Zinda Hoon (yeh hai meri kahani)

The first single from Zinda is out. Has that typical Strings sound...a good thing, since I happen to like them.

Snow!!!

The sun that dim November day
Had failed to kiss the clouds away
From quiet Nature's furrowed face,
Where autumn tears had left their trace.

And, by and by, on fields of brown
The feathered flakes came floating down
From Heaven to this world of ours,
Like spirits of departed flowers.

And fast and faster through the night,
Till Morn arose on meadows white,
And o'er the landscape lightly stepped
Where tired Nature, smiling, slept.

- A.B. Paine

I miss those days...

...when spam used to make sense.

What a super man...

"Superman"!...and he looks a lot like Nolan's Batman.

A Better Red Dead Revolver?

I think I'm gonna buy this, that is, when I have the money :)

Why just one?

Arjun Ramphal has an item number in Ek Ajnabee. If I was the director, I would have him do one each time AB shot someone. Rat-a-tat-tat, lay them beats down extra phat.

Sunshine on a rainy day...

...is hot chocolate and donuts.

You won't be back

Every single proposition rejected.

Mr. Terminator, the next time you win an election (which is probably going to be never), you should start off with some humility and show off your true arrogant self only after you've accomplished something in office. And remember that "girlie men" might just screw you over when you threaten them with an ass-whopping.

Wrath of God

Think what you may of Steven Spielberg, one thing you can't accuse him of being is inefficient. Going by the trailer, it looks like he will be able to release Munich before the end of the year.

Don't be alarmed, ladies and gentlemen. Those chains are made of chrome steel.

The King Kong trailer is here. Not much of an improvement over the teaser, but it does have the plane smashing scene that I was waiting for.

Oh Dae-Sanju?

Sanjay Gupta's moving on to new pastures. After having copied movies from HK (Aatish from A Better Tomorrow) and Hollywood (Jung from Desperate Measures, Khauff from The Juror, Kaante from Reservoir Dogs and Musafir from U-Turn), he now does one out of Korea. The movie is the visceral Cannes 2004 Grand Prix winner, Oldboy and Sanjay Gupta's copy is called Zinda. And its not a remake. Sanjay Gupta doesn't do remakes. Sanjay Gupta does frame-by-frame copies. Which is why in Zinda, Sanjay Dutt consumes food using chopsticks, instead of his hands (as any good ol' Indian laddie on a revenge trip would). Yes, chopsticks. Indian dude uses chopsticks. Ah! Mr. Gupta's probably portraying the effects of globalisation on the Indian psyche.

And you know what, if you copy a movie, the very least you can do out of respect for the original is to not take credit for having written the screenplay. Take the credit for translation. Its a decent enough credit, I say. And a very original one. After all Mr. Gupta, originality is what you strive for day in and day out, don't ya?