Of Madras Cafe, 3-D, Sachin, Manny, Taal, Seattle, My Person and Elections...

I really want to write on many topics but I do not know how to put it in words. It is as if I have lost all my words. I had a list of ten things in mind but there is a literal procrastination that is holding me back because I think I might not be able to fully express myself as to what I am trying to say. 

• I just finished watching Madras Cafe. Excellent film by Shoojit Sircar of Vicky Donor fame. Like Vicky Donor, the film is produced by John Abraham and has dialogues by Juhi Chaturvedi. Even some of the cast members are from Vicky Donor. For political junkies like me, Madras Cafe is a fantastic watch. It traces the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. The screenplay is terrific. Despite knowing the end, it manages to keep you engrossed and not even once did I feel bored. Political thriller is a rarity in Indian cinema and Madras Cafe is one of the best films to come out of this genre. Cinematography is splendid especially the scenic locales of Jaffna. Also, learnt some details on the LTTE and the political environment of that time. What thrilled me the most was that it is probably one of the very few films that showed the interior of a R&AW office. Typically, in movies, we see detectives and agents from spy agencies. In Madras Cafe, they actually show the R&AW office. The last time something new like this was shown in Saat Khoon Maaf where Vishal Bharadwaj showed a forensic lab. Quizmaster Siddharth Basu and TV journalist Dibang also act in the film. It is one of the best movies this year and it is a must watch. Madras Cafe is probably the third film this year that refers to Aashiqui in it. Earlier this year, Aashiqui 2 and Raanjhanaa had a small reference to the old Aashiqui. Also, at one point in the scene, there are three films, which I have never heard of, that are shown. Two of them are spoofs of popular films :) One says G.P. Sippy's Shaam, a reference to Shaan. And there is a poster of a film called Ajab with an Amitabh like face, most probably referring to Ajooba.

Chacha ki Jaan 

Ajab - Ajooba and Mera Naam Ram - ?

G.P. Sippy's Shaam - Shaan

The British Constitution Now by Ferdinand Mount

 

Aashiqui

• This week on The Front Row, Imran Khan on being asked on a film that he thinks is highly over-rated, he replies Avatar. He says he hates 3-D and he actively avoids watching a movies in 3D. Finally, found someone like me. I hate 3-D. I cannot watch the background and it gives me a headache. It leads to spectacular effects, no doubt, but given my lack of technical appreciation skills, I prefer 2-D over 3-D any day. Do check out the full show also for Imtiaz Ali's shooting of Highway and why film making is such a fantastic experience.

• Sachin retired finally. I have never been a sports fan. The only sport I understand is tennis. But Sachin and Dravid are two of my favorite players. Sachin's speech was just perfect, like that of a champion. And after he gave the speech, he went and kissed the pitch. Beautiful moments that you get to see once in your life time. The last time when something like this made me weep was when Yashji died. Yesterday, as I watched Sachin's speech, I wept again as if a part of my childhood died, as if time is running out for me as well. In a country so devoid of real heroes, Sachin was a superhero.
  
  Tunku Varadrajan wrote an excellent piece in New York Times on Sachin. Where the Gods Live On ... and On
  
  In a land of chronic inefficiency, he was remorselessly efficient; in a land with a global inferiority complex, he was the best in the world; in a land where public figures are strutting peacocks, he was often a picture of painful humility; in a land that thirsts for self-respect, Sachin spelled pride.
  
  Mr. Tendulkar, whom everyone calls Sachin, is the most revered cricketer in India; in fact, it would be entirely accurate to describe him as the most revered contemporary Indian, or even, with only a pinch of hyperbole, the most revered Indian since Mahatma Gandhi held the nation in thrall. Suspend your disbelief and think of him as a cross between Babe Ruth and Martin Luther King.

:(

• In Modern Family, Manny says, it is just the stuff you are good at, does not make you popular. Manny is a complete misfit. He tries many things but  he is good at only those which other people will call weird for his age. Like he is excellent at making cakes, or writing erotic poetry, or trading stocks. But what he said is very true. I also feel the same and identify with him in many ways. Modern Family is simply awesome. It is one of the funniest TV shows and every time I watch it, I laugh so many times. All the characters including Lily are simply outstanding.
  
