Monday, 31 August 2020

Bypass Road

  • Watched this movie Bypass Road on Tata Sky Showcase Channel after recording it.
  • Yes people I have a Tata Sky Recording box and I can record any Channel including Tata Sky Showcase Channel.
  • This movie is a timepass movie and you can watch it if you have nothing else to do and you like Neil Nitin Mukesh.
  • Movie is shot in surrounding areas of Mumbai (Alibag to be precise).
  • But what is hard to believe is how the hero can manage to act as a cripple in face of murderous attack.
  • Also the "Chacha" of the film is the villain and he speaks about his family but no family is shown in the movie and Neil Nitin Mukesh is also unaware of his family which is highly unlikely.

Sunday, 30 August 2020

Wolf Warrior, Sadak 2

 Watched two movies as mentioned in the subject line.

Wolf Warrior

  • This movie was watched on Youtube.
  • First got a print which had DVD quality but audio was blank at places.
  • So watched it anyway as much of the movie is in Chinese so was only using subtitles.
  • But the amazing sound effects could not be enjoyed.
  • Last scene where the villian wants to cross the border was re-watched using another print on Youtube.
  • Since this is a 2015 movie it has subdued action but still the action scenes are simply great.
  • Lethal firepower is shown in the movie.
  • And the "mercenaries" are also shown having lethal firepower but what they can do in South East Asia (when they rescue the villain from local authorities) cannot be done inside China is shown. 
  • Inside China they get trapped and are unable to escape and their fate is sealed.

Sadak 2

  • This movie was watched on Disney Hotstar.
  • I liked the movie.
  • I don't support nepotism but I feel that nepotism cannot be avoided.
  • These so called "nepo kids" have larger than life prescence.
  • They are so dominating that you simply cannot ignore them.
  • Their presentation, style, way of speaking, talking is way ahead of their league.
  • Call it genes or upbringing or combintion of both they are far superior to ordinary people or outsiders to the film industry.
  • If rebirth is a fact or belief, people should pray that they get born in Film family like was shown in movie "Om Shanti Om".
  • Else they have no chance competing with the "insiders".
  • Sanjay Dutt, Alia Bhatt, Aditya Roy Kapur, the Godman, the Father of Alia Bhatt, Sanjay Dutt's friend all have played very good roles in the movie.
  • After a long time watched a good "Bollywood" movie.
  • Sanjay Dutt is must for the movie. His onscreen presence is too huge.
  • This movie is like a masterpiece and all should watch it.
  • All aspects of religion are covered.
  • The Godman is like a Godman who is fake. He claims himself to be All-knowing and having answers to all problems. 
  • If we can compare to someone from real life we can to people like Sri Sri Ravishankar or Sadhguru or Baba Ramdev or numerous other Godmen who are being shown 24/7 on TV Channels.
  • The father of Alia Bhatt is a very big businessman who wants to rule over the world though he is an Atheist is only using the Godman and Gods as a means to end. He is providing moral financial and all kind of support to the Godman.
  • And the way Sanjay Dutt attacks the Godman and his henchmen chanting "Ram Naam Satya Hai" shows he is not an Atheist but believes in traditional reliegion.
  • In short people need to be rational and not follow Godmen blindly is the message of the movie.
  • The movie is left to interpretation of the viewer.

Sunday, 23 August 2020

Use Right Sandal for Walking

  •  This post is to highlight that you need to use the right shoe for walking.
  • If you are comfortable using walking shoes or running shoe it is okay and you can continue using the same.
  • But for case like me, I find use of running shoe or walking shoe constricts the foot.
  • The foot gets squeezed and blood circulation reduces and leads to pains due to affect of nervous systems (veins around the foot).
  • So what you need is the use of cotton or fabric shoes or sandals.
  • You cannot use flip-flops as they will come out easily while walking.
  • Walking is the most simple form of exercise.
  • Daily walking of at least 40 minutes is required to keep your body and mind healthy.
  • If you do more severe exercise you are good.
  • But if you do not do any exercise at least you should walk.
  • So now if you use sandal for walking you need to pick the right sandal for walking.
  • Any shoe you use should not wear out from inside.
  • If it has worn out from inside you need to get rid of the shoes. And time to get a new pair.
  • Similarly for sandal. It should not get worn out from inside.
  • It should provide a firm support to your feet and in turn to your body.
  • I have personally used this sandal for walking for perhaps more than 2 year.
  • Yes people I have found Decathlon perfect when you want to buy sports related equipment or accessories.
  • Recently in the month of May (16th to be precise) I bought another pair of sandal from Decathlon. It was this one.
  • Notice the difference between the two models.
  • The one I had been using for 2 years has the strap at behind of the foot above the heel bone.
  • The second one which I bought in May has the strap above the foot near the navicular bone.
  • What I am trying to say is that the strap has to be at the right spot to be a perfect sandal.
  • And the right spot is behind the foot above the heel bone.
  • Why you may ask?
  • It is because the very reason I am not wearing shoes while walking and that is constriction of the foot.
  • In the case of sandal where the strap is on top and the rear portion is fixed there is not much scope for the feet to expand and it would lead to pain in the foot especially the heel.
  • You don't want to experience the heel pain. It is painful.
  • I learned the hard way. 
  • So what I want is for all of you not to go through the pain and learn the hard way.
  • Better to buy a sandal which has the strap on the rear of the foot above the heel bone and that will give flexibility to your feet and while you walk your feet will get "freedom of movement".
  • That will avoid getting it constricted and you will enjoy the benefits of doing walking as exercise.

