Waterlogged!!

Now I know I said around 1:40 pm day before yesterday that "we got drenched" but that was nothing compared to what we actually got one we came closer to home. The streets were waterlogged, and as usual, I was all excited about seeing so much water. Until our car suddenly stopped. And then refused to start. And there was water all around us. And then water started to seep through. So in the next few seconds, my feet were already soaked in muddy water. So finally my mom said we'd have to wade through the water to get home. So we picked up our shopping, and as I opened the car door, a rush of water swept into the car and I promptly closed the door again. Then to shouts of my sister calling me an idiot and telling me to hurry up, I braved the onslaught once again, and this time stepped into the muddy pool outside. It was nothing like anything I've done before. We were wading in knee deep muddy water and holding onto each other so as not to slip and crack our skulls. That's that, but the story doesn't end here. Fat drops of rain were hitting our heads and for some odd reason my left eye was hurting and I couldn't see anything. Somehow we waded through the dirty water, braved the hard hitting rain drops and finally got home. Shopping bags a mushy pulp, looking like we just walked out of a swimming pool, we entered the dry facilities of our home sweet home. Quite an adventure I must say. Doesn't look like I'm going to be squealing in joy the next time I see mini lakes prop up on the road when it rains.

Rainnnnnnnnn

It's rainingggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!
Same thing happened last week when we'd come to Ambience mall. Got drenched :)

One for the rains

Now that it is raining awesomely here in Delhi, how can I not blast music from my laptop?
So, here's my list of Top 3 Rain Songs for the here and now (under no circumstances is this list meant to be exhaustive):::




Always a nice and peppy number for the rains :) 90s FTW!



Well, maybe this isn't technically a rain song, but bhavnao ko samjho :P



Now, don't get me wrong, I like the orginal Kishore Kumar song as well, but right now, felt like listening to this :)

Enjoy!!

Raanjhanaa....

I just came back from watching Raanjhanaa.....I liked it. Let's just put one thing out there first- Dhanush might not be good looking, but he's adorable as hell, and yes, a brilliant actor, but who hasn't heard that already?
I keep thinking back to how much I loved  Kolaveri Di, and all of that has to be attributed to him.

Sonam Kapoor, well, I can't say I hated her like I usually do...but there were times when I was like..does she have to always speak in that squeaky voice, and make that helpless face? As for her character, can only say she was a self-obsessed, manipulative, bitch. But yeah, she looks incredibly pretty, esp when they show her as the JNU girl.

Abhay Deol, I always like...but yeah, there were parts in the film where I felt he didn't do justice, or maybe it was the character that seemed off. I don't know.
Music, yes, I liked it. Tu Mun Shudi, has been like my favourite song for the past few days, and I keep listening to it. Raanjhanna title track (the chorus part), and Tum Tak are songs I liked as well. Another one I started liking after watching the movie was Banarasiya. Even 'Piya Milenge' was nice actually.

As for the movie, I like the way the story unfolds, the screenplay, the narration....the way the story is told basically...
I would've preferred a happier end, and I don't want to reveal anything for people who wouldn't have seen it yet, but I _did_ like the end, it's just that.....well....:| it wasn't very happy. I would like to add that the overall movie watching experience was quite nice...the colours, the backdrops, the music...it all blended well and made the whole movie ..... worth watching. :)

It's hard to imagine that the same guy directed Tanu Weds Manu, but then, you can't really box people into a genre. I always felt that movie could've been a whole lot better than it was.

Anyhow, I wanna watch other Dhanush movies now, so will try searching online :) Hopefully they'll have subtitles.

Ciao!

