Our Wedding bells!!

"Marriage is the golden ring in a chain whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is Eternity."

- Kahlil Gibran -

As the wedding is around the corner,the countdown has started and we are pretty excited . We want to share our "aaha" moment with all the friends and loved ones. Please go to the link below for our wedding site and while you are here do sign our guestbook with your wishes and blessings.It will be a life long memory to us-Imran &Afshan:)!!

http://www.ourweddingbells.wedsite.com/

DON2-My Take!!

DON2- My Take

Hot and action packed weekend it was. I wasn’t eager to watch Ghost protocol as I was too excited to watch our DESI DON!! SRK is definitely back with a bang and the loudest one this time with his chiselled rough looks , wild hair style and muscled body with his humour intact showing that this hawwwttest Don can be dangerous and funny too at the same time! I loved all the comic tit-bits of “THE DON”. Lara dutta got hotter and she for sure doubled the grace of the movie. I didn’t like PC much. She with her obese lips and broad shoulders was more manly trying to be a bold girl once in a blue moon! The best thing about her was when she wore black in the party when our SRK enters wearing Hrithik’s mask. When PC’s and Lara’s backs are exposed in the party girls can only eye them enviously! Hrithik- PC pair reminded me of Krish for a moment and I was not ready to miss SRK for even few min so was eagerly waiting for him to unmask himself and also stop talking in Hrithik’s voice :P. Glad that Isha koppikar is replaced by Lara. I felt PC also should have been replaced for some newness this time! It felt monotonous to watch her and the older ompuri as well but all these things can be ignored as it was SRK all the way who stole the show and the ingenious Farhan Akhtar who tried his level best not to make the movie a bore! The best thing in the movie is that there are no unnecessary songs. Zara dil ko thaam le is ultra stylish showing the return of DON and the shadow dance also seemed cool!

The song with PC is also not bad and I actually sat even after the movie ended just to watch SRK who was getting hotter scene by scene and wanted to have more and more of him J. Hai ye maaya by Usha uthup also added special effect to the bank robbery scene and the aura was more addictive due to her singing and the music in the background after DON and the crew enter the bank. Don was looking his best in the whole robbery scene. He wore black and all the scenes in some orange light inside the bank and in tunnels in the last glorified his appearance and style along with priyanka’s. She was shown like a fool showing her soft corner for DON! Well may be she isn’t such a fool as DON is lot charismatic and addictive!:)

The whole 2hrs and some 20+ min the movie was gripping but I liked the suspense and the plot more in the prequel of this but this one is definitely the best . The credit goes to SRK, his new look and of course the direction the main element for any movie and the only element which spoiled Ra.one. Farhan can be tagged as one of the most stylish directors India has. The story is no nonsense and this shows a definite leap in Hindi filmdom mimicking the Hollywood style a bit! SRK’s quirky sense of humour stole my heart. His flirtatious nature with Priyanka is funny and those one or two light romantic moments were also shown crisply in sync with the story without making it a flop show!

SRK takes you on an exhilarating adventurous ride and you will be busy watching him get transformed from a wild dangerous criminal in Jail to a debonair Don and then neatly shaved good boy when he again comes across PC in the second half. I fell for all outfits , jackets and the rayban shades on SRK in the movie. It’s pulsating and action packed though in first half it’s all about the jail escape and making the plan. Second half grips the audience’s attention and Kunal kapoor did what he has to as an intelligent hacker! The suspense can be guessed easily by anyone who is watching the movie attentively J. Cinematography is at its best and the movie scores brownie points due to exotic locations. Malaysia , Thailand , Zurich and Berlin. Don is international now and gives the classy feel to the movie!

