Archive for June, 2006
Thursday, June 15th, 2006
If anyone of you are or know of good attorneys operating in the U.S. in the field of business and are well versed with setting up companies, e-commerce laws and such... (and can give your dear oz a discount)... please do use the contact form and email me the details.
Since I didn't know where to look for I thought I'll do some advertisement on Desi Train itself...
A super new post on two legends of Bollywood follows in a few hours (hopefully... gotta clean my kitchen shelves before doing that)
Posted in Life Flava | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, June 14th, 2006
Krrish is being projected as India's first superhero. There's no question that this movie is going to get a huge opening - tons of ticket sales in the opening weekend. My spidey sense tells me it will be a huge hit. It may even win over the critics if Roshan stays away from special effects and concentrates on stunts (wires et. all)
But the first salvo is fired by Desi Train when oz sees this poster of Krrish and what caught his eyes is circled in red:
A superhero wearing shoes... with Laces!!!!!!... AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH.... WHO THE FUCK DESIGNED THIS COSTUME NEEDS A CRASH COURSE IN SUPERHERO HISTORY!!!
And even if it had laces couldn't they have been ...
Posted in Bollywood | 15 Comments »
Wednesday, June 14th, 2006
Looks like the underworld is trying new tactics. The shooting at Mahesh Bhatt's office looks like it. Either the sent in shooter was a pinheaded idiot or most probably the intention was not to shoot Bhatt but to send a ripple of fear in Bollywood. It wouldn't be surprising if Bollywood starts receiving a high number of phone calls from "Bhai" or their "chamchas" after this incident.
So what happened?
A gunman enters Mahesh Bhatt's office. Fires two rounds - in the air and leaves. According to this report by Rediff :
"He entered Bhatt's office at noon and inquired about him from the staff. When told that Bhatt was not in office, he fired a round in the air before escaping," ...
Posted in Bollywood, News Catch | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006
Soft Wear Biryani is a salute to the works of David Mamet and Guy Richie (atleast his pre Madonna creations). It can also serve as a Lesson 101 for Mr. Kaizad Gustad of Boom.
Chapter One : A Spicy Life is never short of troubles
Life is cool. Warm. Nice. Luxurious. And overflowing with hot chicks. Hot Thai chicks. Two of them were massaging his massive 200 pound body. He lay on the golden beach under the Phuket sun . With a speedo and Ray ban being the only things that covered him, he lay on the towel getting the massage.
The Thai girls poured suntan lotion all over him. He had no idea what it was. If he did, he ...
Posted in Fiction, Soft Wear Biryani | 11 Comments »
Monday, June 12th, 2006
There was once a time when the IT officials wouldn't drive within a mile of Bachchan's house. These days however a faint sound of a dropped penny coming from the superstar's house seems to have the Tax guys shooting notices to him.
While there are reports in the media that Congress (read: Sonia Gandhi) is behind it, others think that it is high time the big shots are treated like the normal people and not gods.
Here's one of the reports from IBNLive on this issue:
Superstar Amitabh Bachchan has finally decided to set the record straight regarding notices sent to him by the Income Tax (I-T) department.
In the latest on the Bachchan-I-T department exchange, The I-T department had issued ...
Posted in Bollywood, News Catch | 2 Comments »
Monday, June 12th, 2006
Thanks to Vi for the link. Here's a comedian enacting a complete Bollywood song. I found it hilarious, though some of the guys I forwarded the link to, found it rather offensive... Watch the video and decide which way it throws you (or perhaps makes you throw up)...
Click the play button to start the video..
Posted in Bollywood, Comedy | 10 Comments »
Monday, June 12th, 2006
To some, seeing an actor onscreen, gives them the fucking right to own the actor off screen. Here's what happened to Bobby Deol and his wife and kids at the Bombay Airport, according to a report published by The Times of India...
Bobby Deol was taken by surprise recently, just before boarding a flight to Bangkok with his family when a group of 40-odd people surrounded them, pulling and grabbing at Bobby, demanding that he pose with them for pictures. They wanted him to chat with them.
Bobby was travelling with his wife Tanya and kids Aryaman and Dharam, and was on his way to shoot for the climax of his film Apne.
While waiting for the 11.25 pm flight at ...
Posted in Bollywood | 5 Comments »
Sunday, June 11th, 2006
Place : Someplace Else (no really it's a place owned by Bobby Deol)
Characters : Rakhi Sawant & one Mr. Mika (brother of Daler Mahendi)
The Event : Mika-jee's birthday bash
The Controversy : Rakhi enters Mika's party. Poses with Mika for the photographers. Kisses Mika on the cheeks. The birthday cake is cut. Rakhi takes a piece and tries to stuff it in Mika's mouth as the poor (?) guy is asking her not to (guy resists cake). The cake's plastered all over his face. Mika then takes Ms. Rakhi in his strong Punjabi arms and smooches her (girl resists smooch).
