My Cousin Vinny (1992): Great comedy movie: One of my favorite movies: 1 academy (oscar) award winner

Posted on September 1st, 2010 in Movies , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Cast: Joe Pesci Marisa Tomei Ralph Macchio Mitchell Whitfield Lane Smith The movie is about two guys who gets arrested and there comes one guy’s brother who is a an attorney. Oh boy! Joes Pesci is the attorney and he has acted brilliantly. After this movie I became his fan. I have laughed in movie [...]

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My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989): Good biographical drama movie: 2 academy (oscar) award winner

Posted on September 1st, 2010 in Movies , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis Ray McAnally Brenda Fricker Hugh O’Conor It’s a biographical movie about Christy Brown who do things only with his left foot. He cannot function rest of the body parts. he draws paintings with his foot, write letters and everything. The move is a good one depicting the hardship faced by the guy. [...]

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Khosla ka Ghosla (2006): Great Hindi comedy movie: One of my favorite Hindi movies

Posted on August 4th, 2010 in Movies , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Cast: Anupam Kher Boman Irani Parvin Dabas Vinay Pathak Ranvir Shorey The movie is wonderful with humor like never before. The movie is about a middle class man in Delhi and his family. The story, direction, acting and screenplay all of them are flawless and that’s what make the movie perfect. Director Dibakar Banerjee should [...]

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Ben-Hur (1959): Great historic/adventure/drama movie: 11 Academy (Oscar) Awards winner: One of my favorite movies

Posted on July 30th, 2010 in Movies , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Cast: Charlton Heston Jack Hawkins Haya Harareet Stephen Boyd Hugh Griffith The movie is about a guy Ben Hur at the time of Christ. The story revolves around Ben Hur who is a rich guy but falls in some problems due to his childhood friend. The direction and screenplay is outstanding.  It is in the [...]

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My friend, I want you to know

Posted on July 14th, 2010 in Essays , , , , , ,

My friend, I want you to know… You entered my life, and love began to grow. And with each passing day, Our friendship continues to glow. My friend, I want you to know… You’re the sunshine, That brightens my day! You’re the rainbow in my heart, That will  never fade away! You’re the sparkle in [...]

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Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983): Great Hindi comedy/drama movie: One of my favorite Hindi movies

Posted on July 12th, 2010 in Movies , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Cast: Naseeruddin Shah Ravi Baswani Bhakti Barve Satish Shah Om Puri Pankaj Kapur Satish Kaushik Neena Gupta The movie is about two struggling camera man in Bombay. They discover a dead body and that’s how the whole drama starts. The movie also shows the corruption in construction business and how truth can be tackled by [...]

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Salaam Bombay (1988): Great Hindi drama movie: One of my favorite Hindi movies: Must watch

Posted on July 8th, 2010 in Movies , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Cast: Shafiq Syed Hansa Vithal Chanda Sharma Anita Kanwar Nana Patekar Raghuvir Yadav The movie is about a boy who left his home to visit Bombay and earn money. The movie shows the difficulties and fun he had in his stay. The movie depicts the real life stuff and some of the scenes are very [...]

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A husband, wife and the genie: One of my favorite jokes: Great one

Posted on June 9th, 2010 in Jokes , , , , , , , , , , ,

A husband takes his wife to play her first game of golf. Of course, the wife promptly hacked her first shot right through the window of the biggest house adjacent to the course. The husband cringed, “I warned you to be careful!Now we’ll have to go up there, find the owner, apologize and see how [...]

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