Lion, La La Land, Mission Impossible Rogue Nation

Watched three movies as mentioned in the subject line.
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Lion
This movie was watched on PVR Cinemas after booking through Bookmyshow.com where voucher was offered which gave a discount of Rs 125 (BMS125). This movie is great and since it is a foreign movie it does not show Indian Gods and Godesses and rather romaticises the subcontinent and "cuts to the chase" where it shows sparsely populated region of India (not Calcutta) from where the boy hails in the movie.
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La La Land
This movie was watched @Garuda Mall, Magrath Road after booking through Bookmyshow.com where voucher was offered which gave a discount of Rs 125 (BMS125). Movie is great but it is too sad that the hero and heroine go separate ways and the fact that could be different is also shown.
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Mission Impossible Rogue Nation
This movie was watched on Amazon Prime Video. I liked the movie. It deals with a shadow organization called The Syndicate which carries out wanton acts of terror and destruction around the world and it is taken down by Ethan Hunt and his team. While watching the movie you feel that because he is Ethan hunt he can do it what he does in the movie. Anybody else could not have done it.

Badrinath Ki Dulhaniya, Logan, Kong Skull Island, Hebbuli, Bas Ek Tamanna

Watched five movies as mentioned in the subject line:
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Badrinath Ki Dulhaniya
This movie was watched at Carnival Cinemas after taking movie card at http://www.moviecardindia.com
This card gives me access to unlimited movies but I can only watch at one cinema of preference which is Rockline Cinemas at Jalahalli Cross.
This movie is definite okay and can be watched once. Though I will never watch it twice.
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Logan
This movie was watched at Carnival Cinemas with Moviecard.
This card gives me access to unlimited movies but I can only watch at one cinema of preference which is Rockline Cinemas at Jalahalli Cross.
This movie is definite okay and can be watched once. Movie runs on predictable lines. All villians are killed in the end and also the main hero. Now maybe a reboot can happen or else new actors carry it forward.
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Kong Skull Island
This movie was watched at Carnival Cinemas with Moviecard.
This card gives me access to unlimited movies but I can only watch at one cinema of preference which is Rockline Cinemas at Jalahalli Cross.
This movie is definite okay and can be watched once. Movie shows King Kong as hero and a God to the island people while earlier movies Kong was the villian.
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Hebbuli
This movie was watched at Carnival Cinemas with Moviecard.
This card gives me access to unlimited movies but I can only watch at one cinema of preference which is Rockline Cinemas at Jalahalli Cross.
This is Kannada movie and okay for a one time watch. Though I do not speak Kannada still I enjoyed the movie. Movie deals with an Army officer who returns home from kashmir and takes revenge for his brother's death who was trying to bring low cost generic drugs to the people.

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Bas Ek Tamanna
This movie was watched on Airtel Digital TV Miniplex HD Channel after recording on pen drive. Movie is nice movie and can be watched once without any problem. It is a simple movie but effective.
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Commando 2, Thoda Lutf Thoda Ishq, Future to Bright Hai Ji

Watched 3 movies as mentioned in the Subject line.
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Commando 2
This movie was watched on the big screen. Movie can be watched once without any problem. Movie has been shot in Bangkok.
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Thoda Lutf Thoda Ishq
This movie was watched on Airtel Digital TV Miniplex HD Channel. Movie can be watched once without any problem. This movie deals with two friends who go to Ujjain from Delhi and find that the girls family had selected one of them for marriage anyway.
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Future to Bright Hai Ji
This movie was watched on Airtel Digital TV Miniplex HD Channel. Movie can be watched once without any problem. This movie deals with a couple who want to establish themselves in the Entertainment industry at Mumbai and they succeed in the end.

Mobiles I have used (Part 3)

In continuation of two earlier blogs as below:
http://anup20161.blogspot.in/2017/02/mobiles-phone-i-have-used.html
http://anup20161.blogspot.in/2017/03/mobiles-i-have-used-part-2.html
This is the third blog post about the mobiles I have used:
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Mobile 9
Ninth mobile I have used was Nokia C2-03

This was the first Dual SIM mobile I used.
This was also the first Touch Screen. Actually this had both touch screen and keypad through sliding function.
Mobile was very basic one. I will say Nokia 6030 was also better than this for display and Internet. But anyway it gave exposure to another phone over the period of use. I bought it from Ebay in September 2011 and is still being used and is in working condition. It is not used full time but still can be used. Mainly my wife uses this when we visit our Native Place for BSNL which she has pre-marriage.
Current Status:
Mobile is still there with me and can be used.
Money spent for acquiring it: About INR 4000.
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Mobile 10
Tenth Mobile I used was Nokia Lumia 610.

