather dull until the 90's when the orientalist trend of the 60's, 70's and 80's came to an end. India began to produce Rock Music of it's own. With the invasion of band's like rock machine. The rock movement gained some momentum. Not just rock but the sub-genre's alternative and progressive covered some ground in the 90's. " Raga Rock " a blend of rock and classic indian music which was started back then in the 60's gained more popularity in the 90's. and this is considered as an important achievement in Indian rock history. " Euphoria " a delhi born rock band that specialises in Raga Rock was born in the 90's. The band was the First indian band which mixed Electric guitar with traditional indian tabla and dholak to applauding and mesmerising effect's. The band's first album Dhoom became such a big hit that Fan's created a name for themselves and even now Euphoria fan's are called the " Dhoomers".
2000 saw the invasion of heavy metal into the blood of Indian Rock Culture. Delhi has been the homeland of some of the most talented and super successful indian rock band's.
" Parikrama " the delhi based superstar's of indian rock were formed in the 90's but gained stardom in the 2000's. 2000 also saw the birth of band's like menwhopause, them clones and Indian Ocean in delhi. Rock Scenes have proved to be more than just a great paltform for up coming rockband's. The first major Rock scene " Great indian rock festival " started in calcutta followed by " Independence Rock festival " in mumbai" and " June out rock " in chennai. These Rock scenes met with a tremendous Success. We had everything except a journal which covered all these and made it public. and this hole was blocked by the " Rock Street Journal " the first ever exclusive rock magazine that covered a to z of rock. Not to forget " Vedic Metal " the sub genre of indian rock which was first of it's kind and coupled rock music with vedic lyrics. Rudra is the first indian vedic rock band which was followed by others like aryaveda, asura, advaita, kaliyuga and narasimha the band.
Indian Rock today has definetly made it's ground. With rock band's playing music in their regional languages. Avial has started this in kerala and achieved a cult status. Would definetly love to see a rock band that play's in telugu.
The 70's 80's didn't contribute much to the Indian Rock Movement. The atmosphere was rather dull until the 90's when the orientalist trend of the 60's, 70's and 80's came to an end. India began to produce Rock Music of it's own. With the invasion of band's like rock machine. The rock movement gained some momentum. Not just rock but the sub-genre's alternative and progressive covered some ground in the 90's. " Raga Rock " a blend of rock and classic indian music which was started back then in the 60's gained more popularity in the 90's. and this is considered as an important achievement in Indian rock history. " Euphoria " a delhi born rock band that specialises in Raga Rock was born in the 90's. The band was the First indian band which mixed Electric guitar with traditional indian tabla and dholak to applauding and mesmerising effect's. The band's first album Dhoom became such a big hit that Fan's created a name for themselves and even now Euphoria fan's are called the " Dhoomers".
2000 saw the invasion of heavy metal into the blood of Indian Rock Culture. Delhi has been the homeland of some of the most talented and super successful indian rock band's.
" Parikrama " the delhi based superstar's of indian rock were formed in the 90's but gained stardom in the 2000's. 2000 also saw the birth of band's like menwhopause, them clones and Indian Ocean in delhi. Rock Scenes have proved to be more than just a great paltform for up coming rockband's. The first major Rock scene " Great indian rock festival " started in calcutta followed by " Independence Rock festival " in mumbai" and " June out rock " in chennai. These Rock scenes met with a tremendous Success. We had everything except a journal which covered all these and made it public. and this hole was blocked by the " Rock Street Journal " the first ever exclusive rock magazine that covered a to z of rock. Not to forget " Vedic Metal " the sub genre of indian rock which was first of it's kind and coupled rock music with vedic lyrics. Rudra is the first indian vedic rock band which was followed by others like aryaveda, asura, advaita, kaliyuga and narasimha the band.
Indian Rock today has definetly made it's ground. With rock band's playing music in their regional languages. Avial has started this in kerala and achieved a cult status. Would definetly love to see a rock band that play's in telugu.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
KIAROSTAMI.
Abbas kiarostami, the iranian equivalent of martin scorcese. the man responsible for upliftment of iranian cinema. I have been introduced to kiarostami by my brother and i'll remain indebted to him throughout my life. He is a master filmmaker with a special craving for mocumentary's. In the last few blog's you found me praising a lot of film maker's ranging from Nicholas Ray to werner herzog. And now, its kiarostami who is at the receiving end.
Simple is the word that best describe's kiarostami's cinema. Looking at the root's of iranian cinema. The parent year's of Iranian cinema was filled with blood. Film making has been viewed ambivalently in Iran ever since the early 1900's. The muslim cleric's opposed themselve's to the representation of face and body on screen. By the end of 1920 Film maker's found themselve's waging a war against these anti-cinema cleric's. History say's that about 180 theatre's were ruined and thousand's killed during this dark phase of Iranian Cinema. Noted Iranian film critic's cite this as a reason why Iranian Film maker's take ethical responsibilities of their choosen profession more seriously than their western counter part's. Coming back to kiarostami, the man redefined the very definition of Iranian cinema which was until then found itself swimming in the water's of serious cinema. " Nema Ya Nazdik" translated " close up " in english follow's the trial of an Imposter who trick's a family and make's them beleive that he is " Mohsen Makhmalbaf" who is a noted film maker in Iran. This got kiarostami instant recognition at international level.
kiarostami's cinematic language has little to do with the cerebral theorising of a godard, religious allegorising of a tarkovsky and erudite eccentricity of ruiz. Indeed praise for his films often mention their simplicity and believable character's. Kiarostami is one of the only few highly successful film makers who stayed back in his homeland even as many of his counterpart's have shifted their base signing million dollar deal's with the studio's. and when asked why the witty kiarostami uttered this " When you take a tree that is rooted in the ground, and transfer it from one place to another, the tree will no longer bear fruit. And if it does, the fruit will not be as good as it was in its original place. This is a rule of nature. I think if I had left my country, I would be the same as the tree " . I've seen a very little kiarostami but read extensively about him. " 10 " a film made by kiarostami with a set of cameras, a car, and a highly inexperienced cast is considered revolutionary by critics throughout the world. The film is a string of event's that took place in iran as seen from the eye's of a woman. The eyes are the cameras. We watch what the woman see's. Revolutionary indeed.
" Two digital Camera's, a car, and a set of actors, off you go".....Kiarostami in a press meet.
Simple is the word that best describe's kiarostami's cinema. Looking at the root's of iranian cinema. The parent year's of Iranian cinema was filled with blood. Film making has been viewed ambivalently in Iran ever since the early 1900's. The muslim cleric's opposed themselve's to the representation of face and body on screen. By the end of 1920 Film maker's found themselve's waging a war against these anti-cinema cleric's. History say's that about 180 theatre's were ruined and thousand's killed during this dark phase of Iranian Cinema. Noted Iranian film critic's cite this as a reason why Iranian Film maker's take ethical responsibilities of their choosen profession more seriously than their western counter part's. Coming back to kiarostami, the man redefined the very definition of Iranian cinema which was until then found itself swimming in the water's of serious cinema. " Nema Ya Nazdik" translated " close up " in english follow's the trial of an Imposter who trick's a family and make's them beleive that he is " Mohsen Makhmalbaf" who is a noted film maker in Iran. This got kiarostami instant recognition at international level.
kiarostami's cinematic language has little to do with the cerebral theorising of a godard, religious allegorising of a tarkovsky and erudite eccentricity of ruiz. Indeed praise for his films often mention their simplicity and believable character's. Kiarostami is one of the only few highly successful film makers who stayed back in his homeland even as many of his counterpart's have shifted their base signing million dollar deal's with the studio's. and when asked why the witty kiarostami uttered this " When you take a tree that is rooted in the ground, and transfer it from one place to another, the tree will no longer bear fruit. And if it does, the fruit will not be as good as it was in its original place. This is a rule of nature. I think if I had left my country, I would be the same as the tree " . I've seen a very little kiarostami but read extensively about him. " 10 " a film made by kiarostami with a set of cameras, a car, and a highly inexperienced cast is considered revolutionary by critics throughout the world. The film is a string of event's that took place in iran as seen from the eye's of a woman. The eyes are the cameras. We watch what the woman see's. Revolutionary indeed.
" Two digital Camera's, a car, and a set of actors, off you go".....Kiarostami in a press meet.
