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Monthly Archives: November 2009
I wish I had stayed longer
I wish I had stayed longer here. I wish I had done more, seen more places, written more, read more, eaten less (:p), slept less, played less games etc. But it’s always the same for me. eating and sleeping and i stay happy or to say in words, life happens with you somewhere before you realize and you are sucked into their activities for which you had no plans, which you never just thought about and which you feel was never cool. It happens. Life happens.
Anyway, list of some of the places I visited in korea – not many places but after going to these places, I got the idea what to expect from other places. Some places were quite interesting, other amazing and some other fascinating; I had good time at all places and with all, well almost ~ almost all, people. 🙂
1. Lotte world – termed as the world’s largest indoor amusement park. The architect of this park must have received instructions to create something akin to fortresses in disney animation movies. If you see it from a distance, you cant believe it is real. It just looks so beautiful. Inside, there are some very thrilling rides – similar to what most amusement parks have but only more technologically superior which will provide you with very unique experience. Do visit this place if you want to taste your heart and for that matter, lings, kidneys and everything else. Cause when you will thrown from aheight of 100 feet (gyro drop ???) or when gyro swing will lock you in a small box and move you sideways, you will feel as if king kong has come to the earth. 35K Won for one day for an adult and yes, dont forget to take care of your ticket. some rides shake you so violently that anything in your pocket will fall out and once you lose your ticket, you can come back home and sleep. not bad? To reach here, use Line 2/8 and get down at Jamsil Station.
2. Caribbean bay – If you feel, Lotte world was too much hassle or if you like me do not like scary rides, then caribbean bay is a great place. Here you can just jump in and out of water in your underwear and have a good time without a care in the world. Only one ride is scary and that too nothing compared to rides in Lotte world. rest all of them are quite relaxing. Again, similar to most other water parks, only bigger and better and far superior. Cost = 40,000 W for one day. Foreigners can avail discount by taking printout of discount coupon available on their website. To reach here, I took cab and bus 66-3 (not sure; forgot)
3. Changdeokgung palace – considered as UNESCO world heritage site[which means … ;)], it’s architecture style and open spaces will impress you. I went there in search of secret… secret garden of biwon (beewon) which is a small part of this palace. Guides are usually available and walking through the maze of jungles and buildings with a group of 100 or more people was quite good. One of the must visit palaces. Use Line 1/3/5 – Jongno 3 ga station or Line 3 Anguk Station.
4. Namyeong Market – The variety, price and quality of clothes here will just amaze you. Almost all kinds of clothes you can buy here and at very good price. To reach Namyeong Market, get down at Hoehyeon station ( first station on line 4 after seoul station). The first place to go in korea for shopping clothes.
5. Dongdaemun Market – It’s similar to namyeong but for shoes and leather goods. You can also buy clothes here but still namdaemun has lots and lots of variety compared to this place. Again, all products at prices you won’t believe. To reach dongdaemun station, stay on line 1 ( it’s around 5-6 stations from seoul station)
6. Itaewon – If the lack of foreigners or english speaking people in korea has disappointed you, then you have not visited Itaewon. Here there are many good places to eat, all kinds of restaurants and bars. I found three Indian restaurants in a row in Itaewon around Hamilton hotel (Hamilton hotel is in front of Itaewon station). It’s a good place to buy jewellery, ornaments. Also, most people will tell you prices in dollars, so if you want to buy in dollars without getting into the headache of money exchanges, then it’s a good places. A third must visit places for shopping and eating out. You will find many foreigners, americans, canadians and australians and few russians, indians in bars and restaurants. Use Line 6 to reach Itaewon.
7. Yongsan Station Market and technomart – These two places are considered best for buying electronics goods – computer related or cameras, iphones, ipod touch etc. I bought 3 cameras (ok.. 2 cameras and 1 camcorder – Cannon SX20 for 500K Won, Samsung F34 for 450K and Samsung NV100 HD for 320K W). To reach Yongsan station, stay on line 1. it’s 4-5 stations before seoul. For cameras, there’s a big mall I’Park mall right next to station. It’s full of cameras but the prices are ok and all breeds of shopkeepers ranging from nice and genuine price ones to extremely greedy and rude ones. I bought one camera from Namdaemun market and there’s not much difference in price there but only 2 shops I saw in namdaemun. Yongsan has few other markets also. Just walk around. For buying computer goods, you have go through a bridge. Ask for “Sunin plaza”. There’s a korean name for it also and also, dont expect to find Sunin plaza written anywhere on it… 🙂
Technomart is better place but it’s on line 2, Gangbyeon Station, 2 stations after Jamsil station. Technomart has all kinds of good but prices are more or less same to prices in yongsan. Not much difference. Sometimes Yongsan is a bit cheaper. It’s a must visit place to check out if you want to buy electronics items.
