Is baar nahin
Prasoon Joshi, the extremely talented poet, writer, ad-professional wrote the poetry below which is according to me a poignant, moving and encouraging work of art that is worth a million reads. Do yourselves a favour …Read It
Is baar nahin
Is baar jab woh choti si bachchi mere paas apni kharonch le kar aayegi
Main usey phoo phoo kar nahin behlaoonga
Panapney doonga uski tees ko
Is baar nahin
Is baar jab main chehron par dard likha dekhoonga
Nahin gaoonga geet peeda bhula dene wale
Dard ko risney doonga,utarney doonga andar gehrey
Is baar nahin
Is baar main na marham lagaoonga
Na hi uthaoonga rui ke phahey
Aur na hi kahoonga ki tum aankein band karlo,gardan udhar kar lo main dawa lagata hoon
Dekhney doonga sabko hum sabko khuley nangey ghaav
Is baar nahin
Is baar jab uljhaney dekhoonga,chatpatahat dekhoonga
Nahin daudoonga uljhee door lapetney
Uljhaney doonga jab tak ulajh sake
Is baar nahin
Is baar karm ka hawala de kar nahin uthaoonga auzaar
Nahin karoonga phir se ek nayee shuruaat
Nahin banoonga misaal ek karmyogi ki
Nahin aaney doonga zindagi ko aasani se patri par
Utarney doonga usey keechad main,tedhey medhey raston pe
Nahin sookhney doonga deewaron par laga khoon
Halka nahin padney doonga uska rang
Is baar nahin banney doonga usey itna laachaar
Ki paan ki peek aur khoon ka fark hi khatm ho jaye
Is baar nahin
Is baar ghawon ko dekhna hai
Gaur se
Thoda lambe wakt tak
Kuch faisley
Aur uskey baad hausley
Kahin toh shuruat karni hi hogi
Is baar yahi tay kiya hai
… Prasoon Joshi
2 comments December 1, 2008
In the State of Nothingness
some random thoughts……might not make any sense…but i guess most of the times we don’t
Listen to the killing silence
Savor the disturbing calm
Think with a numb mind
Love with a burning heart
Champion a lost cause
Fulfill a dead desire
Elope into the soothing darkness
Turn off the irksome light
Live life king-size
In the state of nothingness.
“I never said that I was good….all I said was that I ain’t that bad.”
Add comment November 22, 2008
Farewell to Jumbo
Today is the day when an era has ended. An era of grit, determination, fierce competitive spirit, unparalleled dedication and great talent has come to an end. Anil Kumble has retired. A man who has won us the most number of matched, a man who was for long denied the most deserving honour of captaincy has finally called it a day.
He has served Indian cricket with immense dedication and spirit. From my childhood he has been my most favourite cricketer. A cricketer with whom i have shared a personal attachment.
Great Job Jumbo..
And Thank You so much. It has been a pleasure watching you on and off the cricket field.
Add comment November 2, 2008
Amitabh Bachchan: After 2000
(Originally published on PassionForCinema.com)
Amitabh Bachchan (AB) was admitted to Lilavati Hospital on his birthday due to complaints of abdominal pain. I sincerely hope that he recovers soon and gets back to what he does best i.e. acting.
I thought of writing about his work after 2000. Many would say that it has been far less illustrious than compared to the work he did in his hey days. This may be true as many of the films he has done have not been up to the mark. But in terms of his own performances, I think he has done reasonably well, infact in some cases, exceptionally well. Here’s a list of AB’s work post 2000 that I simply loved.
(The list is sorted according to the release dates)
KBC as AB himself.
KBC was the best thing that happened to AB after Deewar. Not only did it resurrect his career but also presented his persona to millions of viewers like never before. AB was at his charming best and the streets would be empty at 9pm. ‘Lock kiya jaaye’, ‘Sahi jawab’ and other such phrases used by him became a part of daily conversation. People were brushing their GK knowledge including yours truly and it was such a high to answer correctly before the contestants did.
AKS as Manu Varma
The first thing that comes to my mind about Aks is the first trailer. AB sitting on a throne with a mysterious smile on his face and his hand gesture coupled with the excellent background music. One of the best trailers I have ever seen. The movie sadly fell short of greatness but I think it’s quite an underrated movie. AB’s performance in the movie was outstanding. You get to see a very very different AB in the movie. Watch him emote in the ‘Banda yeh bindaas hai’ song or in the scene where he imitates Nandita Das after she refuses his passes. It’s a treat.
