Blue review on blue blog

I used to wonder how jobless people are to write blogs on movie reviews, but after watching Blue I can understand how desperately you want to get your frustration out and warn as many people as possible not to make the same mistake as you did! That is spending 150 bucks for a movie with bad review and watching as if you own the theatre! I generally manage to get myself entertained by not so good movies which even include movies like maine pyaar kyun kiya (which was intolerable by many). But Blue was too out of the not so good movies league, my inexcusable mistake after the disastrous Home Delivery!

The movie starts with the introduction of all the characters, old Sanjay Dutt as Sagar with Lara Dutta as a babe girl friend (considering I cannot recall her name, you should be able to judge her role) and friend cum boss Akshay Kumar as Aarav. Sagar and Aarav seem to share a friendly bonding and Aarav wants Sagar to become rich to say bbye to his troubles and get settled with his hot girl friend. Now enter Sam (Sagar's brother) who is a bike rider in some far remote place (no mention of name). Sam gets into trouble working for a mafia and has to run away to his brother leaving his chick (Katrina) back whom she had known only for a day and was madly in love. The mafia manage to find Sam, kill his chick, threaten him for his life, kidnap Sagar's chick, blow off his house and so the whole family is on road. This forces Sagar to accept Aarav and Sam's long pending request of the treasure hunt for "Lady in Blue" burried under the oceans! They take the journey, get the required money (not all), throw it on the mafia's face and before they can walk away they are threatened to go back and get all the money or loose the girl. So they go back, only to realise later that this was a big plan by Aarav himself! Dont worry it is a hindi movie and Aarav is the hero. So the story that is later revealed goes like.. Aarav's grand father was getting this Indian treasure from Britain to India after independence, where on way it was drowned due to heavy storm. But he was rather accused of having taken over by greed and thereby removed from Indian Navy. So he wanted to find the treasure and take revenge from I wonder who! That brings it to the end with a dialogue indicating a sequel of it is in planning(wonder if the producer will dare to take it seriously after the response to this one)

It is not just the plot that is weak but also the cast. Zayed Khan has done nothing apart from bike riding. Though the first scene reminds you of fast and furious but after some more boom-boom you are forced to close your ears. Sanjay Dutt is looking horribly old and fat and makes you wonder how he managed to get a hot chick (or how can any sensible person pair them as gf-bf)

The only decent part in the movie are the songs which are a welcome change from the predictable and repeating scenes. For the guys, it might be a treat to watch parts of tanned Lara Dutta. The song Aaj dil gustakh hai is worth listening to, though it made me wonder if Blue Film would have been a better title for the movie!

Oh forgot one thing, Katrina turns out to be Aarav's wife and was involved in the plan! (hindi movie :))

Simply WOW adventure trip

6.30 am ?!?!
It had been ages since I had last seen the early morning sun and absorbed some healthy radiations! Somehow, this was no ordinary day. No it wasn't my first day at college or my AIEEE exam day or a life turning interview. It was just an office trip to Maitriban, an adventure camp. Now that I have been to many trips with the most rocking people in college this might not sound so exciting. But it was important because I was supposed to rediscover myself and as expected, I rightly did :)

Welcome to Maitriban, an ideal spot for naturalists, bird-watchers and adventure enthusiasts (as per the pamphlet)!!! In fact the guys did have a good watch, thanks to the delicate dolls(dd) of the new ELTP (entry level training program) batch. I will not furnish any further details here, as a few of them will be reading this as well ;) And those few are the ones with whom we spent most of the day, did all breath taking activities and thanks to them that we finally feel a part of the persistent family. I wonder how will I part from this family, if ever I do! Anyways that's a far fetched thought, right now I want to live for the moment. Wow, that's like Swati :)

So coming to the adventure trip, it was supposed to begin at 7.45 am sharp and as expected it began (as per IST standards) at around 8.30 am. So I utilised the time to take a short walk to our very own campus and relive some moments. After making some calls, clicking some pics and pulling some legs we finally got settled in bus and left for the spot. Here begins the fun with all the singing and dancing and I couldn't stop thinking of our tronix trips. In fact we got real and imaginary couples here too!!! (for more details contact me personally :)) After a 45 min travel we reached the spot on the outskirts of zhilpi lake and I crossed another item from my bucket list. The beauty and serenity of the place is beyond words. After having a quick breakfast we headed to our first activity that was rappelling. Believe me when the guide was demonstrating the equipments and explaining how to use them, it felt like we were up for some roadies task! And when I was on the cliff, I did miss a beat, in fact more than one.. I had second thoughts but couldn't back out, reputation ka sawaal hai! So finally, I went down and fortunately I went only down and reached ground in 5min (no i wasn't any expert, it was only a 50m cliff) It looked like a one hand job once I touched ground. Then we had some time pass games, which as per the guide taught us importance of team building and strategic planning :P After the tiring first half we were back to our tents for lunch.