This was truly the First "Touch Screen" I used as Tablet was huge and difficulty carrying around. But this had 3.5 inch display and could be carried in pocket and was like a boon to me.
The day I ordered this phone from Ebay, the same day I dropped the Nokia N82 in recycling box at Koramangala. And that was August 2012.
Mobile is still working and I can use it but now I have got used to Dual SIM phone as I have two connections one of Airtel and other of Aircel and I need both online.
This mobile only drawback is RAM which is of 512 MB which makes it slow.
Current Status:
Mobile is still there with me and can be used.
Money spent for acquiring it: About INR 13000. Then new battery has been bought and when display was not working it was put. So additional costs of 2000. So combined costs are 15000.
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Mobile 11
Eleventh phone I used was Micromax Canvas 4 plus A315.

This phone was bought from Ezone store online when ICICI Bank gave me a discount voucher.
This phone was too good and I liked it. With RAM of 1GB it was quite fast. I bought in December 2014 and used it well till August 2015 when its display simply cracked. I got it repaired at Micromax store at Mumbai spending INR 4500 and was using it when in October 2016 when again its display cracked. For a few months this phone lied in cold storage and in February 2017 I got the display repaired once more at Micromax store at Bangalore by spending INR 4000. But not more than a week had passed by when the display broke once more when it simply fell down from the table.
This has been the biggest loss making phone.
I took it to Micromax store and though they had told that 1 month guarantee is there, when they saw the visible crack they told again 4000 had to be spent and then I decided to get rid of the phone by dropping it at Recycle Box at Micromax store.
Current Status:
Mobile is dropped at Micromax Store Recycle Box as scrap.Not with me anymore.
Money spent for acquiring it: About INR 14000. Then new display was put @Mumbai which cost about INR 4500. And again INR 4000. So additional costs of say 9000. So combined costs are 23000.
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Mobile 12
The twelfth mobile I used was Intex Aqua 3G

This mobile was bought in response to Micromax Canvas 4+ mobile glass cracking. I saw the ad on TV that this mobile was tough and tough mobile was what i wanted. And tough mobile was what I got. This mobile only drawback is RAM which is of 512 MB which makes it slow.Otherwise it is as good as any Smartphone. And I was very happy with this phone which prompted me to go for Intex Cloud Tread which is my latest phone now.
I bought it in August 2015 and has been used in between all along.
Current Status:
Mobile is still with me and can be used anytime.
Money spent for acquiring it: About INR3500. Very good value for money.
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Mobile 13
This mobile was Samsung Galaxy On7

When my Micromax mobile faced problem first during August 2015, I initially went for Intex Aqua 3G but somehow in the back of my mind was the desire to buy a good phone from a "famous" company. And since Nokia was out of business, I went for Samsung as I was pretty much happy with Samsung Galaxy GT-P1000 tab which I had bought. So I shortlisted the phones and one which fit my budget was Galaxy On7.
It was bought in January 2016 and now my wife is using this. But initially I was using it and had given the Micromax Canvas 4+ to my wife. When the Canvas 4+ has charging issues, I took it back and gave the Galaxy On7 to my wife after which she is using it till date.
I bought it from Flipkart and cost 12000.
Current Status:
Mobile is still with me and my wife is using this.
Money spent for acquiring it: About INR 12000. Very good value for money.
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Mobile 14
This is my current phone which is Intex Cloud Tread.