  Another great Manny quote,
  
  What qualifies someone as a hero? Obviously, a hero has to be someone we respect, a person we look up to. A person who is generous of spirit. Who is willing to grow and learn. Maybe it's the person you love most in the world, or the one who makes the most out of life, no matter what anyone thinks. For me, though, the hero in my family IS my family because of who we are together. 

Just the stuff you are good at, does not make you popular.

• I found out that YouTube has an excellent collection of Hindi films. Most of them are free and legal. There are some films that I have been eagerly wanting to see for years and found it on YouTube with an excellent print. I just cannot watch a bad print movie. Here is the link. I just keep on browsing the collection of films and it makes me wonder that there are so many things to see and so little time. YouTube is awesome. While browsing, I started watching parts of Taal. I love that film. The best thing was that even after so many years, the movie felt so contemporary and so fresh. Kahin Aag Lage Lag Jaaye is my favorite song from the album and I can watch the song many number of times. Excellent choreography in that song. A lanky Shahid Kapoor also appears in the song! I have to write a full review of it sometime on why I love this movie so much.

           The completely legal print of Taal is also there.

Shahid Kapoor

• Derek: Seattle has ferry boats.
  Meredith: Yes.
  Derek: I didn't know that. I've been living here six weeks. I didn't know there were ferry boats.
  Meredith: Seattle is surrounded by water on three sides.
  Derek: And has the ferry boats. Now I have to like it here. I wasn't planning it on liking it here. I'm from New York. I'm genetically engineered to dislike everywhere except Manhattan. I have a thing for ferry boats.
  Meredith: I'm not going out with you.
  Last week, I had to go to Seattle and this time, I made sure I visited some other places. Since Derek is fascinated with ferry boats, and I got a free Seattle city pass, I made sure I went there. Yes, ferry boats are very fascinating. Beautiful. I was there for three days and food is a big problem as a vegetarian. There is nothing filling that I was able to eat. The third day, I found a Subway. I used to hate Subway but now it is like a relief to find one. How many days can one eat Pizza continuously? The hotel I stayed had a toilet that is bigger than my entire apartment here. I slept on a bed after like so long. I do not have a bed here. I sleep on a futon. Comfort costs money and that is why Siddharth in his letter wrote,
  
  If someone tells you money is not important you must appreciate that they’re talking absolute bullshit. You will also read a heartwarming account of a burnt-out banker now living carefree out of a trailer, old newspaper doubling as toilet paper. I will be very angry with you both if you turn into someone who uses newspaper as toilet paper. In fact, I will disown you. After love and good health, money is your most important charge. It will allow you to suffer in a climate of comparative comfort (you will better absorb the lessons of your suffering instead of being struck dumb by pain). And you will make a greater lover with bucks in your bank (and boys, give gifts – gifts of thought, deed, the odd diamond – generosity is the sexiest quality a man can have).
  
  The things we have do to survive. Else, I could really do what I really want to do :(
  
  And as Meredith says,
  So there is this bird, some sort of swallow I think. Every September thousand of them ditch rainy Seattle to winter in Mexico. These birds aren't dumb. And every year crowds of people gather around to drink beer and watch the flocks take off. They call it the Great Migration.
  I went to Ferry Tour, the Aquarium and the Pike's Place Market.

Ferris Wheel

Seattle Aquarium

Downtown Seattle

View From Ferry

Space Needle

Ferry Ride

Downtown Seattle

Ships at the Port of Seattle

Mountains and Sea

Fall Trees

• Talking of Seattle, there is big fight going on between Meredith and Cristina in Grey's Anatomy. This is Cristina's last season and the story is progressing towards it. Cristina is probably going to go somewhere else. You're my person. You will always be my person. Who will be their person, now? :(

You'll always be my person. 

• It is the election time in Delhi. I am completely missing all the drama. My favorite part is when elections come and there is so much political analysis to be read. Next year are the general elections. So exciting. The one thing that I terribly miss here is reading my HT. I know it is available online but the feeling of reading a hard copy is different. During election time, HT carries excellent stuff. Twitter makes sure that I do not miss out any latest analysis though. By last trends that I read, Delhi is going to the BJP, Congress might retain Rajasthan and Mizoram, and MP and Chattisgarh are very close calls. We will find out soon. But I hope AAP loses. They just have no idea of economic issues and they admit that they do not know anything about it - how can they run the government then? No concrete proposals. With their left wing ideas and even more obnoxious janlokpal, policy paralysis is bound to come. With megalomaniacs like Raghu and Rajiv, AAP is only a party for people like them. Arvind Kejriwal talks so much of corruption - he was transferred not even once when he was an IAS officer - how is that possible if you do not leverage your political connections? He also went to Digvijay Singh as he wanted to become Chief Information Commissioner but they refused, so he started this whole thing. Just  read his views on Batla House encounter and the meeting with the maulana who issued a fatwa for Taslima Nasreen and he calls himself different!
  
