Hero-Junior ki Heropanti!! :)

Hero-Junior onto Heropanti !! :)

“lambi judai, char dina da pyaar o rabba, badi lambi judai…..”

and then the haunting tune……

“Too-roo roo-roo roo-roo roo-roo roo’–roo’ rooo’ rooo’……” :)

Omg…..seems like yesterday, this Subhash Ghai blockbuster hit Bollywud called “Hero”….the male lead, our very own style bhai, Jackie Shroff, way back in 1983!! :)

….and lo…..suddenly we realize that Jaggu dada, aka Jaikishan Shroff has turned a veteran, not by style or Heropanti but only by the fact that now his son Tiger Shroff aka Jai Hemant Shroff has laid foot on the turf that Papa Shroff did back then. :)

Aah !! actually I wasn’t keen on Bollywud atall lately what with the pre election, election and post result frenzy, and today the peak with the swearing in of our PM sir. God bless him and God bless India. :)

"Heropanti" crossed my way perchance…and I was totally oblivious to what was going on onscreen just sitting through it as an obligation. But….somehow like a magnet, my attention was involuntarily drawn towards it and eventually got caught totally….so much so, that even my eyes overflowed many a time. 

Aiyo !! :))) what was that?!!...I laughed at myself!! 

Well well!! I actually luved the movie.

Tiger Shroff’s looks were an amalgamation of both his parents’ Jackie and Ayesha Dutt. And I had to smile when I saw the style-marne-wali-harkatein, so intrinsic of Jackie, flaunted here blatantly and in style !! no wonder the movie couldn’t be called anything but Heropanti!! :)

You know, “sabko aati nahi, aur inki jaati nahi!!” :))))   

                                                                                                           

He looked good and had an even better “smile” that came very frequently, reassuring in the critical sequences and completely absent in the climax when it was supposed to be. Never saw the exploitation of this facial expression so effectively anywhere before.

He danced really well, in fact the music release was already done on 23^rd april . the Whistle baja song is bang on….now I realized, my 6 yr old sonny boy used to show me one dance step for a few days now, trying to whistle along with it, hands in the collar and peppy feet movements.

His action again was superb, made to look even more effortless punctuated by the smile of his.

Pata hai kya, in real life too, this 23 yr old is not a sissy. Subhash Ghai wanted to launch him like he did his father with a remake of Hero, the then super duper hit, but our Tiger here refused to do it. It was later that he finally agreed to do Nadiyadwala’s Heropanti !! well done dude!! :)

The dialogues were an ace throughout, after all what is Heropanti bina dialogue mare, kyu, sochne wali baat hai naa? :)

“tu apne aap ko hero samajhta hai…

yaar ab log kehte hain, sabka munh thodi band kar sakte hain naa”

“heropanti karega, kya karu yaar, sabko aati nahi, meri jaati nahi!!” :)

….many many more…. :)

Kirti Sanon…the perfectly pretty damsel on the dock…ohh she looked so fresh and cute. Whatever acting was expected of her, she did well as a bonus. We have seen the Technology graduate….in Electronics and communications from Jaypee college of info n tech Noida ie :)… in the Amul ice cream and Close up ads. :)

The story wouldn’t be complete if I don’t talk about Prakash Raj, the so called Villian of the movie. The choice of Prakash with his intimidating persona, as the staunch father of the bride who would not think twice on honour killing was very appropriate, but what came as a surprise was that instead of a hard core villain he came out as a severely distressed father, who had no malice but only love for her daughters. I mean I never thought I would actually shed tears on account of Prakash Raj even if he was the last person left !! :)

A few words about the story itself. Yes it was a little hat ke alright, a remake of Telugu flick, "Paragu"….the treatment was very different…..

The hero-heroine themselves never “bhaag ke shaadi kiye” the thought of Renu-Rakesh was novel.

Till interval the hero-heroine did not have even straight eye contact with each other.

