May 2012
39 posts
Day 1503
CroDiag ,  Isles                            May 30 ,  2012                   Wed  11 : 45 pm local Birthday Greetings to Abhaya for the 31st of May …. and to Barun for the 1st of June !! Enjoy !! Our lives are moments filled with temptation ! We long we desire we want, because it offers temptation. Those that market their wares know well the art of it. Lure them in to a...
May 30th
Day 1502
CroDiag ,  Isles                            May 29 , 2012                     Tue 10 : 55 PM  local Mine eyes they tire again and ask to be shut ! I have no other to say or speak to tonight. The tennis at Rolland Garros has been exciting – an unknown French lady has beaten the world champion Serena Williams, in a most enthralling game, in the very first round of the tournament. This is...
May 29th
Day 1501 (iii)
CroDiag,  Isles                          May  28 ,  2012                      Mon 11 : 30 PM local Adjustments in our lives and in our living, are a mandatory obligation that we either make with ourselves or with those we care and respect. If one were to be alone on this earth, without a care, without answerability to relatives and friends, without anyone, then I suppose would be the only...
May 28th
Day 1501 (ii)
CroDiag, Isles                        May 28 ,  2012                       Mon  11 : 17 PM local Almost 15-20 days ago I did another email interview with Farhana from Filmfare. It has still not been published, or if it has, I am unaware of it since I travel the seas. I am reproducing it, because it is too long a wait for the publishers to decide when the interview shall get printed, if at...
May 28th
Day 1501 (i)
CroDiag, Isles                      May  28 ,  2012                 Mon 10 : 45 PM local I did an interview on email for the Hindustan Times, for Roshmila, who has been an affable and respected journalist over time. This was done a fortnight ago, but keeping the ethics of not posting this before her issue came, I had desisted. Most of what I have said has been printed, so now this can go...
May 28th
Day 1501
Back to Mid Base, Isles of CroDiag                     May  28 ,  2012                    Mon  3 : 25 PM local 1500 Days … !!! In celebration of the 1500 days … And … Whoa .. About a thousand responses !! So you were all there but not showing up ? Hmm …. Interesting  !! Love all of you .. Let me surface after this gruelling plane ride and then … Later … Amitabh Bachchan
May 28th
Day 1500
CAR.,> CroDiag, IndiansIsles            May 27 ,  2012          Sun  8 : 30 AM local I leave now from familiar lair of the past few days, into the middle path, but not yet home ! The world of isolated peace, limited though it was, has ended and gradually routine will take over. Familiar faces and surroundings shall abound. Sounds, smells and the very ambience, nostalgic when away,...
May 27th
Day 1499 (i)
CollegeAjmerRajasthan, Indians              May 26 ,  2012                  Sat 10 : 45 local   Mindless bodies clime, In nature and flash No one spends a dime To be sublime ! Our own egotistical wandering faith, Sullied by time Churning our years on motionless lathe, Bringing us closer to the ovate !! In time, they say, we all suffer or absorb divinity as our primary. Age...
May 26th
Day 1499
CollegeAjmerRajasthan,  Indians               May  26 ,  2012              Sat 12 : 02 PM local Time of stay endeth and within some, there shall be travel back ! It has been short and constructive, a learning and one of knowledge in many ways. The finer points of the profession shall always remain a mystery, as must they should, else it leaves little room for development and research....
May 26th
Day 1498
CollegeAjmerRajasthan, Indians              May 25 , 2012             Fri  7 : 15 PM local There is polite consternation at the timings of the Blog these past few days. That it be too long a wait for those that are accustomed to having a read before they turn in, and why is it that my timings have undergone drastic change. To them I have but this to say. Read the timing on the header of...
May 25th
Day 1497
CollegeAjmerRajasthan,  Indians             May 24 ,  2012                Thu  11 : 30 PM, local When life awakens you in the morn and you discover that it is still night, then must you believe, that you have had a restful mind. Sleep at 11 pm and arise at 1 am, feeling as though something was incomplete, you begin to wonder what it could be. Forced sleep is one of the anomalies of our...
May 24th
Day 1496
CollegeAjmerRajasthan , Indians            May  23 ,  2012               Wed  6 : 30 PM local The stunning visuals of ‘The Great Gatsby’ trailer reconfirm my absolute admiration for Baz Luhrmann. There is such a unique quality in all his presentations – vibrant, rich and exciting. A strange energy creeps in as the first look trailer reveals. It goes on air before the ‘Men in Black 3′ release...
May 23rd
Day 1495
38,000 ft above sea level ;   – 76 degrees centigrade outside temperature  Iqaluit and Godthab about .. Time at CroDiag  4  : 45 PM      May 22 ,  2012      Sherlock entertains with his suspicions of shadows, Robert Downing Jr always exemplary, enacts – a favorite of mine in modern times in this era – and the cozy comfort of a duvet and blanket gathers about it a remembrance of those that...
