Indian Movie- OMKARA (2006)

I had been holding myself long to watch this movie before I grabbed it and blew myself away with an ultimate flick of the year. Inspired by greatest tragedy of all times by William Shakespear “Tragedy of Othello”, this movie is set with the background of Indian village. When I first saw movie’s trailer, which says “Adopted from Othello”, I always wondered how can someone adopt a drama which was written in and around 1603. To my surprise, Vishal Bhardwaj (director) does one of the best adoptions of the drama. Hats off to him for the adoption and easily converting it to suit the modern audience. I wonder how many such adoption do justice to the original classic.

Lets look at different aspect of the movie one by one.

Characters:

Characters are perfectly crafted and they have done their best in their roles. Saif ali khan as “Langda Tyagi” simply steals the show to say the least. He simply owns everybody else in the movie by sheer character and attitude. However as usual, Ajay Devgan as “Omkara” plays perfect Clan leader as he did in some of his earlier movies. (Watch Apaharan for a similar role). Although, Vivek Oberoi seem out of place sometime and not upto the mark with other actors. After a short while in the movie, you would realize that the characters needs to be a “Looser” and he simply looks like one. Director chose the perfect loose of Indian cinema J

Kareena Kapoor wont forget this role for atleast next 3-4 years and surely cherish this as one of her best movies.

Storyline/Dialogue:

Storyline is excellent and it moves faster as it reaches half way. Once “Langda Tyagi” realizes that he is getting neglected and that shot where he stands in front of the mirror and breaks it, starts the real action in the movie. That scene is so important in the movie that it shows all the anger and hatred which sets pace for the movie. Director asked Saif Ali Khan to go naked while doing the scene to epitomize the importance of the scene. Saif agreed however said, you need to handle censor board for clearing this scene. Later Director decided to let it go. I wouldn’t be talking much about the story details otherwise it would be a “spoiler”.

Although many of critics have accussed of using excessive foul language in the movie, I would still stand by the director for the sheer importance of realism. Cmon, this movie is shot in UP where we know that language is not gonna be “Polished”. To create a sense of realism and giving story a “soul”, it was needed and I didn’t find it excessive. About explicit scenes in the movie, they do make a justice and don’t look like a “B grade film scenes”. It was importance to show how Omkara and dolly build their relation and to what extent are they close to each other. Remember this movie is not about just OMKARA, it’s a movie of 4 characters whose life changes after one decision.

Director has managed to end the movie on a different note unlike original Othello where Iago (Landa Tyagi) is taken off to be tortured and possibly executed. Considering the background and storyline, director obviously chose a different end which is not too different that the original concept.


Rating:

4.5 Stars (****1/2)

The Triangle-Part 1

I wonder how many of you seen the a Mini-TV Series called "The Triangle". Well, it was about "Bermuda Triangle" and mystery surrounding it. The series was a big hit in US and across the globe and won a couple of awards.

One of the thing quickly grasped my mind was is there really a so called "Bermuda triangle" or is like the other million lies by Americans (as they always do..I would in near future cover some of the interesting stories behind 9/11 attacks.Tune in for that). The series was shown on saturday 9om (singapore local time) and i didnt miss any of them. It made me more and more curious as it reached the end after 3 episodes. My anxious mind + good series had got me to work and here is the research and of course a "open to discussion" topic about bermuda triangle and mysteries behind it.

Are they real or just LIES? Well lets see the case from all angles before we arrive at the final answer.

Whats Bermuda Traingle?

The U. S. Board of Geographic Names does not recognize the Bermuda Triangle as an official name and does not maintain an official file on the area.

According the US Navy, The "Bermuda or Devil's Triangle" is an imaginary area located off the southeastern Atlantic coast of the United States, which is noted for a high incidence of unexplained losses of ships, small boats, and aircraft. The apexes of the triangle are generally accepted to be Bermuda, Miami, Fla., and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Now, Lets discuss some theories. I wouldnt want to talk about those which are already discussed many a times and doesnt bring anything new to the table.

Considering the generic laws of physics, it would be impossible to that ships, planes have vanished completely. However, some people claim that it happened. So can we prove it ever happened? YES. Well you wondering how? I am going to explain you all that but lets look at what scholars are saying. I have a different THEORY for this which i would like to discuss after the scholar's theories to make it interesting.

What Scholar's Say?

In 1974, Berlitz published "The Bermuda Triangle," a potboiler of a "non-fiction" book that listed the various disappearances, embellished them considerably and offered a variety of frankly ludicrous explanations for the trend, including alien kidnappings, lost technology from Atlantis, dimensional portals opening as the result of freak magnetic storms, and some sort of thing having to do with time travel that's not entirely clear.
Due in part to Berlitz's shamelessly enraptured prose stylings, the book was a smash hit bestseller, going through multiple printings and inspiring numerous bad movies, as well as a virtually endless number of sweeps-week specials for the Discovery Channel.

To counter-attack Berlitz so called "Filmi Theories", In 1975 a librarian by the name of Larry Kusche published a book entitled The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved. In the book Kusche revealed that many of the strange accidents and disappearances reported in the Bermuda Triangle were not so "paranormal" after all. In many accounts, he discovered that when a writer had noted that a ship went down in calm waters, a raging storm had caused the ship to sink, or when other ships were reported to have mysteriously vanished, their remains had been found and the cause of the disaster explained.

After this a series of movies and TV serials have churned this topic for more than 2 decades and making it the most mysterious phenomenon on our times.

TV Series & Movies(if you want to refer to)

The Bermuda Triangle (1979)
Lost in the Bermuda Triangle (1998) (TV)
Bermuda Triangle (1996) (TV)
The Magic of David Copperfield X: The Bermuda Triangle (1988) (TV)
The Bermuda Triangle Solved (2001) (TV)
"Equinox: The Bermuda Triangle" (1993)
Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle (2005) (TV)
The Bermuda Triangle: Startling New Secrets (2005) (TV)

The best of the lot:
"The Triangle" (2005) (mini)

Now its time for me to throw some light based on my theory and discuss it further . However I would do that in the Second part of this article. In the mean time, can you think of any theories which might cause this. Love to hear from you. Keep posting your comments.

Introduction & Welcome

Helluva,

After several attempts and shitload tries to look out for a good name for this blog, i finally settled for this one :-)

My first ever blog and surely the last one, is gonna be interesting for sure. It will make you feel wet (depends on which bodypart you think) & warm (same again). I hope i could write the typical journalist way. But hell i aint a convent student but a mere vernac. Please please please mind my stupid english and hell yeah i know you conversation skills ...so lets both keep quiet and dont reveal them :-)

Why am i creating or writing the blog?

JLT for noobs (Just like that)...well i wonder how many of you know this word..."Noob"-its derived from a another word called "NEWB". Which actually means NEW B...someone who's a complete novice and dont know a FCUK (not the UK Luxury brand u idiot)...Noob is in fact largely used by the online gaming community for people new to games.

Neverthless, my habit of moving off topic never ends. So whats the whole blog about? hmm...

Well its about Movie Review, Current Affairs, Jokes or just plain shit, but whatever it is let me assure you its gonna be FUN.

Let me kick some arse and get started with something. Happy to hear your comments.

Cherrio