The best part that I liked was the way he smartly made Prakash Raj to get Dimpy to accompany them to Delhi….”love story toh ab shuru hogi dost!!” :)

So ladies n Gentlemen…go watch this movie for the sheer purpose that it was made for…..entertainmet…entertainment and entertainmet!! :)

Arre bhai jab Bollywud ki itni pagalpanti jhel lete hain toh thodi Heropanti ka tadka bhi le lein !!

And take care,

bye for now from me here at Page-3 !! yo :)

The Jag way.... :)

The Jag way!! :)

It all started when one fine day, we decided to get a new sedan.

We were and still are perfectly fine with our existing Mitsubishi Cedia, and hence a lot of inertia needed to be overcome before we made up our minds for a new one.

My husband Dr Shravan is very passionate and selective about cars as he is about driving. He can thus never be a comfy chauffeur driven car owner.

Being doctors we weren't very ambitious. Still, driven by the sheer goal of a perfectly driven vehicle, we stepped out of the line and went into the seemingly unchartered territory of the Audi-s and Merc-s!!

Yes we did try them out with the decision of rounding in to one.

Now Shravan being a very methodical and strategic planner did all the homework and started to go about it.

In the process, we did find some lacunae in both, which in our minds were covered up by the big brand names that they were. You see, Audi is Audi and Merc is Merc, so we just couldn't go about finding faults in them. Whatever that there is or isn't for that matter is to be taken as default and not a loop hole. :)

As we went about, it was Papa, who said that if we are going for such a high segment car, it should be only pertinent to look into other options too like the Jaguar!!!

The Jaguar?!! No way, we thought, almost laughing...
Jag was totally out of bounds!!!
How could we?!...
Or should we?!...
Well, no harm in at least seeing it!!

Ok, so 'looking into' Jag came into our agenda...

Hereon, what i say is from my own perspective....Shravan, an expert and me a complete contrast...

Out of curiosity I logged into an AV about Jag in the youtube. By then, I had fairly made up my mind for the Audi A6.

Unfortunately the video that I chanced upon, gave a very, sort of demeaning opinion of Jag 2.2 l vs the higher end versions.

Whatever the brand, i was clearly disappointed and secretly decided not to think about it any further.

For me, it was like, 'what the heck, first purchase such a hotshot vehicle, build a garage for its size, arrange for bouncers ;) go about slogging for the huge instalments and save ourselves from suffering from nothing less than a heart attack at even the slightest accidental scratch on it?!!'
Spare me….

Moreover, me as a woman was obviously concerned more about the seating comfort at the passenger seat, that which i was already enjoying in my Cedia than anything else apart from the immense price tag.

Jag had failed to impress me enough...

Ok....such was the scenario when we incidentally had to go for an Indore de tour en route Ujjain.

We, me, my son and papa ie, were standing in the porch of Radisson's at around 9 pm, waiting for our Cedia to turn up.

Papa walking by said to me, 'what car is this one?'
I obediently looked in the direction behind me, where he was pointing.....

And then it happened!!!

My heart gave a huge, nearly audible leap....
What i saw was not an inanimate vehicle made of metal...
It was a pair of eyes!!! Bright and alive!! Staring straight at me....point blank !!!
I stood rooted there for sometime before i started breathing normally again...

Oh my dear God !! What was this?! Cars and Guns are supposed to be the Men's fads....and here i was with a feeling, completely unexpected of me !! It wasn't a 'something' it was a 'somebody' standing in front of me.....the beast itself, tamed and docile, making eye contact.....the eyes talking to me!! Nothing else existed for me for those moments except for this magical experience!!

When i eventually came back to this world so ordinary, i smiled. :) all the lights were getting reflected on it....it stood gloriously.....its beauty for me to savour....have my heart's fill....mocking me at the doubts i dared to cater...

Had it not been for the people around, i would have caught my ears and said 'Sorry' to it for my innocent folly.

Yes, my decision was made....it was Jag for me....come what may!!! :)