What do you think if i say who is "Pankaj Advani"? 90 percent answers will be "Snooker Player", and if i exclude snooker player from "Pankaj Advani", then probably most of the answer will be "i don't know", Lemme tell you who was that guy. He was one of director who tried to bring the dark comedy in bollywood, and obviously it didn't worked because of censor board, Now i'm not getting into what the board should and shouldn't do, but i like to say something about his work.
I don't know how many of you have watched "Sankat City", That's the movie pankal directed, and mind you it was brilliantly directed by pankaj, Till then i didn't know about his other movie which was "Urf Professor", I saw it when one of my friend recommended and i was absolutely amazed from what i saw. The director made this movie in 2001 and obviously it didn't make to theaters but it is out to download in this year.
What i like about this movie is boldness and the brave dialog from the actors. You could imagine the gravity of comedy or i would say situational comedy that this could possibly amongst the top 3 best comedies made in bollywood in last 3 to 4 decades, It's almost at par with "Jaane bhi do yaaron", Some of the scenes don't make you smile but it make you laugh your arse over. The movie actually takes off with a pre-suhaag raat scene where the groom(Bakul Thakker) decides and explain with the bride(Benica) that they should open up and reveal their past secrets. It's looks like "Alright I've seen this scenes" but the moment bride opens her mouth and tells the story of her pre-marital affairs the scene goes berserk.
I mean when was the last time you end up listening to a woman on hindi cinema daring to say that "I had an affair with a boy who had twelve inch C*ck" and "And there was twins called ajay/vijay who sandwiched me while their mother watch and enjoy" , Try to imagine the dialogs in hindi, and no-sir I'm not talking about the porn. The act changes so frequently that you wouldn't even remember the charm of previous one because the new portion/act has something extra to deliver.
There was a scene where the husband in first act hires a professor(Pahwa) to kill his wife, and he works with his accomplice called Hudda(Yashpal sharma) who was the best character in the whole movie, So in that particular scene the professor enters the hotel to kill the wife who was suppose to be in swimming pool but professor forgot his glass and can't see the photograph, so he become confused, because there were lot's of women there, so he called hudda for help and hudda then calls the husband for the description, and boss that 10 min scene was so brilliantly written and executed by those three actors that you won't resist to see that again.
There was no story structure, no prototyped formula but you still make the bond with the movie, Though it didn't hit the theaters but it's already gaining applauds in underground cult. All i can say is "Urf professor" is movie which bollywood missed for 9 odd years.
RIP "Pankaj Advani"
Friday, December 31, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
I-Rock 2010, Sheer Fun :)
Here I come again on blogging world again, Here’s little outing cum review of I-Rock 2010.
The much anticipated and awaited event arrived on evening of 5th December, It was 25th anniversary of “Independence Rock” which was held at the Chitrakoot grounds, Andheri East. Don’t get confused with the venue name, It might sound like the venue where all the spiritual, Bhajan Sandhya things are organized but it was spiritual in Rock way.
Me and my room-mate Praveen arrived at venue 2 hours earlier, We were anticipating huge crowd by then but to our disappointment it was countable number of rock enthusiast wearing all the t-shirts of “System Of The Down”, “Disturbed”, “Cannibal Corpse” and “Dimmu Borgir” , I even saw one guy wearing “Boyzone” but hey we all love music. We waited for an hour to one of my friend Mohit Sharma who actually manage all the passes and he was the “Odd Man Out” in that crowd, Dude was wearing “Slash” t-shirt but of white color, He loves to be different.
By 4 we were expecting to be in the ground, but it was 4.30 and still no sign of any announcement to let the audience in, but the crowd was started to gather in huge number. The line was also getting pretty long. Fortunately we were not much behind. We were all hearing the sound checks and the junta was getting desperate to get in, so was we. By 5 the announcement come to let us in and we all hurried to snatch the front line which was about to getting angry soon. As we came forward to stage we saw “Bhayanak Maut” was getting ready which gives some confusion since it said on the pass that “Pralay” was supposed to play first, because of that many came late and were pretty pissed about missing “Bhayanak Maut” in action.
Anyways “BM” started singing and growling by 5 and the audience was pretty quiet in couple of songs, I guess everyone was waiting for “BM” to say “Start the Mother-Fu***ng Mosh”, and as soon as that happen the ground turned to battle-Field, It was the most insane Mosh I’ve ever seen in my life and I decided not to go in it, I guess that was wise-decision. By that time “BM” was destroying the place with sheer growling power, it was treat to watch “BM” performing.
Next band was “Pralay” which for me was pretty sad band at that time, They might be good band but somehow “BM” performance overpowers whatever good stuff they had, They played “For whom the bell tolls” which was seriously bad and for that one of the member get’s bottled. It was then time to Mumbai’s favorite band “Scribe” and they didn’t disappoint the crowd. The presentation of band members was gripping and the USP was the air band competition with “BM” band members, it was tremendous fun.
It was “Demonic Resurrection” who came on stage and as usual they rock the whole ground, By that time I was taking rest but judging by crowds response it was one hell of performance, Things seems to be slowed down as Axetortion took stage, we thought it was like “Pralay”, but the way they lifted the performance was extraordinary. Sometime the crowd need the Covers to be played and they did it with style, Mind it they don’t have vocalist, Their guitars were doing all the vocals, they played “We Will Rock You” and the “Mission Impossible” theme song, which was pretty different and fun.
