Jab Tak Hai Jaan (JTHJ) review

Jab Tak Hai Jaan, the movie, like it's name, is a Yash Chopra classic. The famous star cast, the outdoor and overseas shoots, the snow, the love... Basically, a perfect romance movie.

The never-before-seen on screen couple Shahrukh Khan and Katrina Kaif make their debut in the film. Although both the stars are sizzling on screen individually, they do not show that sizzling chemistry as a couple. To me it seems that they are not truly comfortable with each other. Other than that, Katrina's expression seems to remain stagnant throughout the entire movie but, when she dances... Totally worth it! ;)

Anushka Sharma appeared a little too late in the movie and seemed more of the side extra actress. Her acting better compared to Katrina but her role not so promising. Her bubbly attitude and charming smile does add a little spice to the movie though.

The movie was almost 3 hours long and the story a bit of a drag. That being the bad point. A fair warning, those of you who cannot stand romance DO NOT WATCH. Other than that for hopeless romantics like me, totally worth one watch. I promise SRK will make you swoon in your seats! A three star movie from my side! :]

Parents

Everyone has relationships. Relationships with your boyfriends or girlfriends, relationships with your friends or relatives but the most intimate relationship which also demands the most attention in these ages is the one a child shares with his/her own parents.

This relationship is also very unpredictable. One second, you are laughing and kidding around with them and then next moment, it all ends up into a fight which was not foreseen. According to a lot of teenagers my age, their parents seem to have a lot of flaws. They lash out at any moment, make mountains out of mole hills, nag, scold, overprotect, ect... The list is endless. What they forget though, is that they themselves are not perfect too. I mean, come on! They are your parents! We don't understand the fact that when we end up hurt, emotionally or physically, they experience double the hurt. We are a part of them. They have the right to nag, scold and overprotect because they also love, care and pamper.

It's like we forget about all the things they did for us the moment we start to answer back to them. We shout, we taunt and we accuse them of multiple things. We remind them of their flaws. It's a vicious thing, this anger. It makes us an animal. We want nothing else but to win the argument against our parents at that moment even though we are wrong. I know the feeling completely, because at times, I turn into that animal.

I know it's hard to think of all this when we turn into that animal but we could at least try to tame it. And that is precisely what I am going to try the next time the animal tries to take over. I am never going to forget about all the sacrifices my parents made just so that I could have the best. It is said anything you do for your parents, it never meets up to what they did for you, not in a million years. 

The new beginning

Whenever you move in, into a new flat, or any new place for that matter, it feels like a new beginning to something exciting. I was finally going to see how my new flat was shaping up. My family and I were staying in a rented flat up till now. The wait was nearly over and my new flat was almost ready.

Glee is what you feel when you are about to get something new. Exactly what I felt when I stepped into my new flat to take a look at it after so many months. A lot of touch ups were yet to be made but yet, it already felt like my room.

The walls, the furniture, all if those things were waiting for me to leave a mark on them so that each mark would have it's own story to tell.

This is a toast, to a new era in my life. :]

The never-ending project

Whoever said students has it easy was a mad man. Students do not have it easy at all! Specially in India. The students slog, make their projects and hand in their pieces of pride to their respective teachers. But guess what? The teachers don't even bother checking the projects. They only care about the fact that you have scribbled something inside and then they put a tick beside your name and a random grade, and dump your pieces of pride into the trash. Such a waste. It really irritates me. However, I can't do anything but go through the motions. I want to get to places. I already conquered my life in Singapore, and now I am here in India. I don't know where my next stop would be but I would definitely not be stopping here forever.

I want a truck full of memories but not at the same place. I want to accomplish many things and one of the any things is this godforsaken Environmental Studies (EVS) project.

This EVS project is sucking the life out of me... I swear if the teacher does not collect it as soon as college starts I am going to scream at her.

We put so much hard work into something and then in the end when the teacher forgets to collect it, it's just a huge heart break. On the other hand, when we decided not to out in any effort and just hand in sloppy pieces of homework, she decides to take it seriously. Curses!

The formality wars

The formality wars. Nowadays, every single one of us go through this phase of life called the formality wars. What does it mean in the first place? Let me explain.

One of the many specialties that we Indians have is that we have several number of festivals. And then with festivals come all the laborious visiting. Visiting friends, visiting relatives, visiting neighbors and... you get the point. In the olden days, all these visits used to mean something to everyone. They used to bring joy and excitement to the people about having guests over. The entire point of visiting was to personally greet each other and promote bonding and unity among the people who celebrated that festival or that occasion together. 