Friday, May 28, 2010
The Conversation about prasthanam - 2
The conversation that follow's below is the conversation that took place between myself, vikrant, and deekshith after i made my stand on prasthanam public.
Deekshith: honestly....i didnt expect this from you.
Vikrant: LOL,I knew you didn't like the movie and iam not complaining because after watching it the second time even I didn't like it.The first half till the interval could have been avoided or filled with Mr.katta's awesomeness but Life is a Bitch.But the climax was intense,it clarified some inner dilemma within me.
Nice to hear some frank talk,Been missing them lately...............
Sandeep : When you watch 30 world movies a week. your expectation tend to soar high. when people talk about a particular movie. some reach it and some dont. unfortunately prasthanam didn't. we were told in the beginning " herolu undaru villanlu undaru etc etc" what would you call the character of sharwanand it had all the traits of a person who's called by the name " Hero " in tollywood.
Sandeep: Hey vikranth thought you would disagree with me. yeah forgot to mention the ending. the scene where saikumar kill's himself was not just good it was fantabulous. the mirrors in the background added the intense flavour to the scene.
Deekshith: but its a pretty daring and honest attempt made by Mr.Katta in this time and this situation where our "cinema" is running out of a "cinema"
Sandeep: What's fucking honest about it. it's a work of fiction. I would have called it a daring attempt if Mr.katta had taken up or travelled a less troden and beleivable path. there's this scene where hero asks a third grade illiterate rowdy not to talk about his family hierarchy. Shit man can you beleive that!!!!. This is negligible but there lies the whole fucking essence. it is the smaller aspects which build or destroy a movie.
Vikranth: Sandeep tell me any cinema which explored the characters personality and drew parallels to Mahabharata or any epic while concentrating on political drama set in India. At least the effort is worth appreciating because when you compare it to the likes of chalaki or GoliMaar,It is a "better" watch.Not everyone is lucky enough to watch 30 world movies a week.Think of this a good omen which marks the arrival of better movies in Telugu.
Sandeep: Dalapati for example is an exemplary take on the characters of karna and duryodhana. no film till date has been able to draw such a parallel to mahabharata. now, that is what i call a daring move and that is why over the years rathnam has been a lone torchbearer for quality cinema in india. atleast chalaki and golimaar do what they tell. they dont publicise those films as a movie which comes " once in a while " or a movie made "swimming against the tide of tollywood current" etc etc
Vikrant: Dalapathi Is the masterpiece and Prasthanam was a
small attempt to reach that goal.
Sandeep: Even mani rathnam was relatively new to cinema when he made dalapathi......
Deekshith: honestly....i didnt expect this from you.
Vikrant: LOL,I knew you didn't like the movie and iam not complaining because after watching it the second time even I didn't like it.The first half till the interval could have been avoided or filled with Mr.katta's awesomeness but Life is a Bitch.But the climax was intense,it clarified some inner dilemma within me.
Nice to hear some frank talk,Been missing them lately...............
Sandeep : When you watch 30 world movies a week. your expectation tend to soar high. when people talk about a particular movie. some reach it and some dont. unfortunately prasthanam didn't. we were told in the beginning " herolu undaru villanlu undaru etc etc" what would you call the character of sharwanand it had all the traits of a person who's called by the name " Hero " in tollywood.
Sandeep: Hey vikranth thought you would disagree with me. yeah forgot to mention the ending. the scene where saikumar kill's himself was not just good it was fantabulous. the mirrors in the background added the intense flavour to the scene.
Deekshith: but its a pretty daring and honest attempt made by Mr.Katta in this time and this situation where our "cinema" is running out of a "cinema"
Sandeep: What's fucking honest about it. it's a work of fiction. I would have called it a daring attempt if Mr.katta had taken up or travelled a less troden and beleivable path. there's this scene where hero asks a third grade illiterate rowdy not to talk about his family hierarchy. Shit man can you beleive that!!!!. This is negligible but there lies the whole fucking essence. it is the smaller aspects which build or destroy a movie.
Vikranth: Sandeep tell me any cinema which explored the characters personality and drew parallels to Mahabharata or any epic while concentrating on political drama set in India. At least the effort is worth appreciating because when you compare it to the likes of chalaki or GoliMaar,It is a "better" watch.Not everyone is lucky enough to watch 30 world movies a week.Think of this a good omen which marks the arrival of better movies in Telugu.
Sandeep: Dalapati for example is an exemplary take on the characters of karna and duryodhana. no film till date has been able to draw such a parallel to mahabharata. now, that is what i call a daring move and that is why over the years rathnam has been a lone torchbearer for quality cinema in india. atleast chalaki and golimaar do what they tell. they dont publicise those films as a movie which comes " once in a while " or a movie made "swimming against the tide of tollywood current" etc etc
Vikrant: Dalapathi Is the masterpiece and Prasthanam was a
small attempt to reach that goal.
Sandeep: Even mani rathnam was relatively new to cinema when he made dalapathi......
The conversation about Prasthanam-1
The conversation that follow's below is the conversation between myself, deekshith and victor after deekshith made his view on prasthanam public.
Victor: Yeah Sai Kumar was very good.His voice is haunting me even now.
Deekshith: and vikrant,i m expectin ur point of view,made eloborate,in you blog!
Sandeep ( that's me ): Shit i was not able to read it to the end. didn't feel like because deekshith, you belong to this species of people who create an unnecessary hype to a rather ordinary movie. Afternoon in tabandah i heard you call leaving las vegas a classic!!!! I highly doubt if you had ever saw that to the end. because, it's not something which a normal functional brian calls a " classic ".
Deekshith:@ sandeep :: may be,its my perspective on leaving las vegas.There is no compulsion in liking some cinema or disliking it ,i guess Sanddep! afetr all ,it has to struck my nerves in some way or the other!
Sandeep :And please man may lord be with you. stop talking about scorcese etc etc. they just don't sound good when you spell them.
Deekshith: probably,i may be an infant or tadpole infront of you ,regarding cinema...but I do have some taste and perspective to take,and its very disgusting to question the whole it!
Sandeep : I would have respected your taste and what was that. yeah something called perspective. if they were genuine and worthy. i am not calling you an infant nor am i a giant and most certainly this aint a walt disney picture mate where infants fight the giants. all i am trying to tell you is as a person who saw you closely and heard you clearly i am appealing to all those people not to beleive your words. and i am not accusing you of exagerration or something. but just that this ain't worthy.
Deekshith: will talk bout it when we two are alone togetha
Deekshith : and sandeep,this is going off track,we r here to discuss only bout prasthanam but not bout our sides on different things
Sandeep: was talking about prasthanam. weren't you?.
Deekshith: dont be so smart,my dirty harry...both u and me know what were we talking about!
Sandeep: Come on, is that all? show me what you got. if you intend to stop this here then it would lead to a dangerous conclusion " Giant thrashes infant under his feet ". would you like that to happen. haven't you got any shit left??????
Deekshith: what do u want me to prove? i understood its all sarcasm,my dear sandeep! cut it out!
Sandeep: Holy Jesus Wash MY fucking sins with your blood and grant me forgiveness because here i am on my knees with my blood smeared all over the holy land your legs touched and my hand's touching the feet of deekshith....please my lord may u grant me peace and heal my wounds.....SORRY DEEKSHITH
Deekshith: @ sandeep :: its pretty amusing that u couldnt digest the fact that a fool called deekshith didnt agree with ur opinion
Sandeep: everyone's a fool deekshith. you, me, ashok, god and his wife. and yeah you were right i've got a digestion problem. what do you suggest? apar from gelusil.
Every bit of the conversation is reproduced as it is. no changes are made..
Victor: Yeah Sai Kumar was very good.His voice is haunting me even now.
Deekshith: and vikrant,i m expectin ur point of view,made eloborate,in you blog!
Sandeep ( that's me ): Shit i was not able to read it to the end. didn't feel like because deekshith, you belong to this species of people who create an unnecessary hype to a rather ordinary movie. Afternoon in tabandah i heard you call leaving las vegas a classic!!!! I highly doubt if you had ever saw that to the end. because, it's not something which a normal functional brian calls a " classic ".
Deekshith:@ sandeep :: may be,its my perspective on leaving las vegas.There is no compulsion in liking some cinema or disliking it ,i guess Sanddep! afetr all ,it has to struck my nerves in some way or the other!
