Hi Im back :) I have been busy with reports, writing, assessments and the sad part is that its not over yet. Anyway, they say persistence pays and Im following this motto these days. Lage Raho :-D And here is a list of movies I watched and books I read in this period. I watched --
-> Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna : People said I must be a die hard ShahRukh fan to like this movie and I did, but not as much for SRK as for the whole story. I felt that this movie was sensitively taken. But I also noticed that all my friends who were engaged or newly married absolutely hated this movie :-D I was thrilled when John Abraham made a guest appearance in a song. I didnt know this before.
-> Lage Raho Munnabhai : Hilarious, good timepass and thats it. My expectations were too high I guess. Didnt touch a chord.
-> Dor : A very sweet movie, sweetest cos the girl gets her freedom towards the end. Shreyas, the guy in Iqbal, was too good as the behrupiya but Ayesha was the best part of the movie. Refreshing, sweet, innocent. I had raved about her movie Socha Na Tha too. Endearing.
-> Khosla ka Ghosla : A good movie. A con-for-con story set up in a very real family background. With Anupam Kher, Boman Irani and few other known faces, this movie lingers on your mind. Do watch this too. Maybe such movies would not have succeeded if the multiplex culture had not set in.
-> Dumm Dumm Dumm : A tamil movie with Madhavan and Jyothika in the leads. I watched it for the 3rd time. Very sweet and romantic and very watchable. Good music too.
Im looking for a good book to read. The books I have been reading are nice to read and are forgettable. I want to read something moving like Gone with the wind or entertaining like the bartimeus trilogy. Any suggestions?
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"John Abraham made a guest appearance in a song"
when? where? which song?
"Gone with the wind or entertaining like the bartimeus trilogy"
havn't read these, but still i think you'll love shantaram...
still my fav
hi varuag nice to see u back. now in India?
John abraham was in wheres the party tonight (i think) he was the dj. the song bores me so i was not paying attention to the screen. my friend nudged me when he came onscreen and oh wat a surprise!! :-D i really hope that sallu is the guy who dies in Baabul and john ab is the guy rani marries. waiting for that movie.
I have been watching out for shantaram. our lib doesnt seem to have that. kabhi to kahin to milega :) Read Bartimaeus if you get it. 1st part is called amulet of samarkhand. the Djinn in that rocks. i hav been gifting that book to my friends :-D
never left india… what makes you think I did???
and you were talking of KANK... thought u were speaking of the kj's previous movie… they all sound the same…
me havn't seen kank… and no plans… will look out for the song though…
btw your Bartimaeus sounds heavy… suggest some good thin books… just can't read the thick ones… shantaram was one rare book that held my interest…
you know of any good semi/biographical or real incident based books… that’s my type
oh really! dint u leave msgs on this blog abt u going places? ok mayb my illusions delusions.
and reg books, i dont read your type of books much but when i rem something ill put it down here.
The Insulted and Humiliated by Fyodor Dostoevsky, if you want more of this kind, i can.
infact there are plenty of nice shortstories(novels), by some russian authors.
Hey varuag have you read The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran? Its a thin book beautifully written in verses.
Its online on
http://www.columbia.edu/~gm84/gibtable.html
Try karo.
@Anon
I have heard rave reviews of Dostoevsky but lacked the courage to try it. Wil do so some day. A friend told me that The Idiot by Dostvsky is also very good.
Dostoevsky is very simple man and yu can see this in many of his novels, his charecters so simple and innocent. since you are a girl i suggested this, (tehre is a girl in this novel, childish kind, who seek for freedom, fell in love, a lovely girl-i dont remember exactly whether it is the same novel or not.. i read it 10yrs back)
@Anon
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