Review of 36 China Town

Watched this movie 2 weeks ago and was bit disappointed as abbas-mustan fan but happy overall to see a good hindi film. Especially seeing so many crappy movies released so tirelessly in hindi, this one was far better proposition to those. But the movie wasnt as gripping as abbas-mustans earlier works like humraaz, aitraaz or baazighar.

The story is pretty simple if u are used to watching thrillers which is also said to be copied from an american movie. A murder occurs, the murdere is identifies. As simple as that, thats how mystery movie works. Anyhow this movie was better in a sense that setup was different with casinos and Chinese influence etc but the other things remained same like a rich person is murdered for money ofcourse what else and then the mystery is unveiled.



Shahid kapur is yet to give a hit and this one does give him a minor one but still has a long way to go to take a film on his own shoulders. Ofcourse the hero of the movie is rather Akshaye Khanna who as in his previous abbas-mustan movies gives a stellar performance. Abbas-Mustan have always dished out good movies and this one for their standards wasnt all that great but was liek a not bad performance.

Kareena kapur after her villainous role in Aitraaz was back to normal bubbly gal role which ofcourse she executed pretty well. Others like paresh rawal, johnny lever were pretty professional and went abt their task without much effort. A good performance by I suppose a debutant called Rocky in the movie. A must watch if u are fed up of those sizzly stuffs and want some substance and arent tat patriotic to watch rang de or tat yash chopra fanatic to watch Fanaa.

No-2 and No-5 rank bow out - What a day??

What could be termed as the biggest upset day in the tournament, two pre match favourites in USA ranked fifth in world and czech republic ranked 2nd got eliminated in the first round of the FIFA WC. The two lower ranked teams, Ghana 48th rank and Italy 13th rank qualified. Noone in Fifa expected such a big upset considerin a huge gap in rankings tat USA and czech cud bow out so soon but tats the fate.

Seriously wat the heck are these FIFA rankings. Anyday Italy is better than US and czech and african nation are always powerhouse which is evident in this WC. Wats the meanin of these rankings i dont understand. Wateva USA and czech are ranked too high seems more sensible statement after seeing their matches tahn to say it was disappointing performances.

Anyhow such is the world, lets see for more actions in the latter matches of this WC. According to FIFA holland (3rd rank) are second favs to win the cup now and watmore Mexico third favs after these 2 big teams exits.

Sania Mirza - The Supergal.

Sania Mirza the name echoes around every Indian city u go nowadays. Every lil gal in her thrid std fouth std doesnt anymore get excited to see cricket rather they see tennis. They cheer fr none other than this hyderabadi toast called sania. The excitement she has created around the country is unparalleled and never seen before in Indian women sports History. Though PT Usha did create lots of hope, it remained just tht mere hope, never translatin to victories. But this gal is diff and she sure has come to stay in the circuit.

When she started playing tennis in her young age she was as much a aspiring tennis player as u or me but the fact tat she had it in her to go all the way to grandslams and even winning few of the ATP tournament is great. What more she is the current youth icon of India, Arjuna Awardee and the role model fr so many gals in India.



Her achievements in such a young age are enormous and she has all the time to go lot more distance. The fact wat makes her lot more diff frm wat sachin, sehwag, kapil, amritraj, leander, bhupathi or any other star has done is tat no other female sportsperson has done so much in Indian sports history and he has created a new rolemodel fr indian youth especially gls to look forward to. The fact tat she is hardly 19 makes it even more greater.

When she won the hyderabad open the support fr her tremendous and I remeber seein most of her matche sin tat tournamnet when she was simply outstanding and left most of he ropponents in disarray. I wud love to see her in action again if possible. Her forehand were so god damn strong and unlike the feeble hands of indian women tat westerners know of.



Though there is a slight slip in her rankings, I expect her to come back with bang and probably win a grandslam which cud mark a great achievement not just fr women sport but fr the entire Indian sports History. So I end this article cheerin sania to go all the way in the upcomin wimbledon, sania Go get it!!

Who will win this Soccer WC?

Heyyy its soccer season again and what more we have the world's best teams competing for ultimate glory. Brazil as usual are the favourites.

Soccer WC is special because it is combination of all continent teams and u can see nations frm every corner of the world. My personal bet would be on Argentina. I favour Argentina to win this WC. Hey I know u have other views but lets see who wins. So I predict Argentina will win this WC 2006 and get their third WC. Brazil shd travel far but I expect them to lose in the crunch.

