MY CURRENT FAVOURITE TV SHOWS

So, I watch a lot of serials......sue me lol. These are my current favourite shows.....but I do watch a lot more than this. I just watch all shows at one go on a particular day and thats my way of unwinding and having some alone time. I am sure that some serious serial junkie can identify with me. I get high on serials. Ok....so lets just begin

In 1963 the most notorious prison Alcatraz was shut down and the prisoners were shifted.....Only that was not what happened...... Sounds interesting huh? This sitcom is by the same people who gave us "LOST" and I am a huuuuuugeeeee fan of lost. Lost is not everyone's favourite but I used to looooooveeee it.So, when I found out that the same people are bringing out a new sitcom I had to check it out! The alcatraz prison was closed in 1963 and the prisoners were shifted, that is what everyone thinks but something happened in the prison and all the inmates just disappeared into thin air. To cover it up the govt told everyone that they were shifted due to unhygienic prison conditions.  They are now back!!!! All the notorious criminals are back and walking with us!!! They haven't aged and none of them know how & why they are back. But the most strangest fact is that the govt has been expecting this and has a task force ready which is run by hauser and to help him a police detective and a professor also joins in. What happens next is what this drama is all about. I finished watching 4 episodes and am glued to it. They have completed 10 episodes and I can't wait to watch 'em.

I like zoey deschanel and thats how I started seeing this series. At first I was not impressed. The plot goes like this. Zoey deschanel "Jess" who is trying to get over her heart break after her boy friend cheats on her finds a new place to live. Only the apartment already has 3 men in there. Nick is a bartender, Schmidt a white collar job holder & Winston a former basket ball player. The plot is a bit tried and tested...but after seeing the first few episodes the serial is actually growing on me and I kinda like it. If you like Zooey then do check it out!

Me & my sis both are huge fans of this show and we are up to date with the seasons of Criminal Minds. Its definitely NOT for the faint hearted. All the main characters work at BAU(Behaviour Analysis Unit) that studies the behaviour of criminals to nab them. When the show first started it was well known for the gory scenes and twisted plots but now I personally feel that the story line has cooled down a bit. But its not boring like bones anyway. I used to love the show Bones and now I hate it. If you love crime dramas then check this out! You won't be disappointed.

If you love criminal minds then you are sure to love Dexter!!! Its the story of a psychopath who is moulded into a "near" normal human being by his adopted father and taught him to channel his energy into more productive things.....like killing  evil people. Its not something that he does to save the society but to save himself too as he has this burning need to kill someone. He works as a blood spatter analyst at the FBI , oh well, his day job and during the night time he kills bad men :D. Its a great show & Michael C Hall has done an amazing job! Do check Dexter out.

Now comes Ringer. Its the sitcom starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. If you loved her in buffy and miss her then do check this out. Sarah plays the role of twin sisters. One is evil and the other is good. The evil sis leads a wealthy life and the other one is a drug addict who is trying to get her act clean. But the evil sis does a number on her when she fools her twin sister into believing that she committed suicide but she hasn't. The druggie sis now steps into her other sister's shoes as she is wanted by the police and tries to live her evil sister's life. What all goes wrong is what the plot is all about. I must admit that the show did get a lil bit boring in the middle and I kind of lost interest but now its picking up again. Lets see as to how that goes!

Ok.......Now its time for some "leave your brains at home" kind of fun time :D. I love the kardashian show. People can say that its stupid and all that jazz but I like to see stupid stuff at times and when it has three gorgeous ladies well........why not???? I can atleast take some pointers on makeup & fashion!!! The Kardashian Show has some major spin offs and Khloe & Lamar show is one among them. It shows the day to day life of Khloe Kardashian & her hubby Lamar Odom. I love Khloe, so I find the show entertaining. Only watch this if you like reality tv.....otherwise steer clear!!!!


Ok........so those are my "current" fav shows. If anyone of you see any other show that is interesting then do share that with me. I would love to know :)


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MY BOOKS HAUL

I am an avid reader and I can finish  books very easily. I read really fast and I always enjoy new books. I love reading all sorts of books except young adult and historical fantasy books. Flipkart has now become my sanctuary where I can purchase books at the comfort of my home. I really love their service as they use blue dart as their courier carrier.

