Have fun with booze.

I am not a regular drinker, but sometimes booze helps in placating the mental agony. It was during a recent visit to a tourist place near Indore, where I observe certain peculiar behaviours among booze takers. It was astonishing to see people behave in oddly manner after taking alcohol and I can see common demeanor among inebriates. I have tried to figure out some of the behaviours and listed them, you may add more at your risk!

1. Speak like speaker

First thing I have noticed that even a laconic person speaks a lot and surprisingly the most also. And not just they speak, they speak at their highest pitch, making everyone realize that "I am not a terse guy and I can also have fun." So, does alcohol gives energy just like Horlicks or Boost? I have a serious doubt!

2. No more civil

It is the matter of time when someone starts puking and not just yellow mesh but also words which I cannot write in my blog. Once started abuses, there is no ending of innovation. You will find the most amazing and innovative ways of expressing your gratitude towards your so called inimical ones (like your boss, gf who dumped you). It can be proved that alcohol opens your mind for more creativity and innovation, though you never take this opportunity for worth.

3. Bravery Awards

I always wonder why Godfrey Phillips (a company which is into tobacco industry) is organizing bravery awards, but lately drunkards gave me the answer. Whether it is alcohol or tobacco, both are good enough to make a man brave. With energy, alcohol also provides the power to fight and can come handy if you ran into some trouble (which is quite obvious). Remembering an incident, where my friend got caught smoking in the birth of train. Two policemen took him to aside and ask for the fine, it was just then a co-passengers( who I felt was almost become a longatiya yaar to my friend) streamed into conversation making it hot as he was drunk. Smell of rotten egg obviously suggested he was drunk, but he confidently denied to policeman. I mediate the situation somehow.

4. Emotional Attyachar

This is the most interesting aspect of boozing, people just open their heart for everyone. I remember a saying "sath main pade hue and sath main jam piye hue sathi, kabhi bhoolte nahin." People will say lot of emotional things, while keeping their right hands on their left chest (dil se keh rha hoon). No more handshakes now, all will hug and even cry(if the celebration is for some kind of a farewell).

5. Philosophy at its best

Love the way people show their philosophical behaviour after drinking. I am stating some frequent lines frequently stated by frequent drinkers:

1. Jab bhi yaad karega ek paon par aa jaunga

2. Jhoot nahin bolunga, jaam hath main hai, ki......

3. MC, BC and lot more

4. Tu hi to mera bhai hai!

5. Tere liye to main jaan bhi de doon.

6. Saala kam pad gayi.

and my favourite one ... mujhe chadi nahin hai!

Even shayaris(poems) has a deep connection with alcohol. If we categorize the shayari, then definitely we will find alcohol in top two. My favourite of them is a dialogue from Sharabi movie "Nasha sharaab main hota to nachti botal."

So all you teetotaller out there, just raise your bar(pun intended) and cheers your life.

Whats the news!!

I was very young in 1991, but my memory reminds me of days when my father used to watch news on DD national. It was always boring to watch unpretentious news delivered by a lady wearing white sarees, but there was no other option. There was no cable at that time in my house.

Now, after almost two decades, media has a come a long way. From channel one to more than twenty channels and most of them with STP. But what makes me astonished to see is too much of commercialization of media. You cant judge whether you are watching news among ads or ads among news. News channels have started putting efforts in making news more as a realty show. You get the same entertainment index for Big Boss and News hour of Aaj tak. It is experienced more than once that TRPs of news channels are more than GECs. With the success of Aaj Tak, every GEC has tried their luck in news field as they don't want to loose opportunity.

It was the success of news channels which gave a new dimension for movie makers. Films like Page 3, Mumbai meri jaan, Rann, and most recently Peepli Live has showcased the significance of media industry in India. We cant deny the role of media in cases like Jessica Lal, Nithari Case, Ayushi case, 26/11 - Mumbai attacks and exposing the reality of big politicians. In today's media world, no one has the daring to battle against media, they have to bow down and especially politicians take decisions very carefully because they know someone is watching them.

