Aal izz well !!!

This is one of the rare instances, I would start to review a movie, yet would end up being passionate about the wonderful gift we have - life.

At this moment, 3 idiots is a youth cult, the highest Bollywood box-office hit ever, and transforming the the audience to a deep spiritual context. To achieve such extremes in a spectrum of a movie, you need magicians, innovators and down-to-earth humbleness. The core team: Aamir, Madavan, and Sharman Joshi, led by Rajkumar Hirani, the director, is a reason to explore its case study.

Aamir decided to accomodate at the selected university, during the entire period of shooting. That infected co-actors and then the rest of the crew, which was reported, the university students could not distinguish themselves from the actors. Such was the depth, the creators of this movie have gone to entertain us. And that sums up the success: be close to your audience (customers).

Aamir took another step forward just before the opening on  December 25th. He announced that he would be in theatres, disguised, watching the movie with the masses, and challenged to recognize him.  It is a nicely created PR stunt, yet imagine, the unfiltered feedback Aamir would get from his fans - real time !.

If you have not seen the movie yet, make no excuses, just go and enjoy !.
Now, tell me what you think of the movie. Comments please !

How I learnt English - part 1

I remember very well when I was in grade 10 (1995). I was 15 years old and the country was witnessing the first wave of English private channels rolling in to the air waves. I had a friend who was fluent in English and he used to sing songs, I ve never heard of. They sounded very hippy, and he was boasting about how artists have composed songs and went on to win grammy. I asked how he listens to those songs. He gave me 2 channels. One was TNL radio, and the other was i guess at that time- FM99.

I felt awkward. I could read and write well, but singing and talking english was not in my diet. The next vacation came, and i was glued to TNL radio from 6 AM!. I peeled off the top10 songs published in the Sunday Times, and listened intently until the DJ muttered the songs in the top 10 list. I was very pleased when I could follow the top 10. Then there was the lyrics page in the sunday papers. I cut and pasted them on a used note book. I sang with Michael Bolton, Guns'n Roses, Bryan Adams, Roxette and many more artists from the 90s. I guess this is the reason why I get a chill everytime I listen to a song from 90s.

By the time the vacation was over, I was fluent in Pop songs as Rick Dees.!! And I still remember the glare in the face of my friend when I enlightened him on the upcoming album of Michael Jackson.

I could remember album names, genre, artists-by heart, just because of the passion I had to speak and sing English !! The need converted to a passion and the passion still lives on.

Then I switched to movies -- English Movies with English subtitles ! I learnt the accents and felt comfortable in enjoying movies, than any one else. Because I was adding more words to my vocabulory.

The time flew to 1996. I did OL exams. And until AL classes I had some precious time left. Watch this blog when I come back with the part 2 of "How I learnt English"