London Dreams: Movie review

It's after a long time that i am posting........ and it was also after a long time that i was so much interested in watching a movie-London Dreams, reason-the trailers were very promising and so is the movie.--4/5 stars...here's my review.

STORY-story's good,even though on an old plot of bachpan ke dost..ek popular ho jata hai...woh doosre ki help karta hai...ladai-jhagda(dono ko ek hi ladki se pyaar
).....---happies endings......that's all about story plus it revolves around music.

music-i didn't like the music before watching the movie but now i like it...all songs in the movie are situational--lot of them --1-2 para each and since it's a musical so the songs don't look boring.
good one's-barso re(Hanuman chalisa-remix) , jashn hai jeet ka
best-khwab ko raag de.

acting/cast
-ajay devgn(that's how he has spelled his surname)done-good work,justice to his role..though doesn't look like a rockstar.
salman khan-completely looks like a rockstar but...his acting as a punjabi is not good(weird accent)--and i think that's the kamzor kadi of the film.....only reason u can miss this one for.
Asin-didn't had much to do..except for dancing...looks beautiful(i'm in love again---sorry zota(he is our CR and also thinks that she looks hot (read good) in the movie.))

direction-vipul amrutlal shah has done a great work again with word "london"-his last direction namaste london.

so highly recommended

also looking forward to some other good movies(besides a lot of other things to do) lined up these mumbai winters .

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Being...THE undisputed champion of dumb-c...

Today i along with shobhit and yashveer (our team representing cap-marks)..won dumb-c,a sub-event in the NMIMS annual event-FAHRENHEIT .The event started with 63 teams from 9 divisions...one team going forward from each division-obviously it was ours....then from 9 to 6....and then from 6 to "BEING THE UNDISPUTED CHAMPIONS"--guesssing all 6 movies in the finals.......list of the movies we guessed right from stage 1--dharm,phir bhi dil hai hindustani,the movie that won maximum number of oscars in 1997,mughal-e-azam(given-pagal-e azam),zindagi ek jua, body of lies(body of flies), the hangover(flyover) and the men of honour......


update-2nd sept....capital markets won 2 more events-dance and collage....overall position 3rd.....

but the irony of the situation is as my friend said--this is what u do(learn) in one of India's premier(read-1st 15) b-schools ??

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Usual dinner menu--unusual names

I call this menu (G.R.jani hostel's dinner-in pic-aloo shimla,veg makhanwala,dal fry,steam rice,veg raita,chapati & papad)usual because the last 5 items are there everyday in this 30rs dinner. sometimes they give sweet dish too.

unusual about it-we call this sookhi sabji "aloo shimla"(sun-ne mein lagta hai jaise shimla ka aloo ho)----shimlamirch aloo there in punjab.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Washing for the first time,Vada Pao & Waiting for the rain to stop

I washed my clothes myself for the first time ever today. Courtesy the fully automatic machine(in pic) available in the hostel bathrooms,i didn't have to do much.

In the evening went for the dinner to the mess,but was their sole off-sunday evenings. then went for the famous NM vada pao (had heard a lot about it)-was good enough( mirch zyada thi)....on my way back it started raining heavenly...so waited at one of the building's watchman quarter(in pic- the place where i sat).Thank GOD i was having with me cellphone's earpieces to pass the time.

Learnings-1.Hostel canteen is closed on sunday evenings
2.Carrying an umbrella is must -doesn't matter how far you go,whereever you go and whatever the weather is like in mumbai .

Sunday, June 28, 2009

ghanan ghanan on 26th june

It's been raining since the morning here in mumbai.It was my first experience of getting wet in the mumbai rains...
image is taken from the classroom on 8th floor of UPG building

Friday, June 26, 2009

Finally.......

following are the results of mba admissions(institutes i applied to)this season...