But as the saying goes, with power comes the responsibilities, media has also engaged itself in worthless battles. Making the Prince, the prince of the country or destroying the earth in 2012, all aiming for pointless TRPs(pun intended). What is more embarrassing is indulging into the private lives of celebrities. Everybody remembers the Kareeen-Shaheed case. In recent event, media is eying authorities of CWG before even the games has started. As the responsibilities goes to authorities of CWG for the successful completion of the games, media should not spared if the things goes out of hands. Corruptions is an inevitable part of this nation, not recently but from the day this country was born. I cant ignore and nobody can take the risk of ignoring. Corruption was there when India hosted Asian Games in 1984, World Cup in 1996, IPL 1-2-3 and so in CWG-10. What makes the difference is the pivotal role of media in recent years. IPL was exposed recently and now the time for CWG, but this time media is going to be blamed for ruining CWG. Things were not in good shape and they have made the matter worse. Will this exposure make CWG a successful event? What makes the difference if things were exposed after completion of CWG?

Media makes so many efforts to come out with issues, but they should be responsible at the same time. Wo kehte hai ke sau jhoot ek sach ke barabar hota hai agar ise kisika bhala hota hai aur yahan to desh ka bhala ho rha tha.

My father has just stopped watching news channel anymore, reason is that now we have options and my father is least interested in spicy feast.

Things that cannot change!!

After the bombshell of LPG in the year 1991, lot of changes has taken place in India. You can see changes in behaviour, in attitude, in body language, in attire, in cities, in villages, in eating habits, in transportation, in communication etc. But there are things which seems constant. Though corple (a short form for corporate people ;) ) have started visiting CCD on a regular basis, but you always find corple taking sip of tea at roadside tea stall. It has transformed from nukad ki chai to tea-stall, but still you can find kids serving the tea. It is no big deal to stand in a queue outside Pizza Hut on Sunday, waiting for your turn, but still samosa remains the favourite snack of most Indians. No matter how many times you go outside for dinner, when you go home you want dal roti prepared by your mother.

There are lot of things which cannot change in Indians, and I hope they will never.

Dua main yaad rakhna!!

After reading reviews of latest bollywood flick on underworld "Once upon a time in Mumbai", I decided to go for it. I am not a great fan of underworld movies, though Parinda and Company are always enjoyable, and Ekta Kapoor production house, therefore Once upon ... appealed hardly to me. What refrained me is the star cast. Even Ajay Devgan could not break my refrain. But you can't keep away yourself from movies like this. People around you make you feel that you are missing something good. Therefore I went to a theatre and watch the movie.

Movie stands apart on two grounds: Ajay Devgan and dialouges. Undoubtedly, Ajay Devgan is best fit in the role of Sultan Mirza. His dialogue delivery is fantastic, of course dialogues also get some credits. His white outfit in the whole movie and inebriated eyes while talking to Kangna will make your day. Secondly, dialogues are memorable. Some of my favourites are: Dua main yaad rakhna, Jab kaam dosti ho sakta hai to dushmani kyon karen; raste ki sochoonga to manzil bura maan jayegi; har kitaab ka naseeb library nahin hota hai, kuch kabad main bhi bikti hai, hum woh kitaab hain; and so many. Most of these dialogues are given to Ajay Devgan and he make the best of them. Of the other cast, Randeep Hooda make a mark in the movie with his honest performance as ACP Agnel Wilson. Prachi and Kagna could not find a clap from my side. I think both characters were not exploited well. I am sorry to say that Emraan Hashmi needs to learn acting especially for such kind of roles. The child artist who played his childhood role was fantastic in a 5 minute role. Some scenes are delight to watch, like propose by Ajay Devgan, gifts given by Kangna, Ajay Devgan swinging chair by his foot.

Among all these there are lot of hitches in the movie, in the first half, movie was too slow and not to mention the climax was very lathargic. Climax could had been handled in a better way. Most of the time I was confused about the work of Sultan Mirza, his character was well written but very loosely connected to the script. I thought focus was more on characters rather than what happened once upon a time in Mumbai and that's where you feel little confuse after coming out of the theatre. What you remember is just the dialogues and Ajay Devgan.

I wish this movie to be a hit, a desperate need of Bollywood.