These are some of the places I really liked. Except that there are few other places around seoul like seoul tower[Line 3/4 chungmuro station; Line 3 – dongguk station], cheonggyecheon stream(nice with family.. just sit there with your feet in water and sun shining on your face. little kids come to catch fish in which they never succeed but learn the virtues of preseverance and patience and hardwork..) [Use Line 1 Jegi-Dong/ Line 2 – Yong-du office / dongdaemun-gu office, Seoul grand park zoo (Line 4, Seoul grand park), Children’s grand park (Line 5, Achasan Station / Line 7 Children’s grand park] etc
Places i missed –
I felt like going to buddhist temple stay on a weekend for around 8 weeks but never really did so. may be some other time. I just felt little odd going there. No one likes discomfort. I am no different and I felt it will not be a very comfortable experience.
mountain climbing – it’s winter with temp around -8 C and sure it would be quite nice to go for trekking or rock climbing….. As shakespeare said, “Care I for the limb, the thews, the stature, bulk, and big assemblance of a man! Give me the spirit.”
For learning korean, I found one really good book – “Learn to speak korean”. It’s a small green cover book for 9K Won and I bought it from Itaewon… (just opposite to church nearest to itaewon station and in the same row as hamilton hotel)
Besides that, I found it really very easy to go to any place. The metro is very convenient and once you have the subway map, it’s all just too easy to visit any place you want. The bus stands are very good and orderly. Travelling is bit expensive but I bought a T-Money card which can be used in buses and metro and no need to buy tickets again and again. Just recharge it, pack you bags, take the subway map and you’re all set to go… wait where’s your adventure cap, your cool HUNDRED DOLLARS goggles and your half-pants. yeah, wear them, take a good camera with you and have fun.
Happy Staying in korea. Yogi kyeshinun tongan mani chulgishigi paramnida (I hope you will enjoy your stay here) and as they say (Onje) Tashi poepki paramnida… I hope to meet you again sometime. 🙂
Annyonghi kashipshio.
Dialogues and more dialogues
Most of these dialogues are from movies and books and some randomly collected from stories, blogs and articles. Since the source of these dialogues is so random, it is not possible to mention the source – –
Dialogues –
Mongol
- do not scorn a weak cub. he may become a brutal tiger.
- her face has to be flat like a salt lake, her eyes have to be narrow. evil spirits dive into big eyes and she will go mad seeing things that arent there. And most important thing, dont forget to look at her legs. A woman has to have strong legs to make a man happy. Understand?
- I choose you.
- I agree.
- Your son made a good choice.
- this is a wishbone from white raven. rub it and make your wish.
- When i looked at her,i knew she’s my wife. You did good. A man has to choose his wife.
- never break the customs even if you want to.
- when you are in trouble, ask for help from God of sky, God of Sun, of sacred Mountains, of holy rivers etc
- shit is always shit.
Sinbad & legend of seven seas
- in the hand of experts, a knife has a thousand and one uses.
- can you love a man who wud run away – sinbad
- sinbad – and under suwon sea bridge and chinese bridge. half way around the world. it’s verydangerous. marina – dont worry. i’ll protect you.
Qamar Jalalabadi
“Ik dil ke tukde hazaar huye, koi yahan gira koi wahan gira. Bahte hue aansoo ruk na sake, koi yahan gira koi wahan gira” (One heart is broken into thousand pieces. Some have fallen here. Some have fallen there. Tears don’t stop. Some drop here. Some drop there). This was the outcome of his lament that “he kept losing people he cared for one by one and was forced into a final quagmire of loneliness as he weakly wrestled with the agonies of old age as well as a non-descript existence. There was no way to collect any of the remaining ‘tukde’ and join them since they had disintegrated completely and were too far apart”)
Why it must befall him, he begged the God.
– You are so goddamn spoiled! I will have to take measures to keep your senses up!