Sandeep :And please man may lord be with you. stop talking about scorcese etc etc. they just don't sound good when you spell them.
Deekshith: probably,i may be an infant or tadpole infront of you ,regarding cinema...but I do have some taste and perspective to take,and its very disgusting to question the whole it!
Sandeep : I would have respected your taste and what was that. yeah something called perspective. if they were genuine and worthy. i am not calling you an infant nor am i a giant and most certainly this aint a walt disney picture mate where infants fight the giants. all i am trying to tell you is as a person who saw you closely and heard you clearly i am appealing to all those people not to beleive your words. and i am not accusing you of exagerration or something. but just that this ain't worthy.
Deekshith: will talk bout it when we two are alone togetha
Deekshith : and sandeep,this is going off track,we r here to discuss only bout prasthanam but not bout our sides on different things
Sandeep: was talking about prasthanam. weren't you?.
Deekshith: dont be so smart,my dirty harry...both u and me know what were we talking about!
Sandeep: Come on, is that all? show me what you got. if you intend to stop this here then it would lead to a dangerous conclusion " Giant thrashes infant under his feet ". would you like that to happen. haven't you got any shit left??????
Deekshith: what do u want me to prove? i understood its all sarcasm,my dear sandeep! cut it out!
Sandeep: Holy Jesus Wash MY fucking sins with your blood and grant me forgiveness because here i am on my knees with my blood smeared all over the holy land your legs touched and my hand's touching the feet of deekshith....please my lord may u grant me peace and heal my wounds.....SORRY DEEKSHITH
Deekshith: @ sandeep :: its pretty amusing that u couldnt digest the fact that a fool called deekshith didnt agree with ur opinion
Sandeep: everyone's a fool deekshith. you, me, ashok, god and his wife. and yeah you were right i've got a digestion problem. what do you suggest? apar from gelusil.
Every bit of the conversation is reproduced as it is. no changes are made..
Prasthanam- My review
Saw prasthanam today, and i was dissapointed. deva katta is no exciting talent to look out for. i read a lot about prasthanam. unfortunately the depth and intensity was found missing in the movie which was otherwise aplenty in the paper's. and yet once again trailers did the trick for me. they deceived me. read in a interview in which MR.katta claimed that he never thought about the commercial success of the movie and that he made an uncompromising attempt. but, dear sir why do you have to include three shitty songs and a highly irritating love angle to the film which you've claimed to be made without any compromise.
Except For the extraordinary hair raising first scene and the brilliance of the cameraman sprinkled at selective places through out the movie. the rest is what we've already been watching throughout the years. on the whole not so enjoyable " Prasthanam ".
Except For the extraordinary hair raising first scene and the brilliance of the cameraman sprinkled at selective places through out the movie. the rest is what we've already been watching throughout the years. on the whole not so enjoyable " Prasthanam ".
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Book's
Everytime i feel a bit sick. i skip my college and head to British Library. The very sight of those 30000 odd book's warms my heart and takes away my sickness. i've been reading a lot off late here's a small sneak-peak at those which really made sense and taught me something.
1. Mr. hitchcock written by Quentin Falk.
Few minutes ago, when this thought of putting together a small compilation of the best of the lot i've been reading this summer stuck me i strongly decided not to include the book's on films and film makers in it. really cant help it they have rehabilitation centres for drug addicts hope they would soon find something for movie addicts. Before i caught sight of this book Hitchcock to me was just another of those super hyped classic hollywood directors that everybody talk's about but nobody actually watches . but quentin falk' honest book made me realise that hitchcock is not merely a director but an innovator. The book cover's everything right from his very first feature " The Lodger " to his very last " The Family Plot ". I have seen 14 of hitchcock's including The lodger. The Lodger is a passable thriller from outside seen from a distance but when you approach closer it unravels the making of an extraordinary film maker. The Camera Angles might have surprised quiet a many back then. Being a hitchcock fanatic i've got to enlighten you with some facts. In the 1944 hitchcock classic " Lifeboat " the entire movie takes place in a boat. Hitchcock racked his brain about how to make space for his customary guest appearance which has by then achieved a cult status among hitchcock fans, and the fat man came up with a crazy idea. He reduced 20 pounds for a news paper advert about obesity. In the movie this paper lies crumbled in the boat until one of it's passengers finds it and discovers hitchcock in it. And with the 1948 release Rope Hitchcock's obsession with the camera reached a Vertigo. The master of cinema introduced the Longshots which would later on become hitchcock'c trademark.
2. The Illumination Of Merton Browne Written by J.M.Shaw.
Once again i start this with a thankyou note to british library. Without the library i wouldn't have got access to some of the Classic's which have certainly made some impact on me. One such classic is " the illumination of merton browne " The central character browne loathe's everything around him. his mom, step father, and his stinking neighbourhood.Merton Browne hides in his cupboard with a torch and a Tintin book and pretends he's going to space. As he gets older things don't change much. He thinks secondary school will be about learning, but mainly it's about staying out of trouble. Disenchanted and desperate to avoid the attentions of Savage and his posse, Merton finds refuge among the forgotten history books in a dusty basement, remnants of another regime. Inspired by what he reads he think's that he is on the verge of a revolution. The Reason i found this book amusing and a must read is Merton Browne is the closest a fictional character could get to the real life character Sandeep. I ran away from people just the way merton ran away from Savage and his posse. Merton found refuge among forgotten history books in a dusty basement and i found refuge in the airconditioned british library. Both of us are in need to decide who we are, what we want to be and the place where our loyalities lie.
3. And Then Then There Was No One- Gilbert Adair
The book Starts with the author dedicating it to the " Undisputed queen of mystery " Agatha Christie. this is the third of evadne mound whodunit. Had no idea of who the author was when i started reading the book but once i knew who he is and the things he did. respect for the book overflowed. He is none other than the guy who wrote the book " the holy innocents" basing on the book provided the script to the movie i bow in devotion " The Dreamers ". Read this book twice and i am still unable to decide who the killer is. it sure is the best thriller the rack's of british library have got. Jumpscares gaurenteed. I bow my head in devotion and respect to the " Undisputed King Of mystery" Gilbert Adair....
1. Mr. hitchcock written by Quentin Falk.
Few minutes ago, when this thought of putting together a small compilation of the best of the lot i've been reading this summer stuck me i strongly decided not to include the book's on films and film makers in it. really cant help it they have rehabilitation centres for drug addicts hope they would soon find something for movie addicts. Before i caught sight of this book Hitchcock to me was just another of those super hyped classic hollywood directors that everybody talk's about but nobody actually watches . but quentin falk' honest book made me realise that hitchcock is not merely a director but an innovator. The book cover's everything right from his very first feature " The Lodger " to his very last " The Family Plot ". I have seen 14 of hitchcock's including The lodger. The Lodger is a passable thriller from outside seen from a distance but when you approach closer it unravels the making of an extraordinary film maker. The Camera Angles might have surprised quiet a many back then. Being a hitchcock fanatic i've got to enlighten you with some facts. In the 1944 hitchcock classic " Lifeboat " the entire movie takes place in a boat. Hitchcock racked his brain about how to make space for his customary guest appearance which has by then achieved a cult status among hitchcock fans, and the fat man came up with a crazy idea. He reduced 20 pounds for a news paper advert about obesity. In the movie this paper lies crumbled in the boat until one of it's passengers finds it and discovers hitchcock in it. And with the 1948 release Rope Hitchcock's obsession with the camera reached a Vertigo. The master of cinema introduced the Longshots which would later on become hitchcock'c trademark.
2. The Illumination Of Merton Browne Written by J.M.Shaw.
Once again i start this with a thankyou note to british library. Without the library i wouldn't have got access to some of the Classic's which have certainly made some impact on me. One such classic is " the illumination of merton browne " The central character browne loathe's everything around him. his mom, step father, and his stinking neighbourhood.Merton Browne hides in his cupboard with a torch and a Tintin book and pretends he's going to space. As he gets older things don't change much. He thinks secondary school will be about learning, but mainly it's about staying out of trouble. Disenchanted and desperate to avoid the attentions of Savage and his posse, Merton finds refuge among the forgotten history books in a dusty basement, remnants of another regime. Inspired by what he reads he think's that he is on the verge of a revolution. The Reason i found this book amusing and a must read is Merton Browne is the closest a fictional character could get to the real life character Sandeep. I ran away from people just the way merton ran away from Savage and his posse. Merton found refuge among forgotten history books in a dusty basement and i found refuge in the airconditioned british library. Both of us are in need to decide who we are, what we want to be and the place where our loyalities lie.
