Guru Bhai And Heroes !!

I must be nuts to watch all 12 episodes of The Series Heroes and Guru movie in a day.A sleepy saturday that was .
Loved Guru movie .AB ,Madhavan,Mithunda,Vidya,Mallika were awesome .Ash looked mediocre.And Mani at his best.YC ,in his review of Guru commented that Mani passed on some south Indian village as Gujju village in songs .Well ,he had done that before as well. I was told Entire Roja was shot in ooty . The movie sounded more like Tamil one than Hindi in terms of songs / background score ,something I didnt feel while watching Yuva .Doesnt go against the movie for me,though.
But talking about epics Mani directed depicting the rise of common man to power , if I compare Guru with Nayakan , I would say Nayakan was better.There were glaring loopholes in Guru .His rise didnt receive enough footage ,it happened over a song.Placing of songs was not apt in first half. rift with his brother in law was half baked . Maddy,Mithunda almost vanished out of movie towards the end ,and the courtroom drama could have been better. These things somehow obstructed the flow.But despite these fallouts , movie shines !!

And Heroes ,well need to watch the forthcoming episodes without fail on TV.Watched first episode on friday night,and this restlessness crept in which didnt let me sit peacefully till I watched all the episodes.It was like reading fast paced thriller by Ludlum .Like a good book which ,once you pick you cant leave unless you finish it up . watch it , guys. India ,Wednesdays 9 PM on Star World and US Mondays 9 PM on NBC .
Hmm,its time to get back to work now after wasting away entire saturday

oscar nominations ..

oscar nominations are finally out.And will smith is nominated for Pursuit of Happiness .I was expecting the movie also to be there as contender for Best Motion Picture.Nonetheless Will is there with his finest performance.Among the movies nominated,I saw The departed ,and I liked it.Martin Scorsese scores again with this one.Need to catch up with rest of nominated movies .
sadly ,RDB couldnot get past initial hurdle..would have loved to see it contending for for the best foreign language movie. Water is there ,though as an official entry of canada…

2007 rolls out !!

Wow , 2007 has been good so far ( err great,shud I say !! )..
Unexpected things have been happening.for better.
Got promoted at workplace.something which was on back of my mind but looked too distant ,too bleak.But what the heck , got promoted anyway :).All well that ends well.
one of close friends Dushyant got married on chirstmas eve , god bless the couple.can’t explain how much I missed not being there with all friends ,being part of celebration.
And within next 3 months,three of closest friends are tying knots ( nayi ,there is no way three of them can get married ,three guys are getting married with three gals :D) .I am happy for all the three ,err six of them . one being an arranged love marriage ( sunil V ),second an arranged one ( Chetan ) ,and the third one ,special of them of all, are getting married coz they were destined to …wont talk much about it at moment as the word is not out officially on that !!
By the time I reach back home,I seriously doubt how many of close friends will retain their bachelordom and be there to accompany me .Hope I won’t have to get married one day due to the sheer frustration of being the last known bachelor .
Started the year the usual way ,well reading horo for year :D,and it filled me with lotsa optimism .There was a quote written over there ,which would be mantra of the year for me !!
It was : Ask and you shall receive. Be brave and make your choices.
Wow !! beautiful words.Being on the wrong side of twenties,I need to make my choices wisely this year . some things would happen this year or would not happen for rest of life.Hmm ,lets see how things shape up.

on the sidelines, watched Pursuit of Happiness starring Will Smith and loved it .This quote especially ,
Dont let anyone tell you cant do it . protect your dreams .
if you want something , go get it . period .

And well ,after ages I could complete a novel over trip to Atlanta & Smoky Mountains for new year.Completed thriller “The Ambler Warning” by Robert Ludlum ,and enjoyed it.Bought The Bourne Supremacy on the way back home.After reading The Bourne Identity ,the finest thriller I ever read ,I was looking forward to read the sequel for sometime.And I could get past hardly first few pages so far ..

And well,at last it snowed here ,somehow was not really as excited I thought I would be. Raman ,college days friend was here over long weekend to see NYC.It was fun meeting a friend in US ,roaming around ,and well reminiscing some of old crushes :)) ..

Gosh,so many things happened within three weeks of time . And I couldnot blog due to lots of work .
one sad thing happened a week ago.one of my close friends ,my favorite junior in college days ,Harshad Mogre aka Mogli passed away in a road accident. Imagining this world without a wonderful person like Mogli is very difficult. God bless his soul,we will always miss you Mogli .
Thats how life is.So beutiful a moment, and so fickle the very next. Drive carefully,friends.