BIMTECH-around 10th march------not selected(not even a sorry)
NMIMS(MBA-CORE)--around 14th march--sorry, not shortlisted in merit list
FORE--26th march-you are not in the merit list/waitlist
IMT--4th april--you are in the waiting list of IMT NAGPUR campus(which is even now uncleared)
KJ SOMAIYA--around 16th april--sorry not selected
UBS-merit list came on 5th may....counseling not held till date

& finally

NMIMS(MBA-capital markets & MBA-actuarial sciences)-dated 29th may...... Congratulation! You are short listed for Admission (words i have been waiting to read)

Friday, May 29, 2009

Tum bhagat ho..?

i have started going to shop(my father's business place) these days...
following is a conversation between my chachaji(c) and a regular 6-7 years old passerby(kid)(he passes by using the footpath in front of shop 6-7 times daily)...

c:-- tum kahan rehte ho?
kid:--udhar(showing by hand)
c:---to din mein 6-7 baar udhar kya karne jaate ho(other way)
kid:---udhar?....udhar mandir hai....
c:---6-7 baar?....to tum bhagat ho...jai ho!!!
kid:---?????nai
c:---fir kya karne jaate ho udhar.??...
kid:--udhar prasad milta hai na........!!!!

one line summarizes it all-------bache mann ke sache..

Monday, May 4, 2009

CAT 2008 & RESULTS

Caution-THIS IS NOT "SURE-FIRE-ALL-MAKING IT TO-IIMs SUCCESS STORY“---

cat 16th nov 2008

the day before(15th nov)--read "bouncing back"-chapter 3--autobiography of samuel moore walton(MADE IN AMERICA)...was quite motivational...left for chandigarh by around 1 pm with sameer & nipun ,reached there by 5,..watched tv, had dinner and went to sleep

Next day-----16TH NOVEMBER 2008----- was a big day, both in terms of length and importance, was ready for the test by 9:15, left for the venue....there was a big horde..traffic jammed around the D.A.V college, somehow parked my scooter struggling to get inside the parking, was in my class by 9:50,searched for my seat....it was middle coloumn first seat...know what...I was the first one to know the pattern, question booklet bundle was right in front of me though upside down, read it upside down.... was something that last happened 10 years back, more weightage to one section(no marks for guessing which section it was--VERBAL ABILITY AND READING COMPREHENSION)
was familiar with such a pattern….was there in two cl's mocks.--.performed average in both….decided to increase my attempt proportionately to clear 10 % marks in the section(from tested strategy of 8/9x4 to 13/14x4)..overall from around 35(out of 75) to 40(out of 90)....that's why they say...all pre-determined strategies don't work on THE CAT DAY....
changed my another test strategy...started with va/rc first unlike the 98% of the mocks that I practiced with ....attempted 13 questions(8va & 5rc question)..marked the circles...45 minutes over....
came to di/lr.....the section termed the toughest of the CAT 2008....decided not to look in to the share prices set(5 question...3 with cbd option and 2 with none of these option)...it worked...found rest of the section easy...finally in around one hour time solved around 18 question..
time 12:20 pm...40 minutes left for the quant section....with already 31 attempts...thought will do around 9/10 ques...but was wrong.. Time--1 pm and marked only six q.a ques...
total attempt--37 ques...Knew missed out atleast 3-4 ques in quant. and overall.....came out... there was a big horde (i am using this word 2nd time in this post because it costs me 5 marks)....heard someone saying to his friend..."YAAR...CAT IS OVER"

1:15 switched my phone on .... received two calls in the next 5 minutes...."kaisa hua"....never wanted to answer more....switched it off again...
Around 3 pm--switched the tv...but this time no news channel was with the analysts and cut-off pridictors(was also out of net access).read about a show to be telecasted at 6 pm...somehow passed the time...with bachna ae haseeno on a local cable channel....was not interested, with my mind somewhere else
6 pm ..a person from time predicted the overall cut-offs to be 120 with maths somwhere around 20-24...that was the first time I realised it was really tough... also came to know about the TOUGHEST SECTION… ACCORDING TO HIM it was...DI/LR...the one in which I had attempted maximum..... the only think I wanted was somewhere around 100-105
around 6:40 pm--with the courage, entered a cyber cafe...searched for the keys on different institutes sites....first came bullseye....qa--19 marks(5/6 correct)..was satisfied with what I did....also 6th one was a fluke...di 62(16 correct).....va 2 marks(3 correct) overall 83........
but didn't loose hope...another key....pt...17 marks in va ..now overall 98.....another key...ims.....12 in va...again overall 98...this time with 17 correct in di... Time and cl were still not out with their keys

Next day--17th nov....checked out time and cl's keys.....both same...total 98

By the time week ended all institutes were out with marks v/s %iles section--my %iles hovering between..91%ile and 95 %ile...(91(CL),92.5(IMS)and 95(as per Time)..also TIME revised its overall cutoff to somewhere between 106-110(for 97.5 %ile)
.............
yesterday(9th jan 2009)----came the cat results...I am more than happy now.. have scored more than expected
--a total of 103(proving all institutes verbal keys wrong)...22 in va/eu,19 in quantitative and 62 in lr & di(respective %iles---72.2,75.93 and 99.94)...and an overall %ile of 95.52........even though extremely happy with my cat score ....but there's one thing to regret about also...not scoring that well in my graduation--i lost IIM SHILONG gd/pi call because of it(all other conditions fulfilled as per their shortlisting criteria disclosure)..........but.......that's life.

