Never give in
Never stand down
Never back down...
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
3rd June 2025 | IPL Finals |
3rd June 2025 | IPL Finals | RCB vs PBKS
While the clock was inching towards midnight, history was made—RCB finally lifted the IPL trophy. Took us only a wait of 18 seasons since inception, 4th attempt in the finals. Had spent much of my adult life, Infact all of my earning adult life dreaming of this moment, chasing this moment, wanting to live this one moment.
There were dreams, promises of dreams, few nightmares, some dreams came, dreams left, transitioned over from college to working, single to married, son to husband to father but the one constant hope of a dream had always remained of us being crowned IPL Champs. More so because the dream which started in summer of each year, remained unfulfilled but with the promise that we'll return again next year, with new hopes, new ambitions, renewed Josh that this year is my year, our year, Bengaluru's year, RCB's year, the cup will come home. Year after year it just kept on repeating, never fading though. NEVER EVER FADING... It's a story thats taken 18 seasons of IPL, so will let that be.
Fast forward to to the day, where those dreams have finally turned to reality. The sense of lost, of emptiness, the void of being trophyless after trying forever inspite of having the best of the lot has finally been fulfilled. I could go on with pages or a book or a series of books on this journey from infancy back in 2008 to adulthood in 2025 of winning the elusive cup and still fall short of words. With the cup finally my own to call, my joy knows no ends. Never had the opportunity to celebrate when I was a stupid single boy who had very little inkling of the world, now with whatever little knowledge iv gained still celebrated like a school going kid, forcing everyone in neighbourhood to wake up to the loudest of cracker noises only for them to join in the fun and and be on cloud 9. The entire city erupted, Infact many other cities did.
The day marked the beginning of what was to be the biggest celebration the city has ever seen, roads jampacked with crazy fan frenzy, days will fall short of time and nights would never end.
The cup of glory, the cup of dreams finally ours to call, today, tomorrow, forever... No More being Mocked.
We are the champions, were always a champion team, now there is a tag to go along, a star to adorn the RCB logo and count set to only increase in, bringing along with it renewed hopes of newer heights, glory, passion and the zest to stay ahead of the rest. Upwards and Onwards...
But just when we thought the celebrations would never end, tragedy struck.
Less than 24 hours later, 11 innocent lives were lost in an unfortunate, avoidable accident. What should have been a week-long citywide festival ended in silence and sorrow.
I've heard of 7 stages of grief, my only constant state for the longest time these days is Anger.
I find myself angry—not just at the system that failed to manage the crowd—but at those who never wanted us to win, those who mocked our passion for years. Maybe it’s foolish, maybe emotional—but in this grief, that anger feels real, the negativity feels real, the evil eye feels real.
All of my anger is directed towards the people reeking of jealousy towards RCB that eventually manifested into this tragedy cutting short or maybe even completely stop the supposed longest celebration my city ever saw. Hope you are happy now.
Those 11 souls which could form a cricket team in itself are watching from somewhere, looking at you, asking... WHY...
we see you. We grieve you. You deserved better. You deserved to live a longer, flourished life.
And yet, as every RCB fan knows too well, we're the Royal Challengers of Bengaluru- from ashes, we rise.
This cup may have taken 18 years. The celebration may have lasted only a day. But our spirit? That’s eternal. Will Last forever.
We are RCB. Champions in spirit. Champions in name.
This cup is ours—today, tomorrow, forever.
ಈ ಸಲ ಕಪ್ ನಮ್ದೇ...
ನಮ್ದೇನೇ...
ಇಂದು...
ಎಂದು...
ಎಂದೆಂದು ... ❤️💛
– @я(_)η™👊🏽
Monday, February 24, 2020
June 2012 - Cricket @ BMSCE
Been almost 8 years since that day, don't know why i remembered it all of a sudden, so putting down whatever i can remember now.
Think the event name was Sangam, as fate would have it our first match was scheduled to take place at my place BMSCE, it was the place where iv whacked it around nicely a couple of times during engineering days, so things could not go wrong...at least that's what i thought anyways.
Reached there early practiced around with folks a little bit for warm up hitting a few shots here and there. The toss got done, bugger Niranjan was the captain, who had SINGLE HANDEDLY won us the ITTS cup last time around with some of the best hitting I'd seen back the, he still is the best leftie iv seen to date....those were the days🤷🏽♂. Coming back to BMSCE, I think we chose to bat first and after deliberation i was sent in open the innings (to my jubilation). The first ball i faced, bam it went flying over for a six on the offside, i was as much in disbelief as i was playing after ages in a competitive match. Felt a good touch with the borrowed MRF bat😁. Next ball same thing n hit on the football goalpost; it was declared a four while should’ve been a six. It went on that way the whole match, i might’ve scored some 30 odd and got out maybe in 4th or 5th over. What i remember even more distinctively is the bowler after getting beat up so much was sledging me on the way back and i was smiling at it all. This "not so me" reaction is what iv remembered countless times over the years and is probably the reason why am jotting these down. We ended up losing the 3rd match by 2 runs in the 2 days that we played there and were booted out of the tournament, all other buggers managed to slip away immediately after the loss (nobody to direct my wrath at). Have not yet managed to win a cup for a long time, will hopefully change that sooner rather than later.
It was and still is a weird feeling after that first match, a sense of pride n amusement at the same time. Pride coz i managed to successfully win the match, amused coz i managed to rile up the opponent without intending to do so, being sledged was very new n even more so was my non-aggressive reaction to it.
Moral of the story - There will be people to try to bring you down on your path to potential victory, feel accomplished at your fall even though might be deep down under themselves, critique your failure - What matters is not what your opponent’s make of you, but what you make of yourself.
Be the -
best of what you can be,
best of what you can do,
best of what you are...
at the end of it all, the fiercest competitor that you can face is the person staring back at you into oblivion everyday in the mirror.
- @r(_)n👊🏽.
Think the event name was Sangam, as fate would have it our first match was scheduled to take place at my place BMSCE, it was the place where iv whacked it around nicely a couple of times during engineering days, so things could not go wrong...at least that's what i thought anyways.