• Also, saw parts of Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. Just like Zoya's first film Luck By Chance, I found a very surprising detail in many of the scenes in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara as well this time. I need to watch it completely to make sure if it is a common theme throughout the film. Zoya is a brilliant film maker.
  
• Many more things to write. Maybe in a few days. 

Dialogue of the Day:

Har kisi ka apna sach hota hai. 

– Madras Cafe

Of Bhansali's Tributes, Siddharth's Missive, Jhumpa's Solitude, Orange Is The New Black, Lovely Messages, Movie List, and Manmarziyan...

Long time no see..

A few days ago in a very candid interview with Hindustan Times, Sanjay Leela Bhansali spoke about many things. Talking about failure, he says,

My first film was a huge critical success but a huge box-office failure. I've seen failure and humiliation from the beginning. I've come through that space in my life. Guzaarish was a wonderful film. And Saawariya is one of my favorite works. But people’s reactions shook me to a great extent. I was hurt and angry. A lot of people went to the extent of saying that Sanjay Bhansali is over and no actor wants to work with him now. It was in the newspapers, radio and television. But then, life goes on. The best way of dealing with failure is an expression of my anger. It triggers a mad side in me. I've become unstoppable. I've seen too many struggles and hardships to take success or failure seriously.

He selects five of his favorite classic films,

Pakeezah: Because it is Kamal Amrohi and Meena Kumari’s film. Because of its beautifully expressed anguish. And it’s a great film.

Mirch Masala: The interpretation of a village girl and a beautifully made film by Ketan Mehta.

Mughal-E-Azam: Because it’s sheer genius. Every second of the film is excellent.

Do Ankhen Barah Haath: V Shantaram is my favorite filmmaker. I am most impressed, inspired and influenced by him.

36 Chowrangee Lane: Aparna Sen’s best work and it will always be. It’s a beautiful film and Jennifer Kapoor has given a wonderful performance.

What is fascinating that Sanjay pays tribute to these films in his own films. As I wrote in the post on Saawariya, at one point in it, Gulabji and some other prostitutes are singing the song 'Ae Malik Tere Bande Hum'. The song is originally from the film Do Aankhe Barah Haath, directed by V Shantaram. At another point in Saawariya, we see Imaan, Sakina and Badi Ammi watching Mughal-E-Azam and Badi Ammi actually speaking the lines from that film. In Devdas, Chandramukhi's mujra dress in the 'Hum Pe Yeh Kisne Hara Rang Dala' is strikingly similar to Sahibjaan's in Pakeezah. 

I love it when a director refers a different film in a film and no wonder, Bhansali pays tribute to his favorite film makers in his own films. In a way, we all are inspired either consciously or sub-consciously that some things get ingrained naturally in us. For instance, I use the phrase 'at one point' multiple number of times in any post, taking inspiration from Anupama Chopra. I am eagerly waiting from Ram Leela, a Bhansalised version of Romeo and Juliet. Bhansali adores his mother, Leela, so much that he took her name as his middle name. She used to go to different houses to sell stuff and make money. They have come out of a real hardship and it is his way to thank his mother. He has named this film after his mother, therefore, I have very high expectations that he has given some of his best work. Waiting eagerly. 

Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi wrote a fabulous letter this week. It is very difficult to describe in words the way his writing touches me. It is as if he communicates with someone who resides deep inside our hearts and that someone never comes out, that someone stays with us always, shadows us everywhere we go and is hidden. To that someone in me, his writings speak to. He writes,

Whether you have an affair that lasts a lifetime or a weekend, know that loving someone is a largely moral act. Love is a feeling, an impulse, a behavior, even an aesthetic realizing itself. But the underlying fabric of love is a moral one. To be entrusted with the custody of another life – a sibling, a lover, a parent – is a way for you to understand how your morality transacts with the mortality of the other. If you are unable to be moral, take the easier route: Be compassionate. That always works. In truth, the only kind of immortality to aspire to is how deeply you loved; if one single person remembers you fairly then you are already immortal in their memory of you. This is enough.