– And people are so influenced by the outer brightness that they no longer see the internal sunshine.
– Everybody was happy for him. But he was not. It was the cruelest irony. They seemed anything but humans to him. All their life they would run after achieving the worldly things. Degree, position, power, money, status. But no body cared to earn the essential. A thing without which everything else is futile. A thing without which vain is life.
pakeezah
badal kar fakeero ka bhesh hum ghalib tamasha-e-ehle karam dekhte hai
maaf kijiyega iteefaqan aapke compartment mein chala aaya tha.
aapke paon dekhe bahut haseen hai. inhe zameen par mat utariyega, maile ho jayenge.
aapka ek hamsafar
dili wale bewafa hote to nahi hai. tu kahan se paida ho gayi.
sitaron ki raat se to ek chandni raat mei kahin zyada raunak hoti hai
subah hoti hai, sham hoti hai, yeh umar yunhi tamam hoti hai.
kal bus ek din ke liye tumahri takdeer hume chahiye. parso lauta denge.
yunhi koi mil gaya tha rah chalte chalte… a song
allah woh mere paas kahde hai aur meri jaan nikli ja rahi hai
aap yunhi hairaan hairaan mujhe dekhte rahenge
mein tarasti tarasti aapki ek nazar bina dekhi mar jaungi
jara moonh fer lijiye, kuch to mauhlat de dijiye.
mein saans le lungi. ek jhalak apaki dekh lungi.
jahan bhi yeh khwaab khulega wahan meri anakhein tumhe dekh rahi hogi and meri aankhein mein he tumahre khwaabon ki tabeez hogi… wat’s up with tabeez anyway??
1> jo log doodh se jal jaate hai, woh chaanch bhi foonk foonk kar peete hai.
2>raj kumar – afsos ki log doodh se bhi jal jaate hai,…….. wah wah!
yeh kisi daldal par kohre se bani hui hawali hai, jo kisi ko panaah nahi de sakti.
mein yahan ek ajnabee hun aur ek sharif aadmi hun
The most flowery, romantic love letters were written by absolute bastards… belle de jour call girl.
“Come live off me while you look for a better job here, then,” I said. “I can afford twice what I’m paying now, easily.”
>I am going to rip you apart.
I look forward to this.
I have already pledged my eternal love to you. didnt I? oh sorry. it must be someone else.
capuccino – kehpe-shee-no
caepoo-cheeno
Damini –
jab yeh dhaai kilo ka haath kisi par padta hai na, to aadmi uth ta nahi uth jaata hai.
reh jayegi to sirf taarekh. taarekh par tareekh, taarekh par tareekh, taarekh par tareekh, taarekh par tareekh milti rahi hai, par insaaf nahi mila. mili hai to sirf taarekh. mahino saalo is adalat ke chakkar katte kuch faryaadi khud ban jaate hai taarekh aur unhe milti hai to sirf taarekh… reh jaati hai to sirf taarekh… [small part of very long dialogue]
daisy the most tender of all flowers.
hungry dog is never loyal.
wonders are many but nothing as wonderful as man.
johnny has been a naughty boy again and he’s been telling lies
johnny honhnny yes papa
eating sugar no papa
telling lies no papa
open your mouth, ha ha ha
ek chidiya. ek ek karke anek chidiya
daana chugne aayi chidiya.
suno theek se.
ek chidiya. anek chidiya.
daana chugne baith agyi thi. hai raam.
hai raam. wahan shikaari ne ek jaal bichayaya tha.
phir.. phir kya hua
jaal ne unhe pakad liya. mar daala.
find out yourself………………..
yeh mera india
hume is jist se kya umeed thi aur kya nikla
kahan jaana hua tha teh aur kahan se raasta nikla
khuda jinko samajhte the woh sheesha the na woh pathar the
jise pathar samjhate the wahi apna khuda nikla
jisne is daur ke insaa kiye hai paida
woh mera bhi khuda ho mujhe manjur nahi…… WAH WAH!!! ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE.
meri aankhon mein aansu tujhe kya kahun humdum kya hai
thehar jaaye to angara hai; beh jaaye to dariya hai.
kadam uthne nahi paate ki rasta kaat deta hai
mere malik tu mujhe aakhir kab tak ajmaaye ga
agar tute kisi ka dil to shab bhar aankh roti hai
yeh duniyan hai gulo ki jis mein kaante firoti hai
hum apne gaon mein milte hai dushman se bhi itthlakar
tumhara shahar dekha to badi takleef hoti hai
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you were lost and gone forever.
