Jaane tu...ya jaane na - II

In my previous post on Jaane tu...ya jaane na, I mentioned about good performances by side characters in the film, and specially mentioned Genelia's brother. I liked the way his character was shaped and the relation he shared with Genelia. The guy plays role of a maverick brother and his acting was superior to most other seasoned actors. This is what made me search for more about him.

His name is Prateik Babbar s/o veteran actors Smita Patil and Raj Babbar. No wonder there was some sort of familiarity about him and his acting. This was also his first film, however Imraan Khan got the biggest piece of cake, thanks to uncle Aamir. But Prateik's acting genes did not go unnoticed. The policy of ‘let the work speak’ worked well for him.

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Dreamless Dreams

In all these years I have heard a variety of meanings of the word 'Dream' but truthfully have never understood anything about them. People have tried defining them and their significance. But I wonder their level of success, if any. I am talking about dreams that we see while sleeping.

I can easily call my dreams my best friend. They make me see and feel the world that is out of reach. On this planet of technology, seeing family and friends on web camera is easy. But meeting them in dreams changes the intensity of interaction completely. Sometimes these dreams have indicated the future, sometimes they fulfilled what did not happen in the past. I intermingle with strangers in strange situations. I see dolphins frozen in blue water and I do question myself when I see SRK as boyfriend.

Some dreams make life very difficult. There are times when I wake up extremely worried and tensed and there are other times when I get up with a sense of satisfaction and a smile on face. There are also dreams that are recurring or continuous, there is something similar about few dreams. I doubt if these dreams point to anything at all. I still reach nowhere thinking about dreams but I continue to dream.

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English Rose - II

I took these pics from mobile camera, as I could not control myself from capturing the beautiful blend of colours. Enjoy the different shades.

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2007 2008

It's my blog's first birthday. Last year on 20 07 2007, I started posting and the first post was named 20072007 as my brother made me realise the sequence. The sequence still remains interesting i.e.20 07 2008. So much has happened in this year and Vibgyor is a reflection of some of the most beautiful moments. Not just that it has been my friend indeed, when I could not talk.

Thankyou A for introducing me to blogging.

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Leicester soaked up

This is how Leicester was for the last two days. I find such weather lifeless but life goes on.

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Jaane tu...ya jaane na

bhejafry.net seems to be my best friend in UK. This is where I watch the latest hindi flicks. I got to watch Jane tu..ya jane na. BBC radio and few other friends gave good reviews of the film and so the excitement was obvious. The print wasn't very good but I have learnt to compromise on that front.

I think the film is just a onetime watch and thats really not expected from an Aamir Khan Production. The story has nothing new to offer, it probably is the most predictable story I have seen in the recent past. But few elements are excellent. The concept of being a 'Mard' has been redefined in a way which is impossible to achieve. Imraan Khan, Aamir Khan's nephew happens to be the hero of the film. He is cute but his chocolaty looks get a bit uninteresting after a while and so is the case with Genelia. Genelia needs serious acting classes as I also saw her in Mere Baap Pehle Aap and she was awful.

The fun of the film is in the characters that are set with the main actors. Parents, friends, police inspector, brother , cousin brothers even girl friend. These characters were given due importance and they added a different flavour to the film. The best of all was Genelia’s brother.

The film has been used very well for Aamir's endorsements i.e. Toyota Innova and Coke. In instances like when one of the character asks for Coke on the rocks, Jaane tu... gives a look of a commercial advertisement. This film has more of such cliches. The biggest one being Imraan Khan running to stop Genelia on the International Airport. Running on International Airport looks like a very cool thing to do in films and most films make this look like a joke. I am sure Imraan is a good, smart and lucky runner. Lucky because he ran for a film shoot, in real life the police would have shot him down for being a terrorist.

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Relationship and complexities

I was going through one of the beauty magazines which had a separate section for relationship issues. I always ignore these sections in the first go, yet read some of the issues with great interest. Some of the people really talk interesting stuff. Here are few which grabbed my attention:

1. Girl’s problem, "And with online/long distance, I was getting what I was not desperate for and not getting what I was desperate for"

This issue actually made me look for the real meaning of desperate. What dictionary.com failed to explain was that what can be the level of desperation in human beings or there is no boundary at all. Is it grabbing everything/everyone that one gets and use everything as opportunity?

2. Man chats with his woman co-worker on camera after work sometimes also late nights. This man had a problem that his wife does not trust him although he maintains a very honest relationship with her and the wife is told about even if little bit hugging and kissing happens online.

So I started to wonder if this is honesty then what does it actually mean. Does it not mean to avoid such situations from happening in the first place, if it happens does it not mean discouraging the same? And do chat emoticons mean anything at all.

These are all tricky questions to answer and probably when people can’t understand the simplest things they look for a third person’s advice. This also keeps these otherwise useless magazines in business.

In my opinion relationships were, are and will always remain complex. As I was discussing with a friend that we don’t love what we have and we love what we can’t get. So the vicious circle of complexity is never ending in human nature.

Long to short days

English summer is beautiful when it doesn't rain. The sun covers up for all that it is unable to give in winters. The days are long, infact very long and are full of energy. The sun rises at about 4.45 am and sets nowhere sooner than 9.30 pm. One can hear birds chirping and children playing on streets. Now is the time when the days are getting shorter once again and each day sunrise is delayed by approximately one minute.

Tyndale Street, Leicester at 8.30 pm

And the same place at 9.30 pm

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Comedy of errors

After writing a post on types of errors it is very appropriate to write more about errors. Chatting with people can be humorous frequently. I am certain that all of us make typing mistakes or typo errors as some people call them, but these errors can bring an element of fun from nowhere at all. I enjoy when my friends make them but I laugh more loudly sitting unaccompanied in my room when I make such errors. Below are few on the top of my mind:

• i love (live) on hinckley road
  This very error also happens to be the motivation behind writing this post at midnight. After this error my friend could not end laughing and therefore decided to call, to pull my leg further.
• can u give me a sex (sec)
  This is the most hilarious typo error that I made while chatting with a male friend. The embarrassment ofcourse is understandable from both sides. Now, I am hundred times more cautious while typing sec, or replace it by brb (be right back) or just a moment.
• i am god (gud)
  This one really sounds rude but all I can say is no t(error) it’s just a comedy of errors.

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