My new career....

...Or at least it will be once I send off my application.

I'm going to be the person that spell-checks subtitles and captions on all Indian tv channels. The straw that broke the camel's back/the hair that ruined Himesh's wig was a caption that appeared on SRGMP saying 'Congretulations'. It's not the worst offender, but enough is enough. I can't take it anymoh-woh (reference to a Phil Collins 'hit').

*grr*

My resume will be in the post.

I couldn't resist.....

Just had to be done!!!!!!

The resemblance is uncanny!

It's in the eye....brows.

My latest ickle-wickle 'celebrity' crush. I use the apostrophes as the person in question probably hasn't reached that point yet, but then again, the standards aren't exactly sky-high anymore *meh*

I do feel better about this learning that he's 25. *puts cradle-snatcher crown away* Anything less than 10 years younger is fine-to-ogle as far as I'm concerned.

Behold. My object-of-momentary-affection.



I've noticed an uncanny resemblance to another fave of mine:



Twins!!!!!!! Apart from the colour.

Anyhoo, apart from that...I'm unemployed at the moment so I'm having the time of my life switching from one music channel to another. If I see the trailer to Singh is Kinnnnnnnnnnng one more time I may just do an Elvis and shoot the tv.

I See You....

...but I wish I hadn't bothered.

Actually, I gave up after about 20 minutes and decided it was more fun to go and run an errand for my dear mother. Arjun Rampal reminds me of Keanu Reeves - I like 'em both but they do best when they stick to flicks that involve them looking moody (and purdy) and generally only speaking when abbbbbsolllllllllluuuuutely necessary.

I do like the strapline of the movie tho - 'you find love in the strangest places'. Yup. In this case, the soul/spirit of some poor comatose road-traffic accident victim decides only Arjun will do (for what, you'll have to actually tread where I didn't dare, and watch the rest of the flick). There was some Chunky Pandey (does he bathe in vinegar or has he taped his skin back...why hasn't he aged as much as he should've by now?!), and even a flash of Shahrukh Khan playing a gee-tar.

The rest just made my eyes and ears bleed.

I couldn't watch it. Not even for Arjun. For what that's worth.

Chakde! India

Well. It's been about half a lifetime since I last watched a bolly flick the whole way through (spot the slight exaggeration).

I didn't think I'd enjoy this. It started off a tad slowly and I'm not the biggest fan of Mr SRK but I stuck with it.

Glad I did! By the end I was skipping around the room, wielding an imaginary hockey-stick and celebrating my gold medal. Well, almost.

SRK managed a restrained and rather fab portrayal of the coach with a score to settle. The understated nature of his performance made it so much more real - you could sense the emotion simmering underneath, rather than have to put up with the usual wails of agony and t-t-t-trembling voice (equals 'horrible' in my book).

'The gals' were great - the Punjabi lass had me in stitches with her retorts, although being of Punjabi persuasion myself I was a tad annoyed that they didn't sort out her mono-brow. (I know, I know, petty but *sigh*). Aaanyway, there was a bossy one, a bullying one, a naive one, a boyish one etc etc. Some faces I'd seen before, but mostly unfamiliar - which worked fabulously as it made them all more the believable (well, leaving aside the fact that a few jogs around Delhi/Mumbai/wherever it was were enough to turn them into world champions).

Overall, it was entertaining fare (and needing just a background score and all of 2 songs to appease the music-lovers). It's actually one I'd buy on DVD and watch again on some lazy day. Family-friendly, unusual-ish subject matter, not overly long, well-acted, and with a nice moral thrown in about not being so darned tribalistic. <---that might not be a real word, but it suits me just fine.