Karthik calling Karthik... nooooooooooooooooooooooo

We watched it.


Why oh god.. why......why why why.. why me.. why us....


Thats the question i want to ask Farhan Akhtar.. well, hes produced the movie too ..


Sighhhhhhhhhh.... the movie is about Karthik.. obviously.. the over burdened.. forever at work weakling.. who everyone tramples on.. deepika padukone, the chic smoker, doesnt even know he exists....


His boss calls him an idiot.. he is the favourite whipping boy despite the fact that he does all the work,, he does not get any appreciation/ recognition.. (some parts in that statement people can identify with.. and thats not the idiot bit....hmmm..)..in this day and age, which bosses call their employees idiots!!!!!!


Anyway, he is the weakling who gets fired.. and then he starts getting a call everyday.. from ..tadaaaaaa.. Karthik . So this phone karthik in his breathless panting non conversational over exaggerated dramatic voice (you have to hear it to believe it) gives motivational talk to the other Karthik everyday. And lo and behold.. we have this brand new karthik who takes on the world with a venegence.. takes his job back from the boss.. at 4 times the salary and corner cabin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, how one wishes!!!


Coming back to the movie, not only does he become the head of business development.. he also starts dating the ultra chic Deepika Padukone. Now this Farhan Akhtar i like.. the witty charmy, ever ready with a quip Farhan.. So now that Karthik is happy with his job.. and his girlfriend.. obviously we cant have things status quo can we...

He tells Deepika Padukone about the phone calls... When she protests...he tells her that after marriage, he can take the calls from the living room when she is sleeping.. and she has an expression that says.. "dude you are solving the wrong problem" (source: dilbert)

So in any case, now the other Karthik is enraged and threatens this Karthik.. destroys his life.. he loses everything. And this theme occupies the entire second half of the movie.

It is pure torture.. in the second half, you feel like you are sitting through a badly made RGV horror movie. This movie is best left alone.

But as usual.. there are some thing nice about the movie (i just am not able to trash movies completely, what to do)... Deepika Padukone's office wear.. its sleek.. stylish.. very formal office wear.. where do you get such stuff.. why dont we wear such stuff to work!!!!!!!!

Farhan Akhtar.. is good.. as the ultra confident suave Karthik and even as the loser Karthik. The songs are good too.

Maybe they should have made it shorter. That was A's thought.. yeah i guess... it would have been crisper. Conceptually the story is quite ok.. but it fails to thrill you. Towards the end when they reveal the suspense (though you may have already guessed it much before).. they show snatces of previous scenes from the movie.. and it is supposed to all come together a la Sixth Sense.. but there is no sense of wonder that one feels when watching that sequence from Sixth Sense..

It just doesnt thrill you.. not even remotely. Please watch the malayalam movie Manichitratayam...for reference.. i get goosepimples everytime i watch it...that is what thrill is about.

Maybe it is about high expectations that one has from some actors / directors.. like Farhan Akhtar .. most of his movies have been good ( directed or acted).. so you go with the thought this one too ought to be good.. you are already positively predisposed to the movie... but............ :((

But its all right....one not so good film and 5-6 good ones.. its ok.. it cant be always good.... so we will wait, we will watch.. with high anticipation for Farhan Akhtar's next release!!!!!

ps : Dear god, please let road, movie be good.

March 5th - mark your calenders

I saw the teaser for Road, Movie (yes, that is the name of the movie). And i am already dying to watch the movie.

Well of course it helps if you like Abhay Deol (Dev D, Oye Lucky Lucky Oye).. he was absolutely brilliant in these movies... it is difficult to believe that he comes from the same deol khandaan. .he does all unconventional roles which you can never think of, forget deols, only a few people doing. Quite unlike the screaming raving ranting roles you generally identify the family with.

And it is a movie by Dev Benegal.. anyone seen English August? Quite a movie. So how can one resist.

The movie is apparently about traveling cinema... seems really interesting, a topic. In case you want to know or read a bit more about it, check the following site..
http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/article113307.ece

So i am already anticipating a good movie. And the new version of the Tel Maalish song sounds very cool. I already want to watch it!!! Literally dying to..

Its releasing weekend after next.. March 5th. So book your tickets.. or wait for my take on the movie (if you would like to... i.e.) :)

I like... the new coke ad

Starring Kalki Koechlin and Imran Khan.

What do i like... they look so cool together ... they are like a breath of fresh air. They look so right.. so fresh and young.. and really fresh.. nicely freshly normal as compared to the jaded stars / cricket heros that you need to see in every ad!!! I really like Kalki .. she was amazing in DevD.

And its one of my favourite songs playing in the background... tum jo mil gaye ho, to yeh lagta hai, yeh jahan mil gaya.. ek bhatke hue rahi ko caravan mil gaya ...

Its brilliant.. i dont remember / even think about the execution.