Don’t fear being alone: Your company is the best gift you can give yourself. And a man who is not afraid of being alone often also has the best company to give to others.

Isn't it stunning? I wish someday I could meet and learn from you, Siddharth. Last Diwali, he had written a beautiful message and this year he wrote a letter. I cannot wait to read your blogs on Huffington Post now. Thank you. 

Sometimes I wonder why people – friends, lovers, allies – leave our lives. The answer is: They do because they do. But the more who leave the chambered heart, the more it is returned to its authentic silence, its original darkness. Every diya you light tonight is a remembrance that the person you have been waiting for to return is so deep in memory it not possible for them to leave: you are the sum total of all you have known together. In the darkness of their departure, when you are entirely alone, the sort of alone comparable to old oaks and sentinels, know that everyday you wake up you are already in the best company: Yourself. Everything is just right. Happy Diwali 2012.

As beautifully Siddharth writes, so does Jhumpa Lahiri. She understands the nuances of human emotions very well and brings it out in her writings splendidly. I finished the third story A Choice of Accommodations in Unaccustomed Earth and there are some deeply touching lines.

Wasn't it terrible that after all the work one put into finding a person to spend one's life with, after making a family with that person, even in spite of missing that person, that solitude was what one relished most, the only thing that, even in fleeting, diminishing doses, kept one sane.

Both of these writers talk about solitude in their writing and maybe that is why I identify with them in so many ways. Solitude and loneliness - things that are my lifelong companions.

As I read this chapter, the cosmic connections theory also had to play its part. Stylist magazine came out with the top 50 romantic lines in literature this week and the list had a line from the chapter!

That the last two letters in her name were the first two in his, a silly thing he never mentioned to her but caused him to believe that they were bound together.

More romantic lines here: Top 50 Romantic Lines From Literature.

“I wish I knew how to quit you.” :(

Orange Is The New Black

I finished watching Orange Is The New Black on Netflix. What a brilliant show. I loved it. It is simply fascinating. It is about Piper Chapman who goes to jail because she was a drug dealer few years ago and now her criminal ex-girlfriend names her in court. The show captures the life in a female prison. It is funny, hilarious, terrifying, depressing, and introspecting. What I really like about the show that it never justifies the crime of these women but presents it objectively and humanely. And anybody who thinks that there is no corruption in the US, just watch this show. The show tackles many themes as a black comedy, such as lesbianism, racism, conservatism, and segregation. It is without any doubt one of my favorite shows this year. No body is going to hit you harder than life, it says.  Or when Larry says, "You really have to admire the way these women find meaning in their days. How they take care of each other." My favorite characters are Taystee and Crazy Eyes.  The rap song and the conversation between Taystee and Poussey enacting as white women was outrageously funny. Crazy Eyes is awesome. She calls Chapman as her 'dandelion' and recites Shakespeare. Waiting for Season 2.

Crazy Eyes

Now started Downton Abbey Season 4 and will write more on it soon. Such a soap junkie I am.

In one of the earlier posts, I had written about Saawariya. After that post, I decided that I will not write on movies any more because maybe I am thinking too much about things. I write after a lot of thinking and I feel no one really understands what I am trying to say, so why not keep it to myself? But then M sent me a message,

How do you write so beautifully? I had tears in my eyes while reading the Saawariya review. I'd also loved the movie. But kabhi itni baareeki se cheezon pe gaur nhi kiya. Maybe that's one of the reasons I cherish our relationship so much kyuki tujhe logo aur cheezo ko itne kareeb aur tasalli se dekhne parakhne ki aadat hai, jaise ke unki rooh jhaank li ho. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful piece of writing it is. Love your words. 

And A also sent this message,

I so envy your writing and movie observation skills!!! BRILLIANT is an understatement. If I thought your post on Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam was the best, you wrote one on Saawariya which blew my mind. It has made me want to again watch a movie that I had previously disliked! How Panky How?? Please make me a student of yours. Oh and btw, when is the book coming out? You have to have to write it!

