Archive for September, 2006
Friday, September 29th, 2006
Friday atlast. Taking half the day off.
Boss wants to know "WHY?"
And I end up saying something that ensures Friday half days for the rest of the year.
"Boss, I have this stomach pain for last few days. Doctors have done so many tests but they haven't found anything. So they will now do these twice a week tests on me to check for cancer... I'm nervous I don't know what to do. So I have to go for these tests every Tuesday and Friday. I can go late on Tuesday, but Friday I have to be there by 1pm"
I'm not a good liar. I just can't lie without being caught. But there are exceptions, that arise out of a few ...
Posted in Friday Masala | 1,663 views | 9 Comments »
Thursday, September 28th, 2006
Meet Mayan Puri and Lajan Joseph.
Who the hell are they?
Well it seems they've been around for quite a while in Bollywood. But like 99.99% of those in the industry who work behind the scenes and their names never do come out in the open. That may change though if their co-written "My Name is Anthony Gonsalves" clicks at the box office
What have they worked on so far?
Well Mayan Puri has worked with the KJ/Yash Chopra banner, while Lajan Joseph was the co-writer of - believe it or not - Munnabhai MBBS.
Indiafm recently interviewed both these guys here where they talk about their past, present and hopes for the future.
Mayan Puri is interviewed here while Lajan Joseph talks here.
Of ...
Posted in Bollywood | 1,287 views | 3 Comments »
Thursday, September 28th, 2006
My shirt's drinking some of my early morning Starbucks Almond Mocha cause I ended up seeing this picture flashing in my email... it's Natasha Suri showing her OH MY GOD CURVES at the Miss World Competion.
One Word. She IS HOT!
I don't know about you, but those curves are gonna give the roller coaster engineers at Disney an inferiority complex!
Anyone following the Miss World Competition this year? Does she have a chance?
Posted in Lens Eye View | 2,081 views | 18 Comments »
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
The name spelling game begins again. This from Smashits.com
The numerology bug has been the most contagious in the film industry and the latest celebrity smitten by it is character artiste Murli Sharma. Murli Sharma made impressive presence in successful films like 'Main Hoon Na' and 'Apaharan' in negative characters. The actor bumped into numerologist Sanjay Jumani (oz comment: That bumping happened after an "appointment" for bumping was confirmed) for professional and personal reasons. During their conversation Jumani concluded that Murli should change his spelling from Murli to Mur "Lee" (oz comment: Why not Moo Lee? Perhaps was too "Englisss" so Mur was left unchanged). Now this may sound something like "Bruce Lee" and this may amuse Bollywood buffs that ...
Posted in Bollywood | 1,623 views | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
This is lesson to teach the word Chauffeur / Driver to the movie stars of Hollywood.
How much do the stars in Hollywood make a year? Millions.
How much does it cost to hire someone to drive a car? 30 or 40 or 50 thousand a year? Make it a 100 thousand a year.
How many times do actors get caught by cops for drunk driving?
Everytime
Just when Mel Gisbson was struggling to survive the onslaught over his drunk driving and drunk "speech", comes news that Paris Hilton is being charged with drunk driving
Now she's a multi multi millionaire. Can't she afford an itsy bitsy tiny cut in her monthly paycheck by hiring a driver???
Anyone know why stars don't have drivers?
Posted in Lens Eye View, Movies, TV etc. | 1,403 views | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
A Duel... Well atleast that's what controversial German film director Uwe Boll did. His latest film "BloodRayne" was panned by the critics.
So what does Boll do?
He challenges his critics to a BOXING DUEL
And what do the critics do?...
They accept the challenge!!!
And then?
Boll takes on each of his four challengers, one at a time, at a Vancouver boxing ring.
And???
Boll knocks each of the critics out. (HOLLY MOLLY!!!!) - as per rumors each of the four knocked out critics have applied for lifelong membership at a monastery where they will live an "Uncritical" life.
Where did you read this?
At CNN
So what does oz do?
Frantically calling his ex-Taekwondo instructor, making all types of excuses for not attending ...
Posted in Lens Eye View, Movies, TV etc. | 1,247 views | 4 Comments »
Monday, September 25th, 2006
[More Updates included]
Just chanced upon this news flash at Rediff - Rang De Basanti is India's official entry for the Oscar's Best Foreign Film Category.
It's Aamir's second visit. The first was Lagaan.
Here's who the main contenders for the top spot were :
Bhook (Marathi)
Amma Chepindi (Telugu)
Krrish (What the fuck???)
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (You've got to be kidding me!!!)
Yun Hota To Kya Hota (WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE!!!)
Lage Raho Munnabhai (Good one, But not Oscar Material... But MBBS would have been a much viable option)
Omkara (Why did this one lose out?)
Corporate (Nah... ok movie not meant for Oscars)
The list above shows either the panel that selectes movies for Oscars is very short sighted or does not know what ...
