Dinner at Khandala

Yesterday was our weekoff. I spent the entire day studying for my HR exam - Industrial Relations and Labour Laws ( How I hate studying those laws ) Rajeev was bored sitting at home the whole day because of me. Later in the evening though I promised Rajeev I would go out with him as I didn't want to spoil his Sunday. So at 7 oclock we left for Khandala , just the two of us. We went to Hotel Vallerina for dinner . Had amazing chicken and stuff. By around 11.30 we were back in Mumbai. And here I am in the office at 8 oclock today!! Would actually leave at 4pm today and go home and study again.

Fanaa is not a good movie!

Yes its sad but true!! Many people had a lot of hopes pinned up. The movie has excellent acting done by Kajol and AAmir. Kajol looks beautiful!! But the screenplay and direction are very weak!! Although the cinematography is beautiful. The movie is good upto the interval but after that its so boring and so long....It just doesn't get over...Anyway those of you who are waiting to watch it , it can be seen once but it won't leave an impact on you.However anybody who sees the movie will definately agree with one point - KAJOL SHOULD NOT QUIT MOVIES. SHE IS THE BEST ACTRESS WE HAVE. Infact Kajol left an empty no. one spot for her cousin Rani!! However now that she is back , Kajol will definately give Rani tough competition once again!!

Awaiting the Monsoons!

Hi Friends! I am back in the blogging world after a long period of 7 days. Actually my exams are on and I was busy studying. I finished 3 of my difficult papers this week. Now I have 4 more to go , 3 next week and one the week after that.. I also have to submit my pending assignments before 30th May!! So may be I would not be able to post that often for the next 2 weeks. Mumbai is hot , very hot nowadays however we just had the first shower of rain yesterday morning! It was a beautiful scenery at 6 am yesterday , everything was green , the mud smelt good!! I am waiting for the monsoon to come!! But hey I don’t wanna get trapped in the rain like last year !! The 26th July scene was bad last year. Me and Rajeev had taken a leave from office as we had some work in the bank at Parel. When we finished our work the water had already risen to the knee level and it was all in the bank as well! We were stuck in the traffic for 6 hours and I actually took 2 short naps in the car! Imagine , stuck in the middle of the traffic and sleeping! Thankfully I have all my relatives staying in different parts of Mumbai and we then managed to get our car into a small lane. We walked to my aunt Rupa Aatya’s place and slept there for the night. My cousin Sheetal had also walked from Parel to Rupa Aatya place. Next day the water level came down at around 4pm , so we left for our place from there! But I really appreciate the spirit of the people of Mumbai which truly makes Mumbai the best city in India! Although my personal choice would always remain Pune . There were people on the streets making food arrangements for the people stuck in the traffic for hours!! The water level was so bad that even some of the buses were under water! All this was due to the bad drainage system however there is a lot of work going on currently on almost all the road to correct the drainage system. Hopefully this mess won’t be created this monsoon! I have uploaded some photos of the rains last year :

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL THE WONDERFUL MOTHERS IN THE WORLD!!! Especially to my darling Mom Shilpa who stays in Pune and my Mother In Law Kamlesh who stays in Agra.

I am back after a longtime. Actually nothing much is happening in my day to day life nowadays. Since I am preparing for my last semester - MBA - HR its only studies , studies and studies. Although saw 2 movies last week. Posiedon and Tom , Dick and Harry. Posiedon is good to watch once. Inspite of the reviews , I liked it. I just went to watch the movie going by the fact that it was directed by the director of ' TROY '. I loved the scene where all 8 of them are trying to get out of the cruise through a small , really small iron tunnel and there is one girl out of them who is claustrophobic. I could completely identify with what they showed because I am also claustrophobic and believe me I'd rather die in that water than having to go through a small tunnel which may or maynot have an opening above!!

Tom , Dick and Harry is a sick movie which should not be watched at all!! It is based on a famous Marathi Play ' ALL THE BEST ' which is one of the most successful plays in India with regards to Marathi Theatre and it has also had shows abroad for the Maharashtrians staying there!! Its really sad to see that Deepak Tijori could not make a brilliant film out of such a wonderful play!! Apparantely Bollywood has copied quite a few movies from Marathi plays and Movies. Even Baghbaan is a remake of a hit National award winner Marathi movie - Tu Tithe Mi ' which means ' I will be hwere you are '. It was an amazing movie!

Review of two movies

Hi , I'm back . Saw two movies last week . Actually Rajeev and me watch a movie every Friday which means we cover all the movies first day third show!! If you want the reviews of any movies which have released , you know where to contact!!Last week after we came back from Gorai I saw ' DARNA ZAROORI HAI ' . I know your laughing and thinking what rubbish this girl watches. But as I said we both are movie buffs so we watch everything! Anyway DZH is hardly a scary movie. There are 6 small stroies directed by 6 different directors . 2 stories are boring but the others are fun. Mallika Sherawat has done a brilliant job of enacting as a ghost!!Also the story with Amitabh and Rietesh in it is damn good. Good Time pass... The second movie I saw was ' 36 CHINA TOWN ' Its an ok movie. Not too good. Its a comedy plus suspense movie. Again good to watch once. Johhny Lever and Paresh Rawal are at their best!! So I recommend that you watch both the movies this weekend Now I am waiting for the following movies to release - Dhoom 2 , Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna , KKrish , Umrao Jaan , Fanaa ( just have to watch my favourite actress Kajol make a comeback and that too with my favourite actor Aamir...................Hey did I tell you guys that a particular scene in Fanaa was shot just outside my society on Palm Beach Road in Mumbai. Actually they had created a scene of Delhi in Mumbai!! We have a branch of Delhi Public School on Palm Beach ( I have posted snaps of Palm Beach in the earlier snaps ). They put a set of Mother Dairy , got autorickshows just like in Delhi and shot the scene!! Kajol was wearing a white dress. They were standing with Kunal Kohli who is the director of the movie. At the exact same spot we had seen Amitabh during the shooting of ' Bunty and Babli ' . And now for the past 4 days there is some shooting going on in a bunglow behind our society of some serial but I haven't really gone and checked which one. Shall let you know soon.