Those who know me have probably heard me ranting about how sick I am of the whole “news reporting” business in India which they like to call the responsible Indian media.
Since the days of Jessica Lal and Manu Sharma, the Indian media has come a long way. Often crossing the lines of what would be considered reporting/provocation for pure gossip/TRP ratings at the cost of some poor soul/s.
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Amid all the “Come on you gotta see it” and “Are you kidding me?…you don’t wanna see the film that has created records at the Golden Globe”,I finally succumbed and watched the much “raved for” Slumdog Millionaire
To be honest, I didn’t have too many expectations from the film even though the whole world was gushing about a film made by an American director with a boy from the Indian slums as the protagonist. The basic premise of the film however sounded interesting. A slum boy from Mumbai wins the “Who wants to be a millionaire” show by using all the real life experiences he has gone through. Brilliant idea I thought.
So I said to myself “It’s a film about India with a bloody good concept and it’s creating sensation all over the world…what the hell..I should watch it” – BLUNDER!
After watching the film, I see where Mr.Amitabh Bachchan was coming from and I totally relate to his sentiments.
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Recently while browsing through the trailers on the Apple TV, we came across the trailer for the upcoming movie ‘Chandni Chowk to China” starring Akshay Kumar and it got me excited. It’s the first time I have seen a Bollywood film’s trailer on Apple TV. The film is being produced by Warner Bros which makes it’s appearance on Apple TV a little less of a wonder. Incidentally this is Warner Bros’ first Bollywood production.
Here’s to the Hindi Film Industry for having come a long way…As Akshay puts it in one of the scenes in the trailer “Chinese bhaiyon..sawdhaan!”
The new Nursery Rhyme doing the rounds after the “Satyam fiasco” -
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Raju Raju? Yes baba.
Cheating us? No baba.
Telling Lies ? No baba.
Open the balance sheet! HA HA HA!
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TUAW reported on Friday that the iPhone may be on it’s way to India this september. Gotta love the picture that they put up on their blog. The Mahatma himself endorsing Apple. I bet he would have loved to make the Macbook Air a part of his dandi march gear 
… yeah yeah and iPhone too!
