Monday, August 8, 2011

What happens when Guy Ritchie-David Fincher combine come to India on a yellow Hummer?!

Well for there notorious ways of narrating a storyline, they would be lost in the topography-demography of India and may be that is why they aren’t thinking of coming over ,till then the reins are in hands of  Anurag Kashyap and his gang of men/women who want to change not only the rule of this game but possiblly change the game itself!

Shaitan is one such attempt which would take you deep in their minds and make you cringe more out of shock than disgust!

The first frame is like any thriller/horror story with a girl-kid walking into a asylum to meet her mother and that is the only scene where you might think and that’s about it from here on Bejoy Nambiar does not let you use your grey cell to think about anything  other than the movie.

The storyline is about a group of 5 strong headed youngsters from different socio economic background who have a philosophy to enjoy life to its fullest and they have the balls to do it as well!

KC: Rich-Happy-go-lucky-sonofabitch
Parsi: Middle class parsi nerd dhikra
Amy : Rich NRI dad -Psychokid
Dash: Barwaiter cum drug peddler
Model Chic: Low income but high aspiration club-small time model!

There life takes a turn when a “predictable-to-audience”  but unfortunate incident hits them or rather they hit it(Pun intended).
One foolish act leads to another and gives each one of them to unleash their inner shaitan on to unsuspecting victims.

Where there is crime there is a strong cop character,enter suspended-soon to be-divorced Inspector Mathur saab who has his own issues with the now famous inner-shaitan.

The scenes are insanely supported with some crazy music and background score one surely cannot  miss the high-end action sequence with background music of the olden melody Khoya Kohya Chand and yes one would just label it as an absolute masterpiece sequence.

The script is absolutely well written without any loopholes and does not feel like it is wandering off  even when the story diverts from the crime to the disturbed married life of Inspector Mathur.
Rajeev Khandelwal is a superstar in his own right and essays the character of Inspector Mathur with class and realism only an “actor-of-excellence” can potray.

The lead group cast play their respective roles with absolute brilliance.
The music is just to die for and the variety is a monster in it’s own way!

Each frame is a cult in its own sense and does more than just give you a cinematic experience

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Start of a travelogue!

I have been assigned a project by French Connection and Calvin Klein Jeans for “retail evaluation" in tier II cities of India.
Here on this blog I wouldn’t be writing about my professional commitments but more of travelling experience in these cities!
Hope you enjoy the city (digitally) I visit as much I do them actually.
Nagpur
Date of entry: 17th March 2011
They say oranges are the reason why Nagpur is famous and all I say,I was there for 2 days and I could’nt locate a single fruit mart let alone oranges!

Anyways, the flight took off a bit delayed from Bombay but it was a nice flight whatsoever.I shared my seat with Mansi a final year student from Manipal Institute of Technology,the very Infamous college! ;)
We happen to share our lives with each other in that 30mins of chat(the other 90min,sleeping was a better option!)
The flight landed 30minutes late and yeah like all tier II city airports even this was 15km away from the main hub!

The taxi union was in full force with their atrocious demand for INR 300 for a 20min ride!Phew!
2min of drive and 18 minutes of traffic,I reach my hotel.
A 2 star stay was pretty good for a travelling maniac who can compromise with anything and everything!
After a quick fresh up and cleaning my pores,I leave for a walk around the city with my camera in hand and open thought in my head ….I walk around the city chowk..the “badkas chowk” and could see typical Indian store line up…a sweet shop doubling up as a restaurant and in the adjacent selling mobile recharges.

I get a call from my local frnachisee bidder who in all certainity wants to give me a memorable experience in Nagpur and in turn win some creamy chocolaty brownie points! ;)

He vrooms in a Skoda Laura and hands over a typical North Indian style Business card i.e. a card with details which were really not required and not to forget dash of colours!

So after a round of Lassi at the original “Haldiram” which I should say satisfied my entire calorie needs for the night and the day after!

After a bit of “Business talks”, we leave for our respective abode with a promise from his end to show me around the malls tomorrow morning!

With an intent of get in touch with my friends I net-connect my Vodafone-Blackberry on to my laptop and lo I get a shock of my life 20minutes later when I realise I have lost 400INR for no expense from my end!

Damn that ugly Pug!
With a heavy heart and chat with my inner circle, I sleep!!