Reflexions

Google's cool surprise this winter - let it snow

2011-12-18T04:34:00.001+05:30

Just type 'let it snow' in the search box and wait few seconds to see it. For the techie's it's not a big deal to be able to do this, but it's a nice surprise to experience. It also provides an option to defrost- neat. Google continues to surprise us with these nice little Easter eggs, even in the Christmas season. Thanks google, keep going

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Who this Kolaveri Di?

2011-12-09T02:31:00.001+05:30

I just thought what would be the fate of this soup song if it were born in someone else's head:

If Himesh composed and sang:
The lyrics would be very less, only first few lines repeated 59 times in 4 mins.
There would be 7 versions of the song, remix, reprise (i dont know what this is), female, sad (?), the HR mix, and whatever-sounds-like-a-song version......

Anu Malik: Would make Atif Aslam sing in Sufi style... and copy it for the next album.

RGV: Video would start with shadows, and after 2 minutes the audio would start, shot in the beach and released in 3 languages and called the bhoot song.

Javed Akthar: It would have sounded different....leave it, we would not understand it anyway.

AR Rahman: Hmmm..it would have been rejected by Subhash Ghai, released for some Hollywood Harry Potter movie called the 'magical soup song' and would have won an oscar.

Karan Johar: A duet with Shahrukh Khan and himself and called 'KSouper boys song'

Last but not the least if sung by RAJNIKANTH:
The song would be the national anthem of India and Japan!!!

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A part of life

2009-11-27T15:51:00.001+05:30

A famous music director - Shantanu Moitra writes about the God of music, who is a part and parcel of a million peoples' life.

Switching on the small tape recorder in my bachelors room with Roja’s Cassette was the first activity of every morning for 2 years.

Day would start with Yeh hasi wadiyaan, the sound still refreshes my mind and heart… as it does the millions of people and ends with Chanda Re Chanda re.

I used to wonder how can a human have such an impact consistently and that is when I realized it was ARR.

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Photoslide show for day one

2009-10-26T14:37:00.001+05:30

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Day two

2009-10-26T14:36:00.003+05:30

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Going back home

2009-10-26T14:36:00.001+05:30

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More photos of the little rockstar

2009-10-26T11:52:00.001+05:30

I am not getting tired of taking his snaps and sharing it with you all. finally I have selected some (??) and uploaded at flickr.

Have a look at the pics at this link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/patwari_rakesh/sets/

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My team wished me this way!

2009-10-21T17:07:00.001+05:30

We create mailers for any and every occasion in our team - C&DS (content & design services). I was receiving this time.

Thank you team for such a wonderful mailer. Creative, simple and succinct, the C&DS trademark :)

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The sweet smell of a ripe mango

2009-06-16T19:05:00.004+05:30

Off late I was searching for ripe mangoes in many places and my criteria for selection was the sweet smell that a ripe mango has...hmmm...

I went to many stores - Reliance fresh, Heritage fresh@, ITC Chowpal fresh, Spencer’s, SPAR etc… but could not find one, all that they had to offer were neatly packed, rich in color, bar-coded, labeled [Mallika is one of the brand] mangoes which would have all the physical properties of a mango barring the sweet smell that I was looking for.

I was feeling bad and dejected for not finding the sweet smelling mangoes and was walking back from a temple when I saw a woman selling mangoes in a small basket along the roadside and as I was nearing her, I could sense the sweet smell... the sweet smell of mangoes. Eureka! This smell transported me back to school days when I used to savor the same sweet smell with the report card (Eureka!) after the annual exams!

I was looking for my mangoes in air conditioned corporate stores while I found them while walking along the roadside.

Movie Review: Chak De India

2007-08-22T18:43:00.000+05:30

Another precious gem in King Khan’s crown

Chak De India is a superb movie with tight script and gripping screenplay, it has all the ingredients of a commercial film along with just right dose of patriotism. Director Shimit Amin wonderfully weaves different threads of human behaviors into a tight script with an entertaining storyline.

The story opens with the final match of Men’s world cup between India and Pakistan. Indian team is led by Kabir Khan (played by SRK) in which India loses for which Kabir Khan is blamed and is labeled as a ‘Gaddar’ (traitor). Dejected Kabir goes into oblivion only to return after 7 and half years as coach for Indian Women’s Hockey team. The story gets faster as Kabir constitutes the Indian Women’s team with 16 of finest players across the country and faces problems getting them to play together.

Shimit Amin deals with varied traits like ego tussles, senior-junior classification, veteran- novice difference and even male chauvinism with expertise and weaves all these different traits into a tight script supported by wonderful background score.

If the charm of SRK pulled the crowds into the hall, his performance keeps them in. The king minus all his shahrukhisms of shivering lips, trembling eyebrows give a real treat to watch the star performer perform. The rest of the cast have given wonderful and apt performances which are definitely not overshadowed by the huge star.

Chitrashi Rawat as Komal Chautala, Shilpa Shukla as Bindia Naik, Tanya Abrol as Balbir Kaur, and Sagarika Ghatge as Preeti Sabarwal, are the lifeline of the film. Vidya Malavade as Vidya Sharma has also sketched her role beautifully.

All in all wonderful script, excellent direction along with extra-ordinary background music and mind-blowing cinematography with patriotism as an under current supported by power-packed performances makes it a real treat to watch.

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