Raid

Wow! It's not only for the film and the actors in it but also for the realisation that I did have this space and I used to write here once upon a time in Mumbai. So quickly switching to the main topic and to get directly to the point like in the movie, Raid is a crisply written, well directed movie. The actors have completely justified their roles in it. I was in an awe looking at a few duals between Ajay Devgan and Saurabh Shukla and felt their screen presence should go on and on. 

The movie starts with a very interesting sound track. As the credits sweep by, its difficult to track the actual names and hence had to take help of my better half, to keep an eye on the music director's name. And low behold, it had to be Amit Trivedi. My wife often jokes, that I am such a huge fan of Mr. Trivedi that I might like the sound of his fart too. 

Moving away from obnoxious farts, the movie does have a dainty damsel in the form of Illeana D' Cruz. Her role and acting as Mr. Patnaik's  wife is quite subtle and doesn't do any harm to the film. 

The end has been just fabulously written and executed. The typical Amit Trivedi style of the victorious music is just an icing on the cake you would need for a good start to the weekend.

Note - The movie is a complete disappointment for those who like over the top action sequences with baddies being pounded by Singham fists or for the ones who expect for most of the traffic to be in mid air like in the Rohit Shetty movies. 

Mar bhi gaya agar
Marne ka gham nahin
Dekh zara mera hausla

Mujhko dara sake
Tujhme woh dum nahi
Sun le jahaan mera faisla
Jhuk na paunga bhale mitt jaunga
Jhuk na paunga bhale mitt jaunga

That's not an original from me. It's the song with the victorious music which has been used in the climax and I just can't stop crooning it. Go watch it!!!

Late goodbye

And then there it was - the final goodbye. I intended to have my part of bidding adieu on my blog not to publicize my blog but to have a tad more freedom in writing about my experience.:)

Sticking to a company as long as 5.6 years automatically tags you with one liners like “ye toh company ka beta hai” or “ye toh yahaka DCS banega”. In my case it went a step further with the junta saying “ye kabhi nahi chod payega....apne bachon ke sath yaha kaam karega”. So on the lighter side; I dedicate this resignation to all those lovely souls who had this amazing confidence in me. :D

Using phrases like "it’s been a long journey" sounds to be clichéd but indeed it has been an extended sojourn. Experiences have been immense. The amazing experiences for most of my career in here have moulded me into one competitive individual in this corporate world while some of the facinorous and totally forgettable experiences in the last 4 or 5 months have just made me stronger! I consider myself lucky to have spent most of the time in a team which was led by a technical genius first and then a managerial genius. I hope I have imbibed the better of both the worlds from these geniuses. :)

The outside work events have been amazing. Been it the team parties or the football tourneys or the badminton tournaments or the table tennis tournaments, I believe I am one bully who has leeched the most out of this company :). Trust me, I am gonna miss the football practice sessions and the tournaments the most, I am gonna miss those luncheons or the evenings snacks with my mates in the pantry area - yes, I am gonna miss my friends.

Life hasn’t been all rosy in here:). As I had mentioned, the final phase was really a tough one, which finally propelled me to kill that complacency within me and look for greener pastures. Personally I believe, it is a must to have an experience wherein you are experiencing the worst of things. It just makes you stronger, thick skinned and raises the bar of your tolerance level. :)

All said, when you are affiliated with a particular place for such a large duration you are bound to have a great amount of emotional attachment with that place. It’s the same with me.

Emotions are high, fear leaving you all

Excitement can’t die, new ventures won't let me stall

With beautiful memories, I walk out of this corporate park

No qualms in the armoury, hope I have left a worthy mark

Its time to do what I need to do

I bid adieu.

Life is easy....

Let the sun shine

View with an open mind

Absolve from corrupt blots

Embrace neutral thoughts

Ways of life get relations to heave

Maintain your calm, forget and forgive

Single life we are blessed with

Make a living, worth it.

Pappu can't bajao sala!

If you were one of those who thought that A.R Rehman had lost it in Ghajini, you should check out his music in the upcoming movie Robot. His music has just moved on to the next level of what can be called as "Noise".

Place some utensils inside a huge container made of aluminium and shake it vigorously, voila, there's the music played in Robot. Oh, I forgot to mention to add some bass to it else the music would sound a bit tacky.

