Monday, January 29, 2007
So when GURU, Mani's new film, makes claims such as the one mentioned above, the viewer saunters into the cineplex with real big expectations.
Mani's impressive repertoire includes a few bio-pics and now GURU is a welcome addition to the club. This time around, the supremely talented storyteller narrates the story of a man who rises from zilch and becomes the premier industrialist of the country through sheer hard work, determination, passion and grit. As a story, GURU is tremendously inspiring and makes you feel all the more confident to encounter challenges and hurdles that may crop up in a journey called life. But by no means is GURU a documentary, as a section of the film industry/media would want us to believe. Sure, GURU chronicles several vital facets of an industrialist's life, but the marriage of enlightenment and entertainment is brilliantly executed here.
With GURU, Mani proves that he's indeed the guru when it comes to narrating stories. Note the poignant moments in the narrative -- Guru's thorny relationship with his father [Rajendra Gupta], his relationship with a newspaper publisher [Mithun Chakraborty], Guru's brother-in-law Jignesh [Arya Babbar] staging a walkout and creating a rift between Guru and his wife Sujata [Aishwarya Rai], the confrontation between the journalist [Madhavan] and Guru at the publisher's residence, Guru's emotional moment in the hospital when his trusted aide [Manoj Joshi] attempts suicide and of course, the finale.
Write your own movie review of Guru The graph of GURU escalates gradually and reaches its crescendo in the concluding reels. Guru's monologue in a packed courtroom -- where an enquiry commission is looking into the complaints against Guru's companies -- gives you goose bumps. The simpleton from a village in Gujarat roars like never before and the impact it creates cannot be described in mere words. All you want to say is, it's the most fitting finale for a fabulous film!
Mani's choice of the protagonist -- Abhishek Bachchan -- is equally worthy. You ought to be enormously talented to understand the nuances of the character and Abhishek deserves the highest praise for reliving a complex role. You smile when he smiles, you cry when he cries… you relive every single emotion that the character experiences. Only goes to show that the actor involves you at every step with a stupendous performance.
In a nutshell, GURU packs in a solid punch in those 2.45 hours. The year 2007 may have just begun, but one can confidently state that this Mani Ratnam film will rank prominently amongst the bests of the year when we go into a flashback mode later this year. Put your hands together for one of the most courageous attempts on the Hindi screen. GURU is a film not to be missed!
In a small village of Idar in Gujarat, a young man dreams of making it big some day. His father [Rajendra Gupta], the headmaster of the village school, tells him that dreams never come true. But Gurukant Desai [Abhishek Bachchan] dares to dream!
Set in 1951, GURU tells the story of a ruthlessly ambitious villager who moves to Turkey first and Mumbai later with his wife Sujata [Aishwarya Rai] and brother-in-law Jignesh [Arya Babbar] to fulfill his dreams.
In Mumbai, truth dawns upon Guru that the business world is a closed community ruled by a handful of rich and influential people who don't believe in giving opportunities to new players. Despite barriers, he starts a company called Shakti Trading and climbs the ladder of success at a furious pace.
Manik Dasgupta aka Nanaji [Mithun Chakraborty], who publishes a newspaper Swatantra, treats Guru as his son. But when he learns that Guru's means to make it big are not right, he along with the Editor of his newspaper, Shyam [Madhavan], decide to expose Guru's unjust ways.
Even though GURU is a bio-pic, the serpentine twists and turns in the screenplay are the mainstay of the enterprise. You may have heard of a few incidents, but the life sketch of the leading industrialist makes for an interesting celluloid experience.
From the writing point of view, while GURU holds your attention at most times, there are a few loose ends, though negligible, that you cannot overlook. The tiff between Guru and his bro-in-law Jignesh is one of those tracks. What actually brings about a rift between the two and why doesn't Jignesh reappear anywhere in the story later is not explained.
Another track that doesn't really hold your attention is the one between Madhavan-Vidya Balan. Although the emotional sequence between them is a highpoint [the smooch that follows is aesthetically filmed], you still wish there was some more meat in this sub-plot.
