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Kabul Express & me…

Digg is down!

Yup! it is down but it will be soon up and running with lot of exciting features and info! I happened to glance at Digg yesterday and found that the Digg has got a new face-lift, got new features and much more. I had failed to take a screen-shot of it but its suffice to say that it ROCKS!!!… Way to go Digg!

Kabul Express

Yesterday, a couple of my friends and myself went to this movie Kabul Express. I did arrive late (about 20-30 minutes) but I was in for the good stuff. Jon Abraham, a journalist and Arshad Warsi his cameraman go to Kabul to do a piece on Afghanistan after post-Taliban period. But they end up being kidnapped by a Taliban and taken hostage along with their Afghan driver and an American journalist whom they meet on their way.

From there the movie begins, it’s about the their journey and how these guys try to wriggle themselves free from the Taliban and how they later on find out that he is infact a solider in the Pakistan Army.  They take a very treacherous route to the Pakistan border and the experiences they have on their way to that border.

The director has really tried hard to capture the condition present in today’s Afghanistan and show what the ground reality is. The hatred of Afghans over Taliban, the kind of society that is still present situation in Afghanistan. The film lacks some good dialogues and some good acting as well, however the cinematography is really superb and Arshad has done a good job in keeping us entertained long enough.

The film also reflects the attitude of Pakistan towards Afghanistan and the scene where the Pakistan Army kills their own solider, who despite revealing his identity as one of them, is heart wrenching and shows the true picture in the present day today.

The American Journalist is mostly act as an eye-candy and Jon Abraham lacks expression and somehow feels very odd, as in completely out of place. In addition, the scene where Jon asks the American journalist as to the reason she keeps coming back to such a war torn country, she answers that she is just waiting long enough to write a book about it and then sell it to the highest bidder. I am not sure that is how the Director wanted it to come out because when I saw it, it was just not cold enough, it felt completely disconnected answer, an answer that has so many meanings in different level, lack the conviction and the proper emotion to deliver such dialogue.

In essence, the movie is about the journey of three journalists and their experiences with the Afghan driver and their Taliban kidnapper. Certain scenes such as Arshad holds the gun at the Taliban’s face and ask’s him “Kapil Dev or Imran Khan?” and the Taliban responds “Kapil Dev!” brings a unique sort of comedy in the movie. Such scenes are aplenty in the movie and it is, I believe, worthwhile to see it.  It is a good effort from the Director side, who has made it carefully without taking anyone’s side and just shown the journey of five people in a war torn country with different agendas. Maybe with a bit more gritty dialogues and better performance, it could have been much better.

I would give it 6/10.

Kabul Express – Rediff Review

The story so far …

My last post has been on 9th Aug. Now its time to update things…

Lets start with my work. I have started my second RS (Research Service/Study). Oh that reminds me, I have been asked to work Backup Systems (UPS) for sometime now (I was working in Power Supplies team earlier). Though it is not a complete change over of what I was working on previously, Backup systems is more of a mature market when compared to Power Supplies. But I guess regardless of how the market is going to be, I am going to enjoy myself working in this field as well. The way I see it, the more the exposure the better and the more I learn.

It has been two weeks into the study, and I have started calling companies, trying to get some insights of the market. My current boss also seems happy with the work I am doing right now. All I can say about my current work is so far so good

I went to Pirates of the Caribbean:Dead Man’s Chest last week. Those who saw the first part (including myself) is gonna love this movie as well. Captain Jack Sparrow character doned by Johnny Depp, is just awesome. I love his character. The opening scenes are too good and the locations where the film has been shot are just marvelous. It is a must see for everyone. The ending though was a bit abrupt, but I guess, the director kind of lost in the end and didn’t know how to end it. The plot is good and the screenplay has been set at the right pace with well mixed comedy in between. Keira Knightley looks drop dead gorgeous. I wish they could have given her more role in this film. But still she creates the kind of impact you expected from the first movie. The fight sequence between Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Jack Davenport is just superb!… probably my favorite scene in this movie. The two pirates, who becomes mortal, from the first part is back in this movie. Plus the James Norrington, portrayed by Jack Davenport, is also back. Inspite of an abrupt ending I would have to say an awesome entertaining movie. Pirates of the Caribbean, Aye Mate !

If someone asks me to rate the film, I would rate it 8/10 (actually I would have given 9/10 if it not for the ending of the movie).

Also went to a tamil-dubbed movie “AARAN“. Will write the review about the movie later. But overall its a good movie to watch, not too much voilence, and the director has portrayed the importance of our Border security forces and the difficulties they face. My rating for this movie (5/10).

Then came the much awaited long weekend. I took the day off on 14th Aug. Celebrated India’s 60th Independence at home! Didn’t do anything much, had a relaxing weekend. It was suprising to me that after a while, I got to get bored staying at home not doing anything (Hmmm maybe I should have gone out for a while)…

One of the interesting things that happened during these past two weeks were, the marriage of my school friend brother’s marriage. Since my friend was a telgana (meaning he is from a telugu community), their marriages take place at the middle of the night! I went to the marriage around 8 p.m. since the muhurtham given in the invitation was 11.47 p.m. There were not too many people(obvious enough). I asked my friend that when will the marriage (the actual ceremony of tying the knot) take place. He said that it will occur only around 02.30 a.m. the next day early morning.

Only their relatives were there, and a couple of his brother’s friends and myself. The remaining of our school gang came a bit late. Dinner was served at 8.30 p.m. sharp. So completed the important part of the marriage. We sat there, joking, chatting and commenting on their marriage styles and other things. It was a nice get-together. One of our friends, Mageshwaran, came late as usual. He is the kind of guy who would tell you, when you call him to find out where he is, that he is just starting and will be there in 10 – 15 minutes. But it will be an and a half before you could actually see him at the appointed place. We shared such similar amazing stories of his untill he arrived (actually the topic got a bit more interesting after he came hehehehe).. but still an awesome guy to move around with. Very helpful and very friendly.

Then, we all decided that it was getting late and since the main pooja was over, we left the marriage hall around 12.00 a.m. after congratulating the bride and the groom. The next day we all went to the Reception and had another nice get-together. This time Magesh came at the appointed time (probably thats why it started raining that evening hehehe).

Another a good friend of mine is getting married next week. Although, I know her just a couple of months, I can confidently say she has become one of my very good friends. In fact our “Da Gang” is one that formed a tight friendship in the shortest span of time. YAY! to Da Gang.

I think the marriage fever is being spreading around quietly enough. I expect another two such announcements by the end of this year from our Da Gang And to add to this, my best friend Victor, is getting married this November. It is going to a revolution of sorts, because he is getting married twice. Now, don’t get me wrong, he is a nice guy. He has fallen in love with a hindu gal and after years of struggle he has finally got the approval of both parents and is going to get married with a twist. He, first, will exchange rings and get married the chrisitian way the first day and will then tie the knot around the gal, the traditional hindu way, the second day. To me, I think this is the first kind of marriage that has ever taken place in chennai that I know of!… So kudos to him !

Ok change of topic, this weekend going to KANK! … OMG Just realised this film is based on marriage and the relationships between husbands and wives… Is this some kind of sign from Him ?!? I wonder… But then again this is like sending mixed signals… I wonder what is the message He is trying to convey here. Well whatever, He is trying to convey, that message got to wait due to present circumstances

Hmmm… well what else, oh yes one last thing… Our building swimming pool and Gym is opened!.. Yippeee! Now I can spend some time in the Gym. So hopefully, I will get some kind of excersies done.

Swades …

One of my favorite movies!!!
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