Johnny met Sonny :)

Saturday evening , scheduled to meet at CCD, ‘Date’ Ya Ya , call it a date. He was looking at his watch, waiting for ‘Sonny’, was before time and that too half n hour early, ‘that’s bad’ he said to himself, as it shows desperation n gals don’t like desperate guys. Excuses are needed to give Sonny for coming early. His mind started recalling all the Bollywood excuses, he decided whatever he picks from those list it should be terse. Hmm..better to say that “5 min phele hee ayaa hun”. Ya that’s better..’Terrific Johnny’ , he said to himself.

But what to do now, he swept a look covering every corner of the CCD , people yacking at every table, no one sitting idle and alone, suddenly a thought hit him “What if any of his frnd see him there sitting all alone”, although none of his frnd will ever come to CCD on Saturday evening that’s the time to booze at pub. “Forget it” he said to himself , will see when it comes.

He had waited long to meet her, weeks of messaging and talking on phone late nights, spoiling his sleep, all these crap things he thought, had brought him to this moment, this brought a smile(crooked one) on his face . Never seen her before , so decided on a dress code which would be helpful in recognizing each other. The lyrics of the song from the movie “MDK” was flowing in his head . “Andheki anjanai si, pagli si deewani si, na jane kaise hogi woh”. Sonny’s voice was all charming, sexy and glittering , from that he framed a image of her in his mind/heart, though voice and looks have no synergy, but that’s the way one’s imagination defines and relate things.

All of a sudden his Nokia N72 started making noise, disturbing his thought process, it was her, he picked it up, “I’m there, Where r u ?” she said, “Inside , corner table” he said , as his heart started pounding heavily. She walked inside the CCD passing all the tables and fast approaching him, he raised his hand and his eyes scanning her as if looking for bugs in her, “She is hot and certainly beddable!!!”(courtesy –Company of women), Aaah!! That’s the problem of reading Khushwant Singh (No offense ).

Sonny: Hi!
Johnny: Hello!

Sonny: “Sorry I was late”.
Johnny: “Na na, I’m early , you are on time”. What was that ? I never saw that coming, minutes before I was looking for excuses and here I am admitting.

He was still staring at her, as she was going thru the Menu. “I hate this silence” he said. Someone should initiate to get out of it. What to say????

Sonny : “Let’s order something , I’m hungry ”.
Johnny: Gr8 she broke the ice, gals and eating are Synonyms I guess. “Ya please go ahead ”.

Sonny : One Chicken Sandwich with cheese , one French fries and one ice lemon tea.
Johnny: God I guess she ordered for both of us.

Sonny: “Yeh Johnny”. What for u man.?
Johnny: Only ice lemon tea. Why “only” in that statement, that’s for sarcasm , he giggled.

Sonny: Actually I skipped my lunch , was busy with something.
Johnny: It’s fine Yaar. “Busy” in what? It came out of my mouth, the very thought of its consequences chilled my blood, b’coz this mark the entry of unrelated , uninterested bulk of nonsense hitting my ears shortly of which I was least bothered.

Sonny: Nothing of that importance, just routine weekend stuff.
Johnny: That’s it, I thought. She suddenly took me off the hook. I was happy. “So..” before I could complete my sentence -her phone started ringing.

Sonny : Sorry, Excuse me.
Johnny: Hmm!! That will give me some time now to glare at her and reformulate myself. She was beautiful, minimal make up, no jazzy jewels. Simple yet appealing in her Blue jeans and white T-shirt. She was laughing ,that made me angry who was on other side, that reminded me of the late night talks where I made her laugh. Finally She hung up. I was about to Ask “Who was it”.

Sonny: It was bro. U were saying something.
Johnny: Ya, I forgot.

Sonny: What?
Johnny: Actually the throw of u r beauty are killing my brain cells and my senses. “Bravo Johnny” that’s the way.

Sonny: She started smiling. "U r too much" she said

And that was just the beginning of long awaited love for both of them, lot’s of such meeting that marked the era of new phase in life for them. The ‘Lust’ of the first date with Sonny was converted into everlasting ‘Love’ for Johnny.

They still meet and talk on phone late nights but it’s not the talk or words which connects them. Basically Words define Us but Love connects Us.

Kholo Kholo!!!