Moreover, the film can do without a song 'Ek Lo Ek Muft' [appears soon after Guru and his wife are blessed with twins] and also the pacing could've been tighter in the second half.
GURU ranks amongst Mani Ratnam's finest attempts. In fact, it wouldn't be erroneous to state that the film is at par with his most accomplished works like NAYAKAN, AGNI NAKSHATRAM, GITANJALI, ROJA and BOMBAY. Every sequence in GURU bears the stamp of a genius and the outcome is tremendous.
A.R. Rahman's music is in sync with the film. 'Maiya Maiya' at the start of the film [Mallika Sherawat] is sizzling, while 'Barso Re' [Ash's introduction] and 'Tere Bina' are melodious to the core. Rahman's background score is also topnotch. Rajiv Menon's cinematography is of international quality. The lensman captures the 1950s look, right to the present day setting, with flourish. Vijay Krishna Acharya's dialogues are of superior quality. The writing in the last twenty minutes is fantastic.
Reserve all the awards for Abhishek Bachchan. No two opinions on that! His performance in GURU is world class and without doubt, a shade above his career-best work in YUVA. From a sharp teenager in Turkey to the biggest entrepreneur of the country, Abhishek handles the various shades this character demands with adroitness. He takes a giant leap with this film!
Aishwarya Rai too stuns you with a powerful performance. Known for her angelic looks all the while, the actor will make people sit up and notice the reservoirs of talent in GURU. Also, the chemistry between Abhishek and Aishwarya is electrifying. Mithun Chakraborty is in form after a long, long time. And it's a pleasure to see the veteran deliver a natural performance from start to end.
Madhavan's role could've been stronger, but he enacts it with élan. Vidya Balan too suffers due to a weak characterization, but makes up with a confident performance. Arya Babbar is first-rate in a brief role. The film has a number of characters, but the ones who register a strong impact are Roshan Seth, Manoj Tyagi and Sachin Khedekar.
On the whole, GURU is one of the finest films to come out of the Hindi film industry. At the box-office, its business will be excellent at the multiplexes as compared to the single screens. In fact, the business at the multiplexes [which are performing 12/14/18/20 shows a day] will be enough to make the film a success story in days to come. Strongly recommended, go for it!
At a minute or two 'til two Oh what to do to die today at a minute or two 'til two A thing distinctly hard to say yet harder still to do For they'll beat a tattoo at twenty to two With a rattatta tattatta tattatta too And the dragon will come when he hears the drum At a minute or two 'til two today At a minute or two 'til two.
Peter Matthews [phm109(AT)psu.edu]
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A Box of BiscuitsA Box of BiscuitsA Box of Mixed BiscuitsAnd a Biscuit Mixer.
Bob Bradley [bobo41(AT)gate.net]
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A CannerA canner, exceedingly canny, one morning remarked to his granny,A canner can can Anything that he can;But a canner can't can a can can he.