By that time I need to leave the ground but I heard the other band and members like Loy, Ehsaan, Shazneen, Mr Wadia, Warren, made the crowd more insane, I really missed “Indus Creed” which was the best thing in the whole concert which I heard stopped by our own police because of some time constraints, But hopefully some of my friend can write comments about “Indus Creed” performance.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Plagiarism - A Global Phenomena
It was the year 2001 when i started to watch global cinema seriously, Seriously mean not the famous one like titanic or matrix and global because Hollywood is not the only in the world, We have pretty good Spanish, Italian and Brazilian movies also, and it was the same year when i was introduced to plagiarism when i watched "The Silence Of the Lambs" , I said to myself that i've definitely seen Indian version of these and that movie turned out to be "Sangharsh" , If you have seen both the movie than you know that both the flicks were outstanding..
Now as i progress to watch more movies i come to know more about copy stuff, It wasn't started in late 90's, It was widely spread in 60's and 70's also, Talk about movies "Aradhana" or "Abhimaan" and you can't even think that this could be copy from other source, and specially if you're from 60's and 70's era. Watch "To each his own" and "A star is born" for the similar stuff in "Aradhana" and "Abhimaan". Now the point is where is the creativity? and specially in bollywood, In the era of internet we come to know about the so called innovation from our veteran's directors was copied from some other sources, god know how many old super hits are rip off of Hollywood or other cinema.
Some can argue that not all indian viewers watch other cinema than bollywood, and the indian directors are doing really great work by molding and representing others work by adapting(Copying) their stories and presenting in front of Indian viewers, Ok i agreed, I like the idea, But why are you calling this work as original. Give the credit to whoever think and work first-hand, The directors and producers openly said that our movie is inspired by memento and ghajni(tamil), that doesn't mean that people won't go and watch, Infact ghajni was instant hit with broking all the records.
I googled and compiled list of bollywood movie which are inspired/Total rip-off of other cinema, specially Hollywood and i will post at the end of this blog, But only bollywood copies is not true, Hollywood also copies and won't give credit, The Departed is lifted from Hong-Kong film series The Infernal Affairs, The Matrix, was inspired by Japanese animation films – Ghost in the shell & Akira. And the most famous fighting style in the matrix was copied from Chinese film called Hard Boiled , the amazing theory of the Matrix was lifted from an episode(The Deadly Assassins) of a British TV series, Dr. Who. I'm sure there will be so many Hollywood flicks which are copied from other source.
Adaptation and sharing is always good and it will work in movies, music, novel also, But some directors won't understand it, As promised below is the list of hindi movies which are copied from other cinema, Read it and think about it.
1. Seven Brides for seven brothers (Satte pe Satta).
2. HouseSitters (Chori Chori).
3. The Rundown (Naksha).
4. Colletral (The Killer).
5. PayCheck (Krissh).
6. John Q (Thathustu)
7. All My Sons, Jesus of Montreal (Rang De Basanti).
8. OldBoy (Zinda).
9. Hot Chick (Mr Ya Miss)
10. Indecent Proposal (Sauda-The deal).
11. Man On Fire (Ek Ajnabee).
12. The Usual Suspects (Chocolate).
13. Nine Months (Salaam Namaste).
14. I am Sam (Main Aisa hi hoon).
15. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Kyon Ki).
16. Harry Potter 2001 (Aabra Ka daabra).
17. The Fast and the Furious 2001 & Ocean's Eleven 2001 (Dhoom).
18. When Harry Met Sally (Hum Tum).
19. Unfaithful (Murder).
20. Christine (Taarzan-The Wonder car).
21. The Rock (Qayamat: City under Threat).
22. E.T the Extra-Terrestrial 1982, Forrest Gump 1994 (Koi Mil Gaya).
23. Meet The Parents (Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai)
24. The Shawshank Redemption (3 deewaarein).
25. I Know what you did Last Summer (kuch to hai).
26. Blue Streak 1999 & Hindi Movie Gol Maal 1979 (Chor machaye shor).
27. The Whole Nine Yards (Awaara Paagal Deewana).
28. Primal Fear (Deewangi).
29. Reservoir Dogs (Kaante).
30. What Lies Beneath (Raaz).
31. My Best Friends Wedding (Mere Yaar Ki shaadi hai).
32. American Pie (Yeh Kya Ho raha hai).
33. The Parent Trap (Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi).
34. Liar Liar (Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta).
35. Point of No Return (Kartoos).
36. Nick Of Time, The Mask, Rush Hour, Mr. Nice Guy (BaadShah).
37. The Twin Dragons (Judwaa).
38. Child's Play (Paapi Gudia).
39. Unlawful Entry (Fareb).
40. Sleeping with the Enemy (AgniShakshi), (Darar) & (Yaarana).
41. Kramer vs. Kramer (Akele Hum Akele Tum).
42. The Fugitive (Criminal).
43. See No Evil, Hear No Evil (Hum Hain Kamaal Ke).
44. Cobra (Akayla).
45. Meet John Doe (Main Azaad hoon).
46. Brewster's Millions (Malamaal).
47. Duel in the Sun (JaanBaaz).
48. Shinkansen Daibakuha (The Burning Train).
49. Hitch (Partner).
50. Leon (Bicchu).
51. The Others (Hum Kaun Hai).
52. A kiss before dying (Baazigar).
53. Once Upon a Crime (36 china town).
54. Disclosure (Aitraaz).
55. Body Heat (Jism).
56. Derailed (The Train).
57. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down (Raghu Romeo).
