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Walking Down Paths
have in my life, Walked down many a path, With many a person. Madmen and scholars have accompanied me. I have realized on my walks That some are one in the same. Walking by my side, Have been the moral and immoral. Each one felt the other was some kind of evil. In both I have seen, The good and the bad. Heroes and thieves have crossed my path. Heroes have stolen from me, While thieves have given to me. I have shared my space with the kind and the challenging. Those who were kind and respectful while staring me in the eye, Have stabbed me in the back the moment I turned. Those who were challenging and tough while staring me in the eye, Have complimented and defended me when I was not there. Warriors and pacifists have crossed my path. Warriors spoke not of violence and rage. Instead they spoke of their desire To bring about peace. Pacifists have told me About their blind hatred and rage Aimed at the people Who want nothing but peace. I have in my life, Walked down many a path. I have met many people And learned many things.
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A seperation of worlds
There is a barrier That can not be crossed. And it seperates Your world from mine. My world is harsh While your world is kind. In my world, I don't have much, But I work hard for all I have. In your world You work for nothing, Yet have it all. In your world you are popular. In my world popularity does not exist. In your world you have power. In my world I need no power. In your world, You look down on people in my world. In your world, You think you are admired, By people in my world. You are wrong! In my world, We look down on you. We hope not for your admiration. So see, We want the barrier As bad as you.
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Mysteries of the Darkness
I peered out my window Into the darkness of the night. My thoughts ran wild Contemplating the contents of the darkness. What was out there? Were there demons and monsters, Or strange beings from afar? Would I be confronted by Forces of destruction or beings of love? The contents of the darkness Remain unknown to me. Going out there, I think Would answer my questions. Going out there, I think Could lead to my demise. Now I must ask, Should I be ignorant and safe, Or dead but wise?
Still looking out the window I wonder about The contents of the darkness. Gnawed by curiousity I am compelled to enter the darkness. I go to the door Tempted to cross the threshold That separates lightness from darkness. I cross the threshold. Now I am engulfed. The darkness I feared I am now enveloped by. Now I shall unlock The mysteries of the darkness.
Around I look, Hoping to find Something I have never seen. However, in the darkness I see nothing. There are no demons or monsters. There are no strange beings from afar. I am not confronted By forces of destruction Or Beings of love. Finally, it hit me. There is nothing in the darkness That can not be seen by the light of day. So enter the darkness And you will see. It contains nothing But the things you have already seen.
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Abhi-Ash wedding a hot topic in Pak -------------------------------------
ibnlive.com Posted Monday , February 19, 2007 at 02:43 Updated Monday , February 19, 2007 at 02:50
New Delhi: A visiting team of Pakistani journalists said on Sunday that the much-awaited wedding of Bollywood stars Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai is the most talked about subject in Pakistan.
The journalists were offering their prayer at the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisthi in Ajmer.
The eight-member journalist delegation arrived in India on Saturday on a 12-day tour.
Talking to newsmen, senior reporter of News International Network Tahir Mohammed Khan said there is no difference between the two countries in terms of hospitality and affection.
"We are getting the same amount of love and affection here in India that we get in our country. Hindi movies are a craze in Pakistan," PTI quoted Khan as saying.
"The much-awaited wedding of Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai is the most talked about subject in Pakistan," he said.
The delegation would also visit Delhi, Jaipur, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Mumbai.
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Marriage sounds so scary: Abhishek ------------------------------------
ibnlive.com Posted Thursday , February 15, 2007 at 16:34 Updated Thursday , February 15, 2007 at 16:48
New Delhi: The fans of Bollywood’s most talked about couple Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan are waiting with baited breath for the stars to declare their wedding date.
But there seems to be a minor snag in the couple's love story. Marriage blues have taken a toll on the groom to be.
“Marriage. That sounds so scary,” Abhishek was quoted by a website as saying.