[Arrmst2(AT)aol.com]
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A fat hen (longest one yet)A fat henA fat hen, a couple of ducksA fat hen, a couple of ducks, three brown bearsA fat hen, a couple of ducks, three brown bears, four more chairsA fat hen, a couple of ducks, three brown bears, four more chairs, five fat frivolous females
A fat hen, a couple of ducks, three brown bears, four more chairs, five fat frivolous females, six simple simons sitting on a stump
A fat hen, a couple of ducks, three brown bears, four more chairs, five fat frivolous females, six simple simons sitting on a stump, seven Simbad the sailors sailing sailing the seven seas
A fat hen, a couple of ducks, three brown bears, four more chairs, five fat frivolous females, six simple simons sitting on a stump, seven Simbad the sailors sailing sailing the seven seas, eight egotistical ecologists evaluating the earths expectancy
A fat hen, a couple of ducks, three brown bears, four more chairs, five fat frivolous females, six simple simons sitting on a stump, seven Simbad the sailors sailing sailing the seven seas, eight egotistical ecologists evaluating the earths expectancy, nine nude Nubian nymphs nimbly nibbling on gnats knuckles and nicotine
A fat hen, a couple of ducks, three brown bears, four more chairs, five fat frivolous females, six simple simons sitting on a stump, seven Simbad the sailors sailing sailing the seven seas, eight egotistical ecologists evaluating the earths expectancy, nine nude Nubian nymphs nimbly nibbling on gnats knuckles and nicotine, ten, a skunk sat on a stump, the skunk thunk the stump stunk and the stump thunk the skunk stunk so the stinking skunk got off the stinking stump
A fat hen, a couple of ducks, three brown bears, four more chairs, five fat frivolous females, six simple simons sitting on a stump, seven Simbad the sailors sailing sailing the seven seas, eight egotistical ecologists evaluating the earths expectancy, nine nude Nubian nymphs nimbly nibbling on gnats knuckles and nicotine, ten, a skunk sat on a stump, the skunk thunk the stump stunk and the stump thunk the skunk stunk so the stinking skunk got off the stinking stump eleven if you stick a stock of liquor in your locker it is slick to put a lock upon your stock, or some joker who is quicker is gonna trick you of your liquor if you fail to lock your liquor with a lock!Alan Pellegrini [Apellegrini(AT)agtnet.com]
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Big BillyBig Billy, who had a big belly was also a big bully.
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Bob DoleHow much dough would Bob Dole doleIf Bob dole could dole dough?Bob dole would dole as much doughAs Bob Dole COULD dole,If Bob Dole could dole dough.
J. Phelps[surndrjody(AT)aol.com]
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Betty BatterBetty Batter had some butter,'But,' she said, 'this butter's bitter.If I bake this bitter butter,It would make my batter bitter.'
Another Version
Betty Boughter bought some butterBut she said the butter's bitterIf I put it in my batterIt will make my batter bitterBut a bit of better butter will make it better than the bitter butterSo she bought a bit of better butterAnd put it in her batterAnd her batter was not bitterSo t'was Betty Boughter bought a bit if better butter and put it in herbatter and her batter was not bitter.
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Canny CannibalHow much caramel can a canny cannibal cram into a camel,if a canny cannibal can cram caramel into a camel ?
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Cheeryful CharlesCheerful Charles chose cherry chocolates for Cheri.
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Doctor (Version 1)When a doctor doctors a doctor,does the doctor doing the doctoringdoctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored ordoes the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he wants to doctor ?
Marlene Pico [mpico(AT)cris.com]
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Doctor (Version 2)When a doctor doctors a doctor does the doctoring doctor doctor,the doctor the way the doctored doctor wants to be doctored,or does the doctoring doctor doctor the doctor,the way the doctoring doctor wants to doctor the doctor?,
Here's the answer:The doctoring doctor doctors the doctor the way thedoctoring doctor wants to doctor the doctor.Not the way the doctored doctor wants to be doctored.
Evelyn [evelyn(AT)premier1.net]
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Good CookHow many cuckoos could a good cook cookif a cook could cook cuckoos.
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Goodie TwoshoesGood Goodie Twoshoes took two shoes to the Goody Showshine shoe shop.
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Fig PluckerI'm not the fig plucker,but the fig plucker's son.But I'll pluck figs'til the fig plucker comes
Sherman Moffitt [GENSHERM(AT)aol.com]
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Fuzzy WuzzyFuzzy WuzzyWas a bear,Fuzzy Wuzzy Had no Hair, Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy,Was he?!
Amanda Hanlon of Meadow Lake Saskatchewan[hanlonev(AT)sk.sympatico.ca]
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Fresh FishDo you like fresh fish?It's just fine at Finney's Diner.Finney also has some fresher fishthat's fresher and much finer.But his best fish is his freshest fishand Finney says with pride,"The finest fish at Finney's ismy freshest fish, French-fried!"
SO...don't order the fresh or the fresher fish.At Finney's, if you're wise, you'll say,"Fetch me the finest, French-fried freshestfish that Finney fries!"
