busi-ness

tons of work kept me busy for quite long. guess for another fortnight.

however, that didnt prevent me from watching before sunset. an incredible sequel to an incredible movie. before sunrise too grippingly realtime. made-for-romantics movie. contrary to the distinct classes of intellect n romanticism that i've maintained, there seems to be romance which is intellectual and pursuits of intellect which are romantic. of course with the min effort that i put in, i'll keep blabbering with all ambiguity.

veer-zaara is a 3 and a half hour long movie. yash chopra still sells romance in his traditional ways - makes it appear that he holds purer n less-cliched versions of love in his mind that his son - kkkg etc. srk is superb as an old guy and we'll have a bash 20 yrs from now when srk n preity pair up as an (real) old couple. naach is said to be an intense romantic movie. based on ego-clashes and practical-not-admiring-the-idealist the actual screenplay is captivating enuf. but, i really dont see audience getting captivated in rgv's choreogrpahical idealisms. that is, if they get tired of ogling at antara mali. coming to her, she's my fav. and inspite of her real n reel life saintliness, she's easy with exposing. she's the contemporary meena kumari with all her characteristic melancholy which she never seems to have enuf of. suits rgv, i guess. moreover, sometimes her smile even hurts. but then she's a great actress with a lovely voice n delivery. naach cud be made better- sometimes just seems to fall thru. feel bad for wot cud be a smashing intense blockbuster.

waiting for swades n misc to happen. dec shud be awesome movie watching.

stuff keeps happening. life moves on.

abhishek bachchan

fantastic interview:
http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2004/nov/08sld1.htm
note the intermediate (laughs).