Series Buster!!

It was only after Shashank brought this fact to my mind, that I actually realized I was a 'Series Buster' in the true sense. The funda being that I have seen almost all the movies whose sequels have possibly been made... excluding B-grade ofcourse! So here's a list which definitely is an ego feeder to me...

All in the series of:

Matrix
LOTR
Harry Potter
Rambo
Star Wars
Hell Raiser
James Bond (not sure I've seen all in this one... at least 9 I think)
Austin Powers
Rocky
Indiana Jones
Star Trek
Friday the 13th
Evil Dead
Terminator
Predator
Universal Soldier
Fast and the Furious
Kickboxer
Karate Kid
Lara Croft - TombRaider
Blade
Dumb and Dumber
Mummy
Die Hard
Superman
Batman
Spiderman
Lion King
Alladin
Home Alone
Mission Impossible
Kill Bill
Child's Play
Ocean's 11/12
Scary Movie
Jurrasic Park
Jaws
Alien (Bet you haven't seen Predator vs. Alien !!)
King Kong
Shanghai Noon
Rush Hour
The Exorcist
Robocop
Hot Shots
Naked Gun
Omen
Silence of the Lambs
Before Sunset
Bourne Identity

......

Whew!
(sure I have seen more... will keep updating this list...)

One of the best motivating lines I have ever come across in movies:
LOTR: Return of the King ::

Aragon's words to his men who are terrified when the Black Gate opens :
http://www.legomirk.com/lotrscript2003/part30.html

One of the best ever lyrics I have come across:
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/c/carly-simon/27245.html

Kaikku... Its all about the Family - Part II (Season Finale)

... one day while they were having a family reunion in their courtyard, the skies grew dark and sudden silence crept over them. A mysterious man wearing a dark suit and goggles walks into their home, faces Koli and says, 'It is inevitible... Mr. Koli' and saying so thrusts his arm into Koli's stomach. Koli simply utters 'KAIKKU? Kaikku ba???' and slowly transforms himself into that stranger. The rest of the family watches in sheer horror as each one of them slowly undergoes the same transformation. After everyone becomes "Agent Smith", as they call themselves, they realise that they have become all powerful! Just when they are about to celebrate their newfound powers, they find out that all of their kind will be destroyed in the next minute because apparently some guy called Neo, from "Hamerika", destroyed their code which gives them all those powers. Bloody Hamericans! Anyways, they hug each other and realise how important Family is and then...... they all die.

Unfortunately, no one can be told what a Family is... You have to be in one yourself.

--------THE END-------

‘Kaikku? – Its all about family…’

This is the script of a family drama that I wish to propose to Ekkta the next time I meet her. Keeping in mind that every soap from the Balaji Production House has a regional-centric theme, this story revolves around the life of an Urdu speaking joint family residing in Bangalore. Those from Lucknow who are reading this piece must be warned that the language content may be a bit too toxic for them but for the rest who have been around for long enough in Bangalore and have found themselves at home in Russel Market will relate to it quite fine.

Since ‘ba’ is more of a colloquial term, the 65-year-old family head is called Babama instead. Babama has this habit of saying ‘Kya ba so?’ at the end of every sentence. This translated literally means ‘ What dude that?’. She is highly respected in the family, especially by her 40 yr old son Koli Chand Pasha. His blessed name means ‘Chicken Moon Pasha’ in kandu-urdu. The appellation Koli is credited to the fact that he had monopolized the entire Poultry Industry. His favorite line in all press conferences was ‘Dekho Bhai, Mai khud-ich itta bada admi banya so…. Pehle manje pehenne ku kaacha bhi nai tha’.

His loving wife ShameemBanu, who is the protagonist, simply smiles and says ‘Mai nai rhati to uno kya karte the ki’. She is the epitome of a perfect mother, wife, daughter-in law, sister-in-law, neighbour, jeth, devrani, chachi, bhabhi, etc..

Koli had two children, Chota Chand, whose name was changed to Khota Chand for astrological reasons, and Khulla Shah. Both were brilliant students from MIT (that’s Manipal… not Massachusetts ). Everything in the family seemed to perfect until one day…..

(To be continued….)

PAPER PEOPLE

Anyone who has read Bangalore/Delhi/Bombay Times as much as I have will swear by the sumptuous visual treat on every square inch. It will always be the first thing I read every morning as I wake up. Just when you would think that everything if perfect and beautiful with this world, your eyes come to a screeching halt at Page 3.

It is indeed a shock, not a very nice one at that, to see that amongst people who deserve worship, like Angelina Jolie, Kate Moss and Mallika Sherewat we suddenly find pictures (on the same piece of paper!!!) of Vicky Malhotra, Rita, Tina, Anita and the very respectable RajuwipemyA&*$ at ease in a party organized by another famous Mrs. Whozatfatso*%$#$!

Please try to understand my predicament. I am not against promotion of any kind as long as I can avoid it. Precious advertising space worth thousands is wasted on the travails of DJ Ben who 'rocked the party!'. Ya, great, so? What a powerful tool like the media really needs to know, is that there definitely more pressing issues that deserve more publicity than these people. As for the promotion of our 'celebs' there are more suitable mediums like magazines such as 'Society' (Do people even read that?) or even 'Dummies guide to Famous Dog Races', but not this.

All I'm trying to say is that newspapers are sacred stuff. They need to contain issues that at least 30% of the population should relate to. Some papers do have target audiences and some do entertain, which is perfectly fine. Just don't throw at me pictures of guests at Uppi Dada's Birthday party, ok?!

Random..

Rainy. Cold. Sunset. Muggy. Bored. Regret. Lost. Alone. Where. Dream. Surreal. Motive. Far. Unclear. Confused. Why. Dust. Love. Lust. Fear. Loss. Her. Hope. Courage. You. Sing. Today. Always. Phoenix. Dream. Motivation. Fearless. Here. Now. Believe. God. Heaven. Cosmos. I.