the film review thread!

this is a movie review thread, nightflier's starting to promote the film critic (:P) in her (more appropriately the film buff, ardent fan and who can watch anything, which will b proved in this thread :D)
so today's review is about a film called 'Laga Chunari mein Daag' (!!@@$**#!!)
lets start with some trivia......
the film's director is a noted ad film maker, who has recently won some award for aaj tak's campaign, who has shot some fabulous music videos (apparently, he shoots all the songs for Euphoria tha band) whose directorial debut Parineeta, highly appreciated by critics (i was not one then :D) won him a national award and blah blah blah..... stories can be written on how fabulous an add maker he is, or how some of his videos have moved me, or how Parineeta promised a director with his senses in the right place!!!

the synopsis in short: a small family in a small Indian town is in a financially crunchy situation, with meagre sources of income..the elder daughter takes the responsibility of leading them thro these tough times, as a son would have...goes to mumbai..her too-little-to-get-her-a-job educational qualifications land her up in a situation where she has to resort to the quick ways of money making (Smart people will understand the quicker ways :D and btw is the story writer trying to emphasize that Ajukeshan is still overly rated in the society and not human qualities!! this leaves me utterly confused :-/)..anyways all's well for some time..money is coming in..now a small twist..the younger daughter of the family (she has finished her MBA in the mean time) moves to mumbai..so the rest of the movie ends up in convincing everyone that how the elder daughter is a virtuous,little angel, who went haywire just for the sake of her family...heppy heppy ending for a not so heppy family :)

Anyways, now all said and done, mr. director disappoints big time with Laga! where is the script dude? my only question to the wise man!! Just a potentially great cast does not do wonders to a movie, the story needs to be told effectively, if u want to make ur film a success! The protagonists character is so drab that u end up feeling nothing for her.. the story moves forward in such a cliche way that, u feel like, ur watching a movie u thought we all movie lovers were done with! some scenes are very stupidly melodramatic...the ganges, banaras ke ghaat dont make u wonder at the simplicity of small Indian towns...simply because they look so repetitious (apparently, Sarkaar has done a song on same locations with a famous music band!)
the only high of the movie is konkona, who i first thought was wasted, but this female has an incorrigible quality of leaving the audience awestruck with her smooth, easygoing performance!!! Thumbs up to u girl! Jaya Bachachan suits the role to the hilt..no one could have done it better.. Lastly dear Rani feel sorry for this fact that, the most important character of the movie was so lifeless..better luck next time.. all the guys are just fillers, this being a story of the journey of a woman!
The music s just average, though talented Mr. moitra has tried to make it colorful with some folk touch...
All in all, a disappointment to the average filmy buff and a huge disappointment to the class movie goers!!

Happy viewing till we meet again!! :)
Cheers.....

The work life diary....

TO BE a working lady is a bit depressing sometimes....
u have a routine somehow woven into this fast life.. for eg. for weekedays i have a routine plan of going to work-work for 8 hours-hour 9 (this has a standard deviation of 3 hrs, at least :D depending on how badly u have screwed it up :P) get back home-home chores-chores like cooking (its a hobby which has become a chore :D),tiding up the the house, roomies' update-updates to family (pyaare gharwaale u know :))-........ Well, somehow, a normal working day ends on a very happening note, i.e. i go to sleep reading some book or the other, after dabbling in various activities for 16 hrs .....
it's very exciting actually... given that i discover new places everyday, when i commute to office ( the journey, calling it so, deliberately :), takes almost an hour).. i do my work efficiently and effectively, giving meself the pleasure of WORKING! ... take time out to decide what to cook everyday and plan accordingly .... share my day with roomies, share their experiences ..... talk to parents, share and get insights into their not so interesting routines ( they r both into happy retirement phase, u know) pep them up with liveliness, fun and exciting activities (recent was compelling them to watch Chak de!, which they did after much pestering from my side for 2 months :)) ........
Moral: i m happy at the end of the day :)
it can be very boring, actually, tooo ..... :)
given that i dont c the same route i travel by to office with open eyes.. i finish up my day's job just for the heck of it.. i drag myself home, to cook and eat half heartedly.. dont talk to anyone at home.. and sleep off on a tired note ....
Moral: i m less happy at the end of the day ( dont know wat emocon to put, confused may be :-\)
day after day of exciting days dont even bring to notice the fun i m having!! but a single boring day and here i am cursing the monotony of life... strange i say....
stranger fact is, a single boring day makes me think that how could not i strive for happiness today?? whereas an eternity of exciting days, and i dont even realize that im happy!!!!
Jeez!! its so complicated!! darn it!!
but its a boring day which brings to notice, the unknown unknowns ( as told by some great sage :D) of life...and makes u strive for an exciting day...it again proves that every dark cloud has a silver lining :D incorrigible optimism, i must say !! :)
but sometimes i do feel like, standing outside the ground, and watch others play..... do i thank god or wat, that, weekends exist :D !!