52nd Filmfare Awards

One thing that I always wait for in Feb/March are the Filmfare awards. I am so much addicted to them that I actually cut short my trip to LA by a day so that I can be home before Sunday to watch the awards (nah, just kidding...but my hubby definitely thinks so!).

Anyways, the movie buff that I am...such things are easily expected from me.

This year there was a a lot of hype about the awards night since for the first time it was going to be a black-tie event. Did it live up to the expectations? I didn't think so. It was a good show, but on the whole nothing that I would remember for too long. It was good enough to keep me glued to my TV for 4 hours, but as soon as it ended, I forgot most of it. Most of the times I record the award shows. And almost every time, I go back to see my favorite segment(s). This year there was none.

A few things, however, that I noticed were:

• When Kareena Kapoor won the best actress (critic) award, she thanked everyone, but her dad. Infact she said that she wants to thank her mom for bringing her up single handedly. I thought Babita and Randhir Kapoor were always together. Did I miss on something??

• Sticking with the Kapoors, I think both the sisters have started looking a lot alike.

• Sridevi looked gorgeous. She has lost a lot of weight and was carrying herself real well.

• Is it only me, or does Rekha always looks the same in all the award shows? She has such monotonous dressing sense.

• Shahrukh as always was good as a host. Some of the jokes he cracked were hilarious.

• I hated to see Abhishek & Aishwarya sitting together. I guess it is official – they are getting married:(

• I am glad RDB bagged the maximum number of awards.

• Can't believe that KANK was nominated for so many categories! Just because a movie has good casting and is directed by a well known director, does not qualify it to win awards.

• Aamir Khan as always missed the awards night.

I guess the next in line are the Zee Cine Star awards. Let hope that they will be more entertaining than the Filmfare awards this year.

MUNNA BHAI CHALE AMERIKA

I am a big Munnabhai & Circuit fan. Just looking at their faces brings a grin on my face. This one seems to take us a step ahead in the journey of laughter.

Official song of the ICC World Cup 2007

Can't wait for the World Cup to begin!

Right or Wrong??

My husband and I get phone calls at the weirdest times of the day/night. Sometimes the phone is ringing at 1:00 am, and other times at 4:00 am (and ofcourse if my hubby is reading this, he will say not 'we' it's always your calls). Well, that aside, one night the phone rang around midnight. We both were asleep and I saw it was our friend calling. As much as I wanted to ignore it, I did not. I picked it up and after the usual Hi's and how are you's, she said something that was least expected from her.
"I am in love".
Half asleep, but equally excited to know the details, I sat down and started bombarding questions at her...one after the other. But she stayed silent. All she could say was that once she tells us who it is, we both won't be only surprised, but also shocked. Allright, so it has to be a common friend. But as my mind started going down our friends list, I just couldn't figure out who was she referring to. And why in the whole world would we be shocked???
Finally she uttered the words, "I am in love with a girl"!!!!
This ofcourse was followed by a pin drop silence from both the ends. My husband, unaware of what the silence was about asked, "did she tell the name?"
I must admit, at this time I had no clue how to react. All I could come up to say was, "I am happy for you". I could tell that she sensed some awkwardness, but now she tells me that she expected it. It took me a few minutes before I asked the next obvious question, "so who is it?". She started off with the details and after a while we said good night and ended the conversation.
One thing that she asked from me was that is this by any way going to affect our friendship? At that time I gave her a quick answer saying that there is no way it would. Once I got in the bed and tried to sleep, I started to think deeply into this. Although still a bit shaken, I did not think that she was doing anything wrong. In no way do I look down upon gay people. As long as they are not affecting my life in any way, I don't care how they live their lives. I do find certain things they say or do a bit strange, but not wrong. Even with my friend, so many times she says things which I feel are totally weird. But at the end of day, it's her life, and I am no one to decide what is right or wrong.

Ram Gopal Verma Ke Sholay???? Please!!!!!!

I guess after the era of remixed music...we better tie up our seat belts and get ready for a ride into the era of old movies being re-made...first Devdas, then Don & now Sholay!!!!



The Cast:
Amitabh Bachchan ... Gabbar Singh
Mohanlal ... Thakur Baldev Singh
Ajay Devgan ... Veeru
Prashant Raj Sachdev ... Jai
Nisha Kothari ... Basanti
Sushmita Sen ... Jaya Bachan
Sushant Singh ... Sambha
Rajpal Yadav ... Soorma Bhopali
Gaurav Kapoor ... Ahmed
Urmila Matondkar ... Dancing Seductress


I don't know how many of you remember, but I had sometime back written a post on the remake of Sholay. Now I would love to think that it was my post that inspired Ram Gopal Verma to go in the direction of re-making Sholay, but the fact remains that he had thought about it long before then. RGV is all set to re-make one of the finest movies made in the Indian cinema. He claims that he has watched Sholay 27 times (hey, c'mon I have seen DDLJ more than 50 times...would I remake it?) and the movie has been very close to his heart. As much as I hate this idea of re-making Sholay, I am also curious to see what exactly would it have to offer to the audience. I read somewhere that the movie will be set up in contemporary Mumbai and Basanti will be driving a cab???
With all due respect, Mr Verma....certain things are best when left alone!

Mika/Rakhi Sawant & IPhone

Just when I started writing about work, things seem to be getting better. Why didn't I do this earlier? Anyways, I will get back to that.....after a short break!

So finally I got a glimpse of the Mika & Meet Brother's song on Rakhi Sawant. The first thing that came to my mind was how these days no one would let go of an opportunity to capitalize just about anything. And on top of that, these things sell out there. Since the day I heard that Mika has come out with a song talking the whole kissing fiasco between Rakhi and him, I myself was keen enough to go to youtube to listen to it. As hilarious as it may sound, I wonder if this all happened after Rakhi's re-entry into big boss?? Poor soul is sitting in that house unaware what Mika dear is doing out there. At the same time, I am as much enthu to see what happens once she steps out of the house and comes to know of this song. That would be a spicy news and I am looking forward to it!


On the other note, I am waiting for the iphone to be released here in US (in June). With Apple always pioneering in design and breakthrough technology, I am curious to see what this phone will have to offer. As much as I love Apple products, 2 reasons why I might not buy this phone are: the price and that only Cingular is going to offer it (atleast to begin with). The max I would pay for this phone would be $300. But then I have not seen the phone yet!

From bad to worse....

The whole world is full of misery...and natural calamities like last year's Tsunami, this year's floods in Mumbai, and the most recent horriying devastation by hurricane Katrina just leaves you wondering, "what is the purpose behind all this". So many things could be avoided, if people would be doing their jobs correctly. I have been following the coverage on Katrina so closely, that I just keep thinking - what all could have been avoided? It's so sad...it's so touching. Every morning when I wake up, the first thing I do is, turn on the tv, just to hear more bad news.
Well, obviously when Katrina first hit the city of New Orleans, it wasn't as bad as it was predicted. The residents of the city, were happy that the prayers of so many people got answered. No one knew what they would be waking up to the next morning, when the rains had stopped, and the winds were calming down. Their worst fears came true. The levee protecting the whole city broke, flooding 80% of the city...some areas flooded with over 20 feet water. Rescue efforts began...The thing that touched me the most was when one of the rescue teams said that they simply have to ignore the bodies floating, to save the people who are still surviving. The bodies are being put in houses, and the houses are being marked in black, so that later they could come back there to collect the bodies.
New Orleans is all gone...and it would take yrs and yrs to get all that back. I could imagine how people who have spent their lives in that city must be feeling. They won't be able to go back to see if their house is still intact or not....for atleast couple of months.