GUYS SHOULD BE DANCING CLASSICAL DANCE LIKE MEN!!!!

I have hated the guys who become "girly" after learning classical Indian dance forms like Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, Kathak and what not......Man I hate it when men do that. Leave those feministic facial expressions to women! I was against it till I came across these videos. It has the legendary Kamal Hassan, the versatile Indian actor. He starred as a classical dancer way back in 1982 in the movie sagara sangamam which received the National Award for the best film at that time and the guy simply rocks!!! He dances the way a MAN should be dancing rather than incorporate feminine moves to them. I loved him in the movie which was dubbed into tamil and malayalam at that time and it became  a stupendous success.......

The above video features the versatile actor Kamal Hassan and the ever beautiful Jayaprada together and the music is by ilayaraja and sung by S.P Balasubrahmaniam

The movie is shown as a flashback and due to some circumstances the main protagonist(kamal hassan)  fails to become a well known dancer eventhough he deserved it and in the end  becomes a journalist or art critic in a paper and  makes fun of a dancer in his column and the girl who has only had people shower her with false appreciation thinks she is a big shot till she meets Kamal Hassan, who shows her how to dance to the same music in 3 different ways in "Bharatnatyam" ,"Kathak" and "kathakali" and it just blows you away! check it out below.

Isn't the actor something else? He is just so bloody versatile and I wish we had more actors like him! and please a request to all the male classical dancers out there, please show your masculinity in the movement. I know for portraying certain themes one has to show a bit feminity, but please, nobody likes a guy dancing the way a female should!

What is your opinion guys?

I was a weirdo!!!!

As a child, at times I was pretty weird.I was cleaning up my room today and I came up with a bunch of greeting cards that I had bought for "myself"(yup, u heard me) when I was 10 yrs old or something...

I had this *thing*  for archies and hallmark cards. At first I started to collect them and then it became an obsession and whenever I saw a new greeting card at the store I had to have it!!! especially the "birthday cards". I still remember pining over a card that had music in it. I still have it with me but it just doesn't play anymore. I stole money from my dad to purchase that!!!! :O well........he never found out........so, I guess its ok........ :D

My mom was a regular nancy drew and she had this penchant to sniff up stuff......but I was much much more cleve"rer".....I knew that she might eventually find out about the cards and then ask me about it.....so, I made this ingenious plan, I took every single card that I bought and started writing inside it in different handwritings(mind u....i was really shrewd even when I was 10!!!) and made all of it out to me from different friends. Ofcourse my mom was suspicious 'coz some of those names she hadn't even heard me mention( when you are in 5th std your mom knows all your friends rt)....anyway, even if she did think otherwise..she never questioned me......

That was a weird thing that I used to do and today when I saw my secret stash of "bday cards" I felt like laughing.....Anyway it kept me happy when I was a kid...so I don't think its THAT weird...right......

Any of you got any weird stories to share.....

ITS THERE......

I came across this interesting story today in my mail and I think most of you guys have already read it, but let me just pen it down here, 'coz there might be some who has not yet heard it! :)

A lil girl was happily wrapping up a birthday present for her daddy and her mom saw it and asked what is it.......She said....."Its special mah-mee, dad will know"

When the dad came home, the lil girl ran to him and gave him the present and told him "Open it up dadeeeeeee". The dad was really tired after his work but rather happy 'coz his gal had not forgotten his birthday! He started to open it up and he was astonished to see that there was nothing inside it!!!! He suddenly got angry and yelled at the small gal and asked her "is this some kind of a joke?". The lil gal became sad and asked him "Don't u c it dadeee, didn't u get em?"

Get what? asked dad

"I had blown hundreds of kisses into the box........"said the gal

The dad felt so sorry and sad for having yelled at his daughter,  picked her up,  hugged her and said "sorry baby, I didn't see it then but I feel it now :)"

What I want to say is........there are so many people or "so called friends" around us who get us gifts and big hugs and what not during our bday's and all.....but when you really need them they are not there. But then again there are some others, who may not overwhelm you with any of the above said things but they will definitely stand by you no matter what and their invisible kisses are always there surrounding you..... Its THERE.........but sometimes we just fail to see it or feel it........

