As the second week of July begins, I've begun to accept the inevitable reality of my life. A reality that was pretty easy to compartmentalize for over fours years, and has become one of the longest runnings jokes amongst everyone who knows me... The answer to the question, When are you getting married? To be honest, I still don't know for sure. Though I think its been narrowed down to the next three months... While my life has come crashing down to a stand still, my entire class has since pretty much moved on... From marriages to work projects, further studies and a few lucky ones have begun their careers as well.. What do I have to show for the past two months since graduation? A name tag from Zenith, a few more pounds of fat gained and a smattering of shattered dreams.. (I'm looking at you Girls Futsal Team!) The last academic year for me was the greatest by far, I've never been much of an extra ciricular kind of a person, but this year I first got to make a documentary about Javed Iqbal with fellow blogger Sidrat Asim and Saad Halim... It taught me a lot about myself and my friends...mostly the fact that creators are unobjectively (I hope that's a word) possessive of their work...and criticism is hard to get used to...But like Verona said "Don't let anyone make you feel like you don't deserve what you want" I still do date am extremly proud of what we accomplished..even if the judges failed to see it...
Secondly I got to make an advertisement for an inter university competition held at IBA...as students of business administration we're not expected to be creative art directors, but to be able to showcase our talents and ability to understand and manage brands...well that's part of it, but more important was the fact that I got to do it with my closest friends...we had a blast doing it..and winning second prize was probably the icing on the cake...we've all since moved on...but I can only hope that when and if we do meet up...I want to be able to recapture those times we had...
I know that only the rare lucky ones get to keep their school/university friends for life..so for all of you who've stayed in touch..I love you and for all of those who tried but failed...I'm sorry, I should've been a better friend...for the rest fo us..let's hope we're the rare lucky ones... :)
Monday, July 6, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
New York, New York
It's been a while since my friends and I were able to agree upon the same movie to go watch at the cinema..I got cheated out of Star Trek and Terminator...but we all agreed we wanted to check out New York, the latest Aditya Chopra, Yash Raj production...The trailers looked slick and the movie promised to be somewhat of a step towards a more serious, thought-provoking material from a more commercial production house...Even the people who had seen it were raving about how amazing the movie was, "go watch it now!" "Bring tissues along, real tear jerker!" said people's facebook and twitter status updates... I was hoping to be wowed..sadly I was sorely disappointed...and let me say that it wasn't a solitary reaction...people left early..those who stuck around came out of the cinema shaking their heads...
For a movie who's usp is the religion of its main protagonist, it pretty non-denominational...and that isn't a bad thing..what our protagonist want is their dignity back and religion is not a factor in that argument...so it works...but the arguments and justifications for the actions of both parties, the FBI and our protagonists lack conviction or for that matter any logic at all...my friend reminded me of how much I hated Ghajini when I was watching it in the cinema, but have since come to love the movie...but where Ghajini celebrates and enjoys how over-the-top it is (which is what I love most about it anyway) New York wants to be taken seriously, but belief in faulty logic and leaps of faith across the Grand Canyon are required for that to work,so I think I can safely say my opinion of it is unlikely to change...
All four actors shine in parts with the roles they've been assigned, but for me Jon Abraham steals the show, he has evolved immensly as an actor and once again manages to showcase his poise and composure and temprament...No credit should be taken away from the rest of the cast either...Katrina does a splendid job, though I believe her character was not done justice in the movie, both Neil and Irfan light up the screen with their chemistry (did anyone else feel the gay vibes in that relationship :p)...another charater that shone for me was Zilgai, the actor portraying him was brilliant, controlled and hysterical simultaneously..mad props...
I think the writer and director failed the actors and characters...Maybe it was the quest to make it more commercial that did them in, or as a commercial creative unit they did not have the ability to pull off what should have been a more well crafted movie...
Reasons to watch the movie: good, nay great acting
Interesting dialogue, except when they try and preach
Excellent music
For a better script and direction I suggest people go back and watch Khuda ke Liye or even United 93
For a movie who's usp is the religion of its main protagonist, it pretty non-denominational...and that isn't a bad thing..what our protagonist want is their dignity back and religion is not a factor in that argument...so it works...but the arguments and justifications for the actions of both parties, the FBI and our protagonists lack conviction or for that matter any logic at all...my friend reminded me of how much I hated Ghajini when I was watching it in the cinema, but have since come to love the movie...but where Ghajini celebrates and enjoys how over-the-top it is (which is what I love most about it anyway) New York wants to be taken seriously, but belief in faulty logic and leaps of faith across the Grand Canyon are required for that to work,so I think I can safely say my opinion of it is unlikely to change...
All four actors shine in parts with the roles they've been assigned, but for me Jon Abraham steals the show, he has evolved immensly as an actor and once again manages to showcase his poise and composure and temprament...No credit should be taken away from the rest of the cast either...Katrina does a splendid job, though I believe her character was not done justice in the movie, both Neil and Irfan light up the screen with their chemistry (did anyone else feel the gay vibes in that relationship :p)...another charater that shone for me was Zilgai, the actor portraying him was brilliant, controlled and hysterical simultaneously..mad props...
I think the writer and director failed the actors and characters...Maybe it was the quest to make it more commercial that did them in, or as a commercial creative unit they did not have the ability to pull off what should have been a more well crafted movie...
Reasons to watch the movie: good, nay great acting
Interesting dialogue, except when they try and preach
Excellent music
For a better script and direction I suggest people go back and watch Khuda ke Liye or even United 93
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