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Friday, December 21, 2007

What does an Austrian, an Italian and the Liqour baron have in common ?

Farce India F1 team.. Sorry, I meant Force India F1 team.

No Indian driver ?!? Are we entering the truely professional age or are we still suffering from a post colonial hangover ? Or was Chandok just not available. With Sachin advertising for Fiat, I wonder which Itialian sponsors would want their Indian presence to increase. It can't just be Sonia Gandhi's pull either.

PR finalising the driver line up

Force India F1 finally has a website

The URL for the Image gallery, however, still states that it's a spyker gallery - link

There is a small but very serious following of F1 in India, the ones who think that Kimi was very lucky to win the championship, eventhough they are die hard Ferrari fans. Results are what count, Mr. Mallya (He's a Dr. btw, atleast on the website anyway !!). There are lots of peolpe watching you. If being the liquour baron isn't enough, this certainly will add some more pressure on, what seems to be an increasingly rotund Mr. Mallya, specially since I last saw him a few years ago in Bangalore.

Sunday, December 9, 2007

Sawariya Vs Om Shanti Om

I don't know why there was such a hype about comparing these two movies. The only commonality is that, in both movies, the 'Hero' doesn't get the Heroine. Apart from that comparing Sawariya to Om Shanti Om is like comparing an Apple to an Orange. Yes they are both fruit, but they have different tastes. Sawariya is like a stage adaptation of the short story 'White Nights', and no I hadn't read it till I saw the movie. Om Shanti Om, on the other hand is what can only be described as a very well made tribute to both, Shah Rukh Khan and the Indian Film Industry. More importantly it is a discovery of the inspiration behind many of Bollywood's actors. Yes, both movies had debutants in them, but that doesn't mean you start comparing them. Ofcourse, Sawariya will flop in the box office and Om Shanti Om will set records.

Shah Rukh has found a role that allows him to overact without appearing to overact, and Padukone Jr., does a very good job of playing both roles. The dialogue is witty, the story detailed and it always helps to pass the time trying to guess why certain actors appeared in Deewanagi deewanagi. Shah Rukh does a YMCA on the poster which sells with the CD and Dj Aqeel has, perhaps, made the best re mix of his career with Dard-e-Disco. I am most impressed with Farah Khan and the production quality of the movie. I look forward to Deepika Padukone's next movie. Some of the memorable scenes are 'Apahich Pyar' and 'Yennaaaaa Rascala'.

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