3. And Then Then There Was No One- Gilbert Adair
The book Starts with the author dedicating it to the " Undisputed queen of mystery " Agatha Christie. this is the third of evadne mound whodunit. Had no idea of who the author was when i started reading the book but once i knew who he is and the things he did. respect for the book overflowed. He is none other than the guy who wrote the book " the holy innocents" basing on the book provided the script to the movie i bow in devotion " The Dreamers ". Read this book twice and i am still unable to decide who the killer is. it sure is the best thriller the rack's of british library have got. Jumpscares gaurenteed. I bow my head in devotion and respect to the " Undisputed King Of mystery" Gilbert Adair....
My Five- Music.
I am tired of the refusal mails sent by The Hindu. for the last three months my list of Five songs has been continuosly rejected by the committee of My Five. My Five is a column in downtown which comes along with The Hindu every saturday. wherein people can get their list of five best songs published. here goes my list...
1. marilyn manson - nobodies.
Marilyn Manson, the name formed from the names of actress marilyn monroe and her convicted murderer charlie manson. this guy is more of the manson than marilyn. the song i am talking about " Nobodies " from their album Slutgarden is probably the most disturbing song i've ever heard. the reason why i place it at the top giving it top honours is because this song made me realize that i truly am a nobody in this huge world of somebody's. I truly beleive that this song was written and sung by manson with people like me in his mind. depression is something which isn't new to me. i still remember those days when i locked myself in my room. dark as hell without a trace of light with nobodies playing in the back ground. that really gave me some releif. 3 cheers to the manson guy for his " nobodies " from this nobody.
We are the nobodies
wanna be somebodies
we are dead wanna know just who we are
we are the nobodies
wanna be somebodies.
2. Netti Moore- Bob Dylan.
Thoughts can be contagious, though they can serve a purpose at the same time. if there is a song which can describe the person i am now then it has got to be " Netti Moore". When ever i sit down to hear this it sounds as if dylan dedicated this to me. The song is all about those souls which have lost their track and got a whack. though it sounds a bit similar to dylan's much earlier work " Moonshiner " filled with trademark dylan. " they say whisky will kill ya, but i dont think it will" " If whisky dont kill me, i dont know what will". if given a chance to choose the song for my funeral. netti moore it would be.
Lost John's sittin' on a railroad track
something's out of whack
Blues this morning falling down like a hail.
gonna leave a greasy trail.
3. God Is An Astronaut - The End Of The Beginning
My first brush with this irish band happened while watching the movie " Night Breed " there's this famous quote in the movie where in the protagonist compares god with an astronaut. This was 3 years ago when God is an astronaut to me was just a famous quote from a stupid movie. I was pleasantly suprised when i was told by my brother that the name of the band is inspired from that famous quote. the founders of the post rock three piece culture. god is an astronaut to me is a mystical band. their music has this element of enigma. "End of the beginning" the very first song recorded by the band took the entire rock culture by storm. the future belongs to the post rock.
4. Bob Dylan - you gotta serve somebody
Here comes handsome bob again. If you are the kind who belong to the revolutionary shit then here's the song for you. indeed here's an anthem for you. Before this song entered my life i had this " I wish i was rich " going on in my life. but the song vacuumed it away. I first heard it play at the back of some shitty movie whose name i lost in some shit storm. but the song remained with me. though it sounds a bit preachy, it's heart is at the right place. It doesn't matter who the fuck you are you gotta serve somebody.
5. Dream on - Aerosmith.
Everyone wants to be a fitzcarraldo, everyone wants to chase their wildest of dreams. but only some become a fitzcarraldo and the others run away shittin their pants. sung by the great stevie tyler in his dopey voice. This song helped me get over the past like dusk to dawn. it taught me " you got to lose to know how to win". Long may he live and sing.
Yeah, I know nobody knows
where it comes and where it goes
i know its everybody's sin
you got to lose to know how to win.....
1. marilyn manson - nobodies.
Marilyn Manson, the name formed from the names of actress marilyn monroe and her convicted murderer charlie manson. this guy is more of the manson than marilyn. the song i am talking about " Nobodies " from their album Slutgarden is probably the most disturbing song i've ever heard. the reason why i place it at the top giving it top honours is because this song made me realize that i truly am a nobody in this huge world of somebody's. I truly beleive that this song was written and sung by manson with people like me in his mind. depression is something which isn't new to me. i still remember those days when i locked myself in my room. dark as hell without a trace of light with nobodies playing in the back ground. that really gave me some releif. 3 cheers to the manson guy for his " nobodies " from this nobody.
We are the nobodies
wanna be somebodies
we are dead wanna know just who we are
we are the nobodies
wanna be somebodies.
2. Netti Moore- Bob Dylan.
Thoughts can be contagious, though they can serve a purpose at the same time. if there is a song which can describe the person i am now then it has got to be " Netti Moore". When ever i sit down to hear this it sounds as if dylan dedicated this to me. The song is all about those souls which have lost their track and got a whack. though it sounds a bit similar to dylan's much earlier work " Moonshiner " filled with trademark dylan. " they say whisky will kill ya, but i dont think it will" " If whisky dont kill me, i dont know what will". if given a chance to choose the song for my funeral. netti moore it would be.
Lost John's sittin' on a railroad track
something's out of whack
Blues this morning falling down like a hail.
gonna leave a greasy trail.
3. God Is An Astronaut - The End Of The Beginning
My first brush with this irish band happened while watching the movie " Night Breed " there's this famous quote in the movie where in the protagonist compares god with an astronaut. This was 3 years ago when God is an astronaut to me was just a famous quote from a stupid movie. I was pleasantly suprised when i was told by my brother that the name of the band is inspired from that famous quote. the founders of the post rock three piece culture. god is an astronaut to me is a mystical band. their music has this element of enigma. "End of the beginning" the very first song recorded by the band took the entire rock culture by storm. the future belongs to the post rock.
4. Bob Dylan - you gotta serve somebody
Here comes handsome bob again. If you are the kind who belong to the revolutionary shit then here's the song for you. indeed here's an anthem for you. Before this song entered my life i had this " I wish i was rich " going on in my life. but the song vacuumed it away. I first heard it play at the back of some shitty movie whose name i lost in some shit storm. but the song remained with me. though it sounds a bit preachy, it's heart is at the right place. It doesn't matter who the fuck you are you gotta serve somebody.
5. Dream on - Aerosmith.
Everyone wants to be a fitzcarraldo, everyone wants to chase their wildest of dreams. but only some become a fitzcarraldo and the others run away shittin their pants. sung by the great stevie tyler in his dopey voice. This song helped me get over the past like dusk to dawn. it taught me " you got to lose to know how to win". Long may he live and sing.
Yeah, I know nobody knows
where it comes and where it goes
i know its everybody's sin
you got to lose to know how to win.....
Fitzcarraldo
"It is only the dreamers who move mountains" fitzcarraldo is one the most ambitious film that i've ever been across. the film starts with the title character fitzcarraldo played graciously by klaus kinski and his wife travelling 1200 miles just to hear caruso sing. fitzcarraldo is the story of a dreamer who dreams of building an opera in the peruvian jungles. with one major failure already behind which nearly bankrupted him, fitzcarraldo remains unaltered. now, the fact that all this has truly happened and the dreamer fitzcarraldo has really existed in blood and flesh makes the experience of watching fitzcarraldo even more interesting. with the meager money left in his pocket this guy set's out on a journey and you secretly pray in your heart that he hit's the bull's eye. he travel's around trying to set up a proper business that would generate the money to fulfill his casino dream. once again our guy does the unexpected. he leases an inaccessible parcel of area that generates rubber from the peruvian government. purchases a 340 ton steam boat raises a crew and sets off up the pachitea, a river in peruvia.This river is known to be more dangerous the further one gets from the Amazon because of the unfriendly tribes that inhabit the area. Fitzcarraldo's plan is to reach the point where the two rivers nearly meet and then, with the manpower of enlisted natives, physically pull his three-story, 340-ton steamer over the muddy hillside across an isthmus, from one river to the next. Using the steamer, he will then collect rubber on the upper Ucayali and bring it down the Pachitea to market.