For the second half we were divided into groups and luckily or strategically we were placed into the so called happening group. And then began a series of activities which included river rafting, archery and river crossing. First and the best of all was river rafting and before you imagine the scene, let me tell you that it was on a very steady water body and our chhotu guide took extra efforts to give us a feel by moving the raft haphazardly and throwing water all over us. Few of the dare devilry guys jumped off the raft to have a better feel, while a few like me just kept planning to do so. Completely drenched we came back, changed and headed for archery. And unexpectedly I did hit the target twice though not a bull's eye but trust me any hit on the board was commendable, its not that easy after all. And the last activity of the day was river crossing, which was more of a naala crossing but involved the same amount of courage. Though it looked very easy but turned out to be difficult only for me as I got hung up there unlike others and had to pull my way through. As per the plan, this was it but no one was willing to leave (As it is rightly said, humans can never be satisfied) So somehow, we managed to arrange for a bon-fire and then we all danced around it singing some old melodies.

Over all it was an amazing experience. And the cranky jokes, intelligent comments and timely pjs added the most essential extra element of fun . After a long long time my camera saw light. And each and every moment was worth capturing and preserving..

(To all the committee members, whom we call the elite group at Persistent)

PS: the 'we' includes gayatri and me :)

When you just don’t know what went wrong!!!

I don’t know if this has ever happened to you or is it only me. But in a fraction of a second you have a complete flashback of your life till date and you get lost into the darker side of it. You get depressed and go into complete isolation. This is one such time for me. I hope writing it down will make my heart lighter.

Sitting at my desk in cubicle A-5, 3rd floor, NG2, Persistent Systems Limited, Infotech park, MIDC in an air conditioned office (sounds insane but that has been my dream since childhood, or rather my mom’s) and listening to boulevard of broken dreams, enjoying awesome coffee, with a perfect view in a window right in front of me, waiting for a mail from manager and wondering how my life has taken form and how I wanted it to be and how much I have succeeded to that effect.

(@ Dukker: That is why I was lost :( )

Having been academically at the top throughout my life, studies and career were never my concern. I knew I would get a decent college and job, good enough for a not so career oriented Swati. The Swati who thought family is the only thing that matters in the world and that all my decisions will be based on my mom’s happiness. As a result, bbye to the better NITs and welcome VNIT (I still wonder the credibility of that decision). My hard work and dedication had paid off (I can use these words here as that was the only time I actually used to study) Those were the days of sleeping on books, eating while riding and not talking to guys (and in case of unavoidable emergency only for books) Might sound boring but that boring life brought me to VNIT, the place where I had the best four years of my life. Getting into VNIT, undoubtedly the best college in Nagpur, I was relieved of more than half of my troubles.

When I walked into the campus, I had that geek like mindset (study and be at par with your friends at IIT). This showed results in my first sem SPI. But by the end of the first year I got the feel of engineering college, for that matter VNIT and then came the emergence of a new Swati. The one who liked to have fun, do crazy things, hang out with friends and study only a night before exam :) After joining hostel in 2nd year, these activities were at peak along with the gtalk (call it girls talk rather than gossip talk :)) at night. The infinite college events always kept the all rounder in me on toes. Just four fun-filled years and I got completely lost. The girl who used to be the best in class is sitting in Persistent Nagpur, the girl who used to never talk to guys has her best friends as guys, the girl who used to be her parent’s favourite gets complaints that she doesn’t have time for family and is too immersed in friends, the girl who used to plan every minute from long term prospects thinks of living life for the moment, the girl who used to find happiness from small things in life is lost, completely lost. While I sit and wonder if that is a loss or a gain, some unsaid words, unexpected feedbacks, unimagined loses clog my mind, paralyzing me to the core. For no reason at all, for no circumstances at all, for no person at all, for no loss at all, but the fact remains..

I want to get over this feeling, I want to get my life back..

(To my mom and her ambitions for me :) )