Raanjhanaa Movie Review :)

As I was walking down the lanes , my heart was heavy and I was feeling gloomy and delightful at the same time ... I just finished watching "Ranjhanaa" .

It's very long since I have watched a good love story and I feel this is so damn close to being very good . When I am saying being close it doesn't mean in anyway that its not . South Indian movies and that too Tamil movies used to churn this kinda movies in the last decade . Unfortunately not now and with Ranjhanaa , bollywood might try remaking those ;)

Dhanush makes an impressive debut in bollywood (sans the diction ) with Ranjhanaa . He is like your next door boy because of which you might get connected to his character (atleast I could) . Dhanush knowing his strengths plays the emotional scenes to the T . No histrionics  . Sonam is impressive in bits though being a miscast . She looks like atleast 5 years elder to Dhanush in the film . She is bubbly while she is this school girl but at times she looks to old for that . Her transformation is not as visible as Dhanush's is . The guy who played dhanush's friend ( Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub ) is good and might go places and swara bhaskar gets an another meaty role after Listen Ameya and not so impressive role in Aurangazeb . Abhay deol is his usual best and rest pass the mutter . The girl who played his sister's role ( Shilpi Marwah)  is good .

The story is not your usual bollywood love story . A Hindu brahmin guy (Kundan) starts liking  a Muslim Girl (zoya)  when he is 5 years old . He enters adolescence and so does his puppy love . He proposes and after so much of trials turbulations and thappads (17 slaps precisely as told by the hero ) and one cut on the wrist , zoya reciprocates just to get apart , depart from Kashi to Aligar in the next scene . Kundan promises to wait for her and finally when she comes back she doesn't remember anything .Now that's not so welcome from the heroine as the hero had cut his wrist for her .. comeon you can't forget something like that in your life unless she is acting . Not revealing the story much , she tells kundan that she loves another guy and that guy is our deol da cousin puttar .. Abhay Deol . One stage both zoya and kundan or on the verge of getting married to their respective partners and bang .. Interval .  

The first half an hour post interval will grab your heart with both the hands and will literally squeeze you . The story , the acting , music and everything at its best at this juncture particularly . 

After that it is all about what happened next .. did sonam marry abhay deol ? What happened to Dhanush's marriage with Swara Bhaskar ? ( forgot to tell , she is dhanush's cousin ) 

The dialogues are witty and awesome . You must have seen one or two in the trailers but trust me there are lot more .
The music is okay . Not even one song is hummable don't know what's wrong with rehman ? Background score is good .
First half is good and entertaining . Second half is okay . Drags at places and the pre climax gives you a dejavu feel of Dilse but not exactly a copy .

What's undigestable is sonam being a muslim girl hugs Dhanush atleast thrice in front of her house without the fear of her conservative muslim parents . .

A love story ending with a political backdrop is not a welcome thing anytime in our Indian films . Dil se for example .
People who have been in love but not successful will see themselves on screen at times for the pain that the characters go through .

A definitely watch film for the love we all had in our yester years . Go with your loved ones , you will come out with more love and a tear may be .

This is not a perfect film . This is not your Aashiqui types . It has his ups and downs , some scenes are masala added but even after all this You will definitely fall in love with Dhanush for the love he shows and you will be awe with his expressions when his heart is broken . Dhanush might not have a career in bollywood but can expect remakes of his films in future . I loved the film because I am familiar with Dhanush in his tamil outings but can't say the same with bollywood fans .

Ab Launda yeha pe bhi nahi jeetega to kahan jeetega ;)

25 Things You Don't know about Me ;)

Well If I am telling you the 25 things that you don't know about me and if I still want things about me which you don't know then I have to develop 25 more things which you will not know till I don't tell you again.. confusing huh? Let's not get into that , hence let's see what are all those things which you don't know about me as of now ..

1. I am a very good at cooking anything vegetarian .. specially Sambhar , dhal and aloo fry .

2. I started my career as a Typist before working as an assistant editor for television serials down south in Chennai . I worked as an Editor for only one TV Serial called "Akka" which aired on Gemini Tv in the Year 2004 :)

3. I watch at least one movie in the theatre every week . I have to watch newly released movie on the first day itself  or else I would lose interest in that film .

4 . I am an emotional fool , though the fool part comes and goes often the emotional part still there with every breath of my heart . Though I got hurt and I get hurt because of this , Something down my heart tells that there is nothing bad being emotional .

5. Whatever I have achieved till now , I have achieved it on my own . What do you call hmmm .."Self Made" .. yeah  that's what I am .

6. I somehow always have this inclination towards reading books , though i buy a lot i hardly complete reading . I have this starting problem , but once i start i finish it.

7. One of the poem that I wrote was published in a book called " Under a quick silver moon" in the US of A way back in 1998 :) here is the link to that website http://www.poetry.com/claims/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&poet_keywords=Ramana+Sadhu&commit=+++Search+Poets+++

8. I am not very good at planning my life but i plan my day and if someone or something cause a change in my plan then I am super pissed .

9. I like to be punctual and expect the same from others . I hate people who are not punctual or who don't give respect for other people's time .  I don't have respect for them .. simple .

 10 . If fate had different plans , I would have assisted Mr. Rajiv Menon a decade back .

 11. I am an Agnostic .. one who is confused whether god is there or not . I also believe in Karma and hence I don't give it back to those who deserve it .

 12 . If after working round the clock , you give me an option between a water bed to sleep and one good movie ticket .. I would opt for a movie ;) that gives me the needed relaxation than a sleep .

 13 . I just can't stand people who smell bad , who are dumb and at the same time try to act smart & those who don't do their given job .. I hate people who have plastic smile ..

 14 .  I can't take quick decisions for very small things like how to travel to office or which cinema hall and which show should i watch etc etc... I don't like this quality of mine though ,  Big things I decide just like that .
 15 . There were lot of times where I had prepared for the wrong subject during examination and still passed

 16 . I spoke to Rajinikanth on phone for his birthday when I was ten years old .

 17 . I almost got into trouble with police only once in my life . Almost stood staring eye to eye with the inspector across his table arguing , he didn't see my legs shaking beneath the table though ;)

 18 . I am not good at keeping friends or friendship . You ask me today and I have only very few good friends on whom I can really count upon and for whom I will go to any length in life :)

 19 . I will achieve what I want to .. I am the one who would try try and try till I succeed . Never say die is my attitude and I do it with patience . I believe that if you aim at the moon with firm belief , one day you will land up on the moon . You should not just give up . What's rightfully yours will be yours :)

 20 . If I give you my word , come what might I will stick to it . The problem is just that unless you don't deserve it I wouldn't be giving you my word .

 21 . I learnt car driving only after buying one . Classic case scenarios which can add up to another blog post :)

 22 . I am such a big fan of Rajinikanth that when telling my name in the newly joined school for 2nd Std I told my name as Rajinikanth as there was an another girl who introduced herself as rajini . Bingo !

 23 . I am a lefty turned righty . Maybe that's why I get confused when telling directions . Most of the time I would ask the autowallah to turn to the right when I had to say left and vice versa if you ask me suddenly to turn right I would turn to left . I don't know which side of my brain works better though ;)

 24 . I am very good at story telling which was best utilised at avm studios to translate hindi film stories to tamil . I am good at translating from hindi tamil & telugu to any of the said languages .

 25 . I somehow feel that Cats are the only selfish creatures in this world next to human beings ..

Next I might come up with 25 things you should know about me .. Beware ;)