After months of speculation, Ash and Abhishek finally got engaged on January 14 soon after they returned from the premiere of their film Guru in Toronto and New York.
The actress made her first public appearance with the Bachchans, after her engagement with Abhishek, to the sleepy town of Mirzapur in UP to celebrate Amitabh Bachchan’s bosom pal, Amar Singh’s birthday on January 28.
She was also spotted at an event by the French Embassy to honour Amitabh with the highest civilian award of the French Government later that evening.
However, despite the couple's numerous public appearances, the entire Bachchan clan has been tight-lipped about the date of the wedding.
“Nothing is decided yet. I have left it to our parents to decide. We are ready any time they are,” he was quoted as saying.
But rumours have been doing the rounds that the Ash-Abhishek wedding, one of the biggest this year, is likely to take place in Mumbai.
So till then we will just have to wait and watch for the wedding which will host to some of the biggest personalities from the world of sports, politics, business and entertainment attending.
Abhishek Bachchan is upset with those who said his father Amitabh went overboard while praising him for his performance in 'Guru'.
'People who grudge him a father's pride are not nice. Please don't take that moment away from him. You've the right to express your comments on him as an actor. Please leave him alone when he's playing a father,' Abhishek told IANS in an interview.
'My father's opinion means the world to me. He isn't only a father but also someone whom I consider to be the best actor in the world. His positive reaction to my work is enough! As an actor, I crave to make my parents happy.'
If Abhishek is scaling new heights in his professional life, everything seems to be going in the right direction on the personal front too. He got engaged to Aishwarya Rai last month and the marriage is expected soon.
When asked about his marriage date, Abhishek said: 'Nothing is decided yet. I've left it to our parents to decide. We're ready any time they are.'
Right now he is busy shooting his first special-effect film 'Drona' in Bikaner.
Excerpts:
Q: You turned a year older.
A: Yes, 31.
Q: Is this birthday more special because you're getting married soon?
A: Birthday is a birthday. I was working through it. That's what I like to do on my birthdays. I like to spend my birthday with my family, if I can.
Q: When is the marriage going to happen?
A: Nothing is decided yet. I've left it to our parents to decide. We're ready any time they are.
Q: But it's not happening in February?
A: No.
Q: You are currently shooting for 'Drona' in Bikaner.
A: It's a special-effects film. Interesting, because it's a new genre and therefore never done before by me. My mom plays my mom in the film, though she has a very brief role. We shot together and it was great fun.
Actually, we did a Bengali film 'Desh' together. I spoke a bit of Bengali in the film. 'Drona' director Goldie Behl is family. His sister Shristi and Goldie have grown up with me. Both mom and dad have worked for their banner. So, it's like homecoming. This is my second film with Goldie.
Q: Why did Goldie take so long to make another film after 'Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai'?
A: That was his personal choice, and we should respect that. He wanted to be sure of what he wanted to make. Both Goldie and I have changed a lot as persons. The conviction will show up in 'Drona'. We've finished about 60 percent.
Q: 'Guru' has got you unbelievable applause.
A: Unfortunately because I'm in Bikaner I'm kind of cut away from what's going on in Mumbai. But it's great to know a TOI editorial has been written about it. 'Guru' is a very special film. It's so wonderful to know that our hard work has paid off. When I saw the film first, I was very inspired by the character. For the first time in my career I stopped being an actor and looked at the film as a member of the audience.
Q: How does your dad's vocal appreciation of 'Guru' makes you feel?
A: If I may be allowed to sound a little pompous, let me say I didn't care what the rest of the world would say. His reaction would be more than enough for me. Did his reaction embarrass me? Not at all! Praise is what we live for.
My father's opinion means the world to me. He isn't only a father but also someone whom I consider to be the best actor in the world. To be honest, I don't care what the film's fate would've been. His positive reaction to my work is enough. As an actor I crave to make my parents happy. Thank god, I got the opportunity in 'Guru'.
