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Sports editor for this blog, my ex-room mate and most importantly my dear dear friend Maverick is getting married today/tomorrow. So this post is a heartfelt wish for him and his heartthrob.

Maverick machaan. Happy Married Life!

Thangamanai enjoyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

I read this interesting and at the same time highly highly exaggerated article.

I dont agree with this author on certain things. Hinduism is not a religion! It is a way of living. And nothing will happen to it just by some misguided souls(Read it as people who try to forcibly convert poor hindus). And no government or even a superpower for that matter can do anything for Hinduism to lose its charm.

P.S. I am not a secular guy. I think secularism in India=’Abuse Hindus and their faiths, ridicule them’.

A new section from now on. I will ask questions for which I dont have any answer

I was watching this movie ‘Punnagai Desam’. In one scene, the hero will start getting hiccups and people around him will say ‘Someone is thinking about you. Hence you are getting hiccups’

I have heard this from childhood. If I get hiccups, then it means someone is missing/remembering me. Wow!!

Thats okay. Once in a while I get hiccups and think that my mom or dad or someone from my family is missing me. But I was wondering about people like Maria Sharapova, Anna Kournikova, Aishwarya Rai and all. Since they are global figures(?) will those people be getting hiccups round the clock 24*7*365 ???

First time I am writing review and all. I dont know what is the format and how a review should be written. But one thing for sure. I wont tell you the story!

Movie is good. It is definitely worth watching. It is a period film with most of the action taking place in the year 1947. The movie has the backdrop of Independence struggle and hindu-muslim riots. But movie has nothing to do with these sensitive subjects.

Nothing new or out of the world stuff. A normal love story, but told in a different way. This is one of the better period films that have been taken. Subhash Ghai has done of lots of research and that shows in the movie. Right from the cars used by britishers, costumes etc etc.

Movie is shot in uttaranchal and the scenic beauties are wonderfully captured by the camera. Editing could have been far better. At times, there is no continuity in the movie. But thats ok.

And yeah, it is a 3 hr 35 min movie and it could have been cut short by some 20 mins.

The censor board official who watched this movie, must have been mesmerised by the beauty of the women that he/she actually forgot that a beautiful woman is taking bath, she is not wearing any dress and this should’nt be shown to the public.

The positives of the movie are as follows

Screenplay: The script has been brought out into wonderful frames. A real treat for the eyes.

Katherine (Antonia Bernath): She has acted so so well. It is very hard to believe that she visited India for the first time, whilst shooting for the movie. The emotions she expresses makes you really feel for her. Hats off to you madam!

Music: Right from the title track, Music is so soothing to the ears. Thank god there is no item number. It seems AR Rahman worked for his part separately, and same with Ismail Drabar. Credit goes to the director for bringing the best in both the musicians.

As always, the best track of the movie ‘Hum hain is pal yahan‘ has not been completely picturised

Apart from that all the songs have been excellently picturised. Especially ‘Dream Comes True‘ and ‘Chilman uthegi nahin‘. If you think that ‘maar dala’ from Devdas was exotic and rich, then watch ‘Chilman uthegi nahin‘. Sushmita Sen is gorgeous. Though she comes for just 10 minutes in the movie, she has done an amazing job. Ismail Darbar would have been very happy after seeing this song.

Same with Rahman as well. This is one of the few movies in which his music has been properly treated and wonderfully picturised.

Kisna(Vivek Oberoi): You really pity the hero character by Vivek’s actiong. Vivek has underplayed his role and gels very well along with the story. You see him as kisna throughout the movie.

Action: Hardly there are any fight scenes, but Tinu Verma has done a wonderful job.

Now comes the negatives

Lakshmi(Isha Sharwani): No idea why she is in the movie. She looks more of a gymnast than a dancer. She bends her legs and arms in all possible directions. And at times she holds a rope and hangs upside down from the tree, to show her love(??????????????????) for Kisna. She would suit the role of Tarzan’s girl friend. Having said that, she is very very very very beautiful and cute. Has expressive eyes and dances very well. But she seems to be a misfit in the movie

Editing: Could have been far better for a movie of this magnitude

As I said earlier, this movie is long by about 20 minutes or so.

But definitely worth a watch. You will not regret it. And remember, you watch this movie in a movie hall with dolby and digital effects. You might not get that much impact if you watch it in a normal theatre or VCD!

Last weekend, I saw this shop at Marina Beach Chennai. They were selling Sand Witches

Since I am a vegetarian, I didnt try them. Someone try them and let me know how it tasted

P.S. Happy Weekend

Bangalore is famous for the number of stray dogs it has. Every street can boast of atleast 4 to 5. This is the maximum in India

BTW, I observed one thing. Most of the Mumbai stray dogs are white (Will blog abt it later)

Coming back to the topic, till 10 PM none of the stray dogs will disturb you. But after 10 pM, change of guards ceremony takes place and the dogs take control of bangalore city. You are at their mercy!!

Many a times when I reach home late, I had to use all my bike riding skills to reach home safely. I found it very tough and demanding after a tough days work at office. Then I came up with this idea.

Every 15 days, I started buying 2 packets of brittania milk bikis(My street dogs didnt like parle g or tiger biscuits) and threw it to the dogs(Stray dogs on my street). Wow. What a difference it made?

When I reach home after 10, all the dogs do bark and do follow me. But expecting me to give them something. Not to bite me. They wag their tails, and sniff my legs.

Try this technique and see how it works

India’s Sania Mirza becomes the first woman to reach 3rd round of a grand slam.

And she sets up a meeting with Serena Williams in Round 3 of Australian Open!!

Way to go Sania! Hats off to you.

To read more click here

And Serena is in top form See the report here

Courtesy: Maverick

Guys,

Check this article from Rediff

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This is view of the Mahableshwar lake, from Panchgani