Desi Zombies: Go Goa Gone Review

Director: Raj Nidimoru

                                                                                Krishna D.K.

Cast: Saif Ali Khan

                                                                              Kunal Khemu
                                                                               Vir Das
                                                                                                         Anand Tiwari
                                                                              Puja Gupta

I know I am a bit late with this one, but I decided to write a review for the new Indian zombie version/spoof of Resident Evil and The walking dead. So the movie begins with the two stars Kunal Khemu and Vir Das who work in Mumbai and their life is nothing but full of dope and chicks. Anand Tiwari is a rather simple small town guy who is the wittiest of them all but is away from anything even close to resemblance to his two room mates. Kunal Khemu or 'Hardik' gets on the verge of losing in job while Vir Das or 'Luv' tackles his life with his 'Luvless' relationship. The three men eventually plan to take a break and land up in India's sincity Goa.
          While Hardik tries his charms with girls, Luv meets his facebook acquaintance 'Luna' or Puja Gupta who invites him to a rave party on an island just outside Goa, thrown by a Russian Mafia 'Bores' or Saif Ali Khan. As the trio crash the party and spend the night away; they wake up the next morning surrounded by flesh-craving Zombies. The movie continues as how they hilariously fight for their life on this lonely zombie-infested island and how they are re-united with Luna and Bores. 
          I was quite surprised to see how flawlessly the directors Raj Nidimoru and Krishna have delivered a movie so funny and so ridiculously scary to a population who has never really shown a taste in Zombie apocalypse. The dialogues were quite fair to the story line but some seats literally made me laugh my guts off. I can tell you one thing for sure, Bollywood has set up a new benchmark in the humor genre of the cinema. The acting skills were decent but the delivery was over the top. I give this movie a 3 out of 5 stars.
          Now why did I discount the last 2 stars is because though the movie was quite different from the current bollywood scene; I believe the dialogues could have been worked on a little more. And though the director has done a good job; I feel that there was not enough humour in the movie. The movie is full of extremes when it comes to humour; some scenes were hilarious while some were simply dumb and lame. So if you want to really watch this movie; I would suggest you rather wait for the television premier than going to a cinema

Thank God

This post is quite random and spontaneous, but I just feel so right writing this. Now life can be a real bummer at times, it can be hard and sometimes impossible, but there is something beyond everything. And it's God. Now religion teaches us an overrated story about God but I have a different belief. I believe God not to be in any real form. I believe god to be a spirit, a bacon of light, a soul; and a part of that spirit resides in every being on this planet. Not human, not Animal, but an indestructible force that controls things. And there's nothing beyond that spirit, nothing stronger than that light. I used to be an atheist,but the past few months have made me realise how ignorant I was. God is there! It's the religion to be blamed. But I don't want to get into the politics right now, I just want to remind you to Thank him, as. I thank him for giving me a life, an opportunity to prove myself. And have faith as I say this, ' you were born for a reason'. Believe in that reason and God will get you through. Thank him.

Bombay Talkies - a perfect tribute to 100 years of Bollywood

Now how long has it been since we have watched a movie so good and so refined that you wouldn't have regretted paying a single penny for that movie. If it hasn't been too long; Bombay Talkies would certainly be the one for you. Directed by the most critically acclaimed bollywood names like Karan Johar and Anurag Kashyap, this movie is definitely the finest compilation of short films that the cinema has to offer today. And though the star cast wasn't the most important feature of the film; its a decent joyride from the beginning till the end.
The movie starts with the first feature film directed by Karan Johar starring Rani Mukherji and Randeep Huda; with a little 'WTF?!' Moments in between, and by those moments I mean like literally 'What the Hell?'. The script is so mature and the storyline is so skeptic that no matter what surprise the feature film throws at you, you'll take it all worth the swears you might just prompt out. The second feature film directed by Dibakar Banerjee starring Niwazuddin Siddiqui revolves around a day of life spent by a lower middle class family in Mumbai. The actors performed so perfectly well that even the big names of the current bollywood scene would be put to shame. The third Short film directed by Zoya Akhtar was about a simple but unusual boy taking a huge step towards his future inspired by the cinema. Though the story might seem unusual and strange to most of the audience; it has a strong message waving over its head and leaving a sense of pure awe in the smiles of the audience. The fourth short film, directed by Anurag Kashyap was an ambitious delight and probably the simplest among the four. But the best and the most innocent was definitely the third feature film of the four.
The basic storyline of all the four short films was about what kind of an impact Bollywood has have been on every life of a Mumbaikar. The first short film revisited the old generation melodies of bollywood; the second one featured the talks and the impact of bollywood; the third featured the inspiration and the change bollywood has brought to the current generation while the last one featured the craze and hype of bollywood. Four completely different and individual short films; but such a basic and smooth story line. Attentive audience didn't mind breaking into applause acknowledging this beautiful compilation.
Bollywood might have changed in a several ways in the past century; but it has always been a prominent stage among its skeptics. And this movie was a symphony of such amazing moments of bollywood. The movie gets a 4 star from me. It missed the last star because in a way, I did feel distracted in the beginning; but it was worth a watch.

