“No heroes; no zeroes” Raktha Charitra–2.

The first half-an-hour recap of the part-1 didn’t succeed in boring me. The so called violence could not irritate me, at all, to be specific. The kind of hatred that the characters of the movie reiterated in their dialogues was not enough to make me dislike any single bit of the movie. All that I could see and feel was the emotions those were depicted in the most stylish way ever, especially in such a kind of faction based movie. All that made me think was the consciously written screen-play.

Simply, Ram Gopal Varma ji has done it, once again.

The first half-an-hour recap might have bored many. I have only one reason behind saying this and that is the set of comments made by the audience from the back portion of the theater, which I can still hear with my eyes closed. It was enough evident to say that it bored them. Or, might not, as I heard people checking with the theater administration whether they had started playing the first part of the movie instead of second one, by mistake! Any ways, I sincerely appreciate the confidence of the director in his film and the nerves of the audience, that made him do the recap, and of course it was for many other unavoidable reasons as well, which the team unit would have thought much more than anyone, before releasing the movie.

I loved the action scenes of the movie. Surya and Vivek Oberoi were just perfect in speaking with their eyes. It is good that some moral precautions have been taken by the RGV, such that the feelings of anyone would not be hurt unnecessarily.

No heroes; no zeroes. It was all about the way the characters of the movie looked at their lives and understood others, as supporters or hurdles. This concept has been depicted so naturally and very convincingly. In fact this would be the major plus point for the movie to win many hearts. For this, especially, RGV deserves a heartful applause.

Some people may debate on why such movies shall come at all and bring the controversies and emotional imbalances in society. When the film was released and many controversies happened, I myself said in couple of situations, why this guy had such stories as movies!! But, after giving the thought some time, I got realized; Such movies may create a set of controversies; they may not stand resembled the complete streak of incidents inspired those people (based on whose lives such movies are made) to behave in such a way during their times; but they stand tall in narrowing down the gap between the unknown (incidents of contemporary) and the people of the society; hence definitely such movies shall be encouraged by taking them with sportiveness. With all the confidence I can say that the willing directors like RGV shall be encouraged more and more, such that, if not the entire reality can be shown, at least the thought provocation is very helpful for the social lives in the years to come. Many facts and emotions can be understood by the younger generations when such movies are taken seriously and thought of.

On the whole, for me, it was a good experience in and out the theater. It entertained me; it made me think; it made me understand; and I didn’t expect anything else from this movie especially after knowing it’s basis.

Realizations...

The most effective realizations in life happen only after being adversely effected by something. But they are the most interesting shade of life.

Real life lessons which make us
Earn the most valuable experience for
All the years to go in life to
Live better and to conquer some
Invaluable moments of life with full of
Zeal and enthusiasm.
All lessons may not be learnt at one go, but
To be successful in life, one must
Indulge the lessons deep within,
Only to acknowledge the life that
Nothing is as tough as it appears.

Grand Pa & Me...#2

My grand father says that the tastiest food is the least healthy one. Every time I look the menu, I’m use to hear his words at the back of my mind. But I go helpless, at times, when I go to a restaurant, of course not a new reason but to eat more and even more if possible!

It was a summer morning when I was chit chatting with my grand ma at the back part of our house. All of a sudden we heard a loud noise from the front side of our house, as if somebody was screaming to his heart, something like these “Whaaaa….Uhaaaaa...Whaaaaa….”

I rushed quickly at my fastest speed to see what the hell that was. I was absolutely stunned to see my grand pa, who stood on the road, bended himself and was screaming like anything. I saw his hand was half way through his mouth and he was working hard to push something in to his stomach. Finally he made the successful attempt to found the way for that eatable to reach his stomach. He entered the house very proudly after the incident.

After some time, one of my neighbors came to our house and asked my grand pa what he was doing in the morning. He replied that he was advised to eat the Neem tree leaves (Vepa Iguru – we call it in Telugu) as a natural medicine for his diabetes problem. He was literally eating the leaves one by one; as the taste opposed him from eating them, he made those ear-threatening noises to make it happen.

On hearing that, my neighbor could not stop her expressions and laughed for half a minute continuously as we all looked unanswered. After controlling herself she said that the way to eat them was not what he had done. One should take some leaves and they should be grinned nicely in a mixi and then that paste should be swollen directly without having it in much touch with the tongue to avoid the undesired taste of them. Then we all understood why she was unstoppable a minute before!

My grand pa intelligently escaped from the scene with a big “Ohh…”

Take healthy food but only after knowing how to eat it as the healthiest food is never tasty! This was one of the biggest lessons that I learnt during that summer vacation.