Dreadful sorry, nnnn
vindictive little bitch although no one wud think that about you.
i am sorry, i yelled at you. i am little out of sorts today.
my embarassing admission that i really like..
i cant tell from one moment to next moment what i like but right now,
i m sorry if i came off little nutso. i m not really.
Do you want to come up and have some drinks?
sorry, that was stupid. i mebarassed now.
you miss me?
oddly enough, i do.
show me which sontellations you know
wake up. cock a doodle doo.
hey, sorry to wake you.
the only valentine day’s card i get are from my mother.
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Can we please get thought this;we have got a very long night ahead of us.
never had much luck with the ladies.
that’s what i love abput you.
each prayer accepted and each wish resigned,
i want to be a great, big huge elephant
i really admire the work you do.
i dont mean to be so familiar
oh, it’s fine, it’s fine. i’m happy to hear,
i just wanted to see ya.
i’d like to take you out os something.
look, i mtelling you i m high maintenanc.
i dont ever know what to say.
what do we do?
enjoy it.
you’re gone
i wish you’d stayed
i wish too i had stayed but then i wish i ad done lot of things,
oh god, i wish i had,,
wait, what if you stay this time?
come up and make a good bye at least
how r u?
happy. happy with a secret.
– i do not expect this for nothing. i’ll pay you.
– there’s cure for everything except death.
i dont know what i want.. i just want you to wait for a while
i cant see anything that i dont like about you. right now i cant
but you will. you will.
i wil love you my all ife – you and no other.
aap chai lenge
nahi ji nahi
ya phir thanda
nahi ji nahi . blikul nahi.
phir aap chup hone ka kya lenge
du bhi to kya dun tumhe. mere paas hai kuch aansu and kuch aahe.
mein gadha hun. > aap apni taarif na bhi karte, to bhi mein pehchaan jaata.
jab hum chale to saaya bhi apna saath na de
jab tum chalo, zameen chale, aasma chale.
jab hum rukhe to saath ruke shaame bekashi
jab tum ruko bahaar ruke chandni ruke.
keep the change. beetr give it to some braber. he will make you look like human.
(baki ke paise kisi hajam ko de dena. tere shakal insaano jaisi kar dega.
you have no right to feel pity on me.
(aapko mujh par taras khaane ka koi hak nahi hai)
jab aapke jajbaat and khyaalat jaan liye, t jaan ne ko kuch nahi bacha.
“denge wahi jo payenge is zindagi se hum”
jaane wo log kaise the jinke pyaar ko pyaar mila.
humne to jab bhi kaliyaan maangi, kaanton ka haar mila.
ziindagi ki asli khushi, dusron ko khush rakh kar he haasil ki jaati hai, aur yeh tum kabhi nahi samajh sakogi. isi liye na khush ho.
yeh to sattar bhai ka ulta haath pada hai. seedha padta to munh chapati bana deta.
hum milkar bhi paraaye hai 1.53.05
mujhe unse koi shikayat nahi. mujhe kisi se koi shikayat nahi. mujhe shikayat hai samaj ke us daanche se jo insaan se insaaniyat cheen leta hai.
mujhe shikayat hai us tehjeeb se, us sanskriti se jahan murdo ko pooja jaata hai aur jinda insaano ko paro tale raunda jaata hai.
jahan kisi ke dukhdard pe 2 aansu bahana bujdili samjha jaata hai. jhuk ke milna kamjori samjha jaata hai. aise mahaul mein mujhe kabhi shaanti nahi milegi meena. isi liye mein door ja raha hun. door.
aadmi sharaab ko kam, sharaab aadmi ko zyada pee jaata hai.
kal ek alfaaz hai, hamare paas sirf aaj hai, aaj.
the lion king —
my grandmother told me whenever you feel alone, look up in the sky. All the kings of the world are there as stars and they are always there to guide you.
are all lights on upstairs??? – dimaag ki batti chal rahi hai kya?
I have a surprise for you?
what is it?
if i tell you, then it will not be a surprise any more?
oh come on, tell me and i will act as if it’s a surprise.
you’re such a naughty boy.