Posted in Bollywood | 1,991 views | 13 Comments »
Sunday, September 24th, 2006
It’s time to officially recognize the arrival of Gen 21. The first mast mast batch of writers in Bollywood. Ironically many find a place to stand in this busy bazaar because of Ram Gopal Varma, whose script sense seems to have gone for a toss. It’s time to sit up and recognize the struggles and efforts this first generation of Bollywood writers in the 21st century are going through, just to bring out positive, meaningful cinema – cinema they believe in, you believe in, I believe in.
Jaideep Sahni, Anurag Kashyap, Abbas Tyrewala, Sriram Raghavan, Imtiaz Ali, Jahnu Barua, Nagesh Kukunoor, Anurag Basu, Sandeep Shrivastav and a few others that ...
Posted in Bollywood, Movie Reactions | 13,100 views | 15 Comments »
Friday, September 22nd, 2006
First Pic... Abhishek as the middle aged guy. What do you think?
Posted in Bollywood | 4,180 views | 16 Comments »
Thursday, September 21st, 2006
I sort of get an idea about readers' reactions to DT, based on the emails I get from you. Good, Bad, Ugly...
But when oz gets a lonely lady calling on his radio show and telling him that she is "horny" because of "oz"... I have no idea where to take this show... especially when the caller on my show says that she needs a vibrator to "jerk-off" on me... Mercifully Sumeet and I managed to stay on our chairs without getting knocked off...
Have you heard a woman tell you on "air" what she is wearing? Well you can hear this lady calling on Desi Talk and telling me that the batteries in her vibrator are running out...
And then ...
Posted in Sex, Romance etc., Talk Radio | 4,670 views | 13 Comments »
Thursday, September 21st, 2006
Chapter Three : Escape to India
Sanket Shukla was having a tough day. It was a holiday. And they were packing for their vacation to Mauritius. Mini, his wife was panicky, causing her to fret and worst of all, nag. And therein lay the reason for the day being not as easy as he had envisioned.
As the DM (District Magistrate) of Ghaziabad, Sanket was one of those few in the civil services, that still kept themselves clean of all the corruption around them. And he had learnt to stay within the system without stepping on anyone’s toes.
He often wondered if his job, that was supposed to be so stressful, was made easy, because of his Guru… BABAJI.
“Don’t forget ...
Posted in Fiction, The Chase | 1,906 views | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006
All stand up and bow to the Don of the Corporate Mafia world. He's back. Bigger. Better. Stronger pony tail. And with Rupees 35 Crores (about US$7.5 million) to spend on Bollywood each year.
The picture above has two faces. They both belong to the same person. The difference is the one behind was photoshoped by the person standing in front.
For those who came in late, the man in the picture was at the epicenter of the great Blogger-IIPM's bosses war last year. Articles about what happened are here, here and here.
Yes, we are talking of no one else but the producer and director of "Rok Sake To ...
Posted in Lens Eye View | 3,705 views | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
Dear oz,
With great regret do I have to inform you that your title of being the idiotic joker of an asshole amongst all human beings has been taken away, withdrawn and conferred upon someone else, by the committee.
You will be glad to know that this “someone else†is also from India, but unlike you, her beauty has mesmerized the world.
Also, for your information, from now the name of our committee “Fuckedup Assholes Group of Garbage and Looney Lameheads†(FAGall) is being changed to “Spicy Holistic Association for Garbage and Looney Lameheads†(SHAGall).
If a lady wins our committee’s award she will be conferred the title of ...
Posted in Movie Reactions | 3,129 views | 9 Comments »
Monday, September 18th, 2006
So Beverlicious who's a good friend, of a good friend, has this month old post up that needs to be mentioned on Desi Train... A glossary of terms used on the street/club/wherever you wind up throwing up your vodka+cranberry juice mix - in South Beach. Pretty hilarious stuff, watch out your boss isn't standing closeby... that will make your bootilicious ass smackalious...
Here's Beverlicious' official South Beach Glossary
Three years of living on South Beach brings about certain side effects. One of them is amassing a whole new vocabulary. If you have never visited The Republic of South Beach before, here is a handy glossary of terms for reference. Shots up to date? Sufficient cash? Comfortable shoes? Valid passport? Let's ...
Posted in Lens Eye View | 1,307 views | 2 Comments »
Friday, September 15th, 2006
So it's about 11am here. I'm almost ready to hit the Indian street close to my office. Destination : Ambala Dhaba. There are now 3 Ambala dhabas on that street!
The Indian street is actually known as Artesia (the city it is in). Actually the street is Pioneer. Desi stores on both sides for about 2 - 3 blocks. I used to love this restaurant called Rajdhani which used to serve Thali - Indian style. The people here would come and serve you on the table. Oh how I missed this kind of treatment which is so common in India!
Unfortunately, the last three outings to Rajdhani haven't been good. The food's turning bad to crap. Which is a pity, cause ...
Posted in Friday Masala | 1,805 views | 4 Comments »
