List of characters Monty, Himesh Reshammiya. Size zero, with a poodle on his head and a face that still looks like his neck threw up. On the positive side, he has graduated from having a single expression on his face. In this, his second film, he looks like he is in varying degrees of abject…
Author: Deliciously Alive
Movie Review: Drona
Spoiler Alert! Aditya (Abhishek Bachchan) lives in Prague with a rowdy, horrendously dressed aunt (Navneet Nishan in a fleeting appearance) who gains great pleasure in treating him badly and referring to him as a ‘free servant’ The only thing Aditya can talk to is a bi-lingual blue rose petal that wafts in at will. It’s…
These days…
These daysI get back in touch with long lost friends over text messages asking,‘Heard about the bomb-blasts. Please confirm you and all at home are safe.’ These days I pray for hopeand a life that is safe, long andnot tinged with cynicism and distrust These days I am thankful formissed opportunitiesand second chances These days…
Book Review : Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen and David Oliver Relin
Here we drink three cups of tea to do business: the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third you join our family, and for our family we are prepared to do anything – even die.’ Haji Ali, Korphe Village Chief, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan. The Plot: In the…
The Aliens had landed…
…but ran back to where they came from, after they saw the tough completion they would face on earth, in the form of our homegrown specimen!Bad hair – CheckBad accessories – CheckBad make-up – CheckWardrobe Malfunction at its peak – CheckBeen mercilessly beaten with an ugly stick – Check Infact, I love Vivek Oberoi’s look…
Satiating the senses
Well, the above is also the title of the newest addition to my blog, which if you havent read as yet, SHAME ON YOU!;) Psstttt, you could save face by reading it here, and pretend you knew about it all along;) More than a month away from my blog and the withdrawl symptoms have been…
Movie Review: Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na
My Rating ****For a while now, we’ve been scoffing at ‘Pappu’ because he can’t dance, saala. We’ve also sung along, soothing her by explaining ‘Kabhi kabhi zindagi mein Aditi…’ And we finally get to see Aditi and her gang on screen. Aditi a.k.a Meaow and Jai a.k.a Rats (Imran Khan) are best buddies. It’s plain…
Forcefully Tagging self! ;)
I love blogging and hate it when I don’t do so regularly. And when I have nothing to blog about (which is happening with scary regularity these days) Tags, God bless their creator, always come to my rescue. I discovered this Tag on one of my many blog-hopping visits ages ago, but have no idea…
Movie Review…
…AamirDr Aamir Ali (Rajeev Khandelwal, mindblowingly brilliant!) lands into Mumbai city after a 3 year stint abroad. And then lands into a plot of bewilderment and terror. His family has been kidnapped, his luggage stolen and a cellphone is handed over to him. The cellphone belongs to an unknown number and voice. The voice instucts…
Tales of a Teetotaler
The reason I don’t need a drink is because I’m always high on life. I have had an inkling of it for a while now. Careful and constant observation has confirmed it. And I am now completely convinced that I belong to the fast-heading-towards-extinction species, otherwise known as, ‘Teetotalers.’ A Teetotaler in today’s world is…