The new name of Nonsense - Ghajini!!

Warning: Watching this movie can cause severe head damage. Viewer discretion is advised. Only people w/o brains shall be able to suffer this cavalry. Incase you survive, you will beg to be a patient of anterograde amnesia so that you can forget this ordeal.

What happens when you blow up a balloon off its limits? It bursts. And that is what happened with my expectations with Ghajini. If you have to look at your watch seven times during a movie, believe me, it's not good for the movie! Half the way through the story, the director actually goofs-up with amnesia and anterograde amnesia! The songs all work in conjuction in slowing down the pace of the already sluggish film. Sometimes, it gives you a feel that you are watching a B grade South Indian film instead of a Hindi one. Rab ne bana di jodi, which till now I considered as  purely idiotic, lest funny, now appears as a box office  blockbuster. Aamir khans growls, just like his family pack body are all plastic. He is brilliant actor, I agree, but he fails to get into the mould of an action hero. 

For people who have already seen momento, the ghajini affair won't even be tolerable. The acumen that the plot of momento possesed is altogether missing from ghajini. After a point it becomes a hero-on-a-vengence-for-lovers-death movie that you have seen a zillion times. The disease itself is unconvincingy potrayed, as if Aamir is selctive of when to forget and when to not. The entire story is fairly predictable. Aamir's way of wrecking havoc over his enemies is indigestible. Asin is good. Jiah, as usual, boring. Aamir echelons lower than the DJ of Rang de Basanti.

The beauty of Momento was its simplicity and intelligensia of the plot. You could easily identify with Guy Pearce's forgetful character, which is not the case with Aamir's. The fim is salted with some cheap comedy with a Shahrukh look-alike which might impress the Reserve and First class audience. A.R. Rehaman's music is a BIG loser. You just can't believe that this is the same person who did the orchestra of Slumdog Millionaire. You won't even understand a word of Prasoon Joshi's lyrics. 

The only impressive scenes are Asin's brutal murder and the penultimate action scenes, because they were done without any gore or blood. Overall, Ghajini fails to impress; rather depresses. Don't waste your money on Ghajini as I did by going first-day-first-show. In the theatre Amir was tearing off his clothes, and outside the theatre I was tearing off my hair!

(..............And which type of person wears muscle clinging short shirts in the corporate world, please clarify!)

 I'll rather suggest to beg, borrow or steal the DVD of Slumdog Millionaire and watch it. Change my name if your heart doesn't jump out with joy after watching Slumdog.  

Sire, it is not a revolt - it is a revolution!

I wanted to write this blog post on 16th november, the day of CAT, describing the Cat-astrophe. But due to some rasons, followed by a terrible turn of events, I wasn't able to do so. For 3 days, I, you and all our countrymen were under siege - the siege that engulfed Chabad, Taj and Oberoi.I won't talk of the facts and figures, as they must be pinned to your memory by now. I am not a bureaucrat or advisor who wants to advise the deaf indian government on what it ought to do, and what it did. This is just the voice of a common Indian, of what he wants to see, of what his newfound bloodthirstiness is about, and  also, of what he can, and will do....

We are thirsty - thirsty for the blood of those who were responsible for the annihilation at TAJ, thirsty for the blood of Afzal Guru, thirsty for the blood of Lashkar-e-toiba and thirsty for the blood of terrorists and those breeding them. A debate's raging in the nation. For the first time people are explicitly vocal against politicians in a unanimous voice. They want immideate results! 

               Sire, it is not a revolt - it is a revolution!

For me, cleanliness and revolution start at home. Today, I was thinking of what I, as an unarmed common man, can do to combat terrorism. The media and newspapers are busy dissecting the political, beureaucratic and intel. failures, but I am concerned with me, and the 1 billion people with 2 billion eyes, and what they can do.Indians are known to be submissive people, they aren't born-fighters (and when they do, they fight for all the wrong reasons.Eg. The NaistoNabood Sena). We will need to progress from "Dehal gayi Mumbai and Seham gaya Bharat"  to "Badla legi Mumbai and Khoon ke aasoon rulayega Bharat." We need to act, and act fast. To aid this these are some of my thoughts: 

1>A PSYCHOLOGICAL mentality, similar to Cold War Soviet Union, or present day Israel -"Remain Vigilant at all times". The armed forces should train people for this. We should know a way to spot the unusual among the usual. The terrorists had videotaped Taj, Chabad House and many other spots in Mumbai. Assume someone vieotaping your home - you WILL enquire him. Assume someone videotaping your country - you now NEED to enquire him.

2>A NO-NEGOTIATION policy against terrorists - It's easy to say, but hard to achieve. I know what I am asking, I am asking you (touchwood! it may never happen) to leave hopes for any negotiation, in case your near and dear one's get in such an ugly situation. This did happen in the IC814 hijacking case, and we had to let go of three dreaded bastards because of it. This one policy will work towards our benefit in the long-term. It will act as the womb of the "fighting-spirit", that I am talking about. People will experience that fearlessness, the same courage that American civilians showed on 9/11 onboard the United 93 flight preventing it from crashing over the White House, because they will not have an option. There will be blood, but all those people would act as a warning to the terrorists - BEWARE! We can Fight, and We can Kill. Secondly, this will also prove to be a deterrant for hostage situations, because if such a policy is in force, the very purpose of holding people at ransom is defeated.

3>Compulsory MILITARY Training - Basic combat moves will help people with their reflexes. If, by chance, you as a hostage, get hold of an AK or even a knife, and have an advantageous position, you should atleast know how to use it. You should know where the Gun's lock is, or how a knife is held and on which part of the body should it be targeted for a sure-shot kill.

4>TERROR for TERRORISTS - It may sound inhuman, but terrorists should be promptly and PUBLICLY executed. Terrorists can take to anything, but not humiliation. They should be executed in full media glare, so that a prospective terrorist should think twice before venturing in any destructive activity.  

People now want to see pro-active actions rather than re-actions. Unfortunately, the government has not been able to give even a proper reaction. The days of political apathy and dilly-dallying are over.People want to see PoK, if not Pakistan,  bombed. We want slain terrorists. 200 people have been killed in the mayhem, don't we have the right to kill one Afzal Guru??

I would like to end this with an advise for those terrorists,

                   If you are a terror to many, beware of many.......