Twenty Twenty Padayappa

When my telescreen failed to light up yesterday evening, i ran around for a big chunk of today creating havoc just to get it repaired in right time to watch the blue green war

but after squandering 4 hours of my self imposed feline hibernation i feel i could have better watched one of rajnikanth movies wherein he and his cronies wage a plethora of war tactics against uniform clad villains to save .....well the producer, the advantage being that i could have seen a shirtless beauty in the end instead of an ogre-ified M.S. Dhoni.(Thank you for shaving it by the way, avoided an eyesour, things for sourav ganguly to learn).

Well, the whole thing was simply so predictable..... like padayappa :). I can give u these strong reasons for Why India had to win today.

1. I had repaired my TV in half a day by paying 100 rs extra to the servicing guy (tea n snacks additional) just to watch this match.

2. For the multitudes of crores flown into the eleven pockets, plus ofcourse the old man's

3. For the wives and the children and friends of the 24 bookies who had to spend the night in a cell without tv and ofcourse mobile phones

4.Dhoni had to take his shirt off to prove that there are Indian captains with less hairy bodies

5. Sreesanth had to end whatever he started with his right hand , with his left hand but he ended up using both his hands for it
(Note: tissue prone westerners would find it difficult to understand the pun intended.
"Starting with your right hand and ending with your left is a metaphor in use among balti using population")

6. Shahrukh khan was in the stands strewing away kisses.

7.Yuvraj singh and joginder singh had to do that embarassing kamasutra (Find some pleasure discovering the same here) pose on the ground.(Sreesanth's "F**K YOU" comes next in the list)

Well mezbah seemed to be turning kabab mein haddi for some time forgetting that the villains(green goblins) are supposed to be the losers and he is not supposed to punch rajnikanth, only take the punches and turn prostrate. Thanks to his bookie friend who reminded him the rules just before the last over.
However ponnambalam afridi did justice to his role and was knocked out instantly, even before the punch was thrown(sigh... punch gone wasted)

But cant say the whole affair had lost that stint of tera mera, quoting shoaib malik "Thanks to all pakistanis..(pause)... not only pakistanis but to other muslims of the world"

Well i would like to log off for the day with a simple syllogism

provided shahrukh khan looked a lot like MJ today



He should have had a very nice time hugging some overgrown boys out there in the field ;)

Chak Diya? Check Again.....

This is one reason why I love the onam season in Kerala... The whole ambiance blows in some divinity in ur employer so that the management resorts to give away some utsav perks to its employees. So did it happen this year too and it was a sponsored show of the film Chak De India for its heavily e-patriotic employees.

The film almost made down to my expectations of a direct pluck and paste collage from a fistful of successful hollywood sports flicks with some routine CHOPRA masala thrown in but the work with the camera during the game sequences demands a standing ovation.

A review would be an idiotic thing to do here because there are guys with better stuff out there (No ..not Rajeev Masand in case you thought so) who can do a much better job.
So I would list downs some instances in the movie when I whole Heartedly Booed with the rest of the crowd.

1. Coach Khan wid ammi leaves India Rolling a scooter, maybe the local petrol wala refused to give him petrol, or his tyres were flattened because he was GADDAR.... hmmm.. emotional turbidity. (pardonable)

2.Emotional Breakdown of Mr.Khan on India winning the World Cup. Pathetic.... he whimpers and winces relying on facial contortions, think about Denzel Washington or sean penn enacting the same, you will feel the difference.(Unpardonable)

3.Khan returning to India wid ammi to mohalla still ROLLING the same scooter(bright and shiny as ever... good servicing eh),(The tyres were OK this time, so it should be the petrol). While a kid strikes out the word GADDAR written on the wall.....and after which, believe me it looked like the word BANDAR.
Its a wonder how a few crisscrosses can change a word... smirk. (Unpardonable)

4.When abhimanyu singh proposes preeti sabharwal on his knees in front of the press when she much emphatically rejects it. Truly out of place , cramped in , unnecessary situation.I wonder what made the director do this. Obviously even a "SAAS BHI" fan would reject that scene.(Unpardonable)

However , the Komal Chautala penalty shot and the background score during the games (Except the one when the girls were trailing to the mens team by 3-2) deserves an applause.