Big Deal

“But it’s not a big deal Maria” Jeff was furious..  His wife Maria had decided to leave the house for good.

 “We can’t stay together anymore Jeff after what happened yesterday … people have already started talking about it …” Maria snapped back

“But what has happened??? … nothing at all.. It was just a mistake …   you know it and they know it too  ... I don’t understand what’s the big deal” Jeff yelled back.  

Jeff Pereira - A rich businessman from Goa had never imagined he would have go through all this when he married Maria Vaz and settled in Mumbai three years ago…  the love of his life had today decided that she was gonna abandon him forever. It was a shocking moment for him... he was almost in tears as his wife packed her bags in the bedroom.

“All because of that stupid get together these women have all the time” he said to himself in anger, referring to the kitty party Maria had organized the previous day. All the neighboring females were invited. Unaware that all the guests had arrived in the hall ... Jeff walked right out of the bathroom wrapped only in a towel and worst of all ...the towel slipped off right in front of the ladies.  Embarrassing – indeed it was, no wonder Maria was leaving him today... “I’m sure these ladies must be making fun of my poor baby” Jeff thought feeling ashamed … he was really feeling guilty for what Maria was going through. He wanted to convince her and console her... but how? Maria would just not listen he knew, as she was deeply embarrassed.

As Maria walked across the living room with her bags heading for the door, Jeff tried again...  “Please don’t go Maria” he begged... “Don’t be embarrassed.. ah.. see It’s not a big deal.. so what if everyone.. ah .. saw..”
“Exactly my point” snapped Maria,“Everyone now knows I married you only for your money”  

Reunited

It was that fateful July 13th, The day was dark and the rain was pouring heavily ... water pounded on every surface, the wind howled and the black clouds roared with furious thunder. Agnes Mary Fernandes lay in her coffin calmly as the mourners carried her to St. Pauls Church, where all of us would see her for the last time. Dressed in black in the pouring rain the procession marched towards their destination. Loud cries of her near and dear ones were muffled under the overwhelming thunder...  her children followed the coffin as their mother lay motionless. Motherhood at an early age and family responsibilities had always kept Agnes buried under poverty, stress and depression. Today she was just gonna be buried for the records.  

Agnes Mary Fernandes, in her lifetime of 60 summers had seen many 'hard times'. At the age of 16 she was married and had 13 children over the years. Most people wondered how was that possible ... but then, not everyone could afford a television in those days, other means of entertainment often remained far away form Agnes's life.  When her husband died, she married again and had 7 more children.
But then having a happy married life and a soul mate forever is not always in every woman's luck, Again, her husband died. So Agnes Mary Fernandes remarried and this time had 5 more children.

 Standing before her coffin, the preacher prayed for her in the midst of screams and cries of sorrow by her loved ones. He thanked the Lord for this very loving woman and said, “Lord, they’re finally together.”

One mourner leaned over with tears in her eyes and quietly asked her friend, “Do you think he means she is finally together with her first, second and third husband?”

“NO !" the friend replied,  "he means her legs.”

Movie Time

The script is good, and the dialogues are nice. The music includes light hummable songs which are choreographed well.

Overall for those of you'l who havent seen it Socha Na Tha is worth a watch. Something Fresh !!!

Movie Gyaan

we get to watch many movies these days action/ comedy/ drama/ suspense, etc and with so many movies releasing almost every weekend its so much variety to choose from...  i personally feel movies are the best entertainment , specially if u just wanna sit at home and relax or crash at the nearest movie theater on a weekend or a holiday.

Today is one of such days for me .. its 27th March, Holi is being celebrated all over the place. (for those of u who are not aware.. holi is a festival of colors - which some people take very seriously and are only satisfied after they have mercilessly colored their friends and relatives with lot of chemicals and paints that take ages to come off)
So as usual I decided to stay at home and watch movies my friend gave me on her pendrive.

I watched  2 movies since morning (its 1 pm now) - jolly llb and balak palak (Marathi one) and i must say the after watching balak palak .. all i wanted to do is publish this post.

