Ok, i was wondering how i could do this. I realised that i need to approve comments, so i shall check the answers and comment giving out the number of correct answers. I know that if you use google then u will be get the answers in a couple of seconds but i would ask you to refrain and try to answer "truthfully"
Lets start of with a favorite of mine.
1. When Neo and Trinity are on top of the lift. Neo looks up and says something before shooting the cable and catapulting to the roof. What does he say??
2. Assasins was the writing debut for these talented guys. The movie starred Antonio Banderas n Sylvester Stallone. Who are these talented guys?
3. This awesome actor made a spoof video with a comedian last year which prompted the comedian's boyfriend to reply to that video with a spoof video of his own. Both videos were insanely awesome.
4. This immensely talented TV actor wrote, directed and starred in his own movie and actually won a grammy for the music compilation of the movie.
5. This TV actor who earned his fame playing a doctor starred in a movie about the death of a university football team in a plane crash. Truly amazing movie!
May 14, 2009
April 7, 2009
Things that make me smile when nobody's watching
Listening to Sarthak on Hit 95 fm. "Delhi's freshest Radio Station" He's a funny guy with all the right comments and that pep which you require to keep the listener hooked. Add to that his "vault" with classic rock and pop numbers and he's a must hear!!
Waking up in the morning and still groggy eyed, switching on the monitor to my desktop to find that what i had queued last nite was not enough and bandwith was going to waste. Aah, the sense of joy. Thereafter, quickly putting up the new stuff for download before asking for my chai to be reheated :P
Coming to office and realising that my boss has yet to come. This one really :) Boss, in case you are reading this, heck you know i am smiling when u come into work after arjun!! :)
Getting an email from Kicha... yea yea i know senti crap, i love my brotha etc etc... but the guy can be funny sometimes.
Chatting with Shanbhag.... Shanbhag is the funniest guy i know, period! Chatting with him has me smiling followed soon by uncontrollable laughter and weird stares from colleagues.
Talkin to TD just generally sometimes about Roadies, sometimes about what's happening, sometimes about kicha and sometimes about what time i will get free to go over for a quickfire drink..
Listening to Invaders Must Die by the Prodigy in the car on slightly higher than normal volume! :) Well this involves some bit of smiling and a lot of head banding and air guitar :P
Nailing a riff on my guitar. This one has more impact than most others especially if i am watching my fingers across the fretboard in the mirror. Yea, yea go on think i am a narcissist but the truth is, i do that just to feel amazed at what I have done. I never thought i could be even this decent. I still can't play and sing at the same time but i have done well for myself over the years!
Whenever i think about Karun's "crazy act's" over the past few months. He is a funny guy but not when many ppl are around for some reason. Some highlights, include running after bingo along with tanya in the garden, his refusal to wear socks on the way back from agra by train in peak winter, his dialogue "this is the last time i miss class........ this week" and ....
Whenever i think abt "collateral?? What kind of collateral?" and everything we did while making and presenting "Life, Love & All That" This one's on ya Mr Nair.
Remniscing about Wellington and the good nay great friends i made there and am still in touch with. Heck two of them are getting married later in the year.
HAS Juice, Martins, Burger King, Blue Nile, Bade's and all the other wonderful eating joints i went to on my Pune-Mumbai trip. Of course Prem's is a given too and so is the masala chai.
Playing golf at the unearthly hour of 0445hrs and enjoying it thoroughly. Also getting my first and only eagle and that too on a par 4. That's in the hole in 2 shots when par is 4. Thanks Nikhil Bhaiya for witnessing that and buying me a celebratory HCF after :P
Beating Kicha in most sports as a kid even though he was better but competition always brought the best out of me.
8pm nites with Shyam, Bodo & Mekhu. Thanks for the interesting conversation in those dark times.
