Namesake!

Nice movie. May be the book will be better! I donno why, but i always avoided buying this book by Jhumpa Lahiri.

Ashima and Ashok migrate to the US in the 1970s. Ashima gives birth to a baby boy and the US people need that the boy be named immediately. Ashok decides to name him as 'Gogol', just for namesake. Eventually this funny name affects the guy a lot. But his father tells him as to why the name is very special and such stuff. It also brings into focus, the importance of our parents. We often dont realize it, coz we take somethings for granted. They manifest themselves when they are not around. One of the few movies which have made my eyes go wet.

Tabu and Irfan Khan have done a splendid job. News is also floating around that Tabu is in the line for oscars.

Mr and Mrs Iyer

One of the best movies i have ever watched. Amazing performance by Konkona Sen Sharma and Rahul Bose. Watched it again today.

Its about two people - Meenakshi Iyer, a religious and orthodox brahmin and Jehangir chowdary, a Muslim photographer, who meet during a journey and find themselves caught in between a communal riot. Meenakshi helps Jehangir by telling people that he is Mr.Iyer, her husband.

By the end of their journey they would have developed, i wouldn't say it as love, emotions (even though she was married), which makes their parting difficult. Its a treat to watch the movie. Please do so!

Its human nature i believe!! Love transcends all the religious and social barriers. It just happens, without our knowledge. But very few people will have the courage to pursue it.

Also watched 'Page 3'. Again Konkona sen sharma has done a good job. Watchable movie which opens up some of the unknown facets of the rich and the famous.

I have become a fan of Konkona Sen Sharma!!

Chini Kum ( less sugar )

I would say that this is a must-watch movie both for its new message, which advocates marriage between individuals whose age differs a lot, like in this case by more than 30 years and for its light n nice humor.

Big B and Tabu (to be precise, whoever wrote the script) have done a great job by adding a great sense of humor which is hardly to be found in Bollywood movies nowadays. Big B runs an Indian restaurant in London and happens to meet Tabu somehow and the story starts there. I would not tell the whole thing here as to what happens in the end. I would advise you to watch the movie. With light comedy in the kitchen backdrop, the movie is worth the money and much more.

I don’t think the old generation would like the concept in the movie. Just imagine a situation where in your daughter is some 34 years old and some 64 year guy wants to marry her! Would you allow it?? May be after watching the movie you will say ‘I may! ‘ or considering the fact that she hasn't been able to catch any guy till now, you would probably say 'its fine!' . But I think it will be very difficult to practice, at least in the Indian sub-continent.

I would not say that it is wrong. Everybody has a right to marry whoever he/she likes. But if everybody starts doing this, human race will definitely come to an end over a period of time!! You are defying natural selection by choosing to marry somebody who is very much elder to you and who is most unlikely to help you in carrying your genes further down the stream. Am I sounding too scientific? may be! Darwin would have definitely not liked this, if he had seen this movie.

Anyways, these cases do not happen much too often in practice and we can be assured that the human race will continue to prosper.

At least I will definitely try to help! I need Zyada Chini (more sugar) :)

The number 23

It’s a new movie that we saw today. It is about this man who gets obsessed about the number 23 and he starts seeing it everywhere after he starts reading a book about that. Like in a word, by adding up letters, by giving them a number based on their position in the alphabets. Jim Carry has done a good job. Nice thriller and it keeps you on your toes till the end.

Trust me, the movie will also leave you looking for 23 around.

My birth day is on 23^rd of Jan!

Take E=Mc^2, the famous energy equation. E is 5, M is 13, c for 3 and 2 … all make up to 23. I guess Einstein did not notice this stuff!

So, start looking for 23!!

I am a bit of a number manic. I usually try to find something interesting in the numbers I see. Like the apartment that we are staying in. It is 4, 121, Kusweg, Beach Road, Strand. If you look at the numbers they are 2 squared and 11 squared!

My birth day is 23/01/1981 = 25 = 5 squared.

My current mobile number – 7668 668 89 = 64 = 8 squared.

My number in Bombay – 9820333759 = 49 = 7 squared

My car registration number – KA 02 MA 64 – You can see a 64 here as well.

SA – country code – 27 = 9 = 3 squared.

Today – 20/5/2007 = 16 = 4 squared

Interesting numbers!!

weekend fracture!

You might have started guessing if i had a fracture over the weekend. No!! I watched this new movie, 'Fracture' featuring Anthony Hopkins and Van Gosling. Nice movie. Its a treat to watch Hopkins. He is amazing. He just steals the show. The movie is a suspense, semi-thriller stuff. Nicely done. I wont tell the story here. I recommend you to go and watch the movie for yourself. It will be worth the money.