I am sure, that  we are all surrounded by friends like these, but do we take the time out to appreciate 'em or are we blinded by the *blingy* but not there for you friends?

Anyway, hope you guys had a great weekend and yup its weekday again.........Happy Monday.......

WHO'S SCARED.......

So, tell me do you have phobias?I know I do, and so does a lot of people around me. Lets check out ;)

 

I do not know swimming and  am crazy scared of going into the water (aqua-phobia) and I always have the feeling that am going to drown 

or that I gonna find in the pool something like this......

Tan-dan-dan-dan-dan (remember Jaws). Just kidding, when I went to learn swimming there was this really weird coach who used to simply throw us into the water and everyone would come up somehow thrashing wildly in the water and in the process drinking lotsa water and developing the "phobia".....all I can say is *Thanks Coach.........U r the BEST* :P

Am not alone, guess who else has it......

Carmen Electra and FYI she did star in Baywatch!!!!

 My dad is super scared of flying(Aviophobia) and earlier he never used to travel by flight.But now he musters up some courage if he has atleast 2 pegs to drink, the famous dutch courage(poor dad, am happy that he is atleast flying now)

Celebrity who's scared of flying.........

Jenny from the block :d

My roommate used to be so scared of Spiders(Arachno phobia) and I used to the be the one to kill 'em. She would just scream and scream....

and for this guy I would whack all the spiders in the whole world
 

The sexy J.T is scared of spiders!!!

One of my friends, she is just paranoid about germs(mysophobia) and she would never use a public toilet unless its super duper clean. She will rather die holding it in than letting it all out in some crazy not so hygienic upto her expectations place!

 

Girlie, you are not alone.....

 U have Cameron to keep you company....

My hubby is super scared of snakes (Ophidiophobia) and he pretends that he is not afraid......his explanation is "I am not scared......its just that they appear too slimy".Honey, who are you trying to kid!!!! :P He doesn't even look at the pictures of snakes(which I think is a bit extreme kind of phobia....)

 u r not alone dah-ling. Salma Hayek is with u.........

One of my cuz's is scared of thunder and lightning (brontophobia) , she gets so scared that she would simply refuse to be alone and gasps everytime she hears a thunder!!!

 

She is not alone......

Madonna is afraid of thunder!!!!

My sister's idea of watching horror movies is by keeping the sound really low and taking her face away from the screen.............I ask whats the point ......I don't think there is a specific name for the phobia and maybe ...."phobia-phobia"(fear of fear itself!!!)

I dont know which celebrity has it.......but I think everyone has a lil bit fear in 'em as far as seeing scary movies are concerned........

So, spill the beans, who is scared of what.....and which is the weirdest phobia that you have ever heard of........

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..........

COMIC THAT INFLUENCED ME

I have never been to United States Of America, but I would definitely want to visit the place someday. But I sure do know a lot about a fictional character called Archie and all of his gang. I am a 1980's child and believe me, people then didn't know anything much about the custom and culture prevailing in the western countries and we had no satellite tv's with numerous channels that now allow us to watch any tv sitcom that your heart desires, and please don't forget the internet which is now allowing me to communicate with you all! :)

I knew all about Archie, his best friend betty (who also doubles up as his date at times & who is so hopelessely in love with him),Veronica the teen temptress, Jughead the BFF, Reggie the rotten "egg"(do we even use the term anymore.......)and ofcourse who can forget moose, mr.bee,miss.grundy and all those others who made the American teens look so "cool" and "in".

I started reading the comic first when I was 11 or 12 and just simply got hooked to it. I studied in a convent school, so I could speak english, well, the "grammatically" correct one and not the colloquial language. This little book told me and showed me all about it. I came to know about dating(mind you, in the early 1990's in India the concept of dating was so foreign.....but now, its not like that at all), pocket money, summer vacation part time jobs(i was always sent to study some art form or other like singing,dancing and even to some summer schools) and oh yeah, the world of pizza and burgers........ I tasted a burger when I was 15 or 16, but now Mc Donald's, KFC,Subway and everything is so common in here.