58. Silence of the Lambs (Sangharsh).
59. There is something about Mary (Deewane Hue Paagal).
60. Goodbye Lover (Race).
61. The Gift (Rakht).
62. Jackie Brown (Jhonny Gaddar).
63. Rat Race (Dhamaal).
64. My Village My Country (Mera Gaon Mera Desh).
65. It Happened One Night (Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin).
66. Marriage of Blood, Return to Eden (Khoon Bhari Maang).
67. Death and the Maiden (Dansh).
68. Run Lola Run (Ek din 24 ghante).
69. The Sound of Music (Parichay).
70. West Side Story (Josh).
71. Le Diner de cons (Bheja Fry).
72. A perfect murder (Humraaz).
73. A Fish Called Wanda (Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav).
74. Witness (Paap).
75. Mighty ducks (Chak De India).
76. Patch Adams (MunnaBhai MBBS).
77. Mickey blue eyes (Welcome).
78. Identity (Khamoshh... Khauff Ki Raat).
79. An Affair to Remember (Mann).
80. A Short Film About Love (Ek Choti si love story).
81. Godfather (Sarkaar).
82. Out of Time (Zeher).
83. The Devil's own (Baadal).
84. The eye (Naina).
85. Black beard’s Ghost (Chamatkaar).
86. The Hard Way (Main Khilari tu anari).
87. What about Bob? (Deewana Mastana).
88. Mrs. DoubtFire (Chachi 420).
89. French kiss (Pyaar to hona hi tha).
90. While you were sleeping (Har dil jo pyaar karega).
91. A walk in the clouds (Dhai akshar prem ke).
92. The wedding Singer (Kahi Pyaar Na ho jaye).
93. Consenting Adults (Ajnabee).
94. Analyze This (Hum kisi se kam nahi).
95. State of grace (Footpath).
96. Fear (Inteha).
97. Dragonfly (Saaya).
98. Anger Management (Mujhse shaadi karogi).
99. Philadelphia (Fir milenge).
100. The Miracle Worker (Black).
101. Cactus Flower (Maine Pyaar Kyu Kiyaa).
102. Confidence (Ek Khiladi Ek hasina).
103. Boeing Boeing (Garam Masala).
104. Bonnie & Clyde (Bunty aur Babli).
105. Fight Club (Fight Club-Members Only).
106. Lock stock and two smoking barrels (Phir Hera Pheri).
107. Just Like heaven (I see you).
108. Waking Ned (Malamaal Weekly).
109. The Wedding Date (Aapki Khatir).
110. Changing Lanes (Taxi Number 9211).
111. A bittersweet life (Awaarapan).
112. Dot the I (Naqaab).
113. ChinaTown (Manorama Six feet under).
114. Green Street (Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal).
115. Sabrina (Yeh dillagi).
116. The major and the minor (Half Ticket).
117. Annie (King Uncle).
118. Breaking Away (Jo Jeeta Wahi Sikander).
119. Memento (Gajhni).
120. The parent Trap (Kuch Khatti Kuch Methhi).
121 Fatal Attraction (Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya).
122. Cyborg (Sadak).
123. Kick-Boxer (Jigar).
124. Hard Target (Rakshak).
125. Ghost (Pyaar Ka Saaya).
126. An Eye For An Eye (Dushman).
127. Love Actually (Salaam-e-Ishq).
128. It happened one night (Jab We Met).
129. Changing Lanes (Taxi No 9211).
130. Jack (Paa).
131. The Condemned (Luck).
Now as i progress to watch more movies i come to know more about copy stuff, It wasn't started in late 90's, It was widely spread in 60's and 70's also, Talk about movies "Aradhana" or "Abhimaan" and you can't even think that this could be copy from other source, and specially if you're from 60's and 70's era. Watch "To each his own" and "A star is born" for the similar stuff in "Aradhana" and "Abhimaan". Now the point is where is the creativity? and specially in bollywood, In the era of internet we come to know about the so called innovation from our veteran's directors was copied from some other sources, god know how many old super hits are rip off of Hollywood or other cinema.
Some can argue that not all indian viewers watch other cinema than bollywood, and the indian directors are doing really great work by molding and representing others work by adapting(Copying) their stories and presenting in front of Indian viewers, Ok i agreed, I like the idea, But why are you calling this work as original. Give the credit to whoever think and work first-hand, The directors and producers openly said that our movie is inspired by memento and ghajni(tamil), that doesn't mean that people won't go and watch, Infact ghajni was instant hit with broking all the records.
I googled and compiled list of bollywood movie which are inspired/Total rip-off of other cinema, specially Hollywood and i will post at the end of this blog, But only bollywood copies is not true, Hollywood also copies and won't give credit, The Departed is lifted from Hong-Kong film series The Infernal Affairs, The Matrix, was inspired by Japanese animation films – Ghost in the shell & Akira. And the most famous fighting style in the matrix was copied from Chinese film called Hard Boiled , the amazing theory of the Matrix was lifted from an episode(The Deadly Assassins) of a British TV series, Dr. Who. I'm sure there will be so many Hollywood flicks which are copied from other source.
Adaptation and sharing is always good and it will work in movies, music, novel also, But some directors won't understand it, As promised below is the list of hindi movies which are copied from other cinema, Read it and think about it.