As per what I saw ...
Posted in Bollywood, News Catch | 3 Comments »
Friday, June 9th, 2006
I realize these aren't set in stone, but while reading them on the Internet I thought some were rather funny:
*NOT KISSING FIRST
Avoiding her lips and diving straight for
erogenous zones makes her feel like you're paying by the hour and trying
to get your money's worth by cutting out nonessentials. A proper passionate
kiss is the ultimate form of foreplay.
BLOWING TOO HARD IN HER EAR
Admit it, some kid at school told you
girls love this. Well, there's a difference between being erotic and blowing
as if you're trying to extinguish the candles on your birthday cake. That hurts.
NOT SHAVING
You often forget you have a porcupine strapped to your chin which you rake repeatedly across your partner's face and thighs. When she turns her head from ...
Posted in Sex, Romance etc. | 5 Comments »
Friday, June 9th, 2006
Caught a funny yet frank interview, Ram Gopal Varma gave Khalid Mohamed at DNA India :
What on earth is wrong with you?
Meaning what? Maybe a little bit of everything is wrong with me.
You’ve given statements that you’re not doing Time Machine because Shah Rukh Khan isn’t your type of actor. I can get a strong scent of sour grapes.
I don’t need to explain what happened. It didn’t work out. Twice in my career, I have approached Shah Rukh. The first time was for Company, but then I realised the project wouldn’t suit his image, so I changed my mind. The second time we identified a project ..Time Machine..but my temperament is to start a film immediately. Again, I ...
Posted in Bollywood | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, June 7th, 2006
Hrishikesh Mukherjee (Hrishida to his fans) is critical and was admitted to Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital with chronic renal failure. According to this rediff report: "There has been no significant change in his condition. He remains critical and is in the ICU on ventilatory support. He is responding to treatment, but it is too early to take a positive or negative stand on his health"
Let's pray for the best for our dear 84 year old Hrishida.
It's time for this train to switch tracks and pass through nostalgic memories, those beautiful dreams brought to life by the master of sensitivity and subtlety. This journey would enrich one and all. Those who knew Hrishida via ...
Posted in Bollywood | 27 Comments »
Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
The Inner Circle was evenly split over the two to three ideas I had emailed them. So I decided to go for the one which would be much lighter giving me space for some comic jabs.
Thank you all for making the Sex Addict such a huge success. I know I haven't answered ANY of your personal emails so far. I'll attempt to do that in a day or two.
Here's what comes up next in fiction:
Soft Wear Biryani
Sridhar Krishnan, Arvind Swamy and Meera Menon are three entrepreneurs who returned from the U.S. and started their own software company. They worked earnestly developing packages but have been swindled high and dry by their US agent who since then has disappeared. ...
Posted in Fiction | 10 Comments »
Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
This fiction has been removed except for a brief chapter preview. oz is in talks with various parties for publishing his work and hence The MBA GANG and The Sex Addict have been taken down.
Chapter 3 : The Eye off the I destroys the I
"This is Jay Thakore. I'm not in. Please leave your message after the beep."
"Jay, this is Dr. Tripathi. Call me as soon as you get this message"
I rushed from the bathroom to grab my clothes.
She was still in bed. Grocery shopping led to us crashing our shopping carts. She was a beautiful brunette with blue eyes and it got me asking her what she was looking for. ...
Posted in Fiction, The Sex-Addict | 12 Comments »
Monday, June 5th, 2006
My mom's uncle used to spend hours telling me his adventures. He was a top cop of his time and spent much of his life hunting the bad guys and sometimes wild animals who would sneak into the villages and attack humans. One of the most fascinating one liners (yeah I got that from him) he used to say was that when a tiger's tasted a man's blood his mind goes crazy. He's hooked and he can't think of eating anything else but a man.
Flash forward to 2004. My first exposure to - the then underground - pickup community. I entered the field with a bunch of pickup gurus by my side and I realized how easy (and nerve ...
Posted in Sex, Romance etc. | 11 Comments »
Friday, June 2nd, 2006
And the day has finally arrived. The dreaded day. That day comes in the life of every formerly hailed, now despised, technically competent, once hailed as a genius, movie director or writer or technician.
JP Dutta, Rahul Rawail, Mansoor Khan, Mahesh Bhatt, Ramesh Sippy and a few others in the "We were something once" group.
To this group we now welcome Mr. Ram Gopal Varma.
Tragic. Very tragic indeed.
Evaporating Talent
The man who gave us a reason to go to the theaters (though far and few inbetween) has gone bankrupt. In ideas. His production firm - The Factory is literally running short of raw material.
The raw material of ideas, stories, scripts and screenplays.
And to think that this guy was instrumental in bringing ...
Posted in Bollywood, Movie Reactions | 14 Comments »
and excited for the june...
