I am trying to think of a topic to blog about. I have like a million topics in mind, but none that interest me enough to write of. I am at work and nothing much is going on today, which is good because it means no issues. I feel bored but convince myself that every minute I sit here is money. Somedays are so crazy that I forget to have lunch until late in the afternoon my tummy hurts and then it strikes me that I haven't had anything from morning other than a cup of chocolate milk! Then I rush to the nearest restaurant, which is a very high end Italian restaurant, which translates to big cheques. But I don't have time to go anywhere else. So I get food from there and eat it with a lot of guilt(one, it is pricey and two, lots and lots of cheese). Even this meal gets interrupted by 10 phone calls and 15 IM's(yeah we have Internal messenger in office). After about a million more issues and a zillion more emails, When I finally reach home and sit in my sofa, that is when I realize how tired I am. I don't even have energy to lift a finger. Again masking the guilt I have with the "making money" matter, I end up asking my hubby to feed my kid(and me!) and go to bed only to be sound asleep in 10 secs. This is how most of my work days are. But some of them, like today, are very slow. I keep checking the time atleast every 10 mins and calculating how much more time till I go home. Thinking what to do for dinner? Should we watch a movie after dinner? etc...etc.... Slightly changing lanes here.....Sometimes, I think I am taking way too advantage of the fact that I am working. Although I portray that men and women are equal in everything, deep down, when it comes to earning for the family, for loss of better words, I think that I think men are supposed to be the bread winners and women working is the extra mile. So when I come back from work, for some reason, I expect my husband to be extra kind to me, forgetting that he has also worked that day and is as/more tired than me. On the contrary, during the days that my hubby works and I don't, I feel like it is my duty to make sure there is a very delicious 3 course dinner waiting for him when he comes home along with all the dishes washed and Kitchen cleaned. Why is this this way? I think the true meaning of "men and women are equal" is not only that when men can go to work, women can also go to work(any work) and men and women have to do equal work at home also. It could also mean that the work men do at office and the work women do at home should be considered equal, to be more specific, just because the office work pays money and house work does not, doesn't mean one is better than the other. If you think about it one cannot function without the other. This concept is mostly stressed to men so they don't take us, women, for granted. But I believe that this should be equally understood AND followed by women to prevent knowingly or unknowingly taking advantage of husbands just because they are working.
Hey, look...I started this blog with nothing in mind, but I did end up blabbing for 50 lines!
I have been watching a lot of hindi movies these days and I must say...I love them all! I have become a very big fan of Hindi movies. For some reason I don't remember, I stopped watching Hindi movies 5 years back. Probably because I am not subscribed to any hindi channels here and I don't know what movies are getting released and who is acting, songs...nothing. and I kinda used to be content with the occasional tamil movies. But off late the tamil movies are so horrible that I cannot stand even 5 mins. There is a trailer of the movie "Thenavattu" coming in SunTV these days. It is really pathetic. I change the channel as soon as the trailer starts. it is that bad. When are people going to realize that there can be movies made without any heroism or unnecessary songs that makes us close our ears more than anything else. It is just irritating. I mean c'mon, atleast learn from seeing movies from other languages. where did the originality in tamil movies go? intelligence? Do the producers and directors think that we are stupid enough to fall for the same story again and again with just a different hero. Do they think the movie will be liked as long as they keep stripping the heroine and have a couple of useless unrealistic fights with the villain? These days even the comedy has become so bad. Vadivelu and vivek...just screaming at someone doesnot mean it is hilarious. Tamil cinema is missing the freshness that hindi movies are full off. During Thanksgiving holidays I saw Kuch kuch hota hai, rangeela, Lage raho Munna bhai, Yuva, Life in a metro, Mumbai Salsa, Hum dil de chuke sanam, Jab we met and the greatest movie I have ever seen...Taare Zameen Par! Kuch kuch hota hai and Rangeela brought back old memories. so I enjoyed them. Lage Raho Munna Bhai...kya originality hai! Loved it. Hum dil de chuke sanam...I don't think Aishwarya has looked more beautiful in any other movie. The entire movie was a beautiful love story. How many so-called love stories made these days can be described this way? Jab we met.....One of the very few movies that I watch in which I don't want to fast forward even a single scene..not even the songs. Shahid is my new favorite hero and I never liked Kareena until I saw this movie. I read that they are remaking this movie in Tamil. I only hope they don't forcefully add Vadivelu or Vivek. And Taare Zameen Par...what can I say about this movie? Simply brilliant! I must admit that I was hesitating to watch this movie at first because I don't like very sentimental movies. But once I started watching it, I realized that the reviews I read were infact well deserved. Everyone(who hasn't yet) should watch this movie. It is a very powerful story told in simple terms. Whoever came up with the screen play....kudos to you! simply superb!
Now coming to movies like Life in a metro and Mumbai salsa......I watched them back to back. After finishing it, I longed for movie without any extra marital affairs. Is this how it really is or have they concentrated it too much? Is having an affair so normal these days in India? what about one night stands? I was seeing a scene where the girl and the boy are falling in love. what I was expecting...girl and boy on the roof garden with a clear sky and stars and moon and they both looking into each others eyes and talking. what I saw....girl and boy in the roof garden, with clear skies and stars and moon...only, 15 beer bottles around them and the girl is challenging the guy on how fast she can drink the beer! Somebody please tell me that there are still college students who think a girl and boy just touching is a bad thing. So yeah, those 2 movies were a little out of the range for me, but still watchable.
when am I going to be a tamil movie fan again? When is Vijay and Ajith and Rajini going to act in age appropriate roles that mean something? when is Nayantara going to stop stripping? when is there going to be a good full length comedy movie that is going to make us laugh till our stomach's hurt? Tamil movie fans are waiting.......till then I will keep enjoying the reruns of old classics.
