Gulaal ==> Review

Gulaal

movie : Gulaal.

music director :piyush mishra (actor,lyricst )

great composition and sound effects,i think in the same line of Vishaal bharadwaj. Lyrics of all the songs are very meaningful and sung by great singers as well.Some of the ‘raagas’ touched my heart. Very distinct genre. better have good speakers!! i want to write more but dont have right words for it.better sun lo….

somehow,if i just lie down and listen to these tracks,i can see myself roaming near river Ganga,lying in Desert,in chai ke bagaan,in thick forest or near water fall… each place has its own sound and i can imagine being there through these songs…

i can imagine being around with normal Junta in India in one of it’s streets.donno why.

i liked all the songs now you know. ‘ranaji’(iske lyrics zaroor sun na) is a peppy folk number,listen at high volume.

“jaise bina baat afganistan ka bajj gaya bhaiya band,jaise door dess iraq main bass gaye uncle sam”

right now,fav is ‘Aisi Saza’ sung by shilpa rao

“”aisi sazaa deti hawaa
tanhaai bhi tanha nahi,

Neendein bhi ab sone gayeen
Raaton ko bhi parwaah nahi,

Aise main Baarish ki Boondon se Apni Saanson ko Sehla do
Badhti Hawaaon ke jhokon se dil ko naghma koi la bhi do

Palkon ki koro pr baithi nami ko
deheeme se pighla bhi do

wo pal abhi
waisa hi hai

choda tha jo
jaisa wahin “”

i think this movie will be good.It is Directed by Anurag Kashyap. The same DEV D director.

4 stars from my side for Gulaal

Delhi --> A city to love

Well as promised to amol sir ... This is my today's post about a city called Delhi..
Its just not the city for me but more than that.. as i am away from this city for quite a more time now.. hmm around 2 years now... yah
And I definitely do know god makes the best decisions for all of us. As Harivansh Rai Bachchan has put it…

mann ka ho to acha,
mann ka na ho to zada acha!

Coz when things don’t happen as you would wish them to be, they happen as god would like it, and his wish can never be wrong. :)

I am missing my home. This happens to be the first time ever that I am missing my home :( .

My life is also in this city, my city, which we lovingly call saddi dilli- our Delhi!
It’s my zone of comfort, my area of control;
It’s a place where I can take a wrong turn and still not feel lost;
It’s a place where I can proudly guide people where and when to go; where nobody can fool me because they know I am not an outsider;
It’s a city where every corner has a story of my beautiful days i have spent with my friends.
It’s a city where I know exactly where to go for shopping or good girls.. hehe.
It’s a city where all it takes to get anybody on your side is a few words in Punjabi, (after which they treat you like their relatives);
It’s a city where all my fav foods are easily available anytime I want

I am just loving everything about this city like crazies!! For the love of it, I know I’ve got to come back!!
Signing off with the song on my lips…
Yeh dilli hai mere yaar....
Bus ishq mohabbat pyaar....

Chennai,auto and tamil

On the way back from Bhumi's event, i was about 3 kms way from the where I live. Now in most cities, you would say this is not a problem at all and start telling me about options… but hold your horses, we are talking about Chennai.

I went to the bus stop. All the buses had sign boards in Tamil. I tried asking people standing at the bus stop which bus to take. Most could not understand my English. I knew what to do. I asked “go-a straight-a which-a bus-a” (which bus route should I take to go straight). Instantly some people realized what I was asking and told me to board “Yum Thurdeen” or “Yes Fifdeen” (M13 or S15). I thanked them and waited. The buses came and it was full crowded. I decided not to “board”.

Then I asked a local guy if I should take an auto or a shared auto. This guy told me that auto would not oblige since this is a short distance. And then he told me shared auto is anyway a better option as I can save money. I told him it’s not all that big a saving. He then explained that it’s not about the money… I should take a shared auto because men and women share it and you get to rub shoulders with ladies. He was shaking his shoulders up and down while telling me this and I could tell he almost had a mental orgasm(sorry for this word .. but i couldn't find word better than this to explain this situation).

Finally I found a shared auto. There is no color coding between regular and shared autos in Chennai but after a while you can guess by looking at the make of the auto. I tried explaining the driver where I wanted to go but since I don’t know Tamil, it was a problem. Soon a lady sitting in the shared auto obliged and explained the driver where I wanted to go. Thanking her, I boarded the shared auto to notice this was an educated professional lady. She immediately asked me “No Tamil? What are you doing in Chennai?” to which I said “I am working here in Chennai”.

She had a sympathetic look on her face. So had I…