Anjaana Anjaani – Stay Anjaan from this movie

I was looking forward to this movie. Priyanka is my favourite actress and Ranbir is a natural actor so I had decent expectations from Anjaana Anjaani and I watched it the night it released.** I am not looking for great acting, cinematography or a social message. I just want to be entertained. It could be a stupid movie with no script but if it makes me laugh and does not bore me, it is good enough for me. ** [I should add this in every review so that the readers (if at all anyone has been reading my blog) know that I am not a movie snob expecting a movie of the highest caliber].

Coming back to Anjaana Anjaani, within the first few minutes, it became clear to me that Priyanka was trying too hard (or maybe not trying at all). The dialogues and scenes were cheesy as dripping mozzarella (I love extra cheese on top but only on my food) and fake as silicon(I don’t love silicon). I should have written the review soon after watching the movie cause writing 5 days after watching the movie, I have forgotten most of it. No, I dont suffer from amnesia. In fact, I am quite proud of my memory. So I guess this only proves the movie is best forgotten. Lots of things in the movie did not make sense. For instance, how can someone who knows swimming, try to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. 

The only time I laughed during the movie was, when, Priyanka is back with Zayed Khan after turning down Ranbir and then she realizes she is in love with Ranbir and not Zayed and decides to leave him for Ranbir, some guy in the audience shouted “Aisi ladki kissi ko nahi mile” (No guy deserves such a girlfriend) to which came a prompt shout, “kissi ko nahi, sirf tujhe mile” (Yeah no one but you). And yes, he had used a much cruder hindi term than “ladki“.

P.S: I know I use a lot of parentheses (can’t help it).

P.P.S: Hope the sentence about dripping mozzarella wasn’t  too cheesy.

Meaningless life….

I came across an article today about a man who committed suicide near Harvard. He left (or mailed) a 1905 page suicide note written over 5 years. I don’t know if it is funny or tragic or both. Supposedly,  he was trying to find out the meaning of life and came to the conclusion that life is meaningless. That it took him 5 years to realize this confounds me.  Either it should have taken him a few days to understand that life holds no meaning or he should have spent his entire natural life searching for its purpose. Or maybe he wasn’t very fast on his feet and took him 5 years to make up his mind.

I do not know if he had love in his life (I doubt it). I feel love is the only thing that makes life worth living for.  And if you haven’t found love yet, do not give up hope. Love hits you when you least expect it. There may not always be a happy ending but it is better to have loved and lost rather than never have loved at all.

“Every time you fall in love, you feel it is your first until it is your last love and you realize it is your first.”

“The Other Guys” – Dont miss it guys

I am really fond of movies, especially English. I dont watch movies for the social  message or the art factor. I watch a movie because I want to be entertained. Usually, I skip Hindi  movies because the song and dance routine bores me. I have to admit I loved Dabangg (watched it twice). I recently saw “The Other Guys” and was in splits during the entire movie. It is about 2 loser cops and though the story may sound cliched, it is surprisingly fresh. The dialogues are extremely witty. Mark Wahlberg has handled his role very well and so does Will Ferrel. Also watch out for the dinner scene with Eva Mendez, its one of the most hilarious ones I’ve ever seen.