As the title goes, watched this film last night. Nagesh K is a good director, a really good one. I haven’t heard a bad review about this film from a single person. I loved the film; amazing screenplay and a great script. A very well developed storyline and a cool climax. I am really looking forward to his next film. Come to think of it, for someone who hasn’t learnt film-making(has he?) he does a good job of it. Hyderabad Blues, Rockford, Bollywood calling and 3 Deewaarein…. A good innings.
Like the older films, he stars in this one too… A Hyderabadi accent and perennially pissed off look, he has done a cool job of a convict convinced of ‘Satyameva Jayate’… Jackie Shroff has the sexiest voice ever and I wonder… Coming from Teen Batti, how did he develop such a polished accent? Of course, Naseeruddin Shah is the greatest again… Such a total kameena in this film, a complete charmer, his voice, his refined Hindi, the accent… has turned into a good-looking old man, like Ismail Merchant.
Sat up late last night typing something I really wanted… Posted it here…
http://www.sulekha.com/weblogs/weblogdesc.asp?cid=10015
Comments are welcome, as always….
Lost my sleep on that piece, dropped off sometime 1 maybe… to wake up at 5 feeling unusually restless…
Bad morning….:)
I think I don’t like John Updike. An unnecessarily convoluted and overtly descriptive kind of writing… Is he a supposed ‘great’ writer??
I tried to read a few stories…. Tougher and tougher..
On the other hand, whatever little I read of Kurt Vonnegut, I liked….
nachiketj says:
Cool
Loved it – unreservedly. Wish I could write like that – clean and effortless….
February 11, 2004 — 2:31 pm
Lakshmi says:
Re: Cool
Nachi, it’s not that effortless as you think… If I’d write the way I speak, it’d be an assault to the language, don’t you think? I write in Word using all the grammatical tools and spell checks and sentence correction stuff…
Rest of the time, I scan the blogs written by other people and get envious, yours included!
February 12, 2004 — 6:14 am
madhav says:
Hi, landed up here from your comments on‘s and ‘s posts.
I thought I didn’t like John Updike either, till I read the Rabbit series. Have you tried that ?
February 12, 2004 — 1:02 am
Lakshmi says:
Well, this book that I’ve picked up has a section called ‘Sequel to the Rabbit’… I wasn’t intending to read that but now I shall, I think…
February 12, 2004 — 5:16 am
madhav says:
My suggestion would be to try out the books in order, if you can. I guess the book you have has a novella which is the epilogue to the Rabbit books. Try reading
1. Rabbit, Run
2. Rabbit Redux
3. Rabbit is Rich
4. Rabbit at Rest
February 12, 2004 — 6:30 pm
Lakshmi says:
Well, I’ll note the order and try to read them… The titles are intriguing, must say…
ThanX!
February 16, 2004 — 2:06 pm