Filmi Gyan....

Okay Okay...
- Ghar par behati hue meri Kanchan, jho aaj kaal ghar par aaram pharma rahi hai … (I guess your story is true) still spare some time when Prado is working on your office task…
- Mere purane train ke regular passenger ”Mishra sahab”(Jitna Laloo me train nahi start kiya utane bar in janab ne train main safar kiya hoga) Spare some time and do comment...
- And What to say about the Jalpari… lately start her day couple of hours early u should also find some time…

So all my filmi buff dost log.. time to scabble soemthing....

Some of the question would be fun to answer and some would be real stupid.. (if you feel some are real stupid... do apply the golden Rule... remoce that question :)

But sare question ko mat delete karns...

I would have answered all the question to start socha let you guys scrib something then i will dump in my witty but true answers...

1- Which was the movie that you had waited for with anticipation and turned out to be an utter dud?
-> Manjeet
-> Anish : Gajani: I was having so much anticipation from the great Aamir Khan... He ended up teaching up a leasson... Never trust on anyone :)
-> Kanchan
-> Rakesh

2- Which was the one most ridiculously stupid movie you watched in a theatre and then thought that you might as well have thrown that money in a well for all it was worth?
-> Manjeet
-> Anish : Wanted (English movie Angelina Jolie) this movie was utter nonsence, some how a cloth wowen m/c prints a name and this agents are to kill them... (and most interesting) the agents are not to question the oorder as no one know how the cloth wowen works ;)
-> Kanchan
-> Rakesh

3- If you had to be in a movie or a scene that you would want really really to be something that happened in real life, which would that movie or scene be and which character would you be?
-> Manjeet
-> Anish : i have raather 2 choice:
1. where in i am adopted by a old person and who leaves me a 9digit will (excluding decimal and starting with 1)
2. Baggar Singh: most would have hated but i loved this character :)
-> Kanchan
-> Rakesh

4- Write three songs that would tell me what you lovvvvvvvvvve to do in your spare time...
-> Manjeet
-> Anish : Main eisa kyon hoon!! Main Zindagi ka saath nibatha chala gaya!!! Jise dhoonda tha hun har ghadi woh mili nahi hai kahi!!!
-> Kanchan
-> Rakesh

5- Name a movie you actually thought was better than the book or atleast did justice to the book...
-> Manjeet
-> Anish : Pass i all the movie for which is have read the novel, Movie was BAD
-> Kanchan
-> Rakesh

6- You are on a desert island... you found the island genie who granted you on wish that he would bring one person to join you on your exile... You have told the genie who you want that to be... apparently the genie isn't all that magical... he went to get that person and you are waiting for the procrastinating genie to get back with that person... What song do you sing while you wait?
-> Manjeet
-> Anish : The famous Amitab Bachhan track "Inteha ho gaye Intezar ki..." and their she come as soon i finshed the song :)
-> Kanchan
-> Rakesh

7- One song on your IPOD/mobile that was a huge hit a few months/years ago and the radio stations used to play every hour and seem to have forgotten all about now that you tend to listen to often enough
-> Manjeet
-> Anish : Dhoom Picck Dhoom (Palash Sen) Ek Omkara(RDB), Allah be Bande(Kailash Kher)
-> Kanchan
-> Rakesh

8- One song that reminds you of somebody or a group of people... Do inform why it causes you to reminisce...
-> Manjeet
-> Anish :
-> Kanchan
-> Rakesh

9- The one movie you saw most recently and which lived upto all your expectations if not more...
-> Manjeet
-> Anish : Delhi 6 (many did not liked) but i really liked this one, as ended up touching many social issues... in a better way and they managed to cover the sensitive matter (Hindu - Muslim drift)
-> Kanchan
-> Rakesh

Love Songs.....(which you really like)

Some unforgettable Love Songs.....

Okay Something interesting to do... let see how much we can increase this list... i guess all of you would and still be listening some of the our personnel favorite Love songs... So why not share them so we are able to sing more :)

I did manage to add few below.... but most of them are OLD... i guess you all would be able to add more and more to the list...

1. Ek Ladki Bheegi Bhaagi Si (Madhubala & KK) its been 50 years since its release.... its still go great... if my grand father would have been in Mumbai at that time.. he definitely would have sung this song for her ;)

2. Pal Bhar Ke Liye Koi Hame pyar le(Dev Anand & Hema Malini) by god they looked so amazing in that song... and the way Hema Malini wanted Dev to leave her house...

