Kites is such a disappointment

Ah, Kites.. first I dont know why is this name ... except that I got to see some kites flying as the movie began, there was no co-relation with the movie story line..

two, this movie is such a bore .. unless u just recently got in love and have 'filmy' notions about romance, u wud find for most part, this movie a complete dumb ! Characters played by Barbara (Linda in movie) and Hrithik (J in movie) fall in love for no obvious reason .. and no, its not love at first sight or something of DDLJ types, the guys just fall in so called 'love' .. and then they keep fighting the world to keep together their love..  some of the action scenes look so childish.. remember all those 10 cars chasing your car and u making them fall over each other types.. or the ones where gun shots are fired and u wud escape unhurt .. oh, let me mention comedy too.. theres just one scene which tries to make u laugh.. where Linda playing a Spanish girl trying to speak Hindi with 'mein ullu ki pathi hun'...  again one of the ideas picked up from some old movie..

three, things that u wud probably like.. dance is good.. songs are too.. US and Mexico or wherever its shot, the scenic beauty is awesome... Barbara's smile looks good and so does Hrithik's toned body ....

To sum it up, I guess the story line has taken its toll on the movie and taken its sheen away...The entire movie looks like a collection of few short stories picked up from old movies with predictable love, action, comedy scenes .. Its like selling a product in market with nice packaging, good advt. for promotion, discount to traders and all but the product doesn't do what its supposed to. My rating for this movie would be 1.5 out of 5 of which 0.5 is just for Barbara ! :-)

Thoughts after The Great Indian Butterfly

I just completed watching movie The Great Indian Butterfly. Well, if you leave all the name calling in this movie aside, this movie has wonderful message of finding the happiness within oneself. One of the characters in this movie says we have a habit of turning away the peace when it knocks our door saying we are looking for peace. So true and relevant ! The protagonists in this movie are characters just like you and me probably, ones who are so busy and engrossed in their professional lives and successes that they hardly have any time for each other or for themselves.  


Well, as I saw the movie, thoughts ran in my mind of how I have been living so far, whether I truly enjoy what I do now, have I truly enjoyed what I have done so far, whether am I more proud of personal stuff or my professional stuff, where does it take me from here to and many others. 


And, I remember watching a not very similar but a related movie, 'Dasvidaniya', while I was at XL which talked of defining 10 things that you would want to do before you die. The main character played by Vinay Pathak had a moron life until he discovered that he was to die and after which he set out to accomplish each one of his ambitions. Well, I cannot say that I have accomplished all 10 of my ambitions in life but yes, I did achieve one of doing a Masters in Business ! :-).. So at least, I am not gonna die disheartened !