Most of all, I used to hide these comics from my dad and mom.....want to know why.....see the pic below!

Two gals posing in a bikini!!!!!! whoa!!!! If my dad saw that, then that's it, it would have been the end. In India we don't usually prance around in swimsuits or bikinis in the beaches, though the trend is coming up now....

Ahhhhhhh........how can I forget the kiss.........In Indian cinema's before 2000 we never had liplocks in our movies( but now its dime a dozen scenes filled with smooching) and I had never seen one in "real" life. I think Archie's kiss was my first ever kiss LOL.

And ofcourse, it was so alien to me the concept of having "boys over", going for "dating" as I mentioned above and most of all it was an important part of me, growing up and learning about an all together different culture and in the process I was also learning the "spoken-english" in the most fun way possible. That was the biggest achievement as I came to know the words "waddya-kno", "gonna", "wanna", "kidding" "cool" and all that. It really was a platform that helped a lot of kids during my generation to see what is there on the other side and also learn to speak good "american-ised" english!

I am an Indian and I most definitely have an accent but I sure can understand and comprehend the language pretty well. A big part of the thanks goes to "Archie-Comics" :)

 Guys, don't forget the Karan Johar movie inspired from Archies.......

Any of you guys like the futuristic look of betty and veronica.........I for one don't! take a look.....

And by the way any one of u enjoy reading the Archies  even now.........I know am silly, but when I go to the library I still take Archies....... I don't know why.........Nostalgia, maybe.........

I AM TOUCHED.......

Gone are my schooldays and my college years, where we used to bunk classes, have serious "silly" discussions about LIFE and most of all, the familiar faces are gone. Now I see them in Orkut or Facebook(I don't have a facebook account!!!!  :O ). But most of all, I feel angry with myself for making all those promises about "keeping in touch" and "won't ever forget u dah-ling" stuffs!

Basically, I am a person, who doesn't pick up the phone too often to call and check on the other side as to what is happening, I don't even log into my orkut that much!!!! I know, that its a sin not to do these things, in these times, when communication is so easy!!!!

Yesterday two of my friends, from college called me up all the way from Punjab to tell me that they have joined their respective PG courses(by the way am a doc, who is sitting at home and preparing for pg. Before you judge me as to why I didn't get through......well, I did, its just that I did not get the speciality that I wanted, so I will be repeating.......whew......that was long :D ). One was a gal who lived straight across the hall from my room in my hostel days and many a times I have gone into her room to gorge myself on some yummy stuff  that she always has with her!!! I was great friends with her.  Another person who called me was kind of like a "glue"  who kept things very much in place for me. He was one of those people who would say things to your face whether you like it or not.......being the straight forward person that I am, I used to love it!

Well, I failed...........I failed to keep in touch, make pleasantries or even create a facebook page!!!!!

YUP, thats rt for me WTF means what the F***.......... :D. To be honest, I had an account and I deleted it 'coz i am technologically challenged. I found it too cumbersome to use!!!!

Anyway, I know, I have lost contact with a lot of people who meant a lot to me during my growing up years and I sincerely vow to mend that. Sometimes I feel jealous of my husband who calls up to talk to his 9th standard friend who is living in some corner of the world! Jealous would be too harsh a word...... I ENVY people like him, for them its just too easy to call, make sure that the other person is OK.

I am touched that these people still remember me even when I forgot them and took time out to call me and fill me in on what is happening in their lives......So, I am taking a vow, from now on I am not going to sit idly around and let all my friends slip away and I am not going to feel envious anymore......

I promise to be surrounded by the people who love me and whom I love the most 'coz they don't come that often......

Any of you share the same feelings..........are u like me.........plzzzzzz do console me by saying that this has happened to u too ;) and ofcourse any tips are welcome as to how to keep relationships alive.....