Song from Tare Zameen Par. Well this is a unique post as everyone does a MV review or Music Review of that MV. Here I ‘m doing the song review ,will give u a weirdo impression about me, but that won’t stop me from voicing my feeling . The Song is stewed in me, it has replaced my morning raga “Comfortably Numb-Pink Floyd ” which was ruling my personal charts for a long time.

Music !!!
Music is like second name for life, without music I’ll be lifeless but still breathing . It’s so much a part of my daily routine that I used to have set of songs(playlist) for different moods, Alas! mood swing r quite frequent for me so my playlist and even the songs on those playlist keeps on changing on hourly basis so dropped the idea of maintaining one. Better way is to pick the song depending upon the liking that very moment from the pool of songs which I have in my 320 GB hard disk.

Song selection!!
My ears are accustomed to every genre of songs, be it Gazals , Hindi movie songs, Pop, Classic, Rock, Hard Rock, to some extent hip-hop also. Any kind of noise which is soothing to my ears , I simply love them, n start listening to it ,b’coz after the acceptance of u r ear, u start paying heed to lyrics, vocal n music which formulate it.

Desparation!!!
“Kholo kholo darwaje, parde karo kinare, khoote se bandhi hai hawa , milke chudao yaaron” slowly but steadily started pleasing my ears. The promos of the new Aamir Khan (I hope I wrote the spelling correctly as he keeps on adding “As” to his name) had taken rapid speed n the airing of the song was also frequent , so used to hear this a lot on TV. Suddenly I started enjoying it n wanted to listen it non-stop n complete version of it until I was fully satisfied or u can say my thirst for the song was quenched. But I was hapless as it was weekend, no net connection at home, n month end so could not afford it also. So has to wait till Monday to go to office n download it. Never in my 2 years of IT life I had awaited so eagerly for Monday.

Reached office, Monday morning downloaded the song, played it and listened it for some time , than thought of passing it to others aficionado friends. They would certainly love it I thought. And yes they do appreciated the song.

The Song!!!
It’s a class act ,the song will reach u step by step once u increase the frequency of listening it on daily basis. Song of inspiration, song of encouragement, song filled with energy, song to hear in solitude as it will give u a good company . Guitar base, soft strumming of strings which slowly turns into soft-rock. After a long time Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy has given a track which is not based solely on Music rather he has paid homage to the mood n feel of the song . Lyrics by Prasoon Joshi is soulful , relentless sync in the lyrics goes perfectly well with guitar strumming in the Background. Check out these lines.

Tu dhoop hain jham se bikhar
Tu hai nadee o bekhabar
Beh chal kahin ud chal kahin
Dil khush jahan teri toh manzil hai wahin.

Motivates u to open up to the world fearless, accessing whatever u always dreamed of n which made u happy. He might have recited these lines keeping in mind that it’s a child movie. But man this works for the younger ones too. Well if u feel that it’s a child’s song than have a look at this irresistible piece of writing .

Tujh mein agar pyaas hai
Baarish ka ghar bhi pass hai
Roke tujhe koi kyon bhala
Sang sang tere aakash hai

These lines are excellently sung by Raman Mahadevan, I have heard him for the first time n believe me his singing ability had left a mark on me and will certainly leave on others too. Giving melodious touch to the song n soft rock vocal when he needed to emphasize more on the lyrics part rather than flow of the music. He is smooth with the flow of music n has given full justice to the Song. Can say the synergy of lyrics n Vocal worked for S.E.L in creating a master piece.

By the time the song ends u will be fully energized n charged . The lines “Tu Dhoop hai” are repeated in the end of the song though a bit different ,as it has drum beats along with guitar as its base component. So guys/gals give it at least a hearing . As if for now I don’t know how long I’ll enjoy this song but presently “I’m Loving it re”.

Office after 10 day break!!!

10 in the morning ..Lift door opened ,greeted by the guard personnel, I signed the register, swiped the card and enter the office after 10 days of vacation. The office was decorated by Jingle bells and miniature Santa Clauses , oh it was a Christmas celebration –preparation. Feeling of anguish creped on me, as they had not decorated the office for Diwali - Dussera and here they r celebrating Christmas one month before . AAh!!! Am I in INDIA or somewhere in Atlantics??

