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The Cacophony

by Tina Basu July 30, 2014

written by Tina Basu

She stood still outside the room…

It was only a few hours back that she saw him leave for work…

And now it’s all over. Mike left without telling her a good bye.

Her world stood still midst the cacophony of the hospital…

Only if he had not gone out today he could have escaped the shooting at the school.

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Linking this post as my entry to the ABC Wednesday. C is for Cacophony.

Also linking this post as my Day 29 post for Ultimate Blog Challenge July 2014.

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July 30, 2014 6 comments

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Movie Review: Kick

by Tina Basu July 28, 2014

written by Tina Basu

I realized I had not written a movie review in a long time. It was partly a conscious decision actually. I keep myself updated with almost all new movies (watchable ones) and sometimes they turn out to be a pain as well. How many times can I write bad reviews. In recent times movies that were worth mentioning here would be – from 2013 releases – Krrish 3 (I loved it), Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (Farhan was amazing) [and no I didn’t like Ram-Leela aur Chennai Express irrespective of their awards or the moolah raked in] and from 2014 – Highway, Queen, and may be Holiday.

I have seen such bad and mindless Bollywood movies in the last one year that I didn’t want to write on them. This weekend I watched Salman’s Kick and thought I should write about it.

Storyline

Devi Lal Singh (Salman) is one of those few specimens who enjoy everything that gives him a kick! HE keeps changing jobs in spite of a genius (and has a wall full of certificates) because the regular jobs doesn’t give him a kick. He helps a friend to run away with his girlfriend to get married and also helps her MLA mom and her gang of goons to stop the marriage – that gives him a kick. [or whatever that is supposed to mean].

Devi meets Shaina(Jacqueline) the “magaj ka doctor” during the on-the-run wedding and takes an instant liking for her. She is a complete opposite to him, but as they say Devican charm anyone with his Robin Hood style. Just when the romance was blooming Devi resigns from his job and Shaina is worried about how he will settle down in his life. At this point Devi makes a resolution – his new kick will be earning money.

Then you are taken to Poland where Shaina meets her prospective groom Himanshu (Randeep Hooda), who’s a top cop from Mumbai. Himanshu turns up in Warsaw to catch this high profile thief – Devil who loots people who are in the headlines. Devil performs dare devil stunts and manages to loot the wealthy. Will the cop catch him? Why he decides to loot? You need to watch the film may be – (unless you have already guessed)

My Thoughts

I still am trying to digest this movie. I needed a good night’s sleep to overcome. Let me say what I liked before I start on my loooong list of what I didn’t. Some dialogues are nice and Salman Khan dances in the movie, for a change. Now by dancing I mean he does little bit of popping and locking apart from his own genre of dance. But the best past is he has sung!!! And he has sung well. The Hangover song somehow gets into you and doesn’t leave for a long time. And this time it is far far better than his “Chandi ked al par sone ka more” song from Hello Brother, if you remember that movie. May be that’s due to great song mixing by Meet Brothers, but I gotta applaud Salman Khan for that song.

Now, to keep it short I felt – Dhoom 2 + Krrish = Kick, with a little dollop of Dabangg and a sprinkling of Jab Tak Hai Jaan.

What did I mean by that? Chetan Bhagat must have seen Dhoom2 and then Krrish and decided to write Kick. First half is all Dabangg – our Devi likes things which give him a Kick. Be it helping friends elope and marry or beating the pulp of “micro terrorist gang” or eve teasers. In second half Devi Lal becomes the Devil – a masked robber with an attitude of Aryan & Sahir from (Dhoom2 & Dhoom3) and with a mask like Krrish. He even leaves a miniature mask everywhere as his trade mark signature. Only here the mask looks shabby with a cloth to tie it from behind. He also happens to have retrograde amnesia – that’s what the doctors tell – and you know why I was referring to Jab Tak Hai Jaan.

After an hour I thought let me just watch Salman and not think anything. Anyways isn’t that one does in a Salman movie. If you guys don’t know I love Salman and watch all his movies. But this one was mindless. Where was the story Mr. Bhagat??

Coming to the other cast – Jacqueline looks pretty and dances well and apart from that probably the director even didn’t know what she was doing in the movie. Even at the end of the story she is absent. Randeep Hooda & Nawazuddin Siddiqui, however, has done pretty good job as the cop and a corrupt politician. Though I didn’t quite enjoy his half-coughed laughs.

