Keepin in Touch!

Yep, its thinking time again…(i.e. got nothing to do till I go 4 visarjan in the afternoon); and this time its about communicating with good friends. See, if I want to keep in touch with some person, I will usually make the effort to call once a while or meet or e-mail.

Aaj kal ke dino mein phone seems to be the preferred mode of communication. Kissi ki yaad aayi, give them a call (Seriously, do that, life is too short to postpone such things ;). People don’t get that much time to meet up, and E-mail seems to be too impersonal in most cases (except when outlooking with the Stairrorists*). And that, leads me to my current problem….

I am not a phone person. There are very few people with who I am comfortable talking on the phone for more than 10-15 mins… Mind begins drying up of things to say, all kinds of PJ’s (most of which are better left unsaid in the interest of the saamnewali party’s sanity), the conversation becomes awkward, and leads to the prolific use of my favorite telephonic phrase ‘Aur Kya, Bol!’ or 'Anik Kay' over and over, (although I AM trying curb it, really). And when I try to end a phone conversation, my excuses are so pathetic ke saamnewala person immediately sees through it, and I feel worse…About 90% of the time, ‘I’ll talk to you later’ feels like I’m digging a deeper hole 4 myself!

I guess it’s because to me, a very big part of engaging in a conversation (or any interaction, for that matter) is the reaction I get from the other person. That is what I base what I say or do next on.. And to say that I lack this perception when talking on the phone is an understatement. Give me a face to face meeting to a phone call (almost) any day! Out of sight really does mean out of mind in majority of cases. I have decided henceforth that me and any other person suffering from similar issues will be referred to as ‘Telephonically Challenged!’ whenever talk of this disability comes up!

So I was thinking, kya kiya jaa saktay in this case and came up with the following options..

Go meet the person jiski yaad aayi hai (Most preferred option)

Pros:

• Love meeting friends
• Face 2 face is best

Cons:

• Scheduling conflicts
• Laziness to get out of house on holidays
• Travelling

Don’t call that person till u have something to talk about (worst option next to not calling at all, I think )

Pros:

• (Hopefully) Better conversation.. (helps if the other person knows that I am ‘Telephonically challenged’)

• Can call when have free time, and thinking a bit abt what to say :)

Cons:

• Donno if opposite party has free time/inclination to talk (Sometimes, we just don’t feel like talking (or is it just me??))
• Back to normal programming after discussing abovementioned topic

Call anyway, hope for the best, try to avoid Aur Kya/Anik Kay.. (most followed option, abt 50% success rate)

Pros:

• Atleast we’re talking
• Helps if you and saamne wala know each other very well, or have lots of common ground… usually topics just come up then

Cons:

• Aur Kya, Bol/Anik Kay

• ‘Telephonically challenged’ person here!!
• Meeting is better

E-mail that person

Pros:

• I write well
• Can write in fursat...
• Review what i write before sending it...

Cons:

• Am too lazy to write big mails,
• And I really do prefer meeting :)

Write a blog post + send it to them by email so that they know ke I remembered them and want to keep in touch.

Hmmm, I think I’ll do that for now!! :)

All Have nice day; LNTW (except for 1)

Rock On!! Review

Every once in the while, there’ll be a movie that makes me think… Rock On!! is one of those movies. Among the movies mentioned above, there will be a few movies which do not make me think ‘Why the hell did I see this movie’… Rock On!! is one of these movies as well (Confused? Re-read slowly, one line at a time)

Based on the above paragraph, I’m sure you all must have understood (benefit of doubt being given here even though am not sure), ke I really really liked Rock On.

And why do I like the movie? Because it’s a great story, with a great cast, and amazing music! Read on for details-

The movie is about second chances – for a band called Magik which has broken up 10 years back….. and for their loved ones. The lead singer (FA) has gone on to become a successful banker who has a beautiful wife and all material things that one could desire. The lead guitarist (AR) who’s got no business sense but loads of talent, (and a beautiful wife too ;). And the other two members (Purab n Luke) who have jobs of their own but are still missing something. FA’s wife, in addition to being good-looking and having other good-looking female friends, is really really smart, and is able to see that patidev is not really happy. Mrs FA, when she comes across his old rockstar pics, sets off on a mission to reunite the band. After initial failure, and lots of drama, Magik does get back together and sets off on a new journey…

Its very easy to identify with the characters, at least for me...Who doesnt have a childhood dream which was given up due to pressure from others. The movie made me think back to that time during my Diploma when the teacher had asked me to stop drumming on the desk... Who knows where I would have been if I had'nt caved in under authoritarian pressure back then!

This simple story is really well told with great songs spread out through the movie, right from ‘Socha Hai’ at the start to ‘Sinbad the Sailor’ at the end. (Special thanks go out to Mr. Vaishno Shrivastava of KC College, Mahalaxmi branch, for introducing me to these songs some time back) Another favorite of mine – the absolutely amazing ‘Ye Tumhari Meri Baatien’ can be heard anytime, by messaging me not to pick up the phone and then calling me.

All the actors have played their parts very well. I liked Purab best in the movie, jyaada footage nahi hai lekin still does great in the parts he features. And I still cant belive Farhan Akhtar sang all those songs in movie so nicely!!

The movie all comes together in a very nice package which has Drama, Rock, Comedy (thoda), Rock, Action (2-3 punches), Rock and so on…. So watch it if you haven’t, not too bad to watch 2^nd time as well if you have nothing to do, and buy the CD, don’t download the music!

Final Rating **** ½

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Movie Rating Guide–

* James/Humko Dewaana Kar Gaye - Must Watch (Why should I suffer alone!)

** Singh is King – Enjoyable, once you bring self down to that movie’s level (Source- Anand Deshpande)

*** Tashan – Moderately Entertaining in Parts, watch on Cable

**** Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na – Its all good, but not great

***** Sivaji/Dark Knight/Omkara - Will Pay twice (myself) to watch in theatre