Delhi Belly.. Shit does not happen until you produce it....

Did you like Delhi belly??

You must have, if you are a school or college student, mostly in the range of higher secondary to graduation. This is the time when you feel you are becoming liberal in your behaviour, for you have started using infamously famous 'F-word', initially intentionally then casually and then frequently as if it has become a part of your vocabulary. You start using it as replacements of words you don't know or you are not able to remember.

When I used it first time while talking to a girl, it was my intention to look cool and to be abreast with new generation at every untouched aspect. When she looked into my eyes as if she questioned me 'Do you know what you said?', I felt my attempt was fishy and therefore complete failure. My friends could not teach me how to use it, as they always preferred deshi versions. They were the smarter lot than me. I still wonder how they used to talk to girls without using any smear words, when they use it very frequently amongst boys. I feel it's magic of split personality – clearly defined and visible, almost like a coin whose faces don't see each other ever. Things changed with time. So do boys and girls and their behaviour and vocabulary. And, so do I. Girls are now equally comfortable with boys as boys are with them in using 'F'. Addition of 'WTF' in Oxford dictionary is the sign of revolution, which we made possible. If you want you can acknowledge this, make a big grin and feel proud for your contribution to the society.

Fuck, I wandered a lot... Let us get back to the movie.

I saw Delhi Belly in English; biggest mistake to ruin my evening by listening F in every sentence, even when it was not required. It should have been used as a weapon to emphasize some dialogues, not all. Indian cinema don't know the meaning of cacophony; and it is true. Imagine a person sitting in a closed room is bound to listen same cacophonous word in every minute. Many would have felt the same thing. Even English movies don't use this much. Take any good standard English movie and check the dialog. You will realize the difference.

You can say that Indian movies are making us psuedo-liberal or we ourselves are converting us like this and giving a chance to movie-maker to do some experiments. Whatever may the results be, many things related to them have lost it meaning.

For me, Delhi belly was a disappointment, as it could not show me anything but a pile of shit. When shit happens you should know how to flush it; if you don't know, people will put handkerchiefs on their mouths and noses and turn the faces before giving you disgusting looks.  

Welcome 2011

I was bashed out by the crowd rushing towards the cynosure while I was trying to compile a beautiful panorama with help of the camera parallel to my roaming eyes. My eyes and mouth were wide open, almost equating themselves to same dimensions, keeping them agape and hypnotized by colossal and articulated structures. There was congeries of people from across the sphere as if everyone gathered to peep and witness the moment for that they have waited so long. I, along with my friends, was one of them. 

I looked upon my watch and it just clicked 10:00 PM. We expected to complete rest of the distance in half hour and reach London eye, where everything was waiting for the momentous time. After two hours, for us it would be 00:00 1/1/11 at banks of Thames near London eye – what better would we have expected than this to say good bye 2010 and welcome 2011? We were eagerly waiting for the moment when clock-hands meet their countenance to hug each other and announce the arrival of New Year. 

We were a group of eight Infosions, who decided to go to London after many sessions of brainstorming and all sort of calculations. Having completed 3 hours of journey from Macclesfield to Embankment, London, from there to London eye we had to walk along with crowd. We were the participants of quarter million people, who were moving along with us. Though roads were of significant width, it was so densely populated that we had no option but to line and creep slowly. Everyone was happy enough to cheer and cry loud in celebration. Roads were filled with empty liquor bottles and cans. There were people from all over the world, of approximately every ethnicity, just came to London-eye for 10 min show. 

Finally, we reached to our destination, but got divided into two factions due to so much commotion. I was left with 4 friends and rest 3 got lost somewhere else. We were in front of London eye by 10:30 PM. After that, it was a waiting period for one hour and half. Thanks to DJ, organized by BBC, and cheerful crowd, it was not as boring as anyone could have supposed to be. With every click of the Bigben-clock, crowd were becoming denser and denser and louder and louder. We also were presented a toast in the form of some Hindi songs that truly delighted us. Certainly, it was symbolism of complete euphoria, and we were witnessing it.

It was about to be 00:00 of first day of 2011. Everyone started cheering in synchronization. My hands went automatically into my pocket and fetched the camera. I put it on recording mode. Countdown started from 10 and everyone started counting in harmony - 10 9 8 ........ with every digit pitch was getting amplified. With the bang on zero, fireworks started at the full blow. London eye was illuminating under the light of fireworks. Fireworks continued for 10 minutes in the midst of music, which included Queen's We Will Rock You, The Beatles’ Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, and Blur's Song 2.

It was dead silence after fireworks. It was time to go back and sleep or remember the moments we just witnessed. Everyone started rushing back towards his destination. I still remember whatever I saw on first night of this year. Undoubtedly, it was one of the best celebrations I ever had, which I lived it for a moment and will remember forever.