Hasna Jaroori hai??

Lets pan back 3 days back...I switch on my cell phone at 9:30 am and it croons the theme of Bunty Aur Babli...SMS received....I open the message to view it and see this "How about Darna Jaroori Hai saturday night?...At City Pride..Let me know immidiately so we can snag the tickets!"....Sender: Ms. AV..soon to be Mrs. AG...marrying one of my best friends she is.....My reply was .."YES!".....so everything was arranged...tickets for 8:00 pm show sat night were booked....and at 7:30 pm sat nite i get a threatening message from Ms. AV "Be at the theatre by 7:40 pm sharp!!..I dont want to miss the start!Mr. P la pan saang"....So me and Mr. P reach there a teeny weeny bit late...thanks to my hunger pangs...but still well in time to find out that we are seated in row O...Thats 2 rows away from the screen!!....I make my displeasure obvious..at which i get a strict reprimand from Ms. AV...."Mag svatah ticket kadhayla kay zhala hota??(Then why didnt you get the tickets yourself)!"...I shut my mouth thereafter and sit in my seat comfortably(or uncomfortably??)...Listening to Himesh bhai crooning out Jara Jhoom Jhoom from Tom, Dick and Harry(How can you name a film that?????) ....We have our usual argument on who is better, Rehman or Reshamiyya....Well as far the charts go, the answer is obvious....Nevertheless....Soon the promos of forthcoming movies start....One look at the Krrish promo and we all burst out laughing...even though we have seen it like 20 times before....Mr. P, infamous for his humourous sarcasm, dishes out a gem...how bout renaming it "Crouching Rakesh, Hidden Roshan.."..That makes Ms. AV(and quite a few partrons around us) burst out into peels of laughter....Then its the turn of Phir Hera Pheri ...and all of us say in almost pretimed unision..."Ha nakki pahichach aahe(we HAVE to see this one!)"....

Soon the certificate for Darna Jaroori Hai comes up...It has a "A" rating...and at that precise moment i hear a baby crying in one the back rows....Looks like age checks have ceased to exist in theatres....So much for "A" ratings....The movie has started by now..i shift my focus now to the immensely fat dude on the screen arguing with his mom to allow him to go through a graveyard...even though there is a chudail who comes out there....I mean...gimme a break....thats hardly scary....

Thats how it continued throughout the whole movie....Whole lot of cliched situations..like 5 kids with a old lady in an old castle....Reminded me of Scooby Doo..minus the charm of Scooby or Shaggy....Inane story lines....Amitabh is wasted....Arjun Rampal should stick to modelling.....Rajpal Yadav, as usual, impresses..Sunil Shetty, as usual, does not....The Anil Kapoor story(well almost the entire movie) had the entire theatre in splits...with oblique..no..quite direct references to Karan Johar...and his style of films....RGV has bitten hard into him....but otherwise that story is barely watchable...unless ofcourse you were focussing on Mallika's bust...and let alone scary...unless ofcourse you were focussing on Mallika's acting...

So all in all i can give the movie 1/2 a star...HOPELESS!!!!....And end with these lines:

"Dekhna Mana Hai, Hasna Jaroori Hai, Darna Namumkin Hai!!"

My Solace...

I recently parted with someone who had become a very important part of my life....someone who i cared deeply for...someone who i was seeing my future with....its not easy for me to lose all these things in one go....ofcourse i have my family and friends to support me and help me get out of this low in my life....but i have another solace....some one who makes me feel like a king everytime i am with her....who is by my side all the time through thick and thin......who never fails me...who else..but my ever dependable sweetheart...my Redhead!..;o)...

(pictured here in the awesome forests of Mulshi..near Amby Valley - 22-12-2005)

The Wrong Right!

Anyone who has driven on the roads of Pune will have to believe in the fact the GOD exists...Such is the chaos..the narrow lanes, the INFINITE number of 2 wheelers, those 3 wheeled monsters called rickshaws, the "yam" of the motoring world i.e. the PMT bus, countless fat cats in their cars which resemble a moving bank account...These motoring specimens are seemingly different from each other..but they have one very important factor..or "quality" if i may use the term...in common....INTOLERANCE TOWARDS TRAFFIC RULES!!...and complete ignorance of the basic rules of safe and responsible driving....