As I entered the office premises, something irk me, everything around me was moving in Slow Motion – I guess I have entered into the room with a different time frame . Suddenly I felt that these ppl have grown 10 years older in 10 days or have I grown 10 years younger in these 10 days. Silence so profound which riveted me on analyzing others faces as to what had happened to them in these 10 days. Before going on leave they were chirpy block of Software Engineer and now they can be labeled as the “Mugwumps” . Expressionless faces, covered with stress, profuse archaic as if incarcerated . Oh god !!! Help me I think I have entered into the place of UNDEAD, Help Me PLZ…!!! .

Each n Every ppl appear to me a Ghost-Daemon all specialized in different tactics , tricks and posses power to turn the “New one into One of them” . They don’t speak ,but still were able to communicate as the staring eyes increases from pairs to many without a single word uttered.

Got into my cubicle, got my laptop on desk , put in the Network cable , logged into office mail n gatlk almost simultaneously . More than 100 virgin mails where residing on my mailbox ,waiting for their BrideGroom. Suddenly I felt surrounded by my team mates and my colleagues as if they have come to Welcome me Back in the graveyard. Before I could make my move they started bombarding me with questions – How was u r vacation? How was u r Diwali? How is everyone back home? Sweets kahan hai? Hey hey !! wait guys… let me breathe …!! Before I could retort, another set of questions were fired. Kab aaye? Flight se aaye ya train se aaye? How is the climate back at home- Cold? Hot? Raining? . I was desperate..wanted to avoid ,ignore these questions…so I turned my attention to the laptop screen. To my dismay !! I was attacked with the same set of question thru world wide web also, PPL sitting on different location was using the messenger to virtually F*** me off. No respite for me , for further 1 hr. Finally they left me, I guess they were satisfied that now I’m one of them. As they left me tattered in pieces, biting me everywhere from body to mind to soul..nothing was left untouched, I looked into their eyes , got a msg “Welcome to The world of UNDEAD”. That’s the way they talk ..thru Eyes..now I have started understanding them.

Oblivious of the effect they had on me, I tried to reconcile ..closed my eyes , their haunting faces, were still there in my memory. I stood up from my seat , walked to the washroom, saw my reflection on the mirror … Could not believe my eyes I was fast turning into one of them. I splashed water on my faces , rubbed the face with hanker chief and got back to my place. My mind started showing me pictures as if it was trying to get back my lost memory.

Very soon I realized everything and my Role. AAH!!! I was one of them before I left for vacation, that long period had energized me, filled me with life , fun , happiness , joy. That’s why I was not able to recognize my friends in office and I felt sorry as I labeled them as Ghost, Daemons and OLD ones. I guess my colleagues didn’t tolerate my indecent behavior and adopted severe means to bring back my “YAD DASH”.

My thought process was interrupted by a signal which diverted my attention to the entrance door, another one enter the office after a long vacation , one of me few hours back, We stood up from our seats, communicating to each other thru eyes and then together we marched towards his cubicle to “Turn him into one of us”.

Fighter........!!!!!

Daylight shutting down, Night marching in leaps , cultivating frustration , suffused with regret, abrading all the sense , not knowing what to do –mind wandering to distant tracts….Finally something from inside..dictated… Wake up!!! Obeying the command ..Dragged the “Body” ..tired from the traffic, tortured by the daily monotonous routine of office, out of the BED clearing all the smoke fumes, opening the room door…. And deciding.. need a break from this haunting contemplation …NEED A DRINK!!!!!.

This is how his day “End” every day, any day , almost each day. This is the ballad of his life where he remember all the bad memories and wipe out all the good memories. Don’t know how long he’ll carry on leaving life like this ..torturing himself , putting himself on rigorous treachery ..where he betray all his dreams, pay no heed to his laziness , uncanny n unrealistic approach towards anything he undertake and in the end messing up everything.

Think, Plan, determination, motivation, attitude everything generated, everything ready for an Execution ..but when the time comes to deliver ..He find himself a big time loser…seems nothing is falling on places.. Putting all the Blame on Luck, Damn it’s averting …dragging him back to the same dump where he has been laying …don’t know since when.

Trying , trying n Trying to pull himself out …trying to reformulate himself from the pieces, which r scattered all over, trying to achieve a form which has a identity . He has never lost hope in himself, trying different tricks to put the Mind n Heart in sync. Struggling each day but still fighting …..with the world, with his treasonous feelings, with his work , with all the demons betwn him n his dreams , with everyone who believes otherwise and bate him down. He knows he will die fighting against all odds and that too fiercely. These will not slow him down in marching towards what he believes in n wat is presently eludes him.