This is my latest haul.Let me tell you about each book in general.

Who doesn't know Anupam Kher in India? He is an amazing character actor and when he came out with a book I had to purchase it! I expected an autobiography kind of book but this is more like a "coffee table biography" style book. Well, I am yet to go through it and will give a review as soon as I finish it.

 He is well known as the editor who changed the face of  "Debonair" magazine. This is a book filled with gossip, real life stories and most of all sensationalism. Well, who doesn't like that and this is on my next book list to read as soon as I finish "The secret of the Nagas" by Amish.

I have seen this book before but always avoided it.....Don't know why???? Anyway one of my dear friends told me to give this book a shot as she is really enjoying reading the book & I thought why not??? My dear friend you know who you are and thanks for the recommendation.



I am not a huge fan of self help books but we all need some guidance at times right? So, I ended up purchasing 2 self help books.

I am neither an introvert nor an extrovert. I am stuck somewhere in between. I honestly don't need help to strike up a conversation with anyone but this book has amazing reviews from others and I thought there is no harm in trying rt? I went through a couple of chapters and I do like the book as it gives practical solutions in a very easy manner. This is a great book for people holding jobs at corporate sectors. Do check this out if you like these sort of books.

I hated his first book "the monk who sold his ferrari".....yup you heard me right.........I hated it!!!! Then why did I buy this book........well, I do love the motivational speeches of Robin Sharma. If you are into those sort of things as in like leadership enhancing talks then do check out his youtube channel in HERE its amazing!
So,  I decided to give his books another shot and I searched a lot and found this book to have a lot of positive reviews. So I went ahead and bought it. I haven't even opened the book yet, so I don't know what is there in store for me. I hope its something goooooooodddddddd.

Anyway this was my book haul. I hope you guys enjoyed my small haul. I am in good reads, so if you guys are in good reads then plz do add me as your friend

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I have a goal to complete 40 books this year and lets see as to how that goes.....


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REVIVING MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES.......

Don't tell me that you haven't had a crush when you were 14 or 15. Well, I did.......I never did anything about it.......'coz personally I felt I was much too "cool" to fall for the emotion called "filmi-love" at that age. But, I did have my first ever crush and I never shared it with anyone. When I saw this new movie called BUBBLEGUM, I was pleasantly taken back to my teenage years when I used to think that I knew anything and everything in this world!

As the title suggests "bubblegum" lands the teenage protagonist in the eyes of his crush, soon to be "girl-friend"  and also the stickiest situations possible with his parents and friends. The movie is set in 1980's in Jamshedpur and is complete with the bell bottom pants and the oh- so popular "head full of hair"!!!

Meet Vedant, the "hero" of the movie, the 14 year old who sees his "First Love" in Jenny, the new neighbour and his "Rival" in Ratan who challenges him to make the girl fall for him and yup you guessed it, he is the "Villain".

This is Vidhur, Vedant's elder brother who studies away from him at a special school meant for deaf children and comes home to visit his family for the "Holi" hoidays. He is protected by his family and eventhough vedant loves him, finds it a burden to be the translator between his friends and his deaf brother and at times feels ashamed of his elder brother.

This is Ratan aka the Villain, who thinks of himself as Dharmendra but has all sorts of tricks up his sleeve that would put a 14 year old Gulshan Grover to shame!!! :) and yup he is also trying to get Jenny all for himself.

The lovely, warm hearted, good looking Jenny who knows that both the hero and villain are out to woo her. She has still not reached the "like" or "love" stage with either of them but sure has a soft corner for our hero.

And not to forget the loving parents caught up between all this, who finally understands that their elder son who lives away from them is actually world-wise and the son who is actually living with them cannot bear the realities of life. They also learn to be "friendly" with their boys which was quite an alien concept back in the 1980's.

This movie reminded me of my good old days when internet was not there and the only way you could actually send a message to another person was by being "mobile"!!!! This is not a children's movie, I am sure that everyone who watches the movie will be able to identify themselves. Having a fight with your friend was definitely the end of everything(atleast in our minds) and not getting the understanding parents whom we obviously deserved and it also depicts a time when one starts to see the opposite sex in a different way for the first time. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie and would definitely recommend this to everyone. This takes you back to the old childhood days which we have definitely left behind but, can we ever forget those golden days.......nahhhhh I don't think so! :). 

