Bollywood - Hollywood....

Being an ardent fan of Hindi films, I had been waiting to lay my hands on the latest of em'.My selection (still wondering how!) was "Good Boy, Bad Boy", a flick which regrettfully saw the light of day in the world of thoughtless cinema. Personally, I am not such a critic and love to see people give their best. May it be drama or a "David Dhawan" comedy, its the performance and the energy which light up the silver screen. My personal favorite is ,in fact, "Judwaa" a tale inspired from Jackie Chan's "Double Dragons". Anyways, the flick "Good Boy..." is a story of good people who come under wrong influence and basically is short on everything from script to screenplay. The other day, I watched a "marriage video" a.k.a. "Hum Aapke Hain Kaun" and loved the value system it preached.
My favorite movies are "RHTDM"(even my roomie loves Maddy dada"), "RDB","Judwaa" and many others. The best hindi flicks contain some jingoism and lot of hard hitting dialogues. 1970's was an era which could be better known as the Era of "Manmohan Desai". His concept of unifying people with diverse religions (Amar Akbar Anthony) or any other drama where in the faith people had in themselves was immensely gratifying.
In contrast, the English film fraternity makes a lot of sensible movies, with no songs and more story. The way of narration is distinct ,the screenplay at times is so powerful that the dialogues arent really required. Just imagine "Ocean's 11" with Danni Ocean singing "Dil se" atop a terrace with Nicole Kidman, trying to loot the Bellagio. It would not make sense. Concepts like a great mind trying to don the garb of an "escapist" in "Good Will Hunting" or the role reprised by Al Pacino as a powerful Mafioso in "Scarface" are original. These are people you can relate to, wh are humane and bear the brunt of their eccentricities.Some of the movies like "ShawShank Redemption" are an encyclopaedia in film making. It has no elements like a hindi pot boiler would possess , but really has great twists in the tale of a man who has everything to play for.
With films like "Sivaji" coming into limelight, the movie makers are banking on star power more than story or dialogues. The character essayed by Thalaivar is true to the ethos of Shankar's way of preaching values about social evils. But, the public roots more for "Star Power" of Rajini rather than the concept. Its like Shah Rukh Khan trying to send a patriotic message by prancing around in the Alps. Eventually, the acceptance of films would be based more on the aspects of story and screenplay rather than stars. That would be "Evolution COMPLETE!!!"

"Essence of planning"

Time and again, our mothers have called upon us to plan. "Planning is essential" is what we have been bombarded with, since the beginning of our life.Like many, I despised those sermons where everyone started giving a lecture on "Time is money" OR " Time Management".It was only when I joined engineering that I understood the reason behind those "lectures".
Many centuries ago, there was war in Kurukshetra, where the Pandavas fought the Kuru army and won the battle. Imagine ,Arjuna being chilled out ,resting in the shade of his umbrella, not bothering about the various military formations! More so, imagine Mama Shakuni, the greatest mythological Gambler, suddenly failing to see the motion of his trusted dice! History would have looked different..perhaps there would be no war at all!!! One of the quotes by the great Archer Arjuna comes as a jolt to people who believe that the indomitable never plan, they are born to win.He explains to his brother Nakula ,as to why he always handpicks his weapons.Especially the arrows, which need to be in a proper shape to avoid air drag.
Today, we need to plan our lives more than ever before. Time seems to fly faster .The ones who can think aeons before and chart out a game plan are most likely to succeed.May it be job or business, we have to forsee the forthcoming dangers which lurk. If caught unawares, the results are disastrous, ranging from firing from jobs to bankruptcy in business. For a person with a job , he or she needs to get into the brain of his/her peers to think as they think. Then be able to do what they could only think of, is another tale. Like wise , in a business, product differentiation is pivotal to the success of any entrepreneur. Failing to make a mark on the consumer would spell doom and a loss altogether.
Ultimately, the one who can see tomorrow, today itself is the one you would place your money on!!