Dr. Seuss' book, "Oh say can you say"Copyright 1979, Theodore S. Geisel and Audrey S. Geisel
Ron Bishop[rbishop(AT)mip.net]
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Fly and a FleaA fly and a flea in a flueWere imprisoned, so what could they do?"Let us fly," said the flea"Let us flee,"said the flySo they flew through a flaw in the flue.
John Keenan [makeenan(AT)dove.net.au]
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Felt HatIs that a felt hat your wearing ,thats incredibleI've fealt some felt hats before but of all the felt hats I've ever fealtI've never fealt a felt hat like that felt hat fealt.
Stewart [stew1art(AT)ozemail.com.au]
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I saw EsauI saw Esau kissing Kate,And Kate saw I saw Esau,And Esau saw that I saw Kate,And Kate saw I saw Esau saw.
Chico Clark 17
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The Mikado (light opera,lyrics by W.S. Gilbert; music by Arthur Sullivan.)To sit in solemn silence on a dull dark dock In a pestilential prison with a lifelong lock Awaiting the sensation of a short sharp shock From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block.
Peter Matthews [phm109(AT)psu.edu] and Nicole [Lumetta-soubrette(AT)hehe.com] - for discovering the title and origin.
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Mrs. SmithMrs. Smith's Fish Sauce Shop
Jim Cockroft [Jim.Cockroft(AT)idirect.com]
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Mrs. Puggy WuggyMrs. Puggy Wuggy has a square cut puntNot a punt cut squareJust a square cut puntIt's round in the stern and blunt in the frontMrs. Puggy Wuggy has a square cut punt
Berny Goodhear [berny(AT)scoucer.tandem.com.au]
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Manager of the Menagerie'The Manager of the MenagerieImagined he was a manager of an imaginary Menagerie'.
Bernard Clisby [bclisby(AT)bigpond.com]
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Mrs HuntMrs Hunt had a country cut front in the front of her country cut pettycoat
Berny Goodhear [berny(AT)scoucer.tandem.com.au]
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Mr. See's SawMr. See had a sawand Mr. Soar owned a seesawNow See's saw sawed Soar's seesawbefore Soar saw See
Julia [EnglishShepherd(AT)bigfoot.com]
Sunday, January 28, 2007
During the average lifetime the human heart pumps 48 million gallons of blood around the body.
The most spoken language is Chinese Mandarin, spoken by about 874 million.
Muscles in the huMAN eye move an average of 100,000 times a day. ...
Category = misc
HuMANs have dammed up over 10 trillion gallons of water over the last 4 decades. ...
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A rhinoceros's horn is made of the same stuff found in huMAN hair and fingernails which is called keratin. ...
Category = animals
The giant squid has an eye about the size of the huMAN head. ...
Category = animals
Dogs and huMANs are the only animals with prostate glands. ...
The average MAN will spend about 145 days of this life shaving. ...
Category = people
Muscles in the huMAN eye move an average of 100,000 times a day. ...
Category = people
The average MAN has about 20 square feet of skin. The outer skin is replaced about once a month.
Category = people
The average huMAN brain weighs about 3 pounds. *1. ...
Category = people
The average huMAN life expectancy in the US is 76.2 years. ...
Category = people
HuMANs have dammed up over 10 trillion gallons of water over the last 4 decades. ...
Category = people
The average huMAN body contains enough iron to make a three inch nail.
Recharge ur phone every month freely by following this process
Please follow the instruction & you can recharge your SIM card absolutely free. Yes it is possible, see how technology can be used to make technicians fool.
I just got a mail from a friend of mine, whose friend is B.Tech.(ETC) from IIT Powai, teaching me how to reload my hand set every month for free. Engineered by a group of rebel programmers. I am going to share this to all of you.
Please follow the instructions as stated below before you start it;
Applicable for ORANGE (HUTCH), AIRTEL, SPICE & BSNL users only ,sorry for idea, BPL and Reliance users and it is done illegally of course. But there are many things that are illegal in this world. But then who cares. Donft worry nobody can trap you. No legal action can be taken on you for this. So go ahead without worrying.
