total timepass...

Again, like the last time, I absolutely fell in love with the play but more so with the whole experience. I am sure the characters, the acting, the story and the music, all had a part to play in it, but I still think the amazing setting in the open air in a park was the main reason I had an absolutely amazing experience. The story was the same as the movie, Sound of Music; the songs were the same, the ones we have heard from childhood. The stage was set in the facade of an old country home. And the singing was clear, the dancing fun, the flow smooth. And the open air, setting sun and warm weather providing a natural background. What was not to love about this amazing production? I was not a fan of the lead actress who played Maria though; she looked older than she was supposed to be and was louder than she was supposed to be. But so what? The cute children made up for it:). The movie is a timeless classic and the play did full justice to it. It was as fun and beautiful as someth...

The Heat is one of those not-great-but-still-enjoyable-for-2-hours kind of movie which abound all over Hollywood. Its the story of an arrogant but capable FBI agent (Sandra Bullock) who goes to Boston to bust a big drug dealer, and ends up teaming up with the local shoot from your hip kind of cop, Shannon Mullins (Melissa McCarthy) to achieve this. Both of them are as different in their attitude and thinking as could be possible, and what follows is a tale of how these two women become friends and are ready to do anything for each other. Its a funny movie, with awesome laugh-off-your-seats kind of dialogues. Nothing more to talk about though! Would go for 3 stars for this one.

Recently, there has been a spate of relatively good movies, 'Bhag Milkha Bhag', 'Lootere', 'Ranjhanaa' and 'D-day'. All of them are a little  hatke , which always feels like a good change. The premise for D-day is a mission by the Indian Intelligence Wing, to bring back a wanted criminal from Pakistan to India. This mission is carried out by 4 undercover agents, and after a failed attempt, abandonment by the Indian authorities and death of two of the agents, they finally achieve what they had set out to. The storyline for the movie is pretty racy and well portrayed. The acting by all the key players is worth a mention. Rishi Kapoor played his short part well. Surprisingly, Arjun Rampal acted well too:). Huma Qureshi and Irfan Khan were good as usual. The whole setup and story was played out realistically. Characters were well etched. Patriotic jingoism was kept under control. Music fit in well too. What was there to not like? And even though it wa...