As a son, I firmly believe I wouldn't want to come in the way of a father's praise. I'm not a father. So, I don't know what that emotion is. One day I hope to be a father. Then I'll know the same pride that my father does. As a father he's allowed to express his appreciation for his son, isn't he? And I love him even more for it.
Q: A lot of people feel he's overdoing the praise for you.
A: I think they're being very mean. Yes, he's Mr. Amitabh Bachchan. But first and foremost he's a father. People who grudge him a father's pride are not nice. Please don't take that moment away from him. You've the right to express your comments on him as an actor. Please leave him alone when he's playing a father.
Q: A lot of people are disappointed by your performance in 'Dhoom 2'.
A: I'm very proud of the film. I thoroughly enjoyed doing it. As for my subdued performance, as you called it, I had to go by the way the character was established in the first 'Dhoom'. I was just carrying forward my character.
Q: Are you a more careful selector of parts after 'Guru'?
A: I've never selected parts. Parts have selected me.
Q: Satisfied with life?
A: I don't think an actor can ever be fully satisfied. I'm very excited about the work that I'm doing.
Q: Looking forward to your role as a householder?
A: That sounds so scary. It's a new dawn, a new day, new challenges.... I'm looking forward to it. God has been very kind.
So all right. This isn't your perfect guide to a successful marriage. But the honeymooning couples here make you wonder if weddings are planned in places far below heaven.
Reema Kagti's debut film 'Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd' has enough chutzpah to keep you purring at the blend of parody and pathos. Once you get into the narrative groove of these imperfectly matched couples riding into a hectic, hilarious honeymoon in Goa, you're in for a minor treat.
Even if you haven't been on a honeymoon, get a load of these feisty honeymooners, feasting on the first flush of love, romance, sex and bickering on a trip that makes us smile for a mile and chuckle for a brief way too.
What really holds the film together are the players. Everyone from the commanding Shabana to the sassy Raima are out to have fun. And there're some picturesque whispers about how a marriage can go wrong at its startling start.
Watch newly married husbands Vikram Chatkwal and Karan Kapoor getting attracted to each other while their respective wives scratch their heads wondering why the bed seems so dead.
Sassy, savvy and sometimes slippery - deftly written scenes and lines carry the narrative forward with nimble savoir faire. Debutant director Reema Kagti knows her cinema with a prideful originality.
Whether sensitive (watch the sequence where Boman and Shabana check out his lost ancestral property in Goa) or plain wacky (watch Kay Kay lose his marbles to lead the entire cast in a trance dance on a boat), you can't trace 'Honeymoon Travels...' back to any source.
The performances are all almost uniformly effervescent. Every actor works within his or her limits to create a portable universe of credible emotions. Kay Kay and Raima, as the timid husband and bindaas wife are particularly endearing.
And you simply have to see Abhay and Minissha do the Lambada to know they are made for each other -- at least in this film. But you wish Kagti hadn't turned this made-for-each-the pair into Superman and Supergirl.
Shabana and Boman create their own magic. Though considering their histrionic stature, you wish there was more space for them.
The nimble editing allows no space to miss anything beyond the pace. Not breathless but brisk, 'Honeymoon Travels...' moves on confident feet. It doesn't purport to make serious statements on the quality of life and marriage.
Instead it tells you to loosen up about issues that would generally address large amount of tissues.
Film: 'Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd'; Director: Reema Kagti; Cast: Shabana Azmi, Boman Irani, Kay Kay Menon, Raima Sen, Abhay Deol, Minissha Lamba, Sandhya Mridul, Vikram Chatwal, Amisha Patel, Karan Khanna, Ranveer Shorey, Dia Mirza and Arjun Rampal; Rating: ***
'Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd' is all about mindless fun - a feel-good film. Made on a medium budget, Reema Kagti's directorial debut succeeds in entertaining the audience and the narration is full of surprising twists and turns.