KAANTE as Major
The first time I saw this movie I loved it. I became an instant Sanjay Gupta fan. Of course I wasn’t aware of his DVD roots then. AB in a never seen avatar, playing a stylish Bank robber and kicking some ass atleast verbally was an instant hit for me. Well, even Quentin Tarantino loved his performance (courtesy: Srinivas@PFC)
BAGHBAN as Raj Malhotra
The movie went over the top at times but still is immensely watchable. The best thing about the movie is the chemistry between the lead pair. Hema Malini looked absolutely gorgeous. AB gave an earnest and sincere performance. Also, he sang a wonderful song for the film ‘Main yahan tu wahan’
KHAKEE as DCP Anant Kumar Srivastav
Arguably his best performance after 2000. This one has him playing a character in the same mould as his angry young man roles. The movie packs a punch and so does AB. Some of his dialogues were resonant of his 70’s films. The scene where he gets an asthma attack, his outburst against the system in front of a cop, his final encounter with Ajay Devgan are all high points of the film. Overall, a very accomplished performance indeed.
BUNTY AUR BABLI as DCP Dashrath Singh
The movie I feel had great potential but it didn’t make the cut. However it had two things that I simply loved, Kajrare and AB as Dashrath Singh. As a rustic cop from UP, AB got everything right from the look to the dialect and ofcourse the performance. Only complaint is that he should have had more screen time.
SARKAR / SARKAR RAJ as Subhash Nagre
Though his performance as Subhash Nagre is not my personal favourite, but he excels immensely in some of the sequences especially the Rashid entry in part1, the scene where he mourns Vishnu’s death in part2 etc. I personally feel his role was better in Sarkar Raj than in Sarkar though the latter is a superior movie according to me.
VIRUDDH as Vidhyadhar Patwardhan
A very highly underrated movie and a very highly underrated performance by AB. Sharmila Tagore and AB made a great couple and gave great performances. AB’s expression while watching John die in the ICU through the door moves you to tears. Ditto for the scene where he forcibly tries to laugh (post John’s death) like he used to before. He conveys the pain of losing one’s son and the fight within to move on with his life very well in that scene.
NISHABD as Vijay
I have seen bits and pieces of this movie and I have liked what I have seen especially AB’s performance. The last scene where he decides against committing suicide wanting every day to live a day more thinking of Jiah, has been enacted very well by him. I cannot forget to mention ‘Rozana’. This song has become a part of my life. AB and Vishal Bhardwaj have created magic together in the form of this song. I simply cannot thank them enough for it. I sincerely wish and hope that the duo create magic on screen as well.
THE LAST LEAR as Harry
It was by fortune that I saw this movie and fortune it was coz not only I got to see a wonderful movie which otherwise I might have missed but also I won a Last Lear t-shirt (yeah!!). Pratim D. Gupta describes this movie very aptly in his post ‘Lear stirs, he lives’ and also AB’s performance as ‘I had started believing Bachchan and Harry had merged into a single soul. I mean it, I couldn’t differentiate’. I second every word of that.
AB is my most favourite actor and I am eagerly waiting for his upcoming films.
Happy belated Birthday Amitji..
And Get Well soon……
P.S: Some would notice the glorious omission of BLACK. Truth is I don’t remember BLACK. I don’t remember much about it as I have seen it only once that too on the day it released with 30 fellow college mates who had anything but watching BLACK on their minds. And I don’t feel like watching it again.
Add comment October 25, 2008
too much….
Too much is happening around us, most of which we cannot control, some of which we can but we don’t. Below are just a few lines that came into my mind…..
too much of bad news around
too much of bad views around
the unaffected are silent
the misled are violent
if you are not a local
you cannot be vocal
divisions are abound and unity is rare
thank god that atleast they haven’t yet communalized the air…
1 comment October 24, 2008
Hello World
I have been contemplating to write about something or infact anything since many days but since i, like my most fellow Indians ( please take this in the right spirit) am affected by a chronic disorder called LAZINESS , my debut as a blogger got postponed and postponed till today. I guess and hope that i am on my path to recovery and so are my fellow Indians.
I have given a good reason for those from the IT background to smirk by the means of the title of this post. Hello World is to programming what Afor apple is to english. Of course, i wont deny that i am still to go beyond printing hello world on the computer screen through programming of any kind.
Blogs have become the order of the day. Everyone from politicos to filmstars have taken to blogdom with vengeance ( literally ! ! ). It would suffice to say that the much used English proverb ” Its raining cats and dogs” could be rechristened to ” Its raining blogs and blogs”. Not that i am complaining and in any case , i prefer the latter to the former ( apologies to PETA and other animal lovers ).
I begin my journey in the ocean of blogs as a small fish and desire to remain the same and hoping that blogging would be an enriching and interesting experience. If not nething ( sorry ! anything ) it wud ( sorry again ! would ) atleast help me get rid of the chat lingo i am used to of typing in.
Cheers to all. Happy Blogging !!
P.S : The last line reassures me that i need to write a lot more to get over that chat language ( not chat lingo ).
Last Movie Seen:
City of God 9.5 /10 (” Dont watch it if you are planning to go to Brazil, I bet you wont go then”)
Last Book Read:
The 3 mistakes of my life 6/10 (“pretty average stuff”)
Add comment July 23, 2008
