Movies:: Trilogies are raining in May '07

Spiderman -3 going to be released in India with the world wide release is good news but this time it will be dubbed in the local language Bhojpuri as well. I think that is even better news. It will be a hilarious affair that is for sure, especially if they add dialogues with local essence rather than plain translation something like

“Makad Manav, humka bachaiba humka bachaiba”

“Chod de eeeka $#%#%#@, Hum makad manav ba, udh kar aayab aur tohar tetwa dabaa deb“

Those of you who have not seen Spiderman in Punjabi yet, it is a must watch and available at youtube. It has a really funny dialogue between Harry (Peter’s friend) and his father Norman Osborn

“Driver gaddi aetthei rok leva, yaar aage naah leke jaayi”
“Kyun??”

“Main nahin chaida mere dostaan vich badi gaadi da rob pave“
“Tanga le lava gaddi bech ke, jade school te tenu daaakhil karaya odhe fail haua“
“Main taa padhta hi hai paayi, hor me kedaa school de bahar churan bechda”

“Sharam kyun nahin aandi tenu?”
“Kaadi sharam karaa, main yahan nanga baithaa”

This time Spidey would be in sexy, shiny jet-black suit that comes with enhanced powers. The story line has him struggle to control his newly found powers and dark, vengeful side of his personality taking the control over him. Of course, he saves the world again from Sandman and Venom in the process and there are some great stunt/animation affects that the film is boasting. Spiderman -3 is slotted to release on 4th of May in India along with the US release. But this is not the only trilogy I am waiting for.


“Shrek The Third” is the filaaaam that is also on my list of Must Watch. It looks great from the teasers released so far. The animations are great as always and do expect a funny rib-tickling movie. The trilogy has the Donkey and Puss In Boots for a new quest which means lotsa funny witty one-liners. Story line revolves around Shrek sets out on quest to bring back the rightful heir to the throne, Fiona's rebellious cousin Artie. As Shrek, Donkey and Puss work on changing Artie from a royal pain in the ass you-know-what into a future king, Fiona and her band of princesses must stop Prince Charming who attacked on kingdom of Far-far-Away to ensure there will be a kingdom left to rule.




With Pirates of Caribbean trilogy “At World's End” also coming out in May it would be going to be a great month for a movie freak chokra like me. The storyline continues from the ending of the part-II Dead Man’s Chest and would see Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), Elizabeth Swann (beautiful Keira Knightley) allied with Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) in a desperate quest to free Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) from his mind-bending trap in Davy Jones’ locker – while the terrifying ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman and Davy Jones, under the control of the East India Trading Company, wreaks havoc across the Seven Seas. Movies boast of even larger stunts than part II which were anyways larger than part I, but the real strength of POC movies is the Jack Sparrow and his witty lines like “Honestly speaking I am a dishonest man, Ladies”. Hoping so see him at his best this time.


I am going to watch them all, but which one of these is on your must-watch list?

When was the last time...

you wandered through muddy paths, have your feet soaked in running water from borewell and watched the perfect sunset on background of the shiny, golden wheat fields with constant chirping of peacocks in background completing the perfect scenic picture. In short, when was the last time you visited an authentic village. I had a trip to village last weekend. When others were celebrating Good Friday, I was on my trip down to memory lanes. No matter how many time I go to my village it never stops giving me surpises and I cannot stop myself relating to the childhood days spent here.


I went to meet my MausiJee(mother’s sister) who stays around 80-85 kms from my abode. Very much excited we started in the early morning so that we can reach there in time to catch the morning meal. And the slow & sensible driver like me accomplished this daunting task with ease in an hour. Now there is a pukka concrete road which means no more clouds of dust when you drive and no more small children running after your car. We reached around 8AM and unlike our colonies the streets were full of life even at this ungodly hour.


