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Member Since:Apr 24, 2008
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That's how all the best things in Life always are - stunning, curvy, lethal and ..well.......full hollow !. Life. After death :-P
About Me
Food and Drinks: Bacardi Reserva Books: Three Men In A Boat, Old Man & the Sea, 1984Movie Stars: Jack Nicholson, Paul Newman, Peter Sellers, Robert Mitchum, Rajesh KhannaMovies: The Shining, The StingT.V. Shows: Little BritainMusic: Syd Barrett, Love, Pink Floyd, Beatles, George Harrison, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin
Food and Drinks: Bacardi Reserva
Books: Three Men In A Boat, Old Man & the Sea, 1984
Movie Stars: Jack Nicholson, Paul Newman, Peter Sellers, Robert Mitchum, Rajesh Khanna
Movies: The Shining, The Sting
T.V. Shows: Little Britain
Music: Syd Barrett, Love, Pink Floyd, Beatles, George Harrison, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin
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Your Voyage Starts Here!
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Reviewed Ship Of Theseus
As the planks of Theseus’ ship needed repair, it was replaced part by part, upto a point where not a single part of the original ship remained in it, anymoread more...
The Pinnacle of Virtual Debris !
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Reviewed Facebook
Its official:-P I’m out of FB! I joined FB in January, 2012. And in January, 2014 I closed my account. Really a case of LIFO(Last In First Out) you might sread more...
Triumph of the Form Factor
Reviewed Olympus OMD EM5
SLR lovers never had it this good. The entire camera scene seems to have exploded in the past 3-4 years and getting your hands on a "mean" machine is no longer read more...
Its A Jungle Out There !!
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Reviewed Kaziranga National Park
My annual Santragachi "birding" excursions, great as they are, had led to a habitual ennui lately. Someone suggested Kaziranga for a’wider’ palette ofread more...
Krrish Ek Soch Hai :-P
Reviewed Krrish 3
It’s a jam packed theater. The who’s who of Bollywood have got together for the Preview of Krrish 3. Amitabh gives a much needed prologue and soon allread more...
Dis Tegra Is Tagra !!!
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Reviewed Asus Nexus 7
Come Diwali discount bonanza from Flipkart, the Nexus 7 has really caught attention of prospective Tablet buyers looking for a quality ’performance’ tread more...
Sapeak To Me !!
Reviewed War Chhod Na Yaar
For a movie that advertises itself as India’s first war comedy, War Chhod Na Yaar(WCNY) fares reasonably well. A tad more than that perhaps. Partly becauseread more...
From 'Badtameez' Dil to 'Besharam' Dil !
Reviewed Besharam
To be honest Besharam begins on an extremely wrong foot with no less than 3-4 songs within the first 30-35 minutes. One and a half hour into the movie and afterread more...
This Is Where I'd Rather Be !
Reviewed Prague
The creative mind is malleable. It has to be. Pity, this very malleability is its undoing. For, the more I soak in ’Life’, the more it influences me. read more...
Here's One For The Good Road !
Reviewed The Good Road
The problem with rating a movie is that the higher you go up the ladder of excellence, more the accessibility of the movie (and thereby its rating) starts to moread more...
Clash of the Titans !
Reviewed The Lunchbox
If you are unfamiliar with how the Mumbai Dabba system works, you’ll have a lot of questions on your mind within 15 minutes of the movie’s start. But read more...
HORNY OK PLEASE !!
Reviewed Grand Masti
If you have been reading a lot of reviews you’ll likely have many questions too - Is it Raunchy? Is it overboard with the idea of SEX? Is it comic? Is it oread more...
That Painful Truth We Are All Blind To !!
Reviewed Satyagraha
Satyagrah is Prakash Jha’s best movie till date. It will break all box office records and touch 300 crores of business. Its an outstanding movie with greatread more...
Back in Black !
Reviewed Blackberry Q5
Triumph of the form factor ! Thats how I’d describe the latest attempt by Blackberry. Just like the micro four thirds in cameras, the Q5 seeks to balance tread more...
Too Long A List Of CAN'T DOs !!
Reviewed Apple iPad Mini
The iPad mini is the 3rd Apple product I bought in the last 8-9 years years after iPOD and iMac. And not much has changed as far as Apple is concerned. Except fread more...
Not for the Faint-Hearted !!
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Reviewed Ebay
Let me start this review with a famous dialogue from DON - "Main tumse itni nafrat nahi karta jitni main apne bacchon se mohabbat karta hoon". I share almost thread more...
Banjo Banjo :-P
Reviewed Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola
All of a sudden there seems to be a glut of movies dealing with land reforms. And though Matru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola (MKBKM) is about a lot other than land issuesread more...
Of Punches & Punchlines
Reviewed Dabangg 2
I suppose one of the biggest reasons why Dabangg was a hit was that it was targeted with the sub-urban populace in mind. Dabangg 2 is no different except that Cread more...
Jo Biwi Se Kare Pyar Induction Se Kaise Kare Inkar
Reviewed Morphy Richards Chef Xpress 500
Governments really have the power to make or break an industry in India. SD set top boxes that were being sold free with 3-4 months subscription until recently,read more...
Tries Hard To Fail But falls Short !
Reviewed Blackberry Mobile Phone
Its almost end of the world for Blackberry lovers. And why only Blackberry, the entire mobile industry seems to have gone in reverse gear with all players racinread more...
