Latest additions on the Blogroll

I would like to welcome

 

Kunal Sawardekar ---- Fellow quizzer and the great money earner of the Pune quizizng scene :---) .Hope he has got rid of his beard by now.

 

Ganesh Hegde ----- Another fellow quizzer from VIT(new to blogging like me).

 

 

Everybody loves Joey Tribbiani

Hi junta am reposting this in a better format.       Picture 2 Joey & the gang      Picture 1 Andrea Anders as Alex      When I first saw F.R.I.E.N.D.S. I never knew that I would be so hooked to it. So much so that after watching all the episodes I was simply looking forward to the JOEY show . I must admit I was disappointed when I saw the first few episodes featuring Joey and the gang. The gang here is Gina ,his sister Michael ,the genius nephew Alex ,the nosey (cute) neighbor Some extra characters like Bobby his agent are thrown in with the plot. I should say this though don't make the mistake of thinking that you will enjoy JOEY as you would have enjoyed F.R.I.E.N.D.S.  as you will be very very disappointed (as I was) . Unfortunately we have gotten used to Ross, Chandler, Rachel, Phoebe and Monica so much that the characters in JOEY don't live up to our expectations.Matt Le Blanc puts on a good show though and Andrea Anders as Alex is good as well.   So all in all watch it as if you are watching a new series and give the characters a chance to grow and maybe you will like it.

This happens only in India

Yet again shamed by the incidents in Gujarat. Am writing this post more out of frustration than anything else.

Laloo Prasad "rules" yet again. Politics and the Blame-Game are played wonderfully by this "mahaan" Bihar ka "saviour". You had to be shocked to see the media covering intensely the flare-up between Laloo and Narendra Modi instead of giving importance to the tragic train  accident.

I neither read nor saw any comments of Laloo regarding the train accident victims. Mud slinging among politicians is common for us Indians but what comes foremost is the tragedy,the reasons for it ,avoiding such things in the future.I don't expect Laloo to give up his "kursi" a la Lal Bahadur Shastri but the least he can do is not let meaningless things like personal ego escalate the situation.

I am no fan of Modi's but let's just say I "like" our Lalooji more.

 

Well as the  Govinda   song goes,

"This happens only in India....."

 

 

New additions to the blogroll

I have added Salil Bijur Kunal Thakar Abhishek Nagraj on my blogroll.

Netaji 

Fw: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero

Shyam Benegal is trying his hand at making a Biographical movie yet again. Remember "Bhumika" about actress Hansa Wadkar  and  "Antarnaad" on social reformer Pandurang Shastri Athavale and I think "Making of the Mahatma" was also by him .I heard that the movie is very long 222 minutes. But to cover the multifaceted life that Netaji led you have to make a long movie. Knowing Benegal's style of cinema we can(hopefully) be assured that the film  will do justice to Netaji and the extensive research that Benegal put in will not go waste.  Another part of the controversy was that Sachin Khedekar, the renowned  Marathi actor was selected to play the part of Netaji. On asked why he chose a lesser known face ,Benegal replied  "Stars would have come in the way. Besides, I didn't know a single star who looks like Netaji or can be made to look like Netaji. I auditioned so many people, including two nephews of Netaji, who offered to play the part, but none fitted. I wanted the actor completely captive to me for the whole length of the shooting, which would not have been possible with a star."  Sachin Khedekar  looks remarkably like Netaji IMO. Plus there is there is a AR Rahman treat  in the offing as well. I heard some songs and liked them a lot. Guess this is one movie I can't wait to watch.

My first post

Well junta I will try to post stuff as regularly as I can .
This is to just satrt off.