1. Seven Brides for seven brothers (Satte pe Satta).
2. HouseSitters (Chori Chori).
3. The Rundown (Naksha).
4. Colletral (The Killer).
5. PayCheck (Krissh).
6. John Q (Thathustu)
7. All My Sons, Jesus of Montreal (Rang De Basanti).
8. OldBoy (Zinda).
9. Hot Chick (Mr Ya Miss)
10. Indecent Proposal (Sauda-The deal).
11. Man On Fire (Ek Ajnabee).
12. The Usual Suspects (Chocolate).
13. Nine Months (Salaam Namaste).
14. I am Sam (Main Aisa hi hoon).
15. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Kyon Ki).
16. Harry Potter 2001 (Aabra Ka daabra).
17. The Fast and the Furious 2001 & Ocean's Eleven 2001 (Dhoom).
18. When Harry Met Sally (Hum Tum).
19. Unfaithful (Murder).
20. Christine (Taarzan-The Wonder car).
21. The Rock (Qayamat: City under Threat).
22. E.T the Extra-Terrestrial 1982, Forrest Gump 1994 (Koi Mil Gaya).
23. Meet The Parents (Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai)
24. The Shawshank Redemption (3 deewaarein).
25. I Know what you did Last Summer (kuch to hai).
26. Blue Streak 1999 & Hindi Movie Gol Maal 1979 (Chor machaye shor).
27. The Whole Nine Yards (Awaara Paagal Deewana).
28. Primal Fear (Deewangi).
29. Reservoir Dogs (Kaante).
30. What Lies Beneath (Raaz).
31. My Best Friends Wedding (Mere Yaar Ki shaadi hai).
32. American Pie (Yeh Kya Ho raha hai).
33. The Parent Trap (Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi).
34. Liar Liar (Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta).
35. Point of No Return (Kartoos).
36. Nick Of Time, The Mask, Rush Hour, Mr. Nice Guy (BaadShah).
37. The Twin Dragons (Judwaa).
38. Child's Play (Paapi Gudia).
39. Unlawful Entry (Fareb).
40. Sleeping with the Enemy (AgniShakshi), (Darar) & (Yaarana).
41. Kramer vs. Kramer (Akele Hum Akele Tum).
42. The Fugitive (Criminal).
43. See No Evil, Hear No Evil (Hum Hain Kamaal Ke).
44. Cobra (Akayla).
45. Meet John Doe (Main Azaad hoon).
46. Brewster's Millions (Malamaal).
47. Duel in the Sun (JaanBaaz).
48. Shinkansen Daibakuha (The Burning Train).
49. Hitch (Partner).
50. Leon (Bicchu).
51. The Others (Hum Kaun Hai).
52. A kiss before dying (Baazigar).
53. Once Upon a Crime (36 china town).
54. Disclosure (Aitraaz).
55. Body Heat (Jism).
56. Derailed (The Train).
57. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down (Raghu Romeo).