Bravo DUDE!!!..this World don’t need Survivors they need Fighters. The testament of u r success will enchante one n all.

"Win -Dream" "Lose-nightmare" .. Mother of all series.

Long awaited series is coming up…”Pakistan Touring India” . A treat for the commentators , spectators, betters. Well this is a Diwali n Eid gift to the two communities which r sadly distinguished in India. This series will be a manifestation of why Cricket lovers all over the world has a vogue for Indo-Pak matches.Both teams have a point to prove .

There has been babbling all over among cricket critics that TTWC win was a fluke and to defeat Pakistan in the full format of 50 overs will be a uphill task . So Mr Dhoni(Indian Captain) gear up u have a point to prove i.e. “Win is never a fluke”. Pakistan…well after their series loss to SA which they were almost certain to win, change of fortune n a typical Sub Continent crash in the last encounter..cost them the match and the series too , are under tremendous pressure. Pressure of playing with India, pressure imposed by the Indian crowd on match day, pressure by the media(Pakistan as well as lit bit off India). So Mr Shoaib (Pakistan Captain)leave the prudery and charge u r self with what Pakistan is famous for….”Aggressiveness”.

Although there is 50-50 chance for both the teams of winning the series..but like every Indian.. I’m certainly looking forward for a complete whitewash .. I know I’m demanding …so let’s come out of my whim and analysis the key players of both the Teams from the fringes of favoritism on neutral Grounds.

Pakistan---“Expect the unexpected”

Every player is a key ..B’coz look at his history of winning streaks..whenever they won ..most of the time it was a team effort..no individuality.
Shoaib Akhtar is back…believe me his aggressiveness n speed will be the key to the Pakistan success in dismantling the Indian openers. He has been down from last few months ..but now is the time to wash all his sins.. If he performs he will be a Hero or else a History ,another chapter in Pakistan cricket will get closed-- unnoticed.
Shoaib Mallik---Boss he has been doing wonders with the Bat once he started dictating Pakistan team as a Captain. Watch out for him in this series he will brandish.
Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan – they r the two pillars of Pakistan Batting line up. It will be a pain in the camp to dislodge them.
Mohammad Asif- Hmmmm..no words for his talent only thing which I can say to Pitch creators don put grass on the pitch.. Otherwise he will make the life of each n every Indian miserable. Thank god he is not playing the initial Two match.

India—“Glorified by the TTWC win”

Always has been a team of one man show…Which helped them to win..whether on Bowling dept or Batting. So no doubt that this time also they depend on someone to deliver the fruits of Victory. They won TTWC ..it was not a fluke ..it was an out n out team Effort leaded by Dhoni n Yuvraj…

Yuviii---aah out n class… If runs flow from his Stick than there is no stopping … He is a master craftsman. People hate him for his attitude n I luv him for that.. If u don’t have attitude u are No one . This is the quality which differentiate u from masses. He lifts the team whether be his fielding or batting to some aspect bowling too until Mascrenas massacred him.
Sachin, Sourav, Zaheer—I put them under one bracket as they are the old horses ..we will look from them “Stability”.
Robin--- God he kills the bowler …with his willow…Difficult to handle when in Flow… tremendous style of batting.
Above all Dhoni--- He is the captain, leader..must must set an example for other.. A very imp series for him. If he crosses this hurdles then he will fall into the elite category of captains.
Irfan--- India need this man to perform at any cost. If he fails in any of the match ..then probably God save us from losing.

Tension is creeping up Guys…as Pakistan has already crucified the Delhi Team convincingly. Will c whether we will have nightmare or dreams at nite.

All d best to Both teams. We expect a good encounter at least…..No one sided match I guess..But Still the odds are favoring India…Big advantage to Home team. Oh yes i missed on a point..Pakistan would be haapy Dhoni had made an untimely visit to the barber shop.. So no luck factor this time.. Go for the Kills guys,unleash our adrenalin .

Schedule of the Action Packed November and first of week of December.

1st ODI: India v Pakistan at Guwahati - Nov 5, 2007 DREAM
2nd ODI: India v Pakistan at Mohali - Nov 8, 2007 NIGHTMARE
3rd ODI: India v Pakistan at Kanpur - Nov 11, 2007DREAM
4th ODI: India v Pakistan at Gwalior - Nov 15, 2007DREAM
5th ODI: India v Pakistan at Jaipur - Nov 18, 2007NIGHTMARE

1st Test: India v Pakistan at Delhi - Nov 22-26, 2007 DREAM
2nd Test: India v Pakistan at Kolkata - Nov 30-Dec 4, 2007
3rd Test: India v Pakistan at Bangalore - Dec 8-12, 2007

Tired of being Sorry....

