Luck By Chance!!!
Had just been to this lame Aktharnama a week or two back. It was a movie of struggling stars in the B town loking for opportunities to bloom! The movie was not worth sitting for two odd hours, but was surely coming with a message.
Not just in the B town, even the whole world works by chance. Companies win contracts by chance, people get opportunities by chance, people lose opportunities by chance.
But some people just live by chance!
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Slumdog for the S/W Industry
Millionaire is making money world wide and has gained fame for portraying the negatives of the Indian poor. Was wondering if, by producing a sequel for the software industry, we might be able to mint money!
The story line can be similar, but you can have a manager talking to a resource, presumably whose career/ life got screwed by entering into the industry dreaming of his past and seeking answers for his appraisal!
Brickbats welcome, I am sure none of my managers understand my comic sense nor have the capabilities to understand my blogs, nor will read it as they are presumably too busy just delegating work to others!
{PS: If any of you by mistake encounter this, I will ensure its properly structured by my next appraisal and the budget will be out in an excel sheet and uploaded in the next related post ;)}
Millionaire is making money world wide and has gained fame for portraying the negatives of the Indian poor. Was wondering if, by producing a sequel for the software industry, we might be able to mint money!
The story line can be similar, but you can have a manager talking to a resource, presumably whose career/ life got screwed by entering into the industry dreaming of his past and seeking answers for his appraisal!
Brickbats welcome, I am sure none of my managers understand my comic sense nor have the capabilities to understand my blogs, nor will read it as they are presumably too busy just delegating work to others!
{PS: If any of you by mistake encounter this, I will ensure its properly structured by my next appraisal and the budget will be out in an excel sheet and uploaded in the next related post ;)}
Dilli Six'ed
All along the past few month's, I was wondering why the movie has a number next to it! Finally today was enlightened on the rusty seats of Sterling that its the post code for Chandni Chowk area.
Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra had hit a sixer in his first venture, Rang De Basanti. His second venture though seems to be missing the boundary line just by a few yards, not a bad effort though! Dilli Six revolves around the streets of Chandni Chowk with probably just a peek into San Fransico and Agra and fares well probably in keeping you glued to your seat for two odd hours.
The story, if you ask me takes off from where SRK left in Swades, but to a more urbanized locale than the rural picture portrayed there. Abhishek has performed well in the movie and the cute Sonam Kapoor has a point to prove that she can have others run for their money (Beware Anil Kapoor ;))! OmPuri is at his classic best as usual and the normal aunties, uncles, grannies, untouchables etc... make the dish more sweeter. The movie revolves and does not focus just on any theme unlike several other movies do. There is a Ram Leela, the usual communal divide, the good old Rishi Kapoor love story, the swadesi sentiments all together knit well and to perfection.
Probably the only thing that seemed out of the world to me is the Monkey Man of Delhi! A little bit too much of masala to handle. And the protrayal of Big B in the end, seemed unnecessary though! The movie runs quite well except for the last ten to fifteen minutes, where Mehra forgets what logic means, just to keep the gals watching the movie on their toes for the sake of Junior B staying alive!
Not a right movie to see over the weekend though! Especially since I need to catch my BA flight right out of Bengaluru soon. My swadesi instincts are tickling, but work is at least calling for the next two to three months, then on i am back at my "Mysore 16 ;)".
Straight out of my heart I would give a standing ovation to the photography of Dili 6, its amazing and great work. Good effort again from Mehra and team and hopefuly Dilli 6 lands in the right post box!
All along the past few month's, I was wondering why the movie has a number next to it! Finally today was enlightened on the rusty seats of Sterling that its the post code for Chandni Chowk area.
Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra had hit a sixer in his first venture, Rang De Basanti. His second venture though seems to be missing the boundary line just by a few yards, not a bad effort though! Dilli Six revolves around the streets of Chandni Chowk with probably just a peek into San Fransico and Agra and fares well probably in keeping you glued to your seat for two odd hours.