58. Silence of the Lambs (Sangharsh).
59. There is something about Mary (Deewane Hue Paagal).
60. Goodbye Lover (Race).
61. The Gift (Rakht).
62. Jackie Brown (Jhonny Gaddar).
63. Rat Race (Dhamaal).
64. My Village My Country (Mera Gaon Mera Desh).
65. It Happened One Night (Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin).
66. Marriage of Blood, Return to Eden (Khoon Bhari Maang).
67. Death and the Maiden (Dansh).
68. Run Lola Run (Ek din 24 ghante).
69. The Sound of Music (Parichay).
70. West Side Story (Josh).
71. Le Diner de cons (Bheja Fry).
72. A perfect murder (Humraaz).
73. A Fish Called Wanda (Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav).
74. Witness (Paap).
75. Mighty ducks (Chak De India).
76. Patch Adams (MunnaBhai MBBS).
77. Mickey blue eyes (Welcome).
78. Identity (Khamoshh... Khauff Ki Raat).
79. An Affair to Remember (Mann).
80. A Short Film About Love (Ek Choti si love story).
81. Godfather (Sarkaar).
82. Out of Time (Zeher).
83. The Devil's own (Baadal).
84. The eye (Naina).
85. Black beard’s Ghost (Chamatkaar).
86. The Hard Way (Main Khilari tu anari).
87. What about Bob? (Deewana Mastana).
88. Mrs. DoubtFire (Chachi 420).
89. French kiss (Pyaar to hona hi tha).
90. While you were sleeping (Har dil jo pyaar karega).
91. A walk in the clouds (Dhai akshar prem ke).
92. The wedding Singer (Kahi Pyaar Na ho jaye).
93. Consenting Adults (Ajnabee).
94. Analyze This (Hum kisi se kam nahi).
95. State of grace (Footpath).
96. Fear (Inteha).
97. Dragonfly (Saaya).
98. Anger Management (Mujhse shaadi karogi).
99. Philadelphia (Fir milenge).
100. The Miracle Worker (Black).
101. Cactus Flower (Maine Pyaar Kyu Kiyaa).
102. Confidence (Ek Khiladi Ek hasina).
103. Boeing Boeing (Garam Masala).
104. Bonnie & Clyde (Bunty aur Babli).
105. Fight Club (Fight Club-Members Only).
106. Lock stock and two smoking barrels (Phir Hera Pheri).
107. Just Like heaven (I see you).
108. Waking Ned (Malamaal Weekly).
109. The Wedding Date (Aapki Khatir).
110. Changing Lanes (Taxi Number 9211).
111. A bittersweet life (Awaarapan).
112. Dot the I (Naqaab).
113. ChinaTown (Manorama Six feet under).
114. Green Street (Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal).
115. Sabrina (Yeh dillagi).
116. The major and the minor (Half Ticket).
117. Annie (King Uncle).
118. Breaking Away (Jo Jeeta Wahi Sikander).
119. Memento (Gajhni).
120. The parent Trap (Kuch Khatti Kuch Methhi).
121 Fatal Attraction (Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya).
122. Cyborg (Sadak).
123. Kick-Boxer (Jigar).
124. Hard Target (Rakshak).
125. Ghost (Pyaar Ka Saaya).
126. An Eye For An Eye (Dushman).
127. Love Actually (Salaam-e-Ishq).
128. It happened one night (Jab We Met).
129. Changing Lanes (Taxi No 9211).
130. Jack (Paa).
131. The Condemned (Luck).
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
20-20 is for young players?
Yes twenty-twenty aka pyajama cricket aka batsman's paradise flavour aka sixes and fours aka bowlers nightmare is for young guns like raina, dhoni, virat, that was the first impression when this form of cricket evolves in international arena, but this is surely not the case in this year IPL, thanks to world class performance of some of the great players who continues to entertain us in every single form of this beautiful game.
When the first 20-20 was played between England and Wales Cricket Board in 2003, it was surely for entertainment though bowlers did pay a big cost in that form, this form of cricket rejuvenates some of the bizarre, unorthodox shots(Scoops, switch hit) and that comes from some of the young players, but as this form of game continue to grow our genious who were treated not for this game shows that they can play and play good in any form of cricket.
The dominance of Sachin Tendulkar, Jacques Kallis, Adam Gilchrist, Matthew hayden and Anil Kumble(All these men are on the other side of 30) showed this world that it's just a form of cricket and they can play. They also showed that there is no need of slogging of hard hitting to score runs, those who saw sachin playing in IPL 2010 will definitely agree with me, what class, what grace, impeccable timing, it's a privilige to see master scoring runs frequently and with proper cricket shots, Kallis is in ridiculous form, bowlers are having hard time to even take his wicket, and what to say about gilli, hayden and his mongoose bat ;), Kumble too is impressive with his bowling skill in this batsmen friendly game. Only person who is missing is saurav ganguly, he is not having a good time, but i'm sure this old tiger will fire sometime.
I just wish IPL 2010 get completed smoothly because World cup 2011 fate depend on this series, player wise and organizing WC wise also, I also wish sachin and company continues to play like this only and give a cracking answer to critics who still feel that this game is not for over 30 guys..
When the first 20-20 was played between England and Wales Cricket Board in 2003, it was surely for entertainment though bowlers did pay a big cost in that form, this form of cricket rejuvenates some of the bizarre, unorthodox shots(Scoops, switch hit) and that comes from some of the young players, but as this form of game continue to grow our genious who were treated not for this game shows that they can play and play good in any form of cricket.
The dominance of Sachin Tendulkar, Jacques Kallis, Adam Gilchrist, Matthew hayden and Anil Kumble(All these men are on the other side of 30) showed this world that it's just a form of cricket and they can play. They also showed that there is no need of slogging of hard hitting to score runs, those who saw sachin playing in IPL 2010 will definitely agree with me, what class, what grace, impeccable timing, it's a privilige to see master scoring runs frequently and with proper cricket shots, Kallis is in ridiculous form, bowlers are having hard time to even take his wicket, and what to say about gilli, hayden and his mongoose bat ;), Kumble too is impressive with his bowling skill in this batsmen friendly game. Only person who is missing is saurav ganguly, he is not having a good time, but i'm sure this old tiger will fire sometime.
I just wish IPL 2010 get completed smoothly because World cup 2011 fate depend on this series, player wise and organizing WC wise also, I also wish sachin and company continues to play like this only and give a cracking answer to critics who still feel that this game is not for over 30 guys..
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
The Lost Glory.
There was a time when Indian hockey team is considered as "Strong" contender and obvious winner in any major event, and there is time when the same team is "Dark Horse" and "No Threat" to other country in any of the event, Isn't it shame that the 6 time consecutive Olympic gold medalist and total of 8 golds(Most by any country till date) in Olympics is struggling and playing qualifiers to get in Olympics.
So what's the actual reason of this tremendous downfall, couple of reason which i shortlisted are..
1) Cricket overshadowing hockey.
2) Negligence of Indian Hockey Federation.
3) No interest in hockey
4) No monetary gain.
Let's take a look of what and how Indian cricket is affecting Indian hockey, though hockey is national game but cricket is most watched, loved and played all across India, and why is that? The answer is simple, Cricket and cricketers deliver results, we can debate that Indian team is not consistent, but we can count the achievements and far as hockey is concerned i really don't see hockey team winning any major event, as mentioned earlier hockey team is even struggling hard to get into Olympics. I really admire BCCI to cash any chances they get to make money and uplift the game, IPL is current example but for me the best example was the song of "Chak de india", We heard "chak de" song every time when there were some wicket or boundaries in T-20 WC, and crowd just went berserk every time when they hear the song, and on the other hand indian hockey didn't even use it although the whole movie was on hockey, Ironical huh, So i deny the first option, Cricket is obviously not overshadowing hockey but there's always window for argument.