Reached there early practiced around with folks a little bit for warm up hitting a few shots here and there. The toss got done, bugger Niranjan was the captain, who had SINGLE HANDEDLY won us the ITTS cup last time around with some of the best hitting I'd seen back the, he still is the best leftie iv seen to date....those were the days🤷🏽♂. Coming back to BMSCE, I think we chose to bat first and after deliberation i was sent in open the innings (to my jubilation). The first ball i faced, bam it went flying over for a six on the offside, i was as much in disbelief as i was playing after ages in a competitive match. Felt a good touch with the borrowed MRF bat😁. Next ball same thing n hit on the football goalpost; it was declared a four while should’ve been a six. It went on that way the whole match, i might’ve scored some 30 odd and got out maybe in 4th or 5th over. What i remember even more distinctively is the bowler after getting beat up so much was sledging me on the way back and i was smiling at it all. This "not so me" reaction is what iv remembered countless times over the years and is probably the reason why am jotting these down. We ended up losing the 3rd match by 2 runs in the 2 days that we played there and were booted out of the tournament, all other buggers managed to slip away immediately after the loss (nobody to direct my wrath at). Have not yet managed to win a cup for a long time, will hopefully change that sooner rather than later.
It was and still is a weird feeling after that first match, a sense of pride n amusement at the same time. Pride coz i managed to successfully win the match, amused coz i managed to rile up the opponent without intending to do so, being sledged was very new n even more so was my non-aggressive reaction to it.
Moral of the story - There will be people to try to bring you down on your path to potential victory, feel accomplished at your fall even though might be deep down under themselves, critique your failure - What matters is not what your opponent’s make of you, but what you make of yourself.
Be the -
best of what you can be,
best of what you can do,
best of what you are...
at the end of it all, the fiercest competitor that you can face is the person staring back at you into oblivion everyday in the mirror.
- @r(_)n👊🏽.
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Movie Review - Tanhaji
Blood and dust - That's what we are. I don't know where I've heard the phrase before but that's what came to mind when jotting these lines. We are all forged in blood and eventually will become dust. No matter the positions held, no matter the accolades, no matter the good, bad or the ugly done, the one true certainty in LIFE is DEATH and the eventuality of turning into dust. We are alive and free, with what we are today and owe it all to the enormous sacrifices of our ancestors from hundreds of years ago thru to our soldiers lining along the borders to prevent any acts of invasion...A salute to every soul out there who knows that their blood will also eventually be just dust.
Tanhaji - Is one such story among infinite other brave warriors who gave their blood in the fight against foreign invasion and ended up as dust in the pages of history.
The movie revolves around the epicenter of clash between Mughal's & Maratha's over their decades of fight to gain dominance over what we now have as India. The story here revolves around the fight between the protagonist on whom the movie is titled, Tanhaji Malusare(Ajay Devgan) - the maharashtrian military leader under Chatrapati Shivaji and the antagonist Udaybhan Singh Rathore(Saif Ali Khan) - the guard turned military representative of Aurangzeb sent to take over Kondhana. Ajay Devgan was at his serious best while for many folks Saif reminded them of Ranveer from Padmaavati.
Like most movies these days it is very CGI HEAVY, some of the action sequences are a breath of fresh air even in the midst of all that CGI, few of them are over the top(Read Bahubali) but still leaves wanting for more. Icing on the cake would be to have more pure raw action sequences to be reminiscent of those times which would make more justice to the warriors from that Era.
Even though it might seem that way but movie is not as bloody as the pages of history actually are.
Apart from few instances of arrow flying thru towards me, i did not get the feel of this being a 3D movie. Could be just me or the ambience but would've been more fun to watch the 2D version.
For folks who don't dread the sight of blood from war, you can easily watch this movie and might as well take your family, friends and kids along. Movie in all it's glory night not give an actual account of history but will nonetheless introduce you some parts which has been conveniently left out. The books we've read that was supposed to teach us history - never did impart the correct information, neither does this movie but certainly does provide a glimpse of what could have been.
An easily one time watchable movie if in a theater. Else you could always wait for it to show up at the comfort of your home later via online streaming or on some other TV channel.
- @r(_)n👊🏽.
Tanhaji - Is one such story among infinite other brave warriors who gave their blood in the fight against foreign invasion and ended up as dust in the pages of history.
The movie revolves around the epicenter of clash between Mughal's & Maratha's over their decades of fight to gain dominance over what we now have as India. The story here revolves around the fight between the protagonist on whom the movie is titled, Tanhaji Malusare(Ajay Devgan) - the maharashtrian military leader under Chatrapati Shivaji and the antagonist Udaybhan Singh Rathore(Saif Ali Khan) - the guard turned military representative of Aurangzeb sent to take over Kondhana. Ajay Devgan was at his serious best while for many folks Saif reminded them of Ranveer from Padmaavati.
Like most movies these days it is very CGI HEAVY, some of the action sequences are a breath of fresh air even in the midst of all that CGI, few of them are over the top(Read Bahubali) but still leaves wanting for more. Icing on the cake would be to have more pure raw action sequences to be reminiscent of those times which would make more justice to the warriors from that Era.
Even though it might seem that way but movie is not as bloody as the pages of history actually are.
Apart from few instances of arrow flying thru towards me, i did not get the feel of this being a 3D movie. Could be just me or the ambience but would've been more fun to watch the 2D version.
For folks who don't dread the sight of blood from war, you can easily watch this movie and might as well take your family, friends and kids along. Movie in all it's glory night not give an actual account of history but will nonetheless introduce you some parts which has been conveniently left out. The books we've read that was supposed to teach us history - never did impart the correct information, neither does this movie but certainly does provide a glimpse of what could have been.
An easily one time watchable movie if in a theater. Else you could always wait for it to show up at the comfort of your home later via online streaming or on some other TV channel.
- @r(_)n👊🏽.
Thursday, December 26, 2019
Fear - is nothing to be afraid of.
Per the definition of what someone has posted on Wikipedia - Fear is a feeling induced by perceived danger or threat that occurs in certain types of organisms, which causes a change in metabolic and organ functions and ultimately a change in behavior, such as fleeing, hiding, or freezing from perceived traumatic events.
