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Oh yes, I headed to Bangkok – Pattaya for my week long holiday.. as mentioned in the previous post.. feels good to be away and almost disconnected from the world..

So, let me start with the diary of this holiday with the Day 1..

Got boarded on the flight from Mumbai at 5.15 AM.. Cathey Pacific… pathetic service, great food, best rates.. so you got what I meant right? If you want to save money, get on to Cathey Pacific..

We landed at Bangkok airport at around 11 AM (Thailand Time 1.30 hours ahead of Indian Time), got immigration and all cleared and landed up in a coach for the Pattaya.. this experience was not very pleasing.. nothing bad at all but from next time, I would prefer to by the car next time.. We landed at the hotel, Amari Orchid (Ocean Wing) at around 12.30 – 1.00 PM (frankly speaking, we didn’t even look at the watch as we were dead tired)..  we were welcomed by super awesome traditional thai welcome drink.. we got into the room within 15 minutes and trust me..  it was heaven.. it was exactly liked what I wanted.. super cozy bed.. a big bathtub, balcony with splendid ocean view.. what more could anyone want.. I strongly recommend this hotel to everyone.. the rates are not that high at all.. (compared to what we pay in India for the five star hotels)..

So.. now what? Food.. food.. food.. Since we both are purely vegetarian, so we were in kind of dilemma about what to order for the food as their menu had mainly non vegetarian items and we were not at all in mood to get out of the room and grab the food at nearby Indian restaurant.. BUT Margherita pizza (Yea, that’s how they spell it) and nachos saved us.. awesome food..  So.. now it’s sleeping time.. we slept like crazy… and woke up directly at 7.30 PM.. headed out of the hotel to roam around.. bought some slippers and shorts for tomorrow’s Corel Island visit (As we will get totally wet there), had food at an Indian restaurant called Deli Haat (Delhi Haat), decent food..

Pattaya looked beautiful in the night.. I can see lot more people in the night than in the day..

Got back to the room.. enjoyed the beautiful weather.. now, watching Music ka Maha Mukabala on Star Plus (Sadly, that’s the only Hindi channel is being aired here).. So the day 1 comes to an end.. so far, very good experience.. really loving it.. bought an hourly net connection pack from the hotel.. so gonna, use it to post this and check the mails.. Tomorrow, have to get up at 6.30 AM and leave for Corel Island by 8.30 AM.. tomorrow is going to be the exciting day.. water sports, a walk in the underwater and much more.. really looking forward to it..

So, I am signing off now.. hopefully there will be one more post tomorrow.. 

Finally.. I am going on a full fledged holiday after 2 years.. Yeah, I had some small trips in between but this one is, just Megha & Me. So it’s gonna be a special one..

Frankly speaking, I needed a break.. for last almost a year.. the work has taken toll on my life.. and now I need sometime off for myself..

Last year, during this time, I had planned to surprise Megha by taking her to Goa.. I booked flight tickets, hotel etc.. but had to cancel at the end time due to some issues..

So this year, I have made sure that, everything is properly planned..

I am kinda bad guy in giving surprises.. but I think I have managed this one quite well.. No one at my place knows where I am going (Including Megha)…

Currently, I have mixed feelings running around in my mind.. I am not sure what are the reasons.. But at the same time, I am equally excited about seeing reactions of Megha..  (When she gets to know about the actual thing..)

I wanted this holiday totally without phone calls & internet but I guess that might just not be possible.. though, I would love to disconnect from the whole world..  let’s see how I succeed in it..

Okay, I am gonna shut my mouth now.. have to leave in next 3 hours..  will post more details about which place I am going etc.. later..

And touch wood.. hope things turn out well this time..

So it’s a new year again.. 2010, 2009 + 1.. the days are passing by at a lightening speed.. this +1 thingy is coming in between way too quick..  as the new year starts, we start adding the new resolutions in the list.. I have been there and done that.. but sadly, so far, never managed to reach the goal.. so this year onwards, I have decided.. I will stop making resolutions..

So, the big question is, how was 2009 for me?

Well, frankly speaking, it was the worst year for me.. lots of ups and down.. I mean, in all fronts.. but learnt lot of lessons.. got to know new things.. slowly climbing the ladder so I don’t fall again..

Yeah, there were good things too.. moved to new office.. now, I have 15 people in the team.. started working on new SaaS based project, I am really counting on it actually.. I just hope this one works as expected..

But despite of many good things, I am still not satisfied with the way year turned out.. may be this year will be much better than 2009.. I am sure it will be.. I ain’t losing hope so easily..

I guess that’s it..

Love & Peace
Deep

GOD.. is the right word for Amitabh Bachchan.. I do not call any person god so easily, so far, only 2 people have are in the list.. Sachin Tendulkar and Amitabh Bachchan.. no one can take their place in the respective fields.. with recent 175 run innings, Sachin gave clear signals to everyone that, he is not old yet and he can still play better game than anyone… and with Paa.. Amitabh Bachchan gave clear signals to all young actors that, at this age too, they will have to compete with him for the awards.. amazing piece of acting.. hats off..

Coming back to the movie.. here is the synopsis, directly from Wikipedia:

Paa tells the story of an intelligent and witty 13-year-old boy, Auro (Amitabh Bachchan), who suffers from progeria, an extremely rare genetic disorder wherein symptoms resembling aspects of aging are manifested at an early age. Mentally he is 13, very normal, but physically he looks 5 times older. In spite of his condition, Auro is a very happy boy.