Zinc live in concert @ 59PC and anything and everything connected with 59PC. I miss it so much. Thanks Pips, Tina, Arjun, Mekh, Bodo, Madzy, Sunny and of course Mr. Nair
Its seems to be that I smile a lot but well, i dont think about all this stuff all the time. When i began writing this, i thought i will have to save it and complete it later as i probably won't be able to make a substantial list but one thing led to another and well, i thoroughly enjoyed writing and smiling throughout! :)
Waking up in the morning and still groggy eyed, switching on the monitor to my desktop to find that what i had queued last nite was not enough and bandwith was going to waste. Aah, the sense of joy. Thereafter, quickly putting up the new stuff for download before asking for my chai to be reheated :P
Coming to office and realising that my boss has yet to come. This one really :) Boss, in case you are reading this, heck you know i am smiling when u come into work after arjun!! :)
Getting an email from Kicha... yea yea i know senti crap, i love my brotha etc etc... but the guy can be funny sometimes.
Chatting with Shanbhag.... Shanbhag is the funniest guy i know, period! Chatting with him has me smiling followed soon by uncontrollable laughter and weird stares from colleagues.
Talkin to TD just generally sometimes about Roadies, sometimes about what's happening, sometimes about kicha and sometimes about what time i will get free to go over for a quickfire drink..
Listening to Invaders Must Die by the Prodigy in the car on slightly higher than normal volume! :) Well this involves some bit of smiling and a lot of head banding and air guitar :P
Nailing a riff on my guitar. This one has more impact than most others especially if i am watching my fingers across the fretboard in the mirror. Yea, yea go on think i am a narcissist but the truth is, i do that just to feel amazed at what I have done. I never thought i could be even this decent. I still can't play and sing at the same time but i have done well for myself over the years!
Whenever i think about Karun's "crazy act's" over the past few months. He is a funny guy but not when many ppl are around for some reason. Some highlights, include running after bingo along with tanya in the garden, his refusal to wear socks on the way back from agra by train in peak winter, his dialogue "this is the last time i miss class........ this week" and ....
Whenever i think abt "collateral?? What kind of collateral?" and everything we did while making and presenting "Life, Love & All That" This one's on ya Mr Nair.
Remniscing about Wellington and the good nay great friends i made there and am still in touch with. Heck two of them are getting married later in the year.
HAS Juice, Martins, Burger King, Blue Nile, Bade's and all the other wonderful eating joints i went to on my Pune-Mumbai trip. Of course Prem's is a given too and so is the masala chai.
Playing golf at the unearthly hour of 0445hrs and enjoying it thoroughly. Also getting my first and only eagle and that too on a par 4. That's in the hole in 2 shots when par is 4. Thanks Nikhil Bhaiya for witnessing that and buying me a celebratory HCF after :P
Beating Kicha in most sports as a kid even though he was better but competition always brought the best out of me.
8pm nites with Shyam, Bodo & Mekhu. Thanks for the interesting conversation in those dark times.
Zinc live in concert @ 59PC and anything and everything connected with 59PC. I miss it so much. Thanks Pips, Tina, Arjun, Mekh, Bodo, Madzy, Sunny and of course Mr. Nair
Its seems to be that I smile a lot but well, i dont think about all this stuff all the time. When i began writing this, i thought i will have to save it and complete it later as i probably won't be able to make a substantial list but one thing led to another and well, i thoroughly enjoyed writing and smiling throughout! :)
March 30, 2009
Recommended Music; Dated March 2009
Its been a while since I posted be it in this series or otherwise. Ideas came and fizzled out before i could type out anything. Thought i should atleast do this.
So here goes.
Street Sweeper - The Oath
Yea i know you aint ever heard of the band. I have to thank Shek for pointing me to ninja2009.com which is the Nine Inch Nails tour in 2009 with Jane's Addiction and Street Sweeper. Street Sweeper btw comprises of Boots Riley and TOM MORELLO. Hell yeah Tom's back and as good as ever :) Check out this track for a nice old fashioned Morello riff that gets stuck in your head!! :)
Flo Rida Feat Keisha - Right Round
I know, never thought i would be recommending songs like this but what the hell, its a kick ass rehash of an old hit. Totally awesome "Party" track as its called. Flo Rida is quite the genius. Check out his other song sungar to know why i say so.
