Extremely interesting....

Chinese mein rab dikhta hai

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Wonder if Yash Raj would be asking for royalty or would they welcome him to India to sing!

This is true the power of music. Enjoy!

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Next is what...

I must be an advanced human prototype... Someone who evolved from being just human!

Okay I know this is going to make you laugh. But what the heck! Isn't evolution a continuous process? In that case there has to be some sort of a start to a change. I believe I am the change. Provide me reasons why I can’t be it!

Okay... I admit I am not the only one. I see more of such change. I am definitely not the only emotionless human specimen. I am certain there are more… at least I hope so.

On a second thought I don’t mind being the only one. Always loved being unique!

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The world's a stage…

I have always believed that acting is fun. It is the easiest job… easier than being a politician. And I would like to believe that I have acted my entire life… literally. And then there were those crazy short films in college… courtesy my good old friend Victor!

But then I was quick to realize that I am bad with diction. I was at least realistic enough to understand that by god's grace I could never make it on face value! So Johnny Lever or Paresh Rawal were idols. J But of late Emraan Hashmi has suddenly become a favorite. Guess why?

Well… first I think he just rocks. He has got the only reasonable hit this year while Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar failed to create any magic with their Superstar Akshay and King Khan attitudes. So Emraan really is a star.

Plus… testimonies that he look like me… well... they say I sometimes look like him... I dunno how. But quite a few says. Here's a chat with a friend:

Shreyoshi: u thr?

me: hmm

Shreyoshi: i made a discovery

u look like EMRAAN HASHMI

seriously

me: hehe

suddenly

where did you find that

Shreyoshi: i always thot y does ur face look so amiliar

me: :P

Sheyoshi: aaj subhe

uska koi song a raha tha tv pe

then i realised

me: hahha

u r not the first one who says so

lot of others have said this

Shreyoshi: ohhhh thr r more

hmmmm

u do look like him

me: and some people have been asking me off late if i have done any Max ife ka add

Shreyoshi: wat?

me: max life

at least three people asked me if i have done any ads for the product

last week

me: some clone around i guess

Shreyoshi: did u tel them tht u havnt?

hmmmm

me: of course i said i havent

Shreyoshi: good

Me: and dale says i look like harman

Sreyoshi: what?

thts sad

me: i know

koi baat nahi..

i need to lose weight

and fast

Emraan Hashmi suddenly looks like a star to me ;-)

What do you say? Well you can't deny the first reason at least.

In the meantime I think I will bury my on screen acting aspirations. Acting in real life is quite challenging. And as a good friend once said "I don't need to act in front of camera… I do enough off it" I will rest my case.

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When I was quoted!

Here’s a piece of history that made me laugh… Because I suddenly realize people are actually following me. And some might hate me as well for the same.

When I had later shared the link with Ashutosh Gowariker we both had a quiet laugh. It has been a year since then… and I don’t know I have more reader or lesser. But then this one occasion surely stays memorable… it calls me “gullible movie buff Parasara”…

Jokes apart… it indeed is an interesting piece of writing. Read on.

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Courtesy: http://newstodaynet.com/col.php?section=20&catid=29&id=5771

Jodhaa Akbar: Reel vs real

Tuesday, 11 March, 2008 , 03:34 PM

The release of Ashutosh Gowariker’s Jodhaa Akbar has once again sparked off the debate on artistic freedom versus historical fact. Does Bollywood have a licence to distort history while making 'epic romances'?

The Rajputs are up in arms against the depiction of Jodhaa as Akbar's wife. However, is that the only controversial element of the movie? Does history validate the depiction of Akbar as a benevolent and tolerant emperor?

Reviewing the movie for AOL India, Noyon Jyoti Parasara writes, 'While your heart goes for the love between the two protagonists, the film leaves you at such heights of emotions that you would literally be shaking with excitement! The film also comes at a very right time as Akbar indeed could be a role model for people and rulers today. The king not only had a secular vision, but also a will to know what the common man wanted, apart from being kind hearted and noble.' (sic)

While gullible movie buffs like Parasara are being taken for a ride, the public would do well to keep their critical faculty alive while they are in the theatre. The research team hired by Ashutosh Gowariker (consisting of historians and scholars from New Delhi, Aligarh, Lucknow, Agra and Jaipur) seems to have fed him with an overdose of the secularised version of history that is usually taught to our kids through the official NCERT history textbooks.
Anyone who has read alternative narratives of Akbar’s life through original sources will be appalled to see the contrast of Jodhaa Akbar vs History:

Jodhaa Akbar: 14-year old Akbar refuses to behead Hemu and other enemy kings out of compassion. Bairam Khan does the dirty job for him and titles Akbar as a ‘Ghazi.’

