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Member Since:May 08, 2004
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I could tell you I am kind, generous, polite, creative, artistic and all those things but the fact remains that I am just a normal guy going to a normal university in Auckland, doing a normal engineering degree, eating normal food, drinking normal water, watching normal movies, playing normal sports, and basically living a normal life (Count the number of commas in that!). So if you run into me on the street, you would not give me a second look. Yup, that's me, I am that normal. Aren't we all? :-). Cricket, Badminton, table tennis, chess, squash, tennis and basket-ball are all games which I would love to be good at. By the looks of it, though, basket-ball seems to be destined to be in my 'to do list' forever. But I have made reasonable progress in the remaining ones. :-) I love to read books; I am currently on a mystery frenzy having read about six of Agatha Christie's novels in the last month or so. I am currently reading 'Murder on the Orient Express'. I also like to write, I would like to think I am a good writer, but I am not, because I use too many commas in my sentences. :-)...if you want confirmation, just read the last sentence, or just read this one.
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An exercise in how NOT to tell a story
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Reviewed Saawariya
All right, I will come out and say it. I am not a big fan of Sanjay Leela Bhansali. In fact, I don’t like his movies at all. I didn’t like either Black or DevRead more...
The Story Of Us
Reviewed Chak De India
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Of Lust and Love
Reviewed Nishabd
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Once upon a time, in our very own Galaxy...
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Reviewed Foundation Trilogy - Isaac Asimov
The Milky Way, our home galaxy. Close to its centre lies the densely populated world of Trantor, and on it the Imperial Palace whose arms once extended to theRead more...
A fiction novel with not much 'fiction'
Reviewed Five Point Someone - Chetan Bhagat
"A little update: Now I know there is no such thing as a ’fiction novel’; a novel by definition is a work of fiction, so forgive me for that amateurRead more...
Tug of War
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Reviewed Dhoom 2
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If Mars really attacked...
Reviewed Naseeruddin Shah
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The folly of pattern-seeking
Reviewed Darna Zaroori Hai
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Utterly illogical and nonsensical
Reviewed Alag
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The Great Shah Rukh vs Aamir Debate - My two cent
Reviewed Shah Rukh Khan
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Romantic terror or terrifying romance?
Reviewed Fanaa
In Hollywood, there is a distinct line between a commercial success and a critical success. The first rakes in the dollars, the other collects the Oscars. Of Read more...
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Reviewed Asterix Series - Goscinny Uderzo
The smile on Centurion Dubius Status’s face suggested he was in a good mood, but his black eye and two broken teeth gave enough evidence countering thatRead more...
Sherlock Holmes - A small tribute
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Reviewed Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes, The - Arthur Conan Doyle
Everyone’s heard of him one time or the other. Books have been written dedicated to him. Fictional detectives ever since cannot help but ape him. MoviesRead more...
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A cannot be not-A
Reviewed FountainHead, The - Ayn Rand
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Of wooden-legs, blow-pipes and attractive women
Reviewed Sign of Four - Arthur Conan Doyle
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Keep away from the MOOR!
Reviewed The Hound Of The Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle
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The hunger for a story
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The ins and outs of revenge
Reviewed Zinda
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Education should start with T.H.I.N.K
Reviewed Black - Bollywood
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Reviewed Tafe Access - St. Marks Road - Bengaluru
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Commented on Vibes's review
Hi Vibes (Do you have a real name?) You must be one of the few girls I have ever heard about / met who has actually read and liked Asimov... To me, he is God, I rate him higher than Shakespeare even...I have read his robot series, his foundation series, his black widower stories...let's just s Read More...
Hi, You remind me a lot of magicalsummer (It's possible you don't know her) with your popularity on here...you get more comments on one review than all my reviews put together... Do you sense a little bit of jealousy in my words? That's becaus I AM jealous :-) Either way, a good review on a Read More...
Commented on own review
Hi Priya, You know, judging by how much attention I got on my last review, I was actually looking forward to a bit of the same with this one, but looks like hardly anyone cares anymore :-) Sonam Kapoor is Anil Kapoor's daughter...the only reason I know is because I have been watching Voice of Read More...
Hi Purnima, I am not really man of my word...I hardly ever keep my promises...currently, I am PLANNING to write something about Om Shanti Om, but let's see how that goes :-) Sharath
Commented on magicalsummer's review
Did you change the title of your review from 'Khan masala movies get better than this?' to 'Masala movies khan't get better than this'? Why, though? Any reason for preferring the second one over the first? Sharath
Hi Vij, Yes, actually, I can tell you what I meant when I said 'unrealistic' characters in CDI...I had this discussion with Nithi on this page, but it will take you a while to find it, so I will repeat it here... I think it is important to draw the line between characters and caricatures (or s Read More...
Hi Vij, Thanks for that...well I always look at HOW the movie is made rather than what it is about...mainly characters..forget about sets, music etc...for me, a movie is a story, and a story should be told with well-crafted characters, unless you are making a satire or a comedy... So even an u Read More...
Hi Vijith, Thanks for that...since you made no attempt to question any of my 'real' points, I will have to pass by without saying anything of note here... The fact that it is an underdog story is not one of the main reasons I thought the movie was bad...there were many other issues...I think i Read More...
Johnny Gaddar? No I didn't actually...I will write something on it if I see it... Recently saw Manorama...planning to write up something about it... Seeya around :-) Sharath
Hi Ishan, To each his own...if you honestly believe that all it takes is for our captain to shake hands with the rival captain for us to cry 'foul', then believe it... Zidane was blamed for his headbutting, because headbutting is an offensive act...the last time I checked, there is nothing wro Read More...
Hi Ishan, So you are saying our media blames as a match-fixers all our players that shake hands with the rival players, just because they are Muslim? That's funny, because if that is the case we must have seen at least a hundred cases against Mohammad Kaif (or Irfan Pathan, or Zaheer Khan) because Read More...
Hi Ishan9855 I never said the 'muslim thing' didn't exist in India..of course it does...but does it exist in the same degree as it is shown in the movie? The movie suggests that all that is needed for a Muslim captain to shake hands with a Pakistani captain for us to blame him with match-fixing.. Read More...
Rated on sarav's review
Hi Chippi... You echoed exactly what I wanted to say...if we really believe we are a secular nation, we wouldn't drive home these points so forcefully everytime we win a game...now seriously, if the Hockey World cup takes place in Australia, you would expect an Australian to hoist the Indian flag Read More...
Hi Bhachak! Thanks for the insightful comment, means a lot :-) Sharath
Commented on uc007's review
Hi Utpal, I think if I were to write a slightly balanced version of what I did end up writing about this movie, it would have been eerily similar to what you had to say... I felt most of the sentiments you voiced...the overdose of chauvinism, patriotism, Muslim-bashing, and cricket-bashing...i Read More...
Rated on uc007's review
Hi Jui (Heartzeal) Was just reading your comment once again and I thought I should make this distinction clear...characterization has got nothing to do with the story...you can have the most outlandish story ever and still have good characterization... Like a team of players who have never pla Read More...
Hi Jui (Heartzeal) Your first comment eh? :-) You have made a fine start! (1) Thanks for the compliment...though that second sentence made no sense to me... (2) I agree with you, all movies contain emotional manipulation...though I think that good stories/movies make use of the emotions inh Read More...
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