Kasam yeh khai hai..Seher nahi..Shanghai Hai

“Kasam yeh khai hai..Seher nahi..Shanghai Hai !!” And with this war cry (of sorts!), Dibakar Banerjee welcomes the viewer to a world of chaos yet believable, full of characters who swear that India shining is just a stones’ throwaway. Based on the greek novel Z, which incidentally was the war cry of the Greeks in the original masterpiece, is a homage to the political conspiracies which surrounds us, in todays’ India. Armed with a tight storyline and wonderful actors, Dibakar reaches a level, where the viewer gasps for more of this potboiler. The best thing about Shanghai is small touches of small town india, laced with large dollops of tongue-in-cheek homour. Certain scenes are bound to take the viewers’ notice such as the scene in the toilet, where Emraan starts a conversation with Abhay, wondering about the hygienic sense of foreigners (Kalki in this case !) and how all of them are spies !! Though it’s well casted, rather super casted with fabulous actors, a special mention goes to the oriya actor Pitobash Tripathy,the veteran Farouqe Sheikh and Prosenjit Chatterjee. Pitobash oozes confidence while performing the character of an opportunistic man. Farouqe Sheikh reminds us how powerful actor he can be and the viewer reminiscences about his ‘Tumhaari Amrita’ days. Prosenjit gives a wonderful performance and it can be safely said that post “Autograph” and “22she Srabon”, the Bengali film industry is looking towards its new Mahanayok ( No offence to the original Mahanayok!!) But the stars of the movie are its male leads. Abhay deol is in his favourite arena, the thinking man’s cinema and he makes the viewer eat out of his hands, through his master portrayal of a no nonsense IAS officer. A shout out goes to the Emraan detractors as he shows them what he can be, if provided with a good director and wonderfully etched character. He’s an revelation, in this ensemble cast and constantly surprises the viewer with his I-give-a-damn attitude but slowly becoming the flag bearer of this saga. Brilliantly shot and well written, Shanghai defines todays’ India in a single line, “Sone ki chidiya, Dengue, Malaria..gud bhi hai, gobar bhi..Bharat Mata ki Jai !!!!” Must Watch !!

In the bloody spirit of the game...

He said he was being naive..the coach and the skipper ran to the other side of the dressing room..said.."Hey Skip...ol' bloke's crying..reconsider the case..eh??" Pat came the reply.."Ohkkay..in the spirit of the game..now i pronounce thy Ian as not out !!!"

All right..rewind...lets go back a week early...two may be..no..no..one it is..okay..here we go...

"Monty..too naive of you to bowl to the great guy..don't do it bugger...he's gonna whack good ol' swine ..."

So can anyone tell me...what exactly is not in the spirit of the game..?? Building strategies against the opponent is certainly not..Being a cry baby is absolutely not either..

lets admit the facts..we played horrendous cricket..didn't apply ourselves to the game..and England played like true champs..they bowled well..batted well..their execution was perfect to the t..

Does that mean, we have forgotten the basics of the game ?? Absolutely not...

Honestly..I really don't care about the ranking..its better to be a rank 2 and play good cricket.. Even if we lose the test series..we would probably be having a better knowledge about our strengths and weaknesses, so that we don't take a injury prone, half fit bowling spearhead on a defining series..or a certain turbanator..who just needs to go back to domestic games and re-work on his vicious turners..every time we get into a spot, we expect Mr. nice guy to be our savior..or a very very special man to play his tune of 281 every time.. Lets say..even some times, God has a bad day..some times..a bad series..

As the age old proverb says..When the going gets tough..the tough gets going..A home returning siddhu and 96' gave us Ganguly and Dravid..am really hoping to see someone of that caliber..I would really like to see someone stand and whack those pommies..

Am really not blaming dhoni for withdrawing the appeal...coz' apart from that certain goodwill, we probably have nothing to take back from that test match..some times, i really feel sorry for this guy..

Anyway, the task for the next game is pretty simple..go out with all guns blazing..play a good game..play hard..

Nothing is going to please us fans more than a battered Broad..a gutted Anderson..a hammered Bresnan..a utter rubbish Boycott...a confused 'oh-i-played-96-tests-but-still-need-pounds-to-voice-my-opinions-on-starcricket' Hussein..a 'i-tweet-my-ass' Vaughan..and a 'stumps kicking' Swine...

And oh yes..no matter what..the so called critics of the game(some here on FB too !) predict..God's gonna get his 100th..blimey !!


