Diwali..

And , the festive mood gets set here! I just came attending a Marathi musical program. It was not just a program. It was Diwali Pahat. Some good singers come to sing songs; the songs which set the holy atmosphere around us, the songs which charge you, the songs which drag you in a different era, different culture, Indian culture and especially Marathi Culture.(Please, don’t call me Raj Thakrey’s follower. I love Marathi but I don’t hate other languages and their culture.) Really nice! I’m glad that I understand Marathi very well so that I can enjoy these songs. I always ask my mother why she didn’t put me in English medium, because I take more time in understanding this language than those people who learned in English medium. But when I go to such programs, I feel good. I can also enjoy Marathi music, culture as I understand it.

So now I’m set in a festive mood. Though late, I got the excitement of festival back. :)

I drew Rangoli yesterday. For the first time I drew main Rangoli in front of my house. My sister is so perfect in such things that she never allowed messing up the festival mood with my terrible Rangoli. And I also never took interest in it. But this time, as she is in US, I took the chance. And I just wanted to give a try. And I started. But then I don’t know how I went doing on and I finished my Rangoli after my childish efforts of 3 hours. Anybody liked it or not, I liked it.
About bursting crackers, I burst few. But this was the last year of crackers for me. Next time, I’ll burst few which don’t make noise. This time I was badly suffered and tired of the continuous noise of crackers.
So this is how my Diwali went. About buying new dresses, my mother did it for me; as usual. ;) I went to buy just new sandals. Today I’ll go to my relatives' place. This is the thing with which Diwali gets over every year and yes, this time also would be the same.

Short and Sweet; Diwali got over too soon!

Doesn't this look like one of the ghosts of Hogwarts? :)

Rangoli - not bad!

Wake up Sid

I liked! I’ll give it 3 stars. Nice acting by all – Ranvir Kapoor, Konkana (As it was expected), Anupam kher and all. Rahul Khanna looks handsome!
It was a very simple story. Anyone can guess what it is with the name of the movie and with even one trailer. The direction by Karan Johar made it good. I’ll call it a light-weight movie. Yes, there were some things unreal. But that doesn’t mess up the theme of the movie.
Konkana is shown as an ambitious girl. Initially, she looked inspiring. At the end, it was ok. Actually everything in the movie is not shown to the high extent. There could have been more. But you will not get bored at all.
It was colorful movie. (Color of cloths etc)
It had some positivity. I really can’t tell what, but I liked the movie in spite of observing something less in it.

I wonder why ultimately every bollywood movie should end with the love of hero and heroine. Can’t they make some movie without this relation? They were so good friends that there was no need at all to make them a couple. It’s like the dialogue from Hum-Tum – “Ek ladka aur ek ladki kabhi dost nahi ho sakte. Kyunki ye pyar hamesha beech me aa jata hai!” What rubbish! All bollywood people have a great belief in this dialogue.

Anyway, I enjoyed the movie. :)

I know that I have put all bad comments about the movie and still I’m saying I enjoyed it.

Ok, so to talk about small things about movie which made me enjoy it -
- The scene of results. It reminded me of my college days. And many times in my group my situation was like that of Sid. I never failed though. But my marks were never good. So it always ended with the mood same as Sid makes in the movie.
- The magazine “Mumbai Beat”. The office and its environment shown give some artistic, classical view.
- “Anda banana” thing of the movie. When Sid leaves his home and starts living with Konkana, he comes to know that he can’t do anything. And he learns to cook omlette. That time konkana gives such expressions, I remembered of my initial days in Amdocs. There I had realized that I don’t know anything. And I used to become happy with even a small thing I could do properly. How foolish I was! People around me were doing enormously appreciable things and I would become happy with even with an awareness of some simple UNIX stuff. “What a big deal ke tumne anda banaya? ” Konkana did it very nice.
- The way Konkana decorates her own house - It was amazing to see that.
- Konkana wants to do everything independently, on her own. It’s a nice feeling sometimes.
- The scene where they bedraggle each other. I liked that mischief.

And what else? There were so many things. I’d recommend anyone to see that movie.

Mission Champion

Just now I watched a movie – Mission Champion! A Marathi movie. Really nice! After so long, some movie has touched my heart. Probably after Taare Zamin Par.
The story was about a school-going boy and his father. His father keeps lots of expectations from him and how the boy gets scared of his father and his expectations about him. A good progressing boy; how his progress gets stopped and how mentally he gets disturbed. Everything is shown excellently.

I’m not brave. I’m coward. (I accept.) If my parents would have behaved like his father, I don’t know what I would have done. I easily get scared sometimes when I see people around me knowing so much than me and especially when I have to deal with them. I have such a parent hidden inside my mind who always put restrictions on me. It puts all the expectations I have from myself. This hidden parent tell me - I need to be the best. And it is not possible. I know I’m an average person. But I want to be more than it. And for that I scare myself. Too bad!
Few days back; I can’t bear the memory also, but I had badly frightened myself. It had reached at the most extreme level. For such my weakness I trouble my close ones also. Too bad! I’m still a small child. I don’t know when I’ll grow up. And till then I’m going to keep troubling my close ones too.
Everyone, beware of me. Keep safe distance. I can trouble you with all possible ways if you come close to me. ;)
This is just one of the aspects of mine. But truly, I do few things which some people usually don’t do just because they have some other fear in their mind. I don’t want to mention such things publicly. :)
Anyway, everyone has some or other fear. That’s what I believe.

Obama

Read stuffs about Obama. I remembered of the quote by Cato the Elder – “After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.”
Judges of Nobel Prize have done injustice to Obama. First, they should have given him the chance to prove himself. I feel sorry for Obama instead of getting pleased.
Now Mr. Obama, you need to prove your worth. People study first and then they get degree. It’s the other way for you. :)

I watched 3 movies –
1) Harry potter and Chamber of Secrets – Of course I liked it! But book was far better. Harry Potter movies are fast, still they can’t cover everything. I wanted to see the ghost dead day party by Nearly Neckless Nick.
I’d not have understood the movie properly if I’d not read the book.
By the way, Harry appears as a Hero more in movie than in the book. So his acting has given more justification to the character, in the movie. Or perhaps, Hermione doesn’t let me look at Harry when I read the book. ;) I’m happy to see your very nice acting, Daniel. :)
2) Outsourced – Good start, but movie became so pathetic and so unrealistic in the second half that I don’t wish to write anything about it.
3) And a Marathi movie – Foreign chi Patlin – Timepass movie – more of Swades touch.

And I read things which I wanted to. So I’m happy. I also read a bit of Harry Potter and Prince of Azkaban.

I went with my college friends for dinner. As usual, I enjoyed the meet.

I got to hold a one-day old baby. That was the best thing I did that day. :)

Thus it made my perfect weekend.