There’s time for everyone only if they learn
that the twisting klaeidoscope moves us all in turn
there’s a rhyme and reason to the wild outdoors
Hakuna matata
life of david gale
Come on. Think. I want you to reach back into those minds and tell me, tell us all.. What is it that you fantasize about? World peace? thought so.. Do you fantasize abt international fame? Do you fantasize about winning a pulitzer prize? Or a Noble peace prize? An mtv music award. Do you fantasize about meeting some genius hunk, ostensibly bad.. but secretly simmering with noble passion and willing to sleep on the wet spot.
you get to the lacan’s point. fantasies have to be unrealistic because the moment, the second you get what you seek, you dont, you cant want it anymore. in order to continue to exist, desire must have its objects perpetually absent. it’s not the it that you want; it’s the fantasy of it. so desire supports crazy fantasies.
this is what pascal means when he says we are only truly happy when daydreaming about future happiness or why we say the hunt is sweeter than the kill or be careful what you wish for not because you’ll get it, because you are doomed not to want it once you do. so the lessons of lacan is living by your wants will never make you happy. what that mean is to fully human is to strive to live by ideas and ideals and not measure your life by what you’ve attained in terms of your desires but small moments of integrity, compassion, rationality even self-sacrifice. because in the end the only way we can measure the significance of our own lives is by valuing the lives of others.
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do not squander time. that is the stuff life is made of.
i apologize again for my shortcomings.
i seem to be spoling everyone’s party and dreams of victory.
with courage, you can do without reputation.
you talk scandolous
dont flirt with me. i m not your plantation beaux. i want more than flirting from you.
you’re as slow as molasses in january
may be i always had weakness for lost causes once they are really lost.
i hope your conscience hurt you someday.
i m a coward. what are you afraid of. mostly of life becoming too real for me i suppose.
you’d one of old maid if you dont get married in a year or so
And if it wont pain you too much, i’d me much obliged if you tell me why you’re staring at me? has my face gone green or something?
never drink alone. ppl always find out and it ruins the reputation.
boys are of no use to anybody. dont you think i’m proof of that.
i m not going to be old and fat before my time.
the world is full of many htings and many people and i shant be lonely. i’ll find comfort elsewhere.
most women are cheap, hypocritical and hard.
Here, take my handkerchief. Never at any crisis of life, have I known you to have a handkerchief.
land’s the only thing that matters. it’s the only thing that lasts.
i’ll find some way to get it back. after all, tomorrow is another day..
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We spend our whole lives trying to stop death. Eating, inventing, loving, praying, fighting, killing. But what do we really know about death? Just that nobody comes back. But there comes a point in life – a moment – when your mind outlives its desires, its obsessions, when your habits survive your dreams, and when your losses… Maybe death is a gift. You wonder. All I can tell you is that by this time tomorrow I’ll be dead. I know when. I just can’t say why. You have 24 hours to find out.
a doubt – dll vs lib
Our application was using older version of a third party library. I found the newer version and replaced the old dll with new dll but did not replace the older lib with newer lib and thus, did not recompile my code. I was under the impression that just replacing the dll will be sufficient as the basic purpose of dll is modularity and when we need to upgrade the code, we only need to update the dll and not recompile our whole code. Certainly, it was a misconception as I found that parts of my application dependant on third party library stopped working.
Here are some of my doubts –
> The lib contains code, and if that code is copied into exe, then why do we need a dll?
Is it that lib contains addresses only and no code i.e. function name or data name and it’s offset from the start address. i.e. this function starts 62 bytes from the top of dll but the actual function code inside the dll is used at runtime?
If it’s so, then if dll is updated in future, then we need to rebuild our application which goes against the primary rationale of using dll which is that any future updates will cause only one component to change and not the whole application.
my favorite and not-so-fav movies
I am a person of very simple taste and most of the movies I like have no violence or any supernatural characters. Well, that puts most of the action movies and suspense/horror movie out of the preview.
My favorite movies are either comedy movies of Jim carrey style or romantic classics or those about ordinary people trying to do extra-ordinary things. All ratings are based on how much happy I felt while watching it which depends also on my mood while watching it or how much I can relate that move to people around me and to my experience in am a person of very simple taste and most of the movies I like have no violence or any supernatural characters. Well, that puts most of the action movies and suspense/horror movie out of the preview.