Wateva commenting on this WC so far, its been excitin so far and the biggest early upset as in teh last WC was caused by african nation. Last time it was senegal and this time it is Ghana. I expect ghana to move to second round though u donno wat wud happen in this funny game where teams like US are ranked fifth. I seriously saw them play in 2 match es and they were slightly better than Iran. Man these rankings are crap.

Also I am very much please with african nations display as they continued their good play frm last tournament but wud like to see more of them in future than just 5 teams. European teams have been doin well as expected too. Asians team except korea have disappointed again big time. I dont understand logic behind havin 4 North and central american teams, I dont think teams like trinidad and costa rica deserve a place in WC ahead of so many good african or even european teams.



As the Wc eneter excitin knockout rounds we will have excitin matchups and probably see the team with the best nerve than skill winnin each match. As this was evident in last WC when korea defeated both European stalwarts Spain and Italy which wasnt expected of them but such is the game that it brings out the best in u when u play in ur home turf.

I am signing off hopin to see lots more excitin matches in this WC and u also dont miss this as otherwise u will have to wait 4 years to see this action again.

Sehwag - the Most Daring

Sehwag, almost a household name in every cricket loving home in India. He is the latest Big sensation to hit the cricket world and Indian cricket in particular. Ofcourse Dhoni is also there but Sehwag is more like being proven performer over a longer time. In simple words I just cant stop myself frm watchin this wonder kid slashing every bowler out of park. He has no repect fr the bowlers reputation and as he says in one of his ads, look at the ball and hit on its merit, forget abt who is bowling.

Sehwag is one of those cricketers who cud have only dreamnt of playing fr India if it was seventies or eighties when cricket was more of rich man's sports. Now with more and more rural players playin fr India, the different Indian team is in fr store. Gone are those days when Indian team meant the team with no flair except fr sachin and a set of mediocre players put together frm every corner of country to form a so called team. Now we have a team tat truly represents with players frm both city and rural side and sehwag definitely holds limelight as far as rural cricketers go.



The thing abt sehwag as I have said in my title of post is He is the most daring. Dhoni comes a close second but sehwag harbhajan dhoni kaif yuvraj pathan are a league of their own. they are not those city type cricketers who worry abt who writes wat abt them. Also those who spend so much care in crafting their own milestones but when it comes to team, they are least bothered. Sehwag is the class of his own. I dont think any cricketr wud have guts to hit his triple century with six even when he was dismissed on 190's in the previous encounter by hittin a similar stroke. Such darin is unheard of Indian history.

Sehwags career started with everyone sayin he cud be the best one day player but as it turns out he is an average one day player but India's second best Test batsman not after sachin but after dravid., Accordin to me Sachin comes a distant fourth after dravid,sehwag and laxman. Sachin has been in horrible form of late especially in tests and sehwag has been in prolific form.

The fact I say sehwag is better batsman than sachin in tests at the moment is not just some folklore, I have stats to prove it. Sachin after 2003 WC averages 46 in tests whereas sehwag averages 56. The point is sachin has some horrible scores in the 26 tests tat he played in this period. His average is consolidated by his 241 in sydney and 248 in Dacca against bangladesh. Also he played a second fiddle 195 in multan with sehwag against pakistan. If those scores which excpet sydney innings which also was very much unsachin like are removed, his avergae will be in paltry twenties. Sachin fr sure wud admit tat this is his worst patch in tests and it must be accepted tat sehwag has capitalised a s a better batsman in this period.



Sehwags scores in the same period are prolific. No one can forget his 309 at multan which scripted one of the finest victories fr indian team in paki soil. Also his 195 at melbourne was breathtaking. Not to forget his recent 180 in teh ongoin test against Wi. Also who can forget his match winnin 155 in chennai against aussie attack. His 164 against SA, His 173 against pak in chandigarh or his 201 against same pak in bangalore. Or his unbeliveable 254 against pak in lahore. Not to forget his debut 155 against SA. Did I just metion tat sehwag scored three double tons in this period. Also four great 150+ knocks. the thing abt sehwag is he goes on after his century which is not seen among other players.