The most toughest scene ever shot by a man who call's himself a director is the ending scene where we spellboundedly watch a smiling fitzcarraldo and his crew pull over a 340 ton steam ship across a mountain. the director werner herzog didn't want special effects to ruin the most important scene of the movie. instead he wanted a real 340 ton boat moved over a hill and he got what he wanted. only a dreamer himself would have ever dreamed of making a film on fitzcarraldo and the dreamer happened to be werner herzog. " I live my life or end my life with this film" is the first statement made by him when he announced this film.
indeed " It is only the dreamers who move mountains"...
The most toughest scene ever shot by a man who call's himself a director is the ending scene where we spellboundedly watch a smiling fitzcarraldo and his crew pull over a 340 ton steam ship across a mountain. the director werner herzog didn't want special effects to ruin the most important scene of the movie. instead he wanted a real 340 ton boat moved over a hill and he got what he wanted. only a dreamer himself would have ever dreamed of making a film on fitzcarraldo and the dreamer happened to be werner herzog. " I live my life or end my life with this film" is the first statement made by him when he announced this film.
indeed " It is only the dreamers who move mountains"...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Coming Soon.
1. Legend Of The Guardians.
Snyder man is back in action. Zack snyder the visionary director who gave us 300 and watchmen is back with yet another action filled, blood spilling flick. this time around the only change being the action take's place in mid air and humans are substituted by owls. don't be dissapointed the man with the most stylish ultra slow motion sequences has retained his style for this epic on the battle between owl's. the ost by 30 second's to mars the us based band headed by jared leto ( remember, the harry goldfarb from requiem for a dream) is being regarded as their best so far since their formation in 2007. though snyder dissapointed a bit with his visual adaptation of watchmen. the man's back with vengeance and as mel gibson puts it in his recent edge of darkness " few can escape justice but none can escape vengeance ".
2. Robinhood.
Two old men who seem to be getting it all right in their prime are clint eastwood and ridley scott. both of them have delivered their best cinema well after their sixties now, that is why they store alcohol. the older the better. here comes the sad part east wood has been respected and showered with four oscars but the latter has only been respected. the oscar's been a bit harsh with him. but the 75 year old thespian is at it again. and this time it is robinhood. the title played by russel crowe. probably the only other highly successful pair after scorcese and de niro/ de caprio. the trailer looks promising. experience has taught me not to trust trailers. but, this surely is the most awaited summer release.
3. Kick ass.
I cant read your mind but i can kick your ass. mathew vaughan the money machine behind snatch and lock stock is back to his first love with kick ass. after kick ass was written off by studios for it's disturbing content vaughan decided to do it on his own. no amount of all our superheroes put together equals kick ass. because kick ass is nothing like any other super hero movie out there. this guy's sick, this guy's stupid and this guy's hell lot of fun. all of you out there shut up and kick ass...
Snyder man is back in action. Zack snyder the visionary director who gave us 300 and watchmen is back with yet another action filled, blood spilling flick. this time around the only change being the action take's place in mid air and humans are substituted by owls. don't be dissapointed the man with the most stylish ultra slow motion sequences has retained his style for this epic on the battle between owl's. the ost by 30 second's to mars the us based band headed by jared leto ( remember, the harry goldfarb from requiem for a dream) is being regarded as their best so far since their formation in 2007. though snyder dissapointed a bit with his visual adaptation of watchmen. the man's back with vengeance and as mel gibson puts it in his recent edge of darkness " few can escape justice but none can escape vengeance ".
2. Robinhood.
Two old men who seem to be getting it all right in their prime are clint eastwood and ridley scott. both of them have delivered their best cinema well after their sixties now, that is why they store alcohol. the older the better. here comes the sad part east wood has been respected and showered with four oscars but the latter has only been respected. the oscar's been a bit harsh with him. but the 75 year old thespian is at it again. and this time it is robinhood. the title played by russel crowe. probably the only other highly successful pair after scorcese and de niro/ de caprio. the trailer looks promising. experience has taught me not to trust trailers. but, this surely is the most awaited summer release.
3. Kick ass.
I cant read your mind but i can kick your ass. mathew vaughan the money machine behind snatch and lock stock is back to his first love with kick ass. after kick ass was written off by studios for it's disturbing content vaughan decided to do it on his own. no amount of all our superheroes put together equals kick ass. because kick ass is nothing like any other super hero movie out there. this guy's sick, this guy's stupid and this guy's hell lot of fun. all of you out there shut up and kick ass...
The other Ray
This guy is not to be mistaken with our own creative genius satyajit ray. now, who would that be? the answer my friend is nicholas ray. i would bet my freshly bought logitech speakers which made me poorer by 1600 buck's that none of you out there who would eventually find some time to read this would have heard of him. even, i wouldn't have got to know about this largely unknown brilliant film maker if ashok had died in a plane crash few days ago.
" in a lonely place " the film which got ray the cult status and placed him in the A league along with the likes of billy wilder and orson welles follows closely the life of a hollywood screen writer. what started as any other hollywood production began shaping up itself as a classic with the brilliance of ray oozing out through his pen. " I was born when she kissed me, died when she left me, and lived when she loved me".
In a lonely place was followed by films like johnny guitar, rebel without a cause and bigger than life. people back then found ray's cinema modernistic and this would later on be cited as one of the most prominent reason for the commercial failure and critical success of ray's cinema. with his modernistic approach and expressionistic use of colours ray has been an influential filmmakers and this was revealed in recent years by the likes of scorcese that his use of colours to present the shade of the character delights him to this day.
Celebrated german film maker wim wenders who claims " I am the biggest fan of nicholas ray" dead or alive, paid his homage to ray by naming his sci-fi thriller " until the end of the world " which are claimed to be the last words spoken by ray.
" There was poetry, theatre, dance, painting, music and henceforth there is cinema. and the cinema is nicholas ray"........
" in a lonely place " the film which got ray the cult status and placed him in the A league along with the likes of billy wilder and orson welles follows closely the life of a hollywood screen writer. what started as any other hollywood production began shaping up itself as a classic with the brilliance of ray oozing out through his pen. " I was born when she kissed me, died when she left me, and lived when she loved me".
In a lonely place was followed by films like johnny guitar, rebel without a cause and bigger than life. people back then found ray's cinema modernistic and this would later on be cited as one of the most prominent reason for the commercial failure and critical success of ray's cinema. with his modernistic approach and expressionistic use of colours ray has been an influential filmmakers and this was revealed in recent years by the likes of scorcese that his use of colours to present the shade of the character delights him to this day.
Celebrated german film maker wim wenders who claims " I am the biggest fan of nicholas ray" dead or alive, paid his homage to ray by naming his sci-fi thriller " until the end of the world " which are claimed to be the last words spoken by ray.
" There was poetry, theatre, dance, painting, music and henceforth there is cinema. and the cinema is nicholas ray"........
Madiba.
People say there was a jesus between 5 bc- 30 ad, there was a krishna, there was a rama. some beleive they exist and some dont. i say there was and there is a nelson rolihlahla mandela a physical equivalent of all the three entities mentioned earlier. i was taught in my sixth standard by my then social studies madam ragha latha that mandela served 27 summers in a prison. that was my first brush with mandela and i reproduced the same in the unit test bit paper, and it ended there. until yesterday evening when i was taught a complete new lesson by clint eastwood through " invictus".
the film starts with the footage of mandela walking out of prison in robben island and we listen to a news reporter announcing " there comes mandela a free man now". the film follows closely not mandela as a person but mandela as a president. there's this scene in the movie where one of the security personnel of mandela objects his decision to recruit white people as his bodygaurds only to hear mandela say " when people outside see me they also see my bodyguards and when they see people of my own clan protecting me they might develop this false notion that i may do the same and i don't want that to happen". this brilliant scene roots the character of mandela and all through the film you just cant stop admiring him. very few people stand their ground and fight when the need arises and a very few of them like mandela succeed.
A day before the crunch final between south africa and the all blacks kiwis in the 1995 rugby world cup. the south african captain visits the prison which imprisoned mandela for better part of his life. minutes before the match we see him gazing blankly through his window. he turns towards his wife and tells her " i was thinking about how you spend thirty years in a tiny cell and come out ready to forgive the people who put you there". i've been waiting for a scene like this. the kind of scene which makes you celebrate your very existence.
