ek doctor ki maut

hello,

i shamlessly keep borrowing this statement which dr dipankar roy (pankaj kapoor’s character in the film ‘ek doctor ki maut’) kept writing all the time – “so much to do, so little is done.. hurry up!”

but while i keep feeling, all the time, that there is so much to do and so little is done, i can’t get myself to “hurry up”.. i just can’t.. hence, the huge gaps between the writing sessions.. time management is something that i preach, but don’t follow 🙂

in between, i did some interesting (and some not-so-interesting) things – went to Harda (an obscure station head in Madhya Pradesh, an hour from Khandwa – tigre would know the place) to see something magical (more about it later, perhaps); trained hard at the gym; opened a couple of Ethnicity stores; got another portfolio added to my work; read some good stuff; drove to allahabad from delhi, and back; watched some amazing (and some pure-shit) movies; discovered a bit of the sahyadris with a trek to lohagarh with keshav (i’m hooked now, going on another trek to Peb coming Sat); attended an interesting training program at alibaug; met friends; didn’t write, et cetera!

for the movie buffs – if you haven’t seen Kurosawa’s ‘Ran’ (’85) or Polanski’s ‘Repulsion’ (’65) yet, you should do so.. Ran is the simplest of all stories, beautifuly told.. each of the characters, however small, have been worked upon so much, the end result is mesmerising.. plus the landscapes and the battle scenes (esp the last one between Jiro’s and Saburo’s armies) are too good.. Repulsion requires patience, but turns out extremely engaging.. there have been several lame attempts to replicate Repulsion’s lead character’s role in some of the hindi movies by stupid actresses like Urmila Matondkar, but they need no comments.. also vying for your attention are the subliminal ‘Owl and The Sparrow’ (Vietnamese),  the heart-rending ‘Last Train Home’ (Chinese), mildly stupid but starring the gorgeously aging Paul Newman ‘The Sting’ (English), the fluid ‘Ilk Ask’ (Turkish) and the brilliant Hadewijch (which amply carries the tradition of ‘difficult-to-watch-but-immensely-lovable’ French movies).. i also watched the enjoyable ‘Stanley Ka Dabba’ (which i saw with keshav) and ‘Delhi Belly’, and plan to see ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’ soon – i’m a die-hard Hritik fan for 4 reasons – 1. He is as fluid as me when he dances, 2. He is unbelievably handsome (leaves me miles behind in this category), 3. I’ll never get to have abs like him even if i continue to work out for the next 60-70 years, and 4. He was very intense in Lakshya 

(however, that doesn’t mean i’d ever go to watch duds like Kites and Guzaarish, though i’m waiting eagerly for Agneepath)  

 i have a soft copy of ‘Thirukural’, given to me by none other than our very own Daroga Singh, plus a few stuti renditions by Gundecha Bros on Shiva.. these are priceless possessions, and if you want you can have them by simply sending a request on my gmail id

love

dubes

~be true~