Some plus points

Ø SRK’s dazzling aurawhich made me say “Wowww” in the theatre and well most of the fans will definitely fall in love with him all over again. This movie is definitely not for SRK’s haters by birth. They will end up cursing and mouthing swear words coz success is inevitable here! SO ANTI SRK junta avoid this movie. [Well I heard that some couldn’t resist watching it on first day even in UK :P]

Ø Along with the main bank robbery scene, the jail escape scene is also well plotted by DON who not only makes toughest plans but actually executes them.

· Jason West’s wonderful camera work.,stunning visuals and no need to mention the ultra stylish narrator Farhan!

· The amazing one-liners used by DON. The dialogues are quick and good. Few which I liked are:

· Boman and SRK’s interaction in jail and when he says “Isme na to tumhara faida hoga na mera sirf kutton ka hoga” .

· “Don ke dushman ko hamesha yeh baat yaad rakhni chahiye...ke Don kabhi kuch nahi bhulta.”

· “Roma Roma... meri jungle billi kab tak peecha karogi mera, kahin log na samjhe tum mujhse sach me mohabbat karne lagi ho;)”

· “Sir mat bolo. Zyada shareef lagta hai. call me Don” to Kunal Kapoor.

· Aaj yeh sun kar meri Maa kitni khush hoti.

· “Jeetna meri zid nahi aadat hai.” And many more to mention but I shall stop here so as not to spoil the aura for those who didn’t watch yet J

Ø Even when humour is slapstick you can’t resist a laugh and girls can go gaga over SRK. Many were hooting and clapping and we actually hooted when SRK rides the bike on the road with water on two sides in climax. The opening and climax scenes will be imprinted as they were shown effortlessly and even if am repeating lot of style+attitude injected in them.

Ø Releasing the movie during the festive season. People will queue up to watch it as part of their X-mas and newyear celebration. Needless to say it already earned a lot in Overseas and investors can reap a harvest.

Ø Lara dutta comes as a surprise package. To me she is very hot and showered elegance on the screen.

Minus points

Ø Priyanka Chopra’s role makes sense as this is sequel but a replacement could have added freshness

Ø Its a superb action thriller but I personally liked the suspense element more in prequel.

Ø Shankar ehsaan’s music which could have been much better

Well everyone says its bit inspired by Ocean’s eleven, Mission impossible, Italian job etc etc but what I felt is this is a story full of style and attitude and will be liked by the people who actually love the same elements and a story where every mission is necessarily made possible by DON!!

My overall rating : 4.5/5

So people go watch the Hawttest DON of the season NOW and enjoy the holiday!

Merry Christmas and Happy New yearJ

PS : Posting this review very late due to time constraints. I hope itsnt too late

By

Afshan

“Rocking and Rolling Rockstar”

“Rocking and Rolling Rockstar”

Naadaan Parindey Ghar aaja.... O naadan parindey Ghar aaja, kyu desh videsh phire maara..Kyu haal behaal thaka haara!

Am just singing this song from two days and haven’t stopped yet. This movie’s music gripped me long back but it house arrested me from more than a week. It’s been long since I wrote a movie review but this master piece had enough of my attention, so here I go.

Imtiyaz ali, the man behind is a genius , a man who can not only make the hero strike the guitar chord and make it look so real but also strike the chord of emotions in everyone! He is one of the best directors India has got. I always liked Kunal Kohli for Hum Tum, Farhan Akhtar for Dil Chahta hai and Mahesh Bhatt for Dushman, Zakhm,Aashiqui and many more but this man Imtiyaz ali is different. He pours his soul in the movie. I hope he lives up to it always and directs awesome movies in forthcoming days! He is a man who can mix all kind of emotions in subtle amounts without giving you that melodramatic feel! He is the real rock star to me, who laid foundation to this and of course there is no need to guess who the other rockstars are. Am glad India has artists like Mohit Chauhan and A.R.Rahman. I take a bow to the intensity of their singing and the way they breathe life in to a song! Am ecstatic by the fact A.R.Rahman has many students! I literally closed my eyes when Naadan Parindey and Jo bhi Main and Kun Faaya Kun were being sung and enjoyed to the fullest.The other favourites are Katiya Karun, Tum Ho and also Hawa Hawa .The reason for liking the last one is the transformation of Heer, she actually springing back to life once she meets her Jordan is so damn beautifully shown. I didn’t feel a teensy weensy bit of the movie boring or unnatural or not so needed! The opening scene and then series of scenes showing how Janardhan evolved to Jordan are amazing! THAT MOMENT I REALISED THIS RANBIR KAPOOR IS NOT GONNA BE THE ONE I Watched all these years. He too evolved and how can I express my euphoria! I loved him in each and every frame/ every style/ every costume/ comic/ tragic scene and everything! Ranbir was cute in Wake up sid, a lover boy in Bachna aye Haseenon, intelligent in Rocket singh, Angry young man in Rajneeti but he seemed to be a mix of all along with many more blended emotions in him in Rockstar!

