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May 16, 2012

Dulha Mil Gaya (2010)

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Another day, another hindi movie.

And this time I picked something a little more recent: Dulha Mil Gaya (2010).

A cute romantic comedy with Sushmita Sen (former Miss Universe), Shah Rukh Khan (King Khan as he is known in Bollywood), Fardeen Khan and Ishmita Sharma, both new actors for me.

I don’t have a base on which I pick my Bollywood movies, except Debu’s recommendations, but this one just happened to be on the first page of my random notebook (used for movies and books I wish to see/read).

I know Sushmita Sen from the year she won Miss Universe along with Aishwarya Rai who won Miss World. This was way back in 1994. It was the only year I actually watched the Miss World pageant. It was a really good year for India in the beauty department. In fact I don’t think any other country managed to win both top spots at the Miss World pageant ever.

Unlike Aishwarya Rai who shoot to fame instantly, Sushmita Sen career as an actress took a more slower pace. How do I know this, well I remember that the first movie shown on TVR1 that sparked the Bollywood trend on Romanian television was Devdas (with Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai) and they followed with Main Hoon Na (with Shah Rukh Khan and Sushmita Sen). 

From those two movies I loved Main Hoon Na more, because it was funny, and I involuntarily became an instant fan of Shah Rukh Khan.

Now, back to “Dulha Mil Gaya“.

The film revolves around Shimmer (Sushmita Sen) an international super model who likes to hang around Tej “Donsai” Dhanraj (Fardeen Khan), a heart breaker. Donsai is known for his reluctance to marry and the fact that he can be an idiot, much to Shimmer liking.

Donsai is given a big blow when he learns that the only way to inherit his father empire company is by marrying a Punjab girl, named Samarpreet (Ishita Sharma). Donsai is saved by his lawyer that tells him he can marry her, leave her in India, and just continue with his playboy lifestyle like nothing ever happened.

Samarpreet doesn’t like the fact that her husband left her behind and decides to follow him so they can sort out things. After three months, Samarpreet comes to Donsai’s home to look for him, where she finds him with another woman. She  has a nervous breakdown, gets hit by a car and as “fate” dictates she ends up with Shimmer.

When Shimmer learns about the entire thing she decides to give Samarpreet a makeover in order to make Donsai feel in love with her.

The rest of the movie you’ll find out by watching it or reading about it on Wikipedia. Here’s the official trailer of the movie, if anyone is interested in it:

I wasn’t expecting the main story to focus on Samarpreet and Donsai. I mean, you got SRK and Sushmita Sen playing in it, but they take a step back when Ishita Sharma and Fardeen Khan come on screen.

That’s something new, especially in Bollywood when big actors are known for being drama queens on the set of movies. That doesn’t mean that SRK character isn’t portrayed as a hero or that Sushmita Sen character is second in beauty to anyone in the movie.

It’s more like they are the caretakers of everything and everyone. It’s a good movie to watch if you have a few hours to spend on the couch in your own living room. I would rate it 6, maybe a 7 out of 10.

May 15, 2012

Almost there

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“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” ~ Robert Frost

Life does go on no matter what happens to us. We can either live on or just live in the past. I try to live in the present but sometimes I get gloomy. I try to kick aside this part of my mind knowing it does nothing good to my morale, but it always manages to crawl back.

But whenever the gloomy side does come out something good always happens. I think good things happen because I enjoy the small things in life, meaning it doesn’t have to be something really phenomenal to cheer me up. Low standards? No, not really. But what are the chances that something big will happen to me?

Anyway, this weekend I got a really nice surprise.

We took Marlanu’ (my cat) to the doctor to be neutered and we had to leave him there for 6-7 hours. It was really hard on my part because I was constantly worrying that things might not go well. So, I was pacing the house when I heard a bird on the balcony. At first I thought it was just a bird flying by but the noises didn’t stop.

So I went to investigate and look what I found: a swallow.

It was so gentle and it didn’t seem to fear me at all. It was so cute I asked Johnny to take a few photos of it. After the impromptu photo shoot we let her go. In a way it was a good thing Marlanu’ wasn’t at home because I’m certain that little swallow would’ve had a short life.

And that’s the little thing that cheered me up.

It may not sounds like a big thing but I don’t need big things. For me big things only bring troubles or responsibilities. Weird, right?

