Pessimism

There isn't much difference between liars and optimists.

ISHQIYA

What started as a plan to enjoy sometime with a friend turned into an experience that offered great cinematic bliss to the great Hakumei-Sama. She always regretted how she missed watching Omkara in the cinema hall and she was more than willing to repent. Ishqiya was it!
Pretty sure she was, of the fact that the movie would be a good watch but this good!?

The moment she saw it was a Vishal Bhardwaj production, Bejin set herself comfortably in her seat. Apprehensions took over her within the first few seconds for she was just not willing to be disappointed. 'Not in the mood for another Kaminey', she thought.
'And sometimes, just sometimes, your prayer is answered' were her thoughts after she was done.



Now the catch here is that you don't have to be a member of the Eastern U.P. circuit to acknowledge this movie but you surely have to be a Bhojpuriya baalak to know how truly well made this movie is! No, this movie is not in Bhojpuri. It follows a more Khariboli style (probably for mass appeal). It's just that the movie's environment is brilliantly desi! The language, characters, their involvement with each other, music everything only adds to it. Good thing is that nothing is overdone.

Naseeruddin Shah was brilliant like always. It's weird how it's so easy to fall in love with Naseer after watching each of his movies but the thing about Ishqiya is that it's one movie which makes you fall in love with Naseer's character. You sympathise with him and can almost feel what it's like to be Khalu-Jaan, the old romantic full of anxiousness.

['Koi to roke, koi to toke. Is umar mein ab khaoge dhokhe. Dar lagta hai ishq karne mein ji. Dil to bachcha hai ji, thoda kaccha hai ji.']

Arshad Warsi is good to watch as the roadside rustic, Babban. His hormonally driven youth is characterised by kaajal eyes and Soorma Bhopali style of talking. His evident transformation from a player into a man helplessly in love is cute.

[Babban to Khalu-Jaan: "Aapka ishq, ishq. Aur hamara ishq, sex?!"]

Vidya Balan's character Krishna, is dark! Both visually and otherwise. A classic case of femme fatale, Krishna gives both these men the kind of romantic pleasure they seek and why? Well, that forms the main plot of the movie. A woman of stark contrasts, Krishna is driven, desperate, innocent looking, simple yet sexy. Negative? I wouldn't call her that.
A woman with a voice to die for, Krishna doesn't even have to work to appeal to Khalu-Jaan's refined self.


Apart from the leads, the side characters do justice to what they are supposed to do. Bejin particularly liked the cocky kid who played Nandu.

[Nandu to Babban: "Hamare wahaan chuttad dhone se pehle tabancha chalana sikhaate hain."]

Look out for this movie to know Gorakhpur, for the music, to feel for two friends who fight for a woman who loves neither of them, for tabancha and a script that's written well and delivered even better!

And before you sad-ass losers go on about how the great Hakumei-Sama makes for a nearly idiotic film critic, check out the following links.



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Happy watching, suckers!

Bejin says...

Originality, sometimes, is just a matter of time.

2010 Plans

A lot needs to be done. Indeed, A LOT.


Things to do:

1. Practice Gomu-Gomu Ninja kicks on Nanga Fakir.
2. Give one last mock test. Tomorrow.
3. Pray.
4. Read Sin City.
5. Write about all the things that I want to write about (?).
6. Watch (n number of)movies.
7. Paint my room VIBGYOR.
8. Switch off my cellphone before going off to sleep.
9. *switches off her cellphone*
10. Zzz...

Mega Manga Mangrove

[Note: Apologies for the lame header, but I am a sucker for cool (?) alliterations.]


Here's a nearly official list of all the manga Bejin Hakumei has read until this date.