" I thank whatever gods maybe for my unconquerable soul, i am the master of my fate, i am the captain of my soul ".....
the film starts with the footage of mandela walking out of prison in robben island and we listen to a news reporter announcing " there comes mandela a free man now". the film follows closely not mandela as a person but mandela as a president. there's this scene in the movie where one of the security personnel of mandela objects his decision to recruit white people as his bodygaurds only to hear mandela say " when people outside see me they also see my bodyguards and when they see people of my own clan protecting me they might develop this false notion that i may do the same and i don't want that to happen". this brilliant scene roots the character of mandela and all through the film you just cant stop admiring him. very few people stand their ground and fight when the need arises and a very few of them like mandela succeed.
A day before the crunch final between south africa and the all blacks kiwis in the 1995 rugby world cup. the south african captain visits the prison which imprisoned mandela for better part of his life. minutes before the match we see him gazing blankly through his window. he turns towards his wife and tells her " i was thinking about how you spend thirty years in a tiny cell and come out ready to forgive the people who put you there". i've been waiting for a scene like this. the kind of scene which makes you celebrate your very existence.
" I thank whatever gods maybe for my unconquerable soul, i am the master of my fate, i am the captain of my soul ".....
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Ray
I sit down to write this after watching pather panchali on my pc in the cozy interiors of my room.
when i first saw satyagit rays "pather panchali" the indian equivalent of orson welles american " citize kane" and akira kurasowas japanese masterpiece " seven samurai" i found it to be a unattractive and boring piece of cinema. this was 6 years ago when cinema to me was just another way of living through time. but, now six years down the lane i find it beautiful, enchanting and not to be forgotten engrossing.
after having read this book " the life and work of ray" a book which changed my very perspective and view on cinema i had the apu trilogy delivered to me of the net. being a cinephile i feel it's my responsibility to enlighten my fellow cinephiles about this work of art called " the apu trilogy". being an artist himself ray drew every single scene on a scribbling pad before actually shooting it and in the process giving rise to this new technique which would later on be followed by the likes of martin scorcese. it took ray more than one indian summer to finalise the casting. pather panchali broke every written and unwritten rule of conventional film making. the character indir played by an eighty three year old and a former theatre artist turned prostitute chunibala devi has been interpreted by gilbert adair in his book on ray as a performance which deserved an oscar had it not been an indian film. the thing which puzzles most of the critics and followers of ray is ray has actually stopped the shooting for a year because the narration in the film advances by a year and to show the slight changes in their age and habits he has done this. some say it's "over obsession" and some "pure genius" and i call it " passion".
it may not be a worty enough piece to describe ray. but this is my small token of gratitude to the first indian to have grabbed the oscar.
when i first saw satyagit rays "pather panchali" the indian equivalent of orson welles american " citize kane" and akira kurasowas japanese masterpiece " seven samurai" i found it to be a unattractive and boring piece of cinema. this was 6 years ago when cinema to me was just another way of living through time. but, now six years down the lane i find it beautiful, enchanting and not to be forgotten engrossing.
after having read this book " the life and work of ray" a book which changed my very perspective and view on cinema i had the apu trilogy delivered to me of the net. being a cinephile i feel it's my responsibility to enlighten my fellow cinephiles about this work of art called " the apu trilogy". being an artist himself ray drew every single scene on a scribbling pad before actually shooting it and in the process giving rise to this new technique which would later on be followed by the likes of martin scorcese. it took ray more than one indian summer to finalise the casting. pather panchali broke every written and unwritten rule of conventional film making. the character indir played by an eighty three year old and a former theatre artist turned prostitute chunibala devi has been interpreted by gilbert adair in his book on ray as a performance which deserved an oscar had it not been an indian film. the thing which puzzles most of the critics and followers of ray is ray has actually stopped the shooting for a year because the narration in the film advances by a year and to show the slight changes in their age and habits he has done this. some say it's "over obsession" and some "pure genius" and i call it " passion".
it may not be a worty enough piece to describe ray. but this is my small token of gratitude to the first indian to have grabbed the oscar.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
A day in the life.
my life's driven by hope. hope that the day i am living in would be a bit less harsh than the previous one. today has been no less different. i stepped out after a forced bowel movement in my bathroom ( only smokers living with their parents would understand this) listening to a new track of god is an astronaut by the end of which i find my self hanging on the side of a seven seater which would take me to jntu. the place i live in is the last place on planet earth that a 20 year old would like to imagine himself living in. sometimes this place reminds me of m.night shyamalans village. 5 minutes in a seven seater and you are transported to an entire new world bubbling with people and energy unlike the place where i live. i get down at jntu and without my knowledge my feet start advancing towards the nearest place that sell cigarettes. as i sit there fixing myself a smoke thoughts invade my brain just then i chance upon a poster of gautham menon's latest offering " ye maaya chesava " and this lightens me up. saw the movie twice and believe me i am game for an other viewing. scenes from the movie overshadow the thoughts previously invading my brain and the very first one being post interval scene in kerala where the protagonist meets his lady love in her house. suddenly energised by the thought that this could happen to me in near future. i look around and find this ape beside me talking over a phone. the ape caught me staring and to justify my stare i ask him the time only to find myself half an hour past my regular routine. i thank the ape and rush to my stop.
comfortably in the bus i look around and see people. some of them i recognise. every time i get on a bus i tell myself a stupid line written by me " life's a bus journey new people get in and the old ones get down at every stage" stupid line though it has some sense. once in secunderabad i got down and made my way to the stop. pavan has already got there and offered me his cigarette when he saw me. smokers share this special something. i use the word something because relationship would sound a bit heavy and i cant get myself to think of any other word that would define a relation. got it affinity would have sounded good but it's up to you fill that something with a word of your choice. coming back to the smokers thing it feels good when someone offers you a cigarette it instills a sense of brotherhood in the person offering and the one receiving. just when i was about to take the first puff the bus with a board titled snist arrives i take a deep drag and was preparing myself to take an other. but the bastard snatches it away takes a deeper drag and crushes it under his feet.
with the apron on i look at myself in the mirror. a friend of mine walks in and tells me i look like an astronaut. god is an astronaut i tell him. i stepped inside the lab and i can see worried faces all around some sad, some puzzled. vikas comes over to me going by the look on his face i knew he was going to shock me even before he opened his mouth. as expected he told me the news phani girish and pavan kumar died in an accident 5 minutes away from our college.
the stupid line of mine makes sense now " life's a bus journey new people get in and the old one's get down at every stage".......
comfortably in the bus i look around and see people. some of them i recognise. every time i get on a bus i tell myself a stupid line written by me " life's a bus journey new people get in and the old ones get down at every stage" stupid line though it has some sense. once in secunderabad i got down and made my way to the stop. pavan has already got there and offered me his cigarette when he saw me. smokers share this special something. i use the word something because relationship would sound a bit heavy and i cant get myself to think of any other word that would define a relation. got it affinity would have sounded good but it's up to you fill that something with a word of your choice. coming back to the smokers thing it feels good when someone offers you a cigarette it instills a sense of brotherhood in the person offering and the one receiving. just when i was about to take the first puff the bus with a board titled snist arrives i take a deep drag and was preparing myself to take an other. but the bastard snatches it away takes a deeper drag and crushes it under his feet.
with the apron on i look at myself in the mirror. a friend of mine walks in and tells me i look like an astronaut. god is an astronaut i tell him. i stepped inside the lab and i can see worried faces all around some sad, some puzzled. vikas comes over to me going by the look on his face i knew he was going to shock me even before he opened his mouth. as expected he told me the news phani girish and pavan kumar died in an accident 5 minutes away from our college.
the stupid line of mine makes sense now " life's a bus journey new people get in and the old one's get down at every stage".......
Sunday, February 28, 2010
YOU COMPLETE ME
i was all drunk and waited impatiently for the railway gate near my college to open. buses on both the sides and i could smell the stink of royal stag running out of my mouth as i gushed out air with a hand held against my mouth. it was breezy and what would have been a really pleasant evening if not for the 500 odd ml of whisky burning the insides of my body. with a cigarette in my hand to give me company i started looking around and there she was looking straight into my tiny eyes with a dimple on either side of her mouth. i threw the cigarette away and matched her gaze with mine and this continued for a while untill the stupid gates opened and her bus raced past me she looked back from the window and this last look freezed me and the whisky suddenly lost all its power.
she had it all. you name it and she's got it. its been two weeks and every day the scene repeats itself. i never had a girl all for myself and am really inexperienced at doing things like these. by the grace of allah if this staring turns into a relationship which i would bet a million bucks it wouldn't. i've got a wish i would take her out prefarably a rainy evening spend sometime at one of those umpteen places where young couples trip in the company of each other and then when it all boils down to the phrase " dad's calling me and i've got to be at my door step in less than quarter of a hour" i would get down on my knees and utter these words.