My favorite movies are either comedy movies of Jim carrey style or romantic classics or those about ordinary people trying to do extra-ordinary things. Moreover, some of these movies I watched 3-5 years ago and all I carry is faint memory of them.
8 – excellent. 9 = extraordinary. 10 = miracle which happens once in 10 years or so. 7 = very good. 6 = no comments(neutral). 5 = average. 4=below average. 3 = dont watch it. 2 = sh*t. 1=what was that?
All JR’s and JC’s movies are rated after removing them from the movie otherwise all their movies are 10/10. My other hollywood favorites are tom hanks, russell crowe. In bolllywood, almost everyone with little bias towards salman khan, konkana sen, vinay pathak among the contemporaries.
- Million dollar baby – 10/10. benchmark. highest level of excellence.
- se7en – 6/10
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – 3/10. I still dont understand why the giant killed that guy. i m plain dumb.
- requiem for a dream . (2/10). f* u. most painful movie i ever watched. got terrible heart ache and a depressing mood. cant ask for more :p
- Cinderella’s man – 6/10
- Sinbad and legend of seven seas – 8/10
- Snow white and seven dwarfs – 10/10
- Lion king 1 – 9/10
- dumb and dumbers – 9/10
- marlon brando – the waterfront(1953) – 5/10 copy of ghulam(2001) hindi movie
- West.Side.Story[1961].- romeo and juliet – 3/10 – copy of Josh(2000) hindi movie
- Notting hill = 8/10. surreal but nice movie. JR just a girl!!!!
- Runaway bride – 7/10
- Erin brokonvich – 9/10. true life story!!
- Casablanca – 10/10
- harold and maude – 10/10
- eternal sunshine of spotless mind – 8/10
- mongol 2007 – 8/10.
- a beautiful mind – 9/10
- life is beautiful – 8/10. we won 🙂
- an affair to remember – 9/10. perfect?
- art of war – 6/10
- braveheart – 8/10
- fight club – 8/10.
- 40 year old virgin – 8/10.
- nostradamus 2012 – 6/10. may the world end on dec 21, 2012.
- shortcut to happiness – 7/10
- truman show – 8/10
- yes man – 7/10
- my best friends wedding – 6/10
- Pretty woman – 5/10
- the notebook – 7/10
- kung fu panda – 9/10 a true warrior never quits 🙂 it’s kung foo and not koong foo
- Zombieland – 6/10
- Jhankaar beats – 8/10
- Dil bole hadippa(H) – 5/10
- love aaj kal(H) – 3/10
- taare zameen par(H) – 9/10
- sholay(H) – 10/10. what can I say about it..
- hum aapke hain kaun(H) – 10/10
- dilwale dulhaniya le jayenge -10/10
- kuch kuch hota hai – 8/10
- pyaasa(H) 1957 guru dutt – 10.00/10. bollywood gave a (stone cold) stunner with this to all movies I have watched. An extra .00 for the superexellent songs. 1957 – an affair to remember in english and pyaasa in bollywood. wow bollywood!
- slum dog millionaire – 8/10
- wanted 2009(H) – 3/10
- ghajini (H) – 4/10. quite surprising for aamir
- 15 park avenue (H) – 6/10. darkest movie of bollywood. just why could not you end on positive or cheerful note? why?? what’s the purpose of such dark movie. why cant you add some humor in it? hope is a good thing, may be best of all things? 6 coz’ it talks about the importance [what and how] of self respect of [even critically ill] patients..
- all the best 2009(H) – 5/10
- dhamaal(H) – 6/10
- Judwaa(H) – 8/10
- Damini [sunny deol] (H) – 7/10. must watch for sunny deol fans (skip first 40 mins of movie as sunny enters late). jab yeh dhaai kilo ka haath kisi par padta hai, to aadmi uth ta nahi uth jaata hai.
- rab ne bana di jodi(H) – 8/10
- Saawariya(H) – 8/10
- Hum dil de chuke sanam(H) – 9/10
- Devdas(H) – 8/10
- dev d(H) – 3/10
- Omkara(H) – 6/10. Lot of bad words.
- Rang de basanti(H) – 8/10
- Pakeezah(H) – 8/10. aapke paon dekhe bahut haseen hai. inhe zameen par mat utariyega, maile ho jayenge. 🙂
- Monsoon wedding (mira nair)(H) – 3/10. nice songs.
- Water(H) – 2/10.
