Watched 'The Kite Runner' and 'Bhool Bhulaiya' within the last two weeks. I had been following the whole Kite controversy on the news (this is one of the things one does in grad school, keep track of all the news about everything while pretending to work) and so after some initial doubts about when it would release and what not, I was all excited when it finally released before I went home in December. Turns it out it was a limited release and so it didn't show at my friendly neighbourhood theatre. The first weekend that I was back from India though, I saw that it was playing nearby. The two hapless souls who were in the vicinity were immediately coerced into coming along.
I still remember the night I read the book. I had a mid-term exam at 9 the next morning and at 3 a.m. I was reading in bed, unable to stop reading (or bawling). Anticipating a similar emotionally battering experience, I armed myself with a whole pack of Kleenex and warned my company that the theatre might get inundated with my tears. (A fair idea of my capacity to cry in movies can be had from the fact that I went through almost a whole pack of tissue while watching Taare Zameen Pe. I have also been accused of crying in Dhoom 2 but we shall dismiss such baseless allegations.) Also it turned out that the multiplex/theatre/call-it-what-you-will was the same one where I was one of a crowd of 2 people who came by to watch Happy Feet. This time however, there was a fair-sized audience. So far so good. The movie came and went. I sniffled a little in parts and even touched a tissue to a teary eye at one point. But overall, the movie largely failed to affect me. Was disappointed I guess. I'm contemplating going back and reading the book again...
Last Saturday was another movie screening for SAGA. This time it was Bhool Bhulaiya. Was extremely entertaining. What added an extra dimension to the humor was that the spook in question haunting the palace was Bengali. One of my favourite scenes was where the woman who's possessed by Manjulika (the Bong bhoot) has been completely taken over by the spirit and is ranting at the man she's out to kill.
Manjulika (Eyes glowing maniacally, hair dishevelled, spooky look on, growls menacingly) -
Me all agog waiting to hear some bad name-calling in Bengali so that I can expand my vocabulary -
Manjulika (with great effort and venom, manages to come up with) : BOD- MAA-YESH! (Translates quite simply to Badmash!)
So yes, it was quite fun...And was quite excited to see shots of palaces in Rajasthan I tramped around on my trip to India. ( I think practically all the places I visited also show up in Jodhaa-Akbar, which is going to give tour guides lots more fodder for their spiels, i.e., the fact that Ash et al shot there, not that I visited :P )
I still remember the night I read the book. I had a mid-term exam at 9 the next morning and at 3 a.m. I was reading in bed, unable to stop reading (or bawling). Anticipating a similar emotionally battering experience, I armed myself with a whole pack of Kleenex and warned my company that the theatre might get inundated with my tears. (A fair idea of my capacity to cry in movies can be had from the fact that I went through almost a whole pack of tissue while watching Taare Zameen Pe. I have also been accused of crying in Dhoom 2 but we shall dismiss such baseless allegations.) Also it turned out that the multiplex/theatre/call-it-what-you-will was the same one where I was one of a crowd of 2 people who came by to watch Happy Feet. This time however, there was a fair-sized audience. So far so good. The movie came and went. I sniffled a little in parts and even touched a tissue to a teary eye at one point. But overall, the movie largely failed to affect me. Was disappointed I guess. I'm contemplating going back and reading the book again...
Last Saturday was another movie screening for SAGA. This time it was Bhool Bhulaiya. Was extremely entertaining. What added an extra dimension to the humor was that the spook in question haunting the palace was Bengali. One of my favourite scenes was where the woman who's possessed by Manjulika (the Bong bhoot) has been completely taken over by the spirit and is ranting at the man she's out to kill.
Manjulika (Eyes glowing maniacally, hair dishevelled, spooky look on, growls menacingly) -
Me all agog waiting to hear some bad name-calling in Bengali so that I can expand my vocabulary -
Manjulika (with great effort and venom, manages to come up with) : BOD- MAA-YESH! (Translates quite simply to Badmash!)
So yes, it was quite fun...And was quite excited to see shots of palaces in Rajasthan I tramped around on my trip to India. ( I think practically all the places I visited also show up in Jodhaa-Akbar, which is going to give tour guides lots more fodder for their spiels, i.e., the fact that Ash et al shot there, not that I visited :P )
4 comments:
ah so all that hype was pointless then :|
and so much for Bong gaalis :P
Yeah...but it was hilarious! As for Bong gaalis...my vocabulary is still woeful :(
:))) isn't that a good thing? :P
oh and the hype comment was on the Kite Runner movie, btw.
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