Bright and Gloomy

Let me come to the gloomy part first. Because this is more recent. There was no cable transmission in our locality yesterday. I missed the 52nd Filmfare Award ceremony!!! :-( For a complete Bollywood freak like me, this loss is, I must say, pretty heavy. Sigh! I missed Hrithik' and sSridevi's performance, which according to my "I-watched-the-filmfare-awards" colleagues (hmph!!) were damn good. Well, have to either wait for the re-telecast or until some kind soul uploads it to youtube.

The Bright part, well...... :-) "Mungaaru MaLe". I don't think I need to explain the "Bright"ness. But nevertheless, will still explain.

A Kannada movie which is a welcome relief among the recent released movies (family dramas with a sister or mother in trouble or the good-boy-turned-goonda kinds)
Cinematography [By Krishna], acting (well...not considering the heroine here), story (clichéd but depicted nicely), screenplay, music, lyrics [anything left?? :-) ] are all very good. Worth mentioning is the excellent acting prowess of Ganesh, the hero (better known as Comedy-time Ganesh).

The lyrics are worth applauding. Not at all offensive or explicit. It does not even have English/Hindi words in between (which seems to be a trend from some time).
It’s been penned by Jayant Kaykani (Anisuthde, KuNidu, AraLuthiru), Shiva (Suvi Suvvali, Ivanu), Kaviraj (Onde Ondu Saari) and Yograj Bhat (the director himself for the title track). Full credit for the whole cast and crew for making a wonderful movie.

However, one thing I did not find convincing is the pronunciation of some words in the songs by Bollywood singers – Sunidhi, Udit, Sonu. It could have been better if they had used singers from our industry only.

I still have another reason to feel bright about.
Don't know if it's appropriate to write about it now. Well, all I can and will say is that I am very happy for you guys [N and S]. :-D

While traveling..

"Miracles are not as rare as you think"

-Apollo Hospital Ad seen on a billboard.

At Peace with the world

-Wishes from dear friends. Wishing the rest.

-Compliments. ;-)

-Chocolates from Juniors at office [We bullied our way into it :-D ] Thanks guys!

-Shopping.

-Gave my nephew his first Valentine gift. [A cute blue and red t-shirt with the words "STOP! here comes trouble" hehe.. :-)]

-Ate Pani-puri.

-Gifted two very nice people :-)

Couldn't ask for more!