Don

Well since i have written some amount of artciles i thought why not try and write a review.Hence my first attempt at an Hindi movie : Don (2006).

So here it goes

It was not a holiday but i was gettin bored at office and when my friend called and said lets try Don at about 4 in the evening i said yes without much contemplation. I do enjoy AB movies but am def not a SRK fan .I have enjoyed a couple of his movies DDLJ and Swades one in which it was important he acted over the top and in the latter it was perfect acting. Also i had no intention of watchin Don after watchin the original but succumbed to boredom.

So as i entered tha hall surrounded by SRK's multitude of fans and awestruck gals i was ready to have fun but not sure abt it.??

Well the pace of the movie was stupendous. Sometime just b4 the break i wanted to take a break but 4 the right reasons i was a bit too engrossed and needed to give the eyes a rest.As engrossing as MI-2 if not a Bond movie .The second half was not as engrossing but the climax cinched it.Do not want to write about the story as most of us know it.For those who dont watch the movie.

Now the positives

1)SRK - very good acting,SRK seriously rocks as DON a bit over the top at times with his expresions but u dont mind that .In Vijay's role I preferred AB's performance but it is more easy for an Amitabh to be a UP Bhaiyya .SRK was a bit too Englis!! bhaiyya for my liking .Saif had better UPish diction in Omkara.But still we need to give Brownie points to SRK for attempting & carrying of a stellar AB role.

2)Farhan's premise was the dialogue"Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahi namumkin hai, but the twist in the climax was very nice."Also the story adapatation is good . Pran's role being modified from a circus performer to a biometric expert is an amazing idea.Roma already learning karate b4 hand unlike in the old Don was better.

3)Good cinematography and action...Excellent cinematography n action scenes.Nice gizmos and cars and lastly i liked the touch.Arjuna Rampal using the latest equipment of a infra red keyboard a concept which is just being probably patented by the geeks of the techy world is very interestin!!!.Tech-savvy in Hindi movies .. impressive

4)Excellent costumes. Kareena is prob no match for Helen in grace but suave and sexy she is and she does manage to seduce the audience and me??.Isha looks goods adds glamour but is purely an item gal.Now she is A+ movie item gal.Congrats on the promotion Isha

5)Roma or Priyanka Chopra :for me it is Zeenat Aman who is the suave one but Priyanka is good .Costumes are amazing compared to Krrish and amazing looks .The swimsuit was nice but the other costumes could have been better.After watching her intro I did think that probably she can be our answer to catwoman or even Ms Zeta Jones in Entrapment.


Dissapointments

!) Music lets down the film.While Yeh mera dil was good, and Aaj ki raat was good the rest of the songs were a bit of a letdown.The title song had great visualizations but there was a lull in the tempo. Expected more from the trio of music composers

2)The second half shows y we r still not up there.Killing a mafia don ie. the Don's boss seems to be 2 easy.... .Few glitches while a helicopeter is there in the final fight Roma's save of the Don doesnt have this machinery interrupting why?? .Lastly the Malay police must be very easy.Worse than Indian police def..

3)Wasting Om Puri in that role...criminal act . neednt need him in the movie just another actor

Well what is my suggestion go for it def, dont compare and it is def a fullto timepass!!! and lastly if u r a SRK fan must watch it:-)

Ratings : ***

Traffic games

If not a oxymoron, it sounds funny.What do you infer from this traffic cops playing some cop's union games. some online website teachin u the rules of traffic.Well just read my entire post and u wld really be adding on ur comments on this...

Well this is a post after sometime, the delay being to some laziness and some mindgames being played. My mind was in utter chaos like the traffic jams of Bangalore and Hyderabad.again I mention the word traffic and without making you the proverbial curious cat let me talk about traffic in my city Hyderabad.

The Players

Pedestrians!!!
This guy or gal would qualify as the emperor of the domain over which he works. Remember the way you were taught to cross the road.First look left, then right and then cross. Well my co-city habitants are very straightsighted,skysighted etc.These rules dont apply here.Walk as you want and the others can weave around u irrespective of whether its a car,an auto or truck..

Cars!!!
Remember the phrase keep to the right end of the road.Overtake from left.Well we dont blv in that .Just take the Khairatabad flyover on amorning.In between cars and buses you wind bikes scattered.

Bikes!!!
Go slow!!! go fast!!! My strength, I am lithe ,i can weave out and weave in. Wheeling is fun but how about doing it in a city centre when astounded travellers and pedestrians and myself will look at myself in awe and feel i am the man!!!yo!!!.These are typically collegians or pulsar and yam addicts but then u have the terrific lunas .Man i am slow so i should be in the center of the road .abt others i care a hoot!!!

Buses!!!
Not as bad as Delhi but most young passengers could alight anywhere , could get in anywhere and the bus if its in traffic jam will blow the horn to no end!!!.It will stop not at a stop, would be atleast 20 meters away and ya will stop not on the side but in between the road.Also the passengers could spit out while the bus is movin. Bad luck if you are caught

Well I see you r gettin the picture

Lastly the most imp players

Autowallah or autowaadu or autokaaran... The king but for the kingmaker .This guy size is in between so he sets his own path.As rajni would say (en vari thanni vari!!!!) my path is unique.I do everythin all the above players will do but i can do much more.Abuse nickname is me .Meters are neatly done(we r no chennai yet).and dare you say anything to one then we gang up.

The kingmaker :

Welcome the most imp player.Bad salaries therfore i have to fine offenders .Traffic management comes later.Cm's and ministers and important ppl matter .Rules are for the public not for me as a kingmaker .If ther is traffic jam i will solve it but God says he will help those who help themselves and therefore i will help if the things become bad.Lastly i have a pecking order.The guy at the bottom has the boot .He manages the traffic and has to endure the pollution.Well i guees you know who this is.Nobody is cared of me for the right reasons.If i raise a baton ppl will try and escape and i wldnt mind I will catch the next bird and y r they scared of me only bcoz i can lighten thier pocket.Here i am the most helpful reducing thier burden and they run away!!!!!!

Well lastly some rules.

1)If somebody plays right make sure they dont do that gain.Abuses,Cuts etc will help
2)If you are at crosswords after the light turns red fro me i will continue moving along for atleast 15 secs before the baton is passed to the next set of members who start moving.If i am a bus doesnt matter blare the horn and move.
3)Rains are fun.Lets drench ourselves and others.Also it will soon be ajam so lets race fast with no consideration

Objective: To reach your destination in t5he fastest time and having no patience...

Lets PLAY

Well thats traffic for you in Hyd the city which scares the daylights of every other person from another city.Also you might have one q what am i in this.I am all of this just like naother Hyderabadi.Usually we r most sedate about 70% that is we follow the proper traffic rules and not the game.But 30% of us whobelieve in the game and play it in the true spirit with strategy and tactics. But this is enough to make my city the worst traffic city in the nation.This lack of rules makes this city have jams rather than lack of space and i am def surprised it has rather less no of accidents.

Well got to go reach my destination playing the traffic board and inspite of support from the players i will win- will def reach there.

God bless me and all ofcourse and hotspeed!!!:-)