Fraud | Scam | Unprofessional | Dishonest
Reviewed Mediterranean Immigration
Mivisaconsultant.com(Mediterranean Visa Immigration) – Fraud and Unprofessional Service I want to warn everyone about mivisaconsultant.com, also known as Mediteread more...
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Commented on MouthShut_Official
@SG21 Yeh kya haal bana rakha hai...kuch lete kyun nahin :-P
The Responsible Way to Celebrate Diwali!
Commented on EarnesTaster's review
Incidentally, last evening I heard 'Agar Tum Saath Ho' for the first time. It is indeed 'experimental'. And successfully experimental at that. I am glad someone's trying to test the frontiers of Indian music, even if it is a tad delayed. Using multiple instruments (to say nothing of acoustic 'aids' read more...
Commented on Emptor's review
Good to know that you enjoyed the movie Vasu Sir. Your review puts across your POV quite effectively too. I also agree that many of us may be guilty of singling out Salman when the whole country is being plundered and raped without anyone as much as batting an eyelid ! I do feel however that its not read more...
Commented on own review
@EarnesTaster - A lot of water has flown under the bridge since this review was written. Nowadays, most of the websites, especially Indian, resort to rampant data piracy to spam us. Having a mobile connection and gmail account has become an unforgivable sin. Google unkil has upstaged everyone else t read more...
Commented on own article
@EarnesTaster Thanks for comments. I did have a serial on Sab TV by the name of 'Lapataganj' wherein I used to highlight these issues :-P. Pity, it was taken off air shortly after Modiji swore in.
Open Letter to "Banner" Sarkaar
Thanks for the independence day Gift. I suspect thats what it is. I am aware of the reputation of the movie. Unfortunately for me, it was released at a time when I had completely given up watching Hindi movies (blame it on Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Dil To Paagal Hai and similar mush) so I have very little read more...
@GEETA1963 ..sharing ? I hope you didn't mean to share this elsewhere ! I'm have a hard time dodging Mamtadi's goons. Dodging Mr Shah's will be impossible for me. I felt safe writing this blasphemous piece on MS secure in the belief that no one ever comes here :-P
@desigal Aa gayi ? :-P Yes, these are murky waters, you never know who's waiting to nab you ! Reminds me of a great one liner - Our government may look like jokers and act like them too. But don't let that fool you. They really are jokers :-P
@desigal Could you get the piece ? Glad if you could, since most of it was in Hindi ! Sarkar is already deciding things for us. And sadly, not only are we meekly accepting it, we aren't making fuss on it either :-(
Dear Saar, I am Gupta and I live with my wife and son in Kolkata - the’City of Joy’. But what to say Saar, I have no Joy. Let me explain with examples Saar, how your new policies have affected our family:- Ban on Non-veg in IIT Son - Papa suna hai IIT me non-veg ban ho gaya. Me - Sahi read more...
Commented on jmathur's review
Looks interesting Mathursaab. Prima facie though, this appears a far more straightjacket plot compared to Silence of the Lambs. Probably because copying Silence of... in itself may be a herculean task, let alone making something just as good. Talking of genres (and as an aside), it surprises me how read more...
Mathursaab, khush kitta tussi... Ki gaal dasi... I'm sold ! No more arguments on this. Aapka 'differ' karna hi mere liye kaafi hai. In celebration of this grand occasion, I surrender unequivocally and unashamedly. Let me go back and reread my comment and see if I can find out the trigger (so that I read more...
I vaguely remember having watched the movie years ago. The theme has been dealt with in many movies, especially during post independence era. We 'like' to believe that nurture will win over nature but fact is more often than not, it doesn't. Perhaps that's why genes are what they are - very critical read more...
Commented on chatpati's review
@jmathur - that's too sad. A nation of 1.25 odd billion can't produce original ideas for 5 movies a year! I'm at a loss of words ... Arey mujhe hire karlo das paanch ideas to main hi de dunga...
@Bookish LOL @ the Jeromesque quote. I'm not so sure about the ''physically straining'' part. Traveling to Shillong itself is a strenuous task (unless they hired a chopper for Dr Kalam that landed on the IIM rooftop). I agree that the idea of spending the twilight of one's life - waiting on our bed read more...
Of Dr 'Kamaal' and Karma !!
Ajay had to be 'cardboard'. Otherwise, 'munni badnaam ho jaati' :-P Jokes apart I agree someone should put a ban on remakes. But then again, my impression is that producers usually encourage 'legal' remakes since it helps them extend their earnings even on 'dead meat'. I would say I was pleasa read more...
Commented on GRuchirG's review
Ruchir Babu, how does this compare with the Banker novels ? Unlike the Shiva trilogy, this time round, Amish has something similar to contend with.
I totally buy your argument. I haven't watched Bajrangi and will probably never watch a Salman Khan film on my own again. I had stopped going to theatres sometime ago because they didn't allow me to carry Water ! But guess what ? To say that I was in a minority would be a gross overstatement. My own read more...
@cyrilsunil Thanks for your comments
@Toothless No question of tangent. Your points are all apposite. My own knowledge about Dr Kalam is too superficial to make any meaningful comment about him. To him probably this was the best way he could have spent his last years. Much of what I wrote came from the manner of his death rather than read more...
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