History: Ahmad Yadgar, the Afghan historian records that Hemu was brought before Akbar unconscious, after he was injured by a chance arrow which struck his eye and was beheaded by Akbar himself. Hemu's head was sent to Kabul and hung outside Delhi Darwaza, while his torso was hung outside Purana Qila, to create terror amongst the Hindus. Acting in the spirit of a true Ghazi, Akbar constructed a victory pillar made from the heads of the dead soldiers, just like his grandfather Babur did. Pictures of such towers are displayed at the National Museum (New Delhi) and Panipat Museum (Haryana).

Jodhaa Akbar: Akbar was a kind hearted emperor who avoided bloodshed and plunder.

History: Vincent Smith in his Akbar the Great Mogul points out that Akbar ordered the massacre of 30,000 people (mostly peasants) who had taken shelter at Chittor Fort and let loose an army of 300 elephants on them! When the Rajputs in his service pleaded with him to stop this inhuman aggression on civilians, Akbar replied, 'I am in no mood to listen to the sound of good words. My ears are at present attuned only to enjoy the clang of the sword'. Blood, not nectar, holds the key to the success of a sovereign. Give me war. Peace is of no avail to me.'

Jodhaa Akbar: Akbar was a kind administrator who reduced the burden of taxation on the common man

History: Professor Meenakshi Jain, an expert on the history of the Mughal rule in India points out that, 'the sheer magnitude of the revenue demand under the Mughals is carefully concealed'. In many cases, the total tax liability of the peasants became so enormous that they were forced to sell their wives, children and cattle to meet the state demand. It is surely significant that almost sixty percent of the total Jama (state revenue) under Akbar was spent maintaining a military establishment in an era which saw no foreign invasions. In Kashmir for example, Akbar discovered that two-thirds of the crop was being extracted from the peasants and reduced it to 50 percent.

Jodhaa Akbar: Akbar adopted a policy of broad religious toleration, abolished Jizya and founded the new religious sect Din-i-Ilahi, much to the anger of the orthodox Muslim religious leaders of his time.

History: Abul Qasim Namakin, in his account Munshaat-i-Namakin quotes the fathnama-i-Chittor issued by Akbar after the brutal plunder of Chittor which speaks volumes of his tolerance: 'As directed by the word of Allah, we remain busy in jihad and we have succeeded in occupying a number of forts and towns belonging to the infidels and have established Islam there. With the help of our bloodthirsty sword we have erased the signs of infidelity from their minds and have destroyed temples in those places and also all over Hindustan.' This auspicious fathnama is in fact a foretaste of the victories to follow. Written by the Royal Order at Ajmer on 10th of the month of Ramzan 975 A.H.”

Such is the contrast between the Akbar of Ashutosh Gowariker’s imagination and the real Akbar of Indian history.

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OK... a test for all you guys

Now be true and play this... and tell me what is the result!

Cheers! :D

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Shit happens… so does good things

This is one the sweetest things I heard from someone. And this was when I was thinking of not getting back to Mumbai when I had gone Bangalore to meet my family.

“dekh...udhar Papa Johns nahi hoga, surround sound pe films nahi dekh payega, Dale nahi hoga tujhe pyar karne kaliye... Victor and I wont be dere... Mampi wont be able to call u at odd hours and ask u to cum and join her for dinner or a walk by Juhu.... kitne saare cheezey udhar nahi hai... tu bore ho jayega”

I got back to Mumbai pretty soon. Won’t say these lines influenced me to do so. But they did make me think.

It is strange how some people get so close to you. For quite some time Amrita was just a class mate and then Victor’s girlfriend. Today she is a close friend. Someone I call up and talk and care share things with. And contrary to what the first belief was, she is not all crazy. She is actually sensible. And hey I have never seen such a chilled girlfriend. Victor is damn lucky. Of course she is lucky too, but I shall talk about that in another post. This post is solely aimed to thank Amrita or being a part of my life.

They say ‘Shit Happens’ and I agree. But I continue with another line ‘Wonderful things happen in life too’!

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