A post about a MCP I met recently shortly!
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Monday, November 12, 2007
Hattrick
Three days ..Three movies..That summarizes my Diwali vacation.
1.) Jab we Met –Adorable Kareena, Charming Shahid amidst a large and happi family! Fresh-looking locales, well-timed comic sequences and a fairy tale ending. For some fable might end up sounding like a Tribute to the Indian Railways, I even wonder if Laluji would consider making this tax free. Whichever way, I’m glad they met!
2.) Saawariya – Sanjay NEELA Bansali’s attempt to create an exotic existential exultation of exuberant emotional exaltation ends up being a sorry saga from start to scratch. A monochromatic screen, a homoerotic towel song, a moronic hero, a hysteric heroine… Well I could go on. There is this scene where Sakina (Sonam) messily beats carpets hanging around her (I wonder why!) with a stick. I wish someone chases the entire crew with one such stick for having mercilessly eaten up 130 minutes of the much sought after Diwali weekend. No I am not the only one who is playing this tune; a friend of mine, another victim to the debacle remarked, and “The entire cast of this film had the collective IQ of a pencil.” Post interval, he thought an eraser was a more appropriate comparison! Saawariya, utterly useless as otter dung!
3.) OSO – Reincarnation stories are not meant for the minds that seek nothing but logic. Refreshingly rich every frame of it, watch OSO to give your brain some rest, and your visual senses a treat. Deepika dazzles in every shot, SRK continues to overact, and the lady owning a 1000 sarees (Kiron Kher) with the Ma ki Mamta funda make you re-live the magic of the 70s and early 80s. I particularly relished the scenes that superimposed SRK and the leading lady to the popular songs and sequences of the 70s. Wear your strawberry glasses, engage in the magic and sing along…OM Shanti OM! This one’s for the dreamers!
1.) Jab we Met –Adorable Kareena, Charming Shahid amidst a large and happi family! Fresh-looking locales, well-timed comic sequences and a fairy tale ending. For some fable might end up sounding like a Tribute to the Indian Railways, I even wonder if Laluji would consider making this tax free. Whichever way, I’m glad they met!
2.) Saawariya – Sanjay NEELA Bansali’s attempt to create an exotic existential exultation of exuberant emotional exaltation ends up being a sorry saga from start to scratch. A monochromatic screen, a homoerotic towel song, a moronic hero, a hysteric heroine… Well I could go on. There is this scene where Sakina (Sonam) messily beats carpets hanging around her (I wonder why!) with a stick. I wish someone chases the entire crew with one such stick for having mercilessly eaten up 130 minutes of the much sought after Diwali weekend. No I am not the only one who is playing this tune; a friend of mine, another victim to the debacle remarked, and “The entire cast of this film had the collective IQ of a pencil.” Post interval, he thought an eraser was a more appropriate comparison! Saawariya, utterly useless as otter dung!
3.) OSO – Reincarnation stories are not meant for the minds that seek nothing but logic. Refreshingly rich every frame of it, watch OSO to give your brain some rest, and your visual senses a treat. Deepika dazzles in every shot, SRK continues to overact, and the lady owning a 1000 sarees (Kiron Kher) with the Ma ki Mamta funda make you re-live the magic of the 70s and early 80s. I particularly relished the scenes that superimposed SRK and the leading lady to the popular songs and sequences of the 70s. Wear your strawberry glasses, engage in the magic and sing along…OM Shanti OM! This one’s for the dreamers!
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
33 Names of Things I Never Knew had Names
AGLET - The plain or ornamental covering on the end of a shoelace.
ARMSAYE - The armhole in clothing.
CHANKING - Spat-out food, such as rinds or pits.
COLUMELLA NASI - The bottom part of the nose between the nostrils.
DRAGÉES - Small beadlike pieces of candy, usually silver-coloured, used for decorating cookies, cakes and sundaes.
FEAT - A dangling curl of hair.
FERRULE - The metal band on a pencil that holds the eraser in place.
HARP - The small metal hoop that supports a lampshade.
JARNS, NITTLES, GRAWLIX, and QUIMP - Various squiggles used to denote cussing in comic books.
KEEPER - The loop on a belt that keeps the end in place after it has passed through the buckle.
KICK or PUNT - The indentation at the bottom of some wine bottles. It gives added strength to the bottle but lessens its holding capacity.
LIRIPIPE - The long tail on a graduate's academic hood.
MINIMUS - The little finger or toe.
NEF - An ornamental stand in the shape of a ship.
OBDORMITION - The numbness caused by pressure on a nerve; when a limb is `asleep'.
OCTOTHORPE - The symbol `#' on a telephone handset. Bell Labs' engineer Don Macpherson created the word in the 1960s by combining octo-, as in eight, with the name of one of his favourite athletes, 1912 Olympic decathlon champion Jim Thorpe.
OPHRYON - The space between the eyebrows on a line with the top of the eye sockets.
PEEN - The end of a hammer head opposite the striking face.
PHOSPHENES - The lights you see when you close your eyes hard. Technically the luminous impressions are due to the excitation of the retina caused by pressure on the eyeball.
PURLICUE - The space between the thumb and extended forefinger.
RASCETA - Creases on the inside of the wrist.
ROWEL - The revolving star on the back of a cowboy's spurs.
SADDLE - The rounded part on the top of a matchbook.
SCROOP - The rustle of silk.
SNORKEL BOX - A mailbox with a protruding receiver to allow people to deposit mail without leaving their cars.
TANG - The projecting prong on a tool or instrument.
WAMBLE - Stomach rumbling.
ZARF - A holder for a handleless coffee cup.
ARMSAYE - The armhole in clothing.
CHANKING - Spat-out food, such as rinds or pits.
COLUMELLA NASI - The bottom part of the nose between the nostrils.
DRAGÉES - Small beadlike pieces of candy, usually silver-coloured, used for decorating cookies, cakes and sundaes.
FEAT - A dangling curl of hair.
FERRULE - The metal band on a pencil that holds the eraser in place.
HARP - The small metal hoop that supports a lampshade.
JARNS, NITTLES, GRAWLIX, and QUIMP - Various squiggles used to denote cussing in comic books.
KEEPER - The loop on a belt that keeps the end in place after it has passed through the buckle.
KICK or PUNT - The indentation at the bottom of some wine bottles. It gives added strength to the bottle but lessens its holding capacity.
LIRIPIPE - The long tail on a graduate's academic hood.
MINIMUS - The little finger or toe.
NEF - An ornamental stand in the shape of a ship.
OBDORMITION - The numbness caused by pressure on a nerve; when a limb is `asleep'.
OCTOTHORPE - The symbol `#' on a telephone handset. Bell Labs' engineer Don Macpherson created the word in the 1960s by combining octo-, as in eight, with the name of one of his favourite athletes, 1912 Olympic decathlon champion Jim Thorpe.
OPHRYON - The space between the eyebrows on a line with the top of the eye sockets.
PEEN - The end of a hammer head opposite the striking face.
PHOSPHENES - The lights you see when you close your eyes hard. Technically the luminous impressions are due to the excitation of the retina caused by pressure on the eyeball.
PURLICUE - The space between the thumb and extended forefinger.
RASCETA - Creases on the inside of the wrist.
ROWEL - The revolving star on the back of a cowboy's spurs.
SADDLE - The rounded part on the top of a matchbook.
SCROOP - The rustle of silk.
SNORKEL BOX - A mailbox with a protruding receiver to allow people to deposit mail without leaving their cars.
TANG - The projecting prong on a tool or instrument.
WAMBLE - Stomach rumbling.
ZARF - A holder for a handleless coffee cup.
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