This is the line and title of a famous song from Enrigue …..

SORRY …well this is a eraser which erases all u r mistakes or one can say try to put a cover on u r deeds(usually BAD) or blurs the very look of u r so called unsocial activities….. This is the most frequently and widely used English word. Irrespective of any language u speak thru out the world …..if u want to apologize to any one…U will use this Word “SORRY”….. I don’t know who invented it or how this word came in contact with the Human Beings…well that’s history..but they have started misusing it.

When we were kids if we did a mistake, we were quick on the apology act ..then Sorry was a involuntary stimulus response, Something inside us provoked us to utters those words, might be our un-maligned soul which was covered by loads of humanity at that AGE.But now we have traces of them left in us. Imagine of a scenario in present …How many times a day you utter those words..but u never mean when u say “Sorry”. U make an apologize to the Manager of not completing the work on time/coming to office at irregular timings..and many more reason which u face day to life.. But u never mean them as those things are repeated ever n ever ..and finally the Manager will feel Sorry that why he even Questioned u on any issue ..as his concerns never raised an alarm for u but what it brought from u was nothing more than “Sorry”…
AAhhh..u collided with a beautiful gal (may be mistake/may be deliberate) and u say sorry..But u inside know that u r not ….in spite u loved it… and will hope for it’s happening again..We apologize to our friends for not calling him, not turning up for the get-together, late B’day wishes, and the list goes on….
There are very rare occasion when we really mean them…most of the time we want to get out of it by saying the Golden word “Sorry”.

I know many of u may not agree with me..but search u r self and find the truth , u will come to a conclusion ,then decide on this. U cannot ignore the fact that the word u utter the most in u r life time …mean nothing to u. Hello, Hi ,Thank u, Sorry this are facets of what u speak.

If u want to say Sorry to anyone than say it to u r self ..and Mean that..b’coz u r the only one who is not doing justice to this word.. Okie let me put it this way… “Say Sorry to Sorry “ for misusing it for so many years..

Hey Guys I’m not authoritative on this…this is just what I felt about it …”Sorry if I have hurt someone's Emotion, thoughts or feelings”. :) . I mean it...well now u r thinking??

Feeling for Bhool Bhulaiyaa

AAaah…..a big pain… 3 hrs of continuous hammer, non- stop crap, a nightmare. Akshay Kumar was the only respite in the Mv and that too he came very late …just before the interval.. The Movie seems to me an endless drama of nonsense horror ,un laughable comedy ,a poor picturization and an horrible screenplay. I really don’t know what has gone wrong with Priyadarshan, where his Midas touch in comedy gone which we saw in Hera Pheri.

9 in the nite and it was raining heavily in Bangalore with coldness in the wind …and the city was almost drowned ..ppl staying here will know and feel the pain when it rains here… We(Myself , my Flat partner--Jha and their relatives) struggled to get the auto ..but finally someone less idiot among the lot of idiots(Autowalas) agreed to take us to the Destination(Forom) where we were scheduled to watch the 10 pm show of “Bhool Bhulaiyaa” in PVR. Nothing was going right for us ..the autowala charged us thrice the Fair, had problems in getting the tickets (no no…the tickets was already booked thru Net)..the pain was in getting the tickets from those crap machine by swiping the cards… aah..they never work when I try to use them…so had to follow the queue to the PVR counter ,where the guys in all blue with stars embedded in their waist coat gave me the tickets… I was very ecstatic once I got hold of the tickets…I don’t know why..probably the main reason will be b’coz this time I’ll take my seats before the MV start, as last time…I guess Jhonny Gaddar it was, I missed the tailors which are shown before the main FILM and a little initial part of the mv also…I regretted on that …as tailors are the 50% of u r paisa wasool.

But to my dismay..the movie started 15-20 minutes late…and they didn’t aired any tailors also…..AAAh…a pain in the head ,heart ,pocket took birth….then also I reconciled ..hoping that the casting song of the Movie will be ….Hare Raam Hare Raam(Bhool bHulaiya according to the track)..but no….any kind of luck if there was , that nite had deserted me….I don’t understand these ppl..why do they Put nice song in the End….

