KGF Chapter 1 & 2 - Not just a movie review!

 

I dedicate this post to my friend 'Subbarao Popuri'. I wish he was around!

I remember watching KGF Chapter-1 in Prime Video at the mid of night, holding mobile in one hand and moving the baby-cradles with the other. More than that of the protagonist's, I got connected with his mother's characterization. I completely resonate with the thought process of raising kids to become human beings with a 'strong conviction' towards what they want to, or have to, do.

Being a fictional story and using the cinematic liberty, they had shown what they had shown in the movie. That mother's wish was about 'gold & living rich'. The wish could be of anybody or anything. The conviction with which one must fulfill it, was profoundly depicted in KGF Chapter-1.

Along with the continued display of conviction, there is one more thing that I'm admiring about KGF Chapter-2. The 'Screen Presence' of Yash. Breathtakingly beautiful.

Credit to the brilliant script-work by Prashant Neel in making the film commercially successful, inspite of NOT having item number, dance numbers, separate comedy track, sexually intimate scenes or even skin-show. Dialogues of the protagonist, no matter how weird they may sound at times, have come out well, probably because they are overshadowed by his body language. Background score, art work, cinematography, costumes especially that of Yash, everything happened so well together. Some call it destiny; I call it the strong conviction with which the KGF series is made! Inspiring.

I watched the movie a month ago. Waited this long to write the review, just so that I would not spell the words out of the Mental Euphoria the movie took me to, to an extent that I did not watch any video content for the following two weeks! I'm happy that I have waited and could give a genuine dedication to my friend.

Signing off from Tata Motors!

While crossing the Tata Motors main gate for the first time as an ex-employee, I told myself that I will be responsible to make the journey ahead absolutely worthy of leaving this wonderful organization.

29th April 2022 marks my last working day at Tata Motors, the place that has been my second home for close to 14 years.

Every time I will see a Tata car on road, I'm going to rejoice not just the components I worked for but also, and more so, the people with whom I had spent memorable moments.

I thank everyone whom I was blessed to have both on personal and professional fronts, during my tenure at Tata Motors. My bosses, senior colleagues, peers, ex-colleagues, immediate team members, creche staff, parents, immediate family members, friends, husband, kids, and maids - everyone have their share of contribution in whatever I have done and become.

I look forward to accomplish & contribute further more in the journey ahead.

Start of their writing - ParenthoodDiaries #28

 Start of their writing and end of our white walls. It's true that there is ending in every beginning.

Congratulations Team RRR!

 Joining 'Amul' in congratulating the Team RRR for the thunderous show.

Birthday and thoughts of death!

 Never on my birthday I had thought about 'death' as much as I did yesterday.

While we celebrate our birthday, someone might be mourning their loved one's death on the same day. This is a raw fact of life, but never it occurred to me until this year's birthday, until I mourned one myself.

Few months ago, I got to know about a friend's death due to post-covid health issue. We shared same birth date. We shared common interest in 'cinema'. We used to discuss about movie reviews. We were relatives, though never met in person. The web series he suggested me last to watch was 'Maharani', to watch which I'm yet to come to terms. I feel, this web series is the only remaining emotion between us.

People come and go. With him, a portion of my desire to write movie reviews has gone too. Hope it's for a temporary period, just like life.

Emotions of kids - ParenthoodDiaries #27

I'm a fan of my kids' raw emotions. Smiles that make my day escape in a flash, fights that make my day last longer than the sun-moon cycles, stubbornness that often seems beyond their age, anger that makes the moments tough for me, oneness that they both display while playing together, ego that I often wonder if these little kids too have it in abundance, and all the other emotions that I do not know how to write about.

Sometimes I feel as if they are growing faster than time and some other tough times I become desperate thinking when they will grow up!

My parenthood journey is a mix of emotions and beautiful moments that I keep bagging and bragging about!

Parker probe and Corona!

Finally, got to hear a pleasingly positive news about 'Corona'!

NASA's Parker Probe has touched the sun's atmosphere, called Corona. Positive is still a positive word.

Wonderful achievement by the Team NASA.

Of all that we know, we know ourselves better

 #JustAthought

Of all that we know, we know ourselves better.

We accept or not, realise or not, express or not, we own everything we do and experience. Our decisions, our choices, our limitations, our impressions, we just own everything about ourselves and our lives. We may not always get to control the happenings, but we always get to get along.

Of all that we know, we know ourselves better. Of all the we own, we own ourselves the most. We know what we know and we own what we own. However may be our lives are, this core fact does not change, ever.

When we change the way we question!

When we change the way we question, we can change a generation's perspective of life, work and much more.

Not how much do you earn, but how much do you save!

Not how many marks the first ranker has got, but how much have you improved to the last time!

Not who scored the maximum goals in a match, but how many passes had made the winning goals happen!

Not who stepped on the moon first, but how many people had worked to land the first men on moon!

Not who is your favorite hero or heroine, but which film characters do you like the most!

