Roller Coaster Ride !!

Well, it wasn't a roller coaster ride in literal sense. Just that I was running out of words for blog-post title :P

So....

I have been moving from place to place for last four months. And it started in March with Bangalore (I am missing namma Bengaluru days), spent lazyApril month in Pune; Delhi in May (Would have gone mad in Delhi heat... at it peaks) and now it's Mumbai's turn (still experiencing .. so far so good, waiting for rains and to rush to Dakkhan-Western Ghats).

After coming to Mumbai and staying not-(leisurely)-internet connected for almost last 15-20 days, I really need a internet connection and feel like I am missing many things. To my surprise, (unlike to - for what I had to struggle in Pune) I have got the internet wired connection at home within 24 hrs. Probably, it's a locality wherein I am staying has 'mattered'.

Hopefully I should be able to post next blog-entry with my own connection.

-Dhan

Priceless (2006)

सद्ध्या ऑड्रे टोटूचा Priceless हा फ्रेंच पिच्चर पहायला घेतलाय. अतिश्रीमंत धनाढ्य लोकांची (म्हातारे का असेनात) संगत करून, त्यांच्याकडे उचलेगिरी करून उंची रहाणीमान जगणारी आयरिन एका हॉटेल वेटरला तिचा गिऱ्हाईक समजते आणि मग कालांतराने तिला त्याचा खऱ्या परिस्थितीबद्दल जाणीव होते. मात्र तिच्यावर प्रेम करता करता, मग तोही अशाच प्रकारच्या चक्रामध्ये अडकतो अशी काहीसी कथा, पुढे काय होणार या साठी movie पहायला लागेल....... इ.इ.

बघू मला इंग्लिश डब version मिळाली नसल्याने, मी subtitles ची वाट बघतोय. ऑड्रे टोटू चे काही पिच्चर मी आधी पाहिलेत. मस्त दिसते आणि भुमिका छान निभावते. तिच्या  अमेली या चित्रपटाला ऑस्कर नामांकन मिळालं होतं. ’देवा’ने recommend केल्यामुळे मी तिचा He loves me, loves me not हा movie पाहिला.  He loves me, loves me not या रोमॅंटिक, सायको, थ्रिलर मध्ये तिचं काम झक्कास. तशी  या चित्रपटाची कथा, सादरीकरणला नक्कीच दाद द्यावी लागेल. Overlapping, alternate scenes, One sided interpretations followed by actual incidents -  give story different twists and turns. Well represented !!.

तसाच तिचा "A very long engagement" हा चित्रपट पहाण्याची संधी मला HBO TV Channel मुळे मिळाली.  A very long engagement मध्ये ऑड्रे टोटू ने युद्ध्यामध्ये गायब झालेल्या सैनिकाच्या Financee ची भुमिका केलीये. वेगळ्या वेगळ्या व्यक्तींकडून मिळणारी असंबद्ध माहितीतून मागोवा काढत, आपल्या होणाऱ्या नवऱ्याच्या भेटीची दूर्दम्य इच्छा ठेवून, सरपटत चालणाऱ्या, अथक प्रयत्न करणाऱ्या व्यक्तीची तिने भुमिका छानपणे निभावली होती.

-धनंजय

Ethics and Transparency....

Damn !!

Life isn't so easy if one is all ethical and transparent.It makes things questionable whether I have chosen "reasonable" way or not ... especially for utmost vital decisions of life? Probably these are the times when personality as an aspect comes out.

:Dhan

Aamir Khan - Striving for perfection

Aamir Khan for his upcoming movie was shooting in my hostel campus, we were fortunate enough to see him performing live. So I was watching his schedule at 3:45 am. He was inside the hostel room (this room was designed specifically for shooting, and it is almost like any other of hostel room around and ensured not to disturb hostelites as far as possible) and there he was, completely involved into his character. Once The take was okay'ed he would rush outside the room and sit just in front of the room, he joined the chess game which he left unfinished before going for the next take. And he started playing it with the same concentration and zeal. When director called up for the next take, he was pretty much there with his whole energy and engrossment into it. This quick transformation from one role for reel to another in reality was amazing. His game continued for whole night and the guys in front of him kept changing, obviously there were first year students who were having some breathing time.

 
Aamir has been playing every possible game in campus. He was seen playing Baddy with us, then cricket, Long tennis, football, TT, volley ball, and of course chess. and almost, after each game, he is smiling with his posture upon the request of fellow IIMB'ians to have a snap with him.

I guess his body is now toned down. It's no longer like what we have seen in Gajini. It's obvious since he hasn't got access to well equipped gym and probably his character in this movie doesn't need that. Even Sherman Joshi and R madhavan are simple & down to earth, they are easy to access and ready to talk general things.

In front of our canteen, Boman Irani was asking whether he can smoke there or not. And with little apprehension, he lit his sigar (it wasn't some simple sigarrette but something like that).
Raju hirani, I felt is good human being. Very considerate.

iStanford

iStanford is new service offering by two of Stanford student: Kayvon and Aaron. They have developed iPhone application which allows Stanford university students to add-drop course, access map, campus bus timings, etc using Apple iPhone.

It's the first time Stanford University administration has allowed student to access university servers-data without secure protocol/applications.

Do we have such people in India, both in terms of student and the administration? Or atleast can we facilitate/foster it?