I tried to concentrate in the movie trying to have a grasp of the STORY….but no my efforts were all in vain…as it doesn’t had one..if anyone claims that the movie had a story then..it was my fault I guess…. Ok..chalo will go by the masses who says it had a story… Then I could only brief it as a Psyche thriller with horrible sense of humor…. One can say that Ramsay’s brother choice of horror movies was much better than this one..at least it had some nudity in it…But this so called horror movie in which all the gals…sorrryyyyy..Women were wearing Saris…uff…how could I even thought of watching this Movie…. Well that was b’coz of my love for Akshay…. He was the only person who did justice to his role …although a weak one……
Oh yes we were talking of the story...Shiney Ahuja was king who came back to India after his study in US..and yes he came along with his wife(Vidya Balan) and typical of Bollywood there was a gal (Amisha Patel)waiting in INdia all her life to get married to him...oh oh...same tragedy with Indian gals...There was a Mahal which was haunted only on the 3rd Floor...it was because of Shiney Ahuja's ancestor who performed some wrong deeds with a Nanchne wali(????)..and than her Soul(Aatama ) resided on that floor..As the MV progress i don't know how and why Shiney came to the conclusion that Amisha was mentally Sick...aah...but to our respite that marked the Entry of Akshay(Psychiatrist)..Then he went on to slove the mystery of the Bhoot Bangla...I Narate no more...as i lost track of the story mid way...Sorry...it was a "Bhulaiyaa"

CHARACTERS of the Movies..they were really “CHARACTERS”..same set of actors which feature in all Priyadarshan Movie….Paresh Rawal , Asrani and Rajapal Yadav were all wasted… and the Big thing was why why..??? Shiney Ahuja signed this Movie..he is too gud actor to do a role like this… The big and the most important role of the movie went to Vidya Balan…..hmmmm…I cant explain her role ..u guys have to go and c her in the MV…She was stale and expressionless ….doing the role of split personality…oh yes I missed on Amisha Patel(the star of KNPH) struggling to stay alive in Bollywood….by perfoming cameo/absurd roles,nad this MV was no exception..

After a long wait the Climax of the movie came…I was delighted…no no.. not on the climax It was illogical and indigestible…but on the sole fact that the movie was gone end.. And finally after a long climax ….it ended..and the much awaited song which is the new rage of the discs…some classify it as the new anthem started…… I was left with no energy to enjoy the song …so I left the theatre, marching myself out to face a new battle with the autowals , for my way back to flat..with slow humming track of “Hare Raam hare Raam…hare Krishna hare raam” sounding in the Background..and this song accompanied me back all the way to my flat ..until I settled into my bed under my warm Blanket….thinking ,watching the movie was a Real “Bhool”…

Feeling of having a Mentor(Guru).

Few days back I was having a chat with Hemant ( friend) …the topic of discussion was why we r not focused in life ,what we need from life, why we can’t concentrate on a thing/work, why our mind keeps on travelling in vivid direction and always we have multi dimension things going thru our mind, may be Gals ,Work, Parents ,Friends, Finance, Cricket……and many more things. Then finally we came to the conclusion.. Do we need a Mentor or do we need to see a Psychiatrist . Aaah I guess both of us were going thru the same pain in life….well let’s not restrict this post to only two of us.. I think majority of people also have the same problem…those who don’t , are next to GOD …. The bottom line is Psychiatrist will take our money and would say to us only those things which are pleasing to our ears..and Mentor well they are semi god… to find a good , genuine, sensible mentor is also a TASK in itself just like finding GOD or a gem which u can treasure for the remaining part of u r life.

What is Mentor ????
Let's go back into History.....
“In the eighth century BC, the Greek writer Homer wrote an epic poem describing Odysseus's adventures during his 10-year voyage home after the Trojan War. While he was gone, he entrusted the care and education of his beloved son, Telemachus, to his faithful friend Mentor. Almost three thousand years later that man's name has come to mean a wise and trusted counselor.”

Now........
Mentor is a favorite teacher, parent, a wise and witty master, an insightful frnd, an experienced, seasoned Guide/Fellow colleague/ religious GURU. He could be anyone ranging from u r family , friends, colleagues, relatives. We need a mentor in life basically to achieve success, to foresee the righteous path in life ,following which we could attain happiness, wealth, glory, respect and above all the materialistic things which we desire so much in life.