Now let's move to second option, is it the negligence of Indian hockey federation? well i second that, now when IHF is dismissed and "Hockey India" is governing body of indian hockey team, we can expect some good results, But before "Hockey India", IHF tried to revive hockey by starting Premier Hockey League(PHL) and people did watch that event, but it lasts for 3 years only(2005-2008), i'm not sure about PHL-2009 and PHL-2010 because i didn't heard about it and assuming it's over and obviously that was not good for Indian hockey, but people in IHF did make some money and even they can't deny it, but there wasn't enough money to pay the salary of hockey players, and this comes out couple of months ago, what a shame..
I'm left with last two options, "No interest in hockey" and "No monetary gain", Well as far as interest is concern i mentioned earlier that crowd is not going take any interest if you don't deliver results, so let there be result and people will take interest in game, but some can again argue that when there's no interest, there's will be no result, Well one leading bike company is promoting Hockey world cup advertisement in India, let's just hope that more and more people turn up to see this beautiful game. Regarding fourth option which is money then i think yes this is big issue, but i like to mention Indian cricket team before 1983, their condition was almost same(No money), but as they won world cup loads of opportunity widens for them and they absolutely cash it and cashing it till now. I just want Indian hockey team to cash some opportunity and really want to wish them best of luck for upcoming "Hockey World Cup"...
CHAK DE INDIA............
So what's the actual reason of this tremendous downfall, couple of reason which i shortlisted are..
1) Cricket overshadowing hockey.
2) Negligence of Indian Hockey Federation.
3) No interest in hockey
4) No monetary gain.
Let's take a look of what and how Indian cricket is affecting Indian hockey, though hockey is national game but cricket is most watched, loved and played all across India, and why is that? The answer is simple, Cricket and cricketers deliver results, we can debate that Indian team is not consistent, but we can count the achievements and far as hockey is concerned i really don't see hockey team winning any major event, as mentioned earlier hockey team is even struggling hard to get into Olympics. I really admire BCCI to cash any chances they get to make money and uplift the game, IPL is current example but for me the best example was the song of "Chak de india", We heard "chak de" song every time when there were some wicket or boundaries in T-20 WC, and crowd just went berserk every time when they hear the song, and on the other hand indian hockey didn't even use it although the whole movie was on hockey, Ironical huh, So i deny the first option, Cricket is obviously not overshadowing hockey but there's always window for argument.
Now let's move to second option, is it the negligence of Indian hockey federation? well i second that, now when IHF is dismissed and "Hockey India" is governing body of indian hockey team, we can expect some good results, But before "Hockey India", IHF tried to revive hockey by starting Premier Hockey League(PHL) and people did watch that event, but it lasts for 3 years only(2005-2008), i'm not sure about PHL-2009 and PHL-2010 because i didn't heard about it and assuming it's over and obviously that was not good for Indian hockey, but people in IHF did make some money and even they can't deny it, but there wasn't enough money to pay the salary of hockey players, and this comes out couple of months ago, what a shame..
I'm left with last two options, "No interest in hockey" and "No monetary gain", Well as far as interest is concern i mentioned earlier that crowd is not going take any interest if you don't deliver results, so let there be result and people will take interest in game, but some can again argue that when there's no interest, there's will be no result, Well one leading bike company is promoting Hockey world cup advertisement in India, let's just hope that more and more people turn up to see this beautiful game. Regarding fourth option which is money then i think yes this is big issue, but i like to mention Indian cricket team before 1983, their condition was almost same(No money), but as they won world cup loads of opportunity widens for them and they absolutely cash it and cashing it till now. I just want Indian hockey team to cash some opportunity and really want to wish them best of luck for upcoming "Hockey World Cup"...
CHAK DE INDIA............
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Carnage, Blame, Decision, Conclusion
It was next big terrorist attack after 26/11 carnage in mumbai, Victim city is pune and the target was our favorite hangout place "German Bakery", i wonder what are the places where you can stay safe and the result is almost none. Whether you're in mumbai, pune, delhi, bangalore, ahmedabad or any other city the fear and panic is always with you.
Now the million dollar question is "What option do we have?",initially kashmir and mumbai were the favorite place for terrorist to create panic, and people from other state refrain to go to these places,specially kashmir but some people can argue about that it's not true statement(not to go mumbai atleast) but yes i thinked twice to shift to mumbai but hey "man got to eat" and at that time only mumbai was my only choice, but in last years they shifedtheir strategies and targeted A-tier and B+ tier places to create havoc, so we tend to think a bit and the result is to blame government over a glass of whiskey or anything which make you high ;)
I also heard when you blame someone, just try to put yourself in that situation, so whenever i blame government i do the same, i portray myself as home-minister or defence-minister or prime-minister and try to take decision, My first option would be war which seems to be the easiest way to sort this out, but being the head of this country(remember i'm portraying bigwig of country) i strongly disbelieve that wasting so many soldiers life for almost nothing is definitely not the option. Second option will definitely be talk which is what our leaders are and were doing for last so many years and we know the result, so in-tot i actually cannot make any decision, so i stop blaming government in that.
Some say to retaliate just like USA did in iraq, afganistaan, and same people say that there's no morality, humanity or anything left in USA, why so ambiguous thoughts and what are we chasing or want to do? I'm desperately waiting for the moment when this all will be over but i don't see in near future, at-least not in my life-time so i guess we've to wait till doomsday.