In Pune, the traffic light is like a ornament...just there to light up.....not to be paid much heed too....Lets consider a classic case of a group of motorists waiting at a red light....one or two renegades will blow the light and take off....even if there is still a solid 90 secs for the light to go green....next type of specimens are those who "crawl"...meaning move an inch forward against every second counting down on the timer...so by the time the light goes green they are already halway into the intersection...then there are those specimens who take off with about 10 secs left..do these 10 secs of not waiting make their life any better?...what difference is 10 secs going to make in wherever they want to reach??..

THE WRONG RIGHT

Illustrated above on the right is the most common, hopelessly careless and completely wrong way of taking a right turn...It never seems to amaze me as to how anyone can anyone be so daft so as to take such a risk....as I have shown its very obviously a death trap...While the illustration on the left is the correct way to take a right turn...not too difficult is it??...

Another classic case of stpidity is talking on the cellphone while riding/driving....Who prompts these nitwits to take such risks beats me!...I have seen people riding motorbikes with their cellphones tucked in between their ears and shoulders..heads tilted to one side...and talking away to glory....dont they realise that they are endangering other peoples' lives besides their own??...is a phone call more important than others' and our own well being??

I can list out countless other small and little traffic violations going on everyday around us all the time..to name a few...from seemingly innocuos things like double parking or using high beam while night driving to more serious ones like driving from the opposite side in a one way street or not using indicators or hand signals while taking turns or overtaking....I think this is all a result of inadequete training and the citizens' blatant disregard for authority of any kind.....the only way to bring about a rennaissance in this matter is to impose strict fines and put stringent rules into place for traffic violaters....we as a people have always needed an iron hand to put us to task...and its about time that someone donned the mantle and brought about a sea change in the traffic situation in our metros....500 vehicles get registered in Pune alone everyday....You do the maths....

To sum up, students from Symbiosis Institute of International Business recently conducted a study about breaking of traffic norms in the city(The Times of India, 21st April, 2006)..Their findings were that....75% riders flouted the compulsary helmet rule....there was blatant no parking violations...triple seat driving...talking on the cellphone while driving..the works... 16% of two wheelrers, 9% of Three wheelers and 5% of four wheelers violated the traffic light rule...If you ask me these must be percentages of the people who obeyed it!!..We are headed towards total motoring disaster if we dont pull up our socks...Today..NOW!

Shot Through The Heart....

The title for this post is an inspiration from a hit Bon Jovi song from the 80s..by the same name....and from the recent incidents in my life....

Rewind exactly 44 days.....i was in a similar situation as about 95% of the youth in the world...attracted to a PYT(pretty young thing)...felling butterflies in my tummy....getting a alcohol rivalling high every time i was with her....wanting to spend every possible moment with her...the works...sounds normal right?..it was...i thought it wasnt...i thought it was special...thats where i made a mistake...

There are always positives and negetives to any relationship....as long the positives comprehensively outweigh the negetives...your okay....but as the negetives start to build up...the relationship starts going south...We cant blame any one person in relationship for not making it work...its always both ways....both are right in their own way...and wrong as well....so how do we pinpoint who is to blame for a failed relationship?....Truth is, we dont!...The blame game doesnt help anyone....flared tempers, unintentional abuse made in anger, slurs bout charachters..all this is stuff to vent your frustration for not being able to make it work...it is always better to part on good terms....yes..it hurts...It hurts like hell....but atleast you have peace of mind that you didnt hurt your partner with abuse that you dont really mean....

The last 44 days have been one of the best in my life....she and I shared some great times together.....discovered new things....met a great girl.....talked away to glory at the wee hours of the night....long bike rides....double dating with my friends....hanging out with each others friends and relatives....i really thought i had something special....but never mind....To love is inevitable....To maintain it...is destiny...I dont blame her for what has happened....she is a great girl...friendly, loyal and caring...but the difference is our ages was what probably made it difficult...nevertheless...I will always look upon this time of life and have a warm feeling in my heart....It was bliss while it lasted!!

I have a friend....no..shes my hero....my confidant....one my closest buddies...a certain Mrs. AW...she made me realise quite a few things about what i did wrong....and what i should do now....the right thing!...Thanks A!..This ones for you!....

As a final comment i would like to post 4 lines from a song which is very apt for the kind of state iam in today...

"Juda hoke bhi..Tu mujhmen kahin baki hai....Palkon main banke aasun...Tu chali aati hai.." - Jal (2005) in their song Aadat...