YOU COMPLETE ME.......
she had it all. you name it and she's got it. its been two weeks and every day the scene repeats itself. i never had a girl all for myself and am really inexperienced at doing things like these. by the grace of allah if this staring turns into a relationship which i would bet a million bucks it wouldn't. i've got a wish i would take her out prefarably a rainy evening spend sometime at one of those umpteen places where young couples trip in the company of each other and then when it all boils down to the phrase " dad's calling me and i've got to be at my door step in less than quarter of a hour" i would get down on my knees and utter these words.
YOU COMPLETE ME.......
Monday, January 18, 2010
FURY
everyday day you meet people some good, some bearable and some who kick the shit out of you now these irritating people are called worthless pieces of shit and i simply call them shit. over the last few weeks, months and year's i've met many. here's a short description of all that shit i've encountered. ( the name's have been changed ).
chapter 1- the shit with a shit in his name.
" appereances could be deceiving " have you ever come across this phrase. now if you are one of them doubting the authenticity of this one go on read this. this guy come's across as a decent " i visit temple every day " kind of guy. you trust him but the motherfucker come's out with his true colours even before you realise he has become your friend. beleive me i've been around with this guy. this spectacled, pimple faced ugly creature has been a part of my life for quiet some time now and i regret every second of those pain's taking moments i have spent with him. you got the money he lick's your ass. never did i write something with so much fury.
the very thought of his stupid smile is driving me crazy. this guy is the height of inferiority complex. i am tired of you mate. i hate everything about him. everytime i meet him i discover a new side of this guy. if i am given a chance to pick an orginal sound track of this guy's life i'll choose " i am a fake " by the used. this song is written for you mate. you're a fake and you will remain one for god knows how long.
chapter : a friend of mr. shit.
god has always been unkind to me. he made me meet this guy. he stole my brand new earphones. at the time when i first met him his girl has freshly left him . she's a smart girl she smelt the dirty smell of this shit and drove him away. i am glad that i supper pissed off this dog faced motherfucker at our very first meet itself. oye selfish bastard are you reading this? you remember that day when you asked me to bunk my college and you fucked off with a friend off your's. you are a lucky basterd . i've come there to meet you even when i was well short off my attendance requirement. that single day would have costed me a lot and luckily i didnt get a chance to pay for it or else you would have been a dead dog till now.
chapter 1- the shit with a shit in his name.
" appereances could be deceiving " have you ever come across this phrase. now if you are one of them doubting the authenticity of this one go on read this. this guy come's across as a decent " i visit temple every day " kind of guy. you trust him but the motherfucker come's out with his true colours even before you realise he has become your friend. beleive me i've been around with this guy. this spectacled, pimple faced ugly creature has been a part of my life for quiet some time now and i regret every second of those pain's taking moments i have spent with him. you got the money he lick's your ass. never did i write something with so much fury.
the very thought of his stupid smile is driving me crazy. this guy is the height of inferiority complex. i am tired of you mate. i hate everything about him. everytime i meet him i discover a new side of this guy. if i am given a chance to pick an orginal sound track of this guy's life i'll choose " i am a fake " by the used. this song is written for you mate. you're a fake and you will remain one for god knows how long.
chapter : a friend of mr. shit.
god has always been unkind to me. he made me meet this guy. he stole my brand new earphones. at the time when i first met him his girl has freshly left him . she's a smart girl she smelt the dirty smell of this shit and drove him away. i am glad that i supper pissed off this dog faced motherfucker at our very first meet itself. oye selfish bastard are you reading this? you remember that day when you asked me to bunk my college and you fucked off with a friend off your's. you are a lucky basterd . i've come there to meet you even when i was well short off my attendance requirement. that single day would have costed me a lot and luckily i didnt get a chance to pay for it or else you would have been a dead dog till now.
sandeep
there are two kinds of people in this world extroverts and introverts and a very thin line divides both these kinds and this line my friend is a very dangerous fella ..people who call themselves extroverts are normal,regular human beings but people on the other side are given many names some call them saints some baba,saddists,screwheads,shitheads etc etc but a very few people live on the line and these people are like a newly formed political party confused over everything ......everyday is a battle for them. all their life is spent in deciding whether to jump on this or that side of the line and unfortunately i am one of them.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
THREE SHOTS
liquid's, banjara hills 10:8 pm
boy: hi you look lost.
girl: this is my first time.
boy: can i buy you a drink? a beer may be.
girl: i could do with a shot of vodka. if that's ok with you.
boy : sure.
10: 32 pm
the boy returns with vodka
boy: here you go. the finest vodka available.
girl ( lifting her shot ): so, what are we drinking for ?
boy ( lifting his shot ) : hyderabad
they gulp down their shots and the conversation continues.
the first shot : introduction
boy : you got a name.
girl : sin and you?
boy : vin, what do you do?
girl : what do i do? oh my god this sure is the finest vodka available here. i work with the tcs i think ( all this said with a continuous at times irritating giggle ).
boy: oh you care to know what i do?
girl: sure sure go on.
boy: i dont do much actually, but when some one asks me what i do i tell them i am an engineering student.
girl: how old are you?
boy : two year's less than " you got to be xxx before you can actually sip beer"
girl: you look like a smart ass for your age.
boy: thanks, can i get you an other drink?
girl: this time the drink's are on me.
the second shot:
girl: here's your drink.
boy : tell me something about you will ya?
girl : you first ....what else do you do apart from getting drunk with people you hardly know?
boy: i am a cinephile and someone qualified enough to be called a "book leptotene".
girl: whats that lep..?
boy : the initial stage of a worm.
girl ( giggling, this time it's cute).
boy: and what else do you do apart from the daily labour at tcs?
girl: i am a cinephile and a book worm.
boy ( was about to say something)
girl: make it a leptotene sounds good.
the third shot: movies, music and more movies.
girl : what were your last five movies ?
boy: ah state and main, the informer, turtles can fly , staten island , and carriers.
girl: man are they english?
boy: yeah some of them.
girl : i am way out of your league. i take back my words i am not a cinephile .
boy : listen to that " Gazing through the window at the world outside,
wondering will mother earth survive hoping that mankind will stop abusing her sometime " know who sung this?
girl: are you shittin me? ofcourse i know who sung it. the god himself ozzy osborne.
boy: the last i was here with a girl they played the same song and the girl was like " hey its the back street boys i just love them".
girl: that was tragic.
boy : what else do you listen to?
girl: the courteneer's, my chemical romance, baby shambles, blood surfer, behemoth, children of bodom.
boy: now its my turn i am way out of your league. do you actually listen anything less violent than that?
girl: avril, coldplay, all american rejects , the racounters and ofcourse all the other chick stuff which you wouldn't have heard of.
girl( waving out to her friends ): i think i have to leave now, xxxxxxxxxx is my no and yeah text me your number.
boy: it was a nice chat.
girl : sure, it was i'll give you a call some time.
boy: hi you look lost.
girl: this is my first time.
boy: can i buy you a drink? a beer may be.
girl: i could do with a shot of vodka. if that's ok with you.
boy : sure.
