Monday, January 29, 2007

Life in Mumbai::::::so far so good....

Madness, chaos,confusion....has been my life so far....
Life s a bummer here...
Every night s a late night, every night there are new chapters in my life written, rather new songs(Vipin knows what I am talking about) ....
U name it, Its been done....

Its been Vipin, TP, Lali,Arun,Vivek,Nishanth,Anubhav,Noosh, Pratu, Dikki,Soumya,Kishore to name a few...all the way....always there for me...ever ready to help me...and every ready to take my case...

Lifes been great here....
28 day drinking spree, fights, confusions, arguments, movies, tussles all the way....
Late night train rides, standing on literally 5 toes, late night bus rides from borivali, late night visits to Noosh's place, stay overs at soum's place, pop tates after work on a sunday..... happy hours....stupid jokes....Anubhav playing games on his lappy at 3 AM, flood light cricket at 12 midnight.....that too under arm bowling....Nelly Furtado, AR Rahman in concert...Vipin goin gaga over Koena Mitra, not to forget TP...VinodMenon with his stupid rockstar smile....Noosh's weight tamil jokes, Dikki's soooper tamil vocab....Soum's and ping pong...Pratu and polka dots....Kishore and sooper sooper jokes....
Living it loving it....lots of new things to do.......

A tribute to all here with me in Mumbai... thanks guys!! U ve just made my life better...

Love ya all!!......

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Abhishek+Ash Engagement ke side effects!!!

This was something that was speculated, but still Mumbai's not recovered from the hangover of Abishek's and Ash' s engagement. Reading through the newspapers, and watching news channel has made me truly realise the impact of Bollywood on Mumbai.

It was late sunday night, and Vipin and I were watching I don't know what....as we continued moving from channel to channel, we saw a flash news flickering at the bottom of every news channel. It was no shock to us, that Ash and AB Jr. were engaged, but the whole of Mumbai had been taken by surprise. Over the next half an hour we, realised the impact of the event combined with the media on the Mumbaikars.

These are some of the hilarious statements we heard that night.......

A local man: "Jaise hi humne yeh khabar suni, mere padosi ne kaha ki hamein Amitabh ji ke ghar jana chahiya, aur hum apne ghar se nikal ke aaye, hamara ghar 20 km door hai par humein aana hi tha"(This was a 12.00 midnight)
( for those who find it tough interpreting this ill translate it: The man said that as soon as he heard the news of the engagement, his neighbour told him that they should go to Amitabh's house, and they left immediately from their place which was about 20 kms away from Jalsa(AB's house in Juhu)) ...for what joy??? Vipin and I wondered "at 12.00 in the night??")


The reality behind the situation is that even when the local man was standing outside with a mob, of similar people like him.... the the Bachchan's the Rai's the Ambani's all were having a party inside Big B's house...

Its sad that the people let these emotions overshadow practicalities of life..........

The next, was something that caught our eye and I guess we shall laugh over this for a week::
The TV channel had interviewed, guess who: a pandit, on how their marriage would turn out to be:

We made something outta this:

PAndit: Abishek ke Shukra aur Aishwarya ke guru ko dekh ke lagta hai ki unki shaadi mangal ko honi chahiye:::


I mean get a life: Interviewing a pandit...why why??? What the hell is wrong with these media people??? Leave the pandit's alone atleast!!!


Thirdly, the media going gaga over how, when, where, Abhishek proposed Ash, who he called first after that, what he told them, how did his parents react, her parents reaction, what his mother made for dinner at the party......and a lot more crap......

The news that tops them all, on how the Bachchan's have taken Ash's kiss (with Hrithik Roshan in Dhoom 2), in the right way, although they were a bit unhappy about it in the beginning.......

Trust me, you live in Mumbai, newspapers and TV will keep you going for a day...but make sure you keep your head above your shoulder's!!!!

Monday, January 15, 2007

GURU!!! A must see!!!

After a move to Mumbai, my usual week ends with a movie on Friday night, the late 11 P.M movies at a Cinemax near my house. There s a usual bunch, about 10 of us, who make it to late friday night movies, happy about the fact that we have a weekend to sleep......this friday was GURU.... and the movie turned to be a as expected. The movie has AB Jr. and the love of his life, Ash...(now that they are engaged :-) , i can say that).....GURU is a story of a guy, who lives to fulfil his dreams ( AB Jr.). The move starts with a steamy number by Mallika Sherawat, and continues with AB Jr. ruling the screen. AB Jr. has acted really really well I must say and Ash for once has looked charming , and natural. The highlight of the movie has to AR Rahman's music. The movie apart from the controversies its been assosiated with, is a great one..... I liked it and i guess many of you guys will.....