They have done a wonderful, a fabulous job of mixing music.. and everytime it plays, i just cant help but stop doing everything and watch it. Its stuck in my mind.

Husband's mutton curry

I had today planned to the boot. I knew Saturday would go off in a rush.. house hunting etc..

But I thought Sunday will be ours.. with no intrusions.. just spend this whole day together.. go visit some places / at home / having nice lunch /dinner.. maybe a movie at home with popcorn etc. That was my plan.Work has been really hectic for both of us.. combine this with house hunting over weekend.. and there is absolutely no time at all.. weekend flies... and by the time you know it, Monday is already here.

So today i woke up real grumpy.. as i realised yesterday that we had to see some more places today in the morning.. not just that, A has committed to taking some lecture somewhere in the evening ...how does he get the energy I cant fathom... we put in the same hours at work.. while i would be totally off and sitting and cribbing about the world in general, hes out and about doing household chores.. happily that too!!! Here i think i should mention, i do household work too.. but all grumpily.

So anyway with the house seeing today in the morning, then grocery shopping at Spencer's and news of the lecture, I could see my Sunday going down in the drain.

And then the mutton curry happened. A got mutton home.. he takes bout 3-4 hours to make this mutton curry.. so while I in all earnestness suggested that he should not attempt it.. maybe to bring down my grumpiness.. he insisted. And i am happy he did that.... there's a lot of effort that goes into A's mutton curry... it is not for those who cant cry to death cutting some 100.. 1000.. onions.. or for those who are real hungry (which i always am because of lack of breakfast... maybe its A's tactic) .. because this tests your patience. All in good cause.

So after painstakingly cleaning and chopping the mutton pieces to the right size.. and then finely chopping the hundred onions.. cook the onions for at least about an hour.. and then cook it with mutton for another 45 mins.. onions become sweeter the more you cook them.. and tastes awesome.. some masalas (only some mind you).. and then pressure cook till you think mutton is done.

A's Mutton curry and rice.. its out of the world. My Sunday is saved.. with a nicely cooked and an amazing mutton curry... my weekend has not gone waste... at least weekend pe kuch acha to kiya!!!!! Lip smacking totally. And is a perfect meal to have just before a nice afternoon nap.... sighhhhh :)

I am happy. Thank you.

How does this sound?

I am very fascinated with names.

Was talking about names yet again today... about how it contributes to one's personality. If I were named something else, I dont think I would have turned out like this. I would be someone different.. not me.. at least thats what I feel. (have already written about this earlier)

Anyway, with all these talks about names, I remember someone having told me that you can look for your elvish name online!!! Which obviously i did...so my elvish name is :

Elrothiel Lady of Lorien

Or if i just use my first name then, Cilmawiel Lady of the Golden Wood

Lol.. I like the first one better!!!!

The link to this site is - www.myprecious.us/name-generator.php

Or simply google elvish name generator lord of the rings

When you open your mouth to talk...

Be careful, is what i say!!! Not that this realisation occured today.. but yeah, it got reiterated today.

Whatever you say may not necessarily mean the same thing to the other.. whatever you say may not necessarily come out the way you meant it!!!! Everyone will not understand. You may end up sounding like a moron when all you wanted to be was philosophical.

*I am writing this post all over again!!! It saved the post.. at least showed that it saved.. why didn t it.. boohooo

In today's conversations i probably ended up sounding totally daft!!! I was not trying to be philosophical.. but you there are some moments when you feel everyone will understand.. we all have the same fears.. we all have some corny idiosyncrasies.. BEWARE OF THIS FEELING

A sample -

Me : you know whenever i stand in my balcony, i usually map escape/ exit routes.. there is a tree whose branches come upto my balcony.. so yeah thats the route.. or in my previous house.. i could jump on to one ledge.. to another from there.. to a window sill till i reach the ground.. its not being scared (of fire / being chased etc) and doing this.. i just do it. It happens quite unconsciously...
Others (conjecture) : its quite cool when jason bourne does it.. but you.. you.. you weirdo!!!

Me : i have these slippers at home.. I know one day i will slip and fall when wearing these.. its really slippery and i am accident prone
Others : Then why do you wear them?
Me : uhhhhhh
Others :!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me : Whenever i stand on a precipice / high rise.. i am always morbidly curious.. what if i fall.. i literally sway.. its macabre i know.. then i take a step back immediately.. no i am not suicidal.

Others: are you crazy? why do we need to work such insane people

Me: The other day i was standing at the office stairs landing.. and suddenly realised that the railing just comes upto my waist.. so easy to topple over!!!

The others bit was all made up by me.. at least they didnt say these thinks outright. But you guys / fellow bloggers... you are quite cool and know what i mean.... Well, you do, dont you? Know and understand the psycho me? :)

I did say i will post pics ..

The place where we stayed at when we went to cornwall.. a small village called crackington haven in bude!! This place was called Sam's farmhouse... i think. About 250 pounds for a week it costed then.

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