Friday, July 10, 2009

Salman in an ad? dobaara mat poochna!


I was thrilled to see Salman Khan endorsing a brand, this time a popular breath fresher, after a long time. he was last seen doing some unimaginative jig in white on a ramp for a shoe brand which got an image makeover but never got the response, expected.
This time, Salman has shed his earlier image of the brash and brazen buffalo in the thums up ad and tried to refurbish himself in a more audience friendly manner, which the people have suddenly realized him to be after he portrayed himself in dus ka dum, a game show gaining high TRPs in the second season, thanks to the presence of Salman and his effort of not to act.
The girl who plays the air hostess in the ad is stunning and I would like to see the ad only because of her. good choice, prasoon.
Though I find the story to be very lame. and coming from a person like prasoon joshi who has earlier churned out witties like the coke commercials, this is a disaster. I guess the star value of the brawny khan doing a role reversal to be an adorable aadarsh vidyarthi has been loved by all. Sohail provides the perfect camaraderie as the adoloscent horny brat.
Among the scene stealing moments, its hilarious to look at salman neck bobbing up and down, unable to sustain the air jet when the plane door opens. and the way he steals a naughty smile when the air hostess scoffs at sohail. bravo! wonder whether it came naturally or it took a great deal of rehearsals before finally giving an 'ok'. Even the way he pipes up 'dobara mat poochna' at the end is a spectacular moment. Most of the charm of the ad is retained due to sallu bhai's histronics. A thought about the aligning background score as well.
The added punchline of 'bina taiyaari ke...' is apt and is drummed up well in the story.
A fun ad. I would go with 7 out of 10 and a pat on salman's back.

Head n shoulders

Tragedies are personal in nature. No matter how you try to share it with others, or unburden yourself with a sob that leaves you all mushy and self sympathizing (note: self) its for you to bear your own cross. The most people might do is to shake a few heads, voluntarily nowadays, or shed a few tears with you. But can you pass on the pain? maybe you wouldn't want to. can you make them understand? well, you might in some cases. But largely, I believe, it should be dealt with introspection, with contemplation and meditation, not brooding though. How does it help you? well, in most cases, you tend to find an answer, which might not be the solution, but a consolation, if you prefer and a strength to move on and face your infirmities. positive thinking help you a lot. i know, readers might jest at me. Readers who have seen pain enough and wants to give me an earful for being insensitive and callous in my remark. But, in some cases, in cases-adjustable and thought to be adjustable, it helps. it fills you with an energy which the tarot card readers write about in newspapers. That energy is a spurt which makes us practical and kicks us to an action, rather than stopping us on our track (stopping is fine, only in a nearby tea-stall under a shade). Some people should be private in pains.some, not all. the others can resort to the shoulder. But in most situations, the former prevails over the latter and find real consolation. We all try to find consolation and dig out a positive angle from our tragedies. Which can be best dealt with in personal. but unfortunately, we are not so brave and succumb to a display of our sorrow to anchor sympathy. Those who doesn't, triumphs and find solace and a few laughs at their cost.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Hothath


Boye cholechi koshter srote
aadhkaapore, aadhshorir ey
jeerno aami jeernotaa theke aaschi
bhenge churmar aadhpagol, aadhmaatal
dourochhi haatrachhi roktote bhaaste bhaaste
aaj aamar nei thikana nei keu baari feraar 
faanpa aami beche aachi
bechei aachi, osthir, chur chur
kompito panjor ey
shihorito chaamrae
koshto pele hoyto bhaalo laagto
eta ki?
shunyo bukey shukno chokhe
jolche dau dau kore mon aamar
mathaae baari thanda rokto upchhe pore
kul kul kore boe
kothaae janina kul nei taar
pipashito kontho aar khudito kaanta
gilte hoe chire naame 
chachaale keu shonena ondhokaar ondhokaar
taao chachaai gola chire jaae
rokto gulo je kaalo aamar
bibhotsho bhoy tomaake shonaar por
shob i kaalo
ato taratari je aami jete parbona
ki hobe taader?
ki hobe tomaar?
aar kota kaaj please...
kintu firey gele bhaalo hoto ki?
na 
akla raastae pichhol kheye thokor kheye
ylte pore ramdhonu aar khuje paaina
shopner shei diya nibhe galo ak jhaaptaae
nil shikhaa taao nei
hoeto aar paarbona shira gulo klaanto
hridoy ta shorirey khuje paaina taake
dhongsho aami bibhotsho ak byaapar
aaj bhenge gelaam
aar nei aami aamaate
jei tukui baachie rekhechhilam
aar nei
aar nei
niye cholo aamaye din er sheshey
tomaar koley tomaar haathey
haath bukiye daao mathaae ektu
rokto gulo haathe na laage...

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

5 gram bojha

Thakur,
koshto to tumio peyecho
koshto ta besh khaarap jinish
aamar koshto kirom hoe jaano?
darao boli
maane...ki bolbo
aadh ghonta boshe aachi...bhaabchi
je ki bolbo
parchina
na....aajo parbona
bujbe ektu? chotto ektu
5 gram.

