cheeni kum
(no, this is not about the movie. but i'll get to that as well.)
indians, it appears to me, consume way too much sugar. for that matter, perhaps americans do as well. and this might be true of all citizens of the world on average. i find, more and more, that i fall a few standard deviations below. i can't handle chocolate, i'd much rather not be fed cake or ice-cream. and although there was a time i would call rasgullas my favorite food, i find i am happier without. what's going on? i told a's dad to see if he could come up with a prognosis. no luck there. i am therefore, condemned, to a life of cheeni kum.
not that i'm complaining. this, perhaps, is a blessing in disguise. and it helps me follow my resolve of cutting down on luxury foods (though i could have the directionality wrong!). and god, it keeps me away from carbonated drinks. i can barely handle a tsp. of sugar - however would i handle the 8 in one serving of coke.
now, the movie. i loved it. tabu is mesmerizing (adu used this word recently, for nothing less than a grey hair. therefore, i guess, it's playing on my mind). ab also did a brilliant job. the dialogues are awesome, and tabu's delivery is uber-natural. she pulls it off quite spectacularly. the little kid in the movie is also a charming little thing.
at the beginning of the movie, ab says (i'm translating), "cooking is an art. while paintings appeal to just the eyes. cooking appeals to the eyes, nose and tongue." interesting point. i was just thinking about it in the morning. it's exciting to start with mere vegetables and end up with something fancy and appealing to these senses. all in a matter of minutes. of course, the art gets destroyed within minutes as well. but at least it does its part in keeping us alive.
from now on - to be an artist is to be a good cook. got that?
indians, it appears to me, consume way too much sugar. for that matter, perhaps americans do as well. and this might be true of all citizens of the world on average. i find, more and more, that i fall a few standard deviations below. i can't handle chocolate, i'd much rather not be fed cake or ice-cream. and although there was a time i would call rasgullas my favorite food, i find i am happier without. what's going on? i told a's dad to see if he could come up with a prognosis. no luck there. i am therefore, condemned, to a life of cheeni kum.
not that i'm complaining. this, perhaps, is a blessing in disguise. and it helps me follow my resolve of cutting down on luxury foods (though i could have the directionality wrong!). and god, it keeps me away from carbonated drinks. i can barely handle a tsp. of sugar - however would i handle the 8 in one serving of coke.
now, the movie. i loved it. tabu is mesmerizing (adu used this word recently, for nothing less than a grey hair. therefore, i guess, it's playing on my mind). ab also did a brilliant job. the dialogues are awesome, and tabu's delivery is uber-natural. she pulls it off quite spectacularly. the little kid in the movie is also a charming little thing.
at the beginning of the movie, ab says (i'm translating), "cooking is an art. while paintings appeal to just the eyes. cooking appeals to the eyes, nose and tongue." interesting point. i was just thinking about it in the morning. it's exciting to start with mere vegetables and end up with something fancy and appealing to these senses. all in a matter of minutes. of course, the art gets destroyed within minutes as well. but at least it does its part in keeping us alive.
from now on - to be an artist is to be a good cook. got that?
6 comments:
got it shaktimaan!! we will learn cooking soon...maybe you can teach us.. :)
Finally, a fellow chocolate-non-lover. I thought I was the one. We can be non-sweet company for each other :)
ah, happy to have found you too :). indeed, we can.
eww...no...bad movie. ab seemed so sketchy (but perhaps his character was supposed to be). it started off great, but then dragged, filled with dialogues and scenes that were meant to be interesting and cool, but that were ultimately pointless. the little girl wuz annoyingly grown up as usual, and finally, the editing wuz really bad. the only reason i enjoyed it wuz cuz of the "group watching experience". i find it hard to believe that you had so much to criticize in the namesake, and nothing to criticize in this. our tastes are so different!!
well, first, it's a bollywood movie, and i set different standards for those, admittedly. editing may not have been good, but i liked the pointlessness of the dialogues. that's how relationships grow usually, from pointless interactions... everything need not have a motive. and more of the communication is at a subconscious level.
anyway, my tastes don't have a definite shape and form to so certainly conflict your tastes :). i am not a movie buff... movies are for entertainment, unless they are most clearly not for 'entertainment' in which case they need to be critiqued :P
as for ab being sketchy, there's some depth to his character which he pulls off quite well, in my opinion.
we can agree to differ, i guess :D
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