There are different perceptions on what a honeymoon should be and 'Honeymoon Travels ...' portrays it through six couples. The film is basically for the multiplex audiences who can sit back, relax and take a break from their fast paced lives. In short, they can unwind completely.
A word of advice for the so-called 'intellectuals' who look for a logical explanation to everything - the film is not really to your liking. But if you can keep aside your 'rational' brains, then you are sure to have a pleasurable journey with the characters in Kagti's film.
After Farah Khan, Kagti is another woman director who will hit the bull's eye with her first film.
The execution is up to the mark. The characters, plot and the surroundings are in sync with one another, which makes it an arresting fare. The best part of the movie is you can relate to the characters because most of them are inspired by real day-to-day people. Most of the film is set in Goa - one of the hottest honeymoon destinations for newly weds.
Shabana Azmi and Boman Irani fit the role of an elderly, experienced couple, trying to find solace in each other's company after leading a traumatic life.
Kay Kay Menon, as a conventional, dominating Bengali guy married to his long-standing girlfriend Raima Sen, is at his humorous best. Even a true Bengali can't deny that Kay Kay has done justice to his role.
Sandhya Mridul plays a girl jilted in love and desperately seeking an alternative on the Internet. While her performance is impressive, Vikram Chatwal, who plays her husband in the film, is just passable.
Amisha Patel is a loud, typical Punjabi girl, who daydreams all the time. Her constant blabbering is bothersome to the point of distraction. The other couples take it as a passing discomfort except her husband, played by Karan Khanna.
Abhay Deol and Minissha Lamba portray an unusual Parsi couple. They share similar interests and never fight, which really intrigues the other honeymooners. And thank god, they are not a caricature of Parsis. But they have a secret - watch the film to know what it is.
The most interesting couple is Ranveer Shourey, a Gujarati, married to a demure Dia Mirza. He gets the shock of his life when she elopes with her boyfriend from Goa.
Through these couples, Kagti unfolds the complexities of relationships in a humorous way and keeps you entertained without preaching or being boring.
Most of the songs gel with the story and 'Pyaar Ki Yeh Kahani', filmed on Abhay and Minissha, needs special mention for its brilliant choreography. The two have definitely perfected their dance moves.
Though it is not a perfect film, the flaws can be overlooked. If you are just scouting for fun, watch 'Honeymoon Travels...'
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Movie Review -------------------
By Martin D’Souza, Bollywood Trade News Network
It has poignant moments, funny moments. It also has dramatic moments and love-dovey scenes. And yes, it’s also packed with hilarious moments which have you in splits. Welcome aboard HONEYMOON TRAVELS PVT LTD, a bus ride that will leave you walking out of the theatre with a smile on your face. Three weeks in a row, the audiences have been pampered with good cinema. BLACK FRIDAY, followed by EKLAVYA – THE ROYAL GUARD, and now Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s film directed by Reema Kagti. It’s raining hits at the box-office!
The movie is about six married couples on a package honeymoon to Goa. Each couple is given their fare share of time for the audience to understand their love story and the best part is that the film clocks exactly 120 minutes. Kudos to the director for leaving no loopholes as far as groping for identification of characters is concerned. Just a month ago SALAAM-E-ISHQ was released, again portraying six couples and inspite of the film clocking a good three-and-a-half hours most characters were sketchy at best. Sohail Khan and Ishaa Koppikar will vouch for that.
The film opens with Dia Mirza (Shilpa) crying as she boards the bus. Ranvir Sheorey (Hitesh) her husband assures her parents that she will return with a smile on her face. Mid-way there’s a twist in their love story…
Kay Kay Menon (Partho Sen) stays in character as the protective husband of Raima Sen (Milly Sen). Both the actors essay the story of their life with a Bengali flavour. There is one flaw though here; the makers could have done well to give English translations of their Bengali dialogues. Partho adapts well to his wife’s need for letting her hair down. At last, after a long time, Raima has some meat in her role and she digs in her teeth with glee. Kay Kay is adorable when he lets his hair down on the dance floor. The switch from conservative to ‘to-hell-with-you’ is amazing. That’s what good actors are all about.
