To,,Renuka.....Film Viewing..

January 15, 2008

That probably is a good idea,..if one of the TWO,is from Sewagram MGIMS..

But in our case,since,we both r from..the same College of medicine...and same

College of Movie Viewing....,we happen to be movie buffs,even now....and having

landed here,where there r..no cinema theatres,..we tend to hold such Chai-Pohe

and film sessions..or one dish (Pot Parties)..and enjoy the movies..on the big

Plasma Screens..with all the hometheatre paraphernalia....complete with

claps,whistles,catcalls..when an item number comes up..etc etc..

So,the moment,the movie CD/DVD lands in Riyadh,one, from our group,offers to

pick it up..and plans the get-together,down to the last aspect..of Chai,Sweets

etc..and the very same weekend...the movie is watched,comments passed..and

Declared a Hit/not..and Life goes on..

So,Seema and Me...still watch movies together..and...now,..Sohana too joins

in...for each single of them,unless..it's some...Shabana et al..Arty

Movies.( " Aap ke Zamane ke movies " --according my new gen daughter)..which...we

both,only watch...

So,

Moral of the short story----To be able to see movie

together,..DONO..Sewagram..se ..aur khaas baat DIL..HINDUSTANI Hona

MANGTA...

Bye.

Shyam(84).

..

Re: Taare Zameen ParNever knew you were into

movies?RenukaPrabha Desikan wrote:Dear Ameet,We wound

up seeing Welcome a couple of weeks ago - and we laughed ourselves silly - maybe

silly is the operative word here, but laugh we did. I couldn't figure out why it

was called Welcome, though.Prabha'84Ameet Chimote

wrote:Hello Friends,Had been watching a few movies over the holiday weekends and

saw TaareZameen Par... and I do recommend it to everyone as a " must see movie " .

Iwatched this horrible film called as " Welcome " , it was all about childishjokes,

and sensless scenes, but the film is largely watchable for NanaPatekar and Anil

Kapoor's terrific acting.Anyways, more about that inanother E-mail. On the

Internet, I came across this blog on bollywood films(I love blogs and I blog

too... ) and there was a very funny post on there,so, here's an exerpt just for

laughs....Ameet

1993****************************************************************************\

***************************If you want to know how good Taare is, just go to

your nearest theater andwatch the people coming out after the show. The

cacophony that surrounds acrowd exiting a theater will be missing. Some would be

walking in slowmotion. Some would look petrified. At least that's what happened

in thetheater I went to. Not a single soul was talking after the movie,

probablybecause what everyone saw on screen was not fiction, but a

semi-biography ofhis/her own life. In fact, the normally rowdiest gang in a

theatre (ie myfriends and I) that is uber vocal at the end of a film left the

theater inpin drop silence. The first thing we said to each other - 'Aamir

Bhaihasdone it again.'Indeed, Aamir Khan had done it again. I have a gut feeling

that Taare wouldchange people like no other movie has previously done.I know

only Aamir can make a film like Taare. But let us assume he did notmake it

(dream on!). What would the film have been like?*If Karan Johar made Taare*-

Obvious starcast:- Shah Rukh Khan as the arts teacher (duh duh duh!!).- Aryan

Khan as the dyslexic child (even if he could not act fornuts).- Rani Mukerjee as

the kid's mom (assuming Kajol isunavailable).- Abhishek Bachchan as the kid's

dad.- Amitabh Bachchan as the school principal (who cares if therole is ultra

minute, he can afford it).- It would be shot in New York to appeal to the NRI

audience.- The story line would obviously be different. SRK would fall for

thedyslexic kid's mom. The last scene would have the mom running to the

teacherrather than the kid. And again, like in so many other movies, SRK would

getsomeone else's girl.- It would have one dance number.- Thefilm would be

titled 'Kuch Taare Zameen Par.'*If Sanjay Leela Bhansali made Taare*- Obvious

starcast:- Salman as the teacher.- Rani as the mother.- Of course the whole film

would be shot on elaborate sets. The schoolwould be nothing short of Harvard

university.- An orchestra would play every time anyone cried.- Slow motion,

different camera angles for every scene.- The school uniforms would match the

classroom walls even though thatdoes not make a damn difference.- The film would

cost 60 crores.*If Farah Khan made Taare*- Obvious starcast:- SRK as the teacher

(yawn).- In the original Taare, Aamir makes an entry at the interval point.In

Farah's version, SRK would be on screen on for 2.30 hrs out of the2.45 hrs and

would be introduced in the first scene itself.- The story would be changed to

make sure the above happened. Thefocus of the film would be a teacher who helps

a kid fight dyslexia.- To make it a complete entertainer, there would be a

romantic angle,comedy, andaction thrown in. Oh idea!! Nikumbh's character likes

anotherteacher and the kiddo helps him.. throw in some comedy moments there and

youhave romance and comedy settled. For action.. hmm.. lemme see.. oh yah,

thekid gets kidnapped and the teacher fights the baddies to save him. Wow!!

I'mquite an imaginative writer. I can see how Farah can write a film fromscratch

in two weeks straight.- The film posters would have a big SRK with the tiny

image of the kidin the background.*If Rakesh Roshan made Taare*- Obvious

starcast:- Hrithik Roshan as the teacher.- Since Rakesh Roshan cannot think

beyond science fiction these days,this film would have that too. Instead of

dyslexia, the kid would havealienositis or something, a condition induced due to

him witnessing an alienabduction.- Instead of Nikumbh being an arts teacher, he

would be a physicsteacher, and instead of asking kids to be creative, he would

ask them tochallenge the science we know.- In the scene where Nikumbh asks

thekids to open their minds andmake whatever they want outdoors, the kid Ishaan,

instead of making a boat,would end up making a working spaceship prototype.-

Nikumbh would cure the kids problem by making a full fledged versionof the kid's

prototype, traveling to the alien planet, and asking them togive the kid his

powers back.- The film would have music by Rajesh Roshan ripped off from

someworld music.- The film's name would again start with a K.. probably 'Kuch

AliensTaaron se Zameen Par'.- The director would make sure Hrithik gets to show

all his abilities.This would mean a scene with Roshan jr flexing his muscles,

and a dancecompetition in the end, instead of an arts competition.*If

Priyadarshan made Taare:*- Obvious starcast:- Akshay Kumar as the teacher.-

Paresh Rawal as the kid's dad.- It would be a brainless comedy. The kid's

dyslexia would be made funof. Half the times the parents will be running after

the kid from one roomto the other and that, in the director'sopinion, would be

funny.- The film will be full of sex jokes. So for example, when Akshaywould

come to the parents telling them that their son has dyslexia, theignorant father

would say something inappropriate like *'iss umarmein? par kaise, woh to hamesha

boys school mein padha hai!'. *And* *yes,the director would think it is funny.-

In the climax of the film all the characters in the film would runaround in the

amphitheater for no reason, spilling colors on each other.That's where the film

will end, without any logical conclusion.- And of course, Paresh Rawal would

emote like an epileptic himselfmaking us question the boy's mental abilities

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January 15, 2008

Ha ha! You hit the nail on the head Shyam,

However, I for one left seeing movies in Sevagram after leaving Sevagram.

You won't believe it if I tell you I may just have seen a handfull of movies in

theatres after leaving Wardha.

Ravin '82