Power of the pain...#33

Only a pain can make us forget or ignore the other pain. Pain is powerful. Sometimes, it appears just wonderful, but only after the relief!

Inspirational victories…

Inspirational victories may not always show us how to play the game, but they definitely unveil how much the person or the team wants to win. Nevertheless, every great game must have a team or a person ending up on the losing side. Accepting this fact makes us love the loser, being the spectators. Everything apart, most importantly, such games make us realize the power of the so called nerves of steel.

The back ground for this post is as follows. Today morning I witnessed an absolutely inspirational win by the Chinese women volley-ball team in the Asian games. They had successfully come through the two set down situation to a wishful and unforgettable 3-2 victory over the South Koreans. Their coach was restlessly supporting them till the gold medal point. Many brilliant performances and an awesome team work have made them won the last and the 199th gold medal for their country in the Asiad this time round.

The Best Remembered...!

The best remembered is the best felt.
The best felt is the best believed.

Celebrate them…

Life is not a journey always; at some moments, destinations are reached too. Those moments must be celebrated and cherished. Those moments must be identified and acknowledged with love and satisfaction.

We often forget to enjoy the winning moments in the journey of life as the deep wish for further success keeps us busy thinking beyond the altitudes. Of course one shall not forget reassuring his own caliber; undoubtedly it is equally important to celebrate the achievements without a second thought.

The loser may or may not deserve the loss but the winner definitely deserves the celebration, and nothing shall matter in this regard.

Cheers!!!

Feeling the pressure… Take Home #32

It Is Meaningless To Feel The Pressure When Humanly Impossible Things Are Expected Out Of You.

Now, is there anything which is impossible? YES, there are some which are humanly impossible. Only the commonsense of an individual can name them.

…in love!

No, no…Hang on please!

Two back to back movies after a pleasant work-week have made me rich enough in content to deliver to you here.

Weekend refreshment magics me. Not that it waves off the Monday blues completely, but to some extent it definitely does. One out of the two, “Guzaarish” made me realize that I actually have gained the potential to control my tears; and “Harry Potter” has once again proved that I understand it less than sixty percent.

I couldn’t adjust my time to introduce to you a strange character I had met during my train journey on my way back to Pune from my hometown. He was so specific about his seating position or his own berth. He had his own rules that everyone should sleep/sit in their own seats throughout the journey; the waiting list people were no where supposed to travel comfortably etc, and except the one that he would not be accepted if he drink in train!

I brought a new mobile on the very next day after I lost my old one. The lost one was of course not brand new, but unexpectedly in a short period it became one of my two old mobiles. One night of the journey I was without phone and I felt as if had lost my pulse. Fortunately or unfortunately mobiles have become the important part of journey of life. Throughout that night I wondered about my once own memory when I used to remember at least 10 to 15 phone numbers, which had been brought down to narrowly ONE at the time I lost my mobile phone.

Let me tell you the title of this post is just to attract you to every boring line of this post and if I have to say the truth, I’m in love with my new mobile. To me, it appears as a black pearl that shines and smiles at me.

I have no miraculous news to tell you before I conclude this post. But I’ve got a funny picture for you.
See you.

Cluster of random thoughts…

** As always, first would be the sports news. Indians have been doing well at the Asian games. Three gold medals of yesterday are undoubtedly the important ones as two out of them have come from the athletics. The world number one, Indian test cricket team is appearing comfortable on track with the wall, Rahul Dravid’s gutsy 191. Harbhajan has played three lovely innings in last two tests and for me he is the player of this season. Of course, I’d say I’m in no hurry to watch the master’s 50th century in tests. No doubt, after he makes it, people start targeting his 100th century in all formats of the game.

** India has been flooded by the news on various scams recently. Politicians have once again proved it their best; and this time army officers joined the hands, enough surprisingly. The less we speak about them further the good it would be. Hope such news will not build the attitudes of the young enthusiastic!

** Obama’s visit has certainly raised some curtains. The US President, one of my best all time speakers, had been on positive note all the way he walked on Indian soil. The US first lady delivered an inspiring speech which was the mixture of love, honesty and compassion. She spoke so impressively that the young generation will remember longer to dream big. The way she worded the line “our circumstances shall not define us” was the best part of it, I feel.

** One of the Indian B-schools has been awarded the top-4 position in the world. That is a good sign for the standards that we have in-house. Many other best educational institutions of India are in queue to prove themselves; students are their real strength equivalent to the faculty.

** It is a saying that Indian women like gold very much. At the present situation, the gold prices have been the major factor in restricting them from entering the jewelry shops. Indian men, especially the husbands must be happy about it, if I’m not wrong! On the other hand, business experts say that it is not the good sign for the economic condition of any country. Hope everything comes under the control of the stock market.

