Life As I Know It

First off this movie has two women in the lead sans a man. So, one’s expectations are but naturally high. When I saw the promos I thought, NICE finally a bolly flick without a man flaunting his waxed chest. But by the end of the movie I was thoroughly disappointed. Rani Mukherji who plays the reporter comes off as a potty mouth. She is playing the role of a media person a.k.a television journalist. I have friends who are journalists in print and T.V and I enjoy the word play that ensues in our conversations. I know for a fact that the “F” and “B” word were used as often as they were to compensate for the lack of testosterone in the movie. Here is a woman playing a journalist, the least I expect is some witty comeback… and no “Fly solo” is not a comeback and definitely not something for which the crowd needed to hoot so loudly. If expletives were ever wittily used here is one fantastic example of how not to use them! She was beyond disappointing… pathetic would be more like it. Vidya B

Was it just me or did others for once think that Aishwarya Rai for the very first time “acted” in a movie? I thought she looked absolutely fabulous and did a really good job in acting. Hrithik Roshan on the other hand well... he is a good actor but he never really ever was the kind of actor I liked. Hence I’ll hold on to my comments. I’m just going to write about the movie, what with the Supreme Court’s ruling on making Passive Euthanasia legal. This movie does deserve a mention in my blog for the story, the acting and the music. Euthanasia is something that has been discussed for a very long time in our country and there was no real law on what one could do in a situation where one knew that there was no getting better than how things are right now. We all are put in situations and the reason why we can rise above them is because we can say “this too shall pass” and it does. Think about it… you have been plagued by several problems and set backs in your life and at that point you’ve c

....and so she looked up at the ceiling and saw nothing but darkness she closed her eyes and conjured pretty blue swirls of smoke that spiraled right above her like a universe beckoning her to intrude on the mysteries that it holds. She gently put out her hand towards the blue and immediately pulled it back. Should she dare try and see what it holds for her? “I’m not going to think I’m just going to do it.”, she said and stretched out her hand, seconds later there was a pull and she was engulfed in the blue smoke. The joy she felt as she was encompassed by the smoke was thrilling to a point that she feared opening her eyes… what if the feeling vanished? What if she saw something she did not want to see? She let her head fall back as the smoke thickened and tightened around her and she found it hard to breathe. The fear had to be done away with… she opened her eyes only to be surrounded by bright shades of every color that the mind could conjure. A rush of colors everywhere she looked.