10: 32 pm
the boy returns with vodka
boy: here you go. the finest vodka available.
girl ( lifting her shot ): so, what are we drinking for ?
boy ( lifting his shot ) : hyderabad
they gulp down their shots and the conversation continues.
the first shot : introduction
boy : you got a name.
girl : sin and you?
boy : vin, what do you do?
girl : what do i do? oh my god this sure is the finest vodka available here. i work with the tcs i think ( all this said with a continuous at times irritating giggle ).
boy: oh you care to know what i do?
girl: sure sure go on.
boy: i dont do much actually, but when some one asks me what i do i tell them i am an engineering student.
girl: how old are you?
boy : two year's less than " you got to be xxx before you can actually sip beer"
girl: you look like a smart ass for your age.
boy: thanks, can i get you an other drink?
girl: this time the drink's are on me.
the second shot:
girl: here's your drink.
boy : tell me something about you will ya?
girl : you first ....what else do you do apart from getting drunk with people you hardly know?
boy: i am a cinephile and someone qualified enough to be called a "book leptotene".
girl: whats that lep..?
boy : the initial stage of a worm.
girl ( giggling, this time it's cute).
boy: and what else do you do apart from the daily labour at tcs?
girl: i am a cinephile and a book worm.
boy ( was about to say something)
girl: make it a leptotene sounds good.
the third shot: movies, music and more movies.
girl : what were your last five movies ?
boy: ah state and main, the informer, turtles can fly , staten island , and carriers.
girl: man are they english?
boy: yeah some of them.
girl : i am way out of your league. i take back my words i am not a cinephile .
boy : listen to that " Gazing through the window at the world outside,
wondering will mother earth survive hoping that mankind will stop abusing her sometime " know who sung this?
girl: are you shittin me? ofcourse i know who sung it. the god himself ozzy osborne.
boy: the last i was here with a girl they played the same song and the girl was like " hey its the back street boys i just love them".
girl: that was tragic.
boy : what else do you listen to?
girl: the courteneer's, my chemical romance, baby shambles, blood surfer, behemoth, children of bodom.
boy: now its my turn i am way out of your league. do you actually listen anything less violent than that?
girl: avril, coldplay, all american rejects , the racounters and ofcourse all the other chick stuff which you wouldn't have heard of.
girl( waving out to her friends ): i think i have to leave now, xxxxxxxxxx is my no and yeah text me your number.
boy: it was a nice chat.
girl : sure, it was i'll give you a call some time.
Monday, January 4, 2010
My Five-Movies
after you complete watching a movie you move on to other thing's but only some film's get you thinking. some, because of their spectacular special effect's some because of their plot and a very few because of their performances. here's the list of five best performance's which moved me.
1. daniel day lewis ( in the name of father ).
after hearing the death news of his father. daniel day lewis come's out through the front door. stop's in front of the large gathering of press and with tears dwelling in his eyes he shouts " my father was an innocent man ". this is the most chilling scene in movie. this scene alone deserve's a best scene oscar if there's any. the performance got him an oscar nomination though he lost out to tom hank's who on the other side delivered an extremely moving performance in philadelphia. interestingly daniel day was the first choice for philadelphia instead he opted for in the name of father which he felt was a far more challenging role. i place this at the top of my list beacause daniel day has always been a self made actor no acting schools, no god father's, no lee strasberg's( the person who introduced method acting ). what amazes me the most is the way he pick's his movies when all his counterpart's are busy signing million dollar deals with the studios this guy is busy warming up for a role he has signed an year ago.
2. jeff bridges ( the big lebowski ).
probably the most underrated actor of all time's jeff bridges play's this guy who calls himself dude. you can make an other cool hand luke casting a brad pitt or a depp but not an other big lebowski. no wonder they call him king of cool. you watch this flick you come out and all off a sudden you start behaving like the guy you've seen on the screen such is the impact of his performance. the smart one liner's which would have sounded like shit coming out of any other superstar of hollywood sound like sweet symphony when this guy utter's them...........the dude abide's.
3. sasson gabbai ( the band's visit )
only one among every thousand in hyderabad would have seen this movie. i stiil remember the reason why i forced myself to watch this movie. i sat down to watch this because i've run out of movies and this was the last unseen flick alive in my hard disk. it started rather slowly fortunately i consoled my self and continued watching it only to find myself wiping my tears at the end of it. didn't knew the name of this guy sasson gabbai though he looked a bit like ben kingsley. beleive me he was the only guy who made me cry in recent times. he play's this lonely guy who fall's in love with a woman long after the death of his wife and child. if grief and loneliness be made into a man it look's like sasson gabbai.
4. kristin scott thomas ( i've loved you so long ).
here scot thomas surpasses everthing she has done before. is she the greatest actress alive? yes, wait no there's meryl streep. assume meryl streep was never born and all the great movies she has done were never made. then yes, scott thomas is the greatest actress alive. she play's the role of a mother who's just released from prison after serving fourteen long years for killing her son. you hate her for what she has done you feel like smashing her face with a baseball bat if given a chance. but, when you get to know the reason you run out of words. a sensation of shame run's through you for hating her this long. prior to this movie i've only remembered her doing comedy's which she is so good at but with this she redefined herself. long may she live, and work.
5. javier camara ( hable con ella ).
except the first two the rest are predominantly unknown performances which demand a standing ovation and appreciation. i've heard twenty year old's telling me they are committed and every time i hear someone saying that i feel like showimg them javier camara in hable con ella . he paly's benigno martini a 30 year old nurse who loves a ballet dancer but the latter doesn't know who this guy is. this is the story of a person who defines love through his actions rather than words. he nurses the girl he loves for years and years without expecting anything in return. forgive me if i am getting a little preachy but after watching this you cant help preaching. i take pride in telling you people that i saw this movie " hable con ella " one of the most disturbing love stories ever made.
of the few people who read this if anybody's interested in watching these movies i've mentioned above. i have all five of them..........
1. daniel day lewis ( in the name of father ).
after hearing the death news of his father. daniel day lewis come's out through the front door. stop's in front of the large gathering of press and with tears dwelling in his eyes he shouts " my father was an innocent man ". this is the most chilling scene in movie. this scene alone deserve's a best scene oscar if there's any. the performance got him an oscar nomination though he lost out to tom hank's who on the other side delivered an extremely moving performance in philadelphia. interestingly daniel day was the first choice for philadelphia instead he opted for in the name of father which he felt was a far more challenging role. i place this at the top of my list beacause daniel day has always been a self made actor no acting schools, no god father's, no lee strasberg's( the person who introduced method acting ). what amazes me the most is the way he pick's his movies when all his counterpart's are busy signing million dollar deals with the studios this guy is busy warming up for a role he has signed an year ago.
2. jeff bridges ( the big lebowski ).
probably the most underrated actor of all time's jeff bridges play's this guy who calls himself dude. you can make an other cool hand luke casting a brad pitt or a depp but not an other big lebowski. no wonder they call him king of cool. you watch this flick you come out and all off a sudden you start behaving like the guy you've seen on the screen such is the impact of his performance. the smart one liner's which would have sounded like shit coming out of any other superstar of hollywood sound like sweet symphony when this guy utter's them...........the dude abide's.
3. sasson gabbai ( the band's visit )
only one among every thousand in hyderabad would have seen this movie. i stiil remember the reason why i forced myself to watch this movie. i sat down to watch this because i've run out of movies and this was the last unseen flick alive in my hard disk. it started rather slowly fortunately i consoled my self and continued watching it only to find myself wiping my tears at the end of it. didn't knew the name of this guy sasson gabbai though he looked a bit like ben kingsley. beleive me he was the only guy who made me cry in recent times. he play's this lonely guy who fall's in love with a woman long after the death of his wife and child. if grief and loneliness be made into a man it look's like sasson gabbai.
4. kristin scott thomas ( i've loved you so long ).
here scot thomas surpasses everthing she has done before. is she the greatest actress alive? yes, wait no there's meryl streep. assume meryl streep was never born and all the great movies she has done were never made. then yes, scott thomas is the greatest actress alive. she play's the role of a mother who's just released from prison after serving fourteen long years for killing her son. you hate her for what she has done you feel like smashing her face with a baseball bat if given a chance. but, when you get to know the reason you run out of words. a sensation of shame run's through you for hating her this long. prior to this movie i've only remembered her doing comedy's which she is so good at but with this she redefined herself. long may she live, and work.
5. javier camara ( hable con ella ).
except the first two the rest are predominantly unknown performances which demand a standing ovation and appreciation. i've heard twenty year old's telling me they are committed and every time i hear someone saying that i feel like showimg them javier camara in hable con ella . he paly's benigno martini a 30 year old nurse who loves a ballet dancer but the latter doesn't know who this guy is. this is the story of a person who defines love through his actions rather than words. he nurses the girl he loves for years and years without expecting anything in return. forgive me if i am getting a little preachy but after watching this you cant help preaching. i take pride in telling you people that i saw this movie " hable con ella " one of the most disturbing love stories ever made.
of the few people who read this if anybody's interested in watching these movies i've mentioned above. i have all five of them..........
Saturday, January 2, 2010
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