The Black Hole

Impregnated by silent words
I stare blankly at the computer screen
words still reverberating
dashing to and fro
melting, burning...piercing
am i weak or am i not
body i have and a hollow soul
memories i wish to avoid
filtered memories are burnt again
I gather the ashes to survive
planting the saplings of my desire, of yours
only to watch it trampled and crushed
some insignificant brambles, with thorns I failed to see
I pick up the ashes everytime and stare at the blank hollow
inside
only to realize an understanding
and work accordingly
swallowing my pains bitter, sour...rancid
sweet were they a moment ago
sweet they will be a moment after
this intermission is dry and black
I lose my strength and tear apart
falling falling in a bottomless crevass
trying to grope and clutch your hands
My dreams are not mine
My desires are not mine
nor are my actions, nor my thoughts
I am one who cannot be one
explaining in my dreams to you
still in the dark black of abysmal nullity
suffering, squinting, unable to move my limbs
sunlight waits, but I cant reach it
I have lost all my ability to function on my own
Neither do I work on reserve power
a nobody with a shattered soul
no drops of pity left for myself
but a quaint ray of hope glimmering at a distance
Only if I can reach it
hold my hands...

Friday, March 6, 2009

Footsteps


I hear footsteps behind me
Seizure grips me with its chilly paws
biting into the nerves, sinking into the heart(s)
A plunge beneath the below 
takes me to those olden days...

when the sun was bright, dazzling and shining on me
when from the rusted painted grills of the seperating window
I could see the honks of the cars and 
hear the sun reflecting on the nauseating
dull windows of the ambassador
A constricted view, small in height I was.
The early morning scenes of the marwari on his cycle
chanting "Hare Ram"
making his way, slicing the cool breeze of the summer morning
the newspaper boy fighting against time to 
have an early brunch at 10 o clock
when the chilly sun of the afternoon 
dries the moist shreds of pickle
aroma attracting flies
a pillow to rest your head on and doze off 
away from the trials of the day...

I turn back to look
6 o clock
6 o clock
light fading in the reddening sky
waking up to the dim embers of some leftover sun
dragging toward a violet evening
dazzling streets and watered avenues
artificial
of a soulless existence of an evening
battered by the waiting for a glimpse
waiting for the bus on an empty street full of people
alien faces, disturbed soul
of those midnights when a lurch interrupts a devastating sleep
full of black blacks and black whites
shadows crawling  tickling 
the inner recesses of the mind
and bruising the hearts

the sun is lost in a profound haze
tried to be solved by many a guru

There is nobody
I return, I return, I RETURN, I return...


Friday, January 16, 2009

tring tring
peep peep
tring tring
peep peep
dark nights under those moonlit skies
devouring darkness
engulfing silence
peep peep
castration, chained anger, monster muscles bulging,hairy
rods of iron bent 
throbbing palms, sweat, push pull, hanker, stubborn, headstrong,
jump off the cliff, no dont wait
tring tring
peep peep
ghajini peep aamir peep
blurt it out, vomit, piss on the dry crumpled leaves browned
leaves carefully nurtured, caringly nourished, watered
full blossom,wind strikes, dry crumpled
dust layering the fragile veins, thorny  bleed bleed BLEED
BLOOD wasted
shriek out through the muffling veil, muffling old smelly carpet
gagged and bound tight 
loud breaths, puff pant
eyes anger red aaaaargh
fire fire 
tring tring
peep peep
RUN RUN crash out of windows
"You dont understand me"
"Yashodeep, understanding u is very tough"
nightmares, darkness..AGAIN wake up and see the blindness
cold COLD COLD COLD air slaps bleed
CRASH NO no dont trinr peep tring peep tr...peep
rain rain drought drought
cracks on the soil zoom in
mind flowers into a hurting cactus panting all the way
G7 G3 corridors PM tuition roads white salwar
NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOOOOO pls pls "Anger management"
This is not anger m'lord"
Then what? I cant hear you. why dont u speak?
I am speaking m'lord cant u hear? here I amVictim sentenced.order
(mute)
(blank)
head dragged bloody head dragged through shiny slippery sharp stairs
clunk clunk thump bleed
black pools of blood collect them collect them
grasping and clasping I built them screech Hey there's no pain where is the pain?
 gallows darkness NOOOOOO
BUDDDDDDDDDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Buddy buddy haath haath 
tring tring peep peep
1) pain in chest
2) shiver
3)goosebumps
4)severe pain in chest
5)eyes burning
6)tears sprout
7) lull
8) memories
9) repeat
10) please eitto aami
Ha ha ha ha ha ha Haa haa haa haa oh ho ho ho ho
purota paagol tears 
tring tring
peep peep
1) pain in chest
2) shiver
3)goosebumps
4)severe pain in chest
5)eyes burning
6)tears sprout
7) lull
8) memories
9) repeat
Maa
Ma O Ma
Papa
Buddy
thrash slap ha ha ha ha ha ha ah ah ah ahhh ahhh ahhh
tring tring hello silence
as a child runs through the dark deserted streets of the city
seldom windows creak
and rarely doors slam eerie
shrieking at the top of his lungs tears welling
blurred vision Rahman
whats in his hand? its a throbbing machine
clank clank buzz buzz
clasped tightly in his hands tring tring
a raging sea comes to the view tumultous
spitting breezes of water
which falls on the wounds salty
the pain shots up the bruise melts blood blends with water
flows BLEEDS tring tring
the night is black and no moon is in sight howling winds and is it tsunami/
"Yashodeep, understanding u is very tough"
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
peep peep
Go to the library dont stand here
(Eitto ami tokey to bujhi ekhaan theke jaa
dekhbi mon ta bhaalo laagbe)
peep peep nightmarish peep peep
Just because I have a blog and can write trashy blank verse
you think you can get away with this
I cant I wont its inside
but...but...no buts u DONT U DONT
blank blank tring tring?
tring tring? peep peep
head dragging pain seething blood flowing white blood
ceiling open window 3rd floor RUN Buddy
weak 
trembling leaves crumpled
look look new leaves green bright supple why why? dont tread
smash wind dry crumple
tring tring
tring tring
tring tring
TRING TRING
tring tring?