In the bloody spirit of the game...Let us die facing our foes, make them bleed while we can!



P.S :- Honest mistake..that's Swann, not swine !! ;-)

A few good men....

“The world used to be a better place…”
“World’s still the same mate..There’s just less in it..”

Its true that the world’s still the same, but the men commanding it, have changed. The world has moved to a place, where positions can be bargained, men can be bought and trust can be deceived. How sad it may sound, but the naivity and honesty has been replaced with cunningness and deception. For the last twelve months, except for the joy of winning the world cup, we’ve been swarmed with news of scams of CWG,2G,Adarsh Housing Society and so on.Unsurprisingly we’ve been living our life, as if nothing has happened. Probably we would have carried our lives as such,for he arrived with a bang.

The good old Wikipedia states him as born of an unskilled labourer family,who owned five acres of land. After taking a voluntary retirement from the post of an army driver, he spent majority of his life by motivating people. He taught a valuable lesson to all, that is ‘Apna Hath..Jagannath’. The concept of ‘Shramdaan’ was utilised for the common man,by the common man himself.

After a decade of subdued protests, the man did a comeback..and boy..what a comeback !!
He started doing what he did best. Motivate. And mark my word people..the kind of stubborn he is..he might also get away with it.

Here’s to the last of a few good men..to Anna.

Tip Tip Baarish Shuru Ho Gayi...

What would you like to do on a rainy morning??
- sleep
- have a nice cup of tea and enjoy the weather
- again..sleep

I, for a change, have to report to the office. And in Calcutta,it's really a nasty trip to the office, on a rainy day..

So to start the day on a great note..here's my top 5 rain songs..which comes to my head, once it starts raining...

5. tip tip baarish shuru ho gayi..
- a charming aamir khan,along with a not-so-charming neelam and a dash of Chaplin-ism..is all the song about..nice on the ears..and yes..Amit Kumar...watch for urself

4. jo haale dil ka...
- again aamir khan..with a scintillating sonali bendre...my my..what an visual treat..this song changed the definition of bed room foreplay..guess,KS takes this song seriously during their product marketing..go figure

3. aaj rapat jayen..to humein na uthayio..
- the baap of bollywood..gyrated like never before..okay..i still rate 'jumma chumma de de' as the best dance song of Mr. Bachchan, but this song was fabulous..along with the thumkas..watch this

2. barsaat ke mausam main...
-okay..this song can double up as a daaru wala song..but i still like it...venting out the anguish of a man..sums up the song..great lyrics..

1. tip tip barsha pani..
- wow...wow....wow....at loss of words..have my tongue hung out like a dog..wink !


sigh...dad starts screaming..why am i wasting time,instead of getting ready...

Yaaba Daaba Yahoo !!

I am feelin' so happy today...
Actually..happy is a understatement to the feeling..the feeling is a mixture of being exuberant and over-joyous, add two third of being glad and a little bit of pure sadistic pleasure to it and there you go.. that's the feeling am talking about.

Ohh..did i tell you why i am so above-feeling-likewise??

B'coz...

The Bandel queen got thrown out of the shit hole!!

The Bummer finally got rid of Bandel queen. Oh.. he had to. Poor Bummer! She had left him with him no choice.To talk about it, Bandel queen was pathetic. She 's one woman, i would never want any woman to be. She's so pathetic, so lousy, that even, Rakhi Sawant seems to be a divine entity, when compared to her.

You would ask, why am i so critical of this lady in question??

OMG did i say lady?????

Forgive me Oh Lord, for i used a ladylike word for a un-ladylike, manly(read hairs all over), wretched woman...

But this is fuckin' un-believable!!!

She's been kicked out...

The only thing that's left, is the ouster of the Grizzly.

And by the way things are going on..inshallah..woh din bhi dur nahin...

And when everything's over...

Bummer it's your turn...

I am waitin' for u, dickhead......


P.S - All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.Especially you guys..bandel queen, grizzly and bummer.. bastards.

Here's to ASR 2.0

Subjects..

Am back..
With Rejuvenated spirits..
yes folks..am back and how...??

Last year was bad...
Fucked up at work...
Fucked up every where...

But this time..its real..am back with a vengeance!!!
Would write and crib until..people bang their heads on the wall..and beg for mercy..

Ha..Ha..Ha..

As they say..

Smart has the brains..but stupid has the balls...

So here's to ASR 2.0