You can only do this every 24th & 25th of the month as the network system is under upgrade.
1.) ** Dial h 1415007 h using your h/phone and wait for 5 second
2.) ** after 5 second, you will hear some funny noise (like sound from TV when the station is finished)
3.) ** Once the noise stop, immediately dial 9151 follow by your phone number
4.) ** A recorded message gplease insert your pin numberh will follow
5.) ** punch in the pin number h 011785 45227 00734 and wait for the operator finish repeating the above pin number.
6.) ** After the pin number has been repeat, dial h 0405-for AIRTEL, 404 -for ORANGE (HUTCH)h . 403 -for BSNLh
7.) ** you will hear a message gfor air time top-up press 1723 you just have to follow the instructions.
8.) ** After you follow the instruction, the noisy sound will re-appear for about 5 second.
9.) ** once the noise stop, dial h 4455147 h follow by h 146 g.
10.) ** after about 5 second, dial h 1918 h after 3 second dial h 4451.
11.) ** after you done that, punch in the serial number g01174452271145527 h you will hear dial tone.
12.) ** once the dialing tone stop, dial h 55524785933 h you will hear gplease key in your passwordh
13.) ** the password is h **** 2+253+7891*+546322 h wait for the message gyour password acceptedh.
14.) ** you will hear h please insert your emei number h now you have to be fast to dial your own h/phone number.
15.) ** you will hear a dialing tone, when the call is answered, dial g1566 h and you will hear gre-confirm emery numberh.
16.) ** once you hear that message, dial h 6011556 2245334 follow by your h/phone numberh.
17.) ** after a while, you will hear a message gyour pin number is acceptedh you have to dial h 1007 g.
18.) ** after you done that you will hear gyour emery number is acceptedh.
19.) ** continue dial h 4566 h you will hear gyour password is acceptedh.
20.) ** once the second message finish, immediately dial your own h/phone number.
21.) ** Now you will receive a message saying
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Saturday, January 27, 2007
Bollywood is going to experience part III of a movie for the very first time. After Dhoom and Dhoom2, Aditya Chopra of Yash Raj Films has announced Dhoom3. The concept of two parts of a movie or the sequel of the movie after its success is not a new one. This concept can be seen in Nagin and Nageena, Koi Mil Gaya - Krrish, Munna Bhai MBBS - Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Hera Pheri - Phir Hera Pheri etc. Aditya Chopra’s decision of making Dhoom3 may lead to a new trend in bollywood.
Part I of the sequel Dhoom was a super duper hit movie, the Sanjay Gadhavi directed movie was a new concept and the movie has started the craze of racing bikes among youngsters. This has raised the sale of power bikes and even bike modiers have made good money out of the craze. After the immense success Aditya Chopra has decided to produce Dhoom2 sequel of the movie Dhoom. Dhoom2 is big budget movie which is not even released and is in news, and stands top on the list of awaited movies. Before the release of Dhoom2, Aditya Chopra is confident about the success of the movie and has announced the third part of the sequel Dhoom3. One interesting about the movie is Shahrukh Khan who is playing the role of a lover guy for Yash Raj Films, will be seen in negative role in the movie. His name has also been decided Rahul/ Mr R.
Shahrukh In Negative Role
After charming John Abraham in Dhoom and handsome Hrithik Roshan in Dhoom2, Shahrukh Khan will be playing the role od main villan in Dhoom3. Even before the release of Dhoom2, Dhoom3 has been anounced and this time Aditya Chopra has selected Shahrukh Khan as villan. His name has also been decided for the movie, Rahul/Mr. R. Shahrukh has done lover guy kind of roles for Yash Raj films in the movies Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Dil to Pagal Hai and Mohabatein, and all these movies were superhits and Shahrukh has been awarded as best actor award for the movies. After doing lot of lover guy roles for Yash raj Films banner, and this time he will can be seen in a negative role , after Bazigar, Darr and DON.