I also wanted to show brag about the scarf I’ve been knitting in the past few days. I made it one of my goals to knit a scarf for myself and well, I think I might finish it in a few days.

One more thing to cross of my list, but something tells me I will knit a few more things after I finish this project.

Oh, and if you want to learn to knit, here’s the YouTube tutorial I picked. The lessons are really easy and she explains things really well. Enjoy!

May 14, 2012

Dilwale Dulhania le Jayenge

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I have so much free time on my hands right now that I don’t know what to do with it.

Besides applying for jobs and working on improving myself and my resume at the same time, I decided I should take things slowly and just try and relax. Besides the fact that I finished reading “The Body” by Stephen King and “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins I actually managed to watch and a Bollywood movie: Dilwale Dulhania le Jayenge.

I had to watch it in two parts because the movie lasted 3 hours without the intro.

It’s an old movie from 1995 and it stars Shah Rukh Khan as Raj Malhotra and Kajol as Simran Singh. The story is pretty simple, Raj and Simran have been brought up in Britain but Raj parents are more open minded where Simran’s are more conservative.

Simran and Raj

Raj fails to graduate from university but his father is very happy about it because no one in their family has ever taken school serious. Raj takes his chance and asks for some free time (and money so he can take a trip around Europe) to enjoy his youth before he starts work at his father’s company.

Simran graduates from university but she can’t enjoy her success because she is set to marry in India. Simran plays the good girl card and asks her father for one month of freedom before she goes to India. Surprisingly her father allows her one month to take a trip around Europe with her friends, but tells her she must not shame the family name which basically translates into “Be careful with who you hang with“.

So Raj and Simran are thrown together by fate and end up on the same trip. Of course, they don’t get along because of their different personalities. Because of Raj, they miss the train to Zurich and are separated from their friends, much to Simran despair.

Around this time they start to known each other better and in the end fall in love. But, Simran’s father finds out about her betrayal and he sells their house in England and moves the family to India, where Simran is set to marry.

Raj follows the Singh’s (Simran family) all the way to India in order to win her father over. But he has only one month to do so before Simran wedding.

In the end, after a few events and of course a fight only seen in Bollywood movies, Simran and Raj are allowed to get married.

It doesn’t sound much does it when it’s all described like that, but you don’t watch Bollywood movies just for the story. Well, I don’t. I watch Bollywood movies because they break away from Hollywood standards. I love the songs, the actors and the visuals. Yes, the visuals. Only Bollywood movies take you from a dark grey street to a beautiful mountain top or a field full of flowers.

If I would have to rate this movie I would give it a 7 out of 10. My only complaint with it was the lack of humor and the fact that it lasted 3 hours.

May 10, 2012

I love 9Gag

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May 7, 2012

What a Monday

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There will always be three types of Monday: bad, mediocre and good. Yet I can really say in which category this Monday fits in.

Should I be happy? Should I be concerned? Should I start crying again?

Well I think I’ve already done way to much of the crying part, and why should I be concerned? Usually, things have a way of coming together and worrying won’t make my situation any better. And I really think I should be celebrating, after all I’ve wanted for such a long time to do this and here I am, already doing it.

Officially I am now jobless, almost broke and with a glass of beer next to me.

Why did I cry? Well, basically I was bullied out of my job. That’s the only way I can put it. It wasn’t that I was bad at it or things like that, it was more like someone thought I wasn’t doing my job. And this after my weeks of working over hours and from home. Can you imagine how I felt when I heard that X (who has a high position in the company) told Y that I am slacking all day long.

Well, then how the hell did all my work get done and on time?

And this was just the beginning. Well, I won’t get into any details, but I’ll just add that in those 2 hours I let everything out. I just blurted everything that was on my chest for the past 5 years.

I also did some crying because it was one of those situations where I really needed to let some steam out. I really loved my job, I just disliked the people I worked for.

So, here I am updating my resume, applying to jobs, letting friends know that I am in need of a job, and ranting. Yes, I am ranting about work. I hate when I break my rule about ranting about work on the blog but after 5 years of working my butt off, I really want a closure. I want freedom to express myself.

You know, the whole situation is funny. I was reading 9gag yesterday (it was Sunday so I was allowed to) and there was this post:

Yup, that sums it up. Lesson learned: don’t give 100% of yourself for people who don’t appreciate you.

Now, if you’re reading this, and you’re from Bucharest, if you have any jobs available or know about any jobs available please let me know. I would really appreciate it.

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