10 June,2010

Feeling very nostalgic and depressed and all.

The monsoons always bring to mind the reopening of schools.

New bags and umbrellas and water-bottles and all. Isn't it a treat to watch the lil ones go to school.

Give me some sunshine

Give me some rain

Give me another chance

I wanna grow up once again

The lines are playing in my head in a repeat mode.

I really wish , I could go back in time and live some older time.

I remember looking out of the window ,in some high school class, at the heavy shower.

It was one of those typical moments were everything else froze, the professor and the class and all, only the rain drops moved.(And I remember, it was the Physics class of XI)

I wish to go back to school, to that class

I miss those days.

If any of you dumbos are reading this- I miss you guys!!!

The only tension those days were getting more marks and the pimples!!

I miss the gang,the canteen,the fights and so many things. These are cliched words!!!

But when it comes to nostalgia, everyone long for the same , I guess.

Raajneeti

Raajneeti is a good movie.

A change from the stereotype bollywood.

But, with Prakash Jha , one has to expect that. All credit goes to him for weaving the archetype Indian political Saga around the Mahabharatha backdrop. He has brilliantly etched out the characters by taking points from both these epics. The Pandavas and the Kauravas, Krishna, Draupadi and Karna reincarnates on the celluloid with a tinge of the traits of politicians we can identify with.

The next shower of bouquets naturally goes to the exemplary star cast.

For veterans like Nana Patekar and Naseerudheen Shah, there is nothing more to prove.

One is simply held back by their performance everytime and this time is no exception. Nana was simply superb. The character being subtly exertive, I would say. As for Naseerudheen Shah, the cameo was too short.

We are used to powerhouse performances by Manoj bajpayee and Ajay Devgan and the audience is not disappointed this time too.

Katrina had little much to do. Perhaps the director just found her apt for the Sonia Gandhi outlook and expected her to be the crowd puller considering her status today in the industry.

This is yet another movie which has explored the potentials of the actor within Arjun Rampal.

I liked his character for two reasons. One the one hand he is the angry young politician and on the other a very innocent and loving family man. And Arjun has portrayed both these traits only too well. The affection between him and Ranbeer is so palpable.

And finally, for the showstealer. Who else but Ranbeer kapoor. As they call him,'The outsider'!

His character is too thrilling, with way too many shades. His expressions,his looks,just the ultimate.The silent mastermind who designs all the plots, who pulls all the strings.

All in all, a great movie

The farm bug!!

I used to wonder why people are so crazy about their FarmVille points and why they put up the 'help' posts.I get the reason now. Once you are hooked to it, it becomes an addiction and let me confess, I AM ADDICTED,atleast for the moment.

But the veterans tell me that the addiction doesn't last forever.(Thank God!!I get bored quite easily.)

And I find the erstwile FV addicts put up status like "I dont care about your farms, crops" "I don't want a farm" etc... ;-)(So, there is an open door,I guess)

So in this vicious circle newbies like me replace the dormant farmers!!! And the cycle goes on and on and on!!

Something, I noticed- the addiction is contagious. Once you are hooked, you tend to get everyone around you hooked too.That is how I got addicted and I have been successful in getting quite a few addicted!!!.Those who play or have played FV know that it's a survival tactic.

It all started for me when my brother flew to Canada to do his MS(in Mechanical engineering,supposedly!!!).

Perhaps he missed our greenery and flowers and all and took to setting up a farm for himself over there.

But the country and climate was not so cooperative to his sentiments,I guess.

So he begins his great online farming and starts sending requests to everyone on his contact list including me and what started off as a submission to his pestering becomes an addiction and I continue with the tradition - adding more neighbours and posting my farm status and so on...

In our tryst with FV, me and my brother realize that we have started farming at a time when all our friends have almost quit.

Now to find farmers of the same level is quite a challenge.But, luckily as I said before, we have gotten everyone in the family to be bitten by the same bug ;-).Some relief!!

We ,very religiously, harvest our crops in time, send gifts to each other and help each other's farm.My Brother wakes himself early enough to do all these before he goes to University.

We discuss at lengths on how to improvise and beautify are farms,makes demands for gifts and so on.

Ofcourse critics like my sister always have a say!Like asking me to go out and atleast water the garden!! But, why bother these pests,I say! These days everything is online!!!!