The fact is that everyone needs a Mentor , I’m no exception in that I also need one. When I joined the new company(IT) I had a mentor, when I was young then Parents where my Mentor…..But now what I have…*confused mind…trying to achieve everything(that everything still is not defined for me) in life and sometimes end up getting nothing. Then I decided why can’t I be a Mentor to myself until I found one.

Then the big question comes... How can one be a Mentor to one self….??????
Anyone can go about in finding the answer to this.. by keeping himself/herself thru a period of observation(Psychiatrist Dialogue ..LOL).
The answer to this question also lies in u … There is a famous saying related to this I have read somewhere it goes like this “The paradox of you is you at your very best”.
I’m also looking for the answer to this question.. I have got a vague picture of this….but once it’s clear will do a post on this.
As if for now few truths(fundas as one may call)which will help u in finding a mentor within u r self… First and foremost count on all your weakness as u r Strong points. Never ever at any phase in u r life question u r decision ..if u start doing that then u will end up under the rubbles and u r life will become HELL. Control u r Emotions be in tune with u r emotions ,understand u r Feelings try to grab what they are telling. These things basically act as a Barometer to u r Heart ,u r Mind, u r Soul. Knowledge it’s the key…try to grasp and learn everything that life teaches u. U r experiences, u r day to day life occurrences are u r best Teachers..Never ignore them try to get everything positive/negative from it… Bollywood says “Life is u r best teacher”.

Well I was thing that there are so many consultant firm for jobs, for investments , for finance, for marriage, for loans…why don’t we have anything like Find Mentor firm . Every day we get a call from some credit card company or any job portal or investment firm that do we need a card, do we need a job, do we need an investment plan..why don’t we have a Mentor firm(where we will get gud mentors..and one can hire mentor from that firm) from where people will call us and ask whether we need a Mentor or not.

* “Confused state of mind - can be said as the nature of creation flowing thru us..never stagnant, always changing, one building to some new creation”

Feeling for No Smoking Music and the making of it…

A master piece …I don’t know whether I will do justice in reviewing the music of NO Smoking as all big shot (Reviewers and Critics)of the Bollywood industry already had a go on this. But no offence to any of them as this Blog is completely on what I feel..
I feel awesome ,I feel that it has taken my heart out ,I go bizarre, every time I listen to the songs… in fact it has increased my number of CIG, but that in no case has deterred me in listening to the songs. A must album for all the smokers community. Well I’m not skeptical on this..A treat for all musical lovers.

No Smoking – Directed by Anurag Kashyap(Black Friday fame) from the house of Kumar Mangat and Vishal Bhardwaj(Omkara Fame),starring John Abraham and Ayesha Takia is the much awaited movie from my side, of the year ‘07. Music..aaah by Vishal Bhardwaj and lyrics by Gulzar(they don’t need any introduction I guess).

Well first start with director …Anurag Kashyap--He is the man who believes in himself and let the work speaks for itself..He knows that making cinema is now commercialized and he excepts the fact that only SEX and SRK sells in this industry that’s why he approached SRK with the script but typical of any man on the pedestal of his career refused to take the RISK and said no..Well SRK will never go out of the Raj’s and Johar’s Lobby. Well for him I can only say..SRK u missed out on this…this movie would have given new dimension to u r acting fame. This story (making of NO Smoking)what I have posted is only a brief part of the struggle Mr. Kashyap had to face .For an elaborate detail of his pain taking.. look in to this url (http://www.passionforcinema.com/no-smoking-8-years-in-the-making/ ). So after slipping thru all grades of despondency(mind u 8 years) he found John and then Vishal. A whole heartedly thanks to these people.

Imagine of the man ,imagine of his guts, imagine of his creativity ,imagine of his love for cinema, imagine of his truthfulness and honesty that he dared to make a movie on the subject of Smoking and then went on to have a soundtrack completely on smoking.

Let’s dig the gold(Songs)

“Jab bhi Cigarette” cool ,amazing, excellent lyrics and music are like dew drops on it…Enhancing the beauty of the song….Believe me or not this song will rule all the discotheques . The opening of the song is amazing ,typically reflects the lungs of a smoker.

"Hey I wana tell u about this thing, There's a stick called Cigarette, Phir talabh talabh hai talabh talbah, Besabh besabh phir talabh hai talbah ,Shaam hone lagi hai,-2 Laal hone lagi hai,-2"

Jab bhi Cigarette jalti hai main jalta hun...