Now the million dollar question is "What option do we have?",initially kashmir and mumbai were the favorite place for terrorist to create panic, and people from other state refrain to go to these places,specially kashmir but some people can argue about that it's not true statement(not to go mumbai atleast) but yes i thinked twice to shift to mumbai but hey "man got to eat" and at that time only mumbai was my only choice, but in last years they shifedtheir strategies and targeted A-tier and B+ tier places to create havoc, so we tend to think a bit and the result is to blame government over a glass of whiskey or anything which make you high ;)
I also heard when you blame someone, just try to put yourself in that situation, so whenever i blame government i do the same, i portray myself as home-minister or defence-minister or prime-minister and try to take decision, My first option would be war which seems to be the easiest way to sort this out, but being the head of this country(remember i'm portraying bigwig of country) i strongly disbelieve that wasting so many soldiers life for almost nothing is definitely not the option. Second option will definitely be talk which is what our leaders are and were doing for last so many years and we know the result, so in-tot i actually cannot make any decision, so i stop blaming government in that.
Some say to retaliate just like USA did in iraq, afganistaan, and same people say that there's no morality, humanity or anything left in USA, why so ambiguous thoughts and what are we chasing or want to do? I'm desperately waiting for the moment when this all will be over but i don't see in near future, at-least not in my life-time so i guess we've to wait till doomsday.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Weekend Fun
I vivdly remember it was 16th january(saturday, Yeah we have office on saturday also :( ) when alok sir told me to go somewhere in weekend, My response was obviously yes, but i and one of my ex senior (abhishek sir) was little bit shocked and happy to hear that alok sir is planning for some trip, so we cannot cancel or postponed that plan in any way, although according to abhishek sir it has always been alok sir who spoil the plan..lol
So me and abhishek sir made plan to go ganpati-phule which is denied by alok sir which is obvious as we didn't have much time to go and return from there, some more ideas came up in our mind but eventually it was beauty and beaches of kashid which we finalize, we asked some more guys and finally 3 more get interested and those were abid, dinesh sir and prashant sir(another ex senior) but he changed his plan at very last moment and asked another colleague sushant and he replied positively..
So it was 23rd jan when we decided to start our journey, the plan was to meet alok sir and abhishek sir at dinesh sir place and abid will come to my place, I didn't have enough sleep but when i woke up by 5:30 i was feeling pretty fresh obviously because of excitment, abid came to my place at 6:15 and we left to dinesh sir place and met alok sir and abhishek sir waiting outside dinesh sir place, which obviously suggest that dinesh sir and sushant is late (Bad start) nevertheless after uncountable phone calls they woke up and we left for sushant place as he didn't have his luggage with him, his flat was pretty far but luckily enroute to panvel, so after all waking up and packing up we 6(me and abid on my pulsar 180, alok sir and sushant on alok sir discover and abhishek sir and dinesh sir on abhishek sir's pulsar 150.. all in HAMARA BAJAJ ;D ) left from sushant place to kashid..
We haven't reached panvel yet when i crave for tea as i didn't had tea since i woke up, but as we were pretty late in entering outskirt so i stopped my craving just before 9-10 kms before penn but eventually ask everyone to take break and had some breakfast, but abhishek sir suggested that we should take break at penn or Vadkhal naka for which everyone unanimously agreed but as soon as everyone saw some small tea shop just before penn we broke abhishek sir's agreement and stopped there to have garma garam tea and kanda bhajji, we started to take some photographs which is obviously not gonna end till we come back to mumbai on sunday. After breakfast we again started our journey but we covered only 4-5 km when dinesh sir feels nature calls and we again have to stop at vadkhal naka, now to kill time we again took some pics and had some halka-fulka breakfast..
After 15-20 minutes we again pack our bags and accelerate towards kashid, the road was beautiful, clean and non-bumpy till alibaug but after that it was mess till we took stop on bridge, there we posed in all ways and clicked loads of snaps and eventually end up clicking 50 odd pics :), it was almost 4 hour since we left from mumbai so we agreed to stop our bikes at hotel only, we take approx 1 hour to reach kashid from there and then i took everyone to hotel where i stayed in my last visit, we did some negotiation for rooms but eventually we get good deal.. It was 12 in noon at that time, we got fresh and decided to go to murud jalzeera fort as it was only 30 kms from kashid, we again hit road and reached fort in less than one hour, the heat was really on but we didn't care because we were busy admiring the beautiful achitecture and engineering of that fort, We were like WTF and how the hell can anyone build fort in mid of water and mind it that fort is 900 year old, anyways our photo session was on and within 1 hour we completed our photographs quota. It was 2'O clock in noon and we were starving so we quickly move from fort and had some lunch, it wasn't delicious but man got to eat..
We were back at hotel in 1 hour and decided to chit chat as there was no point going to beach in afternoon, the hotel guy asked whether we would like to have dinner or not and if yes what would you like because he has to prepare everything, so we decided to had some fish,chicken and veg stuff in dinner and that was out big mistake(I'll come back to this later), It was 5'O clock when we decided to move to beach, we had our beach clothes(short, t-shirt etc) and we move to beach, We reach there at right time as we had ample of time of click some beautiful snaps of sunset, we played a lot, clicked a lot of snap and enjoyed a lot in 3 hours, by the time sun sets completely we were exhausted like anything. we had lot of tea, omelette, maggi to freshen up.. We were back to our hotel by 8 in night took some time to fresh(Need to clean all the mud from beach from every part of the body :D ) and then we started to play some cards, Now the big question comes that what game we should play, some were in the favour of "29", some were in "dehla pakkad" and some were in "bluff" but eventually we decided to play "teen patti" and finally me and abhishek sir ended up winning the pot, Now in between we played cards we had our dinner and i can tell you that we tasted the shitiest food in whole universe in that hotel(Well last time i didn't opt for dinner so i had no idea), so we ordered some biscuits to complete our apetite.