I am very happy with this phone and was bought when there was catastrophic failure of Micromax Canvas 4+ A315. Inspite of spending Rs 4000 and new display, the display cracked when it slipped from the table and not more than a week had passed. So I dropped Micromax phone at their Center's phone recycle box and ordered this phone Intex Cloud Tread froam Amazon.
This is very fast phone and the entire phone cost me 4000.
Current Status:
Mobile is still with me and is my current phone.
Money spent for acquiring it: About INR 4000. Very good value for money.
Intex is too good a brand. And after using Intex Aqua 3G I was confident that this phone will too work very well and so far it is not a disappointment at all.
I would like to thank Intex for giving a very good phone and Amazon for providing a platform to procure it and get me delivered.
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Finally I would like to place a figure and all the phones have cost me INR 1,25,000 over the years since 2005 when I first bought a phone. I am regularly using mobile since 2004. Over the last 12 years Rs 125000 have been spent over phones. And this is not including the running costs which includes the Network costs paid to Mobile Operators and Wi Fi.

Mobiles I have Used (Part 2)

In continuation of earlier posts I made as below:
http://anup20161.blogspot.in/2017/02/mobiles-phone-i-have-used.html
I will like to proceed and go ahead of the first four mobiles I outlined.
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Mobile 5
Fifth Mobile I used was Nokia 6030

This was ordered from Ebay.
I had started online ordering at this Stage and had ordered Playstation 2, T-Series DVD Player and a few other items online.
This was okay phone but no camera. I used 2G network in this phone to some extent and images used to load kind of okay (not videos). For this phone the RAM does not matter.
I used it full time from April 2007 till March 2008.
Current Status:
This phone was kept with me for sometime. I stopped using it when I got Nokia N82 and later I recollect there was some display problem and later it probably ended up as scrap and not in my possession anymore.
Money Spent on Phone for Acquisition : INR 5000 approximately.
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Mobile 6
Sixth Mobile I used was Nokia N82

This was an excellent phone.A very big display and videos used to load very fine.
The Camera in the phone was also excellent and was one of the best at that time which was 5 Mega Pixels.
I ordered it in March 2008 and I used it till December 2010 without any issues when I gave it to my wife. She used it from December 2010 till August 2011 when there was some display issue and I put new display in October 2011 and used it till August 2012 when I dropped it in a Mobile Recycling box at Koramangala. At the time of dropping there were some problem and mobile used to abruptly turn off. For this phone the RAM does not matter. It was working fine and never bothered for the RAM.
Current Status:
This phone was dropped at a Mobile recycling Point at Koramangala in August 2012. So ended as scrap.
Money Spent on Phone for Acquisition : INR 15000 approximately. And then to fit LCD in 2011 I spent INR 3000 and new battery INR 2000. So total is 20000 INR
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Mobile 7
Seventh mobile I bought was actually not a mobile but a Tablet, Tab to say for short.
The model was Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-P1000

This one I bought after seeing the Screen size at the website http://www.gsmarena.com
I bought this for my use and gave the Nokia N82 to my wife.
Screen size was huge and that is 7 inches.
This one I bought from a supplier using my Corporate privileges. I was working with Wipro and there was a reseller in their Intranet and I bought it from him. Initially the price was INR 36000 but during the course of purchase the price dropped to INR 30000 and the benefit was passed to me. It could not have been passed to me in case I had bought from a shop outside.
This mobile only drawback is RAM which is of 512 MB which makes it slow.
And videos loading were huge in size. And there was no FM radio in this phone so that enabled that I could use TuneinRadio, Sky.FM radio (now radio tunes) and Saavn Music for the first time.
This I have used full time from December 2010 till date. Sometimes it is in cold storage but it is still usable and now I am using to listen to Music or watch Netflix. Amazon Prime Video is not downloading as this is old device. Also we can watch Netflix through Streaming but cannot download the videos.
Current Status:
Still working and in possession and in use.
Money Spent on Phone for Acquisition : INR 30000 approximately.
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Mobile 8
Eighth mobile I used was Nokia 1616

This was a very basic mobile and I bought it from a shop. Like I said I did not have FM radio in Galaxy Tab so I went ahead and bought this phone for FM radio only. This cost less than INR 1500. For this phone the RAM does not matter. I was using two phones concurrently this and galaxy Tab for about 6 months. This was bought in January 2011 and is being used intermittently from time to time.
Current Status :
Mobile is still in possession and in use.
Money Spent on Phone for Acquisition : INR 1500 approximately.
Final blog post will follow soon.

