Missed Kubrick's "kick-in-the-butt" collection?

If you are a believer that cinema is more than just entertainment, then Stanley Kubrick movies must be at the top of the list. He often adapted novels and made path-breaking movies that are provocative and puts you in a moral dilemma. His movies are addictive and with every revisit, you enjoy the movie more. He made movies in every possible genre: horror, war, dark comedy, thriller, drama, sex, violence etc.

The movies that should be watched (not in any particular order) are "Clockwork Orange", "Barry Lyndon", "The Shining", "Full Metal Jacket", "Paths to Glory", "Lolita", "Dr. Strangelove". He directed "2001: A Space Odyssey", which is much ahead of times and an inspiration to Steven Spielberg.

I have recently finished Anthony Burgess novel of the same name and there is no doubt that the movie is far brilliant than the book. It puts the viewer through a lot of violence. The violence stirs up a moral paradox and its like a spit on the viewers face. 

Full Metal Jacket first half is a brilliant war comedy. The training song lyrics are a cult and are awesomely pictured with raw (pure) intentions. More than the climax, the movie must be watched for the first half.

Barry Lyndon is best period drama movie in terms of the visual effect. Because there was no electric lighting and only candle lighting was used, it makes every scene feel like a medieval age painting. Its like a scroll of paintings neatly wrapped one after the other.

Dr. Strangelove though based on a serious novel (Red Alert), the movie is a complete satire about the nuclear war during cold war period. Its a satirical movie against the "doomsday machine" theory prevalent at that time.

 Kubrick's movie is all about passion, unhindered raw visual presentation coupled with dark satire. Kubrick is more relevant these days because of the excessive curb on internet freedom across the world, loss of privacy because of government control, etc 

If Kubrick was alive today and is in India, I wish he made a dark satire movie about how the govt would fall because of 1 derogatory FB post by a 10 year old and hence the government must excessively monitor peoples' lives.

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 Urs Ved

The first ride...

The first ride, you showed my fears,

the first swing, you showed my failures,

the heights were always frightening,

darkness was always a horror,

the stars laughed at my fears,

and the wind kissed my midnight sweat.

What is the use of brightness,

if its the darkness, that has to be seen,

why should the dream get shattered,

don't let the heart to stay awake,

as the heart rarely dreams.

Wish I feared more,

Wish I was more frightened,

Wish I failed more,

Wish I was more horrified,

Wish i was less brave than I pretended to be!!!

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Nobody listens...

Nobody listens to the man,

whose pain flows like a smooth under current,

Nobody listens to the woman,

whose freedom is burnt,

Light doesn't understand the beauty of darkness,

cos darkness listens to the rumblings of a man

and buries the tears of a woman

Stones never heard each other,

when did men become stones?

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The Man with a Soul

Dedicated to all the corporate folks, esp the IT guys who spend most of their long working hours wondering why they are doing the job.

 

I went in search,

in search of a man,

who lived with a soul,

in this mob of madness.

Wandering through the jungle,

people go crazy over goals,

goals that lead to,

a moment of happiness,

and a night of pain.

I still ain't met a man,

a man with a soul.

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 Urs Ved

Friends and randomness...

It's been a long time since some crap has been added here and shall take this opportunity to thank my friends who made me happy reading my blog -- it really inspires me to write!!

This is a small tribute to the amazing friends I have known all these years.

The shine on ur face, removes the darkness;

The feel of ur presence, makes me smile;

Oh dear friend, I miss u a lot

With an idle mind becoming more and more devilish with each passing day, I just made this 'random' assumption of estimating the no. of new friends as a gaussian function!! (holy crap)

 Grad and MBA days are when we make loads of friends and the rate of increase decreases with every new job.. hmm.

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Date with a heroine...

Well as the title says, yesterday night I had an accidental date with this beautiful heroine :D :D. Her name is Nisha Agarwal and is also the sister of another hot heroine and my fav Kajal Agarwal.

Yesterday night, I was waiting for my friends in a five star restaurant in Hyd. This pretty girl walked into the hall and took the table, next to mine. 15 mins passed, and still no one else at her table, I thought why not start a conversation to kill some time. So, went to her table, sat there and started speaking on college days. I spoke about the MBA days at 'K' and she spoke about her schooling and college days. During the conversation, I came to know that she is a heroine. :O :O She is emotional, humble and it was one of the best conversations I ever had!!. We spoke for around 30mins before my friends joined us. 

Thats the filmi version and the true version goes like this -- she indeed is a heroine and sister of Kajal Agarwal, and is the leading lady in an upcoming telugu film "Veele". Met her, the yesterday night during the marriage ceremony at hyd. Went to her mom to take pemission for a pic with Nisha and before I could finish, Nisha Agarwal stood besides me. Man, shez hot & love that beautiful smile. Hope the filmi version was the real one!!

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 Urs Ved

Maaya chesindi...

There are have been so many ravishing reviews about this recent telugu flick "Ye Maaya Chesave" or "Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya" (in tamil). Most telugus and tamilians might have watched this movie, so this is for all those people who wish to watch a good love story. This film tickled my senses, it a damn simple and sweet love story.

The story is about a Hyderabadi guy who falls in love at first sight with a keralite girl. He brushes aside the issues of inter-religion and also of the fact that the girl is 2 yrs elder to him. She initially treats him as a friend but the hero doesn't like that and proposes her. 

So, if you are thinking what's great about this story, then its just an ordinary love story which might happen with anyone. Its great because it says never go back on your love. It will definitely come back if its destined to you. Watch this movie, such movies rarely happen in real!! Also the music by ARR is just awesome and some of the best photography ever.

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Good Moments...

It's that time of the year when the bike speedometer ticks at the left end, when the walks become longer than usual, you wish to sit in the class, exams no longer become a pain in the a**, start liking the mess food and that's when you realize these times are never going to come back.

Some of the memorable moments were

-- Shouting so loudly that the entire hostel knows about the status of FIFA match scores.

-- When the ITC, Paragon guys used to say "Sir, plz don't laugh loudly" and almost immediately there would be another outburst :D.

-- Those short distance running from K2-hostel (old entrance) to the D-block during monsoons.

-- When a supposedly short travel to Ootupura on a heavily raining day, resulted in a trip to Tushagiri falls.

-- When at 4AM, you say "Ranjith, aur ek maggi yaar" (hot maggi & cold breeze make an awesome combination)

-- Clap the bench whenever Claire Backlet used to speak (sad that she spoke rarely)

-- Invention of new hindi gaali with my 'perfect' hindi

-- When Manish used to repeatedly sing these three words "Chod ke aana" with his sweet voice for almost 3 months. Fu** him.

-- The innumerable outings, trips; walking sessions & coffee beans experiences.

-- When the lungi was about to slip during the Onam festival

-- When police caught me 6 times and never bothered to ask about my license :D :D

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