The 'What The Hell' look!

Now how many of us have gone through a moment where we might have turned a fool out of ourselves. Like, when you do something shameful and you get conscious about the heads you've turned. Or you might have pissed someone off so much that you start feeling guilty abut it. Now I can turn in a dozen of examples like... Hmmm...lets say, you really need to take a leak and there's no public lavatory around and you walk into a top-notch cafe or food joint just to use the urinal. And when you leave, almost every staff personal looks at you like 'what the hell?'. Or maybe you treat yourself with a fine meal and when you call for the cheque you realise you don't have enough cash to cover it. And then you start calling every friend of yours asking them to come down there to get your cheque clean. And the wait is just as embarrassing especially when the manager keeps hovering round your table making sure you don't leave. Now that has happened to me a several times and I know how it feels.
Or maybe when you try to buy yourself a pair of branded jeans and you don't know how to pronounce the brand name. And then you get that same hilarious look from the attendant when he's like "what the hell?!". Or maybe when you're sitting in a cafe and a couple next to your table starts making out and you feel like 'What the hell?!'. Oh wait... That's just happened to me I guess. Awkward!!! Or maybe when you're given a dare in public and when your guts come in question, you are obliged to fulfil that dare. Like just yesterday, I and my friends went to the cinema to watch the latest Iron Man movie where my friends dared me to say 'Fauladi Rakshak' at the ticket counter and when I said it, everyone in the queue was like ' what the hell?!' And I actually said it, never thought I could be so gutsy.
But the point if this entire post is, you're not the first one to do something that you feel might be embarrassing. There are billions of people out there and someone or the else might have done it before you, so don't feel embarrassed! Just be like 'what the hell, it's my life and I'm not ashamed of myself'. You might think you're too fat, or ugly, or unattractive, or incapable and you might keep comparing yourself with others. But before that, just give it a thought. You can never be 'too' fat or 'too' ugly to be yourself. Your imperfections are a part of your personality and people know you for that. Moreover, they respect you for that. And those people are your friends and family who really care for you. Just keep this motto in life, if you find yourself in an embarrassing situation, just be like 'what the hell' because when you go back home, you can laugh over it as much as you like with the people who care about you. Just live your life and hell with your weakest moments. Because you might never know, who might just fall for your guts to face those moments.

God Save Engineering!

Engineering, as quoted by stupidsid, "the most overrated stream" in our country. And what makes it so overrated? The huge pile of assignments that eventually turn a students sleepless nights of work into a 10 Rupees per kg in the rug market? Or the months of academic torutre that our professors impose upon us? The answer is neither.

I remember choosing engineering over my flair in literature and writing two years ago. The decision was unexpectedly an easy one. All I had to do was give the common entrance test and pass the cut-off score to get into Mumbai University. Though DMCE was not my first priority, I had to budge in what I got. And it still amazes me to see how so many students still have the guts to get into engineering, in spite of knowing the forthcoming years of drama.

My sister had warned me, "engineering changes you" and everyone knows what she actually meant. It turns you into a person you might not even recognise in your mirror reflection. It changes your appearance, your flow and gives you a charm of a heavily loaded and low paid worker. I remember the innocent me back in my Junior college years. Okay, maybe I was not that innocent, but I was against all those delirious habits and addictions of life. And look at me now, I'm writing this post half-drunk with a packet of Marlboro lights in my pocket while smoking my last cigarette from the previous packet. I used to be away from anything Even close to dating, but today I can proudly and unfortunately say I've experienced the bitter sweet relationship troubles that the Cupid has put me down with.

Engineering is not what I'd thought of it to be. It's an enigma of its kind. It teaches you the'jugaads' and the 'duniyadaari' this society has to offer you. It teaches you 'to mind your own fucking business" and pushing your limits during the exam season. It cuts you rough and teaches you to do what others are doing and keeping your priorities and true emotions out of life. In short, it teaches you to be a professional. It is like this huge cloning factory, cloning student after student, and letting them out in a hilariously synchronised rat race slash marathon that every rat feels that he can deal with it, but ends up cursing the moment they got into engineering.

And what's the purpose of solving those huge Latin-Greek math equations. Unless you choose to be like Einstein or Euler, you won't need them anyways. And those A grades that we kill for? We all are gonna end up in an outsourced firm just like the other 99% of the lot. So I say, FUCK ENGINEERING and Leave that shit to God. Take another cigarette from the stash and smoke it all out. Order a second round of your drink and gulp it all down as if you're treating yourself with a happy hour.