Movie-maniac

I had started writing this blog on 18th August, but thanks to my laziness and some unavoidable reason I could not finish it on time. And here am I to complete the story. I had a great week watching many of my favourite movies.

On 15th August, I watched CHAK DE INDIA. As I expected it came out as a remarkable movie with extraordinary performance. The pack of girls, their emergence from different states with diverse culture, lingo, way of life and mannerism was an added charm. I think more than Shahrukh it was bunch of these gifted girls who made this movie a hit. Among all the gals, my favorite was the appealing “ komal Chautala”. I loved her attitude man, full of confidence and mischief. In the final match of India Vs Australia, when she passed ball to preeti Sabarwal, a shriek had come out even from my mouth. I guess somehow I can relate to the emotion as I have myself played loads of game for my school and region during my school days.

On 17th August, I watched GODFATHER 1& 2…I know I am not going to say anything new. It’s a masterpiece. I have read the first part of Godfather which actually helped me in understanding the story better. A very well directed movie. Next week, I have set a target of reading Godfather-2. lets see whether I can finish that or not.

Hey, wait..wait.. its not the end.. On Sunday ie 18th August, I get to see IJAAZAT, late night show on TV. I tell you, since long I wanted to see this Gulzar-directed movie. While surfing channel on TV, i saw, “coming up next: ijaazat”, I was so happy and excited. Anyways, great movie yaar. It’s a must for emotional fools like me. Watch this movie atleast once.I I wont be able to do justice to Mr. Gulzar or to the actors per se by narrating the story over here. So, my request is to go and watch it. Indian film industry is full of directors and producers, but Gulzar saab is one of his kind. The gracefulness with which he treats the subject cant be discovered in any other movie.
Amazing songs, extraordinary performance and strong script.. I loved it and I can watch it again.

Monisha

2nd Aug, 2007:

I have taken one of the most defining and memorable decision of my life. My saying that i like someone would be an understatement. Actually, I idolize someone and would like to spend my entire life being with him. I just cant imagine myself being with someone else now. However, I am quite sure (sadly though) that it’s not going to be a cakewalk.

I belong to a small place called Patna( bihar). My parents are extremely conservative, just like local bihari crowd and they cant imagine their daughter getting married to someone out of their caste. Today, after much ado I decided to disclose my secret with my elder brother. While speaking to him I literally started crying. Later on, he had a word with mom-dad and good round of scolding from her side. Later on mom called me and the arguments, tears, abuse continued…

I don’t want to hurt anyone but I guess, I can’t have best of both the world. In this process someone is definitely gonna hurt. I have taken a stand and I want to remain stick to it. There are only a handful of people in my life I can bank upon at the time of crisis. He is my pillar of strength, my backbone and my best friend. I cant lose him just like that. He is the one with whom I can share anything. I can be his kid, his darling, his mother, his sweetheart all at the same time and he is one of the most understanding soul I have ever met.

I LOVE HIM & I GUESS HE WORTH THIS FIGHT.….

GUYS! WISH ME LUCK…..

Travelling in Deccan Queen- Mumbai to Pune

When I look back at whatever months i have spend working with my current company, the month of july is definitely not something I can feel elated about. Whatever be the reason but I dint perform as per my expectations. In office, most of the time, I was doing nothing. A feeling started sinking in that im a useless or rather an inefficient employee.

So, I thought of recharging my battery by spending weekend with bhai-bhabhi at Mumbai and start afresh on Monday. I wake up early morning on saturday as I wanted to board Deccan Queen 7.15 am. Finally, I got the ticket after standing in a long queue. But the problem started when it came to searching the ladies general boogie. To my astonishment, there is no separate compartment as such in Deccan queen for regular travelers like Mumbai locals or mumbai-pune intercity express. It came as a shock to me.

There was one boogie for pass holders where 80% of the seats were reserved for pass holders. If anyone wants reservation in ladies local compartment, they have only 20 seats at their disposal and this reservation has to be done 1 day in advance. If some1 wants immediate tickets, no denying that they will get tickets but there is no assurance as such that they will get place to relax their bum. They have to manage among whatever seats left unreserved among 20 seats (which are not occupied by the pass holders). So, you can understand Indian Railways don’t take pain of informing the new travelers of the reservation status.

The attitude of Pass holder females in itself a very interesting story. Most of the passholders seats were vacant but they dint let anyone sit there.. Most of them were sleeping and on an average each female was occupying 2.5 seats (I actually counted it). We were absolutely at their mercy. Finally, after standing for almost one hour a chubby lady sympathized with us and gave me some place.

I had a small conversation with one female who was observing my plight throughout. What she advised can be beneficial for all of us. She suggested me never to take permission from pass holders. While traveling if any of those passholders asked you just tell them that you are yourself a pass holder and later on in case TT comes, paying him a fine of Rs.15 can avail us that seat and that’s it. Most of these ladies are already sitting on their seat and thus they have no rights to stop anyone else.

Thus, while traveling I learned one good lesson that honesty is not always the best policy.