Whoaa love you Ranbir! My words are falling short to express how much I liked himJ

Nargis Fakiri is definitely pretty but an immediate glance at her reminded me of Preeti sabarwal of Chakde. Like Ranbir says to her in a scene in the movie I too didn’t feel her too hot/cool/gorgeous but she is definitely charismatic with a rose petal like complexion. She gave a more than satisfying performance being a new comer. She was very natural in most of the scenes she acted, but with her huge pout and too long nose I felt the tragic scenes and tears were little awkward. She should definitely work on them, may be the tears or the lips J, but when a person can love the pout of Angelina Jolie or a Keira Knightley I don’t know why such a fuss is being made that “Nargis and her pout or her tears spoiled the movie.” I think it is a “style/YO” statement to hate everything which originates in Bollywood and flaunt that you just don’t belong here. Can’t help saying this as I met such people lately! I watch many English movies and I absolutely love them too but I am deeply connected to Bollywood and India. I feel connected to many nice things shown in many nice movies and I request those critics who are so loyal in their job not to list out all the flop movies one by one to strengthen their crappy arguments. To me she definitely was new, spicy and acted lot better than many known faces in Bollywood who took 5yrs to a decade to bring out their acting skills. Of course here credit goes again to Imtiyaz for bringing the actress in her out! My most favourite Nargis Fakiri scene is during her wedding when she asks Ranbir with mehndied hands “can you hug me ?!” “Jaldi me ho kya?!” “Ache se karo na!!”

When I was watching that scene I felt this is one such love story I am gonna remember for long. This lovestory is neatly done and makes everyone feel that one should have such passion for their boy/girl and lead a happy life ever after though realstars and rockstars have a magnifying differenceJ. There is a Hollywood tinge in this movie, the way it was presented. Watching the camaraderie of Heer and Jordan I unintentionally remembered My Sassy Girl, Before Sunrise, P.S. I love you, The Notebook kind of movies. The hottest girl of college –Heer is full of life only when Jordan is near to her. Of course its shown love can do miracles and she gains strength in spite of her serious illness, and I didn’t find it unnatural at all as love does miracles. Oh boy, I loved that scene too where she energetically and enthusiastically comes downstairs for breakfast and when Jordan is waiting at the door, kisses her mom with a broad smile and leaves, leaving a pleased happy mom behind!

Everyone should list down the crazy things they want to do in life which may or may not be bold like Heer’s wishes, should have a crazy companion as doing a crazy act aloof is not so much fun and then get that euphoric feel of accomplishing it J Some said the ending is foggy but I guess an artist would like even that. Naadan parindey song and the hope that she will come back, I don’t think there can be a better end. Having leaked many spoilers, do not want to narrate all the scenes and spoil the broth! Rock star is like a sweet/sour/salty/hot/spicy soup. Mohit Chauhan has travelled a long way taking the silk route and gave to us that silky, smoothening touch with his voice. Want to watch him playing guitar once and strike a chord along with him. Wow the thought itself is giving me goose bumps! A.R. Rehman has done an awesome job in Kun Faaya kun so did he do a great job in rest all songs. It seems the one who played guitar in Sadda Haq is from Michael Jacksons troup. Orianthi Panagris, a 25-year-old guitarist was the lead guitarist in Michael Jackson's This is It concert. Nargis Fakiri is a half-czech half-Pakistani model.Talent either local or imported had a magical impact on those who got a share of it and this review would be incomplete without conveying kudos to Irshad kamil my most favourite lyricist !Climax reminded me of two Telugu masterpieces "Geetanjali(Maniratnam)" and "Saagara Sangamam(K.Viswanath)".Southies can relate to it!

