An Andaz Apna Apna Addict: Why we still love it

It’s not just a movie. It’s your andaz (style) of living.

17. When you hear the song , “Papa kehte hain bada naam karega” instead ofthis:



Aamir’s ribbon cutting of the lock up scene comes to your mind.



16. You can’t be friends with someone who hasn’t seen the movie. After all, how can you hang out with someone who doesn’t get your Andaz Apna Apna references. Is there even a point in having a friend who doesn’t laugh or complete your Anadaz Apna Apna dialogues?



15. For you Robert & Bhalla are a cuter couple than Robert & Bella



14. When someone talks smack about the movie, you’re genuinely insulted.



13. When someone asks how was your interview, your reply is:

Hona kya tha? Unka ek ek sawal humare do do jawab, sawal ek, jawab do, sawal ek jawab do, sawal jawab, sawal jawab….chup lambi khamoshi.




12. Whenever you ask someone to sit behind you in a two wheeler, you say:

Uncle aap peeche baithiye…par phir main chalounga kaise?



And when someone asks you to sit behind him you say:

Chup kar…neeche utar…godi wale

11. You see bread & omelette and you think of:

Bread ka badshah aur omelet ka rajja BAJAJ…humara bajaj



10. You can’t say “Dil ki baat” without first saying ”Pet ki baat”



9. You own this:



8. Can quote any dialogue from the movie without fumbling, no matter how complex it is.



“Jab tum Prem se milogi, toh Prem ke prem mein prem deewani ho jaogi … meri premika”

7. You’ve watched this movie so much that you honestly believe that Crime Master Gogo is indeed Mogambo’s nephew…. And if people tell you differently, you just laugh at them.



6.  You’ve topped every Andaz Apna Apna quiz. You can even answer the questions like:

Asli Heere Kaunse Bag Mein Hain? Kale, lal aur Hare?



5. When you make a mistake, your explanation is:

Galti se mistake ho gaya



4. You can’t pick one favorite character from the movie. Whether it’s Amar, Prem, Teja- Bajaj, Robert-Bhalla or Crime Master Gogo you love them all. Truly, deeply & unconditionally.



3. You’ve seen the movie more than 10 times & you still laugh uncontrollably.



2. You use these catchphrases in everyday life

Sab Cheez Time To Time Honi Chahiye



Haath Ko Aaya…. Mooh Na Laga



Aakhein Nikal Kar Gotiya Khelta Hoon



Gum Ka Saathi Rum…Par Iski Adat Mat Dalna



Teja Main Hoon Mark Idhar Hai



HAILA!



Crime Master Gogo Naam Hai Mera, Aaya Hoon Kuch Toh Lekar Jaunga



Jitna Tha Sab Laaye Hain…



Do dost ek pyaale mein chai peeyenge isse pyaar badega



Bhabi hogi teri, Shaadi hogi meri



Balki main Toh Kehta Hoon Ki Aap Purush Hi Nahin Hain…Aap Maha Purush Hain…Maha



Baal Kate Bhi Hain Aur Pata Bhi Nahin Chal Raha Hai



And the #1 Symptom of your Andaz Apna Apna Addiction is:

1. You still get into debates over Raveena kaun aur Karishma kaun?





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Shah Rukh khan and his endless lists of ADVERTISEMENTS

If we go by TV ads, a typical day in the life of Shahrukh Khan would be:

Gets up

Brushes with Pepsodent...

Shaves with V-John..

Takes bath with Lux soap, rinses hair with Clinic All clear...

Applies Navratna Oil (Thanda Thanda cool) and rubs Emami Fair and handsome cream on his face...

gets into Lux Cozi

wears his Belmonte / Mayur suitings and Liberty shoes

wears his Tag Heuer & Omega ( one on each wrist)

drinks a cup of Tata tea with Sunfeast biscuits..

picks up his Nokia phone with Airtel connection...

drives in  Hyundai to go to ICICI Bank where he signs cheques with Linc pen..

He then gets home in the evening..

relaxes in his Nerolac painted house..

Has Top Ramen Curry Smoodles while watching movies on his Compaq Presario laptop

Drinks Pepsi / Frooti  to beat the heat

Watches KKR match on Dish TV on his Videocon..

Calls his friends over to have Bag piper / ROYAL STAG ( in case he wants to make it LARGE )

Before that, gives Geetanjali jewellery to Anushka sharma ( oh wait! shouldn't it be Gauri Khan :O)

and finally has a spoon of Himani Sonachandi  Chyawanprash before going to bed on D-Decor mattress.

A little parcel of happiness

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A Study found that two thirds of the world's hungry live in just seven countries: Bangladesh, China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, India, Indonesia and Pakistan. In India, 210 million people ( 18% of the total population) are undernourished.

“You can find Calcutta anywhere in the world. You only need two eyes to see. Everywhere in the world there are people that are not loved, people that are not wanted nor desired, people that no one will help, people that are pushed away or forgotten. And this is the greatest poverty. “  - Mother Teresa

Our planet produces enough food to feed its more than 960 million undernourished people. The basic cause of global hunger is not underproduction; it is a production and distribution system that treats food as a commodity rather than a human right.

Coming back, Had a family dinner in a good restaurant yesterday. Of course we had a special reason to celebrate@!

In our enthusiasm ,we ordered more than we could eat..... everybody was full to their hearts content.

Settled the bill. excess food...???? somebody said ..hey get it parceled for Tommy at home ( cliched name for a dog, isnt it? but that's the way it is!)

So we take the parceled dog food,jump in to the car and drive away.

5 mins and we are the traffic signal. arrgh...this signal is taking a lifetime.

Just then, I look to the left on the road side to find... street children everywhere — at every intersection, in every railway station, every tourist spot — 18 million in total across the country.

