Oscfares Weekend

As much as i LOVE house and other electronic music, the songs i grew up listening will always remain a part of my life forever. And i do listen to them every now and then. Some good movies i enjoyed of the 80's n 90's i remember are Maine Pyar Kiya, King Uncle, Judwa, Andaz Apna Apna, Chamatkar, Hum Hai Rahi Pyar Ke, Qayamat Se Qayamatak, Dil, Babu series with Govinda, Rangeela, 1942, Shensha, Darr, Bazzigar, Jo Jeeta, Bombay, Sajaan, DDLJ, HAKHK, Sarfarosh, Tridev, and endless action cum romantic dramas. After all these years, Bollywood has finally learned the meaning of the word "genre", coming out with good films lately. My Winamp is currently enqueued with all those romantic tracks from the 90's, and i am enjoying every lyric and the tune of it while blogging this.

I am writing after a long time, 2 or 3 months i think. I have seen so much during these past months, learned a ton, and never felt this better about myself in years. All this i wanted to put it down here as i saw, felt, and experienced, but couldn't. I would've blamed it on the new blogger.com's new login shit with the new and old account bullshit. But i wont, as i didn't try hard enough to figure out how i could have logged in. Also, i don't intend to write them all at once, so relax. As of now, the topic is OSCFARES.

What a great weekend it was, while there were the Filmfares in the east, the Oscars in the west. Though i missed both of them Live, i did catch the reruns. I was busy socializing...lol...I've read what a great year it had been for Bollywood as a whole industry, but hadn't felt it until recently after i saw Lage Raho...But my favorites were, Rang De Basanti and Omkara. RDB was a very kool and a slick film with a positive message in it, sure a generation has awakened. And, Omkara just straight up ghetto with lots of good acting from all. I was sure of Langda Tyagi(Saif)getting the best actor in a negative role the minute movie was over. What a surprising performance by him, and by all. Not to forget Konkona Sen, i just love her since she appeared in Page 3. Also, whats up with Abhi winning best supporting actor for 3 consecutive years now....i think he did an excellent job in Guru, and am sure might even take home best actor award for it, along with Ash, next year.

I have a thing for movies. I do recognize a good movie or a good performance when i see one. Not trying to boast here, but i just do. I knew Rang De was great in intermission itself, and am happy it won the best picture. Same with The Departed, though in this case, since it was the Oscars, i didn't think it would win the best picture. Since the best picture usually go to movies like Dances with Wolves, Shakespeare in Love, and not Saving Private Ryan or Goodfellas or The Godfather III. But anyways, i sure did know it was a great movie and the acting was superb by all the lead actors. I had added RBD and Departed to my fav. list right after i saw them, and am damn happy that both won.

As for this year, the last good, sensible movie(unlike the Don Remake, it was kool and all but c'mon--wtf) i saw was Eklavya, which also has exceptional acting performances by Big B and the rest. And in English, Idiocracy, which was just a time pass movie and wouldn't come under the classification, good and sensible at all. Am in no hurry though, good movies will keep on coming.

P.S. :- I was watching a movie and after the movie i felt like getting up and clapping for it in the theater.....it had filled me with such a joy and emotion that i cannot explain,,,it was just excellent.......cant remember......shit ...i was in Pune at the time...all this due to too much green back in college that i am having these short term memory losses....damnnnn all that holy smoke.....i'll only edit this part when i remember that movie and moment....till then let this be a part of whole.....later peps