Being Cyrus - Movie Review

Usually I read reviews before watching a movie. In this case, I did not and hence, had no preconceived notions about what to expect. So what I thought was a Hindi movie turned out to be Bollywood actors delivering dialogues in English. The movie revolves around a Parsi family and Cyrus, a wannabe artist. It has some good actors like Naseruddin Shah and Dimple Kapadia, who do deliver in the break from the constant prose-like narration. Although, this genre of movie is definitely a first in Indian cinema the whole experience was like watching a book being enacted out. There is a difference in speaking and passing off "reading what is written" as speaking. Unfortunately, the latter dominated the film. The constant use of cliches, idioms and popular literary descriptions in the narration begged me believe that a book was the script with no effort in etching out the screen play!

A part of the movie reminded me of a section from "Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell. Of course, not enough replication to create another Kaavya Vishwanathan furor. I am certainly pleased that we are trying hard to move away from dancing around trees and breaking into an item number because Rai had the dates. However, this break away need not necessarily have to be scripted in English. The movie would have been more delightful in Hindi. Atleast, avoiding the awful echoes of pretentious writing.

being cyrus

Stating the obvious..

How evil are you?

However..

You Are 44% Evil

You are evil, but you haven't yet mastered the dark side. Fear not though - you are on your way to world domination.

How Evil Are You?

Something fishy..

Quite understandable that Pickler was booted out. But Paris in the bottom 2!? Now that is difficult to swallow. Maybe since she is an "African American" the votes aren't flowing in as easily as it is for Ms. White McPhee ? Although, the judges did their mightiest to paint a true picture about the not so talented Katherine, they had to apologize for their candour. As always things are not what they seem. Paris has the talent, but is she white enough to win ?

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I am a bubble blower

Find your own pose!

Bubble Blowers live in a constant state of reinvention. They thrive on trying new things — foods, countries, careers — and their look is always changing (from mod to soup dragon to robot chic). This endless string of transformations would be disorienting if it weren't for the one constant in their lives: the reconnection they find night after night in The Bubble Blowers pose.

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Quote of the day

Merkel, Chancellor of Germany about women having to choose between career and kids :

"The question is not whether women will work. They will work. The question is whether they will have kids."

Fibbing with poems

I
too
shall pen
perfect Fibs
that are arrhythmic
and then glow with a sense of pride.


Fibs: six-line poems that uses a mathematical progression known as the Fibonacci sequence to dictate the number of syllables in each line.

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Lok Paritran-- How about a blogging Campaign ?

A political party created by IITians - seems like a dream come true. They will be contesting in the upcoming elections from Mylapore and Chepauk constituencies. But just how successful will they be, is a tough question to answer. They have the drive, motivation and chutzpah to take on the biggies. But will the common man respond ? Won't Vijaykant / JJ / Karunandhi have a stronger pull on the uneducated, celluloid obssessed masses ?

I am almost tempted to get the blog world to start campaigning for these guys. A majority of the Indian bloggers, seem to be of South Indian descent. For every Mylapore mami, if her son/grandson blogger could swing the vote, there will definitely be an effect. What say ?