All said and done Rockstar is a must watch and I wouldn’t mind watching it again for Ranbir, Mohit, Rehman, breathtaking locations shown in the movie and last but not the least to watch Shammi kapoor and feel that he still lives. He plays shehnai in the movie resembling the real Ustaad Bismillah Khan and with his blue eyes and killing looks Shammi still looked like the most romantic man on the earth to me! Long live Shammi and hail Rockstar. I wish it bags many awards at all possible award ceremonies. Good luck to the Rockstar team. Right now plugged in to "Aur Ho"!

My Rating : ****(4 stars)

Can’t resist saying this one more time---Love you RanbirJ

PS: I took time to write and post this review as am tied up due to personal/professional things but as they say its never too late :). Am super glad I finally posted.

Planning to watch the movie again!!

"10 Day You Challenge--post 10".(Last POST) and ya my 100th POST!!"1 pic"!!!!!

After such a long gap,after too many changes in life, too much of holidaying am back to blogs just to finish this challenge and post this MOST fav and most memorable pic of me and my brother!

I simply love the old pics!! Wanna make a story of all these pics. When ever time permits will surely be doing it . For now this "One pic" of mine .As they say A PIC SAYS more than WORDS!!

PS: Still suffering from writer's block. wishing to come back soon with a bang!! :-| :-)

"10 Day You Challenge--post 9". "2 Songs!!!!!

This is the toughest of all challenges!!!Music is magical and divine. Its not exaggerating if you say it impacts your life. Few lines from a poem I wrote long back.

The moon lit sky is music to our eyes,

With music the world seems to be beautiful and nice!

The voice of our loved ones' is music to our ears!

A single word can dump all our fears!!

No one rules anyone in the kingdom of music,

All are under the charm of this magic!

Music brings all strings together!

Rocks our life with a bang forever!

Am not a musician .I didn’t learn any musical instrument but I love any kind of music which is pleasant to ears. I love Hindi filmi songs and romantic melodies and some Telugu songs too! From all those amazing songs I cannot chose two best songs. There are zillions of them which are heart touching. I love English songs, specially those which instantly connect with me and the lyrics of which are understandable. Some real soothing ones are like below .

Firstly Bazz Lurhman’s Sunscreen song which I feel is inspirational. Concentrate on lyrics!

This song is the first English song I loved a lot and understood the lyrics and learnt the songJ. Its touching

There are many love songs which sweep you off your feet , but the below two songs can make me really dreamy or emotional depending on my mood

There are many Telugu songs too! Depending on mood the choice of music/ songs differs. Now i feel like humming the below song

The list will go on! Music is the food of life :)

"10 Day You Challenge--post 8". "3 Movies!!!!!

Life is beautiful : A movie I watched “N” number of times ! It's originally an Italian movie which shows the story of a Jewish Italian Guido Orefice. I don’t even know the real names of the actors. There’s our hero Guido and the leading Lady Dora who is extremely stunning and there’s a sweet kid Joshua (or that’s how its pronounced).It’s a story of happenings before and after world war II .Absolutely not an over dump of emotions but very touching and by the end of the movie you can only appreciate the valour of the man Guido. A must watch! You can see the atrocities and the horrible consequences of world war and how Dora and Guido were separated and how he tried to keep the kid always happy! It’s an "Academy award" winner movie. Most of you would have watched it.

