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Eid Mubarak

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Eid Mubarak to one and all. Long weekend in India. This one will be followed by one more (Dusshera) and one more (Gandhi Jayanthi). Literally, back-to-back-to-back. Good thing right. Naah! I will be in Bangalore till at least Diwali when I run off to Bombay again. One silver lining next week comes in the form of Samit who drops in from Delhi. Should be a good time then.

So what did I do this weekend? Went off to see Wanted: Dead or Alive at the Forum on Saturday (all by myself). That's a first for me. Enjoyed a Salman Khan movie after a long time. The movie could easily have done without at least 3 songs. Thoroughly needless ones. With all the trouble Boney Kapoor went through financing the movie and the court troubles, not shooting those songs would have saved him some highly needed cash.

Sunday went without much excitement as I was home watching movies on my roommate's laptop. Ended up watching Dil Bole Hadippa as well. Barring 15 minutes of watchable scenes, the movie is completely over-the-top and mindless with over-acting by the lead, Rani Mukherjee. Her stock in Bollywood has fallen way down and she has (unfortunately) not chosen the right script for her so-called comeback. Glad Lagaan was made earlier than this. 

One interesting thing happened Sunday night. Right across the building where I live, saw couple of Owls (of all animals and birds). Gorgeous creatures must say and they got right down to business (if you know what I mean :)). At one point during the live action, one even got up and looked me right in the eye and must have said in the language of the owls, "Hey buddy, what you lookin' at? Can we have some privacy please?". A couple minutes later though, they left the theater themselves.

Almost the whole of Monday morning and afternoon went without electricity in Bommanahalli. Finished watching UP, which was left halfway last night due to power cuts.

So there it was, watching a movie all by myself in the cinema hall to watching owls mate summed up my long weekend. Yeah, it was one of a kind. I seriously need a break.

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Anonymous said…
Eid Mubarak to you also. I hope that things were in control at your end even after seeing those night creature
September 24, 2009 at 2:48 AM
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