These are the two best messages that I have got :) So, had to share it. My teacher and idol, Beth, replied and favorited a tweet :) :) Thank you all. I hope you understand what I mean :)

@sachdeva_pankaj True. Just like in Charulata.
— Beth Loves Bollywood (@bethlovesbolly) October 18, 2013

Rewatched parts of Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna and discovered some new insights. Will write soon. Chennai Express is on Netflix. I do not know whether I should watch it or not. I am not at all a fan of Rohit Shetty kind of cinema but I want to see SRK-Deepika. So, split whether I should watch it or not. I think I will watch it soon, maybe during Thanksgiving break. I will take it as a challenge - finding nuance in a Rohit Shetty film :) The movies that I have got and will watch soon: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Aks, I, Me Aur Main (yes, I want to watch it), Ek Thi Daayan. Now, waiting for Shuddh Desi Romance, The Lunchbox and Bombay Talkies to release on DVD so that I can binge on them during Thanksgiving break. So much to read and write about in the coming weeks :) 

I am addicted to the song Manmarziyaan from Lootera. I just cannot stop listening to it. I love the part when the singers in background say 'yun to solah'. Pata nahi kyun tum vaapas aa gaye, aur pata nahi kyun maine tumhe aane diya.

Yun to solah saavan aaye gaye

Gaur nahi kiya humne

Bheega man ka aangan is martaba

Kya jaane kya kiya tumne

So many more things to write about the Seattle trip. I came back today only. Will write more later.

Dialogue of the Day:

"Phoolon ki bhi apni bhaasha hoti hai, khamosh reh kar bhi kitna kuch keh dete hain." 

 – Rishi, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna

Of Fascinating Details in Luck By Chance

After every few months, I get into my I-love-Luck-By-Chance phase. I have written so much about that movie and yet I cannot get enough. If I have to make my list of favorite films, I will include it in top five for sure. It is a gorgeous film. After writing here and here and here and here and talking about it in almost every post, I have to write one more post because it always surprises me, just like Dil Chahta Hai (on which I still have to write that long piece, have only a page as of now). This time when I watched Luck By Chance, it just stunned me. I saw a very fascinating detail in all the scenes of the movie. Yes, every single scene. I will write about it in the end. Before that, some other observations.

As I had written earlier, Sona's apartment is full of birds. The entire shelf contains birds.. pigeons, parrots.

She has paintings of birds on her wall.



At one point, Vikram comes and picks up the bird that had fallen off..




More birds at the extreme right end of the picture below..



Vikram is wearing a shirt that has a bird. And that too, it is two-colored - purple and white.

I had not understood earlier what these birds mean. This time I got an interpretation. I think the birds are referring to the ambitions of both Vikram and Sona, that they want to become big stars. They want to reach the sky and fly high like the birds do. To reach the top, Vikram who is a two-faced person will do anything to get there. That is why he picked up the bird that was also bi-colored. That is why he wears a shirt that has a bird that is bi-colored. Now, I came to this interpretation because Zoya places birds at many other times in the film. In one scene, there is a shiny bird behind Sona when she is shooting. Just before the Baware song, there are two shiny birds on the table with faces opposite to each other. The shiny dress of Niki matches with that of the birds. Niki is a star and Sona is a struggling actress. Sona wants to become that shiny bird, she wants to gain that elusive sparkle, and that is why I think the birds were referring to attaining those heights. Zoya very inventively puts these parrots in the frame, which of all the birds are known for their imitation. Beautiful. 

Shiny Parrot

More Parrots

Continuing on the birds further, after Vikram's film becomes a super hit at the box office, he meets Shah Rukh Khan in a club. You know what is he wearing this time? A shirt in which the birds are flying. Because Vikram has attained stardom and that is why the birds are flying.

Flying Birds

Finally, in the film's last scene, we see a shot of birds flying over Vikram's poster. He reached where he wanted to be. Isn't it an absolutely fantastic reference by Zoya?

More Flying Birds

The other thing to note in the film is that there are numerous meta-references. Wikipedia defines meta-references as a technique that uses self-reference to draw attention to itself as a work of art, while exposing the "truth" of a story. Or something called self-referencing. As I had written earlier in the post on Lootera about the painting in the movie. Luck By Chance is a film on films and it also has a film being made in it, Dil Ki Aag. That is a very obvious meta-reference. What struck me the most was that Zoya puts in numerous other things to tell us about the movie in a movie. At one point, we see Ranjit sitting and reading a magazine. The table besides him is an exact replica of the way he is sitting. Even the way he is dressed is like the table. Self-referencing, right?