Friday, 21 August 2020

Jalebi - The Taste of Everlasting Love

  • Watched this movie Jalebi - The Taste of Everlasting Love 2018 movie on Amazon Prime
  • Starring Rhea Chakraborty (RC) and Varun Mitra (VM) this movie ia a must watch.
  • This is a must watch because it is a different kind of love story.
  • RC and VM meet and fall in love only to get separated due to differences after RC sufferes a miscarriage.
  • Then they meet again and though they love each other they cannot be together.
  • That is the story.
  • And the poster has no relation to the movie (link)
  •  Because they meet in Delhi streets initially and later they meet in Firs AC compartment during journey from Mumbai to Delhi.
  • Movie can be watched once without any problems.
  • Watch it more times and you may fall in love with the characters.

Monday, 10 August 2020

Use Websites not App

  •  This post is based on the topic "Use Websites not App"
  • I am appealing to all to please stop using Apps of many Applications.
  • I would like to mention here the Apps.
  • Those are Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram etc.
  • These "Applications" are used for tracking you and your contacts.
  • If you are using those in your smartphones by Apps you are falling "prey" to them.
  • Not only you, all your contacts are also falling "prey" to them.
  • They watch you, track you and know how you feel and work and breathe.
  • If you value your freedom and privacy I appeal to you please stop using the apps.
  • Uninstall them as soon as possible and use the websites.
  • When you use the Applications websites the tracking will not be that vicious.
  • Plus based on usage they show the "newsfeed" which is "manipulated".
  • It is known as "push technology" and they do it using Artificial Intelligence mostly.
  • Based on your usage they will force you to "see things" which matter to you and affect you and you will end up either committing suicide or become very depressed.
  • Or you may become more and more radicalised and your views would be forced in a direction not appropriate.
  • In any case you end up becoming like their slave.
  • Thus I tell you please use websites.
  • I am not telling you to delete the account and stop using those "Applications"
  • I am telling that use those apps through websites.
  • For every Facebook or Twitter App there is always Facebook and Twitter website.
  • Thus use those websites.
  • When you use website to access those material you have an intermediary and that is the browser.
  • It is little more difficult to manipulate through the intermediary of browser.
  • But when you use App you are in direct connection with the App like Twitter or Facebook.
  • And they will "force feed you" and you become a pawn quite easily.
  • Also if you use App you will be inclined to check it every chance you get.
  • Same may not happen when you use using browser.
  • By using browser you will become less prone to their "manipulation".
  • You have a chance to save yourself and "redeem yourself" by using a browser to access them, mainly I would like to mention Twitter and Facebook and Telegram here.
  • I will not say which browser to use as there are many browsers in the market which you can use.
  • For WhatsApp I will recommend you stop giving access to location and contacts.
  • When you stop giving access to location WhatsApp (and Facebook which is the owner of WhatsApp cannot track you) and when you block contacts you cannot see the  "WhatsApp Status updates" from your contacts. In the end it is all about maintaining an "independent mind" and "freedom of thought.