Mithun Chakraborty plays Devi’s dad and has a good 5 minute on the screen, that is all that you see of him in the film. Some crazy dialogues though cheesy will make you laugh (maybe) like “meri cat mujhpe attack!” or a “Dr. Psycho, chillati kaiko?” or “dil mein ata hoon, samajh mein nahin“.

Apart from this I don’t know what to say. I sometimes like mindless stuffs, like how I had liked Dabangg. Dabangg also didn’t have a super earth shattering story but it still offered that charisma, that hero image and fun antics which was missed in Kick. Yeah Salman Khan looks nice – he actually does in the French beard, dances well and is funny – but that’s about it. Ohh… I just remember there’s no shirt less moment here!!!!!!!

It is the official remake of a Telugu film by the same title. It’s the flavour of Bollywood these days to re make south films and Hollywood films.

Hmm… Salman has managed to create a new genre in the past few years. You get action, you get comedy, you get romance movies and you also get a Salman Khan movie. Kick is definitely one of that genre. I’ll give it ratings – for being a Salman Khan Movie & for having songs which are sung beautifully by Salman. Other songs are not that great btw. Nargis Fakhri’s Marjawanisn’t that killer a song, the otherwise super hot girl didn’t bring much heat on screen. Nor could Honey Singh do much Yo Yo here. Jackie looked hot in Jumme ki Raat though. That was all that she did in the movie. Unless I slept and missed some part!

I read in the morning, that Kick made 50 crores in 2 days and I also contributed in that. Now Salman Khan fans can do anything for Bhai, I prefer only Salman though! Now if you are going to watch it – best of luck, and if you already have – I can totally empathize.

My Rating – 2.5/5

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Also linking this post as my Day 28 Post for UBC July 2014.

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July 28, 2014 4 comments

55 Fiction – Patience, my Friend

by Tina Basu July 27, 2014

written by Tina Basu

I can’t believe you woke me up so early…

You’ll love it…

Love it?? I hate it already.

Patience… patience my friend…

Looks to me I’ll be a patient soon… it’s freezing here.

It’s about time… look there…

Dan’s eyes widened watching the sea of clouds in the first rays of the sun over Alps.

source: wallpepper.wordpress.com

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Linking this post as my Day 27 post for UBC July 2014

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July 27, 2014 7 comments

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Flash Fiction – A Mother’s Prayer

by Tina Basu July 26, 2014

written by Tina Basu

A tearful Janet cursed herself… only if she was careful this wouldn’t have happened.

In between the lines of her prayers for Andy, she couldn’t help but blame herself for this day.

They had warned her, they had told her of her son’s immoral ways, but she felt with time Andy will become responsible. What else could she tell her teenage son. She overlooked how unruly and quarrelsome he had become.

She felt it was the adage of these teen years.

Being a single mother, Janet was quite liberal with his upbringing. She didn’t want to force down rules on her son, she let him do whatever he wanted.

Somewhere in between getting all the happiness for him, she never realized he was getting consumed by the profane ways.

Sitting outside the ICU today she vowed to herself she will protect her son… she will note let the drugs consume her Andy. It is never too late to start something. She will not give up… there was nothing that love couldn’t heal.

“Have Mercy on me“, she prayed for strength…she prayed for mercy.

source: awordywoman.com

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Linking this post to Three Words Wednesday, where you need to write using the three word prompts. This week the prompts were – Liberal, Profane & Quarrelsome.

Also Linking this post as my Day 26 Post for Ultimate Blog Challenge July ’14.

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July 26, 2014 4 comments

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Short Story – The Barbaric Land

by Tina Basu July 26, 2014

written by Tina Basu

When Afifa gained back her consciousness she was on the cold floor of her mud house.

The pain in her body was unbearable. She could hardly move her hand.

Afifa gathered all her strength to sit up. The wounds on her hand were now dry and the blood dried up.

Was the Almighty so blind? Didn’t He possess a heart? Couldn’t He see how she was suffering?

Afifa always asked Him while she prayed – why did He give her life. Was this the way one is supposed to lead a life?

But she never got an answer. Life of this thirteen year old was as bad as any other girl in this land.

There wasn’t a day when she was spared – she was beaten regularly by opium addict husband because that was the rule in the land – to keep the woman under control. She was not allowed to see a health care provider, nor did her parents care about her.

A half fed, and tormented Afifa was tired of her life.

Today she was beaten to pulp by the extremists while everyone watched because her ankle was visible under the burqua. Was there no one in the world who could save her and other women from these barbaric rules of this land?