Pretty Woman

This movie doesnt seize to amaze me everytime i get to see it. Blame it on Julia roberts!!!
Raunchy,Free Willing, Passionate -Julia Roberts!
Oh- What a pretty woman she is.. Not just pretty ,but a woman with a mind of her own. . Petty but Proud.. A prostitute and a woman who's self esteem personified- - What a combination??

All my life, i have always respected people who are true to themselves, people with personality(s), no matter whatever social, economical and physical strata they belong to.

But my dear friend, disagrees. He says that there is nothing else heinious than trading one's body for money . But i ask him this- - You trade something to get something . How different is selling one's body and get something in return from the so called Respectful jobs/careers people pursue ,which plainly translate to selling one's mental abilities to achieve fruitfulness??

He has no answers. I have nothing more to explain..

P.S: last night, four guys(me and 3 friends of mine) were watching Pretty Woman and none said a word till it finished off . Even the chatter during the breaks was very minimal. Never ever has a romantic movie kept my friends so silent and i am just thinking whether its the movie or the enacting which made them shut up.... :)

Jodhaa Akbar!

What do i tell you about this ethereal romantic magnum opus?
That the lilting music soars above you, me and everyone ?
If there's a way to yearning and longing for the Lord and expressing it, Man mohana is the subtle way i have ever known. The strains of the song just tug at your heart and take you on a ride.

If Khwaja mere khwaja was a superlative expression of thanks to the Lord, Mann Mohana is the plain jane version of "Come away with me".

The nuances of how two people , completely strangers- understand, feel and acknowledge feelings of love, culture and respect is beautifully potrayed by Kehne ko Jashn e bahara hai..

Aishwarya rai turns in a EXOTIC performance as Jodhaa. You just need to watch her playing with the swords, pleading with her brother, defying Akbar.

If another movie about Jodhaa is ever made, i am sure who ever plays Jodhaa would never get any close to Aish's Potrayal of Jodhaa.

visiting GOA through a goan's words

Did not know ever that Hindu Temples existed in goa.

Beautiful, Big, Serene and unknown to the raving traveller/visitor.

Didnt know that the famous mangeshkar sisters come from GOA.

Shown here is the manguesh temple to which the mangeshkars were temple servants. The Famous Trio of Lata, Asha and Usha come from the same family.

Inhibited by tribals on the onset,the brahmin settlers and the kshatriya people who migrated caused the tribal ppl flee Goa and go into jungles ,, Their vullage communities or gramsansthans were occupied by so called upper caste.

Didnt know that the uh-so popular churches were hindu temples of great respect and power in the middle ages. And most of them still house the hindu deities in insignificant forms.

Didn't know that most of the villas and enormous to live in -houses, have been empty for ages due to a varied list of reasons ranging from insanity of the occupants to bitter feuds.

Didnt know that there are hoards of beaches undisturbed by the ever surging crowd of tourists and only the locals know about them.

And.. there are so many things which i dont know because i have never visited Goa before for the simple reason that it had nothing to offer to excite my senses. Now, i know that i did the right thing by not visiting Goa earlier because now i know who to go with and where to go to and see a culture, ancient yet interesting, a lifestyle which is laid back but full of jest, lifes of people who are passionate yet with the uncanny ability to try making people understand what Goa is...

Dedicated to my friend , a maverick and a proud Goan!!!

D morose me!!

Two fulldays and i am in a haze!!
Lot of fun.. frolic.. dizziness and Nothing else..