Shoujo Manga:

1. 1/3 no Kareshi
2. 7th Period Is A Secret
3. Absolute Boyfriend
4. Adarshan no Hayanome
5. Ai Hime ~ Ai to Himegoto
6. Aishiteruze Baby
7. Akaku Saku Koe
8. Akane-Chan Overdrive
9. Alice 19th
10. Anatolia Story
11. Angel Sanctuary
12. Appare Jipangu
13. As The Death God Dictates
14. Asa mo, Hiro mo, Yoru mo
15. Ayashi no Ceres
16. Baby It's You
17. Backstage Prince
18. Beast Master
19. Beauty is the Beast
20. Beauty Pop
21. Bloody Kiss
22. Blue Ramun
23. Boku Ni Natta Watashi
24. Boys Over Flowers
25. Brilliant Magic
26. Butterfly Bed
    
27. Cain Saga
28. Camelot Garden
29. Cardcaptor Sakura
30. Cat Street
31. Ceres Celestial Legend
32. Charisma Doll
33. Cherry Juice
34. Child's Toy
35. Chouchou Kumo
36. Count Cain
37. Count Cain -Godchild
38. Cristo
39. Cutie Baby
40. Daa! Daa! Daa!
41. Dakishimete Noir
42. Darker Than Black
43. Datte Suki Nan Damon
44. Desire Climax
45. Emma
    
46. Enren Debut
47. Fairy Cube
48. Fall In Love Like A Comic
49. Faster than a Kiss
    
50. Fruits Basket
51. Full Moon wo Sagashite
52. Gaba Kawa
53. Gakuen Alice
54. Gekka no Kimi
55. Gentlemen's Alliance Cross
56. Giri Koi
57. Girl Got Game
58. Gokinjo Monogatari
59. Gold Rush 21
60. Good Father
61. Good Morning Call
62. H2O
63. Hana Kimi
64. Hanatsuki Hime
65. Hayabusa
66. He's Dictated To Roses
67. Help!!
68. Hime gimi Tsukurikata
69. Hot Blooded Women
70. Hot Gimmick
71. I Can't Sleep Alone
72. Inuyasha
    
73. Imadoki
74. ION
75. It's Love
76. Kagen no Tsuki
77. Kaikan Phrase
78. Kamichama Karin
79. Kamichama Karin Chu
80. Kanshakudama no Yuutsu
81. Kare First Love
82. Kimi Shika Iranai
83. King's Pawnshop
84. Kiss in the Blue
85. Koi, Hirari
86. Koko no Iru Yo!
87. Koukou Debut
88. Love Strip
89. Ludwig Kakumei
90. Madmoisille Butterfly
91. Meine Leibe
92. Meru Puri
93. Mind Game
94. Mint no Bokura
95. Miriam
96. Moe Kare
97. MT Pass
98. Nine Puzzle
99. Orange Planet
100. Othello
101. Otokomae Beads Club
102. Penguin Brothers
103. Psychic Detective Yakumo
104. PxP
105. Random Walk
106. Reaching You (From Me To You; Kimi ni Todoke)
107. Replay
108. Ringo Nikki
109. Romeo x Juliet
110. Saboten no Himitsu
111. Safe Again Today
112. Sensual Phrase
113. Shin Daa! Daa! Daa!
114. Shinigami Lovers
115. Shinrei Tantei Yukomo - Akai Hitomi Wa
116. SOLD OUT!
117. Special A
118. Stroke Material
119. Taranta Ranta
120. Tenjou na Kajitsu
121. Tenshi no Hane to Akuma no Shippo
122. Time Stranger Kyoko
123. Tokage Ouji
124. Tonari no Hijiri-Kun
125. Tonari no Inuyama-Kun
126. Ultra Maniac
127. WANTED
128. When You Look Like An Angel
129. You're My Girlfriend
130. Yowaito Nikki
131. Zettai Kakusei Tenshi Mistress Fortune

Slice of Life

1. Adventure Boys
2. AR ~ Forgotten Summer
3. Binbou Shima Monogatari
4. Kimagure Orange Road
5. Koi no Kami-Sama
6. Living Game
7. My Sweet Sunday
8. Parallel
9. Sakura no Uta
10. Yellow Book

Shounen:

1. 090 - Eko to Issho
2. 13
3. Akuma Bengoshi Kukabara
4. Ann Cassandra
5. Aoi Destruction
6. Apple
7. Asklepios
8. Ayu Mayu
9. Bad Company
10. Beck
11. Belmonde le Visiteur
12. BioMeat - Nectar Manga
13. Black Cat
14. Bloody Monday
15. Bokke-San
16. Bremen
17. Code Geass - Nightmare of Nunally
18. Cowa!
19. Cross Over
    
20. Crossing 25
21. Death Note
22. DNA^2
23. Double Arts
24. Doubt
25. Dragonaut - The Resonance
26. Eureka Seven
27. Fairy Tail
28. Gacha Gacha - Capsule
29. God Eater
30. Great Teacher Onizuka
31. Hatsukoi Limited
32. Hitomi no Catoblepas
33. Inumimi
34. Island
35. Jyuki Ningen Jumbor
36. Kajika
37. Kanaeta Aizen
38. Kingdom Hearts
39. Koorihime Kitan
40. Koi no Kami-Sama
41. Level E
42. Lilim Kiss
43. Love Hina
    
44. Love Letter
45. M.C. Law
46. Madofuki Park
47. Mahoraba
48. Mai-Hime
49. Mai-Otome
50. Majin Devil
51. Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro
52. Marugoto Anjyu Gakuen
53. Meister
54. Midori no Hibi
55. Miyuki
56. Muddy
57. Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge
58. 666 Satan
59. ONE PIECE
    
60. Pandora Hearts
61. Personant
62. Phantom Wizard
63. Pita-Ten
64. Pretty Face
65. Rosario+Vampire
66. Saiyuki
67. Sakuratetsu Taiwahen
68. School Mermaid
69. Show Me The Money
70. Silvery Crow
71. Souten no Koumori
72. Snow in the Dark
73. Stigmata
74. Stray Dog
75. Strawberry 100% (Ichigo 100%)
76. Tales of Symphonia
77. Tista
78. to-LOVE-ru
79. Tsukumo Happy Soul
80. Ultra Red
81. Urooboe Uroboros
82. Vandread
83. Video Girl AI
84. Watashi no Messiah-Sama
85. Yakuza Girl

Psychological:

1. 20th Century Boys
2. 21st Century Boys
3. Billy Bat
4. Boys Next Door
5. Elfen Lied
   
6. Eternal Sabbath
7. Liar Game
8. Maken X
9. School Days
   

Sci-Fi:

1. 2001 Nights
2. Angel Dust Neo
3. Aqua
4. Kagijin
5. Kiddy Grade - Reverse
6. Love Automation
7. Love Neko
8. Made in Heaven
   
9. Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam
10. Momoza de Sarada
11. Onegai Teacher
12. Organic
    
13. Normal City
14. Outlanders
15. Standard Blue
16. Telepathic Wanderers

[End Note: I assume there's quite a lot that's left out. Anyway, I don't think this post is going to be well scrutinized by any of my blogger friends as such. Also mentionable here is the fact that though I have read all this stuff, a lot of it was sheer shit. So, I don't want the junta to come raging their piss on me because "it didn't turn out to be as cool as it (possibly) sounded". In case of serious need, ask me which ones are readable. And I formally announce that I am totally over this manga-reading bug in me cause the content is mostly cliched and absolutely predictable. Only on-going stuff will be dealt with in the future (example: One Piece, Bleach, Fairy Tail etc.) If anyone has a hard time reading some manga that I have already read (refer to my list for that), you are free to come and ask me for the brief story and it goes without saying that spoilers will be offered most genuinely.]


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What Seems Good, Is Wrong.

PS: Sorry for the ultra bad picture quality, but I am the kid without a scanner.
PPS: Comments are welcomed, though critiques are not.

Pre-Examination Mantra

Run, rabbit run.
Dig that hole, forget the sun,
And when at last the work is done
Don't sit down it's time to dig another one!