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

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.

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.

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.

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......

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.



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