I am Bound! I am Habituated

I would be wrong if I said that experiences have brought us only good. We believe that bad experiences in life hurt us, but make us stronger for future. True in many instances. But what about the good experiences. They might have made us happy and satisfied at times. But more often than not, we end up picking up habits that keep us comfortable and in a shell.

Whether good or bad, experiences bring with them a set of fears and habits that become a part of our lives. With time they slip into our unconscious mind and more or less, control the way we do things. There might not be anything utterly wrong with these habits, They might have worked for us in the past; not once but number of times. But now we are bound in a very tiny world where the waters are always calm, the weather is always pleasant.

We become unaware of a wider world where a lot more can be achieved. The very habits that we love the most curb our actual potential to achieve a far greater level of success. Of course, we have to step out of our comfort shell and try new things. There would be higher risks and more mistakes. But then, a person who has not made mistakes has not made anything else either.

Believe me, screwing up things once in a while, isn’t that bad or entertainment less.

The big question is how to go about it. First and foremost is definitely to segregate the hollow habits. It might look tough from the outside, but just a peak within you, and they start to unravel themselves. Empty vessels make more noise. It is easy to spot them. However it is not easy to throw them out of your system. Ask someone who has quit smoking or drinking. Those habits will admit ample impediments to stop you from finding new and better ways. But it is possible.

All you have to do is take conscious decisions. Make sure that you do things differently. There are thousands of ways to go about things and you have the capability to do it in all those ways. So why hold yourself back and stick to the habits that no more pay rich dividends.

Experimentation is the mantra to a happy and successful life. Because problems may remain same, but the situations always change.

My 30 Seconds With 'The Beetle'

Standing at a crossing, listening to ‘You’re Beautiful’, never did I think that one of my special dream was about to come true. To my right, but heartbreakingly on the other side of the road, came to a halt, a shining new ‘Volkswagen Beetle’. One of the most admired cars in the world, Beetle is any auto enthusiast’s darling. This was one of those times when I prayed for every signal to go faulty and remain red.

It seemed as if it was just rolled out of a showroom, such was the glitter and freshness of the car. But then, owners of a car like Beetle, always keep it flawless and shining. Even from a distance of more than 50 m, the most admired insect had a magical affect on me.

Take a right turn, take a right turn; I kept chanting in my heart, virtually begging to the driver. Believe me, if I was not on a damn tight schedule, and if there were no promises to keep; It wouldn’t have mattered where it turned. I would have been right on its tail, reading every inch of it, till my eyes and heart were satiated.

A sudden honking of horn from the esteemed section of the traffic meant its time. It is green for them.
My heart sank deeper and deeper as I saw ‘The Beetle’ fly in straight. Ensured then, I will have to wait till another day to get to know this beauty.

Oh, she knows she is beautiful. The Beetle, as it caressed past me, behaved just like any beautiful girl, aware of her charm, would do.
Arrogantly ignoring the admiring eyes.

Someday Beetle, someday, you will be in my arms

A Horror Story!!

For the complete 2½ hours, I prayed for the producer of ‘Bhootnath’. Watching the movie, I thought he must have been in dire need for some quick bucks and that resulted in Bhootnath. If a movie has two of the biggest names in modern era Bollywood, no matter what the script of the movie is or how the direction is, it is bound to gross more than what was spent on it. Ravi Chopra, the producer of the movie, seemed to have employed this theory to the best affect.

The story of the movie revolves around two main characters Bhootnath (Amitabh Bachchan) and Banku (Aman Siddiqui). The star cast is good enough to attract anyone; there is Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Rajpal Yadav, Satish Shah and Priyanshu Chatterjee. Any SRK fans in hope to witness another starry performance by him, stay away. He is on screen for not more than 30 minutes, and in that too, his acting felt half hearted. Everyone else’s performance too was below par. The only consolation being the acting of Satish Shah and Aman Siddiqui. Satish Shah is the principal of Banku’s school who’s Parsi accent lends that comedy touch that is missing from the whole movie, even when it is dubbed as comedy movie. I didn’t here any one laugh

I ain’t going to scribble the whole story of the movie here, it is just not worth it. Even though this is a kids movie, they seemed to be the least interested lot in it. First half was somewhat ok for the kids. A song where hippie youngsters were the main theme, seemed to be entertaining for the kids. And the antics of Banku made the theater a little lively with the laughing of kids, Though it was not even a percent of what I heard when the following conversation happened in the movie ‘Ice Age’

Sid : Hey, Why am I the poop checker???

Manny : Because you are small, insignificant and I will trample you if u don’t.
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Sid : mmmmmmmmmm……Why Else????

Any ways that was a different genre altogether. But I felt that with such a good theme of Bhoothnath, a lot more could have been done. And the second half was all drama and emotions. All for adults and kids were completely ignored here. The film proudly boasts that there is something for everyone, but the two sections just did not connect.

I will recommend this movie only for the acting of Amitabh, who was as elegant as ever and blended well to meet the expectations of kids; and for Aman Siddiqui

Shubharambh

Though this blog has been on the radar for quite sometime now, I was not able to post due to some technical problem. Now that the problem is passe, I hope to be a regular here.