Bollywood – where dreams come true, where talent, if it exists, will definitely getrevealed, where fantasies are lived out, where passion finds a way of expression…(for that matter, any ‘ollywood’ – B, H, K…)
in the beginning, almost every movie made had a fresh storyline which made people see it. then we had formula movies, which tried to recreate the same magic as its successful predecessor, most failed, coz people could see the same thing only so many times… the search for keeping viewers happy continued.. for some time, fresh faces were the mantra, and love stories were churned out like there was no tomorrow (maybe there wasnt).but then even love could only keep interest that long..
action, romance, mystery, sex …a time when every idea has been thrashed out , thrashed in, and thrashed inside out… then the varied treatments began… “its the same story, but my treatment is different”…. somewhere in between there was also the “for the first time in bollywood” wave, which included phirang heroes and heroines, and special effects… we also had, maybe still have movies made for the niche audience…the cross over movies…’grey’ heroes and heroines, literally and otherwise..none of this making much of a difference…..every time a fresh face is launched with reasonable fanfare, there is an interest, but itisnt sustained… there are not enough viewers, except for very rare cases…
but yup, you are right, bollywood and the other woods still go on, movies are being made, we still watch them, but the standard of movies has reached rock bottom, and is still digging (that would explain the underworld involvement 😉 ),the chances of watching a good movie are infinitesimally small… the consolation is that there are still some who experiment, and make movies about stuffthey believe in, and that belief many a time makes the movie a success… but they are too few to change the general phenomenon………..
Blogs- where dreams come true, where talent, if it exists, will definitely get revealed, where fantasies are lived out, where passion finds a way of expression…(rediffblogs, blogspot, blogdrive…..)
in the beginning……………
do we see bloggywood happening?
until next time, keep believing, keep blogging….
Tag: blogging
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A Reason to blog
I think i have followed a predictable path in blogging, starting out when rediff hyped blogging in early 2003, precisely because of that reason, hype. i felt it was a good forum, still do, though some apprehensions still remain, primarily to do with the commercialisation of the medium.the next step was playing around with template, going all green after going visiting..hehe..i think the only one remaining (in my list) from that era is swb. cant help say that i still feel green when i see some of his content..:).. what, i guess, followed was a deliberate attemptto make the content interesting to readers, to put it more bluntly,anything to increase traffic!!…hehe
it actually seems a long time ago, though we are talking only of times a year and a half back…. when i read the earlier posts objectively(as much as possible), i can actually see the person evolving with the blog (there are some who would question the particular word used..hehe)….over a period of time, the blog has meant different things to me – ego boosts, acceptance, freedom.. to name a few.
now readers are important to me in a whole new way – like friends in school/college..to be taken for granted when around, and to be missed terribly when not around… now, posts are moments captured in time.
for many people, images do the trick, but for me, the regular ‘picture and thousand words’ doesnt make sense in this particular context. some time later, i can read this post and understand exactly what i felt at 10.30 am on 24 sep 2004….
at different points in time, we have different reasons for doing things, and for me, now, this is the reason to blog….
now….weekends should start on a happy note, and thats enough reason for some
Solid Humour, I Thought
Here are the top eight comments made by NBC sports commentators during the Summer Olympics:
1. Weightlifting commentator: “This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing.”
2. Dressage commentator: “This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother.”
3. Paul Hamm, Gymnast: “I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.”
4. Boxing Analyst: “Sure there have been injuries, and even some deaths in boxing, but none of them really that serious.”
5. Basketball analyst: “He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn’t like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces.”
6. At the rowing medal ceremony: “Ah, isn’t that nice, the wife of the IOC president is hugging the cox of the British crew.”
7. Soccer commentator: “Julian Dicks is everywhere. It’s like they’ve got eleven Dicks on the field.”
8. Tennis commentator: “One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them…
till next time, keep reasoning -
Janus Battles
A few days back a cold realisation hit me, that i had taken off the rediff ad banner from my blog…. if they were ever to do an audit, manuscrypts’ future looks bleak.. i know for a fact that simon has also discarded rediff, lots of others too, just cant remember who…
but in case, someone from rediff is reading this, my sincere apologies….hehe.. but it seriously makes me feel a tad guilty coz rediff introduced me to the concept of blogging…
it is said that the answer to ‘who am i?’ holds the key to unlocking a whole lot of mysteries about the self and its relationship with the universe in general…but even thats a difficult question to answer, isnt it?… like the alcohol ad that has ‘one part hot blooded, one part chivalry, one part foresight….’ , i have a part of me thats cold, selfish, uncaring etc, but i also have a part thats caring, considerate, kind etc…. i have a part of me that prefers solitude, easy listening music and books, i also have a part thats into having fun, playing pranks, raising hell and metalling heavily..hehe..its easy to answer this by saying that all of them are me, or even by saying that it depends on where i am and who i am with, but if i have to objectively say which is the dominant person..hmmm…its a daily battle, and the only consolation is that in the first set, i am kinda getting the good kind to win :-)….
so, who am i………. still downloading…………….hehe
on a sidenote, the people friendly part of me always poses the question whether i ‘blog socialise’ enough, virtually or really!!
Apologies to all those who thought this post was about the trials in the life of a south indian woman, i was referring to the two faced roman god, janus!!
this is something i picked up, when on my virtual jaunts,from a site called craphound, definitely awesome!!
“I went back to my old haunts, the saloons where I’d gone for a beer after a day’s work at the docks, and the dance-halls, and the theatres, and I saw my old chums. That was hard, James.”
He stopped then. I found myself saying, “How was it hard, Mr Adelson?”
He looked surprised, like he’d forgotten that he was talking to me. “Well, James, it’s like this: when you’re away that long, you get to invent yourself all over again. Of course, everyone invents themselves as they grow up. Your chums there –” he gestured at the boys, who were now trying, with varying success, to turn somersaults, dirtying their school clothes “– they’re inventing themselves right now, whether they know it or not. The smart one, the strong one, the brave one, the sad one. It’s going on while we watch!
“But when you go away, nobody knows you, and you can be whoever you want. You can shed your old skin and grow a new one.”….
“”And then I came home.
“As far as the folks back home were concerned, I was the kid they’d said good-bye to five years before. My father thought I was still a kid, even though I’d fought pirates and weathered storms. My chums wanted me to be the kid I’d been, and do all the boring, kid things we’d done before I left — riding the trolleys, watching the vaudeville shows, fishing off the docks.
“Even though that stuff was still fun, it wasn’t _me_, not anymore. I missed the old me, and felt him slipping away.”….
while on the subject, check out these two statements, different perspectives
“the ant is disciplined, proper and obeys authorities. That’s why after five million years of evolution it’s still an ant”
“the ant is disciplined, proper and obeys authorities. That’s why after five million years of evolution it is still around where dinosaurs havent survived”
manuscrypts trivia
check out this sign, some bollywood bloopers, and a few quotes
“To measure you by your smallest deed is to reckon the ocean by the frailty of its foam. To judge you by your failures is to cast blame upon the seasons for their inconsistencies.” ~ Kahlil Gibran
“If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.” ` Einstein
and a personal favourite
“Why are we scared to die? Do any of us remember being scared when we were born?” ~ Trevor Kay”
“Should a female papaya be called mamaya?” ~ Manu (sorreeeee :-)))