Bolly wood Romantic movies : To me the best of all romantic movies are “Dilwale dulhania lejayenge” , “ Yes Boss” and “Dil se”. Of course most of the SRK’s movies fall in this category! “ Hum tum” and “Jab we met”can also be added to the list. I watched these movies many times just to feel dreamy again and again :P If I keep aside how realistic or reelistic they are I LOVE them. Some more movies which are very colourful and you feel like watching them whenever you are bored are “Hum dil de chuke sanam” ,“ Hum aapke hain kaun”, “Saajan”, “Dil” ,“Chandni” ,“Chaalbaaz”, “Cheenikum” and many more. The names I take will be in a very haphazard way and I love Hindi movies though few are over done. Bolly wood masala, vibrance, music, songs never fail to impress me. Bolly wood is like a Grand Gaka!!

My Sassy Girl :

A Korean Romantic Comedy. Being an Asian movie it portrays the emotions like any other Indian movie but in a subtle humorous way which relieves you. At the same time it highlights love, relations and emotions. I became a fan of Jun-Ji-Hyun the Korean actress after watching the movie. There are many other Korean movies which I want to watch but not getting time. Their movies are short sweet and heart touching! After watching the movie I practised Korean style of talking with all my friends and cousins “Bring that plate aooooo" or “ Pls pass the chipss wooooo" stretching every word;) It’s always fun: P! Even now whenever I feel like I watch this movie!

Taking just the names of 3 movies seems horrendous!!! There are many nice movies which make you feel good, make you think ,which can connect you to real life or take you away from real life for 2-3 hrs , make you feel real life is better after those 2-3 hrs , so on so forth. If I have to take some names which are near to my heart “Shaw shank Redemption” –A movie which changed my thinking process.“Forrest Gump” - I love Tom hanks. “A Cinderella man” --- Shows the “Great depression” impacts on a family and how they over come. Russel crowe at his BEST! “Pretty woman” is another favourite and many of Julia Roberts’, Jim carrey’s , Adam sandler’s movies who on the screen like a laugh and who are so damn natural

“Satyame Sivam” --- Kamal hasan / Madhavan starrer movie which always leaves me in tears and I think for long after watching it! It’s awesome. Must watch with subtitles if you don’t know the language. One of the Kamal’s best though there are many. (Its remade from some English movie Planes Trains and Automobiles) . I love some Telugu comedy flicks too which are very relaxing like “Nuvvu naku nachav” and “ Manmadhudu”. Shekhar kammula’s movies— without mentioning him my post will be incomplete. My only fav director in Telugu as of now .Love his major works“Anand” and “Leader”.



I love animes. Mostly Japanese Animations.”The Grave of fireflies” being my fav, Monsters Inc , Ice age and many more are interesting . Well I can’t keep on writing here as the list will never end. YES AM A BIG MOVIE BUFF!!

Last but not the least well it’s obvious I watch all Harry potter movies .Though I prefer books to movies, movies breathe life in to characters and hone the imagination so I LOVE THEM!!!

Have fun J

Some and the Others!!!

“Some people try to follow the suite.
The others can just get rude!
Some people try to outsmart you.
The others just fail and don’t even rue!!”

“Some people throw bricks at you.
Trying to make you go black and blue!
You cheerfully build a wall of fame.
Mocking the attempts so tame!!”

“The attempts are pretty hard.
The others may label you mad!
You are no saint to be glad.
The world is full of people good and bad!!”

“The preposterous ones sagely clad.
Some laugh heart fully some stay grumpy and sad!
Some have lump some money and a rich dad.
Only few have a talent which the others never had!!”

“Having Fun and happy times is the real art of life.
The bash in the hoodwink of fun may create strife!
Rather than being a threat its better to be a clown.
Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down!!

This poem was originally published at theviewspaper