In simple terms - Fear is what pushes someone to do certain acts that they never would have have thought they would do under certain circumstances.
Fear of hunger, fear of loss, fear of death, fear of failure, fear of god etc. Some have fear towards very basic things - water, fire, height which forces them to take a step back every time the need to come in contact with fear comes up.
The presence of these among many others cause people sometimes to take decisions which are irrational and in due course cause hurt to themselves and others. Once in, Fear makes people do stupid things, say stupid words, commit stupid acts. Fear is a good thing in certain ways only when it stops people from doing these stupid things.
There is no one easy way to fight fear; As the popular quote goes "You have nothing to fear but fear itself".
A great man once said " courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear".
Identify your fear, respect your fear, acknowledge and accept your fear, take necessary steps to tackle your fear, fight your fear even though it could be a constant struggle and one day you will overcome your fear. Confidence is the only boost ever needed to overcome fear.
Do not give in to fear, rise up, think thru and look fear in the eye. Fear will then be a thing of the past and you will be the conquerer.
We define fear in many ways but fear should not define us.
In simple terms - Fear is what pushes someone to do certain acts that they never would have have thought they would do under certain circumstances.
Fear of hunger, fear of loss, fear of death, fear of failure, fear of god etc. Some have fear towards very basic things - water, fire, height which forces them to take a step back every time the need to come in contact with fear comes up.
The presence of these among many others cause people sometimes to take decisions which are irrational and in due course cause hurt to themselves and others. Once in, Fear makes people do stupid things, say stupid words, commit stupid acts. Fear is a good thing in certain ways only when it stops people from doing these stupid things.
There is no one easy way to fight fear; As the popular quote goes "You have nothing to fear but fear itself".
A great man once said " courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear".
Identify your fear, respect your fear, acknowledge and accept your fear, take necessary steps to tackle your fear, fight your fear even though it could be a constant struggle and one day you will overcome your fear. Confidence is the only boost ever needed to overcome fear.
Do not give in to fear, rise up, think thru and look fear in the eye. Fear will then be a thing of the past and you will be the conquerer.
We define fear in many ways but fear should not define us.
Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Movie Review : What Da-bangg 3
The 3rd installment of this movie franchise is something that even if you give it a miss, you would not stand to lose anything.
Movie revolves around salman aka Dhaakad Chulbul pandey and other usual suspects from earlier ones, New noticable entrants are among Vinod khanna's role essayed by his lookalike, Saiee Manjrekar and antagonist Kicha Sudeep aka Baali Singh who does 200% justice to his villainous character.
Story is it's usual comical self, with most other new entrants have their roots before the first installment. So it's like a prequel to first movie explaining how all the characters came into existence to where they stand today and is more often than not a drag.
It's not the usual hindi movie that someone would expect with songs thrown in left right and center. This does make it lose it's grip of ploy and plot( not that there was any).
The story at one point moves East, West then North and finally goes down South before wandering off in every other direction. Someone decided at one point, maybe it's about time we made Dabangg-3 but did not know how to execute it and make it gripping. It has a decent storyline though but lacks execution in most departments. If someone watches movie then it would only be for Salman and Sudeep because there is nothing else worth the mention.
At best this would serve up as an entertainment, one time watchable at most if you have nothing else planned for this year end.
May the force be with you on this🤷🏽♂️.
Movie revolves around salman aka Dhaakad Chulbul pandey and other usual suspects from earlier ones, New noticable entrants are among Vinod khanna's role essayed by his lookalike, Saiee Manjrekar and antagonist Kicha Sudeep aka Baali Singh who does 200% justice to his villainous character.
Story is it's usual comical self, with most other new entrants have their roots before the first installment. So it's like a prequel to first movie explaining how all the characters came into existence to where they stand today and is more often than not a drag.
It's not the usual hindi movie that someone would expect with songs thrown in left right and center. This does make it lose it's grip of ploy and plot( not that there was any).
The story at one point moves East, West then North and finally goes down South before wandering off in every other direction. Someone decided at one point, maybe it's about time we made Dabangg-3 but did not know how to execute it and make it gripping. It has a decent storyline though but lacks execution in most departments. If someone watches movie then it would only be for Salman and Sudeep because there is nothing else worth the mention.
At best this would serve up as an entertainment, one time watchable at most if you have nothing else planned for this year end.
May the force be with you on this🤷🏽♂️.
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Movie Review - URI
Originally posted - Jan 28th 2019
URI:The Surgical Strike.
This a very late review considering half of India must'v already watched it and it's been some time since it released, better late than never i suppose.
It was 27th Jan, the Day after Republic Day. Like all movies these days, this also preceded with the national anthem only difference being in the video it also included national athletes who'v made my country proud... Very proud. At the end of the national anthem, it was unexpectedly quiet considering the movie but my almost 5 yr old daughter would have none of it and let out a resounding JAI HIND after which few more added to the chorus . I felt very sheepishly proud with all the eyes looking back to see who it was which included a few trainees from armed forces.😎😎😎😎
URI-The Surgical Strike... is based on true events which have transpired within the last few years. It ticks all the boxes that i feel needs to be in a movie but it in reality is really not a movie but an emotion. Fist pumping, knuckle cracking, all guns blazing, adrenaline thumping, gut wrenching emotion that will leave u in tears of sorrow at one part and tears of Joyous pride in another.
Most of us going to watch this might have known what this is about and how it's going to end so it's a bigger challenge to narrate a story to an audience who already know what's coming their way. The maker's have made fabulous work in making sure that it stays that way - Keeping nothing subtle about what this is about and rightly so is smack right in your face. This reminded me of BORDER in some ways but with much less drama which is the preferred way for the current lot of movie audiences like me.
I liked the way the movie started, introduction of the main characters without much of a fuss, how they slowly got entwined in the story to deliver a masterclass thru out . I can't speak for factual accuracy of the whole storyline, however the part where daughter gives out the war cry for her martyred father was picked/inspired straight out of Colonel MN Rai funeral procession. Could not hold tears when news first broke out in 2015, was pretty much the same here as well.
