Anatomy of an aspiring "Filmy" item!!!

(PLEASE NOTE: Following writing is based on personal opinions and observations. No offence is intended. But still if you find it offending, you have been infected by a Virus named "Filmistani Familia". Self examination suggested)

With a Kareena Kapoor starrer movie (named Heroine) about to release, I got this random thought that "Heroine, as in a female counterpart of the film, is a character that can add spice and salt to any boring parcel of a 3-hour entertainment spectacle."

And then I thought of the people I know. Among the insane number of people I know, there is an earmarked group of females who are either models, struggling actresses or those who have marginally deepened their feet in the show-biz circus of silver screen. And one thing occured to me that there does lie a thin common thread between them. Some kind of similarity. Some common chemical composition that gels them together to a single family of human genetics.

Probably that was the time when I started taking this topic from the level of curiosity to analysis.
And bravo!!! I was correct. All these girls (may be wannabe's) have a series of tendencies that can enlighten you with a fact that she might is an aspiring "filmy maal" :P

And when I analyzed the facts, I found out results which were too perfect and stunning to be true. Few of them can be noted down as below:

1. These girls have a habit to play with her hair every now and then. They think that even a wrong strand of hair in their attire can utterly debauch their "looks".

2. These girls have insane faddism for nose rings. On a background / social verification, you can easily find at least one pic of these girls with a female friend (both wearing nose rings and smiling at the camera as if there is no tomorrow). Period!!!

3. These girls' brand following can be split in three parts:
    A: Class A hardly are brand followers and they believe in the principle of being cheap is cheesy. They often laugh loudly at a public place for any poor joke (justifying their blonde existence).
    B: Class B follows accessories brands specifically. Their goggles have tags such as Armani, Gucci, Vogue in those areas which can even be viewed from google maps. Their tops and shoes have gaudy colours with equally gaudy brand tags.
    C: Class C exists from other Galaxy. They bring their style from outer planet and claim their own style statement by wearing accessories of all kinds at the same time.

4. In their early teens, these girls can be commonly seen at places with wannabe college hunks. These guys, most often, sport long hair, wear a locket, a bracelet or leather arm band and wear goggles most of the time.

5. If you meet their family members (or if, sadly, are a part of it) you can find one whimsical character among them. This person in their family, might not be an easier one to spot but these girls themselves speak it out by describing him / her as bechara, funny or cute.

6. Whenever these girls meet you after a long time, they try to exhibit either of these two characteristics:
    A: They are so damn glad to meet you and how much they remembered you for the while
    B: They pretend to be damn serene and calm and give you a very plastic smile

7. Many of them are blackberry lovers. They might not use even 10% features of the phone but it makes their potential future statement. No matter which other company brings out any better phone, they stick to Blackberry. Reason: Mystery

8. These girls are expert in getting a sharp look of innocence on their faces. Even though their wear Micro-mini's or Spaghetti's, they imitate to be momma's girl.

9. These girls are always single. Hardly they will confess of being in a relationship. However, on their background check, you can indubitably find that 80% of them had dirty affairs in schools or mid-teen ages.

10. These girls are party news animals. They may or may not attend filmy parties, they keep updates of all the hot and hip happenings of town.

11. Channels like Zoom, MTV, Channel V are what they follow as a religion.

12. They hate Mumbai (as they say). They prefer their native place over any other thing on this planet. But on the contrary, they are the among the first to grab a ticket to Mumbai for any damn reason.

13. They don't know a shit about what is going around in the "REAL" world. They might not know if the petrol prices are going to rise, but they definitely know what is going to be the name of Aishwarya Rai's baby.

14. Their love / lovable's change from time to time. But at any instance of time, they either love some cricketer, a foreign actor or some less known sport-star.

15. These girls are radioactive. They continuously emit raditions with their impulsive exposures (this might be intentionally). But they make sure that nothing is "really" exposed. That's the mantra to become a model / heroine.

16. At any damn scenario on this planet, these girls make sure to portray themselves as a victim of society. They pull in the blues so badly yet substansively that it can send a sleuth into a round of confusion.

17. At any instance of time, their Facebook friend ratio is minimum 5:1 (5 guys : 1 girl). Also, almost all of their Facebook photos have likes and comments.

Thus, it can be claimed that any lady with the features stated above should never be under estimated. You never know when such girl can reach to the Page-3 ultimately clinging to the Silver screen.
But beware, these femme fatales can go ahead to become a part of entertainment hippodrome. DON"T FALL FOR THEM!!!

(जन हित मे जारी!!! ISSUED IN PUBLIC INTEREST!!!)