Suraj Jaggan - Humse Jo Churaiye Humko Hee (From Straight OST)
Really really awesome song. The guy who sung this was originally in a band called chakraview, recently we saw him sing for the band dream out loud. Also featured in Rock on as the guy who sang zehreelay and then the channel v head honcho with farhan's ex. Yea you know the guy. Kick ass vocals and this time he's composed this as well. This is just a preview, get the whole song and enjoy it.
Vishal Dadlani - Nazaara Hai (From 8x10 OST)
From the big daddy of indian rock. He's currently making waves in the bollywood music industry taking it to a new level. This song is made keeping with his rock roots. Its like a proper rock song with punch to boot. Not to mention there are twin solo's yea i said more than one, which is quite impressive. Keep at it Vishal!
Junkyard Groove - It's OK!
A chennai based band of which i am a big fan. You might have seen them on Launch Pad some time back. Totally awesome band. This is flagship JYG, funky, groovy and totally kick a$$. They have recently released a bootleg with some of their songs. Visit them on myspace, facebook or www.junkyardgroove.net to order a cd. I promise that you will not be disappointed!! :) I am hopeful that someday these guys make it big all over the world. They have the music to do that.
Asher Roth - I Love College
Hehe, i had to throw this in just for fun. Totally fun song. Nothing brilliant just good fun. Enjoy my peeps.
Aite, that's enough for this time. Until next time. Feel free to comment! :)
Cheers
So here goes.
Street Sweeper - The Oath
Yea i know you aint ever heard of the band. I have to thank Shek for pointing me to ninja2009.com which is the Nine Inch Nails tour in 2009 with Jane's Addiction and Street Sweeper. Street Sweeper btw comprises of Boots Riley and TOM MORELLO. Hell yeah Tom's back and as good as ever :) Check out this track for a nice old fashioned Morello riff that gets stuck in your head!! :)
Flo Rida Feat Keisha - Right Round
I know, never thought i would be recommending songs like this but what the hell, its a kick ass rehash of an old hit. Totally awesome "Party" track as its called. Flo Rida is quite the genius. Check out his other song sungar to know why i say so.
Suraj Jaggan - Humse Jo Churaiye Humko Hee (From Straight OST)
Really really awesome song. The guy who sung this was originally in a band called chakraview, recently we saw him sing for the band dream out loud. Also featured in Rock on as the guy who sang zehreelay and then the channel v head honcho with farhan's ex. Yea you know the guy. Kick ass vocals and this time he's composed this as well. This is just a preview, get the whole song and enjoy it.
Vishal Dadlani - Nazaara Hai (From 8x10 OST)
From the big daddy of indian rock. He's currently making waves in the bollywood music industry taking it to a new level. This song is made keeping with his rock roots. Its like a proper rock song with punch to boot. Not to mention there are twin solo's yea i said more than one, which is quite impressive. Keep at it Vishal!
Junkyard Groove - It's OK!
A chennai based band of which i am a big fan. You might have seen them on Launch Pad some time back. Totally awesome band. This is flagship JYG, funky, groovy and totally kick a$$. They have recently released a bootleg with some of their songs. Visit them on myspace, facebook or www.junkyardgroove.net to order a cd. I promise that you will not be disappointed!! :) I am hopeful that someday these guys make it big all over the world. They have the music to do that.
Asher Roth - I Love College
Hehe, i had to throw this in just for fun. Totally fun song. Nothing brilliant just good fun. Enjoy my peeps.
Aite, that's enough for this time. Until next time. Feel free to comment! :)
Cheers
March 13, 2009
Movie Review TWBB
This past weekend as I was scrolling through my vast database of movies trying to figure out what i would like to watch, i remembered having promised myself to find the time and patience to watch some of the drama (read serious) movies which i had so as to strike them off my list. After pondering for a long time i was stuck in between Sweeney Todd and There Will Be Blood. After a quick calculation i decided to go with TWBB as i wasn't in the mood to see Johhnny Depp singing and slashing people (i am assuming that is what happens).
As i was copying the movie onto my pen drive to watch on the telly (yea my dvd player has a usb port and plays divx files) i tried recalling what i had read about the movie. I remembered only reading about the oscar nominations and wins, i remember the words crazed, dark, haunting. I kept telling myself, you have to watch this in 1 go or else you know you won't ever finish it.
