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Some Things Change...Some Dont

Remember the baddies in movies of yesteryear who would tie up the old rich man and threaten him of dire consequences if he did not offer that "one signature" so that they can get the possession of his bungalow, car, factories, properties, his undergarments etc? How simple were those times! Nowadays even for a simple home loan, the bank guys insist you to sign in at least fifty places. No wonder the recent movies have no baddies who ask for that "one signature". I am sometimes happy that such naivety in Indian movies is gone. But, I sometimes miss the stupid charm of such scenes! *** Another major improvement in Indian cinema is the disappearance of the "poor hero". I dont think there is any other country which glorified and celebrated poverty as much as we did. In the old movies, the poor guy is a honest ' paapa ' person. And rich guy is evil. Almost always. The reality is, a poor guy need not always be the one who was cheated by the evil guy. He c

IPL - Fun Unlimited

Ravi Shastri is a great commentator, or so he thinks. Its not too surprising when someone is in the company of Sanjay Manjrekar, Arun Lal and the likes. And lets not forget, he was the inventor of that historic phrase - " The last thing the team needs at this stage is a run out ". As if there would be some stage when "run out" will move up in the "necessary" list. Well, anyways! Thank heavens, his statements are not as ridiculous as Arun Lal who would say - " Rameez, I reckon when the required run rate keeps shooting up like this, the batsmen have to get the boundaries ". But, Shastri provided ample entertainment last night at the IPL finals presentation ceremony. " Ladies and gentlemen, on stage we have Sharad Pawar, president of Board of Control for Cricket in India, Lalit Modi - Chairman and Commissioner of IPL,......., Sharad Pawar - president of Board of Control for Cricket in India " With so much (repeated)attention sh