D: It is written

Slumdog Millionaire. The most talked about film of the day. Inspired from the novel Q and A by Vikas Swarup, Screenwriter Simon Beaufoy wrote the script for the movie and presented it to production companies, who later invited an impressed Danny Boyles to bring it to life. The flabbergasting screenplay, impressive camera, and the well-paced editing complete the film's 'hats off' list, with Dev Patel's (Jamal Mailk in the movie) acting, Freida Pinto's (Latika in the movie) subtle beauty, Anil Kapoor's crispness and Irfan Khan's eyes in the onscreen league. A special appreciation to the childhood actors of Jamal Malik and his brother who stole the show with their performance. I guess the casts' perfection in their roles is attributed to Loveleen Tandan, the casting director of the movie, who has played a major role in visualizing the India that is portrayed on the screen.

The sound tracks by ARR have proven to be a unique milestone in not only his career, but for the country as well. He has brought the picture to life with his astounding notes. With the movie's popularity spreading worldwide, the golden globes would just be the beginning of a long list of awards yet to be won, including the 10 oscars that it has been nominated for.

Centred around the state of poverty in India, the movie has worked the energy and vigor
present within the slums of Mumbai in the way an artist uses colors on his portrait. But some Indian critics feel that this is just an act of selling the plight of Indian poverty to the West. Get a life ppl.. When education is being traded for money, selling poverty only does a lot more justice. More like an oxymoron actually. Selling Poverty. Well, the movie did openly screen certain negative aspects of the country. But, reality being portrayed so bluntly, u just cant go against it. Rather, u admire the way in which several story tracks have been woven into a single narrative. 

With the premieres in India on 23rd Jan, the Indian crowd is eager to receive and garland this "Slumderful" contribution to the world.

Who wants to play Dodge-shoe...

With reference to the shoe throwing incident on President Bush at Iraq, I was actually quite startled when I initially heard about it. The journalist's got guts to throw shoes at a country's President. What I'm wondering is, what were his bodyguards doing. I mean, the journalist had enough time to throw 1 shoe, reload, then throw another. And even after that, it took some time for ppl to react. Weren't the guards supposed to jump in front of even a bullet to save the President. And all they did was watch Mr.Bush play Dodge-shoe. Argh...

There were a lotta comments about this video which has had more than 5 million views. But i liked this the best: "The journalist had an opportunity of a lifetime. Its like running for gold and missing it in the last 5 meters".

An Iraq citizen spoke to the press stating that "Throwing a shoe at someone is a sign of insult in Iraq. It means that person is worse than the dust under the shoes", or something similar to this. Well, did they really think that Americans take that as an honor of some sort. Get a life...

On the other side, Mr. Bush actually has done something good to the economy. Mr. Baydan, the supposedly creator of the famous shoe, has had more than 100,000 orders from several countries after the incident and the firm has given employment to more than 100 ppl. Looks like Mr. Bush has done the good deed of his reign. Way to go... Moreover, he seems to be taking it pretty light-heartedly. "This shows freedom of speech. All I can say is it it size 10", was his jovial comment.

The incident became so popular that there's even a game online mocking it. Ppl sure r determined. Anyway, i just thot I'll giv u the link. So, hav fun...

-> Play Dodge-Shoe

The world just seems to be waiting for something interesting to happen eh.. After all, y els wud i even write this post..

Welcome 2009

Well, I do realize that this is kinda late for such a post. Nyway, better late than never, rite..
So, here we go...

Every new year's eve, we celebrate the oncoming year. But y do we really celebrate? R we really excited about getting a new calendar? Or the innumerable pointless resolutions that we make, but forget to keep up? Or is it d day off from our workplace? The truth is - We just need a reason to celebrate :). A reason to hav fun, get in touch with friends, stay up late in the night, booze, make up with broken relationships n so on.

So with the truth out in the light, lets get to know some reasons y we really could celebrate the onsetting of year 2009. In general, it has become customary to have several names for a particular year with respect to the recent trends and happenings. In this context, 2009 has its own specialities.

• Chinese: Year of the Ox
• Science: Year of Science
  
• Economy: Year of the thaw
• Internet: Year of the Hacker
  
• Astronomy: Year of Astronomy
• Computer: Year of the Linux Delusion
  
• Environment: Year of the Gorilla
  
• US: Year of travel deal

With this, I pass on my new yr wishes to everyone. N if u still r bent upon making new yr resolutions, lemme help u wid some that u can easily keep up.

• Read less books. A little learning is a dangerous thing. Too much of it can really wreck your head
• Eat more. Dont u look skinnier
• Cut down on exercise. Too much is bad for your health, it can even kill you.
• Watch more TV. It's very educational. Catch up on all those programs you missed down the years.
• Work less. Take it easy. All work and no play can make you a dull boy or girl.
• Play more computer games. Scientists say they're good for you and improve your visual skills. But you always knew that.

Btw I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me...