Of all the parts portrayed to depict various politicians - a far shot for many others but it looked like it was actually parikkar in some ways. Vicky Kaushal is no stranger in the film fraternity, still was in his nascent stages till Sanju came up and has announced himself BIG TIME with URI. Only a small percent of big things coming his way.
There has been quite sometime since such a movie was made, right in all aspects of a very well depicted emotions on the armed forces post URI. Pumps up the adrenaline the right way so to speak.
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie - wouldn't be surprised if i plan for a second outing.
And yes indeed - Yeh Naya Hindustan hain, ghar mein ghusega bhi aur maarega bhi. 😎👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽
#Howzthejosh you ask...High as high can be.
JAI HIND. 💪🏼👌🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼.
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URI:The Surgical Strike.
This a very late review considering half of India must'v already watched it and it's been some time since it released, better late than never i suppose.
It was 27th Jan, the Day after Republic Day. Like all movies these days, this also preceded with the national anthem only difference being in the video it also included national athletes who'v made my country proud... Very proud. At the end of the national anthem, it was unexpectedly quiet considering the movie but my almost 5 yr old daughter would have none of it and let out a resounding JAI HIND after which few more added to the chorus . I felt very sheepishly proud with all the eyes looking back to see who it was which included a few trainees from armed forces.😎😎😎😎
URI-The Surgical Strike... is based on true events which have transpired within the last few years. It ticks all the boxes that i feel needs to be in a movie but it in reality is really not a movie but an emotion. Fist pumping, knuckle cracking, all guns blazing, adrenaline thumping, gut wrenching emotion that will leave u in tears of sorrow at one part and tears of Joyous pride in another.
Most of us going to watch this might have known what this is about and how it's going to end so it's a bigger challenge to narrate a story to an audience who already know what's coming their way. The maker's have made fabulous work in making sure that it stays that way - Keeping nothing subtle about what this is about and rightly so is smack right in your face. This reminded me of BORDER in some ways but with much less drama which is the preferred way for the current lot of movie audiences like me.
I liked the way the movie started, introduction of the main characters without much of a fuss, how they slowly got entwined in the story to deliver a masterclass thru out . I can't speak for factual accuracy of the whole storyline, however the part where daughter gives out the war cry for her martyred father was picked/inspired straight out of Colonel MN Rai funeral procession. Could not hold tears when news first broke out in 2015, was pretty much the same here as well.
Of all the parts portrayed to depict various politicians - a far shot for many others but it looked like it was actually parikkar in some ways. Vicky Kaushal is no stranger in the film fraternity, still was in his nascent stages till Sanju came up and has announced himself BIG TIME with URI. Only a small percent of big things coming his way.
There has been quite sometime since such a movie was made, right in all aspects of a very well depicted emotions on the armed forces post URI. Pumps up the adrenaline the right way so to speak.
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie - wouldn't be surprised if i plan for a second outing.
And yes indeed - Yeh Naya Hindustan hain, ghar mein ghusega bhi aur maarega bhi. 😎👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽
#Howzthejosh you ask...High as high can be.
JAI HIND. 💪🏼👌🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼.
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Movie Review - KGF
Originally posted - Dec 26th 2018
#KGF... A.K.A Kolar Gold Fields, like mentioned in the disclaimer story is all fictitious for anyone trying to relate it to actual events in history. This movie rightfully deserves the accolades that it is garnering thru out and for all the right reasons. At this age of CGI heavy movies to see something so raw, high octane energy, so very powerful and yet very little use of CGI is truly commendable. Makes all the work put in by the production team for 4 years worth it all.
Folks who would have watched ugramm could relate to the movie making style of the director Prashanth Neel, who has grown in huge proportions from his previous venture.
Yash starrer movie, so would obviously have look and feel which appeals to the MASS audience and the storyline follows suit to address those audiences as well.
I really liked some of the nuances introduced to have that 70's look wherever possible, it just goes to show attention given to detailing in storyline - be it the styling, the modified continental GT, vintage vehicles et al. I bet not many people noticed GOLD SPOT, the cool drink of the late 70's which was given some screen time at the backdrop despite being dead for over a decade.
What has surprised me is the lack of or more so the limited talk time by Yash inspite of occupying majority of the screen space given his appeal to the masses and the usual liking people take to on the dialogue front, Something which i could relate to with Ugramm as well. On a funny note, Prashanth Neal's lead actors get to do very little chit chat and more of kick ass dishoom.
Srinidhi shetty who so far has got to do very little, unless the sequel offers a better significant role, i feel would only be adding to the Glam quotient. Which anyways was not lacking, not required and to be more honest was pulling the story back in trying to add a bit of cheesy romantic drama which could have been done away with and does no justice to the story being told so far. Comedy in between to play around her just held up what was truly a serious gripping storyline but hey thats what audiences ask for i guess.
My other wish was to see this part of the movie wrapped up 5-10 minutes before where it actually did. Would have added that extra surprise flavour to keep the audience waiting in anticipation of how, what, when, where does it happen.
To summarize it all - a good movie, thorough entertainer, worth the watch, a treat to the Mass Audiences and in all ways would do justice to someone who looks for a good storyline in a well made movie. I could actually go and watch this again as well.
To the Director - ಗೀಟ್ ಎಳದಾಗೋಗಿದೆ, ವೃತ್ತ ಬರದಾಗೋಗಿದೆ, ಆ ವೃತ್ತದಲ್ಲಿ ಇರೋದೆಲ್ಲಾ ...ನಂದೇ. ಇದನ್ನ ಹೇಳಿ ಶುರು ಮಾಡಿದ ನೀವು ವೃತ್ತ ದೊಡ್ಡದಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೀರಾ. ಇನ್ನೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ದೊಡ್ಡದಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿ ಎಂದು ನಾನು ಆಶಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ.
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#KGF... A.K.A Kolar Gold Fields, like mentioned in the disclaimer story is all fictitious for anyone trying to relate it to actual events in history. This movie rightfully deserves the accolades that it is garnering thru out and for all the right reasons. At this age of CGI heavy movies to see something so raw, high octane energy, so very powerful and yet very little use of CGI is truly commendable. Makes all the work put in by the production team for 4 years worth it all.
