Chronicles of Gautam

Film Poster - Dhobi Ghat Another quick post on another movie I saw recently. Dhobi Ghat is a movie about four people who have come to Mumbai for different reasons, from different socio-economic backgrounds and are somehow linked to each other through their actions. Aamir Khan plays a brooding painter, who mostly keeps to himself and is inspired by seemingly mundane things. Then there is an NRI female, who is in Mumbai to spend her vacations, and ends up in a one night stand with Aamir. Consequently they part ways the next morning, with no hard feelings on either side. Prateik Babbar is a dhobi and a wannabe actor who serves both these individuals, and is another link between the two. Aamir moves into an apartment which was previously occupied by a newly wedded muslim lady. It turns out that she has videotaped parts of her life in Mumbai so that her brother can see it as a diary. These tapes are found by Aamir. The backdrop of the film is a very vivid and in-your-face Mumbai, wh...

Film Poster - No One Killed Jessica Quick post about a film I saw recently: I saw the film "No One killed Jessica" around a week ago. I would give it 3 and a half stars out of 5. It s a well made movie. It does not bore you, tries to bring out the evil in our society but without being preachy about it. Both the lead actresses have done a good job - one who is a journalist and other is the sister of Jessica, the person who is killed in cold blood.The starting song 'Delhi' is currently stuck in my head.

While on the bus the other day, I passed a spot where an accident had taken place. Usually most people stand up and crane their neck to get a glimpse of the scene. I am not one of them. I am sensitive in this sense, preferring  to move on rather than have a disturbing image affixed in my brain. Probably some poor guy must be lying in a pool of blood with many parts of the body broken and writhing in pain, or worse, dead. One split second before the accident, all was well and then Bang! His life just changed forever. This just underscores how fickle life is. We fret and fiddle and plan and arrange, and then just out of the blue  everything changes. All that we think changes. All plans change. Life changes. This does not mean we should not think about our future - that would be plain stupid. I just want to say how, in particular cases, the best laid plan can go awry. In case you are wondering if I am smoking pot, be assured that I ain't doing no such thing. Its just that I saw...

While I am writing about movies that I have watched recently, let me add another post telling movies which I have to yet watch - and I have them with me already ready for viewing. So here is my upcoming movies playlist: The Pursuit of Happyness (English) Jogwa (Marathi) Up (English, animated) Wall-E (English, animated) District 9 (English) Inglourious Basterds (English) Pulp Fiction(English) I know all are good. Don't give me any spoilers :P PS: All the spellings are as they occur in the movie titles. I know its happiness and not happyness, etc. So no complaints about spelling errors.

In continuation with this list of movies I had seen in Bangalore till then, here is an update: 1. 2012 (English)*** 2. 3 Idiots (Hindi) ****1/2 3. Alien vs Predator (English)*** 4. Avatar (3D)(English) **** 5. Batman Begins (English) ***1/2 6. Chance pe Dance (Hindi) *1/2 7. Euro Trip (English) *** 8. Harishchandrachi Factory (Marathi) ***1/2 9. Harry Potter and the half-blood prince (English) ***1/2 10. Ishqiya (Hindi) *** 11. Kaminey (Hindi) *** 12. Lock, stock and two smoking barrels (English) ***1/2 13. Mumbai Meri Jaan (Hindi) *** 14. My Name is Khan (Hindi) *** 15. Natarang (Marathi) ***1/2 16. Office space (English) *** 17. Rann (Hindi) *** 18. Ratatouille (English) ***1/2 19. Rocket Singh: Salesman of the year (Hindi) *** 20. Se7en (English) **** 21. Sherlock Holmes (English) **** 22. Terminator I (English) ***1/2 23. Terminator II (English) **** 24. Terminator III (English) *** 25. Terminator IV (English) **1/2 26. The Hangover (English) *** 27. The Man from Earth (English) *...

Here is a list of movies that I saw after coming to Bangalore (in July). These are movies which I had not seen earlier. Given besides them are my ratings (out of a maximum of 5). 1.When Harry Met Sally (English) *** 2.Jannat (Hindi) *** 3.Satya (Hindi) **** 4.Money Hai To Honey hai (Hindi) * 5.Kismat Konnection (Hindi) ** 6.Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na (Hindi) **** 7.Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (Hindi) (Black and White) *** 8.Iqbal (Hindi) **** 9.Yuva (Hindi) *** 10.Padosan (Hindi) **1/2 11.Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (Hindi) **** 12.Arth (Hindi) **** 13.Dostana (Hindi) ***1/2 14.Fashion (Hindi) ***1/2 15.Heroes (Hindi) **1/2 16.EMI (Hindi) ** 17.The Terminal (English) ***1/2 18.Rock On!! (Hindi) **** 19.A Wednesday (Hindi) ***1...