Poori in China !!!

We have been hearing about this BUZZ word "Global Village" a lot recently. Guess what it was always there. Recently I had been to a traditional Chinese restaurant to have my dinner with one of my friends in Beijing,China and by chance we came across a special verity of pancake which the locals call "jian bing", which looked and tasted exactly like our good old "poori", which is popular in all parts of India. I could not believe it so I took a photo with the waitress, bcoz that’s the only difference. (I mean the hands that made it and the face that serves it)

HARI in Chinese

I came to know today What it means to be HARI in China :)

When i was having my lunch with my frieds here in Beijing, Bi Hao and Yuanh hang. I asked them what dose thier name signify. Bi Hao explained that in chinese Bi is for blue and hao is for large volume of water. Then i posed the same question to Yuan, he told me in chinese yuan is long distance and hang is to sail, so effectively it means to sail long distance.

So in Chinese every name has a meaning, unlike in India whrere most of us are named after a god or godesses. In Chinese the way first name and last name are organized is also very different from that of west or India. For example, Yaun is actually the last name and Haung is his first name, but most of us in U.S or India see it the other way round. This is so privalent that we even reverese-spell Chao Mian which is actually Main Chao, in Chinees Main is for noodels and Chao is a way of preparition.

After this intersting conversation i was very curious to know if there is any meaning for my name in Chinese, and HA HA there is and it is actually HA HA HA .. well my good friend Bi Hao told me that in Chinese "Ha" signifies laughter and "ri" signifies something good, luck and happnies, so HARI is good, happnies and laughter.

Movie - Banaras

Banaras is a movie that chants all the way “Truth is simple”. Very different movie, the director has made a genuine attempt to depicted Indian mysticism on the silver screen. Its good to see movie makers are coming out of the “Box Office” lately.

Movies like Banaras, Being Syrus are attempts to brake the stereotypical Bollywood formula. Looking at the audience response for these movies I feel Bollywood has long been underestimating its audience.

Banaras is a story about belief, love and mysticism. It is also about the city “Banaras”. The movie revolves around the city, its heritage and the souls that reside there.

Naseeruddin Shah is in a way the mail thread of this movie around him the story is woven, He plays the role of a “Baba” who inspires other souls to achieve peace and tranquility. Raj babbr, Dimple play parents of Shweta played by Urmila. Asmhmit Patel plays “Soham” opposite Urmila.

The story is contemporary with a blend of modern and ancient India depicted in the mystical city of Banaras. The cinematography is a masterpiece here, full credits for that.

There are flaws and of course there will be, but they can be overlooked considering the difficulty of getting such a topic on the silver screen. The director has overdone certain parts of the movie to embed the idea of mysticism in the movie which could have been avoided, but hey you might say he had that’s absolutely fine, so its just my opinion.

Gorgeous Urmila has again used her beauty and talent to turn on the silver screen. She looks great and has also delivered some awesome scenes. There are places where she is lost but well the subject is not simple.

Naseer is the centerpiece, his dialog delivery and expression is as mystic as the theme itself. He has done full justice to the character. His talks with Soham are very captivating both by content and delivery.

Yet again dimple has proved herself to a fine actress, shedding her glam image she takes on a mother and a mortal. She definitely has all figured out. Thumps up to Dimple. Rajbabbar plays a conservative yet compassionate Brahmin father. A very sensitive role handled carefully by this veteran.

All in all a beautiful experience, not an usual entertaining stuff one might expect, but a good one, and a must watch.

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Movie - malamaal weekly

Its a very funny movie, keeps you jumping all the time, lot of twists and turns. very good direction. Paresh Rawal as usual has done as great job, Om Puri has really done a good job, we are normally used to seeing him in serious roles, but he really makes us laugh out of control here.

Over all the movie is really good, one noteworthy thing is the absence of any so called BIG starts, no glam babes. I guess the character actors have decided to go on their own rather than dragging the stone faced ill talented bhatija/beta of some Director/Producer towards the limelight of fame and glory.

The story is about a village in the heart of India. Its about the people there and their story, the setting is usual, a cruel landlady and the oppressed "janta", but the fun which starts from this usual setting is what the movie is all about.

At the end 10 on 10 to the cast and the director