After the damn food and cool card session we plan to go to beach again just to see the darkest of darkest night, and it was really very dark but who care when you were out to enjoy with your friend, we didn't forgot to bring the camera and we did what we always do best i.e POSING ;), we were back to our hotel by 2'O clock and some of the guys went to sleep and some opted to talk about company and how company is screwing us(I was one of them :D ) eventually our body signalled that we need some rest and finally we hit bed at 4'O clock, We did nothing special in morning, just had our tea which is again the shitiest tea i ever tasted and packed our bags to return to mumbai.
So me and abhishek sir made plan to go ganpati-phule which is denied by alok sir which is obvious as we didn't have much time to go and return from there, some more ideas came up in our mind but eventually it was beauty and beaches of kashid which we finalize, we asked some more guys and finally 3 more get interested and those were abid, dinesh sir and prashant sir(another ex senior) but he changed his plan at very last moment and asked another colleague sushant and he replied positively..
So it was 23rd jan when we decided to start our journey, the plan was to meet alok sir and abhishek sir at dinesh sir place and abid will come to my place, I didn't have enough sleep but when i woke up by 5:30 i was feeling pretty fresh obviously because of excitment, abid came to my place at 6:15 and we left to dinesh sir place and met alok sir and abhishek sir waiting outside dinesh sir place, which obviously suggest that dinesh sir and sushant is late (Bad start) nevertheless after uncountable phone calls they woke up and we left for sushant place as he didn't have his luggage with him, his flat was pretty far but luckily enroute to panvel, so after all waking up and packing up we 6(me and abid on my pulsar 180, alok sir and sushant on alok sir discover and abhishek sir and dinesh sir on abhishek sir's pulsar 150.. all in HAMARA BAJAJ ;D ) left from sushant place to kashid..
We haven't reached panvel yet when i crave for tea as i didn't had tea since i woke up, but as we were pretty late in entering outskirt so i stopped my craving just before 9-10 kms before penn but eventually ask everyone to take break and had some breakfast, but abhishek sir suggested that we should take break at penn or Vadkhal naka for which everyone unanimously agreed but as soon as everyone saw some small tea shop just before penn we broke abhishek sir's agreement and stopped there to have garma garam tea and kanda bhajji, we started to take some photographs which is obviously not gonna end till we come back to mumbai on sunday. After breakfast we again started our journey but we covered only 4-5 km when dinesh sir feels nature calls and we again have to stop at vadkhal naka, now to kill time we again took some pics and had some halka-fulka breakfast..
After 15-20 minutes we again pack our bags and accelerate towards kashid, the road was beautiful, clean and non-bumpy till alibaug but after that it was mess till we took stop on bridge, there we posed in all ways and clicked loads of snaps and eventually end up clicking 50 odd pics :), it was almost 4 hour since we left from mumbai so we agreed to stop our bikes at hotel only, we take approx 1 hour to reach kashid from there and then i took everyone to hotel where i stayed in my last visit, we did some negotiation for rooms but eventually we get good deal.. It was 12 in noon at that time, we got fresh and decided to go to murud jalzeera fort as it was only 30 kms from kashid, we again hit road and reached fort in less than one hour, the heat was really on but we didn't care because we were busy admiring the beautiful achitecture and engineering of that fort, We were like WTF and how the hell can anyone build fort in mid of water and mind it that fort is 900 year old, anyways our photo session was on and within 1 hour we completed our photographs quota. It was 2'O clock in noon and we were starving so we quickly move from fort and had some lunch, it wasn't delicious but man got to eat..
We were back at hotel in 1 hour and decided to chit chat as there was no point going to beach in afternoon, the hotel guy asked whether we would like to have dinner or not and if yes what would you like because he has to prepare everything, so we decided to had some fish,chicken and veg stuff in dinner and that was out big mistake(I'll come back to this later), It was 5'O clock when we decided to move to beach, we had our beach clothes(short, t-shirt etc) and we move to beach, We reach there at right time as we had ample of time of click some beautiful snaps of sunset, we played a lot, clicked a lot of snap and enjoyed a lot in 3 hours, by the time sun sets completely we were exhausted like anything. we had lot of tea, omelette, maggi to freshen up.. We were back to our hotel by 8 in night took some time to fresh(Need to clean all the mud from beach from every part of the body :D ) and then we started to play some cards, Now the big question comes that what game we should play, some were in the favour of "29", some were in "dehla pakkad" and some were in "bluff" but eventually we decided to play "teen patti" and finally me and abhishek sir ended up winning the pot, Now in between we played cards we had our dinner and i can tell you that we tasted the shitiest food in whole universe in that hotel(Well last time i didn't opt for dinner so i had no idea), so we ordered some biscuits to complete our apetite.
After the damn food and cool card session we plan to go to beach again just to see the darkest of darkest night, and it was really very dark but who care when you were out to enjoy with your friend, we didn't forgot to bring the camera and we did what we always do best i.e POSING ;), we were back to our hotel by 2'O clock and some of the guys went to sleep and some opted to talk about company and how company is screwing us(I was one of them :D ) eventually our body signalled that we need some rest and finally we hit bed at 4'O clock, We did nothing special in morning, just had our tea which is again the shitiest tea i ever tasted and packed our bags to return to mumbai.
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