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- Alok

Tryst with destiny

"Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom..."
Golden words that poured hope, zeal and delight on the face of every Indian alive on 15th Aug, 1947. Hundreds of thousands of Martyrs spilled their blood for one noble cause... Independence. It has been a while and those good deeds are somehow getting gradually obliterated...

It is 2012, an era of Generation-X and what we witness today, indeed, is a period of utter independence... "Utter" specifically because majority of people around carry a common attitude... "Who gives a F*** man!!!" I agree, it won't be a precise notion to say that everything has gone on the dark side but again, is it what our forefathers died for?

Leave what happened in the past 65 years, let us rememeber of what has happened in past 1 year. Summing up the few issues that we touched upon in last one year, here can be a list...
- MSTC gold export scam (464 Crore fraud)
- Delhi surgical gloves procurement scam
-  NHAI Highway Scam (30 Crore)
- Maharshtra Stamp duty scam (640 Crore)
- IGI Delhi Airport Scam (1,63,000 Crore)

And many many more...

We all have read it in newspapers, also have discussed it and have forgotten... Reason? The same attitude!!! "Who gives a F*** man!!!" I won't be putting the ghosts of the past together which have been haunting us throughout the period... May that be billions of rupees spent every year on Kasab and Afzal Guru, Adarsh Scam or mud-on-the-face we had due to CWG.  On a slight positive lining, we witnessed Anna Hazare leading a campaign for Lokpal and our dear Generation-X rallying and following him by wearing caps and colouring faces with tag: "Mein Anna hu". And what next? We saw those pictures uploaded and shared on Facebook!!! Even worse, we had lousy females DJ Jenny D, Roslyn Khan and Yogita Dandekar going naked with body paint in support of the campaign. Isn't that a shrude reminisce of our history?

I, on a personal front, have seen people often screaming about brain drain. I, also witness (every now and then) "I hate those who go abroad" mentality people. We also want to stay here, see our nation become a super power, work hard, have a secured life and enjoy the fruits of this soil. But is there a slightest sliver of faith that this can happen? No offence to anybody but frankly, what worse can it get here? What social security is there? Are women safe? (For those who say, "Hell YES!!!) Please open the newspaper and read. Every other day I read about rapes, molestation, corruption, and women / men getting killed for dirty & disgustingly filthy reasons... But again, what we do? We boil our blood, throw the newspaper in disgust and get ourselves our potion of calm "Who gives a F*** man!!!"

I absolutely am not a revolutionary, neither am I someone extra ordinary to get the things in my hands and lead a brigade of anti-corruption and morality. But what I definitely am is the voice of a common man!!! I am a voice which travels every morning to office on the roads that can hardly be called good. I am a voice that fights every second for existence and I finally am a voice that always falls on dead ears. As cockroaches have lived for over aeons, we shall live as well... Modifying ourselves to deal with our cascading habitat and enjoying on small instances of happiness (Bravo!!! We got 6 Olympic medals :) )

We indeed have made a Tryst.. A tryst with Darwin's law: "Survival of the fittest"
A tryst with agony, a tryst with frustration in daily living, a tryst with our DESTINY!!!

Those souls, who poured their blood for freedom, if are seeing this, should be laughing on what has happened...
Indeed Jai Hind has limited its boundary only on Boundaries of this Mother nation where a handful of valiants are sacrificing themselves so that a handful of powerful men can exploit the remaining 1.2 billion living here...

What a Tryst!!!!

Does “Serendipity” exist?

“Waqt se pehle aur kismat se jaada kisi ko kuch nahi milta…”

I have always wondered how true-life this statement stands!!!

It happens many a times that we are compelled to use this statement; whether forthright or silently inside the crevices of the unstable mind. But on the other hand, we also witness few people around us who, even in daily life, fulfill their errands with butter smooth complexity.

How it happens? Why it happens?

Many questions, such as these, are often left unanswered. At this point of time, we rely on the patent answers which are the favourite justifications of our naïve mind. The answers being:

-          -  I should have worked hard

-          - The (other) guy/girl deserves it… He’s that clever / worthy

-          - I am lacking somewhere in seeing the opportunity

-          - I shall learn from the experiences and improve

And finally…

-         " It’s not just my luck"

LUCK…

The sole point which is absolutely 110% out of the scope, capacity and prediction of any living person around. But if luck is an entity that works in cases, then it must give some signs and indications of its charisma.

If observed closely, when luck is about to take charge, it follows a mechanized path of incidences. Incidences that give you a forewarning of what is going to come about. A pattern of outcomes, small junctures where you are forced to feel the incandescent positivity around you. In addition, there exists a typical, or rather, periodical manner in which the things fall your way.