P.S- The kid who plays Dhanush's character in the beginning of the movie was...amazing :)

The Village

All these years in Delhi, and I visited Hauz Khaz Village for the first time today. Was a little surprised, looked so run down and chaotic. But such interesting things everywhere!! This 'He Said! She Said! Shot Bar' caught my eye. Various other things, but anyway. We went to Amour. It was nice. Didn't like the approach to the restaurant, but well, I guess some things you put up with. Now about the restaurant:
Ambience- Loved it!! Looks out over lush green, except there's a lot of kachra by the trees. Meh, Delhi.
Food- Again, loved it! Not so much the ham pizza, thought it was dry, but the lamp chops with the potato-pasta thing were lovely and juicy. The mixed grilled platter was interesting too, the vegetables were nice, the chicken was fine. The pork a little rubbery, but well....no one else complained.
Don't order the ginger ale, cause they'll give you the Shweppes one. The peach iced tea that I ordered was nice though. :)
I liked the place, would definitely recommend. :)

Special 26

I watched Special 26 on tv today. It was coming back-to-back on colours. It was a reaaalllly good movie!! And esp how they made it look like authentic 1970s! I mean, the movie kept me hooked throughout, except for the stupid mushy love parts. It's always nice to watch Jimmy Shergill in a movie. And I must add, BRILLIANT acting by Anupam Kher, who seems to be getting better with every movie, even now :P
Akshay Kumar, toh hai hi accha, and these kinds of roles suit him to a tee. Didn't care much for the female lead. But all in al, a good watch, and it was recommended by my parents. :)

Oh, n Manoj Bajpai as well! Two thumbs up for him! :D And Divya Dutta was fun, though she had like a micro-second role.

Aurangzeb- An entirely different genre from the Yash Raj camp.

I watched Aurangzeb with my family today, and I just have to put it out there. It was an awesome movie. Just had to say it. :)
Well, first of all, it has a brilliant star cast. Arjun Kapoor, again, delivers a powerful performance. Amrita Singh, Jackie Shroff, Rishi Kapoor, Deepti Naval- all do their pats well. Amrita Singh, I was watching on screen after a long time, but these bitchy, catty, powerful roles really suit her well. And guess what? Kavi Shastri was in the movie!! So, that's a plus one anyway, cause I really like the guy. Short role, but it was fun. :) The female lead was a little random, The girl, Sashaa Agha was meh. :| But I guess, almost every movie has it's shortfalls.

For one, the story was very riveting. Convoluted plot, got confusing at times, but still kept you hooked. In addition, the movie was based in Gurgaon, so you know...I was like movies that are based in places I'm familiar with.
The love angle they ghusaado-fied in the middle was random, and mostly unnecessary. It would've been fine without that niggling little thing.
What I really liked about the movie though, was that not a single character was shown as black or white, all grey, each and every one of them. From the suppsoed 'hero' to the 'villain' everyone has his demons to tackle, and each shows a glint of humanity when you least expect it. Parts of the movie were cliched, and predictable I guess, but I've never really held that against a movie, unless it was so in-you-face as to becoem nauseatingly obvious.
Now, I want to mention something here. I quite liked the guy who was ACP Arya Phogat in the movie. I came home, and googled a bit, and was pleasantly surprised, and very excited, to find out that he was Prithviraj. Yes, the same Prithviraj who was acclaimed for his performance in Raavan (Tamil and Hindi)....and who was oh-so-hot in Aiyya. (Still have to watch that movie though). It's just that....he looked different. But boy, can the guy act! I loved him and his character! :D
Now I think I've gushed enough about the movie, you better go watch it yourself. In fact, I loved the music of the film way before I went to watch it. It was just a little sad that they decided to keep some of the really good songs out of the movie, like Aurangzeb rock version, which is my favourite, along with Jigra Fakeera.
The background score was bang on as well. :) And apart from Barbaadiyan, the other songs just sort of melt into the background as a score.
One more thing, I promise the last, before I take your leave. I was listening to the Aurangzeb Soundtrack on VLC, when I noticed Ran Sampath as one of the singers. The name rang a bell, so again, I googled. [All Hail Google!] Yes, this same, most-talented guy, gave the music for Delhi Belly, Talaash, Khakee and Fukrey (along with some other forgettable movies). But hey, this was a good discovery. :)

Oh, and before I go, I'd just like to add a very profound statement about the cinematic treat I watched today.

Arjun Kapoor is very hot!!

hehe, kthnxbye.
:D