Sunday, January 26, 2014

Songs on My Mind:

Numb (Meteora).

Talking about the most liked and wanted songs of Linkin Park, Numb deserves special mention.

I'm tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface

Don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)

[Chorus:]
I've become so numb, I can't feel you there
Become so tired, so much more aware
I'm becoming this, all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

Can't you see that you're smothering me,
Holding too tightly, afraid to lose control?
'Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you.
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you.
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
And every second I waste is more than I can take.

[Chorus:]
I've become so numb, I can't feel you there,
Become so tired, so much more aware
I'm becoming this, all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you.

And I know
I may end up failing too.
But I know
You were just like me with someone disappointed in you.

[Chorus:]
I've become so numb, I can't feel you there,
Become so tired, so much more aware.
I'm becoming this, all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you.

[Chorus:]
I've become so numb, I can't feel you there.
(I'm tired of being what you want me to be)
I've become so numb, I can't feel you there.
(I'm tired of being what you want me to be) 


Aakhiri Alvida (Shootout at Lokhandwaala) .

Don't forget to watch the video of this song at the end of the movie, from Hindi movie Shootout at Lokhandwaala (2007).  
 
Dhadkane khamosh hai
Kuch kehti nahi
Yeh Akhari Alvida na ho
Chahte ankhon se Behti rahi
Yeh Akhari Alvida na ho

Is dard ko dil mein
Dil mein rehne do
Jo kauf hai Ankhon se
Ankhon se kehne do
Dukh ki Nadi chup chap Behne do

Jo kehna hai tum dheere se keh do
Yeh Akhari Alvida na ho

Sab yaadeein jo bandhe the Bandhan
Kajal bhi diya haathon mein kangan
Mehki rehti thi menhdi
Gata rehta tha saawan
Phir yaadho ko sapno mein rehne do

Yeh Akhari Alvida na ho

Dhadkane khamosh hai
Kuch kehti nahi
Yeh Akhari Alvida na ho
Chahte ankhon se Behti rahi
Yeh Akhari Alvida naa ho 

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Jai Ho: A common man against the powerful and apparently against Newton.

Apparently, the movies starring Salman Khan, have something very special apart from the audience crazy for his performance and for his movies. It has many things different from other movies. His movies always seem to be challenging the Newton's laws of motion.  
For example, the 3rd law of motion says: "to every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction". But for Radhe, Chulbul, Lovely Singh and (recently) Jai Agnihotri (all these being the names of Salman Khan in Wanted, Dabangg, Bodyguard and Jai Ho), this law doesn't work any more. The law of his action and reaction seems to be:
"every time there is an action against Salman Khan, there will be at least 1000 times opposite reaction to the actor".
Talking about his recent release Jai Ho, I can conclude that no doubt the concept is quite good as it revolves around the common man's interest. But as far as the execution part is concerned, this movie fails to deliver due to the law of motion (whose follower seems to be Rohit Shetty as well) followed in the Salman's movies. 

A person closely following the scenes of Salman's movies might have come across a climax which involves the fight of this macho-man with some equally muscular bodybuilder (be it Chhedi Singh of Dabangg, Chunni of Dabangg 2, Aryan of Ready and of course the recent one being a John Doe in Jai Ho) which helps both Salman and his opponent to show the hardwork they have done to their body by showing their abs. 
Such crap stunts mar the quality of the Indian movies. It must be avoided by the producers in order to make it worth international standard.

1929: 20/25 replacing the RR 20 hp.



The Rolls-Royce 20/25 was built between 1929 and 1936. It succeeded Rolls-Royce 20 hp as a "small car". It was intended to appeal to owner drivers, but many were sold to customers with chauffeurs.