We now clearly see the  scruffy kids who beg, steal, shine shoes and smear car windows in an effort to make a few rupees.

And then the realization dawns upon me- how lucky i am - to live, to eat, to stay with people i love and people who love me back.

We can all make change, no matter how young, overwhelmed, busy, or broke we might be. Sure, we can’t all go out an start our own orphanages right now — but for starters, we can do small things like this. Like donating your old school dress, shoes, clothes you find you won't be wearing anyway, food if possible.

Doing simple acts of kindness not only makes you feel all warm and fuzzy, it helps others to feel worthy. It also motivates them to want to pay it forward.

So when are you giving some one a little parcel of happiness ?

Bookj Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns

The title of the novel is taken from a line from a seventeenth-century poem called “Kabul,” written by the Persian poet Saib-e-Tabrizi

One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs,

Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.

Laila’s father  quotes these lines as the family is about to leave the war-wracked city of Kabul to another land. Through the imagery of suns and moons, the lines evoke a feeling of timelessness and a connection to the mythology of ancient Persia, as well as a heavenly beauty that stands in poignant contrast with the rubble and blood of the city at war.

The moons and suns may be interpreted as the citizens of Kabul, with the male head of each household represented by a shimmering moon on its roof.

The reference to “a thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls” likely refers to the women of Kabul, glowing beauties cloistered in hearth and home, tantalizingly hidden from the outside world but nonetheless providing vital life-giving warmth to Afghan society. The powerful image of women as “splendid suns” ties in with the author's theme of women’s strength and importance to the  Afghan society.

How to attain NIRVANA

Advertising is an environmental striptease for a world of abundance ~ Marshall McLuhan

Review: Papillon

In the book, there's a  funny quote from a Minister in France in the early 1970’s who said “The present hopeless moral decline of France is due to the wearing of miniskirts and to the reading of Papillon "

How could there be a song in the mind of a convict. Perhaps that's what moved me when I read Shantaram and the same journey continues here. The book is about the adventurous journey taken by a person named ‘Henrie Charriere’ who is convicted by law to escape the high walls of the prison and higher walls of mental barrier. Truly a journey taken to test man’s endurance beyond any sizable ground even covered by men of extra-ordinary. The essence of the book is the power of finding light in the depth of the deepest shadows. There is a lot of goodwill in the place we call prison alias gutter.

Henrie Charriere, the author, in his autobiography speaks of the journey since he was convicted till he wins over his freedom. There are several notable points in the book. Something that everyone needs to note, is that you grow with, not as an individual but as a group. There are ethics and morals that are being fallowed in the murk of prison. However the biggest value that it adds is that there are only physical chains that can be wound around you but mentally you are the master of your will. Something that we get to know is that 'what the mind desires is what the body conceives'.

The book is written with overdoes of positive attitude and more with vigor and zeal and pace that you just don’t let the book down just as the book never lets you down. When you are let down in life, grab it, it will do you a lot more than just good.

Mahindra Verito : Are you a Verito Man?

One advertisement that caught my eye recently on TV is ' Mahindra Vertio' advt.



Mahindra & Mahindra (Mahindra) is now ready to go to town with its entry level sedan, Verito. It has launched an ad campaign for the face-lifted version of the erstwhile Logan( which was perceived by customers as a fleet owners car). The new campaign for the Verito depicts the characteristics of its likely owner.

But surprisingly, the new ad campaign does not talk about the car’s features at all. Rather, it attempts to paint the ‘Verito Man’ in bold strokes with an eye on stoking the aspirations of its viewers. However, it is not the lifestyle of the Verito owner that is portrayed; his reaction to road rage is used to convey the DNA of the Verito Man. The ad, featuring Bollywood (successful?) actor Jimmy Shergill, shows the protagonist shutting up a bunch of rowdy youngsters, impatiently honking away in a car-park exit queue, not by using force but by his chutzpah. In second phase, The Verito Man tries to shut up rowdy youngsters who have parked in the middle of the road saying. " Tum Dayal Babu ke bete ho na"? . To which the surprised youngster says, " Koun dayal babu" ?. The Verito Man very smartly points out to the road sign bearing the Road name " Dayal Babu Road". In the other words, he avoided using the more popular and direct way of asking whether the road belonged to their father . ( There you go Verito man!)

I think the advertiser's here are driving across the point that a Vertio aspirant has to be a person who would be evolved enough to not lose his calm but at the same time know how to get his own back.

The punchline, ‘Grow up to Verito’ is expected to trigger aspiration.

It works at two levels.

One, it asks viewers to behave sensibly like the Verito Man, at least on the road.

Number two is of-course coax the hatchback owners to upgrade to a sedan.

Now, some +ve s and -ves about the TVC.

A punch line out of “Kaante” the Tagline slightly twisted from Raymonds – “The Verito man”. The originality of this advt could be doubted, but nevertheless the execution and final product has come out good.  Jimmy shergil looks good, but that could be the only good thing about this advt.

+ves..

1. It depicts a real life situation which we encounter on the roads everyday and the way the situation is handled is a mature way of dealing with it.

2.M&M has created a campaign aimed to build awareness towards road etiquette and responsible motoring, with the Verito as the central theme. According to them, Verito being a sensible, honest and dependable car embodies these very virtues. Through this, M& M aims at getting people to sit back, think, and if required, change their behavior on the roads. The whole campaign aims at driving a positive change amongst the Target segment.

-ves..

1. The car looks lovely , but it is NOT SHOWN  from different angles in the advertisement. Wanting to be a Verito Man is OK, but you need to have a closer look at the product you are going to buy, isn't it?

2. Since it is promoted as the Man's car, women may shy away from buying the Verito.

Watch the commercial here and be a VERITO MAN ( women in case you are one)