The movies is very well made and there is a lot to learn from it for parents and youngsters.  having said this iIl embed the same . hope ul like the movie.  (for those who cant understand the language .. find another link that has subtitles)  ..

yes movies can be used to educate and spread awareness too .. 

Kingfisher Blues

Silver Linings Playbook - my review

Ok now i know all I am posting lately is only movie reviews ... so I thought this time .. I shall narrate the story  of this one .. or atleast the summary for all my readers .

hmmm so Pat Solitano Jr. (Bradley Cooper), who has bipolar disorder (in very few scenes), is released from a mental health facility into the care of his parents (who appear more scary than him) after eight months of treatment. Pat soon learns that his wife, Nikki is basically a horny bitch and, has moved away (with no matter who) and his father, Pat Sr. (Robert De Niro), is out of work and resorting to bookmaking to earn money to start a restaurant. Yeah beat that! Misery from all ends

But its not only he, who is in a mess!! Tiffany Maxwell (Jennifer Lawrence), a recent widow, who also just lost her job and  has a slutty past, meets Pat at a friend’s place … and Pat (determined to get his life back on track and reconcile with Nikki, who obtained a restraining order against him after a violent episode) can’t help but check out Tiffany’s boobs … to which Tiffany  offers Pat to be her dancing partner, in an upcoming dance competition and also promises to deliver his letter to Nikki.

The rest of the movie shows how Pat’s Father (who ironically considers Pat to be his good luck charm ) makes a parlay with his gambling friend about the dance competition and an Eagles game  - and how Pat  with tiffany’s help manages to save his pops ass !! and How Tiffany manages to get Pat ! 

Anupam Kher plays Pats therapist Dr. Patel and gets beaten up by a few racist thugs during some game.. lol   - he does not get much screen time or importance … I personally feel a quality actor like him shouldn’t have taken up such a role just for another Hollywood tag.

Anyways I liked the movie, It was fun .. Had a Pleasant Sunday afternoon ... and then they say its not a bad movie as I've described it!  Darling Wikipedia says : "Silver Linings Playbook premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2012, and was released in the United States on November 16, 2012. The film opened to major critical success and earned numerous accolades. It received eightAcademy Award nominations, achieving the rare feat of being nominated in all four acting categories, the first time since Reds in 1981, and also being nominated for the Big Five, the first time since Million Dollar Baby in 2004, with Lawrence winning the Academy Award for Best Actress. It also achieved four Golden Globe Award nominations, with Lawrence winning Best Actress; three BAFTA nominations, with Russell winning for Best Adapted Screenplay; four Screen Actors Guild nominations, with Lawrence winning Best Actress; and five Independent Spirit Award nominations, winning in four categories including Best Film and Best Actress".

David - my review

'David' is as we all know Bejoy Nambiar's second feature film after 'Shaitan' [now for those of you'l who didnt watch shaitan, plz go ahead and watch.... its something you'd remember Nambiar for]

 Now David is a story of 3 Davids, none of who's stories are well written or have any message or any relation with each other or the audience whatsoever..  However having said that, Individual performances are fab and inspite of a weak story .. Nambiar's efforts and skills are not unnoticed. 

Vikram in his role as one of the Davids is the best. Neil Nitin Mukesh's story was damn confusing and my friends found Vinay Virmani cute. Besides these main characters I found Milind Soman in a totally useless character, he hardly has any screen time .. for that matter even hardly any dialogues.  Isha Sharvani and Tabu are impressive and Lara Dutta is also there in the movie (lol).
Nassar as Father Noel and Ram Kapoor as Iqbal Ghani do justice to their characters and Saurabh Shukla as Vikram's dead dad is hilarious.

Things to watch out for: Satku Santa and a few really funny one liners

"there’s no denying Nambiar’s promise as an adventurous, aesthetically-sound filmmaker but his weak spot remains the same. His eye for dynamic visuals is yet to find its match in stories that speak."  - rediff movies