Not what is your favorite dish, but how is your favorite dish made!

Not where do your parents work, but how much time do your parents spend with you!

And so on! You may add on!

Sports Teach us a lot!

The leader who makes the team give its best. The leader who needs, not the best team but just a team, to win. The leader with a flamboyant skill and conviction.

One name reflects on my mind and will remain forever - Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

I'm saying this not as a fan of him, but as a constant learner from #SPORTS.

#SportsTeachUsAlot

The sun flower glowing in sunlight on our terrace..!

 

The ironical perception about a working mother!

An ironical perception about a working mother:

Relatives think that she works, so she doesn't get time to look after kids.

Colleagues think that she takes care of kids, so she doesn't get time to work.

The #fact is, she makes time for executing her responsibilities.

Perception is easy to be made, tough to be altered and rare to be corrected.

Do not let either 'past experiences' or 'meaningless generalizations' make your perceptions. Rather make them by being in the moment and about the subject person only.

The lone mirchi produced!

 

Kids learn & teach - ParenthoodDiaries #26

Every time kids learn something, they teach something. Toys are some of the best teachers.

A month ago they heard this toy playing the song..."very good..very good...". After a month's gap, when they saw it and not even heard it making that sound again, they started addressing it as "very good..." toy.

It took me half a day to understand why they called it so.

Now they have successfully dismantled their 'very good toy', which was gifted by my parents.

The last gift, from a dear sister!

We never know what's the last gift someone gives us. Whatever it is, it remains the best from that person. Every time we see it, we recall the moments spent together and cherish. For me, one such is this beautiful piece, which I didn't know would the last one from a dear sister. Life is big for the moments we enjoy, and short for the moments we miss.

How fast kids learn to adapt - ParenthoodDiaries #25

 How fast kids learn to adapt!

Recently I wrote about my kids watching a video comfortably after I put the TV on mute. Today, similar uncomfortable sounds were being played in another video, and they both closed their ears with hands and continued to watch the video.

Love Story Movie - Not able to be watching it in theaters

Pregnancy followed by Pandemic have made me switch the gears to watch movies on OTT platforms. I miss the way audience contribute to the background score, especially with their vigils. Nevertheless, I started loving the 'organic' entertainment that I get while I watch the movies alone, on the small screen of my mobile.

Now this movie #LoveStory , is making me feel something that I haven't felt for long, that I should have watched it only in theaters, on the big screen. Especially for the two raw characterizations that Shekhar Kammula has once again come up with - Revanth and Mouni. As well as to watch Sai Pallavi dancing to the magical tunes of Pawan.

Well, cannot do anything but to wait for the film's OTT release.

Congratulations to the entire cast and crew for pulling it off to be a successful project.

Mask generation kids - ParenthoodDiaries #24

 There was a time when kids would recognize their parents getting ready to go out, if their mother wore dress or saree instead of nightie, or father wore shirt and pant.

Couple of days ago, I did not wear any special dress and kids still recognized that I was going out. Because, they saw me wearing a "MASK". Also, at times when I start to go out and forget to wear mask, they remind me to take it along.

"Mask generation" is indeed cooking up.

Kids and the inconvenient music - ParenthoodDiaries #23

My kids were watching a YouTube video and I was in kitchen. They suddenly started calling me, making annoyed faces. I went and saw that there was a troubling background music being played in the video, while showing an elephant eating food. Then I did put the TV on mute and they started watching the video comfortably. After few seconds I did unmute, and they started making faces again.

This made me recall my own experience, as to how I would mute the audio at times while watching horror movies. Some of you might recall similar experiences of yours.

I thought I had found out a way to watch horror movies. But today I realized that it's just a natural instinct to fear less with no audio. And that's why music directors contribute so much in a horror movie's successful run.

The Mint Plant!

From 25th April to 12th September - this is our journey together.

The mint plant lived through its hardships and I through mine. Life is neither easy nor difficult. It means beyond the joy and sorrow that we perceive. It means a lot. We must give life the due respect, ours and others.

Live and let live. Don't judge. Don't compare. Don't take for granted.

#Day 145

Nursery person addressed this as "Oxygen Plant".

 

We cannot fully perceive the beauty of nature!

 

Passing through a bulk - ParenthoodDiaries #22

When my boys do things that they thoroughly enjoy and which I can do nothing about, I recall this dialogue from the movie 'Interstellar' from the scene when they pass through the wormhole.

"Controls don't work here. We are passing through a bulk. All that we can do is just to record and observe "

And that fills my phone with loads of videos, heart with thumping memories.

We cannot get back their toddler days, but the recordings make us go back in time and enjoy those little, yet huge, moments. They grow up fast and we grow older with them too. But the recorded memories give each of us a chance to live in time and again, even for a while. I love recording their actions.

The rose from our terrace garden...!

 

India @ Paralympics 2021

 It's been an inspiring campaign by the Indian players at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020.

Congratulations

to the entire contingent and especially to the podium finishers, who held the nerve when it mattered the most.