Folks who would have watched ugramm could relate to the movie making style of the director Prashanth Neel, who has grown in huge proportions from his previous venture.
Yash starrer movie, so would obviously have look and feel which appeals to the MASS audience and the storyline follows suit to address those audiences as well.
I really liked some of the nuances introduced to have that 70's look wherever possible, it just goes to show attention given to detailing in storyline - be it the styling, the modified continental GT, vintage vehicles et al. I bet not many people noticed GOLD SPOT, the cool drink of the late 70's which was given some screen time at the backdrop despite being dead for over a decade.
What has surprised me is the lack of or more so the limited talk time by Yash inspite of occupying majority of the screen space given his appeal to the masses and the usual liking people take to on the dialogue front, Something which i could relate to with Ugramm as well. On a funny note, Prashanth Neal's lead actors get to do very little chit chat and more of kick ass dishoom.
Srinidhi shetty who so far has got to do very little, unless the sequel offers a better significant role, i feel would only be adding to the Glam quotient. Which anyways was not lacking, not required and to be more honest was pulling the story back in trying to add a bit of cheesy romantic drama which could have been done away with and does no justice to the story being told so far. Comedy in between to play around her just held up what was truly a serious gripping storyline but hey thats what audiences ask for i guess.
My other wish was to see this part of the movie wrapped up 5-10 minutes before where it actually did. Would have added that extra surprise flavour to keep the audience waiting in anticipation of how, what, when, where does it happen.
To summarize it all - a good movie, thorough entertainer, worth the watch, a treat to the Mass Audiences and in all ways would do justice to someone who looks for a good storyline in a well made movie. I could actually go and watch this again as well.
To the Director - ಗೀಟ್ ಎಳದಾಗೋಗಿದೆ, ವೃತ್ತ ಬರದಾಗೋಗಿದೆ, ಆ ವೃತ್ತದಲ್ಲಿ ಇರೋದೆಲ್ಲಾ ...ನಂದೇ. ಇದನ್ನ ಹೇಳಿ ಶುರು ಮಾಡಿದ ನೀವು ವೃತ್ತ ದೊಡ್ಡದಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೀರಾ. ಇನ್ನೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ದೊಡ್ಡದಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿ ಎಂದು ನಾನು ಆಶಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ.
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Movie Review - Kabir Singh
Originally posted - June 26th 2019
My few rupees worth of time for what i thought of #KabirSingh😉
For starters...If you are one of those folks who enjoy a movie for what it is, based on storyline,it does kinda grip you for most times among other stuffs and won't leave you disappointed. If you are anybody else who like to pass judgements on storyline to mark territories based on certain moralities and are easily influenced by stuffs around then PLEASE STAY AWAY as it will hurt your feelings in all sorts of ways.
KABIR SINGH is a remake of hugely popular Telugu Movie ARJUN REDDY which bombarded the career of a certain Vijay Devarakonda into superstardom and is in most ways almost a carbon copy. So if uv watched the Telugu Version, this is gonna be just a translation of sorts.
The main character Kabir Rajdheer Singh whose role is essayed to perfection by Shahid Kapoor is introduced as a highly short tempered, volatile, completely full of himself, impatient, it's my way or the highway kinda person who in his own words "Is not a rebel without a cause nor a murderer with a hand blade". Is the college Topper and rightly so respected among his tutors for his academic excellence and equally feared among peers moreso considered as an alpha male. He is what someone could call a concoction of most things wrong put inside a highly successful academic. It's a mixture of breed which is rarely found in reality but finds its way into movies more often than not.
Kabir's love interest Preeti played by Kiara Advani is quite timid in nature, not limited to just a pretty face but has her own fair share of short bursts where the true potential of her character is shown - You never know what a person is truly capable of unless pushed against the wall in face of adversity.
Kabir and Preeti have a rock solid relationship thru college and afterwards, with the build of character's it looks like nothing can go wrong but life is not as pleasant how college life depicts and it takes an upside down spiral within 2 days of "Meeting the Parents".
It takes Kabir's life down the road to being kicked out of the house, turning to an excessive alcoholic to a drug addict junkie clubbed with his usual trait of being short tempered jerk.
What this story says and not many folks comment on is the kind of friends we should have in life. Shiva is like the one friend everyone should have - Stay put thru thick and thin, would'v loved his character more if he were given some freedom to smack the sense into his friend.
Kabir goes thru all that could go wrong in his life and how he manages to wade thru this shithole of troubles he is solely responsible for is what the story is all about.
Music is too good, not that it made too much difference to the movie, but is an icing on the cake nonetheless. Sandeep reddy Directed the Telugu Version as well and that's more the reason for why this like a carbon copy version of the original.
For today's T20 version of movie goers, this could be too long of a movie as it stretches to almost 3 hrs so make sure you watch this after your nap time.
Not the usual stereotypical movie that we are used to - a breath of fresh air at the same time will have it's fair share of controversies since we are a society of "High Morals" where people are saints, untainted and straight as an arrow.
Haters gonna hate anyways - Life moves on otherwise. Like how this posted, your response to the movie will be based on what category you consider yourself to be.
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My few rupees worth of time for what i thought of #KabirSingh😉
For starters...If you are one of those folks who enjoy a movie for what it is, based on storyline,it does kinda grip you for most times among other stuffs and won't leave you disappointed. If you are anybody else who like to pass judgements on storyline to mark territories based on certain moralities and are easily influenced by stuffs around then PLEASE STAY AWAY as it will hurt your feelings in all sorts of ways.
KABIR SINGH is a remake of hugely popular Telugu Movie ARJUN REDDY which bombarded the career of a certain Vijay Devarakonda into superstardom and is in most ways almost a carbon copy. So if uv watched the Telugu Version, this is gonna be just a translation of sorts.