May 22nd
Day 1494 (i)
CroDiag, Isles          May 21 ,  2012              Mon 9 : 15 PM local Takes a lot of training to get things going on the lap top. I just buy the stuff and keep pottering about for days and hope I shall get it right. But no, that is not the right way to go about it. Must get an agent from Apple or Mac to give lessons and maybe then we shall be in a position to write and post better, than to...
May 21st
Day 1494
CroDiag , Isles                              May  21 ,  2012                         Mon  8 : 00 PM local  The day is filled with resolve and strength .. resolve to carry on regardless and the strength to take it through. If tested not, how doth one know which path be right or wrong, or decision beneficial and not. Effort be made then, to do and not sit and ponder if it can be done or not. I...
May 21st
Day 1493 (i)
CroDiag , Isles                    May  20 ,  2012                     Sun  11 : 15 PM local A bit of color, a bit of outrageous clothing and a bit of singing in the air because even the microphone turns his face away !! Just felt it should be done, even though the event of ‘Bol Bachchan’ was done and over with some days ago. Effort should never be ignored no matter how strenuous it may...
May 20th
Day 1493
 CroDiag , Isles                May  20  , 2012                  Sun  1 : 30 PM local Did an interview with DNA, which got printed today .. this is what it was. Gave it some days ago, but ethically do not post it before it gets printed in paper … This an opener for the DAY … more later Questions from Akanksha Naval Shetye- Principal Film Correspondent, DNA After Hours. 1. You have worked...
May 20th
Day 1492
CrosDiag, Isles                       May 19 , 2012                             Sat 11 : 30 PM  One of the most offending traits of a Libran is to be lazy. I live up to that quite often. Like today. Have not moved from my couch, the entire day. But with loads of Saturday games playing one after another, who really wants to move about. You read the morning papers, you have your breakfast,...
May 19th
1491 (i)
 CroDiags, Isles                 May 18 ,  2012          Fri  11 :  10 PM  local  When and how does one gather strength or will to express what he or she honestly feels, without stopping to consider consequences or possible misunderstood retaliation, indefensible in a world where numbers that stand behind you give false impression that you mean business ! The temptation is large. The...
May 18th
Day 1491
CroDiags , Isles               May  18 ,  2012                      Fri  11 : 20 AM local This is early. But while you wait for the night, a sight into what goes on for the day. Some reading and reflection on what gets written and what reproduced through interview with the magazine SCREEN … Amitabh Bachchan  
May 18th
Day 1490
CrosDiags, across the seas            May 17 ,  2012            Thu 11 : 17 PM local time It is a sleep induced condition. One that comes often when the oxygen content is low in its surroundings. When the fresh air through open slit windows cools the mind, but often remains too cool for anything else. It is the littlest things in life that bring such joy and contentment in us – a new bar...
May 17th
Day 1489
Crosses and Diagonals , Isles          May  16 , 2012                 Wed  10 : 30 PM local Pleasant skies, clear visuals and a surprising bright sun greeting …. from one that comes from the sun, seems deja vu, but given the circumstances of those that do not, it is desirable to be compassionate .. and so we are … Meeting family is a joy forever. Spending time with them as you move about...
May 16th
Day 1488
Jalsa , Mumbai                   May  15 , 2012                      Tue  11 : 19 PM Shocked and deeply grieved on learning of the tragic end of Taruni, the cute little girl friend of Auro in ‘Paa’ ! I had hoped that the news last night was incorrect, but sadly it has been confirmed this morning. Jomsom, Nepal at almost 10,000 ft in the middle of some of the most picturesque mountain...
May 15th
Day 1487
Jalsa , Mumbai                         May  14,  2012                         Mon  11 : 39 PM Still living in the stupidity of missing the posting of Blog last night, but happy that reminders from concerned Ef pulled me up from my slumber and acquainted me with the problem .. sometimes I am just so incorrigible !! But really, the many jobs and avenues that I attend to during the day...
May 14th
Day 1486 (i)
Prateeksha , Mumbai               May 14 , 2012                     Mon 8 : 42 AM SINCERE APOLOGIES !! I DID POST DAY 1486  LAST NIGHT, THOUGH VERY LATE … AT AROUND 2 : 45 AM, BUT ONLY DISCOVERED TROUGH SEVERAL SMS FROM EF THAT IT WAS NOT UP … HAVE DONE SO NOW … AND YES IT DOES SHOW ‘PRIVATE’, SO THERE WAS AN ERROR ON MY PART .. I guess what I posted last night, or early this...
May 14th
Day 1486
Jalsa , Mumbai                     May  13/14 ,  2012                       Sun/Mon  1 : 35 AM The people on set at ‘Bol Bachchan’ the film, the dancers and their pretty faces, hordes of visitors with family on tow – children parents and in – laws, spend lot of time just waiting to get a moment lone. To adjudicate among other members, the, meaning of their work, to show their respect for me,...