Now, hope I get the calls from the institutes I have applied to…

Saturday, January 10, 2009

GO GREEN

Hawayein, patte, pani, per, jungle, sabz sona hain...
Agar tum ho to itna hi zaroori inka hona hai

Hawayein maili mat karna ki jab tum saans loge
Ye dum wapas nahin ayega jab tum khaans loge

Ugaao zindagi aur yaad rakho dil ko bona hai
Hawayein, patte, pani, per, jungle, sabz sona hain

Per ugaao, chanon hawayein, saaf karo
Apni zameen se itna to insaaf karo

Ugaao zindagi aur yaad rakho dil ko bona hai
Hawaayein, patte, pani, per, jungle, sabz sona hain

Ugaao zindagi aur yaad rakho dil ko bona hai
Hawaayein, patte, pani, per, jungle, sabz sona hain

THIS IS THE OFFICIAL NDTV-GREEN CAMPAIGN ANTHEM
LYRICS-GULZAR
MUSIC-SHANKAR,EHSAN & LOY

Friday, December 5, 2008

YUVVRAAJ

I will remember this movie for two reasons:-
1.first ever movie watched alone
2.My first pvr experience(flamez-ludhiana)
as far as the film is concerned, I think it is a good one-- seems like ghai has worked hard on it unlike the last commercial one-kisna(it was intolerable).all through the movie there are some beautifully pictured locations, sets are amazing-,acting is also good but like taal here also anil kapoor steals the show with his acting .-- story is the only thing i didn't like ,but subhash ghai has done good to make the story work with music as a base- which is the best thing about the film, plus background music was equally good. best songs i think are --DOST,TU MUSKURA and DIL KA RISHTA.
Overall a great family drama to watch in a long time

Monday, December 1, 2008

Angels And Demons...BOOK REVIEW

few days back i completed reading what i term as "THE BEST FICTION I HAVE READ TILL DATE",it is also the longest---569 pages.the only thing that comes to my mind after reading is --how can someone think of writing something "huge" like this.
HATS OFF to MR.DAN BROWN and the research work he has put into this creation which clearly comes out through out the book.so much research--starting from about the CERN to their scientific research,to the VATICAN,to the monuments and churches of ROME and last but not the least to
ILLUMINATI BROTHERHOOD and ILLUMINATI LAIR...i must say "rich with high I.Q"
what i find the best about the book is the AMBIGRAM thing(try to read the cover page upside down to know what ambigram is) and the book is interesting as anything until all of them are discovered.
rest i would say this is "one fiction which really DESERVES to be read". if you are a fan of SIDNEY SHELDON and have read his novels,likes them..--then this one is his novels great-grandmother---UNPUTDOWNABLE--!!!!!!

watch out the following link if you have already read it

http://www.danbrown.com/secrets/angels_demons/spoiler.html

Monday, November 24, 2008

INSPIRATION

There will be times when you would despair
There would be times when you feel defeated
There will be times when you feel rejected
Hold your thoughts and ponder
Wait a while and remember
Don’t judge yourself from a day’s experience
For what you are today, was not made in a day
A failure is a way, I believe
To see yourself in a different light
In a different perspective, through your own inner eyes
You rejoice in success
You analyze in failure
For failure is a queer teacher, it will teach you things the hard way
It won’t facilitate, it won’t accentuate,
It will hit you hard in your face
But if you get bogged down, give up or simply stop
Do it at your own risk, kill yourself, albeit in parts
They can take away an opportunity, they can take away a chance
They may take away the world from you, and make you penniless
And you are down and out unless
You see with your inner eyes
The potential, the passion, the talent, the energy, the enthusiasm
The spirit, the will and most importantly the faith.
You will see yourself
In a totally different light
For these are the things
No one can take away, no one can change
No one can tamper, no one can suppress
Because this is all what you are about.

Friday, October 24, 2008