jab we met

watched jab we met which like daddy says is a real silly name
but the film is alright and all
kareena and shahid as the new lovers on the block
some tropes keep coming back like forever
there is the poor little rich boy
the fey golden girl
the journey as a metaphor for life
the ugly materialistic town and the idyllic village
the girl who goes to meet her lover and en route realises she loves another
all very nice and reassuring
there is also the hospitality and the fun and joie de vivre of the punjabis
that way chandra's sartaj was just the sexiest sardar
and also i think there is this whole thing of some part of mumbai which is totally snotty and does not want to have anything to do with the bollywood side of mumbai
and that i think comes through with the characterisation of the business women or corporate women types, who are all glamazons with harsh angles and close cropped hair. even jab we met had shahid's mum looking like that
in the movies, these glamazons are brought to realise their inner selves when they come into contact with the son of the soil, the punjab da puttar from sarson ka khet no 42
am reading ashok banker's ramayana
quite cool
was being stupid when i started reading it by trying to correct historical inaccuracies
and then i am telling myself -- this is no historical document!
so where are the historical accuracies or inaccuracies
the use of hindi is irritating and brings to mind all the tacky epics on telly which was elevated to another level only with irrfan's tehrav
now i cannot even remember if i really saw him in chandrakanta and was struck by his presence or if i am only imagining it
now i forgot what i was planning to write
because i just saw mukund's mail about stupid applications
which is enough to bore anyone to death
not the mail but the stupid applications and the hiring
i wish i did not have to do that
i wish i did not have to do anything
just lie on the floor and stare at the cieling fan go round round slowly with the circle that priya so kindly drew on it making psychedelic patterns
so then priya had called to say they might be coming in feb
that would be super fun as then there would be some sensible conversation and emotional shorthand
i was just telling priya it is serendipity that i was watching this classic jay leno which they are airing because of the writer's strike and no new material happening
and the episode they showed was june 6, 1992!
man i must have been like wasted under some damn tree on campus
he was talking about president bush and it took me some time to figure it was the elder bush!
imagine