May 13th
Day 1485
 Jalsa , Mumbai                  May  12/13 , 2012                Sat/Sun  12 : 21 AM Resplendent in the pick of the shervani, coy through the singular solo of the self on shot and an almost Baz Luhrmann effect on the groupings of BBol settings, has brought another day struggling with the butterflies, to an end … and one of the biggest yawns ever, gasping for oxygen and survival, wanting...
May 12th
Day 1484
Jalsa , Mumbai                        May 11/12  ,  2012                              Fri/Sat  1 : 05 AM I read statements, interviews of several, and often find them expressing – ” I’ve worked really hard to achieve this “. I have a dislike for this expression. Some where it does not sound right. And my reason for its dislike is that when a job or project is taken up, I would imagine that...
May 11th
Day 1483
Jalsa , Mumbai                      May 10 ,  2012                       Thu  11 : 03  PM  Pause ! A wonderful word and expression, almost akin to ‘sorry’ .. To stop whatever it was that was being done. To bring a halt to that tune or song that was being played. To honor as it were by deed and law to remain where you were. Do not move, ‘do not pass GO, do not collect 200 !!’...
May 10th
Day 1482
Jalsa , Mumbai                          May  9 ,  2012                      Wed  11 : 06 PM When you enjoy doing what you do, it is the most uplifting experience of your life. No matter what the circumstances, the mental frame of mind, the issues, the problems, the cobwebs … all pale almost magically ! I may not admit it so openly, but the thought of a studio and film and performance...
May 9th
Day 1481
 Jalsa , Mumbai                       May  8,  2012                   Tue  11 : 12 PM  The problem with watching a Tv show repeatedly is that its signature tune gets into your head and refuses to leave. Each act movement moment catches you humming the tune and you wonder why. Guess its the persuasive power of music that bridges all chords and barriers and one emerges looking in the eyes of...
May 8th
Day 1480
Jalsa , Mumbai                           May  7/8 ,  2012                     Mon/Tue  12 : 23 AM I spent the day recording for the song to be picturized on Abhishek, Ajay and myself for BolBachchan, the film being made by Rohit Shetty. It seemed a fun song, with lyrics and words dominating the space from some of my old ones. Everyone that comes with a project starts off by telling me...
May 7th
Day 1479
 Jalsa , Mumbai             May 6 , 2012                   Sun  11 : 15 PM Heard some distressing news about Vijaya and her Mother .. praying that all is well. And I read concern about Kashmira and would like to wish her good health. It is Zain’s birthday and we all wish him a very happy birthday … Learning about the unfortunate incidents in the lives of the Ef has a grave effect on all...
May 6th
Day 1478
Jalsa , Mumbai                 May  5/6 , 2012                            Sat/Sun  1 : 01 AM It is a day when we have a moon that is full and bright, and perhaps many do not know, a day when the moon is the closest to the earth in perhaps unaccountable years. That the moon has effect on the tide, that it affects those that are ruled by it astrologically is known, but what does it do when it...
May 5th
Day 1477
 Jalsa , Mumbai                     May 4/5 , 2012            Fri/Sat  12 : 01 AM The world moves much too fast now, than it did earlier. Or is it just me and my stupidity. The thoughts and thinking of today move with speed and perhaps without break. It becomes an ordeal to either understand or configure what was being expressed, if it can be called expression at all. The importance that lay...
May 4th
Day 1476
Jalsa , Mumbai                        May 3/4 , 2012                      Thu/Fri  1 : 09 AM And the routine starts .. out of the homes and into the morning traffic … delays at flyovers ironic … for they were built to ease it … through freshly made steaming hot sky scrappers … through the lanes of the poor … into the haven of work … some music as you paint your face .. the make up taking...
May 3rd
Day 1475
 Jalsa , Mumbai                       May 2/3 ,  2012                         Wed/Thu  1 : 04 AM  I am late, I am late, for a most important date .. Rings a bell somewhere as being part of a popular song either from film or stage ! But … once you start to create music time is forgotten and so your bearings. Its a song for the film ‘Bol Bachchan’ directed by Rohit Shetty, which has Ajay...
May 2nd
Day 1474
 Jalsa , Mumbai                           May 1,  2012                        Tue  11 34 PM  Andy says: (andypdrew@aol.com) May 1, 2012 at 1:19 am  Somehow your mantra Follow Learn Obey Practice becomes an industry acronym -F L O P !! and that is what has been happening to it in not just Mumbai but entire India….Virtue of Discipline is lost right at the childhood now since the new-age...
May 1st
April 2012
32 posts
Day 1473
Jalsa , Mumbai                   Apr  30 , 2012                Mon  10 : 47 PM  The more I come to learn of the medical profession, the intricacies of the body, its behavior, the way it is constructed and operates, the more I begin to believe that those that have opportunity to study this phenomena and attend to it, to mend and repair, to give it new life … are in no way less than the...
Apr 30th