The Pensive

Saw a Spine Chilling documentary on 26th Nov 2015,of the Mumbai terror attacks and the Siege which lasted for more than 60hrs from 26/11/2008 to 27/11/2008 and was too shocked to speak or have any opinion. Excerpts from Ajmal Khasabs interview in Hospital shown on HISTORY channel are shared below. Police: Whom are u asked to kill? Kasab : Logon ko (People) Police: U know what is meant by Jehad? Kasab: Nope! Police: Then Y r u killing? Kasab in a satirical tone: For the money sir (Paisa milta hai baau) Police: Dont U feel guilty for doing so many killings? Havent U questioned your trainers that? Kasab: Yes. At times I feel so, but they do wash our brain and in 3 months make us ready for sacrifice. Other than this, all the live conversations on radio phones between the handlers from Pakistan who were coolly giving instructions to each Terrorist to kill, to not get diverted, and to scare people by throwing grenades or burning the dome were recorded. They also passed continuou...

After a dilemma to choose from some new movie releases (like  Cheekati Rajyam  &  Size zero  ) I finally zeroed on Tamasha . Film:  Tamasha Cast:  Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Piyush Mishra Director : Imtiaz Ali  Writer: Imtiaz Ali Tamasha  - After watching it, I felt reviewing is tough because  not every one can be an  Imtiyaz Ali  who can explain all the complicated emotions in such a simplistic way ! Like some one told in a review , only he can understand the complicated heart matters like no one else and also succeeds in letting the viewers understand them!  Tamasha makes you go in to a pensive mode. Fun and emotions are blended well and it presents to U the finest PAIR OF THE YEAR  Ranbir Kapoor  and  Deepika Padukone   heart emoticon  - Both have evolved beautifully and Imtiyaz brings out the best in both the actors. Deepika is drop dead gorgeous and Ranbir is no less. His ...