To add an icing on the cake, the lyrics are utterly foolish. Some of them as I remember - " Kilimanjaro, ladki parvat ki yaro, iska roop niharo, yaro yaro, aha aha" ( mind you, its pronounced as Keeeelimanjaro), there is one more which goes something like - "mai atlantic mein dooba jaake" (ROFL). There is one Mohit Chauhan number which is pretty decent and has a typical A.R Rehman guitar strumming in it but the lyrics aint impressive at all.

Common Mr. Rehman, give us the Rang De Basanti magic back!!!

My friend Joe

My friend Joe pronounces the word shit as sit. One fine day he is disgruntled and in front of his team he utters the word. Others mutely sit down. Again he comes up with the word sit. Others have no idea what to do now.

My friend Joe and his team are on a call with an American and a critical issue is being discussed. The American gets another urgent call, so he requests my friend Joe and his team - "Please hang on guys". Joe tells the American - " You hang yourself". The team is in a quizzical mode as to what is the next thing to happen.

My friend Joe goes to a shop to buy perfumes. The salesman hands him one perfume and says - " Iska flavour bahut acha hai." He is now in a fix trying to solve the conundrum, how should he taste it?

My friend Joe comes late to the office, on asking why did he come late, he has a brilliant answer - " Aaj bus ke andar bahut traffic tha". The other guy falls short of his imagination.

My friend Joe decides to profess at a renowned institute. One day he is surrounded by a group of stundents. The students expect him to resolve their queries. The hot and humid climate makes him yell at the stundents saying " I am hot, come one by one." The students are shocked to the core.

My friend Joe is in a conference. He finds a pen on the floor. He, being a good samaritan, gets vocal and asks " Whose pen is this?" But his monotonous speech makes it sound "whose pen(is) this?". The entire conference room goes into a ghastly silence.

Miracle or a coincidence?

Things i need to carry to my office:

1) Zone gate pass

2) Bike gate pass

3) Office id

(and yes myself. :))

Though these are light weight accessories the repercussions ( except for the last one :D) of losing any one of them could be heavy. Especially, you lose the first one and your life is screwed. You will have to experience things like lodging a police complaint, paying a fine etc etc.

Episode 1- Shite !

Its that time of the day when you are in your best mood in the office. I was all set to zoom off on my bike and reach home early until the rains dampened my plans. I had to get my bike to a grinding halt on the L&T bridge to get ready for the next 30 minutes of my arduous wet journey. Donning my new wind-cheater I reached home least knowing that the start of the next day would be what I call "Screwed up part of my life".

Like any other day, I was late to the office. I hurriedly rush off to get onto my bike and it is at that moment that I realise that I do not have the set of badges(1 and 3 above). I come back home, search every alcove at my place but I do not get the set of badges. This is the time when I get a doubt that the set of badges must have popped out from my pocket on the bridge.

Epoisode 2 - The dame luck

With a whole set of anxious thoughts, I drove to the office. I go to the extent of checking for the badges at the spots where I stopped last evening (This might sound too desperate, but yes, I preferred this rather than approaching the police station ). I reached at the zone gate and called up my office for a temporary pass but my luck had yet another plot installed in for me. I get to know from the receptionist that I would need to wait for a couple of hours at the zone entrance as the gate passes were not ready due to some printing problem. She did give me a solution of entering the zone as the checking is not done very often but she didnt forget to add a big disclaimer saying " Come at your own risk because if you are caught you would have to shell out 1000 bucks".

Well, to my surprise there was no checking done at the gate but to my dismay i was caught near my office with the zone guard asking me for an id card. With all the confidence oozing out of me ( i knew if i didnt ooze the confidence i would have to snooze behind bars :)) , I showed him the bike pass and sneaked in.

The next few moments were absolute miracle. I approached the security guard at my office gate for a temporary office card. There was a man arguing with the office guard. He sees me and asks my name. He then hands me the set of badges that I had lost on the bridge the previous evening and walks away.

Who was he? How did he get my badges? How on earth was he there at the same time when i entered the office? Am I blessed :D ?

I feel

I feel suffocated

When my thoughts are asphyxiated.

I feel low

Circumstances make me bow.

I feel weak

When things get out of control and tend to leak.

I feel the bruise

The agony within, cuts loose.

I feel the pain

When the efforts to make things better, go in vain.

I feel no more to feel

Get intoxicated and keel.