Positively "rocked on"

When the critics declared "Rock on" to be 'must watch' movie, i was thrilled to bits. Ever since the music of the movie was launched and especially after i saw the band "magik" appear in an interview on channel V, i have patiently waited for the movie to be released and now after reading the reviews, i was pleased as a punch. i was waiting desperately to be free from work and catch the movie ASAP.

The opening fifteen minutes of the movie including the song gives you a tingling sensation that just doesnt go away even when you leave the 'show'. A must have movie experience is how i would deem it. I have never seen a hindi movie ever like this one. How many times have you hummed lines strumming an imaginary guitar? If you have, just like me, every time magik breaks into a song, you will be captured into a tremendously satisfying music experience. A story line that is a bit too predictable may be the only jarring note, but trust you me, it does not take away what you feel at the end of the movie.
Farhan Akhthar is a total rock star, he sings and dances away on stage -straight into the annals of hindi filmdom, which i am sure will mention him as one of the unparalleled superstars of this generation. A director who made movies which spurned an entire generation of followers, now shows he can emote as well as he could direct, but what surprises , shocks and for sure thrills is his singing. That, for me is the highlight as much as anything else. shankar, ehsan and loy have again come up with a chart bursting album which will be talked about for years to come, no doubt. Arjun Rampal slipped into his character with consummate ease, Purab and luke were extremely competent.

Overall a movie experience to be fully savoured.

Eragon- fantasy reborn

i must admit, i am a die hard fan of the "lord of the rings" series of novels as well as the movies, i am yet to write anything on those epics, someday i have promised myself -i will. Today i want to talk about a new fantasy series i have been introduced to - ERAGON. The movie 'eragon' was released a few months back, truth to say, i wasn't impressed enough to go watch it, because of the similarity between the title and a popular character in the lord of the rings named Aragon. Myself thought- it must have been a cheap gimmick to just attract the fans of the book. But when i recently read the novel, i was impressed enough to read the second book in the series " ELDEST". AND the books are anything but a cheap imitation. Written by a very young author, just out of his teens, the books hold you captive throughout the narrative and delves deeply into the psyche of the beings of the world that is created.. Fantasy works for me for the very reason every kid loves a fairy tale, - for the world that it creates -but with human emotion and gumption. And this tale about humans, elves,dwarves, an evil king and a dragon definitely works for me.

all lovers of fantasia- will savor this new hero

dearth of ideas or the death of "freed" thought?

i never thought i would sit in front of the comp.. and wonder what i want to write about.. but that's exactly the situation i'm in right now.
Since joining as an Asst prof in muller's, i feel a bit settled in life, but i wonder will this short term peace drive me away from what i really want to do in life? By the way, even that is a bit of a question within a question. Do i really know what my long term plans are? I dont !!! thats the truth.. I know i wanna be a cardiologist. but why do i want to be? Just because there is something called 'super-specialization' in my field and seemingly appears to be the next logical step or is it because i dont imagine myself as anything but a cardiologist. Truth is --bit of both. and that i feel has been the essence of my existence. I want a bit of everything, a bit of freedom, a bit of happiness, a bit of togetherness, a bit of power, a little more than a bit of money(ofcourse, just a bit of this cannot do, {or can it-i dont know})seemingly so, that my life has bits and pieces of everything. That's how i have been living my life. Now to become whatever it is that i want to be, i need to forget this bits and pieces and 'gather myself' to be what i have never been before - the best. anything less, and i will remain just where i am today - a bits and pieces man.

hey, what's this we have here!!!!!! bit by bit, i seem to have garnered for myself a paragraph- fit enough to be called my new blog

until next time , with further details on my "gathering" program, i bid adieu