Amisha Patel (Pinky) and Karan Khanna (Vicky) have a good match going but there is something bothering her husband. Amisha, as the wife who loves to talk too much does manage to get on your nerves. Which goes to show that she is playing her part.
Sandhya Mridul (Madhu) takes off from where she left off in Madhur Bhandarkar’s PAGE 3. This bindaas babe who has her heart broken ends up surfing the net for the wrong catch in Vikram Chatwal (Bunty). However, they both agree to stay in the marriage as it’s convenient for them.
Abhay Deol (Aspi) is surprisingly likeable in his Parsi act while his wife Minissha Lamba (Zara) compliments him in every aspect. Their salsa performance to the song Pyaar Ki Yeh Kahani is outstanding. Even as the other couples applaud their dance, you as audience begin your clap of approval. The best part is that they as a couple don’t fight which is the envy of others. Why…. Go find out.
Finally you have Boman Irani (Oscar Fernandez) and Shabhana Azmi (Nahid). Theirs is a complete love story. Boman is hilarious in his portrayal of a katlic (read Catholic). His lingo is rib-tickling. As a distraught father who chances upon his daughter having a field day in Goa with her bunch of friends, Boman is very vulnerable. But the funniest is when he tells his guide in exasperation who keeps pulling his legs saying “there, there, there” pointing to non-existent Dolphins, “Arre Dolphin nahi to ek pomfret to dikhao!”
Want to leave your worries behind, get on board HONYMOON TRAVELS PVT. LTD.
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Honeymooning actors caught in a bus!
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The promos of the forthcoming HONEYMOON TRAVELS... quite clearly show the six couples heading towards Goa in a tiny bus. But there's a story behind the real-life woes posed by the bus!
As several scenes were shot inside the bus, the camera would invariably block the entrance, as a result of which the only way in or out of the bus was through the windows. For onlookers and passers-by in Goa, it made for a hilarious sight to see their Bollywood actors climb in and out of bus windows.
Remarks director Reema Kagti, "I remember one day specifically when two bikers passing by were shocked to see Ameesha Patel climb out of the window in a bus. It was a hilarious sight!"
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Moonlight crawls through the open window to touch my body on the bed tentative and slippery silver like a thief stalking love
First it strokes my arm, reassures. Then it rises, glistening on a tear-stained cheek. Finally it rests on gold-wheat hair, forms a halo and I become child-like.
With the aid of several pills, I'll be beyond its kiss soon. Mannequin arm clutches a life-size pillow. But no sterile stuffing can compensate for the weight that is gone.
His picture smiles still on the bedside table, closets crowd his boots and belts man smell stains the blankets, the air, the house reeks of him.
He built it brick by brick his laughter once raised this roof his tears took days to dry. Now just the bricks remain.
Day by day I have to figure out how I fit here now. If I can walk again in daylight
or will I slip silent as the moon, stealing death from night a wraith of light and shadow cooling with the life of dawn.
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A water drop
A water drop decided to quit after getting tired of been pushed, shake and blown by mighty winds in the midle of a never ending storm; from water into ice into sparkling little diamonds that make the snow, and then again, melting into tiny pearls to be part of the fog, that make the lights to fade away by obscuring the sun,
the little drop, after quitting, jumped from the cloud and went traveling on the shoulders of the wind without looking down; Freedom!!!...Freedom!!! freedom is waiting down below, in the thirsty earth of a thirsty world, waitng for the drop to give life to a flower or a grain of corn;
nobody followed after the solitary drop, all being so busy riding the fury of the storm, that they didn''t noticed that the little drops its fall wasn''t on fertile waiting ground... but on a rock.