The main character Kabir Rajdheer Singh whose role is essayed to perfection by Shahid Kapoor is introduced as a highly short tempered, volatile, completely full of himself, impatient, it's my way or the highway kinda person who in his own words "Is not a rebel without a cause nor a murderer with a hand blade". Is the college Topper and rightly so respected among his tutors for his academic excellence and equally feared among peers moreso considered as an alpha male. He is what someone could call a concoction of most things wrong put inside a highly successful academic. It's a mixture of breed which is rarely found in reality but finds its way into movies more often than not.
Kabir's love interest Preeti played by Kiara Advani is quite timid in nature, not limited to just a pretty face but has her own fair share of short bursts where the true potential of her character is shown - You never know what a person is truly capable of unless pushed against the wall in face of adversity.
Kabir and Preeti have a rock solid relationship thru college and afterwards, with the build of character's it looks like nothing can go wrong but life is not as pleasant how college life depicts and it takes an upside down spiral within 2 days of "Meeting the Parents".
It takes Kabir's life down the road to being kicked out of the house, turning to an excessive alcoholic to a drug addict junkie clubbed with his usual trait of being short tempered jerk.
What this story says and not many folks comment on is the kind of friends we should have in life. Shiva is like the one friend everyone should have - Stay put thru thick and thin, would'v loved his character more if he were given some freedom to smack the sense into his friend.
Kabir goes thru all that could go wrong in his life and how he manages to wade thru this shithole of troubles he is solely responsible for is what the story is all about.
Music is too good, not that it made too much difference to the movie, but is an icing on the cake nonetheless. Sandeep reddy Directed the Telugu Version as well and that's more the reason for why this like a carbon copy version of the original.
For today's T20 version of movie goers, this could be too long of a movie as it stretches to almost 3 hrs so make sure you watch this after your nap time.
Not the usual stereotypical movie that we are used to - a breath of fresh air at the same time will have it's fair share of controversies since we are a society of "High Morals" where people are saints, untainted and straight as an arrow.
Haters gonna hate anyways - Life moves on otherwise. Like how this posted, your response to the movie will be based on what category you consider yourself to be.
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Movie Review - Sanju
Originally posted - July 4th 2018.
#Sanju...Since there are multiple reviews with varied reactions across all platforms, here is my own after watching it this past Sunday.
It is a MOVIE inspired by some supposedly true incidents in the life of Sanjay Dutt, belonging to a very (POLITICALLY) influential family in the Hindi Film Industry, handed future in movies on a silver platter(READ NEPOTISM) who saw at the beginning of his career some MIGHTY DAZZLING HIGHS followed by EXTREME LOWS in his life due to circumstances that he is entirely responsible for. STORY Directed by a certain Mr.Rajkumar Hirani who knows how to tell a story which will appeal the masses which by all means is worth the watch.
This one like many others in the past have a story to tell, message to convey about never to lose hope, rise from the ashes and the other usual blah blah and blah....but is entertaining nonetheless.
That said and done... (if possible) DO NOT be prejudiced in your thoughts about someone else's life which frankly you, me or many others have not lived. We watch movies coz it's entertainment, sometimes inspiring and sometimes just for timepass. A MOVIE will do good or bad for various factors but will do exceptionally well coz of how story is told and not (always) because of who is in it or whose story it is. There are 100's of movies which should have done well but tanked and vice versa as well but that is for audiences to decide.
BOTTOMLINE - It is a MOVIE, (if you wish to) watch it as a MOVIE and (please) don't crib about it doing well inspite of so many wrongs in the lead character's life. We are all SINNERS in one form or other, so let's not wear a cloak of goodness pretending to be a SAINT.
#Sanju...Since there are multiple reviews with varied reactions across all platforms, here is my own after watching it this past Sunday.
It is a MOVIE inspired by some supposedly true incidents in the life of Sanjay Dutt, belonging to a very (POLITICALLY) influential family in the Hindi Film Industry, handed future in movies on a silver platter(READ NEPOTISM) who saw at the beginning of his career some MIGHTY DAZZLING HIGHS followed by EXTREME LOWS in his life due to circumstances that he is entirely responsible for. STORY Directed by a certain Mr.Rajkumar Hirani who knows how to tell a story which will appeal the masses which by all means is worth the watch.
This one like many others in the past have a story to tell, message to convey about never to lose hope, rise from the ashes and the other usual blah blah and blah....but is entertaining nonetheless.
That said and done... (if possible) DO NOT be prejudiced in your thoughts about someone else's life which frankly you, me or many others have not lived. We watch movies coz it's entertainment, sometimes inspiring and sometimes just for timepass. A MOVIE will do good or bad for various factors but will do exceptionally well coz of how story is told and not (always) because of who is in it or whose story it is. There are 100's of movies which should have done well but tanked and vice versa as well but that is for audiences to decide.
BOTTOMLINE - It is a MOVIE, (if you wish to) watch it as a MOVIE and (please) don't crib about it doing well inspite of so many wrongs in the lead character's life. We are all SINNERS in one form or other, so let's not wear a cloak of goodness pretending to be a SAINT.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Jus like dat...
When marimba rhythms start to play
Dance with me, make me sway
Like a lazy ocean hugs the shore
Hold me close, sway me more
Like a flower bending in the breeze
Bend with me, sway with ease
When we dance you have a way with me
Stay with me, sway with me
Other dancers may be on the floor
Dear, but my eyes will see only you
Only you have the magic technique
When we sway I go weak
I can hear the sounds of violins
Long before it begins
Make me thrill as only you know how
Sway me smooth, sway me now
Other dancers may be on the floor
Dear, but my eyes will see only you
Only you have the magic technique
When we sway I go weak
I can hear the sounds of violins
Long before it begins
Make me thrill as only you know how
Sway me smooth, sway me now
You know how
Sway me smooth, sway me now ....
Dance with me, make me sway
Like a lazy ocean hugs the shore
Hold me close, sway me more
Like a flower bending in the breeze
Bend with me, sway with ease
When we dance you have a way with me
Stay with me, sway with me
Other dancers may be on the floor
Dear, but my eyes will see only you
Only you have the magic technique
When we sway I go weak
I can hear the sounds of violins
Long before it begins
Make me thrill as only you know how
Sway me smooth, sway me now
Other dancers may be on the floor
Dear, but my eyes will see only you
Only you have the magic technique
When we sway I go weak
I can hear the sounds of violins
Long before it begins
Make me thrill as only you know how
Sway me smooth, sway me now
You know how
Sway me smooth, sway me now ....
