Author: Deliciously Alive
Sigh!
Dear Sonu,One of my most favorite songs sung by you is the title song of Kal Ho Na Ho, ‘Har ghadi badal rahi hai roop zindagi’ I had a lump in my throat when I first heard that song, and my eyes still mist over each time I hear it. I’m reacting much the same…
Housefull : Recipe for disaster
The Ingredients; 1 top Hero, Akshay Kumar 2 Side Heroes, Arjun Rampal and Riteish Deshmukh 1 Comic Actor, Boman Irani 2 over the top currently-out-of-work veteran/almost veteran actors, Randhir Kapoor and Chunky Pandey 3 scantily clad Bimbos, Lara Dutta, Deepika Padukone and Jiah Khan 1 fast paced item number The Seasoning; Skin show (both male…
I wrote for the Chicken Soup for the Indian Romantic Soul !
Like a lot of people all over the world, I’d read and enjoyed a number of books from the ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul’ series. But if I said it was my dream to write for them someday, I’d be lying through my beautiful white teeth * grin * However, when the Editor, Raksha Bharadia,…
Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jaayega (Swayamvar Season 2)
He’d been known as a wife-beater during his previous marriage, has had a run-in with the law not so very long ago and was/is supposedly an addict. He laughs in a weird manner, has a perennially lecherous look in his eye and the personality of an ant. It isn’t known what he does for a…
What were they thinking?????
Priyanka Chopra: Honest to God, I started off by wearing a saree, till I realized no one would recognize me if I was fully clothed! Gul Panag: If I smile a lot, flashing my dimples, maybe no one will notice my bad makeup, terrible hair, mismatched clutch, ill fitting patchwork dress and pregnant-looking bloated tummy….
Book Review: The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
What I know of the Mahabharata is courtesy of the much-revered epic telecast on the small screen years ago. Sunday mornings meant sitting in front of the television watching the majestic Bheeshma Pitamah exuding power, the valiant Arjun skillfully battling his enemies, the enigmatic and wily Krishna using his clever words, sometimes as a soothing…
I hate you, Ranbir Kapoor!
Just after watching a trail show of ‘Saawariya’ before it released in Nov ’07 my Dad told me ‘Ranbir Kapoor will be a top star 2 years time.’ I scoffed and struck a bet, of Rs 5000000000000000 crores, that Ranbir wouldn’t. I’m now figuring out how bloody much exactly IS that amount I promised Dad….
Movie Review: De Dana Dan
Audience Interpretation of the words De Dana Dan = beat the hell out of. Audience wishes to De Dana Dan the person who conceptualized/plagiarized this film. Audience wishes to De Dana Dan the stars and character actors who signed on for this film, and wonder if they knew what utter fools they would be made to…
Movie Review: Kurbaan
Avantika Ahuja (Kareena Kapoor, looking gorgeous!) and Ehsaan Khan (Saif, looking haggard) are fellow professors in a Delhi college which allows them to wear jeans, flirt openly and even kiss in the staff room. *I want to teach here too!* After an endless round of coffee and conversations, a beautifully shot melodious, ‘Shukran Allah’, song…