Hunterr, John Wick, Man on a Ledge, Yaara Silly Silly

Watched four movies as mentioned in the subject line.
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Hunterr
This movie was watched on Airtel Digital TV Miniplex HD CHannel after recording on Pen drive.
Movie is okay for a one time watch. I feel the movie is ahead of its time. And movies with big banner and stars skirt the real issues and what they really want is to be like movies like Hunterr. Unfortunately box office does not give its due to these type of movies.
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John Wick
This movie was watched on Netflix. Yes people Netflix made me an offer I could not refuse and that was 1 month free usage just like new users. So now till March 28 I can use Netflix without paying any money. This movie John Wick is a highly polished movie. Movie has got class else there would not have been a sequel. I liked the movie. I watched it after downloading it to my mobile.
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Man on a Ledge
This movie was again watched on Netflix. Once more I downloaded and watched it. Movie is definitely okay for a one time watch. Though some impossible scenes are shown in the movie. One can still watch the movie.
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Yaara Silly Silly
This movie was watched on Airtel Digital TV Miniplex HD CHannel after recording on Pen drive. It is definitely okay for a one time watch but the fact is there is no happy ending in the movie like the hero and heroines don't meet in the end and lead their separate lives and the movie also acknowledges it. But we don't know what happens later. I mean this is the age of Facebook and Twitter and identities cannot be hidden forever or could it be?

Mobiles Phone I have used

My age is now 39 years and will complete 40 years this year.
In my entire life I have used only 14 mobiles.
Yesterday I got my new mobile Intex Cloud Tread and then decided to update this further.
I felt I should update this in a blog post and so this post.
First I saw a mobile being used in 1997 (age 20) in Cinema theater at Hyderabad.
I saw Hutch (Orange) billboards in Mumbai in 2000 year.
But I came to have a mobile in 2002 when talk time was too expensive (like 20 rupees per minute).
Large scale mobile use was seen only when I reached Chennai in 2002. Like I saw mobile ads in billboards. And the ever pervading influence became evident.
Now is the age of touch screen and smartphones.
I must say I never have used Pager and never seen large scale pager use in my life. But pager is technology where a person would be paged and he would call back perhaps using a landline that was before advent of mobiles.
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Mobile No. 1
First mobile used was Nokia 3310. This the iconic mobile which they are planning to reintroduce.

I have used this from January 2002 till March 2002.
This was given by my father and I remember in one talk I consumed all the talktime and I have never recharged it. That was in 2002.
Then again used the same phone from June 2004 till April 2005.
When I came to Bengaluru in 2004 I took a GSM number (which I am still using today) and I inserted that SIM into this phone.
Current Status:
This phone was handed back to my father (April 2005) and it probably ended up as scrap and not in my possession anymore
Money Spent on the phone for Acquisition : NIL ( As was provided by my father)
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Mobile 2
Second Mobile I used was Nokia 2280.

This I used from  January 2004 till June 2004.
This was a Reliance CDMA phone which my father gave to me. The phone came with the connection.
Current Status:
This phone was handed back to my father (June 2004) who gave it to my sister and water got inside it and it probably ended up as scrap and not in my possession anymore.
Money Spent on the phone for Acquisition : NIL ( As was provided by my father)
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 Mobile 3
Third mobile I have used was Sony Ericsson T230.

This mobile I ordered through Sify Shopping from Chennai.
I sent Cheque and they sent the phone.
Phone was very cute one. But no FM radio or Camera.
I used it from April 2005 till May 2007.
Current Status:
This phone was handed to my father (May 2007) and it probably ended up as scrap and not in my possession anymore.
Money Spent on the phone for Acquisition : Rs 6000 approximately.
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Mobile 4
Fourth mobile was LG RD 6230

This phone also came along with Reliance CDMA connection.
I came to know that GSM Sim can be put in any phone. But CDMA phones were different and could only be activated or deactivated by the mobile company.
This phone had a camera and I clicked many pictures with it.
I handed it back to my father when he needed it back.
I was using it parallely with my GSM phone from August 2006 till January 2007
Current Status:
This phone was handed to my father (January 2007) and he used it for time but ultimately it probably ended up as scrap and not in my possession anymore.
Money Spent on the phone for Acquisition : NIL ( As was provided by my father). But for Activation I had to Pay money at Reliance World.
I will continue in another post.