After the staple diet of freshly skimmed buttermilk and aaloo paranthas, my nephews & nieces (6 in exact number) from 2 cousin brothers get hold of me and we started playing poshampa-poshampa (those from other state/country/planet, this is a game in which 2 person hold hands and others need to form a line and pass through them avoiding to get caught). After 2-3 rounds I was exhausted and just when I was trying to escape without anyone notice and I heard “Chachu, once more”. Problem with kids is that somehow all these small shaktimaans never get tired and their just-once-more stops only when other person chokes and cries foul “heart attack, heart attack”


I was ready to hit the fields fresh from my sleep. On my way, children were playing cricket, I remember my days when we cousins used to play cricket and tried hard to make Sachin out of Kaifs from local kids so that our team got complete. There is no such need today; everyone was Sachin in his own. I decided to watch the game for a little more time and to my surprise they were discussing how boring are the Super Eights now with Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka already certain for semi-finals. Of course Bangladesh had something else on their mind; they beat South Africa that night.


Watching the scenic sunset over golden wheat fields just 15 days away from harvest was something out of the world experience. Neither words nor the photograph* on left can describe this in its true splendor. I went out again to prowl on the streets, after the high-in-saturated-fats dinner and routine story telling to kids, while other members were busy catching the not-to-be-missed-suspense in saas-bahu opera. The streets were empty and you could see few people holding radio sets in their hand listening to FM, some other older ones listening to news. Jee haan, Bhaiyon aur (bhaiyon ki) Baheno, I still remember the excitement we used to have for the Colgate Cibaca Geet Mala hosted by veteran anchor AMEEN SAYANI and the full circle of kids-young-n-old around the radio set.


Of course not every thing is perfect, the battle with the mosquitoes still have its marks on my forehead even when I was declared victorious unanimously. But the peaceful and serene days spent there will have their euphoria for some more time to come, at least till my rafting trip to Rishikesh at the end of this month. Till the time I return safely from the rafting pray for me !!

photograph* - The pics are taken from my mobile camera under low light condition. What a great combo to take great pics, Isn't it??

Main bhi gana gaaaaaaaaa sakta hoon !!

Lady One:: Areee behna sunoo to yeh kaun jor jor se gaa raha hai, itna besooooooooora

Lady Two:: Haan!! main jaanti hoon ki yeh kaun gaaane ki koshish kar raha hai.

Lady One is our neighbour living in building accross the road. Lady Two is my helpless mom.

LO:: KAUN??

LT:: Mere bete ko aise daure padte hai, kabhi kabhi.......state gets to abnormal when he is near water in a close claustrophobic place.

I was in bathroom doing the routine work of cleaning myself to make me at least some what presentable. But, why people don't understand that singing makes bathing less torturous.

LO:: Behna, kisi acche doctor ko kyun nahin dikhaate

LT:: Ek to dikhaya tha, uske kaaan ke parde faad diye isne.

Lady Two went inside her home in fury.

LO:: (on top of her voice) Ajeeeeeee sunte ho

HASH(short for her ajee sunte ho) :: haan jabse shaadi hui hai, wahi to kar raha hoon

LO:: Hume ghar change karna hai, property dealer ko phone lagao

HASH:: (frustrated, beating his head) Bhagyawaaan, ab kya hua

LO:: Woh saamne jo rehta hai na Sharma ji ka ladka

HASH:: (Boiling like egg) Kya phir se cheda usne tumhe??...ruko main bhi usko ched kar aata hoon.

LO:: Nahin.........(with a disgust as well as shyness) Kitne din ho gaye, aajkal to dhang se dekhta bhi nahin

HASH:: toh phir

LO:: (throwing tantrums) nahin bol diya to bol diya, bas ab to aaj hi ghar change karna hai mujhe

HASH:: (taking the cotton buds out of his ears and handing it to her) Yeh lo, shant ho jao.....jo cheej 50 rupye me solve ho sakti hai, uske liye 50 lakh kyun kharchane.

LO:: (smiled) Tuseeee bade smart ho

Of course HASH is a smart guy, till date she does not know that cotton buds was for her and not for me and HASH have them even when I am not around. But this experience made me realize that one should not hurt others for ones own pleasure. I have stopped singing. But I do sing 'n' dance in my appriasal meetings with my manager to show that I am worth something.