ANYONE INTO KOREAN & CHINESE MOVIES..........

I am a huge fan of korean & Chinese movies, and not just the "kim-ki-duk" variety.......but most of the korean & Chinese movies in general. I have always thought that they come up with some of the most original plots, the picturisation and the story telling is just amazing! (ya ya I do know there are a lot of teen korean & chinese movies out there and am not talking about them). Recently I saw a movie called "House of flying daggers".Its not a straight out martial arts movie, but a romantic movie with an amazing plot twist. It portrays the story of a blind dancer, who is suspected to be the daughter of a rebel group leader and the officers of the dynasty arrests her. She lost her father and now the "dynasty" thinks there is a new leader amongst the rebels and she is one among them. Two local deputies, devise a plan and tries to play the "good cop", "bad cop" routine. The one who is pretending to be "good" releases her out of prison but is constantly behind her and watching her every move, and mind you, the "good guy" is an outright womaniser and tries to charm our lady protagonist.

To be frank and not to be the one to spoil the plot .........the movie is a tragedy, but in my opinion a beautiful tragedy. I have not seen a movie being played out so tragically romantic at the very end. Please watch to understand........I don't want to give out any more details......

The main plus point of the movie is usage of really vibrant colors, exotic locales, amazing performance, plot twists, some martial art thrown in between and excellent cinematography. Don't worry, the movie comes with subtitles......

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Atfirst, You wont understand as to what is happening and would feel like stopping the movie.......don't do that........have some patience and watch it till the end......its mind blowing(atleast it was for me :D )

So, here is enclosing a clip, to get you interested into the movie (I am very persuasive huh...... :D).

Just skip to the 10:50 part on the clip that am gonna attach below and you will be amazed......and from then on I am pretty sure you will be hooked to the movie. Anyway, if you do see the movie, leave me some feedback....I love recieving comments and ofcourse, if any of you guys are  foreign "asian" movie freaks like myself........do gimme suggestions, would love to watch new movies and pluz if you would like me to tell you my top 5 "MUST SEE ASIAN MOVIES".....leave that in the comment, I can recommend a few........

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REVISITING LAGAAN.......

Now that India won the Cricket worldcup 2011, I was instantly reminded of the cult classic Indian movie Lagaan (Land Tax).It was one of the finest Indian movies that has hit the theaters so far and for a country who is obsessed with cricket, this movie proved to be the icing on the cake

Synopsis:-

The movie is set in the Victorian era where people were forced to pay Land tax. People of Chempaner(the name of the village in the movie) cannot afford to pay the tax as the agricultural produce has been very low due to drought hitting the area. They try to talk to the British officials, and Bhuvan (Aamir khan, the main protagonist) mocks their game of cricket, which was so alien to them at that time. Instantly disliking Bhuvan the british official accepts to cancel the taxes for the whole province provided the villagers defeat them in a game of cricket and if not they will have to pay triple the tax. The fiery bhuvan agrees to the challenge and the story that unfolds next is what the movie is all about.

This movie when it released in India way back in 2001 was the biggest hit of all times, and it had every single person sitting on the edge of their seats through out the movie. One of the main "ingredient" that a person would need to like this movie is a knowledge about cricket and a compassionate heart to understand the oppression people during those times suffered at the hands of the british officials.

Ashutosh Gowarikar directed the movie fabulously , Aamir's acting in the movie left everyone speechless and the A.R.Rahman's musical score left everyone mesmerised  and begging for more. If you are an Indian and a cricket fan I am sure goosebumps will rise up no matter how many times you have seen the  movie. And if you are a person who loves foreign films, then this is worth a watch, but mind you, it will set you back 3 hrs but it will be 3hrs well spent!!!! The movie has everything romance,drama,great music, terrific acting, spectacular visuals......u name it, the movie has it!

The trailer appears quite lame, but this was the only one which I could find in English..........

 WOW! look at the dashing Aamir......


So, dear cricket fans, don't you remember Lagaan, the movie that we all love and cherish and consider a true masterpiece..........