Ramblings
4 am and I am not sleepy. Nothing new. But nothing great either. I have to be up in a few hrs to take a godforsaken test. Thankfully im quite well prepared.Anyway, I went out on my usual walk and like always the night sky left me mesmerised. I don't remember my when my fascination with stars started. I think it is pretty recent. I was never one of those who appreciated nature till I came to the US. Maybe I just didn't have the time. The moon ofcourse is something I have always liked. I remember going for walks on the terrace in Hyderabad on full moon nights; it's reflection on the Husain Sagar is truly something to behold. But stars are something i never really paid attention to.
I think it all started a couple of months back after I discovered a secluded bit of land less than 5 minutes from here. I know sitting in a dark, deserted place, cut off from the world, thinking to myself, listening to music, doing as I please, doesnt sound like the healthiest thing I have ever done, but I really find a weird kind of peace there. With myself and everything around me. And it is there that I really started appreciating the beauty of the stars. Till then I had considered myself to be someone with a more conventional sense of beauty with a bias towards the symmetric. The Human Body, the finest aircraft, the (vastly overrated yet aesthetic) Taj Mahal all have one common, uniting factor : Symmetry. But then thats the beauty of the night sky; it defies all the conventional norms of beauty and yet might be more beautiful than anything that complies. Maybe thats the nature of beauty itself. Its just abstract. And I thinkit is something which like so many other things that changes entirely based on perspective. Uff, where am I going with this anyway.
Enough of the boring talk. Who am I kidding : I can't stay serious for more than 10 mins at a stretch.
I am just going through a list of movies on ToI.com which they call "25 Must See Bollywood Films fo any Bollywood Lover". Obviously I have watched them all but I thought it would be fun to draw up a little chart listing if I have watched a given movie on the list, the number of times i've watched it, the number of times I had watched it in India and the number of times I have watched it in the last 2 yrs. (ya, as runki would say : I've got major lack :p)
| Name/comment | # of times watched | # of times watched in India | #of times watched in the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black (2005) (Loved it) | 2 | Nil | 2 |
| Lagaan (2001) (Overrated) | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Satya (1998) (good gangster flick) | 1 | Nil | 1 |
| Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) (uff.. my sister loves this..) | ~15 | All | - |
| Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) | 1 | Nil | 1 |
| Mr. India (1987) | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Jane Bhi Do Yaaron (1983) (love the penultimte scene..) | 3 | Nil | 3 |
| Arth (1982) (How come..) | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Deewaar (1975) (Mere pass Ma Hai! :-p) | ~6 | ~4 | 2 |
| Sholay (1975) (Itna sannata Kyun hai bhai?) | ~15 | ~10 | ~5 |
| Bobby (1973) (Typical..) | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Garam Hawa (1973) (Why I havent I heard of this one..) | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Pakeezah (1972) (Raj Kumar with a foot fetish :-p) | 2 | 2 | Nil :-( |
| Anand (1970) (OK I'm ashamed) | Nil :'( | Nil | Nil |
| Padosan (1968) (Ek chatur naar! Oh love this one..) | ~5 | ~1 | 4 |
| TeesriManzil (1966) (Real good murder mystery complete with an Elvis-like Shammi Kapoor) | 1 | Nil | 1 |
| Guide (1965) (classic) | 1 | 1 | Nil |
|
| Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Mughal-e-Azam (1960) (Jab pyar kiya to darna kya ;) ) | 1 | 1 | Nil |
| Pyaasa (1957) (I've heard so much and yet not been able to get hold of a vid) | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Mother India (1957) (Oscar nominated man..) | 2 | 2 | Nil |
| Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1957) | Nil | Nil | Nil |
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| Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Do Bigha Zameen (1953) | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Awara ( 1951) | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Hmm.. that showed some surprising results. I've watched just 16 of the 25. I don't watch too many movies after all! Or maybe I just watch too much crap :-D
posted by PSyNyD @ 4:11 AM
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