3. Yeh Dil Na Bechra (Nutan & Dev)... I still remember the plastic fish which was hooked and Dev Anand was waking nowhere in mid day :)

4. Abhi Na Jaoo ChodKar (Sadhna & Dev Anand)... Sadhna, i bet she was such a beutiful lady...and how can one forget her great hair Style

5. Accha Ji Main Harri (Madhubala & Dev Anand)... The lovely lady, sorry to admit she had the best smile i guess...

6. Tasveer Teri Dil Main (Mala Sinha)... Another beutiful song, Mala Sinha is another great actress...

7. Pyar hua iqrar hua (Nargis & Raj Kapoor)... i need not write anything for this song... i guess the greated hit love song in Hindi films

8. Yeh Raat Bheegi Bheegi - Choori Choori (Nargis & Raj Kapoor).. another best song

BTW who said we did not have love songs lately...

1. Pehla Nasha - Jo Jeeta Woh Sikandar: This one i can sing, sing and sing for ever...

Okay i guess i am falling short of songs... please do help me in building the list.

And please do strike out if you do not agree on any of the above songs...

Three Cups of Tea....

This book is on a mountaineer ”Greg Mortenson” who failed his attempt to climb K2 (Second highest peak in the karakoram ranges standing tall at more then 28,000 ft) who turned to a humanitarian… and have build more then 50 school in northern Pakistan (Baltistan)

Three Cups of Tea…. Its an old saying in the Balti province:
" The first time you share tea with a Balti, you are a stranger. The second time you take tea, you are an honored guest. The third time you share a cup of tea, you become family... "

The story starts in 1993 when decide to scale K2 to honor his deceased sister “Christa” who had dies at the age of 23.


1993 --- He attempt along with 4 other people after 70 days of trekking and with only 3000 feet to reach the summit they were forced to call of their expedition due to bad weather and injuries…. And on his way down he got lost and trek all alone and end up reaching a village (Korphe) by the time he reaches he is barely breathing and frequently collapsing due to lack to strength…
The villagers do take care of the unknown climber and get him back to health…

The village headmen “Haji Ali” took him to the village school, which was on open ground (with a backdrop of K2) with 78boys and 4girls studying math (4th grade) most of them using a twig and writing on the dirt, and few fortunate to have slate and using twig dipped in muddy water to write…..and the teacher was shared between 2 villages as Pakistani government could no afford to pay $1 pay day for a teacher, but was able to maintain a standoff with India at “Siachen glacier” (highest battleground located at 18,000ft)

So Greg finally return back to Montana (USA) with a promise made to Haji Ali (headman of Korphe) that he would return and build a school…

Once back he start his nurse jab and in the quest of saving money end up sleeping in his car daily… he do send on 580 letters and 16 grant petitions to all famous and rich, but end up getting one check of $100… his mother help him to speak in front of her school where children start a cent (1 paisa) and end up collecting $680…
Finally he get help from “Jean Hoerni”(who himself a mountaineer and been to karokoram range) who helped in with $12,000 check (that the amount estimated by Greg to build a school) with a note “don’t screw up”

1994 --- Finally he reach with all the material and supply, but the Korphe had a separate problem as it was connect only by a rope bridge “with basket” spanning 400 feet above Indus (which is roaring down)… so know he wants a bridge to be build….

1995 --- So Greg return back to Montana(USA) and calls up “Jean Hoerni” for more help he agrees ask him to get him a picture of the bridge and school once complete… so in the next summer and end up building a bridge of 400ft length, and promises he will come back again next year to start the work of school

1996 --- Greg returns to build the school, but faced with a new problem there been a landslide 40kn before Korphe, and his supplies had to be carried. So the villagers determined that their children’s be educated, trek to and fro (3 days each time) carrying all the material on their back (cement, wooden planks)… so finally after 3 summer and lot of determination the school is build…

Meanwhile “Jean Hoerni” is on death bed get to see the photo of his school and is happy end up making Greg Director of a new organization to help people and a million dollar sponsorship….

I have just finished to this far… will scrib more one I do finish the book..

Hope you also end up reading the book…

/Ani

Before Sunrise ----- Before Sunset

This is a two part movie staring by “Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy”

The first part was release in 1995 and the second part was release in 2004
This movie follows along a young American Jessie and a French girl Celine,

Before Sunrise – 1995
This start when Jesse is travelling form Budapest to Vienna and Celine is travelling from Budapest to Paris… They happen to sit across each other… and the conversation begins between, their discussion is all about human / feeling / love / emotions… and it just carries on… after couple of hours the train reached Vienna (As he is having a flight back to New York the next day) where Jesse is to get down, but is hate to discontinue their discussion and ends up asking is it possible to her also to get down at Vienna and if she is not interested in the discussion she can board the next train to Paris… And he tells her that he does not have money to stay in a Motel so they will roam whole night and just talk…

Funniest moment: Celine agrees to get down at Vienna, and they do realize that they have not introduced themselves till know….


The movie do have a real good discussion among them on all the above mentioned topics…at midnight they end up sleeping in a public park… and in the morning they are not able to say good bye….

