Watched this movie again after a long time from the credits to finish. Loved it again :)
Was looking for a bunch of words to describe this cute lil movie, done with such tact and finesse and subtlety. Surprisingly found them on the back page of the CD cover, which we bought for 45 bucks by the way. To think that I sometimes shell out 5 times the price to watch unbearable and sickening crap nowadays gave me a shudder.
But back to more pleasant and happy tunes. Here's what the back of the CD cover read:
Choti si baat is an endearing, lovable comedy about a young man who walks the rocky path of love because his heart is true but timid. Arun (Amol Palekar) falls in love with Prabha (Vidya Sinha) whome he sees everyday on the bus-stop on his way to work. Not having the courage or know how to express his love, all he can do is follow her to her office and her home and pine from a far. Just as he is wondering what to do next, along comes Nagesh (Asrani), Prabha's brash young colleague who seems leagues ahead of Arun in his pursuit of Prabha. A now deseperate Arun seeks the help of Colonel Julius Nagendranath Wilfred Singh (the legendary Ashok Kumar) who tackles the battle of love with the same meticulous planning and ruthless efficiency needed to win a military campaign. He instills in Arun a new self confidence and teaches him the strategies of waging love. Arun returns to Bombay a new man ready to face anything. Another heart winning classic from Basu Chatterji, Choti si baat has never faded in its sweet, funny magic.
Amen. What this paragraph doesn't deliberately capture is how brilliant Amol's performance is, how quippy the script is, how brilliantly yet simply some scenes have been shot. A must watch if you're a fan of those good old hindi movies made with some sense and with something more/different than a spunky heroine, an invincible hero, their romance and a quixotic villain ready to die!
Monday, December 07, 2009
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Don't you?
When the truth is found to be lies.
And all the joy, within you, dies.
Don't you want somebody to love?
DOn't you need somebody to love?
Wouldn't you love somebody to love?
You better find somebody to love..
P.S : Non rhetorical question.
And all the joy, within you, dies.
Don't you want somebody to love?
DOn't you need somebody to love?
Wouldn't you love somebody to love?
You better find somebody to love..
P.S : Non rhetorical question.
Friday, November 13, 2009
I hate 'em!
Autowallahs!
This post was constructed inside the brain of the author while navigating the once-calm roads of Jaynagar.
I truly hate 'em!
They park in really inconvenient places (like the corner of an intersection)
They turn first and then look! (Gnawing teeth.....)
They go really really slow while having no clue about the fact that they're holding up traffic behind them...
They think that the right of the road/lane is always theirs
They forget that their dear autos have a fat ass and treat it like a moto GP bike!!
Well now, I know that several auto drivers are polite and drive safely and slow, with due consideration to others on the road and traffic rules. Which is why, I am only making a generalization and am not stereotyping them. (the difference being that I make room for exceptions in the former, whereas I don't in the latter).
Based on all this, I coined a new word for all of them today:
"Traffuckers".
Yep thats who "most of them" are....
This post was constructed inside the brain of the author while navigating the once-calm roads of Jaynagar.
I truly hate 'em!
They park in really inconvenient places (like the corner of an intersection)
They turn first and then look! (Gnawing teeth.....)
They go really really slow while having no clue about the fact that they're holding up traffic behind them...
They think that the right of the road/lane is always theirs
They forget that their dear autos have a fat ass and treat it like a moto GP bike!!
Well now, I know that several auto drivers are polite and drive safely and slow, with due consideration to others on the road and traffic rules. Which is why, I am only making a generalization and am not stereotyping them. (the difference being that I make room for exceptions in the former, whereas I don't in the latter).
Based on all this, I coined a new word for all of them today:
"Traffuckers".
Yep thats who "most of them" are....
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Get your doseh? today!
Q : What does one usually get to order in a masochistic restaurant?
A:
Welcome to Adarsha Restaurant on National Highway 7.
Rather painful dosa it was indeed.....
A:
Welcome to Adarsha Restaurant on National Highway 7.
Rather painful dosa it was indeed.....
Friday, October 16, 2009
Diwali 2009
Murali,
In the year 2009 when you were jaded enough not to go gaga over crackers, but were still foolish enough to go ahead and pollute the environment (how's that lung btw?), you went to a Standard store and saw the following. You then wondered why on earth some ppl would wanna name crackers in such a manner. What immediately followed was a innate impulse to record this on the Internet. The "letter to future self" format was a spur of the moment thing.
Anyways, some amusing cracker names:
1. Bofors!
Did not even get what kind of cracker it was...There was a picture of a simple rifle with sparkling colors all over the box and the word 'Bofors'
2. Cherry Garden
A pleasant sunny day...Birds chirping, Butterflies flyin in n out...Your soulmate and you, with a perfectly pure pot of Earl Grey tea and sandwiches sitting in a Cherry Garden and WHAM!!!
3. God's Gift
Certainly...Sound and Noise pollution, other divine presents aside.
4. Jasmine Drops
@$&*%$@*&%$@ ???
Happy Deepavali all.
In the year 2009 when you were jaded enough not to go gaga over crackers, but were still foolish enough to go ahead and pollute the environment (how's that lung btw?), you went to a Standard store and saw the following. You then wondered why on earth some ppl would wanna name crackers in such a manner. What immediately followed was a innate impulse to record this on the Internet. The "letter to future self" format was a spur of the moment thing.
Anyways, some amusing cracker names:
1. Bofors!
Did not even get what kind of cracker it was...There was a picture of a simple rifle with sparkling colors all over the box and the word 'Bofors'
2. Cherry Garden
A pleasant sunny day...Birds chirping, Butterflies flyin in n out...Your soulmate and you, with a perfectly pure pot of Earl Grey tea and sandwiches sitting in a Cherry Garden and WHAM!!!
3. God's Gift
Certainly...Sound and Noise pollution, other divine presents aside.
4. Jasmine Drops
@$&*%$@*&%$@ ???
Happy Deepavali all.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
wet lips of yours
Did Kunaal Ganjawala feel as disgusted with 'vo vo vo ho!', after finishing the recording of the song, as I am feeling right now after one session of practice?
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