The story, if you ask me takes off from where SRK left in Swades, but to a more urbanized locale than the rural picture portrayed there. Abhishek has performed well in the movie and the cute Sonam Kapoor has a point to prove that she can have others run for their money (Beware Anil Kapoor ;))! OmPuri is at his classic best as usual and the normal aunties, uncles, grannies, untouchables etc... make the dish more sweeter. The movie revolves and does not focus just on any theme unlike several other movies do. There is a Ram Leela, the usual communal divide, the good old Rishi Kapoor love story, the swadesi sentiments all together knit well and to perfection.
Probably the only thing that seemed out of the world to me is the Monkey Man of Delhi! A little bit too much of masala to handle. And the protrayal of Big B in the end, seemed unnecessary though! The movie runs quite well except for the last ten to fifteen minutes, where Mehra forgets what logic means, just to keep the gals watching the movie on their toes for the sake of Junior B staying alive!
Not a right movie to see over the weekend though! Especially since I need to catch my BA flight right out of Bengaluru soon. My swadesi instincts are tickling, but work is at least calling for the next two to three months, then on i am back at my "Mysore 16 ;)".
Straight out of my heart I would give a standing ovation to the photography of Dili 6, its amazing and great work. Good effort again from Mehra and team and hopefuly Dilli 6 lands in the right post box!
Slumdog Millionaire
Well! Apologies for the delays and for being off for this long! My slumdog manager (No offense meant to anyone) had ensure I have almost got a twenty hour a day work schedule! More on my slumdog story at the end of this blog!
Well coming to the actual stuff, watched the much hyped Slumdog Millionaire/ Crorepati just because of the word of mouth popularity and believe me to the fullest, I was not enthralled by the show just as may be the rest of the world was!
The music was mediocre, just one Jai Ho! song was okay, there have been better deliveries from the legend A R Rahman himself in his earlier compositions! The TV shows in India are still running the campgain supporting Slumdog for the Oscars, but I personally feel there were better options.
Coming to the acting skill, there was nothing to act there! Even a kid watching Big B on Siddarth Basu's KBC can enact Amithabh. Coming to the child actors, they were paid, they acted, for some of them, believe it was routine life. The young actors seriously did not have much to act there. Coming toIrfaan Khaan. OMG!! It was probably his most mediocre performance. He is a class actor and can to much better than making a subordinate call someone - the bitch from the slum!
Overall, the movie portrayed negatives and had more negatives over life in India than positives. The lives of the slum was portrayed very negatively and the communal divide overexposed. Believe there had to be a curb on the way the life has been portrayed at least for the sake of the nation!
One word for the Slumdog crew. Its a good effort, but honestly, the movie has played around with the sentiments of the average slumdwellers life. Hopefully none of the so called social organizations have seen this movie ;) God luck, for the Oscars!
Well! Apologies for the delays and for being off for this long! My slumdog manager (No offense meant to anyone) had ensure I have almost got a twenty hour a day work schedule! More on my slumdog story at the end of this blog!
Well coming to the actual stuff, watched the much hyped Slumdog Millionaire/ Crorepati just because of the word of mouth popularity and believe me to the fullest, I was not enthralled by the show just as may be the rest of the world was!
The music was mediocre, just one Jai Ho! song was okay, there have been better deliveries from the legend A R Rahman himself in his earlier compositions! The TV shows in India are still running the campgain supporting Slumdog for the Oscars, but I personally feel there were better options.
Coming to the acting skill, there was nothing to act there! Even a kid watching Big B on Siddarth Basu's KBC can enact Amithabh. Coming to the child actors, they were paid, they acted, for some of them, believe it was routine life. The young actors seriously did not have much to act there. Coming toIrfaan Khaan. OMG!! It was probably his most mediocre performance. He is a class actor and can to much better than making a subordinate call someone - the bitch from the slum!
Overall, the movie portrayed negatives and had more negatives over life in India than positives. The lives of the slum was portrayed very negatively and the communal divide overexposed. Believe there had to be a curb on the way the life has been portrayed at least for the sake of the nation!
One word for the Slumdog crew. Its a good effort, but honestly, the movie has played around with the sentiments of the average slumdwellers life. Hopefully none of the so called social organizations have seen this movie ;) God luck, for the Oscars!
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