This is the time, when you are forced to think… “Does serendipity exist?”

It always happens, apparently with everyone. However, what we do is, we fail to see the swing of the pendulum of destiny. When the pendulum of destiny is swinging far away from us, we blame our luck… And nothing wrong in it, it’s quite understandable. However, one should realize the critical niche when the pendulum of destiny starts swinging with positivity.

Before coming to a full momentum, the destiny gives its indicators time and again through an array of minute incidences. If we are able to grab hold of these minor positive details, we can ensure to reap the maximum output of this positivity.

However... Is it the nature or incapability of human brain that forbids us to see these chances? If ever, in future, are we able to create a device that taps positivity, we may get an answer to the question… “Does Serendipity exist?”

How much more can the Hindi film industry fall?

There was a time when the Indian Cinema's silver screen was a battleground for some of the aces in the domains of acting, music and direction. The music, once composed by legendary music directors such as Khayyam Saab, S.D. Burman, O. P. Nayyar till R. D. Burman, Laxmikant-Pyarelal and more recently A. R. Rehman still pulls us back into nostalgia.

Similar was the scenario with acting when prominent performers, for instance, Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Rajesh Khanna (to name a few) dazzled the silver cinema of Hindi film industry. Worth mentioning, to add cherry on the cake, this all “filmy masala” was given a major fillip by the lyricists, cinematographers, directors and all the film production crew that toiled to give its audience, what may be called, a good cinema.

And then, the state of affairs changed. May be changed forever with the advancement of this new millennium. The evergreen music got replaced by ephemeral, peppy tunes (many of them sheer rip-off). The films became Friday to Friday talk-about news and, since then, this process is going on and on and on.

Since the time Dadasaheb Phalke commenced an activity, which went on to become multi-million dollar industry, everything has turned heels-over-head for Indian Cinema.
After a “still ok” period of 90’s where films struggled to have stupendous stories, mind blowing performances and legendary music, there has come a period where things are falling below par in terms of qualitative aura. Probably, it’s the “fast food” generation which is not allowing quality to gain an upper hand. Films, that post a sold-out banner in cinema halls, are still part of short-lived memories. Films are more about head banging music (backed up by the remixes of its original tracks), actors flexing their muscles and actresses who are no more that sugar pies shedding their clothes to please the “dripping tongue” audience.

In the period where Bipashas, Mallikas and many others are becoming juicy fantasies of almost every youngster, it is not unforeseen that the industry is going to a hit a new all time low in coming time. A journey stared by “The great showman”, with actresses in white sarees under waterfall, has taken a momentum which nobody imagined 20-25 years ago. The music has merely become a reason to shake the hips and the actors have taken the form of role models for this upcoming generation. Who is to blame? The makers of these films or the audience, which whistles at the “thumkas”? Now days, people like Sunny Leone and Veena Malik are becoming the news makers and are offered handsome pays for roles in the films.

The times have changed so fast… Once when female counterparts in the movie were robust performers such as Smita Patil; they are now getting gradually transformed into Rakhi Sawant and more recently into Sunny Leone.

How much more can the industry fall? Is it going to happen that the nostalgic melodies of legends such as Kishore Da, Rafi, Lata and Asha are going to be replaced “FOREVER” by Zandu Balms and Kolavari D’s?

-Alok

Can Nokia be saved by a visionary?

After a disastrous turmoil in the market, a new face came to buoy the sinking fleet of Nokia...

Mr. Stephen Elop. A person with a massive track record of making thing fall in place, he joined the organization as the spearhead. The motive... To help Nokia recover from the trauma it suffered from the slap in the face from Android and Apple.

He came, he saw, did he conquer?
There is nothing that can be said so far.

Since the alliance of the "once upon a time" greatest handset manufacturer and Microsoft, times have not changed enough for Nokia.
The mobile market for 2012 has began with a blast as Samsung announced 12 new models for the year.
On the parallel lines, HTC, Sony and Apple are not far behind.
Android (which has already grabbed enough pace) is undergoing an awaited update...
On this complete scenario what we have from Nokia?
Lumia 800 and 701... These phones would have definitely been the apple of the eye had these been released ages ago.
Nokia is not coming out with something outrageously different that can register the company's trademark comeback in this competitive "ecosystem".

Personally speaking, I have too much respect for Mr. S. Elop (he stands right in my list of "The Respected's" after the all great Mr. Steve Jobs).
However, I expect a slash of brilliance from Nokia to shut the mouths of Nokia non-believers.

Wish all the very best to Nokia.