- Ali 2001 – 6/10
- Wedding crashers – 5/10
- Up(2009) – 6/10
- Pulp fiction – 8/10. quite a cool movie. perfect blend of action & comedy.
- Gladiator – 5/10.
- iRobot – 8/10
- the pursuit of happYness – 8/10. true life story. your dream. you got to protect it.
- you’ve got mail – 9/10. made in 1998, amazing!
- Vertigo 1958 – 2/10. suspense. mystery. murder. sheet kheet peet pakad ke matha peet. not my taste.
- 12 angry men – 7/10. good but slow paced.
- Citizen kane – 6/10. since 1941, rosebud has got many meaning, the more recent one refers to paradise.
- Good will Hunting – 5/10.
- Escape velocity – 1/10.
- Shawshank redemption – 8/10. “Hope is a good thing, may be the best of all things and no good thing ever dies”. I have become a but cynical of words like hope and dreams these days. maybe stuffed with something these days.
- Liar Liar – 7/10.
- Anger management – 8/10. omg, i have severe anger mgmt problems.
- Tahaan (H) – 6/10. kisiko chaand taare chahiye, kisi ko money chahiye, kisi ko ladki chahiye, kisi ko maa chahiye, mujhe dinner chahiye but is movie to in bhai saab ko gadha chahiye. ‘mera gadha’ from start to end.
- The time traveller’s wife – 6/10. straight over my head.
- 500 days of summer – 5/10. got disinterested midway. pretty music though.
- the chocolate factory – 8/10. must watch 4 kids.
- Children of heaven 1997 (Iranian) – 9/10. pencil, ink-pen, shapener, eraser, geometry box everything we used to compare with our peers in childhood. a very innocent and sweet movie. i felt it’s climax is going to be like MDB but movie retained its innocence till the very end. wow!
- the bicycle thief 1948 – 8/10. this movie inspired satyajit ray’s ‘Pather Panchali’. that’s enough to call it a must watch.
- Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (Korean) – 9/10. this movie very vividly depicts the south koreans’ hatred and overall futility of war.
- The dark knight – 8/10. joker’s mindblowing.
- The prestige – 6/10. uh..oh…these american movies..so complex. may be i was not looking? may be i did not want to work it out? self sacrifice, total devotion to your art, ‘your’ cause sounds like nice ideals.
- The life of david gale – 8/10 – sacrifice of one..umm two.. persons toally devoted to their cause… i m with capital punishment. i was not looking? again? 😀
- Gone with the wind – */10. you do not rate such movies, young man! mindblowing performances. never NEVER ever loved any movie so much, a movie so finely, perfectly created that would make even God go pea-green with envy and pride. did scarlett get ashley? what happened to her after she returned to tara? what about the promise she made to look after ashley’s child. what about rhett butler? did they ever meet again? i’ll find someway to get these answers.. after all, tomorrow is another day 😉 salute!
- cidade de daus (city of god) – gripping. similar to pulp fiction – 7/10.
- Goodfellas – 9/10 (i am just being a good fella. bad thing is most of shit ppl name it as their fav movie) 🙂
- Ocean’s Eleven – 7/10 (for you, JR)
- The good, the bad and the ugly – 8/10
- Rajneeti(H) – 5/10
- As good as it gets – 6/10 – this movie beats titanic in oscar race!
- Artificial Intelligence – 8/10 (last frame added 2 points!!) this movie made me cry in the last scene. 😦
- The namesake(H) -(mira nair novel, based on Jhumpa lahiri’s book) – 3/10. pack the pillow and blanket and go! see the world. you’ll never regret it. mira nair not my taste.
- What Women want – 8/10. prick -> s*x god -> prick -> movie khatam = 5 + puppy bonus = 8 🙂
- Gran Torino 2008 – *secret* *secret* shhhhhh…6/10. i think i like jackie chan movies 😉 or perhaps this movie should be named the karate grandpa. [from 10/10 to suddenly 6/10 in last scene. 10/10 if movie -= last 15 mins.]
- Golmaal 3(H) – 5/10
- the Lives of others – 10/10. ayn rand type (if not 10/10, what else?) with a happy ending.
- Guzzarish(H) – 4/10. disappointing. 2 vry high expectations from slb. I hv read many critics mention the names of so many other hollywood movies but not the movie no. 1!!!! The theme, conclusion was so directly lifted.
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