But they do wanted to meet again… so they do decide to meet after 6 months at the same place… but they do believe not in sharing number or address as it might loss the meaning of the relationship they shared…


Before Sunset -- 2004

9 Years has past… and they never happen to meet during this time…
Meantime Jesse (and currently Jesse has married and do have a 4 year old kid) has written a book which narrates their first meet and how they spent their time…. his book is released and do get real nice fame… and for publicity he does visit many cities only in the quest he might meet Celine… and in one of the reading they do meet… And the story do continue they talk about hoe they meet and they again continue the discussion… and this time also Jesse has to travel back and has 6 hours before his flight departs…

So this time will Jesse to able to catch his flight is left for the audience to think over….

p.s.
The nice part of the movie is show only 2 unknown people can have such a intense conversation
Julie Delpy -- She was in People Magaznie, list of 25 most beutiful wonmen (this ins not the only reason i am so ga ga for the movie)

/Ani -- Celine also do have a spot in my list of people whom i love :-) (please do not share this secret)

One evening walk by the crematory….

To tell the truth I have never walked down a crematory… This happened today 14th Feb what a day for many lover’s to celebrate and be together and the way I spend was totally different….. Worth not spending for a person who will ever be in love….

I was walking to the grocery shop (shop rite) which is just 5 minute walk from my apartment… And on the way I do have to pass a crematory (please, please do not get scared it not a horror movie narration)
As I had all the time on earth I was talking down I was just reading the details which were inscribed on the tomb stone, (like year, name and a line about the loved one)

And for my amazing part most of the inscription was more then 50 years and i was able to find few with more then a century old…. All had one or the another story this they were telling or wanted to tell..
Few were kids teen and some were really old the same I remember was 85yeras (John) and the youngest I saw was Mary (1899-1900),
- One which cough my attention was where in this person has seved in 2 wars (includes WW-11) he was a commissioner for 40 yrs , Mayor for 28 years
- One was of family name ”Flemming” where in most of the family was resting in peace
- Few of them just had their First name engraved
- Few of them did not mention any details
- At couple of spot I did saw Happy birthday card for he loved
By the time, I saw a family arriving to pay respect, A man, women & their teenaged daughter, They walked slowly to the spot, and started removing weeds / dried grass laying around… waited to couple of minute and drove by

And I did saw a father and his teenaged son, I guess their visit was just like mine, passing by, as that Dude was talking some snaps of old and nicely engraved stone which are telling a tale more then a century.

The best which I witness was a felling of free, calmness and peace for what al reason I am not sure… I really do feel some time its way to hard or impossible to express your thought… I felt that I should be visiting just in case I want to divert my thinking process or just to spend some time lonely among many unknown people…

/Ani
btw.. Happy Valentines Day, I guess you would have spent the day with your loved one…

Mere yaar ki Shaadi hai…

Courtship (Mere yaar ki Shadi hai…)

My this time stay in NY had a very different experience…. Which I would say I would remember for quite a while… and for some different reason… : )
In the last 7+ months since i am in US… I have shared apartment with two guys…. And in both the case they were engaged and were on their way to get married….
During this time I did realize… life really do get changed, when you are in the stage.. it can be also be called as a trans state… or as said in MATRIX 2 (wait at the train station.. for where you cannot go neither ahead nor backward but do just have to wait till the time do come)

In both the case my roomies had their fiancee located in India.. so naturally you can see the day or night never used to end… either its day in India or day in US or its night in India or night in US (its like the constant 24 hr cycle when day never used to end or the night never used to end)
I was amazed when they used to be up whole night talking, talking and talking and during the daytime in office… :-)

I always felt, the apartment where I stayed was not occupied by 2 but rather by 3 people (the 3 person was always superficial as the presence was not felt by ME, but both of them you to feel) humans are really crazy i guess.... :-)

But starting this week, my current partner is on his way to get married….

The funniest part of all this is that I happen to know both the guys from past some time… before this transformation(living in the wonderland.. hope that wonderland do survive reality :-o)…. But where different kind of person… and when this phase (courtship period) of their life started I saw common changes taking place in both of them… the way they talk, the way they run away from friends.... I guess my perception did also changed by observing them(agaionst all the person who is about to get married)… and a question used to hunt me… do all guys (as i never happened to share apartment with a girl who was to get married hahaha) end up on the same path and the same way…

Hope reading this you guys do not run away... this is just a passing thought... it will fade away.. and i should be back normal :-0

Cheers friends, for my roomie(Manish) getting married (fortunate or unfortunately both my roomies had the same first name)

/Ani

Anish I read your blog about Mahatama Gandhi and Luck By Chance. I agree with you that we always forget our History or I would say we never get time to look into history and recall some people who gave us freedom. Not sure if its human nature or we are still scared of our school history books. I dont even remember that 30th jan was Gandhiji's death anniversary :(.

About Luck by chance, even i heard its a good movie and I want to watch it. But lets see when will i go :))))

Now to other 2 musketeers.. kahan ho tum log... you people are supposed to comment...
Awaiting your replies...
-- Manjeet