But now, people don't visit because they want to visit, people visit because it's a formality. They are afraid that if they don't visit, the opposite person would feel bad. Not only the people who are visiting, but the people who are having guests over feel it as an obligation to return the favor of welcoming them. It's a pain to make the food, it's a pain to clean the entire house, it's a pain to basically have people over and paste a smile on your face even though you are tired from all the cleaning.  This is, my friends, the formality wars.

It's not just about the visiting and having guests over. There are other parts to the formality wars. One of its many vicious circles include the giving and taking of money. According to one of my favourite shows, The Big Bang Theory, it is said very correctly and I can't exactly quote it, but it goes something like this, 'the giving and taking of money is a pure gimmick. you give someone 50 dollars and that person will also give you 50 dollars on another occasion and this will keep going on until one of those two people die, leaving the other one 50 dollars richer.' One of the most brilliant lines ever. 

To me of course, the giving or taking of money also ends in advantage because I am always on the receiving end while my parents do all the giving. Also today, I am going to be part of the formality wars. Going for dinner with relatives. Another formality dinner in the making it seems.

If you ask me (which I am obviously going to say since this is my blog), you want to host dinners and outings, do it if you really want to and not because you have to. I would like to put an end to the formality wars when I grow up. The rest depends on you ;]

Son Of Sardar movie review.

Son Of Sardar (SOS), this movie deserves an award for having the most illogical fighting scenes ever. It's even worse than some Tamil inspired Bollywood movies I have watched. And let me tell you, those fighting scenes are pre-tty bad. So, you can guess what SOS is being compared to here.

Apart from the fighting scenes, which are overly abundant in the movie, the story line is also at an all time low. The entertainment level of the movie also goes down steadily as the time goes by. The audience actually squirm in their seats as they wait for the movie to finish. The ending of the plot was also very unsatisfactory and needed more polish. Does this movie prove that Bollywood is running out of ideas? Well, this movie is definitely 1.5 stars for me. Only watch if you have absolutely nothing else to do for the day. Or, better still, don't watch it at all. 

The movie, it seems to me, was trying to be matched up to Rohit Shetty's Bol Bacchan but it failed in this attempt miserably. Once again, only worth a watch if you have nothing better to do or if you are a huge fan of Ajay Devgn. 

The bumpy ride

Finally, after all the turbulence and the mini heart attacks you get when the plan plunges downward, I landed home, I landed in India. It's funny how this country holds so much value to me in such a short time. Maybe its the warm people or the atmosphere but... there is some magic which compels me to come back every single time.

As I wait for a cab which is taking longer than usual to arrive, I realize the festive atmosphere, it's Diwali. Everyone is in their own little bubble of joy. For me, I fall into thought. How is my first Diwali in India going to be like? Is it going to be really cordial like in Singapore or something different? I made through the scary bumpy flight and I made it unscathed through some... problems which transpired in Singapore. Emerging confident, I look forward to Diwali and also look forward to seeing some people I love.

It's like life is giving me a fresh start. Something which tells me, you can build your life all over again. This time, it is going to be easier than the last. This time maybe, there won't be so many disappointments. Maybe, this is where I am meant to be happy. This is my home now, this is my country. Sure, I am going to miss everything that Singapore had to offer me, but, as India spread out it's hands to embrace me, I found it easy to forget my tangled past. The cab arrived. I took a deep breath and stepped into tha cab, this is the start of my journey here. This is my first step.

In conclusion, this Diwali, there are going to be some major changes coming and good or bad, I am ready for them :] Happy Diwali everyone! 

The first post

Going to India tomorrow. Mixed feelings about this one. Leaving a lot of strings behind. Some which I want to forget and some which I don't. You can only ramble to people and friends up to a limit. Once that limit is filled, you have to find another medium. And you know what they say- if you can't share, you blog (okay, they don't say that, I made that up). So... yes, I decided to start a blog. Confused as I am right now about how my life is going to turn out, I know one thing for sure, that tomorrow, I am going to go back home and that's where I would want to be. With friends and cousins. People say change is the only constant thing in life. Well, I disagree. Change or not, problems are the one constant thing in life. But you know what? Those problems have become a part of my life now and made me who I am. So this one, is a cheers- to problems and whatever awaits for me tomorrow at India! :]