Piracy is bad, but original is despicable

Being a Movie Buff I am, I try and goto a movie theater to catch the latest movie. I realize how bad is the experience of watching movies on Pirated CD’s on laptop is.

But movie watching at Box Office isn’t fun either, with some local idiot howling and clapping over every rape, whistling after every scene, perfecting his dialogue delivery, shaking his pelvis and dancing in front of everyone during every song. Yes thats the experience we get in so called upmarket multiplexes of Gurgaon even after shelling out indecent amount of money.

The original DVD’s are no good either. This is an average experience of Pirated vs Original DVD.

Pirated DVD vs Original DVD

Vendors should realize that all the warnings, ads and DRM related messages is not helping their cause either. Continue reading

Love Aaj Kal Film Review

They told me to goto watch this movie and not campair it with Jab We Met. Expecting ‘Jab We Met’ or for that matter ‘Socha Na Tha’ were poems. Shahid wasn’t the star he is today when he did ‘Jab We Met’. Abhay Deol was vaguely known when Socha Na Tha came out. I went to watch these movies with little to no expectations and came back smiling on days gone by, connecting completely with the characters. I am a fan of Imtiaz Ali and his style of film-making. He has what it takes to take the TORCH of kindling the romance in air from Yash Raj Chopra [something Aditya Chopra, his scion has been unsuccessful at]. Continue reading