Rang De Basanti

I saw the movie Rang De Basanti and i thought i'd share my views. Well firstly I went into the theatre highly disgusted with my friends for dragging me along to watch a hindi movie, and that too buy a ticket in black for Rs.150.

The first half of the movie was at times boring. It had its bits of fun too... Like watching the movie sometimes makes me feel that i'm wasting my college life... Aamir Khan and his group of friends are college students who live up life and have loads of fun. They make numberous road-trips which is filmed amazingly. There is this Foreign gal(English or American) who comes to India to shoot a documentary on Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekar Azad etc. Due to lack of funding, she manages to convince Aamir Khan and his friends to get to act for her...

The second half of the movie takes a twist and is fast moving. The background score by A.R.Rahman is amazing and the visuals are great. There is this scene where these guys are near an airport runway(outside of course) and they run towards the plane that is taking off. The plane takes off just over their heads which makes a great scene.

Siddharth and Madhavan are South India's contribution to the movie i guess. Madhavan is a pilot and plays his role with ease. Surprisingly Siddharth has not been side-lined. Rather he has a very big role, which is even more important than Aamir Khan's role.

The song Paatshala makes you want to set off on a road-trip immediately. But the song i liked the most in the movie is a song called "Roobaroo". Its amazing and reaffirms the fact that A.R.Rahman is the best Music Director in the country!

Visogero-This is where our Hearts Belong

I studied for two years in Montfort School Yercaud. It was a big change for me from my earlier school, Lawrence School Lovedale. Montfort was strict whereas in Lawrence we were allowed to be responsible for ourselves. So when i first got into Montfort, i felt the heat on all sides. But i managed to cope and when i got used to the life of following the siren, I did enjoy myself!!

In Montfort, its tradition for each batch to have our own class name which genereally is a word pulled from some language which means "Goodbye". So we chose the word "Visogero", which in some Lithuanian dialect is supposed to mean Goodbye. Well after we choose the batch name, we write and compose a song as our farewell song. And i was given the honour of writing the lyrics for our batch song. Here it is,

Visogero- This is where our Hearts belong.

Through the years that we've been here, Parting is what we've feared,
All the years we were around, u've raised us to this ground.
We now are faced with this end at this so final bend,
We've found this place so deeply dear that we stand filled with tears.

Bridge 1:

Through the rain and through the fog,
Life's mysteries remain unsolved.
Thorugh the hail and through the storm,
This world of ours is to be dissolved.

Chorus:

Visogero to the smiles, Visogero to the times,
Though we may go many miles, (Memories) We'll always cry.
Visogero to this breeze, Visogero to this peace,
Though we may be far apart, Visogero in our hearts.

Doors may be kept wide open, But we are held within,
Remembering now all of you, Each one has been so true.
For all the fun and all the joy, we have to thank you.
Thank you Montfort for your care, your thoughts we'll always bear.

Bridge 2:

Through the rain and through the fog,
Life's mysteries remain unsolved.
Thorugh the hail and through the storm,
Your love for us we'll always want.
(Repeat Chorus)


And for those of you who are interested in listening to the song, here's the link to download the song
http://rapidshare.de/files/10405100/visogero.mp3.html

An introspection

Hey everyone....
Today's been a day of some serious inner reflections... Well I have just been wondering about the purpose of my existence!! Well i get into these thoughts once in a while.. And when i start thinking.. I just dive deep into my thoughts which takes me further and further... And in the end it leaves me worrying over whether i am doing what i should be doing and whether things are going the way they should. Did I make the right decision there? , Should i be bogged down by what other people think?, Or rather should I start doing this and stop doing that... Well the list is endless...

Usually these thoughts leave me in a realm of mixed emotions. I can't say that it leaves me sad or worried... But yes if u were to see me in one of these days..then u would think i was worried.. Am i confusing u!!!

Now i'm wondering over whether I should at all be worried about what anyone else thinks of me or what i am doing... I know i should feel ok doing anything as long as I feel it isn't crossing my pre-defined senses of acceptability. But still there's always this small thought that keeps pulling me back which makes me go like, "But what would he or she think of me if i were to say that" and "what would she feel about me if she knew i was doing something". And these questions pull me back and grip me refusing to let go..

So sometimes i take it in my stride and carry on with wat ever i feel like doing. But many other times it does succeed in pulling me back and i land up sitting and doing nothing except think of many other things that i maybe should not have done!!

Well today's one of those many days wherein I am sitting and keying in all of this stuff... Just to get it out of me!!! I was to go out with my friends but then something kept holding me back and i decided to get back to my room and spend sometime with myself!! (I hope i aint sounding like a lunatic)...

And i've just been reading this wonderful essay by Paul Graham on "How to do what u Love". Its pretty interesting and provides a new insight into what governs people's likes and dislikes. Things have been prescribed for us... For example... We are told by all around us from the time we were kids that "Work is not fun and Play is fun". Well so we are brought up to believe so. Now when we are older and are at a job, we need to pretend to love our job(Not everyone of course, but most people). Look at this irony in life. The very concept that Work is boring is bored deep into us and then we are supposed to love our jobs in order to be successful. Well u can read this article at http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html . Ok people... I guess i'll sign off for now... Good bye....

I'm back

hi everyone....
I haven't been up and running for quite some time now... Well i wasn't very well... Bad cough and a mild fever.. So i was mostly sleeping... Well i'm back and i'm gonna keep u updated... Bye...

Tamil movies...

Hey ppl....
I dint do anything much today other than go for the movie "Saravanna" !!! And it makes me wonder how stupid ppl are at times... How are so many different producers(the guys who put all the money) able to put so much money into such movies... All the movies that seem to be releasing here nowadays run with the same formula...Well atleast if the formula guaranteed a hit then maybe i would understand... Boy meets gal with her family... Ah yes gal's family is in the village!! Villain slaughter's gal's family with "aruvaals" and then boy's duty to keep the gal safe... Whew! When are we gonna see a change in Tamil cinema..But yes there are a few wonderful movies that have been made in Tamil cinema... Like the recent "Thavamai Thavamirindu". Carries a wonderful message.. Speaks about the troubles that parents have to educate us and make us who we are... Wonderfully taken! Well that's it for now... Catch u later...