Auro lives with his mother Vidya (Vidya Balan), a gynecologist. He is unaware that idealistic young Parliament-member Amol Arte (Abhishek Bachchan) is his father, who had had a relationship with his mother while the two were students at Cambridge University. Amol.

After Arte meets Auro, whom he does not know is his son, at an event at the upscale Prince Edward VII School in Lucknow, the two develop an unlikely and occasionally difficult friendship, to Vidya’s dismay. Auro eventually learns the truth, keeping it from Arte as he comes to grips with it himself.

The movie has so many brilliant moments which are very hard to explain in words.. few of them include, the scene where Vidya is trying to make Auro eat khichdi and how Auro replies to her with the bottle of pickle.. the scene where in hospital Vidya gifts Auro photograph of her with Amol.. the telephonic conversation between Auro and his best friend Vishnu… the scene during the end of the movie.. (on the bed).. just brilliant.. I will end up mentioning most of the movie scenes, if I don’t stop haha..

I really loved the director’s work.. loved his earlier movie, Cheeni Kum too and this one too was brilliant.. what I like about Balki is, his movies are very simple and easy to understand but at the same time very different too.. the characters look like part of your daily life.. in this movie too, all the characters were very well explored but I somehow felt that, Amol’s character was not explored so well, was he a good politician or slightly corrupt one? (Moments likes taking the corrupt officer in for the talk, or say, mentioning about small parking space at the time of opening ceremony etc…).. but that can be taken as an exception as the main focus was on Auro’s character.. and his relationship with his mother and father..

On the acting front, Amitabh Bachchan needs a standing ovation, Vidya Balan was brilliant too.. Abhishek Bachchan was pretty good.. Arundathi Nag was very impressive.. the child actors were very good.. specially, Pratik Katare who played the role of Vishnu..

The film’s music was brilliant too.. very simple and pure form of music.. love Illayaraja’s music… (loved in Cheeni Kum too)

So, overall, the movie was simply brilliant, I would rate it Rating: IT IS A MUST WATCH FOR EVERYONE.

On the box office front, I think word of mouth can get lot of people dragged to the theatres..

Himesh Reshammiya in an interview had mentioned that, his previous movie Karzzz was released on a bad day so it bombed at the box office.. so he will make sure that this one releases on the perfect day so with god’s blessings, people will love it.. But sadly, I don’t think god will bother to save him this time..

Haha and also other funny point is, during his last movie, Karzzz, he had also mentioned that, he won’t act in the movie if people don’t accept him in this movie (or the movie bombs) but the Himeshbhai didn’t live upto his promise..

Okay, so coming back to the movie..

The movie is aimed at young / multiplex going audiences… it resolves around RJ Vivan Shah (Himeshbhai), his divorced wife, Pooja (Sonal Sehgal) & his friend, Shanaya (Shenaz Treasurywala). After the divorce, Vivan prefers to remain single but Shanaya falls in love with her.. he is afraid to get into any relationship again because of his past. But at the same time, Pooja falls in love with Vivan again.. (Yes, they are still friends even after the divorce). So now our Himeshbhai is kind of confused in this so called complicated confusion he makes manages to make the whole movie complicated..

The movie is divided into some 13 odd chapters… each chapter of around 10 – 15 minutes with some odd chapter titles with “It’s Complicated” stamped all over… Himesh and company also tried to make the film “cool” by showing Macbooks all over and Facebook and also using the curse words like “a**hole” & “f***” so openly.. but sadly it didn’t work.. and it doesn’t work of your script is weak..

The movie had so many flaws, very poor actors from each and everyone except Sonal Sehgal. Himesh was a big joke, he can’t even deliver the scenes properly, you can’t make it whether he is crying or laughing.. he looks same all the time.. even Dino Morea, Zyed Khan are better than him…  Shenaz Treasurywala should now give up her hopes on the acting front.. she just can’t act.. she is SO fake all the time.. Sonal Sehgal was the only pretty face and a good actor in the movie.. Paresh Rawal was totally wasted in the movie and his role was a BIG joke.. I think he did the role just for the sake of friendship / relationship with the actor or someone in the movie..

On the other parts, I think people should gather in beat up the one who wrote the dialogues in the movie.. even I can write better dialogues.. Some of the funny dialogues:

Shanaya: What’s your relationship status?
Vivan: It’s complicated..

How pathetic is that? Another one…

Vivan:  (Crying)
Shayana: Don’t cry..
Vivan: Us aurat ka kuch bhi mujhe mere paas nahi rakhna, ye aansu bhi usike hai, behnedo unko. Wah himesh Bha

This dialogue was supposed to be a serious one with Himesh crying and all but everyone in the cinema (Around 15 odd people) laughed like crazy and clapped..

And there are countless dialogues like this in the movie..

The only good part in the movie was, the music.. very melodious songs… really loved the songs..

But I guess only songs won’t be able to save this crap..

So, don’t bother wasting money on the movie.. I would rate it Rating: The 1 star is only for the songs..

On the box office front, I don’t see this movie doing well at all.. but due to low budget, I have heard it has already earned it’s profit by selling satellite rights and the high music sales..