The first thing you notice once the movie begins is the silence. There is no conversation in the first 10 minutes. The background score is dark and haunting. It totally suits the gruesome nature of the movie. In the first 10 minutes which has no speech we learn about the beginning of Daniel Plainview who is masterfully, brilliantly, awesomely (you get the picture) played by Daniel Day Lewis. Fully deserving his Oscar win for best actor, he carries the movie through and through. The direction of Paul Thomas Anderson is superb as he uses not only DDL but the surroundings with such ease that it immerses you and you can't help but hate DDL. He is driven by greed and hatred in his quest to make money in the oil business. The movie spans the early 1900's when oil was discovered in california and oil prospectors like Daniel Plainview who have prior experience prey on unsuspecting locals to screw them out of their land and money.
Paul Dano, who i remember from two movies "Little Miss Sunshine" the silent kid and "Girl Next Door" the star of the Sex-Ed movie, gives an excellent and restrained performance showing that he has come a long way. The kid playing DDL's son is also good as he plays a troubled child who loses his hearing in an accident near the oil drill.
DDL in the end though is the shining star. There are sequences in the movie which scream madness and he brings you to believe in that madness. He is well known for his eccentric behaviour while fiming. He stays in characted during the whole time the film is being shot. While filming "My Left Foot" which won him his first oscar, he was in character the whole time. His character was that of a wheelchair ridden paraplegic, so you can imagine what a pain it would have been for the crew to wheel/carry him all over. Heck, he broke 2 ribs because he was hunched over in the wheel chair all the time for a good 2 months. But if this craziness can get such a performance, it might just be worth it.
He has become one of those guys who does one movie at a time with enough gaps in between that leave you longing for more each time. Also he gives all his performances all he's got and frankly, it has become something like if he's in a movie he's likely to be nominated for an oscar and a likely contender to win as well. He's scared the bejesus outta me in gangs of new york! What a butcher!! He does something similar in TWBB as well.
Johhnny Depp also shares a similar fate when it comes to being nominated, but sadly he has never won. It is my hope that soon he gets that coveted prize. But until that time i say to yall watch "There will be blood", its long, its hard hitting and may leave you with a sour taste in your mouth but its an experience which is worth having.
Cheers
As i was copying the movie onto my pen drive to watch on the telly (yea my dvd player has a usb port and plays divx files) i tried recalling what i had read about the movie. I remembered only reading about the oscar nominations and wins, i remember the words crazed, dark, haunting. I kept telling myself, you have to watch this in 1 go or else you know you won't ever finish it.
The first thing you notice once the movie begins is the silence. There is no conversation in the first 10 minutes. The background score is dark and haunting. It totally suits the gruesome nature of the movie. In the first 10 minutes which has no speech we learn about the beginning of Daniel Plainview who is masterfully, brilliantly, awesomely (you get the picture) played by Daniel Day Lewis. Fully deserving his Oscar win for best actor, he carries the movie through and through. The direction of Paul Thomas Anderson is superb as he uses not only DDL but the surroundings with such ease that it immerses you and you can't help but hate DDL. He is driven by greed and hatred in his quest to make money in the oil business. The movie spans the early 1900's when oil was discovered in california and oil prospectors like Daniel Plainview who have prior experience prey on unsuspecting locals to screw them out of their land and money.
Paul Dano, who i remember from two movies "Little Miss Sunshine" the silent kid and "Girl Next Door" the star of the Sex-Ed movie, gives an excellent and restrained performance showing that he has come a long way. The kid playing DDL's son is also good as he plays a troubled child who loses his hearing in an accident near the oil drill.
DDL in the end though is the shining star. There are sequences in the movie which scream madness and he brings you to believe in that madness. He is well known for his eccentric behaviour while fiming. He stays in characted during the whole time the film is being shot. While filming "My Left Foot" which won him his first oscar, he was in character the whole time. His character was that of a wheelchair ridden paraplegic, so you can imagine what a pain it would have been for the crew to wheel/carry him all over. Heck, he broke 2 ribs because he was hunched over in the wheel chair all the time for a good 2 months. But if this craziness can get such a performance, it might just be worth it.