Gulzar has done an amazing job with the lyrics and Adnan Sami has sung it so well(the jazz version)…I hope Anu mallik would be getting what Adnan his throwing.. LOL. Adnan is a terrific singer no doubt in that..he has his own class and standards and he abides by them, even increase those standards from time to time. Get High and feel the mood of the song..Look at this piece of lyrics a class act ,true work of magic with words..

Lambe dhaage dhuen ke
Saans silne lage hain
Pyaas udhti hui lagi
Honth chhilne lage hain

Shaam hone lagi hai Laal hone lagi hai.

Now when Sunidhi Chauhan get’s his turn ..the jazz is turned to the trance..but she has done full justice to the song..a typical foot tapping trance number..the meaning ,the feel ,the lyrics all remain the same . Class Act by Vishal, he has raised the bar of music for Bollywood..Now all the HRs and Anus will no that their slow,sweet humming sounds will be hard to sell now .
Video -- Supermodel Jesse Randhawa does full justice to the song by lip-syncing into booming male baritones of Adnan Sami.

“Phoonk De”—All ready climbing the charts. Reviewed by masses as the best song of the album.

Hayaat phoonk de
Hawaas phoonk de
Saans se sila hua libaas phoonk de
Jab nasa toota haiiiiii...kitne tukde gire hain..
Hosh chunne lage humh
Humbhi kya sir phire hain
Lab be jal rahi hai woh baat phoonk de

Both Rekha Bharadwaj(“Namak ishq ka” fame) and Sukhwinder("Chaiya chaiya" fame) has sung the song majestically in their own style. Rekha has given the feminine nasal touch to the song which makes it a commercial success. Sukhwinder hand on the other version of the song is pacy and he tries to give it classy touch typical of him. The lyrics in both the version are different but reflect the same state of a smoker.

Ghoonth ghoonth jal raha hun ,Pi raha hun patiyaan,Aankhn hain dhuan dhuan,naam hai sari batiyaan… Aas paas kuch nai..ji udas hai jara ..

This a commercial song that’s why Anurag has Bipasa doing the ITEM number. Attract Crowd.Treat for the front benchers .

"Kash Laga"--After this two classic version of the song comes one with a sufi touch. Haven’t heard much of this. But three maestro comes together in the song-Sukhwinder, Daler and Vishal. The lyrics by Gulzar is mesmerisng in this …especially these lines…

” Jalti hain tanhayeeinya ,taapi hai raat raat jag jag ke, urti hain zingariyaan ,gucche hain laal lall gili aag ke”

Then comes the Base lyrics which are repeated a lot in the song

Ye jahaan faani hai,Bulbula hai paani hai, Bulbulon mein rukna kya Paaniyon pe behta jaa

Listen to this song it will give u a soothing feeling ,u will forget all u r pain for that moment. Tremendous work by Vishal in creating such a music.

“Ash Tray”---This is my favorite.. of all the songs. Hard to find why I like this the most but it has something in it although all other songs are much better than this ,both music n lyrics wise but still this song has something in it which force me to listen it repeatedly . The new comer Deva Sen Gupta has done full justice to the song, sometimes his voice echo in my ears just like Jaggit Sings voice..especially when he enchant those words..Dhuan Dhuan..they haunt me….

The starting of the song is very strong , meaningful ,soulful and haunting

“Bhaut se aadhe bhuje hue din padhe hain ishme Bhaut se aadhi jali raatein gir padi hain ishme Ash tray bharti ja rahi hai”

Na haath daalo Ki waqt se chheele hue lamhon ki raakh Garam hai Waqt se chheleey hue lamhon ki raat narm hai

And the song finishes on the sad note as the “Ash tray bhar Chuki hain”

One can say after a long time u have soulful, meaningful kind of a soundtrack to listen to don’t miss this opportunity beg. steal, buy, download,copy from u r friends and relish it. Great work done by the trio’s in creating such a soundtrack for an offbeat subject like Smoking. After a long time we have a album in which there is no song for love,song for “toota dil” and blah blah for which Bollywood is famous. I hope and wish Anurag that his most unconventional venture “No Smoking ” is commercially a hit ,which will encourage and force them(Commercial directors & producers) to make movies like this.

Will end the post here as the “Post bharti ja rahi hai.”