Saturday, 1 August 2020

Sushant Singh Rajput and Rhea Chakraborty

  • Since this news of Sushant Singh Rajput and Rhea Chakraborty has been dominating headlines for days I am forced to write another post.
  • I have to say if Sushant Singh Rajput (SSR) was murdered directly like drugged and hanged or asphyxiated then Rhea Chakraborty (RC) would have nothing to do with it.
  • If anything it is very likely that servants of SSR or roommate of SSR might be involved.
  • Who was roommate of SSR, it was Siddharth Gupta the brother of Vikas Gupta at one point of time.
  • Link 1
  • Link 2
  • But now there is no mention of Siddharth Gupta but one Siddharth Pithani has propped up (or has been propped up?)
  • Link 3
  • Any way if he was "murdered" the roommate should be involved.
  • Or some external "hitmen" were brought in (and that explains CCTV being  shut).
  • In any case Mumbai police would be having full knowledge.
  • Mumbai Police knows everything. Nothing will happen in Mumbai which they won't know.
  • They know how a person thinks and where he is going or will go.
  • Trust me nothing escapes their attention.
  • No way RC is involved.
  • RC is being framed.
  • I feel RC is being targeted unnecessarily to divert attention from the "real killers".
  • If SSR did commit suicide then no one but SSR is responsible.
  • We know suicide is a crime and should be abhorred at all costs.
  • RC is no way involved.
  • We know SSR had affairs with several women including Ankita Lokhande, Kirti Sanon and Sara Ali Khan.
  • Final one with RC.
  • If SSR was serious, he should and could have got married like Imran Khan or Shahid Kapur.
  • Since SSR was so successful and famous he could have had anyone he wanted, maybe the most beautiful bride.
  • Why have affairs which don't work out.
  • Tell me is it not the women's right to leave a relationship which does not work out.
  • There is no burden to leave the relationship if they are not married and it is just an affair or live in.
  • They are not obliged to pick up the phone if the ex calls. That is the woman's right. It is a breakup right. They can block the calls also.
  • What do news channels and public now want.
  • They are they going for witch-hunting after RC, do they want RC to commit suicide as well.
  • Maybe that will give satisfaction to them as well.
  • They will think SSR and RC get united in afterlife.
  • It is crazy because no one knows what happens after death.
  • And telling that Mahesh Bhatt was also involved is crazy.
  • As far as I know Mahesh Bhatt is a mentor to many youngsters.
  • He is like a teacher and guide and philosolpher. And framing them is just wrong.

Monday, 27 July 2020

Dil Bechara, The Fault in Our Stars

  • Watched two movies as mentioned in the subject line.
  • Dil Bechara, The Fault in Our Stars (TFIOS)
  • Actually first watched Dil Bechara on Hotstar without subtitles.
  • Then watched "The Fault in Our Stars" on Hotstar.
  • Then decided to watch "Dil Bechara" again on Hotstar with subtitles to get a more clear view of the movie in case anything got missed out.
  • Now I desperately want to watch "The Fault in Our Stars" once more but I guess that wont be happening.
  • But I can say when I watched "Dil Bechara" once more I felt even more sad regarding Sushanth Singh Rajput (SSR)
  • If I watch it third time I may burst out crying.
  • It is too painful.
  • Hard to realise that the actor is no more.
  • In the movie he portrays a person from a South Indian Christian family.
  • The heroine is from Bengali family.
  • Since the movie is set in Jamshedpur where people from all over the country would be available.
  • It would be having a cosmopolitan culture.
  • The movie is very much believable and watchable.
  • But when you watch the Fault in our stars you realise that the original is too good.
  • SSR makes the movie watchable.
  • I guess no actor could have portrayed the character better I felt.
  • Both the heroine and the mother and father of heroine have got good roles and acted really nice.
  • In TFIOS movie William Dafoe is too good and since he is author and the heroine has read his books for years makes it believable. Also towards the end William makes an entry once more.
  • In Dil Bechara movie Saif Ali Khan is a singer but it is not believable character.
  • And what was he doing in Paris, France.
  • They should have shown that Saif was operating a restaurant.
  • But William Dafoe was living as recluse is believable he being a writer.
  • But a singer living as recluse is not believable.
  • Also one may not get that obsessed for a song left incomplete. 
    • {Brief note now on SSR follows}
    • Read on Net that this movie was shot in 2018 but then why was there delay in release?
    • Maybe there was a "coterie" in Bollywood who did not want to SSR to succeed.
    • But SSR should have realised that big screen is not the only avenue.
    • There is always OTT and TV. 
    • He should have thought that "Drive" was one of the first to get OTT only release.
    • Money is not everything. 
    • Talent and getting recognised is also important.
    • Or since he began from TV he could have returned there.
    • Suicide is not solution.
    • If SSR did not have work due to lockdown lakhs or crores did not have work or lost their work.
    • That does not mean suicide is solution or all will commit suicide.
    • But if he was killed than the matter is different.
    • But we have to leave to law enforcement authorities and police detectives and trust them in their investigation.
    • The truth however hard must come out.
    • If SSR was taking medications for depression or getting treatment that must come out.
    • General public must not be left in dark.