He has been simply outstandin fr India in test and has been average in one days, overall a priceless gift fr any team with also his offspin contributin some great things. Also he is avery good death bowler in odis especially when pressure is mountin. Who will forget his contribution with ball in ICC champions trophy 2002 semifinals against SA.

But plzzz dont think him as next indian captain. he is more like tht trump card tat any team wants. He is not a skipper by nature. Which is also evident by his low average in second innings of test. As everyone knows second innings is supposed to be more pressure oriented innings. He avergaes arnd 25 in tests in second innings. So he shd remain a great player and not a skipper which I believe will destroy his career.

Adios signing off and salutes to the most daring Veeru.

353 Hits and what more can I ask for?

353 hits in a day and what more can I ask for? I advertised my blog in 12, 13 groups but only buffalo univ group was so kind enud to popularize it. I am indebted to Prashant, raghuram and all others who chipped in so much fr me. Man.. I cudnt have got so many hits and popularity even with NY Times Ad.

Ppl say tht I was dickhead fr advertizing blog in group but who is complaining, I achieved my purpose. My english is so poor, who cares there were 147 unique visitors yesterday. Wow. Yahoo.com had direct 80 clicks frm their site. Boyyyy, how grateful am to these guys. Eventhough my Toefl is 293/300 and ppl in Univ at Buffalo give me grades even with my poor english, these guyz think otherwise, well who cares. Hey raghuram and prashant, keep it goin man, I cudnt have asked fr more frm u.

Also one more advice to all those UB group diehard lovers. One post of me was unwanted but u guys posted 20 odd unwanted messages, tat was the biggest joke. Also I have been in forum fr 3 years and I know its working pretty well. Either u have one admin and few mods or only one admin or no admin itself. Here in UB we have no admin itself. So it means its a free forum and anyone can post anything they want unless rebuked by admin. Then why the heck Mr X, Mr Y is so concerned abt the group. Plz mind ur own business.

Review of Pudupettai

Mmmmm I saw this movie pudupettai very recently and was taken aback by the amount of sex and violence tat this movie had in store fr me. It was non stop sex and violence and violence in particular. The logic is simple now in tamil cinema unline hindi where either sex or shahrukh sells. Here in tamil cinema only sex and violence sells. Hero is gotta be a rowdy. Okkk he can be a policeman, collector, officer but he is a rowdy inside. Like vikram says in saamy movie "Naan police ille da porrikki". It seems to have settled in very well. It wasnt as if these type of movies werent there in past but nowadays I see only these types of movies in tamil. There are some really good movies frm Mani Ratnam at times but they are white dots in a black paper.

Comin back to this pudupettai movie, wat message does director wnna convey to moviegoers. Tat violence is spread in Tamilnadu. Come on selvaraghavan. U are touted as next maniratnam or wateva. But this movie of urs just proved u cant go beyond sex and violence. Though there were certain scenes where u did good job in bringing out emotions and realism, it was expected of u after ur 3 hits. In simple words u disappointed a lot of them. The scene where Dhanush kills the gang leaders bro and escapes frm 100 odd ppl defies realism. Plzzz u can do anythin in cinema but dhanush killin a person with one shot. As they say in US, u gotta be kiddin. Wateva there were no grey shades in dhanush character like selvas heroes in his previous movies. Dhanush character in this movie was dark Black, full black tat there were just no white shades in him. I mean personally I dont think a person like tat can exist. If it exists atleast he cudnt be a gang leader. My personal opinion is whteva bad be a guy, once he gets money and respect. he tries to project himself as good even if he is not good. Tats my views.



Anyhow now comin back to recent tamil movies, wat the heck is goin on. Wher are those romantic movies, comedy movies or atleast those thrillers. Tamill cinema misses those type of directors. Someone in the calibre of Abbas Mustan who dishes out those classic thrillers now an then and makes hindi cinema different. tamil movies had those dramas as their plus point. Noone can forget the period where family movies used tod ominate tamil cinema. If u understand am referrrin, samassaram adhu minsaram. tat was heck of a movie frm Visu. But those types are very rare nowadays. Ppl just seem to be obssessed with rowdy movies in tamil.

Like I said before when a dircetor writes story wateva be the script, wateva be the role of the hero. he is rowdy fr sure. police aka rowdy. Collector aka Rowdy. may be ven student aka rowdy. Uhhhhh disgusting

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