The Slumdong and the Millionarire

Posted On Saturday, February 21st, 2009 By Ravi

Have I been a spoilt brat that I like only masala movies from Bollywood? Don’t I really recognize a good movie? Well, I did like Aishwarya’s The Mistress of Spices. Infact I would say that it was her best movie. Full of spices and yet no masala. I liked The Namesake, and I did like Fire as well. I admired Shabana Azmi and the role that she played in that movie. So why didn’t I like Slumdog? Is it because the movie is too realistic? Or is it because I have seen the real India already and don’t see anything new in this movie? Or is it because i knew the story since long. It is just a love story, and a guy gets lucky and makes a 20 million rupees. Well, if I were lucky, and if I were asked the right questions, I would have surprised Amit ji as well. Or even Shah Rukh. What is the big deal about this movie? What is the big fuzz? I don’t really see it.

Darn, I hate Travelling

Posted On Thursday, July 24th, 2008 By Ravi

Pondicherry seems to be a very far away place. The nearest airport is 3 hours away, and so is the nearest railway station. Everything is in Chennai, and everything thats there in Pondicherry is just namesake. A stupid dumbass airport, and a railway station that has about 2 trains a day, the counter of which is primarily used for booking tickets from Chennai to everywhere else. I am having to travel to a place called Mavelikara, and the only way I can reach there is to travel to Chennai and take a train. Im sure that the travel from Chennai to Mavelikara and back would be very comfortable, but the journey from Pondicherry to Chennai is the worst part. You will have to take a slow moving bus or shell out about Rs 2000 to get a taxi. Im a poor man and I dont have a car, and I dont really want to tire myself riding my bike all the way.