Friday, August 27, 2010
Sometimes.....
sometimes all that u need is love....there could nothing more soothing
sometimes all that u need is a shoulder to rest on....there could be nothing more comforting
sometimes all that u need is a person to talk to....there could be nothing more relieving
sometimes all that u need is hand to hold on to....just to able to reassure there is some1 with u
sometimes all that u need is a hug....it does wonders, it really does
sometimes all u need is pain...it makes u realize how not being in pain feels
sometimes all u need is solitude....u will realize d power of what you are capable of
sometimes all u need is death....death, yes death... coz nobody really knows what truly lies beyond...NOBODY
sometimes.....sometimes.....sometimes.....sometimes................
sometimes all that u need is a shoulder to rest on....there could be nothing more comforting
sometimes all that u need is a person to talk to....there could be nothing more relieving
sometimes all that u need is hand to hold on to....just to able to reassure there is some1 with u
sometimes all that u need is a hug....it does wonders, it really does
sometimes all u need is pain...it makes u realize how not being in pain feels
sometimes all u need is solitude....u will realize d power of what you are capable of
sometimes all u need is death....death, yes death... coz nobody really knows what truly lies beyond...NOBODY
sometimes.....sometimes.....sometimes.....sometimes................
Monday, July 26, 2010
Arun Gopal is DEAD
You read it right...arun gopal is indeed dead.
A friend forwarded me a mail which informed me about this unfortunate news. At first i thought it was a prank and later on realised it was not. He was 25 yrs old and had a laptop. Incidentally the person who actually sent that mail did not read it thru n jus forwarded it. When they actually realised all they could do was jus laugh over it coz i am actually ALIVE and kicking.
Well since am the done letting you know about it, u figured it right. It was not me, but an unfortunate namesake of mine who happens to be 25 yr old and has a laptop; died in a freak incident.
Google for arun gopal + laptop and ul know what i am talking about.
PS: may his soul rest in peace
A friend forwarded me a mail which informed me about this unfortunate news. At first i thought it was a prank and later on realised it was not. He was 25 yrs old and had a laptop. Incidentally the person who actually sent that mail did not read it thru n jus forwarded it. When they actually realised all they could do was jus laugh over it coz i am actually ALIVE and kicking.
Well since am the done letting you know about it, u figured it right. It was not me, but an unfortunate namesake of mine who happens to be 25 yr old and has a laptop; died in a freak incident.
Google for arun gopal + laptop and ul know what i am talking about.
PS: may his soul rest in peace
Friday, July 9, 2010
Can things get any more boring...
I have most of the things that i have ever wanted in life...somethings are missing but hey, cant` have them all. Its not the work, its not the life, its nothing but its definitely something.I get up, get fresh, go to work come back home...Sounds kinda monotonous but that is how work life is n am not complainin bout that. Just that when no thot crosses my mind , the thot of boredom sinks in....N it jus bloody happens to strike rite at mid night. I am making a few modifications to my bike and when it is done, it is gonna go sooper fast, i hope i just happen to take my sexy red babe along a looooooong ride. Folks around are busy with stuffs. I am also kinda buys wid work...tis jus that i looonging very very very badly to go out for a day...anywhere....away from home....jus for a day...i am dead bored...i have never been so bored ever....never ever ever ever
Gimme some sunshine, gimme some rain...gimme anoder chance to wanna go away once again......
Gimme some sunshine, gimme some rain...gimme anoder chance to wanna go away once again......
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Dreams...unfulfilled dreams
This actually happens to be the first blog i ever did write...on an other forum though...just so happened that i bumped into it...so decided to post here...actually makes more sense posting here as there are people whom i know actually read stuffs...
Neways...This blog really makes very little sense right now at this point, so don`t scratch your head trying to figure out a meaning out of it....made slight changes to grammatical mistakes tho... :-P...here it goes
Just as this day passes on, i realize there is another day that`l come my way ,another day where the world is filled with agony, pain,suffering n even between all this there is still happiness n cheer all around...guess dats what life is all about,gotta move on leavin all the things however good , bad or ugly behind us....to walk from the unknown venturin into the unknown....
when i step out into the world outside,i feel the breeze on me, i feel the light shining itself upon the millions around me, i feel the sunshine on my face, i see my shadow as i move on....its always a new day n a new beginning. It is a never ending path towards the unknown....walkin from the things left behind n stepping towards the unknown...still there are things left to do....dreams to be fulfilled....n what not.....there is just too much to do...and so little time ... i wish i cud live long enuf to do all the things i intend to do,.... i wish that i don make the people i love have to shed tears when i have to leave....i wish this world wud be a better place to live in.....
In between all these nagging thots of mine i always have this dream that i wish to live a million times over....the dream to be able to talk endlessly to her....the dream to be able to share most of my intimate thots with her....the dream to hold her in my arms,the dream to be able to let my emotions erupt out for her...the dream to able to live this life with her forever n ever as can be....the dream to make her mine.........oh the dream ....this dream .....this very dream that keeps me going on.....
n when some rude shock wakes me up from i dream i come to terms with senses n also about this very special friend of mine..this special friend whom the rest of the world refers to as GOD...always wondering as to what plans he has for me...y is he always testing me....y does he have to make things not so easy for me....i c all these hypocrites around me who get what they asked even tho they do not deserve it....i realize then ...he is challenging my love for her....he wants me to be stretched to the limits till i get to see her....these thots jus don leave ... the heart just refuses to let go of her....does she think of me...does she dream about me....will she ever think about me like the ways i think about her...wondering about all these things always sends a chill down my spine.....will this ever happen...only time will tell,but when will that time come i wonder....i know 1 thing for sure, i loved her even before i knew her,i loved her even b4 i knew myself, iv loved her for as long as i can remember ....maybe this is what they call destiny...maybe this is what they call love....maybe this is what they call life....maybe this is what is meant for me....... may be.....maybe...... people say pairs are made in heaven .... so i wonder how GOD has worked out the things for me......i know for a fact that if she is not the one ....i don want ne1 else for me either...this life will be lost without her forever....n what is the fun in a life that has been lost with no1 searching for it.....the pursuit still continues n i hope 1 fine day this pursuit will come to an end with me smiling all over.......cheers......
