Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Bad Day
I really had a bad today...woke late in the morning, had to face dad's wrath for that and then at around noon was caught by the traffic cops for driving without a valid drivers license. Had to come back home running with the keys with the cop and took the money and had to pay him a fine of 300 bucks, received an offence ticket.......really a bad day...
Friday, May 18, 2007
Black Friday: Movie Review
This is rather a short comment on the movie Black Friday, based on a book (I don't remember the author's name; sorry :() rather a full length review. The movie directed a new age director Anurag Kashyap, recreates the grim past of the serial bomb blasts that took place in the country's financial capital Mumbai, then Bombay.
The movie explores the nexus which had its roots in Bombay and branches spread as far as Dubai. Though it was inevitable for controversy to keep its distance from the movie, it is something of a must watch.
If you're really interested in Off Beat movies, then Black Friday is a must watch for every person who craves for creativity and story in a movie. Not a single song and thankfully no no din-dinchak dances with our very own so called actresses or the female leads showing their skin; thank God, saved.
The movie does explore the darker side of the blasts and very much succeeded in bringing the actual facts and figure out to the public. The characters were real and nothing was fabricated; the research was there and was correct.
Performance by Kay Kay Menon, no words are required an actor of his stature. He literally puts life into the chararcter of the police officier investigating the case. Next comes Pawan Malhotra, man he again requires no words, a powerful and jam packed performance; rightly fits into the boots of Tiger Memon, the brainchild of the entire saga. Then one should not forget the performance of Aditya Srivastava, the man who used to play the role Inspector Abhijeet in CID, also few other critically acclaimed roles; especially the role of Saif's lawyer in Ramu sir's Ek Hasina Thi, with Urmilla in the female lead. He portrayed the character of Badshah Khan, the accused turned approver.
Some of the scenes were quite gruesome (for some audiences; perhaps) especially one in the police station in which the police officer rather inspector makes the accused confess his crime by constantly beating him witha ball peen hammer and finally make him sign the confession sheet and wherein a layer of his fore finger's skin peels off and sticks to the paper as he tries to produce the impression of his thumb. The other being the ill treatment of a woman in the lock up in front of a business who was supposedly the friend of an accused. Then threatening him that if he wouldn't relate details of his friend his wife would meet the same. The next day he is relased on bail, the same night he shoots dead his family and finally himself.
One point where the director gets a huge plus was the reeling of archival video footage at discrete intervals especially at the need of the hour. Especially the airing of the footage of Babri Masjid's demolition (I know it may the sentiments of a particular community, but truth is bitter than fiction) and the archival footage of news coverage of blasts and an interview wrt Dawood's hiding in Pakistan with the then Prime Minister of Pakistan.
The director got his cast and technical crew correctly. The synchronization between various characters especially Kay Kay and Aditya was good, their chemistry during the interrogation of the later by the former in the cell with a dim lit red bulb was damn good and so was the background provided during their conversation (in the cell).
Well if the lows were to be talked about then perhaps the low in the movie was the chase of a particular accused which nearly went around half of Mumbai's slums and dragged on for nearly ten minutes.
All in all it was worth watching; spending hundred bucks and two and a half odd hours in thatre near you is worth it.
Hats off all the characters and the director and last but not the least the writer.
Black Friday I would give it a 4.5 out 5
One rarely gets to watch movie of this standard, so don't miss it. At least borrow a DVD from your nearest video parlour if not in a multiplex.
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****1/2 (4.5) on a scale of ***** (5)
The movie explores the nexus which had its roots in Bombay and branches spread as far as Dubai. Though it was inevitable for controversy to keep its distance from the movie, it is something of a must watch.
If you're really interested in Off Beat movies, then Black Friday is a must watch for every person who craves for creativity and story in a movie. Not a single song and thankfully no no din-dinchak dances with our very own so called actresses or the female leads showing their skin; thank God, saved.
The movie does explore the darker side of the blasts and very much succeeded in bringing the actual facts and figure out to the public. The characters were real and nothing was fabricated; the research was there and was correct.
Performance by Kay Kay Menon, no words are required an actor of his stature. He literally puts life into the chararcter of the police officier investigating the case. Next comes Pawan Malhotra, man he again requires no words, a powerful and jam packed performance; rightly fits into the boots of Tiger Memon, the brainchild of the entire saga. Then one should not forget the performance of Aditya Srivastava, the man who used to play the role Inspector Abhijeet in CID, also few other critically acclaimed roles; especially the role of Saif's lawyer in Ramu sir's Ek Hasina Thi, with Urmilla in the female lead. He portrayed the character of Badshah Khan, the accused turned approver.
Some of the scenes were quite gruesome (for some audiences; perhaps) especially one in the police station in which the police officer rather inspector makes the accused confess his crime by constantly beating him witha ball peen hammer and finally make him sign the confession sheet and wherein a layer of his fore finger's skin peels off and sticks to the paper as he tries to produce the impression of his thumb. The other being the ill treatment of a woman in the lock up in front of a business who was supposedly the friend of an accused. Then threatening him that if he wouldn't relate details of his friend his wife would meet the same. The next day he is relased on bail, the same night he shoots dead his family and finally himself.
One point where the director gets a huge plus was the reeling of archival video footage at discrete intervals especially at the need of the hour. Especially the airing of the footage of Babri Masjid's demolition (I know it may the sentiments of a particular community, but truth is bitter than fiction) and the archival footage of news coverage of blasts and an interview wrt Dawood's hiding in Pakistan with the then Prime Minister of Pakistan.
The director got his cast and technical crew correctly. The synchronization between various characters especially Kay Kay and Aditya was good, their chemistry during the interrogation of the later by the former in the cell with a dim lit red bulb was damn good and so was the background provided during their conversation (in the cell).
Well if the lows were to be talked about then perhaps the low in the movie was the chase of a particular accused which nearly went around half of Mumbai's slums and dragged on for nearly ten minutes.
All in all it was worth watching; spending hundred bucks and two and a half odd hours in thatre near you is worth it.
Hats off all the characters and the director and last but not the least the writer.
Black Friday I would give it a 4.5 out 5
One rarely gets to watch movie of this standard, so don't miss it. At least borrow a DVD from your nearest video parlour if not in a multiplex.
.....
****1/2 (4.5) on a scale of ***** (5)
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Shocking Picture...presenting a grim reality
I found this picture while browsing through a site whose url i don't remember. The picture itself contains a lot description needless to say anymore regarding it. Taken in the year 1991 but the situation represented in the picture still persists. No more words can do justice.....
Friday, May 11, 2007
Thermodynamics e-Book
Guys 'N' Gals I'm uploading an e-book of Thermodynamics by CRC press. A good book but the only problem is that it does not cover the application part of the subject.. I mean topics related to gas Turbines and IC Engines etc.
I'm providing the link for download from Rapid Share below...The file is about 16mb and is in pdf format and requires acrobat reader for accessing it...
the link: --
http://rapidshare.com/files/30744192/Crc_Press_-_Advanced_Thermodynamics_Engineering_Ebook-Een.pdf
I'm providing the link for download from Rapid Share below...The file is about 16mb and is in pdf format and requires acrobat reader for accessing it...
the link: --
http://rapidshare.com/files/30744192/Crc_Press_-_Advanced_Thermodynamics_Engineering_Ebook-Een.pdf
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