I think this is it for now. Have good time friends.

When a person dies, he doesn’t die alone

I heard this dialogue in a recent Bollywood movie released couple of months ago. My very first reaction was “How true!”

We all know what happens to us when one among our loved ones dies. We all know what happens to our emotional balance when such incident happens. Everything is next to what happens at the very moment. But the most important and the most killing pain of such incidents lie in the moments when we miss them again and again. Sooner the toughest truth that we badly miss the love, care, and completeness they would have brought in our lives if they are alive, encourages the agony, which unfortunately has to be fought out by ourselves!

As the title says, when a person dies he doesn’t die alone. Love, may be immortal, but the feeling that no one else can love us like the person who died makes us feel absolutely detached at times. Missing the things, what they used to do when they were alive, do make us realize the importance of such people in our lives, every single time without fail.

Every realization is important for a life to fulfill our dreams. Lets understand and move forward.

A Surprising One ... Take Home #31

Not Every Take Home Can Be Kept In Words And That Too Here In This Blog.

My Updates...

Hi friends, hope everything is fine you all. I assume you would have had a blasting Diwali, of course may not only with crackers, but with the food items, festival extravaganza etc.

I had a real blasting Diwali this time too; for me it was third Diwali after I joined the job; like any other time so far, this time too I had lot of fun. Specialty for this time is that I’m at home with mom and dad. Of course I missed my Grand pa a lot. Nevertheless, it was fantastic. Again we didn’t celebrate it with crackers, but with all the fun of decoration etc.

It is good that our organization declares five holidays on every Diwali. Long leaves once in a while, makes us enough potent to perform our best for the rest of the season. I had been to my school in the morning. Felt a warm welcome all around. For sure, it was one of the most memorable moments.

Right now all of the TV channels have only news to telecast and that is the cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, on the Ease coastline of Andhra Pradesh, India, at my home town. The effect of this “Gel Cyclone” is predicted high of course, nothing be predicted as it would be when it is nature. I hope I’ll not get struck at my home town with the lack of transportation. Actually I wish I could welcome it!!

I’ve met my friends and relatives, who got their babies delivered recently. The small and pink shaded hands of the babies and the beautiful smiles of them made me fall in love with babies once again. Every smile, every tear, in fact every expression and emotion of them are true and worth enjoying; as if they don’t have any second thought!

This is it for now. I’m enjoying each and every moment at home.

An important update for you all; every important person comes late or towards the end, right? The matter is that I’ve lost my mobile in a tragic accident. I’ve lost all of my contacts. Nevertheless, in the present day highly developed communication system nothing should be an issue between hearts who want to stay connected. So, I’ll get back soon.

Now I’m done for now. Once again I wish you all a happy and safe Diwali, belated of course. Enjoy your moments.

Tears...Take Home #30

Tears may always represent a person’s sensitiveness; but they do not really always represent a person’s nervousness.

DIfferent...Take Home #29

Nothing is wrong; everything is just different.

The Medalists...

Last time I saw Indians standing for the national anthem was when the Indian badminton player Saina Nehwal became the common wealth games’2010 champion in the individual event. Today when I stood up once again for our national anthem in a movie theater, I quickly thanked all the players because of whom Indian national anthem hit our hearts 38 times during the recent CWG, Delhi.

Standing in a theater and listening to the national anthem is nothing before securing a gold medal and let the crew play the national anthem as our flag fly high and our pride do rounds around the country. Being the reason behind it, how all those players could have managed those hair-rising moments? What actually those players were thinking while the national anthem was on! This thought itself is very interesting and fascinating as well.

People wondered how could have Mr. Abhinav Bindra, the only man to win an Olympic gold for India so far, stood proud, managed or rather controlled his own emotions, while his country’s national anthem was being played on the world’s biggest stage because of his own achievement. Though his answer for this was simple, dealing with the situations would have been the toughest than aiming at the gold itself!

I know I’m very late. Nevertheless, I take this as an opportunity to thank and salute all those players of CWG for participating and for winning millions’ hearts. Always winning a medal is different; hearty congratulations to all the medalists, especially the gold medalists because of whom India ended number two in the medals tally.

Raktha Charitra – Not the story of hatred

“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Hatred is the purest form of emotions” – An Indian Epic

Well before I entered the theater, these two lines from the “Raktha Charitra” movie banner made me think deep. Is really the hatred the purest form of emotions? May be! But how come hatred dominates love, after all only love can create hatred in a human’s mind? Does eye for an eye makes the whole world blind? If not completely blind, at least half blind, I convinced myself!