Neways...This blog really makes very little sense right now at this point, so don`t scratch your head trying to figure out a meaning out of it....made slight changes to grammatical mistakes tho... :-P...here it goes
Just as this day passes on, i realize there is another day that`l come my way ,another day where the world is filled with agony, pain,suffering n even between all this there is still happiness n cheer all around...guess dats what life is all about,gotta move on leavin all the things however good , bad or ugly behind us....to walk from the unknown venturin into the unknown....
when i step out into the world outside,i feel the breeze on me, i feel the light shining itself upon the millions around me, i feel the sunshine on my face, i see my shadow as i move on....its always a new day n a new beginning. It is a never ending path towards the unknown....walkin from the things left behind n stepping towards the unknown...still there are things left to do....dreams to be fulfilled....n what not.....there is just too much to do...and so little time ... i wish i cud live long enuf to do all the things i intend to do,.... i wish that i don make the people i love have to shed tears when i have to leave....i wish this world wud be a better place to live in.....
In between all these nagging thots of mine i always have this dream that i wish to live a million times over....the dream to be able to talk endlessly to her....the dream to be able to share most of my intimate thots with her....the dream to hold her in my arms,the dream to be able to let my emotions erupt out for her...the dream to able to live this life with her forever n ever as can be....the dream to make her mine.........oh the dream ....this dream .....this very dream that keeps me going on.....
n when some rude shock wakes me up from i dream i come to terms with senses n also about this very special friend of mine..this special friend whom the rest of the world refers to as GOD...always wondering as to what plans he has for me...y is he always testing me....y does he have to make things not so easy for me....i c all these hypocrites around me who get what they asked even tho they do not deserve it....i realize then ...he is challenging my love for her....he wants me to be stretched to the limits till i get to see her....these thots jus don leave ... the heart just refuses to let go of her....does she think of me...does she dream about me....will she ever think about me like the ways i think about her...wondering about all these things always sends a chill down my spine.....will this ever happen...only time will tell,but when will that time come i wonder....i know 1 thing for sure, i loved her even before i knew her,i loved her even b4 i knew myself, iv loved her for as long as i can remember ....maybe this is what they call destiny...maybe this is what they call love....maybe this is what they call life....maybe this is what is meant for me....... may be.....maybe...... people say pairs are made in heaven .... so i wonder how GOD has worked out the things for me......i know for a fact that if she is not the one ....i don want ne1 else for me either...this life will be lost without her forever....n what is the fun in a life that has been lost with no1 searching for it.....the pursuit still continues n i hope 1 fine day this pursuit will come to an end with me smiling all over.......cheers......
Monday, April 19, 2010
Bad bad memory
There were nice lines comin along...wud`v been noder nice song i suppose...it had crossed my mind in d aft`noon and now when i actually tried penning it down, could not remember a damn thing....darn it...i hate my bad memory...i hope my good memory comes back and m able to remember....i promise to jott down from next time tho.... ; )
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Whatever
Sometimes i really wonder if people around are actually sensible enough to understand other people`s thoughts n give it a shot or jus damn too bloody adamant to stick to theirs even though deep down inside they know what they are doing is not actually right.Is it lack of knowledge, lack of understanding, lack of refusal to accept facts, lack of refusal to let go of the crap that they are holding on to.I really don`t know, but what i know is one thing, am not the guy who gives up or give in to unreasonable stuffs. I refuse to back down, i refuse to just let it happen.I only wished that it was me facing the heat rather than the one facing it, maybe just maybe things would not be the way they are.
Just the realisation that has come with all the stuffs is that....This is an insane world, filled with insane people n i just happen to be in an insane region, with insane beleifs, n insane thoughts that just don die down easily...looks like tha road ahead is bumpy after all, but the destination sure will be a paradise.
Just the realisation that has come with all the stuffs is that....This is an insane world, filled with insane people n i just happen to be in an insane region, with insane beleifs, n insane thoughts that just don die down easily...looks like tha road ahead is bumpy after all, but the destination sure will be a paradise.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
oh...mai gaaaad
I cant believe my eyes....i have not blogged for many many months now....dr used to b a time when i just used to type in random...can`t believe how busy[Yeah rite] i am....dis years resolution...to fill this page as often as i can...Honest
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Look around....
I look around
i see a million people cross my path...i see none next to me
i see people walking hand in hand together....i see none holding mine
i see none with me..
i see none for me..
No one to wait for long hours to turn up...
No one to pamper with gifts...
No one to tag along wherever i go...
No one to to love like never before...
And then again...a thought rises up...........
There might not be anyone next to me, with me, just for me for the moment......
But am privileged enough to have Gem of pals spread over who are more precious than what i want....That puts a smile, a smile saying that u have whatever you need right here with you...so don`t curse yourself for someone who is not with you, but be blessed for all the people who are with you....have been through your good times and worst times and will continue to be so.....My friends ROCK....well so do I :-P
....
Till then
It just goes to say that the elusive search still continues for that mysterious one....
i see a million people cross my path...i see none next to me
i see people walking hand in hand together....i see none holding mine
i see none with me..
i see none for me..
No one to wait for long hours to turn up...
No one to pamper with gifts...
No one to tag along wherever i go...
No one to to love like never before...
And then again...a thought rises up...........
There might not be anyone next to me, with me, just for me for the moment......
But am privileged enough to have Gem of pals spread over who are more precious than what i want....That puts a smile, a smile saying that u have whatever you need right here with you...so don`t curse yourself for someone who is not with you, but be blessed for all the people who are with you....have been through your good times and worst times and will continue to be so.....My friends ROCK....well so do I :-P
....
Till then
It just goes to say that the elusive search still continues for that mysterious one....
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