He has become one of those guys who does one movie at a time with enough gaps in between that leave you longing for more each time. Also he gives all his performances all he's got and frankly, it has become something like if he's in a movie he's likely to be nominated for an oscar and a likely contender to win as well. He's scared the bejesus outta me in gangs of new york! What a butcher!! He does something similar in TWBB as well.
Johhnny Depp also shares a similar fate when it comes to being nominated, but sadly he has never won. It is my hope that soon he gets that coveted prize. But until that time i say to yall watch "There will be blood", its long, its hard hitting and may leave you with a sour taste in your mouth but its an experience which is worth having.
Cheers
February 13, 2009
Battle at Prem's
I have been meaning to put this up for the longest time but something or the other always got in the way. Today I finally got around to scanning this. It tells of a battle that was underway at this restaurant called Prem's in Pune. Its in Koregaon park and I must thank my man Dheeraj for introducing us to this wonderful place where I spent 3 evenings during my short trip late last year. Before i get into this let me introduce yall to the protagonists of this tale.
First up is "The Transporter" Arjun Mohanrao. Second would have to be "Mr 3 Series" Dheeraj Bhatia. But the generals of the battle were "Monk Sandbag" Mrinal Shanbhag, "Dhoomil" Deepak Verma and Yours truly "Man Mountain" Arjun Menon. In supporting roles we have "Ms Vice Chief's Daughter" Tanya Thamburaj (engaged to Mr Mohanrao) and "Quotamaster" Capt. Utpal Das. In surprise appearances we have Namrata Kumar and Susan Mody.
Everytime I went to Prem's, it was always for masala chai. What happened thereafter is what we call "Legendairy". I shall only talk abt the last visit as it was a culmination of our trip. Last night in pune and we wanted it to be special. There were talks about going to Thousand Oaks and stuff but late evening (It was not yet dark) we decided we shall go and have chai at Prems and take it from there. We grabbed our "usual" table and ordered our chai. It was deepak, shanbhag, arjun and me. As we sat there generally discussing random topics and laughing at our previous nights antics which included Prems, christmas tree, rocky, coffee, railway station and other amazing stuff, we decided there and then that we would rather spend the evening at prems doing what we do best. We called people letting them know where we were and asked them to join us. Dheeraj and Susan made their guest appearance and it was good to finally meet Susan.
Anyway, we had decided to make this night legendairy so while deepak and shanbhag started with mojitos, i stuck to my guns and as darkness descended upon pune I had my first Old Monk for the evening. Starting with small pegs, the generals joined me with the next round as we declared war on budhe baba. We had made up our minds to beat the last evenings record. While skeptical, i was ready and willing to do the needful incase any of the others fell to drunkenness. People came and went, Arjun went to get tanya, namu left, utpal arrived. Things were totally awesome. We threw back round after round feasting on snacks and conversation. As the evening was drawing to a close, food was ordered. We covered all types of cuisine that evening. Snacks were chinese, Continental and Indian for dinner. I, for once was full, prior to ordering the dinner. But helped out deepak with his butter chicken and nan. When the bill came we were all holding our breath as I was given the task of counting. As u will notice while u look at the bill. Each order was separate so it was a task to count the number in such a huge bill. Finally though we won the battle but Budhe baba will always win the war. We had consumed Thirty Five old Monk pegs between us. A mean achievement if you ask me.
The exit is through the bike parking and Utpal had his "Thunderbird" parked there. Upon arriving at his bike we were amazed to find that pigeons apparently dint like being associated with a bike as they had pooped only and only on his bike. It was freaking crazy. As he rambled back to get some napkins and water to try and clear up the mess Shanbhag went of on a series of jokes on "thunderbird" after which breathing was the only concern. The night ended with us saying our goodbyes. All in all it was nothing but legen..wait for it... dairy!
We shall be back at prems sooner or later! Shanbhag apparently is heading that way in march so if you hear war cries in the koregaon park area know that it is a brave general waging battle....
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