99

Yesterday watched this movie ... was laughing almost continuously ....
thought of writing about this movie but I think this writer has stolen words and ideas from my mind...:-) very good review about equally good movie..

review of 99

never thought that I would see climax of some movie being shot in Palika Bazar..

that "neha or pooja" scene was acutely funny :-)

director's sense of detailing is mind-boggling..

most of the movie is set in the period December 1999-March 2000 and
during this time movie Takshak was released . A R Rahman was the music director and songs were very good . One of the songs had Alisha Chinoy singing for Rahman ( probably they have teamed up only once for this ). Song is very peppy but suffers on-screen with atrocious picturization and choreography. Thankfully, you can always use the good old winamp and just enjoy the song.

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But hold on, why am I talking about this song in this post? Just keep your ears open for the songs playing in taxi in the movie 99 ( in the scene when Kunal Khemu and Cyrus take the dollar filled suitcase from Boman ( given by "Jonomdin :-) ") and are going in taxi...)

Once Upon A Time in Noida

This actually happened on some Friday in July 2004 and I wrote this that day..(was lying in my sent mail)

My Gift Sack

Friday Morning ......Woke up at 10:30 AM after my alarm clock rang
third time from 9:00 AM(Was already late for my training ...)
.....Was getting ready for office as usual at 11:00 AM with my 125 rupees Radio
blaring one of the FM channels.....
Announcement from the anchor of program.."Ab pesh hai aapke liye
Mawana Sugar song.Apko hamein phone karke
batana hai is gaane
ki heroine ka naam aur aap jeet sakte hai gift vouchers".
nothing great.
I hear such announcements
at least 'n' number of times while listening to FM channels,
but looks like I was a little more crazy today than other days.
Song came,"main alebli ...ghoomuun akeli" from Zubeida....I tried
the FM number.....in my 11th try the
other side responded ..."Hi Red FM 93.5"" "Hi ...I wanted to tell the answer of
Mawana Sugar contest " "shoot...who is the heroine?"
"well .. Karisma Kapoor"
A pause "Congratulations.
Tell us ur name and Phone number....We will
shortly announce ur name .Please call after 3:00 PM
to know how to collect ur gift vouchers"....

3:00 PM Today

" Hi I am Byomkesh. I won the Mawana sugar
contest in the morning""
"I will give u the address ..Its ...Please collect ur gift voucher
between 10:00AM and 4:00 PM from Monday to Friday"
"Well thanks.........Just a small query....What is there in the gift voucher?"
A pause as if Arthur Connon Doyle is considering whether to
get to the denouement or write 50 more pages before revealing
suspense
then comes the reply "U have won 5 kgs of Mawana sugar!"

Did I hear it right?......5 kgs of Mawana sugar...come on.....
Looks like i am one of the flood hit residents
in Assam Bihar floods and they are providing me the
succour straight from Prime Minister's Relief Fund...No point in calling it gift voucher
5 kgs of sugar really need a sack....my gift sack...

Who says Tennis is "All Play and No Fun"?

"Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row"

– after finally beating Jimmy Connors at the 1979 Masters following sixteen straight losses.

Grass is for cows
--- Ivan Lendl said about Wimbledon grass court ( won 8 Grand Slams but not the Wimbledon)

Here is Novak Djokovic imitating Maria Sharapova



And, finally this is the opening scene from the movie Match Point by Woody Allen




"Christopher "Chris" Wilton: The man who said "I'd rather be lucky than good" saw deeply into life. People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It's scary to think so much is out of one's control. There are moments in a match when the ball hits the top of the net, and for a split second, it can either go forward or fall back. With a little luck, it goes forward, and you win. Or maybe it doesn't, and you lose."