As always, this post is not about the story of the movie. This is just about the emotions that I underwent while watching it. Hope it never hurts anyone. Let me tell you, the cast of the film was undoubtedly superb; watchable performances. RGV has proved it once again why he is still the most wanted!

After observing the entire extravaganza created by many in last two days, I thought the movie was all about hatred. As far as I’m concerned, the movie clearly showcased the hatred that had been generated by the deepest love, in some cases it was because of a leader’s love towards his people, in some cases it was because of a son’s love for his parents, in some cases it was because of a politician’s love for power, in some cases it was because of people’s love towards their leader etc. I stress I believe it was all because of love, hatred would not have been generated otherwise.

Of course this is no different from what all movies show. Going by this, hatred shown in every movie would have been generated by the love for some or the other thing. But to me, this is special movie because it made me think; it made me understand the purest emotion further better.

Well, this is it for now. Next post continuing this topic will be delivered after November 19^th, after I watch the second part of the same movie. I must write this, I am awaiting Surya and his action.

Well done Ram Gopal Varma ji and thank you.

Be a Ruthless Competitor…

Winning anything is never easy. Be it the game, be it the fame, one has to believe the important of competing with their contemporaries. Understanding the strengths of the competitor makes one wiser; understanding the weaknesses of the competitor makes one stronger.

Apart from the act of competing one has to understand the important role that his competitors play in a person’s self development. We all learn from each other and we compete with each other. In this process we shall never ignore to be kind and friendly. Not only that people are important to your growth; but it is also that the healthy competition is important for the long being of the man kind.

Healthy competition can make lives easy. But practically this is not so easy to follow, nor is it easily achievable. Being humans many emotions hit us from the back. No need to explain this more as we all undergo such emotions everyday.

Everything apart, one has to be a ruthless competitor when it is required. At most of the times, the road to success lies in being so.

Are We Independent?

I feel human beings are not independent. It is just that some depend more and some depend less.

The Manager...

To me, “Manage” always appears incomplete. We manage when we’ve got to do nothing with something but just to manage it for the time being; in other words option less. At the same time, no one can turn down the importance of this task in our day to day lives, be it professional or personal.

In the contemporary world a manager has to do this ruthlessly to his people. At the same time he should not get managed by his people so easily. Not that the situation becomes worst otherwise, but issue is that the same culture gets cascaded among all the people who belong to him, which is not a good sign at all.

To conclude this topic from now, I hope I can quote this.

Manager shall manage people but shall not easily get managed by people.

TWO Options ... Take Home #28

Live for yourself;

Live for others;

For a better life, never ignore either of them. And the real challenge lies in adopting and copping up with these two as and when required.

No Escape...Take Home #27

Life becomes easier when we address the issues at the earliest, for which there is no escape.

Is Life Boring?

To all those who feel that life is so boring, I’ve something to say.

“Your own thinking can make your own life interesting, once again. Life never bores until and unless you allow it to do so”

CAUTION!!!

Hi friends, it’s been a fortnight I appeared here. Well, could not locate how the days passed, but I’ve definitely missed many expressive moods of mine.

I’d like to quote something. Here I go.

The person who eats less is never understood by the person who eats more; and the person who eats more is never understood by the person who eats less.

No…no, I haven’t attended any eating competition. This is the outcome of what the silly thought that my two years of professional life has caused. Penned it down at least ten days ago; since then I’ve been cross checking my own thoughts, just to verify them in case! Finally I’ve decided to post them here.

It may appear silly, but this can be related to many behaviors! Be cautioned.

Just love it and live it

Clock hits 00:17 am and here I am to express my on-the-spot feelings, once again at my loveliest space ever.

Many have already said it at different times in different ways. Each one of us would have experienced it already. I believe it will not bore if I reiterate, in fact it never bores.

Past appears so beautiful;

No words can explain;

Every moment of it touches my heart

At the deepest of it, so soothingly;

Does not matter tears or smiles,

All I can see now is the beauty of it;

Some years back,

The then past appeared beautiful;

The then present worried me a little;

And the future was full of dreams,

Though the fear of it pinched me at back;

And now,

Past appears beautiful and irreplaceable;

Present worries me a little;

And the future is, again, of colorful dreams,

Though the fear of it pinches me at back;

Now this makes me say, whatever we learn, earn,

We remain the same at the basics of life;

Be it the feelings, of beauty, of love, of worry, of dreams,

Until we realize that, every moment we live is special;

And, not surprisingly, every heart we meet is special;

So special, such that we have to love ourselves,

To the deepest of our hearts, every day, every minute.

Past, present, futures are the matter of times,

And the times that we make when we care;

Care a bit and make every moment your best;

Just love it and live it; after all, it is your life.