Chair in a Chair

In another scene, that I had written about in an earlier post. There is a sun-like thing made of iron. If we look closely, it is of the same shape that is present in the box below. Again, Zoya uses self-referencing technique here.

At one point in the film, Sona is shooting for a TV scene and she says, "vo sahi kehta tha, zindagi me agar kuch paana hai, to udhar haath badana hoga, udhar kadam uthana hoga". This was again a meta-reference where Sona wanted to say these things to Vikram. Using a TV scene as a proxy, Sona says her feelings of the heart. 

At many other instances, we see references where the difference between fiction and reality blurs. It is as if we are watching some reality unfold before us and as Wiki says, truth is coming out. Like the scene where Nina Walia says how she was abused by producers when she was sixteen, similar to Dimple's own story. Or the similarities between Vikram and Shah Rukh - a boy from Delhi who comes to Bombay to become a big star. Or the similarities between Zafar and Shah Rukh itself - Zafar Khan persona. Or similarities between Sona and Konkana itself - dark complexioned girl.

At another point in the film, we see a cage in which Romi and Satish Chowdhry are sitting. I think it was a reference to Piya Tu Ab To Aaja song. Beth thinks that the cage is a reference to the olden time of 1960s where Romi Rolly is stuck.

In one scene, Zoya shows us that Abhi, Vikram's friend, is enacting a play called Doraha - two ways. I think the play's name is actually a reference to the central premise of the movie..would you do things by going against your grain? Do you believe in only luck and destiny? Which path will you choose?

That is why she shows later, Abhi and Vikram playing a game of Chess. They are the two opposing sides of the film. At another point in the film, when Vikram's film becomes a hit, she shows that Abhi is standing outside the cinema hall with Vikram inside the hall as all that he can now do is watch Vikram's film rather than his own.

Lost Dream

Chess

Finally, now I tell what stumped me the most. Each and every scene (well almost more than 90% I am sure) has something related to flowers. Whether it is the clothes of the characters, or some background item, or the clothes of the extras - every scene in the film has something related to flowers. It cannot be a coincidence I am sure. It was intentional on Zoya;s part. What do they mean? I still have to think about. I saw this in a few scenes and then when I tried to think more, I was stunned to see the pattern in each scene of the film. Yes, every single scene. In some scenes, she deliberately stops the camera at the flowers. This clearly shows how much effort has gone into making that film. These are about 30 photographs of flowers out of the total 100 that I collected.

Black Dress

Girl's Dress With Flowers

Flowers

Sona's Cushion

Journalist's Dress

Flowers

Flowers Outside

Aunty's Dress

Flower Paintings

Sofa Covers

Singer's Dress

Flower Pot

Sofa Cover and Pinki's Dress

Sona's Hair Band

Sona's Dress

Flowers near Rani's poster

Nikki's Dress

Flowers at the Table

Background Extra's Dress

Nina's Dress and the Cups

Sona's Dress

Cushion and Photo Album

Card behind Sona

Sona's Dress and Laxshmi's Hair Band

Pinki's Dress

Wallpaper

Nina's Gown

Sona's Dress

Nina's Bed

Sona's Flower Ring

Computer Cover. Yes!

Seat Covers

Nikki's Dress

Sofa Covers

Bedsheet, Curtains and Flower Pots

Wall Design

Rose

Flower Pot on the Table

Flower at the Back

Sona's Dress and Bed Sheet

Pinki's Saree

Nikki's Dress

Wall, Sofa, Table and Nina's Dress

Sona's Dress and the Table Card

Flower Pot

Flowers on the Extra's Dress

I still have to understand some of the finer nuances of the film. It gives me goosebumps that how can anyone make such a deeply, deeply thoughtful film where every scene means something. It is one of those movies which I can watch on silent mode and only look at the background. Someday, I wish I get to meet Zoya and ask her how she does that. It is my dream to meet her. Some people have a wish of making films, directing films, I have one - to read films. Till then, I will keep waiting for her films and I hear that her next is a Ranveer-Priyanka starrer :)

More later.

Dialogue of the Day:
"Vo sahi kehta tha, zindagi me agar kuch paana hai, to udhar haath badana hoga, udhar kadam uthana hoga."
 - Sona, Luck By Chance